now at 11:00, former president obama hits the campaign trail. >> yes we can. >> trying to sway virginia voters in the race for

actress, new criminal investigation, new accusations in the harvey weinstein scandal. and local high school supporting virginia family rocked by a deadly crash. >> feel lucky my kids are alive. >> news4 starts now. >> first time in almost a year, former president barack obama found himself on a campaign stage tonight. >> told virginia democrats they need to show up on election day, said democracy is at stake. trying to create separation in tight race, mr. obama never mentioned president trump by name but did condemn the tone of our politics. virginia bureau chief from richmond. >> president barack obama! >> reporter: a roaring welcome back to virgi

barack obama win the presidency. now he's trying to return the favor, to add energy and star power to gubernatorial candidate on the democratic ticket. >> yes we can. we can do that. >> reporter: mr. obama never mentioned his successor president trump by name and used ed gillespie's name just once but seemed this thought aimed squarely at both republicans. >> if you have to win a campaign dividing peopleou going to be able to g. >> reporter: now a d.c. tim for seen some of the dark ads in the campaign race anded gillespie for claims that north m is light on gang violence. >> anybody who thinks that somebody who hasnt

life -- >> reporter: vice president mike pence by his side. virginia republicans downplaying this visit saying virginiaens will vote on kitchen table issues, not star power. news4. white house chief of staff john kelly, lost a son fighting in afghanistan launched a passionate defense of president trump's calls to families of fallen

criticism came after president trump falsely suggested his predecessors did not call military families who lost loved ones. >> if you elect to call a family like this about most difficult thing you can imagine. stuns me that member of congress would listen in on the conversation. >> congresswoman responded that kelly was trying to keep his job. did confirm her account of what the president said, also said president obama did not call him after his on died but that was not a criticism of mr. obama. leon harris here at live desk. academy award winning actress lupita -- joins a long line of actresses. said that weinstein had sexually harassed her on multiple occasions, first in 20

tried to ply her with alcohol and took her into his bedroom, asked to give her a massage. she refused. issuing a call to action. now that we're speaking, let us never shut up about this kind of thing. meantime tomorrow we'll hear rape claim. l.a. police are investigating claims that weinstein bullied his way into hotel room and when he was done told the model she was beautiful and could work in hollywood. she doesn't want to be named for fear of retaliation. this could be troubling for weinstein because it's within the ten year statute of limitations. more than 14 women accused weinstein of avariety of be

new plans for campus sexual assaults. survivors gathered to speak out against her decision to roll back federal rules created under president obama. last month betsy devos said it was unfair to the accused. critics say she tipped the scales to sexual predators. >> republicans have passed the budget bill. 51-49. it's crucial because it lets republicans use reconciliation to pass tax reform later this year. only need 50 votes to pass it instead of 60. every democrat voted against the republican budget bill in the senate tonight. only republican to vote no? rand paul. learning names of two people critically injured in deadly

onoc sosa and jose gillen are in the hospital, only two shooting victims who survived the rampage in edgewood. one of the two people killed lived in arlington and commuted two hours each way to get to work. loved ones tell us he was so concerned about the suspected gunman's temperament, he brought it up at church prayer sessions. >> would mention he had a rough day at work with this person. tragic it happened to the families. had to be him. >> say he shot and injured someone in delaware before they caught him. bail at $2.1 million today, remaining in delaware until extradited to maryland. d.c. is experimenting with new parking rules. continuing through the weekend for a

jackie benson on connecticut avenue to explain it. >> reporter: doreen, tickets are already being written. we've seen it. this is a pilot program. called a demonstration. but if it works well, could see something similar in other night life areas in the district. on peak weekend hours this stretch of connecticut avenue south of dupont circle is a traffic-clogged sea of pedestrians, taxi cabs and cars. many ride slayering like uber and lyft. organization representing business organizations in the area asked city officials for help. >> heavy vehicular traffic and pedestrian traffic and said is there something we can do to improve safety and address congestion? >> reporter: keep eye out for signs, no

dupont circle on connecticut avenue. entire area is dedicated to pick up and drop off. drivers we spoke to said it makes sense. >> it's awesome, convenient. during the clubbing night times, it's packed and traffic is bad, can't find people. >> reporter: district joins arlington, virginia, and pittsburgh in some of the first in country to experiment with a program like this. news4. northern virginia family still trying to come to terms with worse day of their lives, food truck ran a stoplight, crashing into their car and killing mother of three. the community is rallying around them. >> it's amazing. feels amaz

>> reporter: first tv interview, tells me he appreciates his son's school, briarswood high. >> touched by the level of support we're getting. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: school raised more than $2,000 at girl's volleyball game. helps feren and his three kids. life changed last month. >> i'm extremely sad about the circumstances. >> wife erin, three kids, along with grandmother driving for errands and food truck crashed into them, killing erin. ben is still in critical consideration. misses his wife's love and support. >> right now i miss her help. miss her help. >> thank you. >> what they're g

just undescribable. >> reporter: although he lost beloved wife feels fortunate to be able to watch a volleyball game with his girls. >> feel lucky my kids are alive. >> reporter: help the family in our app entering kaplan to find the gofundme page, shomari stone, news4. coming up, news44 i team investigation. what is done to help them and protect you. 72 in d.c. but upper 70s south and west. that warmer air moves our

