To coast. The hackers using dvrs and Baby Monitors to launch the assault. Kneeling while singing. A woman performing the National Anthem takes a knee in support of black lives matter. . Whose broad stripes . . As nba players stand behind her and and can they break the curse . The chicago cubs one win away from making the world series for the first time in 71 years. Fans of the cubs anxious and excited and praying Steve Bartman stays home today. October 22nd, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today live from studio and welcome to today on saturday morning. Im craig melvin alongside Stephanie Ruhle and dylan dreyer and sheinelle jones. You think people would let it go by now. You know what would help . The cubs getting back to the world series. At 4 00 in the morning, my husband woke me up. He is a diehard cubs fan. He puts his of the fourth inning. Hes the reason. More on the cubbies later. The top story this morning is the race for the white house with the election now 17 days away. Here is the state of the race. Donald trump is promising a big surprise today. Hes expected to layout his plan for the first 100 days in office if elected. Trump will make the announcement in pennsylvania. Hillary clinton will concentrate tim kaine in philadelphia and pittsburgh. She is using miley cyrus and katy perry. There is a lot to get to this morning. Including an overnight scare in the Hillary Clinton campaign headquarters. Lets start with nbcs jacob rascon. Good morning. Reporter good morning, sheinelle. Four clinton team measures were exposed to a white substance sent in an one of the floors of the brooklyn headquarters had to be evacuated. Substance was not harmful. Now top aides to trump are promising a new tone, positive vision and road map with the speech at gettysburg. We will win. Reporter promising the comeback, donald trump is looking ahead to the first 100 days in office. Todays speech in pennsylvania what top aides call his Closing Argument with a top vision with new policy details. We will do something special. Reporter this as polling shows trump slipping in ohio and behind in every other swing state. The movement, trump tells supporters is somehow bigger than polls. They say we cant poll this thing. Reporter our nbc news surveymonkey tracking shows this is resonating with republicans. Four in ten say they may not accept the results. Campaigning for Hillary Clinton, Vice President joe biden had strong words for trump over his lewd comments caught on tape. The press asks me dont i wish i were debating him. So i can take him behind the gym. Reporter sources say Hillary Clinton is looking beyond election day while her Campaign Continues to target republicans and independents. In a new ad, muslim gold star father kazir khan once again going after trump. Will my son have a place in your america . Reporter there is fallout from the stolen emails from one email showed the top aide disagreed with the push to hold a Global Initiative meeting in morocco in exchange for a pledge. Huma abedin wrote, she created this mess and she knows it. The speech scheduled this morning for donald trump and what it could be a top speech, many supporters said they wanted conference scheduled with an 11th accuser of donald trump who says he had inappropriate contact with her in the last many years. Sheinelle. Jacob, thanks. Lets bring in joy reid. Host of a. M. Reid. And we have a former top adviser to senator rand pauls campaign. Ladies, good morning. Good morning. Lets start with the trump gettysburg address. Here we are about two weeks out. What can he say today that would in any way, shape or form lift his numbers . This is a lastditch effort to show seriousness. This is what he should have conveyed earlier in the campaign. He really missed a critical moment to reassure undecided voters there was substance to him. Now they see that and it is not just he is pulling in people he extended reach. This is grasping at straws. Is it too late . It is too late for a closing statement. You had an audience of 70 Million People and then in the first debate an audience of 80 Million People. This is the only chance you have to talk to the undecided voters. He missed. It. I want to get your take here. 45 of Republican Voters unlikely or definitely not accept the election loss for the candidate. Do you find this surprising . Is trumps rhetoric working . This is the most troubling aspect of the campaign. It is unprecedented for the nominee to signal they would not respect the results of an election. We have never had that happen before. So because Trump Supporters are after november 8th . Will they be beholden to a party in which 40 of the base believes the president of the United States is illegitimate . Surely, how do you see this playing out . I was in arizona conducting focus groups with donald Trump Supporters and undecided. Trump supporters who say they will concede, they say well al gore waited if trump thinks something is off, he should be allowed to contest it. They are okay and they see it as fine. They blame the media right now more than they expect a rigged election. They think the media is portraying trump as dead in the water. That is contributing to his demise. Joy, is there a risk that they hear all this and look at the poll numbers and electoral map and get confident . And that is a very important point. You are now starting to hear democrats and democratic operatives pushing a message to democratic voters. Wait a minute. This is not over. Dont feel comfortable that you think you can stay home. The difference is the Clinton Campaign has a robust get out the vote effort. They want to make sure every single early voter is out. They are doing a absentee ballot push. The Trump Campaign is ser scale. Democrats are aware of the risks of voters thinking it is fine. Elise, early voting. We are spending time talking about november 8th. The reality is 4. 