>> live and in hd, this is abc news "washington weekly." >> with just 51 days until election day, things are about heated on the campaign trail. another charmor offensive. yesterday, mitt romney went to his grandson soccer game. date, -- this week comment on "kelly andar michael."

t leadesident has a sligh expected voters to win, he running away in a liability numbers. -- likability numbers. this week, the president will up on jay leno. who would you want to have dinner with? obama. would make a more loyal friend? obama. the real worry for mitt romney is the question about the economy. campaign said up in a ad. >> this president cannot tell you you're better off today than -- the money to office. seems to be working. mitt romney was and

until after the democratic convention. now it is the president up by two points. both candidates are back on the trail on monday in battleground states. by jonathan alan from politico. s has theleague ha story. abela adsers to mitt romney being frustrated with -- about advisers to mitt romney .eing frustrated >> he has done what? >> for instance, he had a signed

the a person to write for the mitteech romney. -- he wrote it himself with somebody else at the last minute. though,is interesting, are of the republicans blame on mitt romney himself. >> he is ultimately responsible for what ever happens. he has that same position on his campaign. things obamathe said in 2008. >> most recently, the way he has everything in libya, egypt. republicans are saying that he stumbled. >> there is always a danger in criticizing us sitting president

policy.gn you look like you're undermining .he president way, it is a position we have seen in the past. that has been a strategy. the long bear this goes on in north africa and across the the longer you have the worseoing on, is for barack obama. if all that comes down quickly, romney, it will be a problem for him. >> thank you for your insight. could soon be automated once again.

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>> for three years, metro has relied on operators and in its operations center. this after failure of the to aated system led collision. nine people died. the crash still haunts some passengers. brought safety into question. the ntsb made 22 recommendations. >> on the weekends, it has been awful. >> the ntsb says metro has met of its demands. the alert system should trains close. ans paves the way for return to automation of manual return -- control of tins. you run tighter schedules, your on-time

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this hour a at cooler just off to the west of us. winchester, 55. quantico, 62. southern maryland, 63 in lexington park. care of the main, 47 degrees. 47 degrees. maine, even though our skies are clear now, call to start to during the morning hours. showers will start to approach the south and west. futurecast looks like this.

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>> after all the hype, on people be able to get on the new iphone. we have a look at what makes this phone so special. >> we're going to introduce iphone5. >> after months of speculation, iphone5.ealed the new >> everything has been every enhanced -- has been enhanced. there were no huge surprises. rt does have a faste battery, andbetter

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