counterdemonstrators drown out controversial speech by white nationalist richard spencer at university of florida today. on edge all day. protesters greatly outnumbered spencer supporters and few skirmishes broke out. school spent nearly half a million dollars in security to prevent a repeat of the clashes in charlottesville in august. they protect and serve but are some police departments stretched too thin in the process? >> uphill battle to keep a full team of officers. battle even fiercer

recruits. >> if you drive the parkway, odds are gary hatch will show up if you have emergency. >> nobody to help me. >> said he was only u.s. park police officer on duty on the highway. three years ago he was in trouble. >> fighting. asked for assistance. >> drunk driver got out of car and attacked. throwing punches. >> fighting in middle of the street. just me. >> staffing records we obtained under the freedom of information act revealed that number of sworn officers dropped nearly 10%. union officials say they can't squeeze enough money out of the gridlocked congress for hiring spree. one man patrols in the waters and woods as well. >> call for backup, not five or ten minutes

hour to hour. >> natural resources police so concerned, given new officers advanced training in self-defense. stretched thin because of the loss of 48 officers to retirement and cancellation of academy classes a decade ago in budget cuts. and local departments are shorter. checked with doenzs of local departments and found the numbers below the authorized level, number of officers communities thought they needed and number for whom they've budgeted money. told us it's not risk to the community, does reduce number of deputies on the street per shift and could reduce ability to handle calls from the public. in request ces

homicides, rapes, robberies and assaults are up. great concern. and agency leaders told the justice department they need more federal money to hire more officers. national paternal order of police tells i-team recruitment is a struggle because of growing safety concerns, including increase on assaults on police nation wds. johnny sumner has been a recruiter 15 years. >> colleges, military bases as well. >> flexible work schedules not enough to draw people in, especially in rebounding economy where money could be better in private sector. >> someone who wants to be in the county or just looking for employment? >> until

have to break away from that and find way to you when nobody else is available. >> all might be at risk in time of need. head of the park police says officers are diligent and dedicated and added i don't know a police chief in the country who wouldn't like a larger budget and more officers. if you have a tip for i-team, visit our app and click on investigations. weekend is almost here. so many things going an. marine corps marathon and outdoor activities, what is the good news? >> it really doesn't get better. fall weather we love. cool nights and warm afternoons is what we have. we do need rain. been extremely dry. three inches below average for

temperatures outside in the 50s. 59, out of the southwest at six miles an hour. 52 in winchester. 47 in culpepper but last night at this time in the 30s. warm air considering where we've been. no more 30s. could we get there some areas? possible but mostly low to mid-40s. city may not get below 50. it's 54 at airport. rainfall, no rain at all. not just here, you don't see this often. d.c. to minneapolis to dallas to denver, no rain out there. finally getting some moisture in towards california that will help with wildfires out there. but wildfire danger in southern california will get higher next couple of

but no big storms next couple of days. 45 in manassas, 46 in culpepper. some get closer, 42, 43 here and there. cool but not cold like it has been. probably won't need coats or jackets tomorrow unless going early. 8:00, 50 degrees, little bit chilly, 68 for recess. pick-up around 74. looking really good in afternoon. another beautiful day. i love to call my fridays fantastic fridays. that's exactly what we've got. 75, more sunshine. like i said, not much more we can do. that good. going to stay that way. thinking about getting out to watch the leaves, good place to do it, poconos, that's peak. and south virginia, peak foliage. rest of us are moderate color.

in d.c. metro. 75 on friday. 76 saturday. 77 on sunday. great stretch there. squeak out monday too before the next storm system rolls in. we need rain and that could give us quite a bit. maybe a couple of inches. really need it. >> going to really enjoy the weekend then. thanks. coming up, monday nights not been kind to kirk

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tough team and must-win on monday night. >> we've said must-win a few times. >> worked out. >> one game above .500. not last time we'll see must-win. but if the redskins want to entertain any ideas of going to playoffs as division champs, monday is must-win. and lost to them in the opener, open in the rematch. especially on monday night national stage. it's been rough on cousins. 0-5. had close calls and numbers pretty good, five career games, kirk's passing over 1,300 yards. quarterback rating on monday night, 90.6. we like that. kirk would like to check this box

to get people to stop talking about it. >> this league is what it is because people can talk about it and go to water cooler and discuss things and stat like 0-5 on monday night, that's the kind of stat that you find to tell a story. i don't know if it tells whole story. that said, would love to be 1-5 on monday nights. hopefully we can get that record up. >> good sight, deangelo hall is back at practice. and josh norman returning to the field. number 24 here, dealing with rib fracture. taking part in some of the practice. new guy, kicker nick rose signing with the team yesterday. out of texas, making nfl debut, huge opportunity here,

when he got the call, he packed light. >> didn't tell me anything, came with backpack, two t-shirts and pair of shorts. got to go to the mall today to get some socks. >> kind of important. >> yeah. >> and a few other things. >> good luck to him. looks like dodgers are punching their ticket to the world series. hide your eyes. kiki hernandez made history tonight. two home runs. and in the third inning, a grand slam. hernandez didn't start previous two games and 11-1, dodgers, fourth win of the series take the cubs out of it, doing it right in chicago. poor chicago. >> three home runs? three. unbelievable. >> crazy night. i have trouble watching no

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