5 Million People cast ballots. What are we seeing . The disturbing trend is early voting, republican turnout is half from 2012. Job organizing in early voting. You see that benefits Hillary Clinton. Elise, joy. Thank you for waking up early. You can watch joys show this morning on msnbc. Starts at 10 00 eastern. A huge mystery this morning. Federal investigators are trying to figure out just who is behind a series of coordinated cyber attacks. Attacking popular web sites you use every day. Nbcs latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, stephanie. These attacks are starting to sound something out of a Science Fiction novel. Hijackers connecting devices like dvrs and cameras and Baby Monitors and launching them into cyber war. The attacks came in three waves taking down a long list of web site giants like twitter, how can so Many Companies go down in the answer found in a target . Hackers aiming at a Company Called dyn. It acts like an address book and switch board of the internet. This time, hackers deployed the latest weapon in cyber warfare. Virus that effects internet devices like dvrs and Baby Monitors and turns them into cyber bot and the system like dyn is overwhelmed and crashes. It is unthinkable that a baby monitor could topple twitter. An army of Baby Monitors can knock over the most Important Companies in the world. Reporter Experts Say Companies are manufacturing weak default passwords making them vulnerable. The fact that companies can make hundreds of thousands of devices and put them on the line turn into a botnet and attack the United States is a problem. Reporter so far, there is a lot of speculation on who is to blame. A senior u. S. Intelligence official now telling nbc news this is a classic case of internet vandalism. It does not appear to be a state sponsored attack. What is clear, a new weapon has been deployed as companies and countries try to prepare for a possibility of cyber war. Expertsl devices used in attacks like these are located in vietnam. Right now, the department of Homeland Security and fbi are investigating. Stephanie. Thank you, gadi. Testimony resumes in new jersey in the bridgegate trial. The question is did governor Chris Christie know about the George Washington bridge closures . He says he didnt, but during testimony on friday, one former with more. Reporter good morning, craig. Four of the access lanes were shutdown unexpectedly in 2013 causing a nightmare. And a top aide wrote an email and dropped a bombshell. Testified that the governor knew what was going on despite his repeated denials. For threeea the former deputy chief to governor Chris Christie took the stand friday. She testified she had told her former boss about the lane closures one month before it happened. He was fine with it. A direct contradiction to what christie claimed. I had no knowledge of it. Reporter christie Team Released this statement friday. Prior to or during the lane closures. Bridget kelly said the Port Authority director was the mastermind in the issue in 2013. He is now the governments key witness. Kelly and defendant bill baroni pleaded not guilty to nine felony counts. She said christie was aware of the email she sent saying time for traffic problems in ft. Words. She insisted the closures were not retibution meant to punish a local mayor. Christie previously called kelly a rogue and liar. It presents the truth as Bridget Kelly knows it. Reporter david walstein was telling christie about the closures on september 11th. Happening. Accords to wildstein, the three laughed about it. A man with hoping for Higher Office now caught in a scandal he may never recover from. Now Defense Attorneys painted kelly as a lowlevel employee even to please her boss. Not in the inner circle as the government alleges. Deliberating as soon as mid week. Craig. Thank you. We head overseas where secretary of Defense Ash Carter is touching down in iraq as the crews are trying to take back the city of mosul. We have Nbcs Richard Engel in erbil this morning. American general and get a battle field update in the campaign to drive isis out of the city of mosul. With every advance, there are more signs of isis brutality and radical intolerance. In the town of mosul, authorities cleared a church desecrated by the militants. They wrote the Islamic State or caliphate Reigns Supreme over the cross. That caliphate is shrinking. With the help of u. S. Aircraft and jets launched from uss eisenhower in the mediterranean. Isis is under attack in and around mosul. But finding isis without killing civilians is a challenge. Bad guys mixed in with families. There are people in the wrong place at the wrong time. Innocent civilians. Reporter advisors are on the ground too. We saw them in combat gear clearing bombs. It is the same job chief petty officer jason finan had. He was killed this week when an ied went off near his vehicle. Isis so far is pursuing a dual strategy. Fighting to defend mosul and key villages and using terrorist attack city of kirkuk where militants came in yesterday and killed dozens of people. There was a scare today for some u. S. Troops that are advising in in this mission. Isis, two days ago, set fire to a sulfur plant and the winds shifted bringing some of the fumes close to u. S. Troops. Out of the sense of personal comfort. Some decided to put on air samples have been taken to determine if the fumes cause any threat, but a military spokesperson told us at this point there has been no change in posture and no reports of hospitalizations. Richard, thank you. Ontario, california is under a smoke alert after firefighters struggle with a massive blaze. A thick black plume rose over the city friday as flames shot from the recycling center. Cardboard and plastic bottles fueled the fire. Homes and businesses were evacuated. The positive news is no serious injuries. And activists in kansas are warning people to stay out of town to avoid the chemical leak. Harmful gas washed over the town friday. 