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liberal voices of the 1960s and beyond is gone. one-time husband of jane fonda passed away after a long illness according to his wife, barbara williams. organizing demonstrations that rocked the nation. some turning violent including one that resulted in a notorious chicago seven trial and he found fame as an author and esteemed lecturer and elected to posts in california state politics. we'll have much more on the life and impact of a liberal icon later. and now for the race to the white house with just 15 days to the election, the presidential candidates are in an all out sprint until the final votes are cast. barn storming the country in an effort to push their closing arguments. but a new abc poll now has hillary clinton leading by double digits.

the trail, his campaign manager now concedes they are behind clinton. has more. >> reporter: even veteran republican strategists concede it's very difficult to see a win. >> i don't see it happening. maybe it could but i doubt in the just over two weeks we have left, conducting the kind of campaign he is conducting. r his campaign manager blaming clinton's onslaught of negative adds. >> she has tremendous advantage. the former president, her husband and all more popular than she can hope to be campaigning for her. >> reporter: and insisting the system is rigged against him. >> he will accept it 100% if it's fair. >> reporter: and fiercely denying the claims of 11 women

saying the allegations won't hurt him. >> we're going to do so well with the women it's crazy. >> i'm completely innocent. i've said this before and i i'll say it again, nobody has more respect for women than i do. >> reporter: now, trump has also threatened lawsuits against newspapers like the new york times that have published accounts of those accusers. a lawsuit has yet t filed. meanwhile, hillary clinton has set her eyes oen the senate, unleashing a barrage of attacks in key battlegrounds across the country. even utalizing president obama to do so. >> now, how much more does pat toomey need to hear? if he doesn't have the courage r curage to stand up to donald trump after all of this, can you be sure he'll stand up for you

interests? >> he's spend his time in washington fight for tax breaks voted again and again to defund planned parenthood. shut down the government. progress is on the ballot. stability is on the ballot. tolerance is on the ballot. justice is on the ballot. >> and out of 34 senate races, the battleground for congress is down to six states with republicans defending five. clin aggressive push in the final weeks of the campaign even joining first lady on the trail this week. and the race is being decided each and every day. in fact, over 4 million voters have gone to the polls. and today on the trail, hillary clinton campaigns with massachusetts senator, elizabeth warren in new hampshire, and her vp pick campaigns in florida.

storms through florida while mike pence takes north carolina. and ash carter made a surprise visit to iraq this weekend. he says although he's encouraged they must prepare for a post isis mosul. now this comes as a top u.s. general tells nbc news that isis is attempting to establish a caliphate in afghanistan. iraq. there are news that they have launched a new attack. >> reporter: so the situation is actually along the lines of a lot of tactics isis is using. they've used this in both western anbar province and where i'm standing roith now. this is classic isis

soun and managed to divert the counterterrorism forcs from the main heart of the battle in mosul to that area and now attacked rutbah. they launched several different suicide vehicle devices in that town and managed to occupy security forces far away from the front. and so as the pressure comes to bare on isis in mosul, we're going to see more they're brutal and rather ingenious. >> thank you. at this moment a man hunt is underway for this man. this is michael dale vance jr. who police say was last seen. >> some 8 and half hours ago. he shot two police officers and later seen shooting a woman with an ak-47 before taking off.

however, vance remains at large and authorities are asking for anyone with information to come forward. a tragic story out of california. 13 people are dead and 31 more injured following a massive acciden involving a charter bus and tractor trailer in california. it was heading to los angeles when it slammed in the back of a travel trailer. the bus was going so fast it went in for the bus driver, dwreet be identified, was among those killed. here with more. >> reporter: investigator scouring the twisted wreckage after this tour bus slammed into the back of a big rig. firefighters pulling victims from the wreckage just after 5:00 a.m. headed west towards los angeles

the athorluthoriies were able ty apart the big rig and the cargo inside smashd and shredded. the cause still unknown. >> in almost 35 years, i've never been to a crash where there's been 13 confirmed fatal accidents. so, it's tough. >> that was morgan radford reporting. weed is on the ballot in more states than ever. however, one in smoke. weed world candies. their prorecreation rv caught fire while driving across the delaware memorial bridge. the rv was completely destroyed. the owner of weed world tell us that they -- they tell nbc that $50,000 of merchandise was destroyed. they sell weed flavored edibles

taking a selfie at the ballot box? the answer may actually shock you. >> maybe some old people too. but first, a look at the week ahead. how we looking steve? >> we have a few showers moving across southern new england. the bigger deal will be the colder air that follows behind this front. we'll see a blast of cool canadian air this week where out of the 40s in boston. fall is starting to get real across the northeast. here's a look at the weather where you are. and we have cool weather across the northeast. blustery conditions. 50s to lower 60s. meanwhile, temperatures in the upper 70s to lower 80s. enjoy. >> thank you very much for that.

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right now at 4:26, attacked and burned. the search is under way for suspects who set a man on fire. what the attackers were demanding. 15 days to go. the election season wrng as the candidates ramp up their efforts in battleground states. >> chillier than what we've been waking up to. >> from lost to london. how the redskins plan ahead for their big game across the atlantic. good morning, everybody, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we want to talk about our forecast. yup, reality check here. fall is really here.

our weather headlines. >> off to a clear start on this monday morning. there is capitol hill under a mostly clear sky. we have a beautiful, crescent moon in the southern sky this morning. we'll stay dry with dry pavement and temperatures are down into the low to mid-50s early this morning but fairly mild around the bay. it is in the upper 50s there. to our west we have some what mild temperatures this morning in tow ridge. as we go forward for the day, temperatures will stay in the low 50s to mid-50s through mid morning and start climbing into the 60s by late morning. now melissa is checking in on this early morning. got a problem on the bw parkway. >> an issue on the bw parkway. we know there was a crash here in some of the lanes and now it spilled into both sides of the roadway. so, northbound and southbound bw parkway. this is in the area of 197.

lots of debris across the roadway. we may have to shut down the southbound lanes in order to get us cleared here this morning. northbound bw parkway between the beltway and powder mill road. we have the left lane getting by the paving here. when you look at the beltway, you can see everything is looking quite good. inner loop at connecticut work zone getting by the left lane. we begin now with the decision 2 w just 15 days away from the presidential election. here is a look at what you can expect on the campaign trail today. hillary clinton campaigns with senator elizabeth warren in manchester new hampshire. tim kaine will hold two events in florida today. joe biden has events today. donald trump will make two stops in florida and mike pence heads to north carolina. coming up in a few minutes. edward lawrence will have a look at the new national poll that

here at the live desk. just into the live desk, famous anti-war activist tom hayden has died. he sparkled the anti-vietnam movement. he died sunday night from complications related to a stroke he suffered more than a year ago. hayden, who was at one time married to jane fonda served two decades as a california state lawmaker >> thank you, angie. it is 4:29. we're learning more about what caused the deadly tour bus crash in california. the ntsb will give an update this afternoon. 13 were killed and 30 injured. tour bus was traveling fast when it slammed into the back of a semi truck early sunday morning. most of the passengers were asleep as the bus headed to los angeles from a casino.

against a prince george county school aide. michael pettefy will be in court. prosecutors say surveillance video shows him sitting next to two students with special needs and touching them inappropriately. the incidents happened last november and this past may. now to this developing story out of germantown. a man is in critical condition and a suspect is in custody after a stabbing at a night on kilmernoff way. after the stabbing, the suspect stole a get away car and abandoned it. the person was arrested at 9:00 on charity lane. two men were found stabbed in the area of south market street and carol creek way early saturday morning. they're expected to survive. colin edwin lee of middletown has been arrested but police are