>> the words between green beret widow and president trump. the conversation has take and bit of a turn. >> i was and angry at the tone of the voice and how he said. he couldn't remember my husband's name. >> and pizza for prisoners? yes, as a reward for good behavior. will it work? is it working? who is going to pay for fit and a few brushfires over the weekend delaying new jersey's transit trains. a lot of finger points. no answers yes. of course, your weather and all of your headlines, coming up. he am bill spadea. this is chasing news. bill: the race for governor in knicks head heath up. eric holder the person toker attorney general in new jersey to campaign for murphy who is

running for governor. the race heating up. is getting closer. all kinds of ads and superstars coming in and at les on the democratic side. diana black has the full story. reporter: just two weeks remain until president trump has yet to weigh in t. the races one of few taking place across the conthink year and the other in virginia. democrats have poured in to the states to support murphy but republicans have yet to do the same for kim guadagno. bridget harrisson is at the state university. >> governor christie is perceived as the republican gate keeper. he has not gone to bat and shown any enormous amount of effort in helping kim quad doing a know, so one would think many of the other national republicans could take a lead from him. reporter: former attorney generaller holder weighed in the lack of support during a campaign appearance with mr fin newark on monday. >> guess that?

guess what? he is not the one going to make america great. that is the deal. reporter: his appearance come on the heels of former vice president bill biden, al gore, former president obama and visit by hillary clinton on sunday. this as republican governor's association releases a another ad in support of guadagno. >> rib lal insider murphy wants a bigger government and higher taxes to pay for it. kim guadagno wants lower property tax. reporter: murphy continues to lead in the polls but the fear is low voter turnout would could help guadagno nearly six million registered voters kim out in the prommary. on tuesday, bill clinton will come out to support murphy and the question remains: does a big named democrat like him bring out the throat election is on november 7th. i am diana black reporting for "chasing news." bill: thank you, diana. let's bring in the a-plus panel to break this down.

the immigration attorney, god see you. thank you for being here. janette hoffman is here, a political strategist. always fod see you. you a columnist and an attorney. got all of the celebrities star powering if goosier in the democratic party coming in for murphy and nothing on the republican side. does this help or hurt either candidate if. >> it doesn't matter? well, you don't remember who holder says no well, it is standard playback for both sides of the aisle. democrats bring in the celebrity, you know, the rock stars and didn't turn out and excite the is about and i think it is democratic base is not really excised about a former goldman sachs white guy running ap murphy. , does this show that maybe the democrats are a little bit more nervous than they were two months hague the race is seven or eight or nine month points. you got hillary. you got obama. you got big power coming smile i don't know if the democrats are nervous t. there is only two elections going on this election

day. this is what poll tegses do and it is what they should be doing and as i said before. this is a time when it is very important for the democratic party to have leadership at the state level. so i think that the democratic party is doing what they have to do. >> do you think it shows him actually starting to resonate with voters though. she is take bag plan and closed the gp to single digits without one person from anywhere else in the republican party cog in to help. she is not running the republican pam campaign. that would be a mistake in a state like missouri where we have 800,000 more democrats and running on a popular campaign. as strategists i would rather have to spend money communicating directly to voters about taxes and have some republican senator from. >> do you think it really shows and maybe it highlights how weak a candidate democrats nominate? >> i don't think so. that perhaps maybe a way to look at it. think like she said. standard operating procedures for any gob ma toial election and in the year where we only have a few.

>> well, i mean, this guy is no bill clinton. he he is not even hillary clinton? >> well, interesting. well, i would agree on that. let me say that, though. i think that what is happening where as far as republicans not sending someone has more to do w what would be harmful in their candidate than what would be helpful. the democrats have to think about what helped them. ok. then middle of like a sexual harassment scandal where harvey weinstein. we dop know what phil murphy had in connection with him. we knew billion clinton as interesting choice i wonder if they are upset about that considering he is accused of sexual asalt bynum rouse women. >> ok. the widow of slain green beret la david johnson was on "good morning america" on monday to talk about her conversation with the president. as you know, last week, a controversy erupted when a congresswoman in florida called out the for what she said was inappropriate call to president fired back and back and forth but now the conversation has

started to turn on what man by this say is understandable direction the widow talking about he has not seen her husband's body and doesn't know how he was killed. >> i was very angry at the tone of his voice and how he said it. he couldn't remember my husband's name. only way he remembered my husband's name because he told me. he had my husband report. >> sade: want to bring in the a-plus panel to break it down. guys, my first thought on this that is there was political agenda when this started with the congresswoman from florida because now, the conversation has turned from the call to the action. >> well, don't know if there was political again did as much as there was just sort of clear and predictable stall out. what you had is a congresswoman and her prep, the widow already hated dn al trump ap took the opportunity to call him out on the predictably bad, you know, impromptu telephone call and now, it is shining a light on something that actually really

