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[ cheering ] the car rolls over, bursts into flames, the driver trapped inside. Samaritans rush in. Please, hurry the dramatic moment they formed a human chain to pull him free. And good morning, america. A lot to get to this votes are counted. Donald trump unshackled all weekend, that was his word. Lashing out at the forces rigging this election. Trump calling alec baldwins impression on snl yts a hit job. Were going to have a lot more on that. We begin with the breaking news. Thousands of iraqi troops trying deal a crippling blow to the group. What is happening right now, alex . Reporter good morning, weve been watching this battle for mosul play out in the valley with the forces up here in the hills and the Coalition Jets above, pummeling those isis militants below on the first day of this battle that will determine the future of isis. The battle for mosul beginning. An estimated 30,000 fighting those kurdish fighters zeroing in their mortars on yis krs targeting below. Targets selected and observed by american forces, ib colluding these soldiers from the 101st airborne division. That was one of the rockets heading out into the plains around the city of mosul. The sun has come up, the pace of the artillery and the air strikes landing down there. Around mosul. For the first time, were hearing gunfire as well, meaning the two sides are now closely engaging each other. The view of the fighting increasingly obscured by a thick, black haze. If isis loses mosul, they lose their last foothold in iraq and their biggest prize to date. It w to the group. For months, theyve talk t about the plans to retake mosul from isis. Hoping to energy jaze ing ing tn the city. Theyre expecting 1 Million People to flee the fighting. Could be one of the biggest lets bring in martha rad dat dats for more. We have seen the public buildup to this battle for months. This is so critical because moos sl the last strong hold for isis in iraq. Exactly right, george. Its critical and difficult. The u. S. Military feels very confident that the iraqis will succeed. This will not be fast. This would be a huge step towards defeating isis in aq governing and stabilizing that area will be a challenge. Isis in syria is a much more complicated problem. You zroept a unified fighting force there. Few u. S. Forces to help them. This will be the challenge for the next president. Martha raddatz, thank you very much. Now to the race for the white house and the attack on a Republican Office in North Carolina. The local Head Quarters North Carolina, as authorities search for who is responsible. Good morning, steve. Reporter good morning to you, robin. Authorities are here this morning trying to figure out who did this. There are all sorts of suggestions. The good thing is no one was hurt. Police believe someone threw a bot wl flammable material through the front window of the Orange County Republican Party Head Quarters sometime between saturday night and sunday morning. The fire inside and caused smoke damage but went out on its own. This is a horrific, horrific act of political terrorism. Reporter this is, of course, a key swing state in the president ial election where polls show the race is tight. Republican candidate responded on twitter immediately saying animals, representing Hillary Clinton and dems in North Carolina, just firebombed our office in Orange County because were winning. That whoever did this represented the democratic nominee, who condemned the attack. We have a lot of cleanup to do. Reporter theyre cleaning up graffiti that was next door. Or else what . Because were not going anywhere. Reporter the graffiti was sprayed on the other side of the democrats are raising money for the workers here. In a few short hours, they have raised 13,000 online. The latest now from donald trump. Hes fighting hard from behind. Bashing Hillary Clinton, the media even saturday night live as he doubles down on claims the election is rigged. Tom llamas is tracking it all from trump tower. Reporter good morning to you, george. Donald trump has yet to provide any evidence the election will thats not stopping him from preaching that message and that multiple groups are out to get him. Donald trumps now peddling a new conspiracy theory. The election is being rigged by corrupt media pushing false allegations and outright lies in an effort to election Hillary Clinton president. Reporter over the weekend, in less than 48 hours, trump mentioning the election being rigged more than 20 the process is rigged. Its a rigged election. Its a rigged system. And they take these lies and they put them on front pages. Reporter trump, referring to the growing number of women, accusing him of Sexual Misconduct. The republican nominee seeming to attack the looks of jessica leads, who says trump groped her on a flight in the 80s. Believe me, she would not be you. Reporter trump also suggestioni suggesting the polling system is rigged. Tweeting the election is absolutely being rig bid the dishonest and distorted media pushed crooked hillary. Not all republicans are on board. A spokeswoman for Speaker Paul Ryan saying our democracy relies on confidence in Election Results and the speaker is fully confident the states will carry out this election with integrity. Even the Vice President ial candid approach from his running mate. Well respect the ril will of the American People in this e election. Reporter as pence tries to soften the tone, trump is growing wilder in his accusa accusati accusations. We should take a drug test prior drks because i dont know what is going on with her. But at the beginning of her last debate, she was all pumped up at the beginning. Reporter this morning, its called americas bully. It compares donald trump to some of the greatest bullies of all time including biff from back to the future and the members of cobra kai from the karate kid. Trump has said hes not a bully, hes a counterpuncher. As Hillary Clinton stepped out of the spot light this another batch of emails thought to be from her top aides. Cecilia vega joins us with more. Reporter the Clinton Campaign calling this a crime reminiscent of watergate, but worse. A slow