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THE HURRICANE OF THE CENTURY

The story of the day is Super Hurricane Melissa.  Plus, that World Series game last night deserves a few comments.  But first, tracking President Donald Trump. Trump spent yesterday meeting with  Japan Emperor Naruhito , the nation's symbolic leader, at the Imperial Palace.  Naruhito is 5'8" and 65 years old and Trump is 6'3" and 79. Then today, he met with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.  A lot of flattery and gift-giving from Takaichi. She told him that Japan would be nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize. I should mention, though, that Trump is getting nowhere with Putin. And seems to have lost influence over Netanyahu. Gave him a golf bag signed by Hideki Matsuyama, as well as a putter used by former PM Shinzo Abe. Trump announced approval for the first delivery of U.S. missiles for F-35 fighter jets, but which Japan purchased. Lunch was American rice and American beef. They did sign a deal on rare earth minerals, as well as a document heralding a new "...

OPOLO and TOBIN JAMES

 But first, two sports matters: About that  NBA gambling problem , won't say much, except to just be aware of further developments. The World Series games begin today.  They open with the Los Angeles Dodgers at Toronto Blue Jays at 8PM EDT.   Not to worry about the change in daylight savings time, for this will occur Sunday, November 2 at 2AM, where most states will set their clock back to 1AM so some of you can get one hour more sleep. All games will be on Fox, FS1 and Fox Deportes, also streaming on Fubo, Fox One, DirecTV, Sling, You Tube and Hulu....if you subscribe to them. First team to win 4 games will become the champion. Starting pitchers in Game 1 will be Blake Snell for the Dodgers and Trey Vesavage for the Blue Jays, a rookie. Here are the details of other games. Game 2:   Saturday, Oct. 25, 8 p.m. ET in Toronto. Game 3:   Monday, Oct. 27, 8 p.m. ET in Los Angeles. Game 4:   Tuesday, Oct. 28, 8 p.m. ET in Los Angeles. Game 5 (if necessary): ...