the latest "boston herald" franklin pierce university poll, there is the numbers on the screen. hillary clinton leading trump by two points. a statistical tie when you factor in the margin of error. hillary clinton is at 45% while donald trump is at 43%. dan hausle is in new york with more on what could be a critical night in the race for the white house. meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu before heading home for debate preps near her chappaqua home. donald trump doing his own prep after he met with netanyahu himself earlier in the day. clinton has stirred things up for the debate by invying trump critic mark cuban to sit in the front row prompting trump to tweet saturday that he might ask gennifer flowers affair with bill clinton. >> we have not invited her formly. we don't her... expect her to be there as a guest of the trump campaign. . >> no. i think mark cuban is one of the business leaders who is never involved in partisan politics. he has endorsed hillary. he thinks she will do better for the economy. >> reporter: both campaigns say candidates will foc

i am honored to be here at franklin pierce university. this is a fitting tribute to a man i deeply respect and admire. marlon was the gold standard. what was marlon the very best? because she truly believed and still believes the public has a right to know what our government was up to. not to say that he told me and my colleagues everything he knew or even most of what he knew. that's not the role of a presidential spokesman. if there is a sensitive operation underway, it's not going to be very successful if you tell them all beforehand. t becausehe very best when he told me and my colleagues something it was factual. it was the unvarnished truth. spin thet try to information. public actual information. these days, it seems like a normal situation. here, spokes people for our would-be leaders and hoarding and distorting facts these days. it reminds me of what used to be the punchline of a joke. who are you going to believe me or your lying eyes? point ofis goes to the the subject of my talk here today. important andwas i'm going to talk

the presidency and the press hosted by the marlin fitzwater center for comedic issued at franklin pierce university in new hampshire. this is about 35 minutes. >> i welcome you to our campus in new hampshire and to the launch of a year-long celebration of the marlin fitzwater center for communications' 15th anniversary. you are here today as part of the fitzwater center's high school student media program. no one is more qualified to speak on the topic then the men -- man on stage, marlin fitzwater, one of the longest-serving press secretaries in history and one of three who served under two presidents. marlin got his start in journalism like some of you, as an eighth grade sports reporter in abilene, kansas. he went on a study journalism at kansas state. after graduation, marlin went to washington dc with dreams of landing a job at the washington post. instead, he took a number of government positions including jobs in the department of transportation, the environment of protection agency, and the department of the treasury. in 1981, the white house beckoned and marlin was named a special assistan

the poll by franklin pierce university and the "boston herald" shows clinton just three points ahead of trump. clinton has 44% while trump is at 41%. the same poll two months ago. president obama calling off a meeting with the president of the philippines today. the white house was prompted to cancel the meeting after the philippines' president released an obscenity-laden rant against president obama. while he's, there though, president obama will instead meet with the president of south korea. >> christa: it's 5:11. busy tuesday morning. in fact, still ahead, forget the fiddler on the roof. there is a robber on the roof. a burglar with unconventional moves in the north end. >> sarah: vandals caught on camera destroying a landmark in just a matter of seconds. >> kris:>> christa: and hermines causing some real trouble for this cat. the animal getting some help after getting stuck in a tree. >> chris: causing a lot of issues down along the shoreline yesterday, especially across the cape and the islands. winds there not as strong today. but we keep a breeze around. we also keep system s

it is hosted at franklin pierce university in new hampshire. it is about 50 minutes. >> we're going to look at the presidency through the lens of david valdez, who is one of only nine presidential photographers in u.s. history. when he was not much older than you, the draft sidelined his plans for college. while in the air force, he trained as a photographer, and he found himself taking photos of four-star generals by the age of 19. his honorable discharge, he took those skills to the university of maryland at college park, where he completed his degree in journalism while also working at the u.s. department of agriculture and housing and human development. he later left and worked at the how -- the u.s. chamber of commerce. in 1983, vice president george h.w. bush tapped him as his , and laterotographer appointed him director of the white house photo offices and personal photographer to the president. in his decade at the white house, he shot 65,000 rolls of in 75 countries and in all 50 states. after president bush left the joined walt valdez

