Its so important. The star power working in her corner. Mosul offensive. The bloody battle, iraqi forces launching a new advance hoping to retake the second largest city from isis. Our Martha Raddatz reporting from the region this morning. And desperate search. A hiker gone missing, the daughter of a popular musician, hoping for the best. She could still be alive. The team scouring the treacherous terrain and praying theyll find her. Are you biassed . Good morning, america. Dans off. It is great to have tom llamas beside me, and he just asked where is his cubs hat . Thats because this is the time when sports trumps politics. Thats right. It might be my favorite day ever doing the show. And one day you can kind of be biased. So many were rooting for the cubs. Thats your team, right . Yes. Two of my kids were born in chicago, so go cubbies. Fans were celebrating the cubs big win. The Team World Series bound outside Wrigley Field, the sign that says it all, it says National League champions. And look at this, champagne showers in the locker room as players celebrated in the clubhouse as well. I got to say, i stayed up for this game and got three hours of sleep but im pretty sure people in chicago still arent sleeping. Im sure. This says it all. The headline from the Chicago Tribune. The cubs curse. Its been 71 years since they went to the world series, and more than a century since they last won one. Abcs alex perez is outside Wrigley Field with more on this historic win. And, alex, this is your hometown. Reporter thats right, good morning, tom, good morning, paula. You know, i grew in up city and weve been waiting much longer than ive been alive for this moment. You can still feel the energy here from the kroutds, and across the city everywhere, fans its been a long time coming. On the field, and in theproudly its been a long time coming. On the field, and in the streets. The city knows how to have fun. Reporter chicago is celebrating a historic night. After 71 years of painful disappointment, Wrigley Field is flying the w as the cubs head to the world series. Cubs snatching their first National League pennant since farrell was just 19 years old. Today shes 90, and she plans to celebrate just as hard. How are you going to celebrate tonight . Ill probably have a jagrmeister. Joe maddon, high fly into right. Reporter last night the cubs shutting out the Los Angeles Dodgers and walking off with a fiverun lead. Chicago wearing down the dodgers star pitcher, clayton kershaw. And grabbing an early lead with two runs in the first inning. Reporter while the cubs Kyle Hendricks struck out six batters before their closer vanquished the curse of the goat with this double play. Left side. Out. Out the cubs have won the pennant. That might have been the best game i pitched all year. Im sleeping with this thing tonight. Are you kidding me . Were going to the world series. Reporter fans in the stands hugging it out and breaking down in tears. And as much as we want to celebrate, the truth is the next challenge is right around the corner, game one of the world series. The cubs will take on the cleveland independindians. The indians havent been at the series since 1997, so, paula and tom, ill take a moment to do something i probably wanted to do a long time ago, so and who knows when its going to happen again so i want to do it now. Dont hold your breath. Dont hold your breath. Its a long time coming. My lucky hat. All right, alex, thank you so much. And joining us now is espns tony reali. The last time they were in the world series, a lot of people werent even alive. I love this tweet from john cusack. He said, it feels its very hard to describe what it feels like. Cubs fans, help me out. They dont want know how to process it. So youre asking me to describe the indescribable. Thank you very much. Let me put it this way. The last time they were there, 1945, there was no moving video of the game. The game was not televised. What we showed, the Chicago Tribune headline, that black and white photo, is all we have got. So its an incredible thing, that was before baseball was integr integrated. Before there was a Los Angeles Dodgers or new york mets or a number of teams in the league. That was how far back this goes. And the ticket prices in 1956, about 6 or so. 6 bucks. Now you cant get into wrigley next week for anything less than 2,000. Wow. Okay, so theres a little bit of a bias this morning with alex and paula for the cubs, but this is a big year for the indians, as well. Sure. If it wasnt for chicago wed be talking about cleveland. Won the world series since 1948, and to make things even more interesting for this city, cleveland now thinks they are believeland after what happened with lebron james in the nba final this is year, and game one of the world series is tuesday. Right across the street one hour earlier ring night for the cleveland cavaliers. Theyre going to be donned as champions in the nba season so thats going to be a big night in cleveland. No doubt theres a lot of good things happening in cleveland. Were talking about the two longest franchises for droughts rather for these particular franchises. Whos favored to win . Chicago is favored to win, theyve won 103 gas they are the best team in baseball, but its almost like a movie. But even in the movies, back to the future and major league, it took the sequel for both to get their world series appearance. Its amazing. I love what you said earlier, the first time the cubs will be in the world series on a live broadcast, live tv broadcast. Been a long time. Well be able to watch history. Tony reali, thank you so much. So good for baseball too. All right, lets turn to politics now. 16 days left in the president ial historic gettysburg calling on the country to follow president lincolns example and heal divisions, but also threatening to sue the women accusing him of Sexual Misconduct as one more woman