attorney carmen ortiz announced the appointment on tuesday. early voting has already been heavy in this heated election season. gop nominee donald trump has urged his supporters to monitor polling places, something that with less than two weeks to go, today could be heated and emotional on the campaign trail. the eye's erika tarantal here to set the stage. >> good morning. there are nearly two dozen campaign events today in battleground states. democrats are in ohio, north carolina, florida, pennsylvania, and gold star father khizr khan who spoke at the dnc and touched off that feud with donald trump will campaign for hillary clinton in virginia. meantime, the gop hitting the trail hard with stops in nevada, colorado. this morning donald trump firing back at vice president joe biden, who said he'd like to take the gop nominee, quote, behind the gym. >> i'd love that. mr. tough guy. you know, he's mr. tough guy. you know when he's mr. tough guy? when he's standing behind a microphone by himself. if i said that, they'd say, he's premiums for oba

attorney carmen ortiz appointed a federal prosecutor to help prevent voter fraud and discrimination during next month's election. the assistant u.s. attorney is set to monitor activity at the polls. the fbi will also have agents in complaints on election day. >>> less than two weeks away. >> hard to believe. it's coming up. still ahead here alarming assault and boston train station. police say one man attacked his very own dog. details at 9:30. zombie homes. homes left falling apart with you footing the bill. temperatures a good 8 to 10 degrees below average feeling like the end of noer. we'll track some rain in the foreca brady's latest project in the sports documentary series that's premiering soon. this is where the oil billionaire koch brothers hosted a fundraiser for kelly ayotte... this is where ayotte voted with the koch brothers 90% of the time. ayotte's campaigns collected millions from corporate interests. and voted for them, not you. she voted wall street banks billions in tax breaks. but kelly ayotte voted against letting families refinance student loans. and against lowering t

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attorney carmen ortiz. >> we're studying government history. >> what part of the government? >> after a rash of issues with police relations, the u.s. department of justice declared a week of community policing efforts. chief brooks wanted to share what he's been doing for years so he jumped on the phone with the u.s. attorney for massachusetts. >> i asked the u.s. attorney to walk the beat. to my surprise they called back and said she would love to. >> it hits at the heart of what an officer's job is, to e who they're protecting. >> fool patrols are a big part of what the chief does. he's out here himself once a week. >> he walks, he has everybody come in. >> they walk the beat close to two hours, spending time with shop owners. >> it makes it easy if you have concerns to call someone you know. >> just talking through common problems. unbelievable. >> it's crazy. >> they agree the relationships being built are key to making any street safer. >> i found people tell you things when they bump into you that they would never call the police about. >> protect them, make them feel

attorney carmen ortiz and attorney general maura healey. campanello was originally fired by the city. the mayor reversed course and allowed him to retire. >> mark: the deaths of two boston police officers in a back bay blaze lead to new action tonight. protecting firefighters in the future. fox 25's crystal haynes is live in buries and crystal, you spoke with firefighters about the steps the governor is taking. >> the reporter: firefighters i spoke to say there's always risk when they're running in to a burning building to save lives, but they say this bill to create a special commission to investigation hot work in welding in the city is about protecting those who protect us. >> that day at beacon street, it could have this was already put in place and two firefighters could be alive today. >> the reporter: governor charlie baker signing in to law a house bill that would create a special commission studying best practices for welding and hot work. it comes two years after this back bay fire killed firefighters michael kennedy and lieutenan

attorney carmen ortiz. >> it's great. what part of the government are you learning about? >> today we focused on legislature. >> the reporter: after a rash of issues with police relations in other parts of the country, the u.s. department of justice wanted to declare a week for community policing efforts. chief brooks wanted to share what he's been doing for years, so he jumped on the phone with district of massachusetts. >> you want to do community policing, come walk the beat with me and to my surprise, they called back and said i would love to. >> it really hits at the heart of what an officer's job is, which is to engage with the community, get to know who they're protecting. >> the reporter: foot patrols are a big part of what the chief does here in norwood. in fact, he makes sure he's out here himself once a week. >> he walks, they all come in. >> the reporter: the chief and attorney ortiz walked the beat spending time with shop owners. >> if you have any concerns, call someone you know. >> right. >>> and just talking through common problems. >> the drug problem is u

district attorney says his office has completed the review and turned the case over to us attorney carmen ortiz. the mayor reversed course and allowed him to retire. >> sara: citgo sign as much part of skyline as pru and hancock building and your eyes over the green monster. now imagine this that it is gone. that's a real possibility because boston university is selling the building but the sign sits on and company that's buying it hasn't said what it plans to do. so to protect the sign the boston landmark commission looking to designate it as official landmark. boston mayor marty walsh agrees with the plan. >> community loses a of identity of the park and everything else. >> sara: landmark commission has not scheduled another meeting to discuss the future of the sign. >> gene: chicago cubs look to go to world series and look to clinch in front of their fans. out of jam in first getting ground out to end the inning. seven solid innings of work. cubs put it away. javier baez bases loaded and clears and 3-run score to make eight-one. the cubs beat dodgers eight-four and lead the series three-two.

ortiz. from carmen miranda, to lynn manuel miranda. from george lopez to jennifer lopez.supreme court justice sonja sotomayor, wherever you look, latinos and their culture have become a vibrant inseparable strand of america's dna. ♪ one, two, three, four come on baby say you love me ♪ that's one way of looking at it. here its another. >> they're take our jobs. they're taking our manufacturing. they're taking our money. they're taking everything and they're killing us on the border. >> usa. usa! >> reporter: the turmoil over immigration specifically undocumented mexican immigration has become one of the hottest, hot button issues of the 2016 presidential campaign. >> we ae going to build a great border wall. >> we will not build a wall. instead we will build an economy where everyone who wants a good job can get one. >> reporter: america's largest minority, once again, questioning where or if they really fit in. how close is american history tied to latino history? >> i think extremely close. in fact i don't think you can think of the united states without latino history a