brian mooar has more from the trail. >> reporter: on this first day of early voting in iowa it didn't take long for election headquarters to fill up with people eager to cast the first ballots in this election. others with weighing their options. >> i don't want to be swayed by the press. >> reporter: hillary clinton made a strategically timed visit to iowa where she's lagging behind trump in the latest polls. >> a lot of our campaign volunteers are going to direct people right from this rally to early voting sites. we have one down the street. >> trump was in the hawk eye >> beat the system, you have to lift your voice, pound the pavement. you have to get out and vote. >> reporter: today he's in new hampshire, could make a big difference. the stakes now higher for each candidate. with early voters locking in their chose for the next president. >> early voting tends to favor democrats. for vaccinate this is an important test of whether he can turn rally excitement into actual cast ballots. brian mooar, nathan phillips square >> anchor: ahead, even though they lost, the red sox celebra

brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >> anchor: and stay with 7 news for continuing coverage of the terror takes down beth on-line and on the air as the story continues to develop. and this wasn't the only act of terror this weekend. police are also investigating a stabbing spree in a mall in minnesota. isis claiming the suspect is one of its sold we'll have more on that story coming up for you at 4:30. >> anchor: we're filling a developing story. actor jim carrey is being sued accused of causing his ex-girlfriend's death by giving her illegal drugs. she took her own life last year by overdosing on prescription pills. carry is also accused of covering up his own involvement in her death. >> anchor: 7 news now turning to the forecast. a very wet start to the workweek. a cloudy, dreary monday and rain >> anchor: but rain is definitely something that we need. meteorologist bri eggers has been tracking it all day. where are we seeing most of the rain? >> reporter: we saw that rain pushing in from the northwest last night and that's why it favored more western and northwestern points of the com

brian mooar has more for us on the campaign trail. >>> north korea is bragging to the world about its most powerful nuclear detonation to today. a blast with shock waves rippling all the way to the white house. >>> i think the next president is going to have to deal with and it presents i would say the most knotty problem in foreign affairs. >> reporter: the provocation calms on a day when democrat hilary clinton was talking terrorism with national security and foreign policy advisors in alabama a running mate tim kaine blasted trump's controversial assessment of russia's vladimir putin. >>> a ticket that's praising a dictate who is hurting his country, hurting his people. >> reporter: trump was in washington showing up support with the values voters at the core of his party. his campaign is cona new controversy saying republican didn't know his interview with larry king was for russian only tv. >>> maybe the democrats are putting that out. who knows? >> reporter: today truffle's running mate mike pence received his first intelligence briefing. >>> i hope the american people looking o

brian mooar has the latest from the campaign trail. >> reporter: donald trump in the oval office. not the one in washington, the replica at the gerald ford presidential library in michigan. but his efforts to look presidential weren't exactly helped by his predawn twitter blast. tweet. >> reporter: trump cast out on media use of unnamed sources. then he went off on hillary clinton and former miss universe who said trump insulted her for gaining weight. he said clinton was duped and machado had a terrible after the. clinton has bad judgment, machado is a conalleging he had a sex tape and asking whether hillary clinton helped her become a u.s. citizen to be used as debate fodder of republicans are trying to make sense of it al and he is being played by the clinton camp like a fiddle. >> reporter: today in florida, clinton focused on national service, never mentioning trump by name. >>> my opponent believes in what i call a strong man approach. he stood on that stage at his convention and described a hopeless, broken nation. >> reporter: later campaign aids said clinton chatted on th

brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> big money is making its way to akron. the city received almost $10 the so-called tying grant will spur downtown development. it grew to almost $100 million in kent. students at the university of akron are excited for the changes. >> they should fix the sidewalks and walking paths. i see a lot of people falling every day. >> i think they should build up the main street area to make it look like how kent state looks or down at ohio state. >> reporter: the akron fire department also got $4.5 million to hire an additional 25 fire medics. the safer grant will ease the manpower burdens brought on by the opioid crisis. >>> we take a look at two volunteers in one city keeping streetcar rides alive. >>> plus a final farewell to the mean streak. how one man said goodbye to his >>> it's been more than 60 years since street cars disappeared from the twin cities but the streetcar story chugs on thanks to some volunteers. we are introduced to two of them with a pretty good story of their own. >> reporter: the only th is a 1915 streetca

team 12's brian mooar has the details... today donald trump will be in the battleground state of ohio.. for a rally.. and hillary clinton is expected to go back to work today. she'll be on the ellen degeneres show. husband -- bill will hold a rally in las vegas.. and chelsea is hosting several events in north carolina and virginia. president barack obama will meet with the leader of burma today at the white house. the meeting is meant to pre ties between the u-s and burma. the leader of burma is also expected to meet with secretary of state john kerry. your next selfie could be illegal. we're talking about the reason why -- and americans' obsession with selifes -- in the morning mix. that's coming up at 5:45. 50 shades of grey is getting darker -- much darker in a new trailer for the sequel. we've got your sneak peek -- ahead in the morning juice. more 12 the video is the video is hard to watch...three phoenix police officers run down by a guy they say tried to kill them.the latest on where this hacked!what the u-s olympic c

brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >> election day is november 8th. the first early and absentee ballots of this election will actually be cast in days from w. news will host the first of three presidential debates between clinton and trump moderated by lester holt. >>> denver police are investigating what is referred to as a weapons call at third and o'sage. an officer's gun went off before noon today. officers were looking for an armed suspect who had an outstanding warrant. when an officer tried to serve the warrant, police say the officer's weapon charmed. no one was hit by -- taken to the hospital but not for a gunshot wound. no arrests have been made yet. police are arresting several people who have been detained. >> we're conducting interviews with the officers involved, make sure we dot all the is and cross all the ts and do as much of a detailed investigation as we can. >> police have not yet released the name of the suspect. >>> boulder police are increasing patrols near the university of colorado campus after an attempted sexual assault. po

now you would think one last man here left, brian mooar with a chance to match mcilroy who will have a chance to win the tour championship in just six feet away. >> so close to where it was in regul regulation. it would have been for a 63 if they made the same put. you should notice roger is pretty straight. >> if he misses this putt it will be just two putts from tour championship for the first time in the fedex cup title as well. also to keep dustin johnson's hopes alive which are pretty slim now. >> that's it! ryan moore is up to the challenge! >> that was a gutsy putt right there. >> i would say so. not able to capitalize on a similar putt in regulation. that was just poured in. mcilroy is going to have a chance for a dream-like eagle finish to win the tour championship in the fedex cup title. a part of his game that has been in his fantastic tee to green game through the years. this would be something. >> taking no time at all. it's just a right edge putt. >> who would have believed that? >> look at that. >> dustin johnson fell out of his chair wherever he was. >> that's a $13 m

now you would think one last man here left, brian mooar with a chance to match mcilroy who will have a chance to win the tour championship in t just six feet away. >> so close to where it was in regulation. it would have been for a 63 if they made the same put. you should notice roger is pretty straight. >> if he misses this putt it will be just two putts from tour championship for the first time in the fedex cup title as well. also to keep dustin johnson's hopes alive which are pretty slim now. >> that's it! ryan moore is up to the challenge! there. >> i would say so. not able to capitalize on a similar putt in regulation. that was just poured in. mcilroy is going to have a chance for a dream-like eagle finish to win the tour championship in the fedex cup title. a part of his game that has been game through the years. this would be something. >> taking no time at all. it's just a right edge putt. >> who would have believed that? >> look at that. >> dustin johnson fell out of his chair wherever he was. >> that's a $13 million lip-out is >> yep. >> he hasn't lost yet. >> he did get up