is more problematic which we should be talking about the words in the phone call. >> well, it sounds like it is hard to say bad because we did hear conversation that was released that was exactly what you would expect the president to say. was another widow that released the call. well, it is sad. listen, cannot criticize this. my heart out to her president? it breaks my heart. buzz this is common sense the fact that the president is calling, hes calling to offen condolences. he is tallle aing to be sim pa thet ek. mean he stumbled on it the wrong way. this is really a terrible conversation where we're having and it just show house divided our country is. >> well, does it oh fen you at anticipate level? it seems to me that the congresswoman used the raw emessing and a moment of weak fons this wid did he ap now they doubled down and they propped her up on national television. i don't think we should behaving this conversation? >> no, i don't think it bother mess. i feel look he may have done the right thing now highlighting a broader issue that is pore pops of what happened to this

gentlemen. >> ty this is where the focus needs to go now and needs to shift. think what happened to this widow is horrible and you know, however her pin was expressed to the president on the phone only she and him know. think we need focus on the broader issue. >> do you think is ranked that is a conversation we're offing after he mission we're not privy to the details. certainly enough military secrets throughout. i don't think i would have happened at all. think this is a couple agitators out there and creating this controversy over nothing. god forbid her husband is dead and all of he is soldiers who died but this is conspired of the division that i think is wrong. well, think what we have here, though, you have a congresswoman and a widow in a difficult system. the congress spoke up on be hall of her fresh and i don't see anything wrong with that but i think chasing it. agree he, though, take it further and bow habborring this he conversation. bill: wattage over benghazi. >> well, was not. not on them crack side. plenty on the republican side

but the media didn't report about the phone call which blows my mind bus obviously the intense twos provide condo les, you know, look. the president may not be that arctic lit in ways as you said. he has been clear. >> he has been clear for our support. >> the other call. they played it. now it is not about the call. now it is about questioning foreign poll. it is a broken watch twice day. bill: here is a look at the headlines we're chasing today. the corrupts trial of new jersey senator bob menendez continues with the release of pictures of a luxury at the heart of the case. menendezs accused of accepting bribes in the form of operate va plane flights in the caribbean from good friends opp ophthalmologist the body of nick was found monday at 10:00 a.m. by the police near the calm us of mercer county community college. head been missing since september 20th f. word on a cause of death. police asked that contact the hamilton police crime tip loin

with any information you may have for the investigation. a person of interest in a stacking case turned ups in to the nypd on monday. on pri did a, an eight-year-old boy noticed a man followed her and a prend to in the parkway in brooklyn avenue. that afternoon, the same man was spotted by the girl's older brother and had to be dropped off nar the house. the man was sown again that evening. the police have not released any more information on the person of treens but the investigation is ongoing. that is a look at the headlines we are chasing today. bill: aming up on chasing news. mystery fired how did they start. what mend and a lot of finger-pointing especially coming from n.j. transit thand with the weather with meteorologist dan zarrow. >> big weather changes hours a way as rain and wind will make for active weather tuesday then the big cooldown begins. talk about the timeline and the number in your forecast, coming up.

bill: welcome back to chase news. am bill spadea. we got a lot more shore four. pizza for inmates? we'll cover in that a bit. but first a fire started.

well, we are don't know how starterred. but it involved a report of a new jersey transit train over the weekend multiple brushfires and six different fire companies responding. ashley johnson has the full story. reporter: it is a quiet midday her at the glen rock new jersey transit station much different if the mayhem saturday afternoon after six fire companies responded to brushfires listening the main line after new jersey transit trains hauling stones passed through. new jersey transit says what happened is still under investigation and that the cause of the fire is undetermined. new jersey transit confirm that's the train was headed to a replacement prom jek on tracks north of new york. the owner of this trackside deli across the street from the glen rock station says what happened is like nothing he has ever seen. >> well, was working on the counter. so i see it outside. and i started popping up her and there.