stearns debates who should start game win of the and a special feature on sprint football at franklin pierce university. no one over 172 pounds allowed. we'll get started at 11:30 right after fox 25 news at 11:00. >>> now with breaking news this is fox 25 news at 11:00. complete new england news coverage. >>> we begin with breaking news. we've been following grafton a young boy killed today after after a terrible accident. >> fox 25's jim morelli joins police department in grafton. jim what's the latest we have been able to learn? >> reporter: we don't have a whole lot of information. what we are have is coming to us from the worcester county's d.a.'s office. again a 5-year-old boy killed this afternoon on or near his home on samuel drive. we should have some video of that scene. at this pointed the d.a.'s office is not identifying the boy also not identifying the driver. they're saying this happened at around 4:00 today. and although they're very, very careful about the kind of can get the sense that perhaps it was a driver one driver, one vehicle and perhaps the boy was hit. i tried to get confirmati

i am honored to be here at franklin pierce university bestse it is one of the schools for the school of communications. it is a fitting tribute to a man i did the respect and admire. withe known and interacted more than a half a dozen white house in the course of my career. my former colleagues in the white house press corps would agree. why was marlon the very best? because he truly believed, and still believes, that the public has a right to know what our government is up to. that is not to say that he told me and my colleagues everything he knew, or even most of what he knew. that is not the role of a presidential spokesman. if there is a sensitive way, or a issue under military operation about to begin, it is not going to be very successful if you tell the whole world before hand. he was the very best because when he told me and my colleagues something, it was factual. it was the truth. he did not try to spin the information whether it was flattering or unflattering to the president. giving the public actual information. you know, these days it's like an abnormal situation. spoke

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it is hosted at franklin pierce university in new hampshire. it is about 50 minutes. >> we're going to look at the presidency through the lens of david valdez, who is one of only nine presidential photographers in u.s. history. when he was not much older than

according to the survey from franklin pierce university and the "boston herald," 57% of voters say theyump negatively. 55% say they have an unfavorable opinion of hillary clinton. let's put it all together now with james arbinger with real clear politics. so reince priebus made a prediction a few weeks ago. he said by labor day weekend, trump would be tied or in the lead. was he right? >> well, it appears that it's certainly trending that way. i don't know, according to that cnn poll, donald trump is in the lead, which is exactly what reince priebus said two weeks ago. he said, by labor day, donald trump could be in the lead or t tied. hillary clinton still has about a 3.3 percentage point lead nationally, but certainly, when we were looking at things in mid-august and hillary clinton was approaching 60%, had about an eight-percentage point lead, things have tightened quite a bit since then. >> is she static in the polls you're looking at now? >> at this point, she's about where she was at the very end of the conventions, about 46%. she did get a little bit of a bump after the conventio

the presidency and the press hosted by the marlin fitzwater center for comedic issued at franklin pierce universityshire. this is about 35 minutes. >> i welcome you to our campus in new hampshire and to the launch of a year-long celebration of the marlin fitzwater center for communications' 15th anniversary. you are here today as part of the fitzwater center's hi

university to move into the problems of journalism and of the new age. sureake them on and make -- one of the things i own is thought was so special about franklin pierce was the amount you had to do your own thing, to get involved. you wanthe newspapers to work on, television or whatever it was. severalp every year times and every time i come there is a different person behind the camera. and i love that. involved and that they are taking the issue to themselves. the other thing is that there was a point in that 15 years when i realized they knew more .han i did students had moved into the social media age when i hadn't. maybe that makes me a little more excited about what thinkre doing, but i franklin pierce would be well-positioned. i think we have a very good group and good leadership, and that is where you have to go. mr. spiner: last question and i want to help some of the young reporters help break the news. if you want to bite on it -- who do you think is going to win in november? sec. fitzwater: that is always the issue. , he saidrst came here major butions is our it is in the basement of the library, and we need another building. i said that is g