comes forward with a new allegation. Abcs david wright is here with the latest. David, good morning. Reporter good morning, tom. Donald trump is already looking past the civil war that is this election in gettysburg talking about bringing the nation together, one nation under trump setting the agenda for his first 100 days. Call it his gettysburg address. Its a contract between donald j. Trump and the american voter, and it begins with bringing honesty, accountability and change to washington, d. C. Reporter donald trump outlined his first five score days in office committing to overturn trade deals and obamacare, but making slight changes to his promises on immigration. Trump is still vowing to deport millions of undocumented who exactly will pay for that wall, and how whos going to pay for the wall . [ chanting mexico ] who . [ chanting mexico ] reporter the republican nominee is now offering something of a payment plan. Mexico will be reimbursing the United States for the full cost of such a wall. Reporter trump also added a new item to his priorities list, taking revenge on the women who have accused him of Sexual Misconduct. All of these liars will be sued after the election is over. Reporter but even as trump accuses his accusers of lying, a new woman has come forward represented by attorney gloria allred. If mr. Trump thought that such bullying tactics would silence his accusers and prevent other women from coming forward, he will be sorely disappointed. Reporter adult film star, jessica drake, says trump kissed her and two other women without their consent ten years ago. The Trump Campaign insists this latest allegation like all the every woman lied when they came forward to hurt my campaign. Total fabrication. Reporter abc news is unable to confirm any of the accusers allegations but worth noting, the Trump University lawsuit comes up in late november, so between that and the revenge lawsuits against the accusers, a lot of court dates for donald trump coming up in the first 100 days. Certainly so. David, thank you. We want to move on to Hillary Clinton who was busy campaigning with her running mate, tim kaine, in pittsburgh and philadelphia, calling the election critically important and reaching out to Trump Supporters. Abcs mary bruce is in our Washington Bureau with that part of the story. Mary, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Well, the gang is back together this morning stumping side by side for the first time in six wiex weeks. Clinton and kaine are feeling confident and looking ahead as their momentum grows in those key battleground states. President ial. Reporter up in the polls and together again, Hillary Clinton and running mate, tim kaine, are making their Closing Argument against donald trump. Anger is not a plan. Reporter hoping for a swing state sweep, the Clinton Campaign is playing offense. Its important to give you something to vote for, not just against. Reporter and taking shots at trump. If hes president , hell spend his time suing women who have made charges against him based on his tim and i are going to keep talking about what we want to do. Reporter looking ahead, clintons reaching out to Trump Supporters as she faces the possibility of uniting a fiercely divided country. I understand that they need a president who cares about them, will listen to them, and i want to be their president too. [ cheers and applause ] reporter shes getting some extra help. Trump supporter in florida. What is it, trump or clinton . What are we going to say . Excited for november 8th . Reporter with just 16 days to go, the stars are aligning to get out the vote. Miley cyrus registering college kids in virginia as katy perry rallies first time voters in nevada. And i can use my power to vote. Who is going to use their power to vote . Reporter now the Clinton Campaign this morning is not just focus on winning their race, but also on winning those critical down ballot over these next two weeks, clinton will be speaking out even more, boosting Democratic Candidates and going after their republican opponents. Tom and paula. Mary bruce for us this morning, mary, thank you. Lets bring in George Stephanopoulos who will be hosting this week later this morning. George, donald trump delivered wh was supposed to be a major address in gettysburg, and yet the headlines coming out of it were still settling scores 16 days out. It was really a tale of two speeches yesterday in gettysburg. He did lay out a 100day agenda list of grievances against the media, talking about voter fraud, talking about the election being rigged and, of course, that threat to sue his accusers, which stepped on the message. Good morning to you, george. Nice to see you. Mary just mentioned it, the republicans are really concerned about the trump effect down ballot. The democrats can take over control on the senate with what . Four or five they need to pick up four seats. Right now there are nine or ten that are competitive right now and with every point that Hillary Clinton picks up right now, it has the prospect of bringing in more democrats in the senate and the house. The house is a much tougher battle for the democrats. They have to pick up 30 seats. You would need to see, like, a 10 or 12point win to make that even possible. But the senate is a strong possibility. No question, its very possible. And this morning youve also got the results of our latest abc News Washington post poll and what voters are saying about the rigged election. Right . Absolutely. You know, this is coming out at 9 00 a. M. So we cant give the exact results but i think what youll see is what a decisive month october was and those debates were for Hillary Clinton. One of the things weve seen in other public polls, her week, and these arguments that donald trump is making right now about a rigged election, about these women accusers, not working. Yeah. All right, george has a big show