((linzie/2sh)) those are your tech bytes. ((kendis/2sh)) have a great day. > high pressure is still holding strong to the valley. mainly sunny skies will be range between 77 and 83 degrees with winds out of the west/northwest between 5 and 15 valley. partly cloudy skies will build but rain chances are not lacking so you can put the umbrella back in the closet. as we move into the weekend, mainly sunny skies come back, into next wednesday. there's alot more to come on good morning las there is a norm..when there's investigations.. president obama breaking his silence. what he's saying about the fbi's investigation into emails linked to hillary clinton. plus..parents pushing back against a merger they say would take a toll on their kids. we'll have a look at what's next for agassi prep. adlibs one, aren't you? >> yes. >>> those are your "techbytes." oh, look... ...another anti-wrinkle cream in no hurry to make anything happen. neutrogena? rapid wrinkle repair works... ...in one week. oven to work on fine lines and... ...even de

. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and linzie. so here are the numbers according to the latest abc news daily tracking poll. it shows the vy slightest of advantages to hillary clinton. it appears that after the fbi director's announcement last friday, her numbers in these final days are on the rise. across the country surrogates for hillary clinton and donald trump are delivering closing arguments and adding some star power to the campaign trail. ? because i'm happy ? >> this election is just too important. i couldn't sit on the sidelines and just be quiet. >> reporter: pharrell appeared with clinton thursday night and today jay z joins clinton in cleveland, ohio. in the final crisscrossing of the nation, the two candidates laying out very different messages. >> you know, when i look at these great admirals and these great generals and these great medal of honor recipients behind me, to think of her being their boss, i don't think so. possibility of returning and normalizing discrimination. take it seriously, my friends, because i

kendis, linzie. >> yeah, i believe mrs.arter, as she's known, a talented young lady. >> is she really known as mrs. carter? >> she is. lana zak, thank you. >> nice. >> some controversial comments in the meantime we want to get from donald trump's son. days after he was endorsed by the ku klux klan, during a radio interview eric trump agreed with a statement made by the host saying former kkk leader david duke deserves a bullet. he called duke disgusting and said attempts to link his father to duke are meant to distract from his dad's movement. >>> and huma abedin, hillary clinton's longtime aide, has resurfaced for the first time since the e-mail controversy reignited. abedin attended a fund-raiser for clinton in georgetown in washington, d.c. last night. she had been off the campaign trail since the fbi announced they were sifting through her e-mails. they were found during a sexting investigation of her estranged husband anthony weiner. >>> as the campaigns look to stir up enthusiasm, their top supporters continue to hit

abc's linzie janis and kendis gibson have the details in today's tech bytes. < ((linzie/2shot)) hello. in today's tech bytes... a consumer alert. ((kendis/2sh)) this one involves gift cards that most of us redeem online. phone... claiming they're from a government agency like the i-r-s or f-b-i. they demands payment using gift cards -- often from i-tunes. linzie but government agencies never seek payment using gift cards! the scam often targets the elderly. nats: 31 ((linzievo)) the folks behind sidechef have launched an online fundraising campaign for a wi-fi connected cookie oven. (kendis/vo) the chip smart bake just enough cookies for one. it features an app that offers nats: 35 ((linzie/vo)) this is billed as the future of personal transportation... the carr-e carry is designed it can hold 265 pounds. top speed is eleven miles per hour and it can travel 14 miles on one charge. > with a surge in moisture from the south and a weak front moving in from the northwest, las vegas will see intermittent cloud cover today but now high temperatures will peak and hold between the upper 70s a

kendis, linzie. >> it continues. just a few more days, lana. 270 electoral votes the magic number needed to win. >> jonathan karl looks at the map and numbers. >> donald trump has momentum. look at our ratings. every state we looked at red favored trump, blue favor hillary clinton. and two states since we last spoke have moved towards trump. utah and ohio have both gone from toss-up states to advantage donald trump getting him but, david, he still needs to win all the remaining toss-up state, arizona, florida, north carolina, if he wins all three of those, he goes to 259 still short. >> so he has to pick off a couple of blue states. >> and he's got good news on that front in two states in the state of pennsylvania a new poll out today shows trump within four. in wisconsin, a poll shows him within six. and joe biden is going to happens. if he wins pennsylvania he wins the presidency. if it's wisconsin, 269-269. we've got a tie. no co-presidency. congress chooses. >> jonathan karl there. >>> on the campaign trail, hill

