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with sex, and you don't care about public >> a new attack on megan kelly as hillary clinton barnstorms florida where a poll shows trump edging ahead. >>> too drunk to fly? a pilot arrested at the airport after tsa agents sounded the alarm. the latest in a string of troubling incidents. >>> nbc news exclusive. pentagon chief shares plans for the next u.s. mission against isis. and campus shock at one of the nation's top universities. a student accused of stalking and sexually assaulting women. authorities make a disturbing "nightly news" begins right now. zpliefrmts in a from nbc news world head kwaurts in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. with 13 days until election day, it was down to business today for donald trump in a way that you might not expect for a candidate behind in the polls and running out of time. trump making a detour from a campaign trail and critical battleground states to his hotel business in washington d.c. a questionable investment of time with two new tracking polls showing clinton with a nine point lead over trump nationally, illust

>> on her 69th birthday, hillary clinton barnstorming critical florida for a second day, urging voters to go to the polls with early voting under way. >> donald trump says he can still win. and he's right. >> a new poll out today shows trump leading clinton by two points in the sunshine state. clinton turning to celebrity chef jose andres to help her restaurant out of trump's new washington, d.c. hotel after trump's controversial comments about latinos. today, clinton taking aim. >> he once again relied on undocumented workers. the same people he has been insulting and demonizing throughout this campaign. >> clinton hoping rhetoric like that will help drive turn-out. an nbc news analysis of early number of democrats and republicans have voted so far. but more women have turned out in 12 battleground states where early voting has started. potentially a good sign for clinton. more women so far have turned out to vote that are men, why do you think that is? >> because a woman is running. for president. >> that's an energizing factor. >> yes, and it's history. >> the clinton campaign says

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>>ew as hillary clinton barnstorms florida where a new poll shows trump edging ahead. >>> too drunk to fly? a pilot arrested at the airport after tsa agents sound the alarm. >>> nbc news exclusive, the pentagon chief shares plans for the next u.s. mission against isis. >>> and campus shock at one of the nation's top universities, a student accused of stalking and sexually abusing women. authorities make a disturbing now. >> announcer: from nbc news, world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> with 13 days until election day, it was down to business today. for donald trump in a way that you might not expect for a candidate behind in the polls, and running out of time. trump making a detour from the campaign trail and critical battleground states, to showcase his hotel business in washington, d.c. a questionable investment of time with two new tracking polls showing clinton with a nine-point lead over trump nationally. illustrating the urgent challenge before him. nbc's katie tur is in north carolina with more on trump's competing priorities. katie, g

. >> you are fascinated with sex, and you don't care about public as hillary clinton barnstorms florida where a new poll shows trump edging ahead. >>> too drunk to fly? a pilot arrested at the airport after tsa agents sounded the alarm. the latest in a string of troubling incidents. >>> nbc news exclusive. pentagon chief shares plans for the next u.s. mission against isis. and campus shock at one of the nation's top universities. a student accused of stalking and sexually assaulting women. authorities make a disturbing

with sex, and you don't care about public >> a new attack on megan kelly as hillary clinton barnstorms florida where a poll shows trump edging ahead. >>> too drunk to fly? a pilot arrested at the airport after tsa agents sounded the alarm. the latest in a string of troubling incidents. >>> nbc news exclusive. pentagon chief shares plans for the next u.s. mission against isis. and campus shock at one of the nation's top universities. a student accused of stalking and sexually assaulting women. authorities make a disturbing

. >> as hillary clinton barnstorms florida where a new poll shows trump edging ahead. >>> too drunk to fly? a pilot arrested at the airport after tsa agents sound the alarm. >>> nbc news exclusive, the pentagon chief shares plans for the next u.s. mission against isis. >>> and campus shock at one of the nation's top universities, a

. >> a new attack on megyn kelly as hillary clinton barnstorms florida where a new poll shows trump edging ahead. >>> too drunk to fly? a pilot arrested at the airport after tsa agents sound the alarm. >>> nbc news exclusive, the pentagon chief shares plans for the next u.s. mission against isis. >>> and campus shock at one of the nation's top universities, a student accused of s

. >> you are fascinated with sex and you don't care about public as hillary clinton barnstorms florida where a new poll shows trump edging ahead. >>> too drunk to fly? a pilot arrested at the airport after tsa agents sound the alarm. >>> nbc news exclusive, the pentagon chief shares plans for the next u.s. mission against isis. >>> and campus shock at one of the nation's top universities, a

. >> a new attack on megan kelly as hillary clinton barnstorms florida where a new poll shows trump edgingad. >>> too drunk to fly? a pilot arrested at the airport after tsa agents sounded the alarm. the latest in a string of troubling incidents. >>> nbc news exclusive. pentagon chief shares plans for the next u.s. mission against isis. and campus shock at one of the nation's top universities. a student accused of stalking and sexually assaulting women. authorities make a disturbing