this morning coming up. Oneonone also with eric trump and Clinton Campaign chief strategist, joel benenson, plus independent president ial candidate, eric mcmullin. Thoost later on this week. Great to have you, thank you. A reminder, download the abc news app and get Live Streaming breaking news reports from the campaign trail. Tom. All right. Iraqi foes facing fierce opposition from isis. A senior u. S. Official called it a complex endeavor expected to last for months. Abcs Martha Raddatz near mosul with the very latest. Reporter good morning, paula and tom. From northern iraq, this attack on mosul is expected to be the largest attack since the u. S. Invaded iraq in 2003. There are about 30,000 iraqi troops taking part. About 5,000 u. S. Troops are assisting the iraqis. You can see some u. S. Soldiers behind me right now, and about the wire, outside the bases, assisting the iraqis close up, but not on the very forward line. This battle is expected to take months, and will be more intense the closer they get to mosul. The aftermath is expected to be even more complex. Tom and paula. All right, thanks so much, martha. Lets send things over to dr. Ron claiborne, a look at the other stories were tracking. So big news in the media world. Thats right, dr. Paula faris. Youre welcome. Im actually a nurse. Tom and rachel, robert, good morning to you. Good morning, everyone. Were going to begin with a big deal, thats a megabusiness deal. Telecom giant at t agreeing to buy media conglomerate time warner for 85. 4 billion. Thats a lot of money. The move would transform at t into a media giant able to produce and distribute content to millions. The companies are hoping to seal that deal by the end of this year, but the sale will require in north dakota a protest over construction of an oil pipeline turned violent. Police arresting more than 80 people and using pepper spray in a fivehour confrontation with demonstrators at a construction site after some of the demonstrators crossed police lines. People have been gathering at the site since august to try to stop construction of the 1100mile Dakota Access pipeline which they say will cause environmental damage. And thousands of National Guard troops in california are being ordered to pay back money and afghanistan a decade ago. The california National Guard paid about 10,000 soldiers bonuses of 15,000 or more to reenlist in the early 2000s. Now, the pentagon says audits reveal that the money was mishandled, and they want it back. The l. A. Times reporting that the soldiers could be hit with interest charges and tax liens if they they refuse to go along. And in florida, coast guard crews are rescuing four people, including a child whose boat capsized about 12 miles off the there. The three men and 8yearold girl are holding on to the boat for about an hour before being plucked out of the water. No one, fortunately, was hurt. Big upset in college football. Michigan lost. No, just kidding. Thank you very much. Unranked penn state knocking off number two and previously undefeated ohio state. Good news for paula there. With less than five minutes in the game, grant haley scooping up the ball. Blocked field goal going 80 yards into the end zone. All the way. Touchdown, final score, penn state, 24, buckeyes, 21. Oh. It was ohio states first loss to an unranked team since 2012. Oh, yeah. I wanted michigan to beat them. Would have been a bigger game. Finally, it is a time of year again when bears all over are getting ready to hibernate. Its almost winter, right . It is. Says the hibernation expert. In washington state, one last thing he needed to do, there it is. Scratching, cameras catching the animal as it goes up the tree it will go up eventually. Believe me. Get er done. One more scratch. Climb that tree for us. Climb it. Are you sure hes not hibernating . Actually, no. It looks like fun, though, doesnt it . You dont need those back scratchers. Just find a tree and scratch your back. So more about hibernation or should we talk about the snow . You know, typically when it starts to snow, people go into hibernation and i would be one of them except when its here. Here you go. Lake placid, whiteface, they got it last night. Im not sure what elevation this was but 3,000 and change vert on that puppy and get it up almost to 5,000 feet. Looks like it was coming down sideways. Windy conditions as well through all the way down through the smokeys, snowshoe got it as did north carolina. This near 6,000 feet so you get the idea, the spine of the appalachians really getting snow with this. Its starting to wind down. The snow advisories have been dropped and the rains are moving out but the winds and the cold air certainly is moving in. Windchills in new york, 42. Right now. 22 degrees is what it feels like 43 degrees in atlanta. In gainesville, florida, right now it feels like 42. Wind advisories up and winds gust, 95mileanhour gusts at the top of mt. Washington around 6,000 feet and itll be breezy in new york city and atlantic city. Thats a quick check on whats thanks so much rob. Take a look how temperatures will break down today. Another warm day for us partly cloudy skies now, light wind we are going to see rain starting to increase as we get into the evening time. 86 by 11 00 a. M. , hang into the 90s for a good chunk of the day. Across the state 70s up north, 60s flagstaff, 70s grand can y 90s out to the west. Highs will be in the midto low 90s and pretty similar dont do that. Ilar dont do what . Let paula sing if she wants to sing. Its beautiful. Shell be doing more of that rachels not high bernating because she has a great story to tell us. I do. Its a really good feelgood story with a wonderful outcome. A mother in atlanta is hoping her baby becomes a model for diversity. She says her son was rejected by a modeling agency, and thats when her mission started. Asher nash is just 15 months old but already is making a n