11,000 people were told to shelter in place. More than five dozen treated in the chemical cloud disbursed and the investigation is under way. The miami heat are trying to explain how they got caught off guard by a black lives matter protester. The woman singing the National Anthem unexpectedly dropped to her knees and opened the jacket and said she loved her cause. Heat officials did not kno and here is a good one for the chicago cubs fans worldwide. Hoping and praying the cubs can finally make it back to the world series. It is game six of the National League championship series. The cubs are up 3 games to 2. If the boys win tonight, they go to the series for the first time, get your head around this, in seven decades. Nbcs ron mott is outside im sure he is excited with more. Good morning, ron. Reporter good morning, stephanie. Anything and everything that can be crossed, fingers and toes, because the chicago cubs are one win away from the world series. Groundball to short. Reporter baseball is a game of numbers. Three strikes, youre out. Four balls, youre on. A stretch and a song in the seventh. . Take me out to the ball game . . Reporter f cubs and patient and passionate fans. A single number comes to mind this weekend. One. Win one more game and finally get back to the world series. And theres a mountain of anticipation and excitement. It just keeps building and building. I dont want to jinx it. Obviously we are very superstitious. Reporter maybe for a good reason. A billy goat started what many believe is a curse. 69. Him, a fan named Steve Bartman interfered with a foul ball in 03. Its been 71 years since the cubs last played in baseballs championship. Longer since they last won it all 108 years. Could that be their lucky number . The teams first manager created the games First Official balls. Exactly 108 stitches. The games . You guessed it. 108 stories tall. The omaha family that bought the team, headquartered on 108th avenue. Im superstitious. Reporter around the city, signs everywhere. A simple w displayed after each win. No team has won more than this season than the cubs. Now the 2 for 1 special. Two shots to win one. Love the cubs because i love it to the world series. Reporter and a chance to make 2016 a most celebrated number in chicago. . Cubs . . Reporter so as you can imagine, the city is ready to pop. They will close the streets down if the cubs win. Guys, back to you. Ron mott, that was awesome. Good story, ron. Good stuff. My husband is booking tickets. I said what are you doing. He says he wants the Cleveland Indians fans just as excited. Lots of rain around the country. One weird note. It will be 108 degrees in chicago today. We did have some pretty significant weather through worcester in massachusetts last night. 4 to 5 inches of rain. Look at the cars stalled in that flooding rain. It was a nasty night and more rain is on the way. You are getting a break across new england. Albany to new york. This is moisture that will move slowly and rotate to the east. We are going to see more rain fill back in across central massachusetts. Last through the day today and then as we go into tonight, look at this. Cold enough for snow. 6 to 8 inches of snow in the adirondacks and ski resorts. Colder weather is moving in here and thats your latest forecast. Weeks most talked about stories and where in the world is bob im Russ Feingold and i approve this message. On healthcare, Russ Feingold will work with both parties to lower premiums and cut health care taxes. I want to do the hard work of improving the system sides with big insurance. Voting to make medicare a voucher program, forcing seniors to pay more for prescription drugs, and letting Insurance Companies deny coverage to cancer patients. Senator johnson hurting wisconsin families. Good morning. Im julia fello. Its 7 27. Milwaukee police asking for you help finding this boys dropped off at a daycare on north swan boulevard yesterday afternoon. This is the man who dropped him off. If you have information call police at the number on your screen. 935 7405. Heres meteorologist brian . . Amazing. Amazing. That schumer. Amazing. Look at that crowd. Here in new york city. A dreary morning on this saturday, october 22nd, 2016. We have to give a shoutout in the rain to the brave souls out in the elements on the plaza. We will get out in a bit. Headlines. Donald trump is promising a big announcement in gettysburg, pennsylvania today. The speech will look ahead to his first 100 days in office if elected. Hillary clinton will be campaigning with running mate tim kaine. A navy sailor killed in iraq has been identified as jason finan. He was killed in an improvised bomb blast. Finan is killed in iraq since 2014. A night of music and fun at the white house as president obama hosted usher and jill scott. The president joked this is one of the perks of the job he will miss the most. You will watch it on b. E. T. In november. Now for the recap of the biggest stories of the week. The candidates faced