. >> a new attack on megyn kelly as hillary clinton barnstorms florida where a new poll shows trump edging ahead. >>> too drunk to fly? a pilot arrested at the airport after tsa agents sound the alarm. >>> nbc news exclusive, the pentagon chief shares plans for the next u.s. mission against

florida. president obama will be on hand for a clinton fund-raiser in california as joe biden stumps barnstormed through florida why mike pence takes north carolina. at this moment, a manhunt is under way in oak for this man. that is michael dale vance jr., who police say was last seen some 8 1/2 hours ago. he's believed to have shot two officers as they were responding to a 911 call. he was seen car jacking and shooting a woman with an ak-47 before taking off. the injuries the woman suffered were not life another suspect has been arrested but vance remains at large. authorities are asking anyone with information to come forward. >> tragic news out of california. 13 people are dead and 31 injures following a massive accident fall vaiving a charter bus and a tractor trailer. the bus was heading to los angeles when it slammed into the back of a tractor trailer traveling about 5 miles per hour due to traffic. police say the bus was going so fast, they went about 15 feet into the truck's trailer. be identified, was among those killed. morgan ratferred has more. >> investigators scouring the twisted

>>ew as hillary clinton barnstorms florida where a new poll shows trump edging ahead. >>> too drunk to fly? a pilot arrested at the airport after tsa agents sound the alarm. >>> nbc news exclusive, the pentagon chief shares plans for the next u.s. mission against isis. >>> and campus shock at one of the nation's top universities, a student accused of stalking and sexually abusing women. authorities make a disturbing

the democrats barnstormed florida where trump leads by two within the margin of error.t event to organize her ground game, clinton mocked trump. >> while the hotel may be new, it's the same old story. if you have friends who are thinking of voting for trump, i want you to tell them that he relied on undocumented workers to make his project cheaper. >> reporter: the clinton campaign released two closing argument ads today. >> a steady hand or a loose cannon? common sense and unity or drama and division? >> reporter: trump has gotten traction, pounding clinton for defending obamacare. >> one of the greatest betrayals has been the issue of immigration, illegal immigration violates the civil rights of african-americans. no group has more economically harmed than low income african-american workers. >> reporter: both trump and clinton have halted in-person appearances at big donor fund-raisers. clinton outraised and outspent trump. mike pence campaigned in the red state of utah today, which hasn't voted democrat for five decades in presidential politics, but is a tossup beca

while barnstorming florida yesterday donald trump are slammed obamacare and saying it is blowing up and to double down on it. >> it is killing our small businesses and killing individuals, it is no good. deductibles are so high, you can't use it, you will never get to use it. it will get worse and hillary clinton wants to keep it. she wants to spend a fortune on it. she wants to keep it. and your numbers will get up, up, up and it will get worse, worse, worse. repeal it and replace it. harris: clinton's communications director jennifer palmieri, says hillary clinton wants to fix the law. hear that is. >> she has a plan that would help address making health insurance more affordable, go through public option and medicare buy-in. we shouldn't do what donald trump wants to do, throw away the gains which have made in terms of people having access to coverage and, and also protection that the affordable care act provides in terms of lifetime limits, limits of lifetime costs and covering preexisting conditions. harris: tell you, it's a rare day when the feds and the health care companies, ins

the democrats barnstormed florida where trump leads by two within the margin of error.t to organize her ground game, clinton mocked trump. >> while the hotel may be new, it's the same old story. if you have friends who are thinking of voting for trump, i want you to tell them that he relied on undocumented workers to make his project cheaper. >> reporter: the clinton campaign released two closing argument ads today. >> a steady hand or a loose cannon? common sense and unity or drama and division? >> reporter: trump has gotten traction, pounding clinton for defending obamacare. >> one of the greatest betrayals has been the issue of immigration, illegal immigration violates the civil rights of african-americans. no group has more economically harmed than low income african-american workers. >> reporter: both trump and clinton have halted in-person appearances at big donor fund-raisers. clinton outraised and outspent trump. mike pence campaigned in the red state of utah today, which hasn't voted democrat for five decades in presidential politics, but is a tossup because of

florida. he's barnstorming, pun intended, the state this week, kicking it off with a roundtable meeting with farmersclinton's running mate tim kaine is in florida as well today. next hour, hillary clinton rallies with senator elizabeth warren in another battleground state, new hampshire. >> i hope pumpkins don't become controversial. this as it seems the polling gap has

