governor s race. high profile democrats are heading to the state as mcauliffe is shown in a dead heat with republican glenn youngkin with just over a week until election day. mark meredith is live in richmond with more. hey, mark. reporter: good afternoon. terry mcauliffe is counting on the biggest names to try to fire if up debate and help him out in what s turned out to be a very close race. former president had a lott to say, very eager to to be back out on the campaign trail helping out terry mcauliffe here at virginia commonwealth university. it was interesting to hear the president showing his full support for mcauliffe but also bashing the republican in this race. although the former president made it clear he sees this as a race that goes beyond just virginia especially going into next year s midterm election. i believe you right here in virginia are going to show the rest of the country9 and the world that we re not going indulge in our worst instincts, we re not going to