the fbi is investigating how hillary clinton put the office sale in violation of federal law. >> he has spent hess entire campaign offering a dog whistle to his most hateful supporters. >> the nation heads to the polls in just four days, but could real action on election day be all about cyber chaos? >> a south carolina woman missing since august is found alive, chained inside a container like a dog. a registered sex offender has

has their team cancelled after an investigation into a lewd behavior. a ticker tape parade. chicago continues a celebration over a century in the making. "early today" starts right now. good friday morning, everyone, i'm ayman mohyeldin. >> i'm frances rivera. just four days to the election, both candidates are make the race on each other and donald trump seizing on a now defunct report saying clinton could be indicted for her family foundation. >> the fbi is investigating how hillary clinton put the office of secretary of state up for sale in violation of federal law. it was reported that an avalanche of information is

investigation is likely to yield an dime. >> law enforcement officials tell nbc news after taking a look at the clinton foundation the case has not forward in months. those allegationles come as clinton made an appeal against trump. >> he has spent this entire to his most hateful supporters. he retweets white supreme sifts and spreads racially tingeed conspiracy theories. just a few days ago, donald trump was endorsed by the official newspaper of the klu klux klan. do any of us have a place in trump's america? >> and as clinton hammers away

nationalist support, however donald trump's son eric had these words for grand wizard david duke during a radio interview. >> struch for his part had a healthy vouching for his candidacy, including wife melania and daughter ivanka. an interesting moment, melania under cut her own social media habits by telling the crowd this. >> i do worry about all of our children. as we know, now social media is the centerpiece of our live, but like anything that is powerful, it can have a bad side.

our culture has gotten too mean and too rough. >> meanwhile, clinton had president obama stumping for her in the battleground state of florida. his third vis it there in as many days as he lobbies for clinton at a breakneck pace. he warned of trump's temperament mocking him for his new found disapproval of "saturday night live." >> you even have a republican senator saying you cannot afford to give the somebody. anybody who is upset about a "saturday night live" skit, you don't want in charge of nuclear weapons. i mean, that's the thing that bothers you and you want to be president of the united states? come on, man. >> and this morning, nearly 33 million voters have already cast early ballots with democrats holding an edge in battleground

and ohio. republicans hold their own in pennsylvania and georgia. and a trio of polls show trump holding an advantage in the lively republican states of arizona and texas while running neck and neck in texas and georgia. a search for a missing man after his girlfriend was found alive chained like a dog inside a metal storm container. the couple went missing in august. people in spartanburg, south, sex crime. well, suddenly they we heard loud banging coming from a container. that's where they found 30-year-old kayla brown. >> she's alive and well. and she is obviously traumatized. she told us she had been locked in that container for two months. >> the land owner and registered sex offender is in custody, this morning, they will search for

found on the property. brown told investigators that likely four bodies are buried there. so far none have been recovered. howard university cancelled the rest of the soccer as they found out they were recruiting them sexual positions and nicknames. students found the behavior unacceptable. some empathize with their classmates. >> it's a tough issue the guys on the team are our friend w there is nothing you hate more than having your season over, whether it's producing for a detriment of character. i think hopefully it will be learned. >> the men's soccer team had been if first place in the ivy league and will forfeit any chance in an ncaa tournament bid. right now, civilians in aleppo are being warned that a humanitarian pause is their last chance to escape before what one

will be all out war t. russian military says pullback is in effect right now until 7:00 p.m. local time and asks rebels to leave. this comes after the kremlin extends a moratorium on airstrikes friday night. critics say the window isn't long enough to bring aide to those in need or looking to escape. fighters have refused to withdraw. just ahead, a preview of today's big ticker tape parade for the chicago cubs, still but, first, bill karins with a fantastic weekend forecast in the works. how is it looking? >> this is almost a ten out of ten. temperatures continue to soar. every temperature this time of year is 48 degrees in minneapolis. in the mid-60s all weekend long, temperatures are very mild. a little bit of rain out there today. in areas of new mexico. we go into saturday's forecast, great up and down the east coast.

will be all right. sunday, showers and storms in texas. temperatures continue, to be al and georgia. still way above average. of course, the election day forecast the all important elec d >> bill, thank you, look forward to that. should we be bracing ourselves for voter day chaos? an nbc investigation says sources are deeply concerned and preparing for some sort of cyber chaos. more on those details in two minutes. e it knew an ordinary tissue was near. the fiery tissue left her nose sore and red. so dad slayed the problem with puffs plus lotion, instead.

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officials are deeply concerned about and preparing for some sort of cyber chaos next week. former officials say an attack on infrastructure, including the u.s. power grid is one of three worst case concerns. one highly placed intelligence source told nbc news, your vote is safe. you just might not have any lights. also on the worry list, a large scale denial of service. in other words, part of the attack to disable communications and transportation in swing states, but intelligence sources and a senior obama national security official tell nbc news, they believe a more likely scenario is hackers from russia or elsewhere will try to manipulate twitter, facebook and other social media platforms to sell confusion and chaos.

documents implicateing candidates without time to be fact checked. it isn't just the russian, multiple intelligence and law enforcement officials tell nbc news the concern is just as much about non-state actors, hackers, political activists and criminal mischief makers. while multiple officials tell nbc they have no specific warning about an attack, they say the are a rehearsal or inspiration for the real thing the activity that occurred has definitely been seen by many in the cyber world as a drill in association with a real event that had all the signs of what you would consider a drill to be. >> reporter: intelligence sources tell npc news the united states found red lynnes through

seriously any cyber attack would be viewed by the u.s. >> we should note bell jens sources say it's highly unlikely vote tallies on election day can be tampered with. >> just ahead, tightening polls are creating major jitters on wall street.

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unlikely the mistake can be fixed if time for election day. they don't believe it will cause any vote losses for clinton. it's a little interesting thing, with all these accusation of voter fraud and rigging, it's interesting to see this one has already emerged. >> and the i. >> the critical word, totally. >> let's take a look at this year, especially when it comes to oprah! >> it's time again for our >> that's cute. >> these are great. >> this is fantastic. >> you know the power of oprah's favorite things, some of the items are pricey. it includes a $395 personalized dog blanket and picture frame and a $160 flower cake among other things. it's the power of oprah. >> it should be picked up for affordable things. this is "essential today."

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