leak every day a new batch. And the Clinton Campaign know this is could be a problem for them every day until election day. This morning, thousands more emails appearing to show the inner workings of Hillary Wikileaks releasing the newest batch of what are believed to be Campaign Chairman John Podestas hacked emails. One showing just how much clintons Team Struggled to get her to apologize over the private server controversy. Writing her inability to just do a National Interview and communicate genuine feelings of remorse and regret is now, i fear, becoming a character problem. I actually saying, look, im sorry. I think it will take so much air out of this. Podesta agreeing saying trying to figure out how to get her there and best way to execute. As i look back at it now, though it was allowed, i shuld have used two accounts. One for personal. One for workrelated emails. That was a mistake. Im sorry about that. I take responsibility. Independently verified the emails. The Clinton Campaign not responding to individual documents, instead, akuding the russians of orchestrating the hack to give donald trump a win. I dont give credence to the dumped documents because i dont know if theyre accurate. Reporter 12,000 emails so far. Everything from when clinton should laugh during debates. Whoo, okay. Reporter to her p seem to contradict her public positions. Everyone this one, claiming clinton told a private trade union gathering that extreme environment al lists need to, quote, get a life. And donald trump has questioned whether the russians were behind the hacks. His running mate, mike pence, seemed to take a different stand saying theres no question, george, that evidence suggests russian involvement. And Martha Raddatz for more. Three weeks and a day before the election. Our polls show a fourpoint lead for Hillary Clinton. No question, donald trump behind right now. He needs major shift to get back in the race. When you looked at the race a month or so ago, i said it was about a field goal. Today, were in the final less than 22 days, its as if hes behind by four or five runs in the ninth inning. Its a much different thing. Can he lit take a big debate. Right now this race falls in about a sixpoint Hillary Clinton lead. Martha, you spent time with voters at a key state of pennsylvania. One of the surprises i think you found is that that access Hollywood Tape didnt turn out to these stroerts be a gamechanger. What the voters said backed may not think his apology was sincere. Many voters said this would not affect their decision, men and women. One man saying he wasnt surprised by tape. One female voter saying she thought it was funny. Another saying shes heard that talk before from men and women. There were voter who is were disturbed by the tape, but seemed to fall into the onethird in the poll who would not likely have voted for him any the opinthuz yachl for donal trump is down. Who hes lashing out at, the media. Clinton. But claiming the whole election is rigged. Its fundamentally not the undecided voters. Whats Hillary Clintons fundamentally its change. And the tape is her enthusiasm level is up to what donald thats a major change. It has caused a twopoint lead to a 6point lead. Hes trying to rile up the base. Theyre both in the final 22 days focused on the base and not undecided voters. Thank you both. Final president ial debit is wednesday on abc. Ill be anchoring our live coverage starting at 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Also this morning, now to new backlash from those recent clown scares across the country. Were two weeks away from halloween. Target pulling some of their clown costumes. T. J. Holmes is here with that. Reporter get this, on targets website, you can still get, as an adult, a Michael Meyers costume, complete are a fake butcher knife. You cant get a clown costume. In this season where youre supposed to have scary fun this creepy clown phenomena is causing some people and retailers to adjust. The creepy chaise has gone international. Camera are lighting up social media feeds around the world. Back home, this video on live leak apparently showing a knifewielding clown approaching a home. This clown on the back of a detroit bus. Scary clown masks are flying off the shelves. National costume retailer Halloween Express says its clown costume sales are up 239 this removing clown masks from its stores and scale back inventory online. Saying this e e do six was made out of sensitivity to the issue at happened. Look at this clown. Reporter even Ronald Mcdonald is keeping a low profile. With creepy clowns reported in at least 40 states. Hey, you the clown that was reporter as far as Ronald Mcdonald goes, theyre scaling back the appearances. Saying, hey, just being sensitive. Police say these are pranksters doing all these things. Social media causes it to spread like crazy. This close to halloween. All right, t. J. , thank you. To amy for the mornings other top stories. And you urgent search under way for the man accused of shooting a Police Sergeant i his police car. Walking to the officers side of the car with a gun drawn before opening fire. The the sergeant is in stable condition. New video shows the aftermath of a horrifying crash if san diego. A truck plunged 60 feet off a bridge to park below, killing four people. The driver, a navy sailor, is charged with drunk driving and ve hick la homicide. Driver of this suv. They formed a human chain to pull him out of the vehicle and carry him up that hill. Thankfully, incredibly, he suffered just minor injuries. In sports, the dodgers got even against the cubs, shut out chicago, 10, with an impress i have performance from clayton kershaw. The series moves to los angeles. Finally, this Election Year has been pretty nasty. Promising to get bang county treasurer. See the billboard. She for like that. Very simple message right there. Exactly. Thank you. Lets go to ginger. Ult mall Indian Summer in parts blasted through parts of the Pacific Northwest and the trough. Where theres a trough, theres a ridge. This radar showing a very, very quiet conditions out there. Now we did some rain this morning push through. 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