>> n.j. transit is determined to find the root cause of this incident and we'll take appropriate action based on the results of the investigation. but as deli owner puts it, with a happens saturday was so scary, he feared his business could have burned down. >> well, he always worried. u lo, do you want don't want to lose anything. last back we brought you the report of n.j. transit conductor falling looing the rails that gave way. the next thing we found at that same station. and as nj ran sit puts what it meaned to the conductor was rare occurrence. aam ashley johnson reporting for "chasing news." bill: thank you, ashley. all right. letsth let's bring in the a plus panel to freak down. god you have. that for stigging with us. janette hoffman. well, sweater with you. n.j. ran sit you cannot say it the wrong way. the fire chief in glen rock said got word initially that h.j.

transit didn't know who the end train and they dispute that and they are saying thats withs a miscommunications. this is terrible. this epitomizes the confidence of the transit and they are a dumpster fire no pun intended here. well, i mean, this is why we need leadership from the top to the bottom. we talked about this and a number of times on this show and think the next governor whoever he or she may be needs to install a new leadership team. >> well, n.j. transit is is so did youp on them for sure. burr my concern is on the communication. how does it take 48 hours to come out to finally say we don't know it yet. >> yeah. i think, it is a serious issue. look she said a serious management shall show and communication issue from the top to the bottom. there is some serious issues that need to be resolved and shouldn't take 48 hours to do anything inside. >> how has no one been fired. >> i don't know. >> well, maybe they have not. we have not heard about it. what is their communication team doing here. well, it is like they don't have the information. they don't tell anyone the

information. nobody knows what is happening. and i am sure that on some lef rel, the people at the top of the new jersey transit had some information about what was going won this fire. but that information is des semnated. is it checked? they had the weekend off. >> well, it is tip can bureaucracy, right. >> 11,000 people that worked nor agency and audit really needs to be done to see where are the taxpayer dollars are being spend baits is not boeing sent on the train and not being in spn in the commute but really a disaster over there. >> what if they didn't start the fire. we have eyewitnesses on the trains saying that was something drag and sparse flying. >> well, it is possible they had nothing to do with it. they should know and they should communicate and tell people what heaped. >> right. >> right. it is importants in. >> well, it is indicative hov they operated for years and they immediately looked to someone else as problem first. yeah. think that is a quintessential point of mismanage. it is first we should look

turnerly. are we responsible for anything? did anything go zoning if not let's look outside. i think it flips here. that is where the issue is. >> all right. let's leave it there. >> yeah. >> everybody loves pizza, right? well, i done have to till. but the problems at ryker's island prison has been having over the years corrupts, violence, drugs system of solutions. bring in the pizza. a pizza party reward for inmates t. to reward good behavior. ed about idea? a couple of questions. who is paying for it? how is this getting done and is it actually helping? check out this picture "the new york post." truck loads of pizzas coming from a local dominoes. let's bring in the a plus panel to break it down. all right. guys, pizza as a reward for good behavior. how does it that sound to you? >> ridiculous. that is how it sounds to me. first of all. i stated is not real pizza. it is fake pizza. all right. >> i like dominoes. come on. i like dominoes. >> come on. >> i. >> i i do liability. >> on a serious note.

i have a lot of problems. z a tax pay remember, you have officer working 12 hour shiftest this can not get a meal you are sending rewards were nears top of me, it sounds like if you can solve a problem and that simple of a way. it has not to be cheaper than whatever else we are doing this. the first question is, is it working? right. right. the studies do show that in the last 20 years the pizza program, from has been a reedings violence. 1:00 you know, about florida 00 of taxpayer money to reduce violence. think it is worth. i yeah. yeah. it is very easy to look at prison system to say we only want negative reinforce president but truth ny, positive reinforcement often works as listening as it is done in a way that is, you know, tiscali response. >> it works. >> they don't do that. they used to serve lobsters. you are talking about ryker's island. the worst prisoners in the world, in the country, housed here. violent, dangerous people who should be separate from the rest

of society. well, doesn't bread and water work, too. why are we treating like it is a break. why are we treating them? >> we are humans. >> we are treating them like people. >> you talk about pizza. it is it the real that i rykers island has been de:ing for decades. some people have killed other people. racists where shall murders. right? >> the bottom line that is the prison foe physicianals have a responsibility to keep things in order in the prison working poplar ily. bill: but they frot doing that. >> if getting a few pizzas is helping this em. do go do it. it needs to work. i agree there needs to be evidence it is working. bill: honestly believe it is that sim feel? they have been talking about ryker's island. is a complicated issue. i would rather see the men and women that, wog hard there get the pizza railroad suss inmates. >> do you this i the prisoner gets a choice of toppings? because like one topping may work over another. emotional ties may work. >> no. >> you know it. >> think about it.

