Average. Cubs and dodgers are in the running, and those are some of the top stories on this monday, it is october 17th. From abc news, this is world news now. Good monday morning, everyone. Were starting overseas this half hour in a battle taking place right now. Artillery and air strikes by the softening up the rebel held iraqi city of mosul as Government Troops begin to move in. Defense secretary Ash Carter Says it could be a decisive moment in the battle against isis. The group held the city for more than two years. Government forces are moving in from the south and east, and heres more from the front lines. Reporter battered humvees and soldiers roll out as iraq Prime Minister said and the liberation for mosul started. 30,000 troops are backed by u. S. Special forces advisers on the ground, and american jets carrying out air strikes. Isis has held the city for over two years, and its digging in to defend its biggest prize, burning oil and tires for cover, digging tums and setting t
Average. Cubs and dodgers are in the running, and those are some of the top stories on this monday, it is october 17th. From abc news, this is world news now. Good monday morning, everyone. Were starting overseas this half hour in a battle taking place right now. Artillery and air strikes by the softening up the rebel held iraqi city of mosul as Government Troops begin to move in. Defense secretary Ash Carter Says it could be a decisive moment in the battle against isis. The group held the city for more than two years. Government forces are moving in from the south and east, and heres more from the front lines. Reporter battered humvees and soldiers roll out as iraq the victory bell has won iraqs Prime Minister said and the liberation for mosul started. 30,000 troops are backed by u. S. Special forces advisers on the ground, and american jets carrying out air strikes. Isis has held the city for over two years, and its digging in to defend its biggest prize, burning oil and tires for co
Pumped up at the beginning. Reporter all this is a series of national and state polls showing trumps path to victory looking less likely with every passing day. Beyond the traditional battlegrounds, trump showing weakness in utah, texas, anesthesalaska, and our poll shows while Hillary Clinton holds on to her lead, Trump Supporters are sticking with him. Among likely 4743 points. That four point advantage, essentially unchanged from the twopoint lead a month ago, and this surprising finding. Clintons lead among female voters is actually falling. Off 11 points of white women without College Degrees rally to trump, and while republican lawmakers, especially those in competitive races may be running with him as democrats are with clinton. Her support among democrats, 89 . 86 of republicans are with him. As for those accusations of sexual aggression, 68 of voters say he probably has made unwanted sexual advances towards women, which hes denied, but 84 of republicans say it wont affect thei