things are shifting into high gear for the presidential candidates barnstorming the critical battleground states. >> new poll florida show donald trump with a two-point lead, a statistical dead heat but hillary clinton is still ahead in the national polls. trump sat down for an exclusive interview with abc's george stephanopoulos defending his decision to briefly veer off the campaign trail. >> hillary clinton will be joined today by one of her most powerful cheerleaders. we turn now to abc's kenneth moton in d.c. for the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. 12 days to go and it's all about candidates. if you look at who's been on the trail for hillary clinton it's obvious she's been trying to get under donald trump's skin. today, donald trump is ohio bound. >> we are going to win back the white house. believe me. >>> last night he was in north carolina going tit for tat with rival hillary clinton who called him out for taking a break to open his new hotel. >> she said i used illegal immigrants to build the building, except i didn't use 69th birthday in florida where she campaigned with jose andres who p

florida. he's barnstorming, pun intended, the state this week, kicking it off with a roundtable meeting with farmers. hillary clinton's running mate tim kaine is in florida as well today. next hour, hillary clinton rallies with senator elizabeth warren in another battleground state, new hampshire. >> i hope pumpkins don't become controversial. this as it seems the polling gap has gone from close to chasm. hillary clinton is shown with a 12 point lead which may be behind major developments happening right now with the clinton campaign. joining us to discuss, cnn politics executive editor mark preston, cnn political analyst jackie kucinich, cnn senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny who comes with scoop. also, new york city councilman joseph borelli and doug thornell, senior adviser for the democratic national committee. mr. zeleny, we believe there were significant developments with the thrust of the clinton campaign just over the last 48 hours starting to focus on senate races and also starting to focus on maybe governing. >> exactly. the reality here is this race is locked in a direction. now

trying to come from behind, turning up the heat against hillary clinton monday while barnstorming in battleground florida. >> the best evidence that the system is rigged is the fact that hillary clinton, despite her many crimes, was even allowed to run for president in the first place. national and swing state polls showing him trailing, trump insisting victory is within reach. >> this is a movement like they have never seen in our country before. >> you see these polls where they're polling democrats. how's trump doing? oh, p's adtted he tiling clin comparing hpa t unit?edm'sote toeave the european union. >> ihinge'o have a brexit situation. the polls and i guess i'ma somewhat behind in the polls but not by much. >> reporut tter: b math and map is getting tough for trump. our latest nbc news earlyotg showss a o ra aild voters have tur ohan affiliated voters in out of 12 battleground states. an increasingly confident clinton set to campaign in florida today. after stumping in new hampshire monday with trump antagonist, a mouthful of tic tacs that he can force himself on any woman within groping distance.

both candidates will be barnstorming in battleground florida today. hillary clinton campaigning for the very first time with her husband's former vice president, al gore, a move the campaign hopes will energize millennial voters. >> kristen welker on the trail for us, thank you. >>> now to the catastrophic flooding from hurricane matthew. this morning parts of north carolina are being swamped by record-breaking floodwaters. the town of lumberton has been declared a disaster area. rescued by boat or helicopter monday while the lumber river rushed over its banks. power is out, the police station has been shut down and the death toll from the storm here in the u.s. stands at 23. >>> this morning, students at a vermont high school returned to class for the first time since four classmates and another teen were killed by a driver traveling the wrong way on an interstate. last night, hundreds of people field for a candlelight vigil to remember the students who died. the teens, all 15 and 16 years old, were killed late saturday. the wrong-way driver is expec

. >> reporter: trump's trip to florida tuesday part of the barnstorming he will continue wednesday in north carolina. the democrats taking the same approach with three clintons in three states wednesday. hillary set to continue canvassing florida a day of after slamming trump at a campaign stop there. >> the first thing a president does is to take an oath to preserve, protect and defend the constitution and i have serious doubts about whether donald trump even understands what that means. >> reporter: daughter chelsea headed for the trail in the battleground state of ohio. bill clinton in north carolina where michelle obama is set to campaign with hillary clinton thursday. clinton getting help in virginia wednesday from khizr khan. she tweeted her appreciation for former republican secretary of state colin powell who says he will vote for her. i'm reed binion reporting. >>> in concord, a k-9 named gel lay is back to fighting crimes two weeks he was stab the in the face. the department posted this photo on facebook to prove the dog wasn't shaken by the violent encounter. police say the

trying to come from behind, turning up the heat against hillary clinton monday while barnstorming in battleground florida. >> the best evidence that the system is rigged is the fact that hillary clinton, despite her many crimes, was even allowed to run for president in the first place. >> reporter: and despite insisting victory is within reach. >> this is a movement like they have never seen in our country before. >> you see these polls where they're polling democrats. how's trump doing? oh, he's down. they're polling democrats. >> reporter: but earlier, some mixed messaging as trump admitted he is trailing clinton, comparing his campaign to the united kingdom's vote to leave the european union. >> i think we're going to have a brexit situation. you know, tha the polls and i guess i'm somewhat behind in the polls but not by much. >> reporter: but the math and map is getting tough for trump. our latest nbc news analysis of early voting shows as of monday, more democratic affiliated voters have turned out than republican affiliated voters in 9 out of 12 battleground states. an increasingly confident clinto