a are there flute in free options, what about vegan t. think about the ve pan t. >> poor vegan prisoner. my heart guess out to them. a pizzas making them behalf that much better it maybes you wonder. >> pizza all around. >> lobster and caviar. >> thank. >> good. >> ready. thans for peg here. always god he sue. thanks. >> pizza. >> all right. >> dan zarrow is coming up with the weather he next. >> meterologist: i am meteorologist dan zarrow a busy weather forecast four. our two to three weeks consistently mild pleasant weather coming to an en as the cod front approaches the troi tate area that is going to meak fors about sy weather dir on tuesday. first of all due rain move through the area. there will be pockets heavy rain starting early in the morning and going all the way through tuesday night. now, it is not going to rain all day. about it could be heavy at times and think the widespread half. to inch of rainfall in the rain gauge is this storm system gets

stuck or moves very slowly and we see a deluge of ran we do k seech more than a an inch of rain so we'll keep it her over for any flooding concern for now. another problem will be the wind gusting over 40 miles per hour at times. then, that wind will eventually usher in cool are air and start to feel that on wednesday. then, then, especially by the end of the week. it is going to feel like fall once again. let's put the income bars on the forecast for you. tonight it is going to be cloudy and breezy and tu mid. low temperatures dip to the mid to upper 60's that is it? a. few showers buy day d doing back but most of the rain activity well happen during the day tuesday. appan, not fog are in al day on and off but could very well be heave vate times and embedded thunderstorms possible and gusty winds ap high highs around 70 or so into wednesday. probably by the time you wake up the rain will be done. we'll be clearing out and sunshine by midday. then, getting cooler. mid to upper 60's on wednesday them then, more like lower 6's for thursday and friday. i am motier low gist dan zarrow. coming up on chasing new.

the playoffs out of the picture for, no team bus the new york mets still making headlines.

bill: welcome back to chasing mus. am bill spadea. the mets' since which over. they are still making headlines. classic win sports reporter. george? report that is right, bill. the mets making news on the eve of the world series not for being the world sr.s are but plotting out the new manager mickey calloway, 42-year-old. former pitching coach of the indians very highly regarded and the three-year dell and the mets a team supposed to be built on pitching could be the right man in the right place at the right time. azores just as soon as you think we can start looking forward to a surprising season and not the same old jets we get whatp what hap band yesterday but early in the game sunday. check it. you robbie anderson. 18-yard touchdown not the lambeau lead but he jumps up in the luxury first recliners hits that giant pretzel and jets up

14-7 lead by 14 in the forth quarter when the roof caved and playing for overtime. josh deep in the own zone. he froze interception. what are you doing. cody comes up with the 36-yard field goal for the dolphin and the jets also a heartbreaker 31-20 and the if i apes, they thought they were going to come around didn't you? no. now the gies a still in it. russell wilson off the incomer to paul richardson. 36-yards. a fight for the ball in the end globe. we know how fights for the ball in the end zone go and new york football fan it is ruled a touchdown 16-be a the giants losen time for the b yes week. we're saying bye-bye to anticipate hope they had. bill, back to you. bill: in just two weeks, voters in new jersey are going to go to the polls to elect the successor to governor christie. i will tell you. the democratic candidates former am a bass dore murphy pulling out the stops much how about the

ghost of election past t. that is rig. bill clinton, hillary clinton, even perry and recently eric holder all coming out to stum for the guy that according to many really did lose those two debates. so he is holing nothing to chance bring in the big guns. here's the real question. does in flews then vote? should it in flews then vote? this race has tightened over this past lee weeks so now many are saying it is sen gel digit contest. cannot name one republican superstar that has come into new jersey to campaign for the republican nominee kim quad doing a know that tells me that ideas matter. it is substance over sizzle. but eth wear, no matter where are on the whom contest don't let the leb sy of the stars come in and effect your vote. vote for the person that is going to help meak new jersey more affordable. all right. thanks for bringing us to the home tonight.

>> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 11. we start tonight with dramatic video. a massive brawl in the middle of all of it a 16-year-old girl is stabbed. ton night neighbors are calling for police to step up patrols. thanks for joining us tonight at 11. i'm iain page. those neighbors say chaos like this is becoming all too normal and they want it to stop. our brad sattin joins us live at the hospital. brad, how is the girl doing tonight? >> reporter: iain, we're at einstein hospital. she remains in critical condition according to police after she was stabbed in the side. police are saying at this point no one has been arrested in this case following after school violence that neighbors say is happening way too often. >> a neighbor cell phone video shows what many are saying a become a common occurrence large fights mostly among girls after