now you would think one last man here left, brian mooar with a chance to match mcilroy who will have a chance to win the tour just six feet away. >> so close to where it was in regul regulation. it would have been for a 63 if they made the same put. you should notice roger is pretty straight. >> if he misses this putt it will be just two putts from tour championship for the first time in the fedex cup title as well. also to keep dustin johnson's hopes alive which are pretty slim now. >> that's it! ryan moore is up to the challenge! >> that was a gutsy putt right there. >> i would say so. not able to capitalize on a similar putt in regulation. that was just poured in. mcilroy is going to have a chance for a dream-like eagle finish to win the tour championship in the fedex cup title. a part of his game that has been in his fantastic tee to green game through the years. this would be something. >> taking no time at all. it's just a right edge putt. >> who would have believed that? >> look at that. >> dustin johnson fell out of his chair wherever he was. >> that's a $13 is what that is,

now you would think one last man here left, brian mooar with a chance to match mcilroy who will have a chance to win theou championship in the fedex cup. just six feet away. >> so close to where it was in regulation. it would have been for a 63 if they made the same put. you should notice roger is pretty straight. >> if he misses this putt it will be just two putts from tour championship for the first time in the fedex cup title as well. also to keep dustin johnson's hopes alive which are pretty slim now. >> that's it! ryan moore is up to the challenge! >> that was a gutsy putt right there. >> i would say so. not able to capitalize on a similar putt in regulation. that was just poured in. mcilroy is going to have a chance for a dream-like eagle finish to win the tour championship in the fedex cup in his fantastic tee to green game through the years. this would be something. >> taking no time at all. it's just a right edge putt. >> who would have believed that? >> look at that. >> dustin johnson fell out of his chair wherever he was. >> that's a is what that is, folks. >> yep. >> he h

as brian mooar shows us, both candidates underscoring the terror threat as an example about how they will provide strong leadership and their opponents won't. >> reporter: the bombs in new york and new jersey were not as deadly as intended but they've been effective in presidential race. >> i'm the only candidate in this race that's been part of the hard decisions to take terrorists off the battlefield. >> reporter: while hillary clinton touted her experience which includes the takedown of osama bin laden, donald trump declared clinton is part of the problem. >> she very much caused the problem when you think about it. her weakness, ineffectiveness caused the problem and now she wants to be president. i don't think so. >> reporter: he said it's time for the government to embrace >> look what's going on. do we have a choice? we're trying to be so politically correct. >> reporter: while trump was campaigning in florida, a key to his battleground map, clinton was courting millennials in pennsylvania. >> this is gonna be close. we need everyone off the sidelines. >> reporter: for both de

now you would think one last man here left, brian mooar with a chance to match mcilroy who will havea chance to win the tour championship in the fedex cup. just six feet away. >> so close to where it was in regul regulation. it would have been for a 63 if they made the same put. you should notice roger is pretty straight. >> if he misses this putt it will be just two putts from where mcilroy is to put away the tour championship for the first time in the fedex cup title as well. also to keep dustin johnson's hopes alive which are pretty slim now. >> that's it! ryan moore is up to the challenge! >> that was a gutsy putt right there. >> i would say so. not able to capitalize on a similar putt in regulation. that was just poured in. mcilroy is going to have a chance for a dream-like eagle finish to win the tour championship in the fedex cup title. a part of his game that has been the missing piece of the puzzle in his fantastic tee to green game through the years. this would be something. >> taking no time at all. it's just a right edge putt. >> who would have believed that? >> look at t

brian mooar takes a closer look. anticipation building on the eave of the opening of the culture. >>> here to celebrate this beautiful building that will be here for a long, long time. >> reporter: people from around the country are eager to be among the first to see the treasures inside. >>> it represents my life's journey and many before me. >> reporter: the museum is a reflection on triumphant journey of african-americans from bondage to emancipation, segregation, incarceration, civil rights and the black lives matter movement. >>> we need a museum african-american history and culture and use it is as a lens to understand what it means to be an american. >> reporter: it's a journey measured in milestones and icons like harriet tubman who freed herself from slavery. >>> then dog gone it she decided to go back and help somebody else get free. >>> in her footsteps rosa parks dr. martin luther i king, mohamed ali the greatest and a multitude of unsung heros. it's a struggle reaching from >>> there was doubt about whet