kendis, linzie. >> oh, it continues. just a few more days, lana. >> yes. >> just a few more days, lana. >> a closer look now at the path to 270 electoral votes, the magic number needed, of course, to win the presidency. >> abc's jonathan karl takes a look at the map and the numbers with david muir. >> the map still favors hillary clinton, but donald trump has momentum. you look at our ratings. every state that we've looked at, the red favor trump, blue favor hillary clinton. and two states since we last spoke have moved towards trump. utah and ohio have both gone from toss-up states to advantage donald trump getting him closer to 270. but, david, he still needs to win all the remaining toss-up states, arizona, florida, north carolina. if he wins all three of those, he goes to 259 electoral votes, still short. >> still short, so he has to pick off a couple of blue states. >> and he's got good news on that front in two states. in the state of pennsylvania a new poll out today shows trump within four. in wisconsin, a poll s

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abc's linzie janis has the latest on the investigation shallow grave in new jersey believed to be that of 26 year old joey comunale. the hofstra university graduate and avid hockey player left his home in connecticut saturday night to go out in new york city with friends. he was last seen entering this luxury manhattan apartment building at 7am. authorities believe comunale was accompanied to the apartment with two other men and three women-all of whom he just met in the early hours at a manhattan nightclub. in the hours after his father reported him missing?.the apartment complex. police say they found the victim's blood soaked clothes, as well as bloody sheets and towels in plastic bags tossed down the garbage chute. 5528 wabc boyce presser police sot: 22;50;45 we focused then our investigation on the 4th floor of the apartment there. we took into custody an individual who lived there. we're speaking with him now. that tenant is james rackover- the son of prominent new york city jeweler jeffrey rackover? jeffrey has a prominent list of clients including oprah trump. both father and s

abc's kendis gibson and linzie janis have the details today's tech bytes. "credit karma, why are you checking your credit score?" "credit karma huh?" "yeah, it's free." let's get straight to jummy olabanji with the details. breaking news just coming in to the abc seven newsroom - a deadly ambush in iowa. right now we know two police officers des moines area. police say the first officer was killed while he was sitting in his car alone on patrol the second officer was shot responding to the incident. there is a massive manhunt goign on right now for at least one suspsect, but police only have very few details to - unseasonably warm today & tomorrow - few showers, gusty storm, pm thursday - beautiful 1st weekend of november - dry and comfortable for election day today: mostly sunny. unseasonably warm. highs: 74-81 winds: sw 5 mph tonight: partly cloudy. mild. lows: 53-60 winds: sw 5-10 mph thursday: partly becoming mostly cloudy, warm, and breezy. pm showers, gusty thunderstorm, possible. his winds: sw to nw 10-15 today, authorities plan to release the names

abc's linzie janis tonight on why it's happening and how to fight back. reporter: tonight millions of , americans rushed to the emergency room then slammed with surprise bills. >> your son is writhing in pain on the operating table on the er, and that's something you just don't want to go through. reporter: david connors teenage son brian sent to the emergency room after snapping his femur >> it was the worst pain of my life. reporter: months later the connors saddled with unexpected charges from their in-network hospital. >> i think it was somewhere in the ballpark of $10,000. reporter: the reason two of brian' s er doctors were out of network. a new study finding one out of every five patients treated at in-network emergency rooms gets a doctor that's out of network saddling patients with an , average bill of $622. right now only 5 states offer when facing these surprise costs. >> consumers have been really shouldering so many other call that it is breaking their back. >> experts say call your insurance provider to explain the situation. reporter: secon

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linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> linzie, thank you. >>> a new study found promising results from spin patches that release small doses of peanuts. half of those treated could the biggest benefit came to those 4 to 11 years old. the study is ongoing. the doctors say they will continue to report back with more long-term results. >>> let's talk sports and "monday night football." the chicago bears upset the vikings, 20-10. jay cutler returned to the lineup, after missing five games and threw for 252 yards and a touchdown. you heard me right. he completed 20 of 31 passes, gave chicago a 17-point lead. and chicago rookie, jordan howard, ran for a career-high, 153 yards and a touchdown. the vikings offensive line, that was the big problem for them monday night. allowing five sacks of the quarterback, sam brad ford. >>> and baseball's word series resumes in cleveland. jake arieta and tomlin. >> the outcome is take on added meanings, if the wagers of the priests in the two cities. if the indians lose, the cleveland diocese will provide supper for 100 homeless people in chicago. and if th

linzie janis has the details. the pulse nightclub, when the negotiator got on the phone with the terrorist. >> hello? >> hello there. hi, there. this is orlando police. who am i speaking with, please? >> you're speaking with the person who pledged the allegiance to the islamic state. >> can you tell me where you are right now so i can get you some help? >> no. because you have to tell america to stomach bombing syria and iraq. they're killing a lot of innocent people. youet >> i do. i completely get what you're saying. >> reporter: the officer staying calm, trying to keep omar matin talking, from the bathroom where he took hostages. >> tell me what you did. >> you know what i did. >> i'm trying to get you out. i'm not a politician. i'm not a government. all i can do is help individuals. >> reporter: that negotiator talked with mateen three times in two hours. the police coming up with a plan to bust through the exterior wall of the club, freeing the hostages. mateen was killed in a shoot-out with police. linzie ja

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. >> i'm linzie janis in for diane. >> i'm ken kp. starting with the politics because of the end of the bruising campaign season, the presidential candidates and their surrogates are out in force. >> after joint bernie sanders in north carolina last night, hillary clinton is headed to pennsylvania and michigan this afternoon, and she'll cap off the day at a get out the vote concert with jay z. >> and trump will be in three states today starting with the rally in new hampshire and chelsea clinton is holding two events there. the latest new hampshire poll, however, has trump and clinton locked in a tie at 44 a piece, and clinton losing the six point lead over there over the last few weeks. >>> in our latest national poll, >> as the clock ticks down to election day, trump and clinton are making a mad dash for the votes they can get, end boiled in a fierce tug of war over battleground states like north carolina and abc is on the trail, marci with the clinton camp, but we start with karen and the trump campaign in concord. >> reporter: the

good morning, linzie. >> reporter: good morning, robin. heavy wins whipped up those flames again overnight but as rob mentioned the rain has for firefighters who are out overnight battling the blaze and going door to door searching for the missing. >> go, go, go, go. >> reporter: the governor is calling it the largest forest fire in tennessee in 100 years. responsible for at least three deaths. >> completely gone. >> reporter: scorching hundreds of homes and businesses. >> we're not going to make it across the road. >> reporter: more than 14,000 forced to flee the resort towns of gatlinburg and pigeon forg escaping after desperate attempts from firefighters to snuff out the flames. several cabins there destroyed but the main park safe. in a statement parton saying she is praying for all the families affected by the fire. this time lapse shows how quickly the flames spread. sweeping across the nearby mountainside. these aerial shots show homes flattened. buildings reduced to rubble. cars burned out. the only thing standing here a will be cr

linzie, thanks very much. >>> the latest on the trump cabinet. the president-elect making key appointments to his economic team as speculation swirls around mitt romney as secretary of state after that intimate dinner last night. our chief white house correspondent jon karl is on the story. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. it must have been quite a dinner. after a gourmet meal at one of the restaurants in one of trump's buildings here in new called trump a dangerous fraud and a phony, emerged to praise the president-elect as someone with an inclusive message who will lead america to a brighter future. the longtime rivals were greeted with applause as they entered the pricey french restaurant inside the trump international hotel and tower. trump's new chief of staff reince priebus in tow. the menu, garlic soup with sauteed frog legs. prime chops for romney. on the side, conversation about romney, who called trump a fraud during the campaign as a potential secretary of state. >> i happen to think that america's best days are ah