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one of america's most vocal 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 lecturer and elected to various 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

and despite what trump says on 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 >> reporter: on "meet the press" 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

accusing him of misconduct and 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. >> 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

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 clinton plans to make an 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.

ohio. meanwhile, donald trump barn 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 here now from mobile, northern 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.

diversionary tactics. they attacked a little further 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 goin diversionary tactics. 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

another suspect involved in the shooting has been arrested. 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 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

interstate 10 in palm springs. 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 group just went up 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

in their loud green vehicle. could you be in trouble for 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 temperatures will likely not get out of the 40s in boston. fall is starting to get real across 80s. enjoy. >> thank you very much for that.

coming in the northeast. >> certainly a lucky break for some people. just ahead, outrage over the pentagon asking national guardsman to repay their signing bonuses. and shots are fired. "early today" is back in two. ?? tomorrow's the day we'll play something besides video games. every day is a gift especially for people with heart failure. but today there's entresto?- a breakthrough medicine that can help make m tomorrows possible. tomorrow, i want to see teddy bait his first hook. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto? was proven to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto?. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto? with an ace inhibitor or or aliskiren. if you've had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, don't take entresto?.

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where selfies fall in a gray area that's somewhat prohibited or unclear. arizona has a law that bans photographs within 75 feet of your polling place but you are allowed to share your completed ballot online. and the ever important state of ohio and pennsylvania. just last month, california governor jerry brown reversed a 0- from showing people their marked ballots. >> when it comes to selfie sticks, that's a whole other thing. leading the news this morning california law makers are condemning the pentagon after the national defense ordered national guardsman to repay their bonuses. they often reached $15,000 or more. kevin mccarthy says the pentagon

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good morning. i'm susan kim. i'm vince vitrano.let's start off with a check on the weather... with meteorologist brian gotter. after a beautiful weekend, especially yesterday with sunshine and highs near 70, this morning is mostly cloudy and cool with lows in the 40s. today remains sunny and dry with highs in the mid 50s, and much lighter wind. tonight is clear and chilly with lows in the upper 30s, and tuesday starts with sunshine, but clouds quickly increase with highs in the mid 50s. an isolated shower is possible by