The fix is in?

CNN: Five things for your New Day View this email in your browser Monday, October 17, 2016  Good Monday morning. I'm back from assignment. (Thank you, AJ, for holding down the fort last week.) Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. 1. Mosul After seemingly endless delays, the battle to liberate Mosul began this morning. ISIS has held the city - Iraq's second-largest - for years, and winning it back will deal a major blow. But the fight won't be easy. It's expected to last weeks, and possibly months, and will involve more than 54,000 Iraqi troops. 2. Campaign 2016 Donald Trump and his surrogates spent the weekend telling anyone who'd listen the election's rigged by -- who else? -- the media to get Hillary Clinton elected. Could it be because he's running out of ways to win? A CNN poll of polls this morning shows Clinton leading 47% to 39%. 3. Election ugliness Emotions are starting to run a little too hot over -- and let's just call it what it is -- the worst election ever. A NC GOP office was firebombed. And the Arizona Republic, which endorsed a Democrat for the first time ever, is getting nasty death threats. We know you don't like your choices, people, but really? 4. Syria We can't - and shouldn't - tune out the awful toll Aleppo is paying as the Syrian regime tries to wrest it back from rebels. Airstrikes killed at least 45 yesterday and today. The US and UK are now considering slapping Syria and its ally, Russia, with sanctions. Will it work? Who knows. Nothing else has. 5. Hurricane Matthew A week after the storm passed, the slow motion disaster is still dumping misery. The US death toll now stands at 46, 26 in North Carolina alone. I was there all last week and things are bad. Here's my story on 200 residents of an apartment complex who rescued themselves from the floodwaters when help didn't arrive. Breakfast Browse People are talking about these. Read up. Join in. "Dead people generally vote for Democrats" Rudy Giuliani saying Democrats could steal a close election by having dead people vote in inner cities. Oh yes, he did. Hot seller Beyonce's not the only one who can sell "Lemonade." A 7-year-old boy sold $2,285 of it for over two years to buy himself a pony.  Cost cutter Want to cut down the cost of that haircut? If you're a kid, head up to this Michigan barbershop which knocks two bucks off if they read out loud. RIP Jia Jia Jia Jia, the world's oldest panda in captivity, was euthanized over the weekend at a Hong Kong zoo. She was 38. Hot stepper Some artists make a statement with watercolors or marble. Not Cai Guo-Qiang. He needs a 1,650-foot flaming ladder in the sky to make his point. And finally ... Press on Oh, the things we'll do (and watch) when we have too much time on our hands. Like this guy sticking a bunch of giant playing cards in a hydraulic press. (Click to view) This edition of CNN Five Things brought to you by Doug Criss. Read more stories on CNN.com » Paid Content Share Tweet Forward CNN Five Things magically shows up in your inbox every weekday at 6 a.m. ET. Like what you see? Don't like what you see? Let us know. We're all about self improvement. Did a friend forward you this newsletter? Sign yourself up! Copyright © 2016 Cable News Network, LP, LLLP. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved., All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to CNN newsletters. Our mailing address is: Cable News Network, LP, LLLP. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. One CNN Center Atlanta, GA 30303 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences