after a cool spot, baltimore, 68. 68 degrees in leesburg in virginia right now. coming down to the south. college park at 71. we've got d.c. at 7 4 degrees. 70 in hunting town. and 68 degrees currently in melpar. quiet, showers and storms all gone. it's after about 1:00, 2:00 today when we could see more showers and storms firing up. early part of your day her, 8:00 a.m. partly sunny. 66 to 74 degrees. by your noon hour, lunchtime, just fine. but you're going to see more clouds moving in. warm conditions, 79 to 84. we should top out at about 88 to around 90 degrees today. scattered showers. a few storms. we've got a 50% chance for today. as far as the next couple of days, look what you have to look forward to tomorrow. quiet, sunny. nice for summertime. danella? >> thanks, veronica. >>> if you're traveling on the roadway, first 4 traffic report looks great if that road is route 50 in maryland. really between the bay bridge, crossing it, heading towards the beltway in both directions. nice and clear. inside the beltway as you make your way to 201 and even connect all of the way in n

their brand through a hall of fame in virginia. >>> the candidates are intensely concentrating their efforts on the swing state of virginia. most polls have president barack obama and mitt romney in a near dead heat in the commonwealth. volunteers for both sides opened new campaign offices in northern virginia. surae chinn has that story. >> more campaign offices are popping up all over northern virginia. volunteers for president obama will open six offices by the end of the weekend. romney's camp held two events today and opened up one campaign office today. the get out the vote effort will only intensify as we draw closer to election day. governor scott walker fires up the crowd of romney supporters in arlington. >> we've got to celebrate another great victory in the state. >> reporter: congressman jerry connally rallies in reston. >> we need to balance out southern virginia. >> it is good to be back in southern balance balance. >> reporter: some political analysts say president obama has to win convincingly in northern virginia. >> he needs to crush romney. >> reporter: geor

way in norfolk, virginia. romney making the announcement via phone app saying mitt's choice for vp is paul ryan, employing backers to spread the word. we're going to go to a special report right now. >> reporter: we just confirmed that it was the exact same day that mitt romney returned home from his trip overseas, where h visited london, visited with you, and israel before coming home on august 1st, now ten days ago that mitt romney made his decision and that he told the woman he put in charge of the process that he would be selecting paul ryan. here we stand now, less than two weeks later in front of the retired military battleship in norfolk, virginia. this is a dramatic backdrop for the announcement that will be made shortly. you could say they have brought out the big guns. the teleprompter has been set up. we got a sense that something big may be planned for today when it included five senior advisers to romney, usually a much smaller staff of advisadvi. he is here with his wife. paul ryan will be here and also suggests that his wife and three young children may be with him as w

remarks after a rough day in virginia. >>> plus a husband and wife hit with a surprising diagnosis. doctors say they've never seen anything like it before, but the couple, they can't stop laughing. >>> but first, they've been debating for hours, and there's still no decision. maryland lawmakers are at odds over plans to allow table games at state casinos and clear the way for a new gambling facility on the potomac. shomari stone is live with the 11th hour debate. >> reporter: doreen, they are still debating tonight right now as we speak. this bill would allow las vegas-style table games at state casinos. we're talking about an $800 million las vegas-style casino in prince george's county. >> it's one of two locations. it's national harbor on rosecroft racetrack. >> reporter: senate president mike miller wants one for one reason. >> jobs, jobs, more jobs in this economy. means approximately 7,000 jobs. >> reporter: governor martin o'malley introduced the bill which would allow table games like blackjack. the senate introduced it this past week in a special session. tonight they want

virginia governor bob mcdonald make his remarks. again he went after the theme of we built it. also talked about how president obama has not done well in his opinion? >> the theme of republican leadership. picked up on that. he pointed to republican led virginia as an example of why america should elect mitt romney. >> mrplease welcome, virginia governor, bob mcdonald. >> governor bob mcdonnell in the spotlight. more states would have an economic record like virginia if mitt romney was elected president. the republican governor boasted about the commonwealth, low unemployment rate and budget surpluses and said president romney would deliver prosperity to more americans. >> some one who has created jobs in the private sector who understands the economy and who has actually balanced a budget. heck for that matter, someb sbo who picked a budget. mcdonnell has been given high profile duties by the campaign. platform committee chairman and head lean speaker. from the front row seats, delegates revel in the attention. >> virginia is a battleground state. we want to be here to turn things

traffic report right now. we're going to start with road work in virginia. if you're traveling the outer loop of the beltway. work zones set up along 123. right now it had only the left lane getting by. it should be wrapping up soon. also your traveling on 7 trying to get to the outer loop or on the dulles toll road, right now the ramps also have construction on it and it may be blocking your access to get to the outer loop of the beltway. let's head to prince george's county. exit 22, 295, construction there set up on the right side. and in montgomery county on the inner loop at university, had the cones set up. they were blocking the right side of the roadway. they took to be completely gone. if not, they are in the final stages so you should be okay. >>> new overnight. a controversial and hotly debated plan to expand gambling in maryland will be sitting on governor martin o'malley's desk this morning. the general assembly approved the bill in a late night vote. melissa mollet live at national harbor for what's next. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. the house passed this bill,

paul ryan, on a bus tour of battle ground states tonight, starting in virginia. after joining the ticket in norfolk, ryan told the crowd america is a nation facing debt, doubt, and despair and a transformative change in leadership is now vital. we caught up with the white house hopefuls on their bus stop in month naz. >> reporter: today's tour through virginia is very important to the romney campaign for two reasons. voters are getting their first glimpse of romney, alongside his newly announced vp candidate. even the republican party knows if they want to pull ahead in this election, they have to win virginia, a state that's still narrowly favoring president obama, according to a recent poll. scores of people packed into the harris pavillion in oldtown on saturday to show their support for the romney-ryan ticket. the pair spent the day touring the commonwealth and made a big showing here in northern virginia. >> if we do this right and we reapply those principles that built this country, we honor you by letting you decide the choice and the course of this country. we will get our

live pictures from norfolk, virginia. the "uss wisconsin" battleship in the background. it's the back drop for mitt romney making his dramatic announcement that paul ryan, the chairman of the house budget committee will in fact be his vice presidential running mate. our own cnn contributor is here, he wrote a fascinating piece about paul ryan not that long ago, just the other day. what made i decide to write that article? did you think that mitt romney was going pick paul ryan as his running mate? >> no. i mean, i knew he was on the short list. he was obvious up and coming republican, you did a piece about him a year ago. he's i have important republican in washington. the whole theory was, this is a guy who arguably had ideal logical influence than anyone else. the question from romney, is he going to run away from it or embrace it? obviously he's going to embrace it. >> we want to see some pictures, tell us, you spent quality time in jamesville, wisconsin. this is his, the prom king. he was elected class president, the class president is also the prom king. this is him with the prom

including those from virginia. they came in saturday. today of course. virginia delegation about 90 or so strong. staying across the bay in clearwater. and as is the case for just about everybody else here, isaac was front and center on their mind. >> when things like this happens, you have to do what you have to do. i think everyone being so willing and so flexible and so easy-going about it all it makes it that much smoother. >> as far as the the storm goes this is not a bad nor'easter for us. so we're good. >> so the ugly weather with standing a lot of the virginia delegation went to the convention welcome party at tropicana field, tampa bay host committee, predicting 10,000, 15,000 invited guests would show up there. a party for sure. live music. marching band. sampling of food. the chance to put the heart of tampa on display. now the bizness usiness of the nominating convention next. i have to tell you a lot of folks are waiting to see what is going to happen in terms of planned events tomorrow. we'll see the convention gavelled into session around 2:00. then immediately go into rece

happening right now on the beltway. both work zones in virginia on the outer loops. dulles toll road. road work is blocking the right lane. heading over to i-66 you cannot get on the ramp top eastbound i-66 from the beltway due to the work that's happening there. let's take a live look as you make your way over the wilson bridge. travel lanes are open in this area. nice and clear. travel speed, not bad as you make your way from van dorn to the wilson bridge. 63 miles per hour. seven-minute drive. looping around furthering your commute into prince george's county on the beltway. no issues to report. in fact, making your way from 50 on the outer loop to i-95 your driving at about 64 miles per hour. just a nine-minute drive. aaron and eun, back over to you. >>> 4:33. now to breaking news from afghanistan where three u.s. soldiers were killed. afghan officials say the three men were all special forces members killed while attending a meeting in the sangin district. they were killed by a man wearing an afghan army uniform. still waiting for the defense department to release the nachls of

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marine from herndon, virginia, has been killed in afghanistan. 31-year-old gunnery sergeant ryan jeschke and two other marines gunned down by an afghan police officer friday. fox 5 preached out to jeschke's family -- reached out to jeschke's family tonight, they say he was married and last saw his family last april when he was home. >>> d.c. police investigating a pedestrian accident involving a metro bus around 7:00 this evening on wisconsin avenue northwest. a woman trying to cross the street was hit by the bus, taken to a local hospital, is expected to be okay. no one was on the bus at the time. police are trying to determine who was at fault. >>> pepco has been taken to task for leafing tens of thousands of people in the dark -- leaving tens of thousands of people in the dark during the june derecho. now verizon is stepping up to explain the blackouts of 911 service in virginia. the telecommunications giant released what it calls a comprehensive report. fox 5's karen gray houston here with how it's being received. >> verizon said it had some backup battery and generator problems. the

from this reality. west virginia leads the nation in underground coal production with coal found in 53 out of 55 counties. 20% of all coal miner employment comes from west virginia. joining me now is bill la moloney. he is right now the republican candidate for governor in west virginia. bill, thanks for being here and great to have you. i wanted again first of all, let's talk about the big news of the day is mitt romney's pick of paul ryan to be his running mate. good news for people in the coal industry? >> i think it is great news. this guy comes from a business background. a fellow contractor. he was a little different but he understands business. though hass it takes to actually create real jobs and sign the front of a pay check. what we need in washington and in our country. a great pick. >> mike: let's talk specifically the coal mining industry. devastatedve been tiv in your state. 2,000 people have lost jobs just in west virginia. no real likelihood a lot of those jobs is going to come back. what has been the sing the greatest hit to the coal industry the last few you years?

virginia. volunteers opened campaign headquarters on both sides today, surae chinn was there. >> reporter: more campaign offices are popping up all over northern virginia. volunteers for president obama will open six offices by the end of the weekend. romney's camp held two events today and opened up one campaign office today. the get out the vote effort will only intensify as we draw closer to election day. [ applause ] wisconsin governor scott walker fires up the crowd of romney supporters in arlington. >> we're going to celebrate another victory in the commonwealth city. >> reporter: congressman rallies in reston. >> we need to balance out southern virginia. >> it is good to be back in virginia! >> reporter: some political analysts say mr. obama has to win convincingly in northern virginia. >> he doesn't need to win northern virginia, he needs to crush romney in northern virginia. >> reporter: george mason university associate professor jeremy mayer adds there are few paths to victory for romney that doesn't involve taking virginia. and someone who could throw the race off kilter for r

as we await the announcement on the uss wisconsin in norfolk, virginia. they don't want to step on this announcement. they want to let governor romney and congressman ryan have their moment and we will see a proliferation of statements issued. we can see virginia governor bob mcdonnell, a republican, a strong conservative, considered in the running, taking the podium. >> let's listen. >> great to be back in my old home more raised my fine kids. i just want to say it is such a tree to be governor of the most business-friendly states in the country, the commonwealth of virginia. [applause] i want to say thanks for having us here today. this is the mother of presidents, the birthplace of democracy, 405 years ago, the greatest country on earth gave birth to cape henry, the united states of america. [applause] what a treat to be in hampton roads, the home of more veterans in almost any place in the world. [applause] the home of the greatest navy base and the world. [applause] -- in the world. all of you that our veterans raise your hand so we can give you a round of applause and say tha

our area and west virginia and western maryland. nothing for our immediate area just yet. while we're not under severe thunderstorm watch, we will see some warnings come out as we move through the afternoon and into the evening hours. out there right now, we have clouds that are bubbling up. radar right now, the immediate area, gaithersburg, a few showers through montgomery county and areas of southwestern howard county right now. but te a look, off to the west of our area, that's where the warnings are. allegheny county, maryland, west virginia until 4:30. you're under a warning. these are all tracking to the northeast. they're delivering heavy rain and lightning. it's possible that we could see some damaging winds. right now our closest storm in berryville area approaching the berriville area and heading northeast to guylord in the next 15 minutes and on toward britain area. bigger storms again to the north and west again. that will be heading to good and unger area in the next 30 to 45 minutes including even oakland. so until 9:00 or 10:00 p.m., getting gusty drenching thunderstor

, you'd swear one fredericksburg, virginia home has a bull's eye on it. two nights ago a car slammed right into the home on woodford street and it's something the homeowner has seen before. >> reporter: i'm surae chinn in fredericksburg, virginia, where this home seems to be a target for bad driving. the homeowner was watching tv when he heard what he tells police a large explosion around 9:45 wednesday night. >> coming into the house. we did advise to evacuate. >> reporter: police say the driver was drunk and plowed right into the kitchen. the home is located on a bend where some people say attracts bad driving. >> for that kind of damage it either was in reverse or had to go awful fast. we're kind of a cut-through for a lot of the surrounding areas. that happens on my street as well. it's very dangerous. >> reporter: we tried clocking people this afternoon. most were going the posted 25 mile-per-hour speed limit, but not all. >> 33. >> reporter: the homeowner is thinking about building a barrier to prevent something like this from happening again. the driver in this case has been c

days ago paul ryan was picked as mitt romney's runs mate. three of those days he has been in virginia, another clear sign of the importance of the commonwealth in this presidential contest. with mitt romney taking a da away from rallies, his running mate wisconsin congressman paul ryan was in the campaign spotlight working for votes in all important virginia, vote rich fairfax county and suburban richmond. >> this is a state that has it all and this is a state that will determine it all. >> reporter: to make sure supporters are convinced of his connection to the commonwealth, ryan boasted to the richmond area crowd he'd caught some big bass in virginia waters. he fished for votes there by slamming president obama, blaming him for the gridlock in washington. >> i tell you, i've served with three presidents since i've been in congress. this is the most partisan atmosphere i have ever seen. this is not uniting. this is dividing. >> reporter: ryan stuck to broad themes and did not mention medicare or romney's tax returns. issues that have dominated the campaign in recent days. instead, ry

>> battleground virginia he said today. they are making several campaign stops today in our area. >> paul ryan made stops in virginia yesterday. we sat down for a one on one interview. >> police have identified remains found in pasadena last week. >> this is abc 7 news at noon. on your side. >> good afternoon. >> thank joining us saturday august 18. it is a great day outside. what is said to dave zahren. >> this summer we have been in the wrong place of the wrong time. today washington is the place to be. let me show you what is happening across the area. earlier today we had a cold front moved through, as it did the rain shower activity moving down to the northeast. much of the activity out to sea. that means a better and better weather for us. look at temperatures around the area. 68 degrees and frostburg. a warm spot in alexandria. already 80 degrees. we are in the mid to upper 70s as we go through the day today the more important number is the dew point, now bending down to about 60. in a few hours, it will be hard to break a sweat. as the humidity continues to drop across th

might shape the electoral map. mitt romney is in virginia, that's the "uss wisconsin". the battleship is from wisconsin, wow, what a coincidence. whether it's showing competitors' rates or striving to be number one, we're always up for a little competition. zap! [ sparking ] now, that's progressive. ♪ [ camera clicks ] ♪ it's hard to resist the craveable nature of a nature valley sweet & salty nut bar. >>> and these are the live pictures, we're showing from nor folk, virginia. paul ryan will be the vice presidential running mate to mitt romney. the announcement coming up in a little more than an hour or so for now. you'll hear directly from mitt romney about 45 minutes or so ago made it official. they sent out an announcement that it is in fact paul ryan. how will all of this affect the critical electoral college map? john king is at the magic wall with a closer look. wisconsin, one of the battleground states out there. >> this is the 2008 map. i want to start here. as you look, i want to show you, no secret. look right here. look at this area in the middle of the count

state. 2,000 people have lost jobs just in west virginia. no real likelihood a lot of those jobs is going to come back. what has been the sing the greatest hit to the coal industry the last few you years? >> i have been involved in the coal industry for 30 years. you had natural gas and coal and gone back and forth with price but never had the government in the middle of the equation like they are now. common sense regulation is one thing. what is going on especially from the epa and mr. obama and joe biden's attack on coal is totally over the top. i mean reality has left the equation. we have to get common sense back and get people that understand we have abundant natural resources in our are country. especially west virginia. we are the saudi arabia of our country but need to utilize the resources in a responsible manner. we have lost almost 3,000 jobs, direct coal mining jobs this year and translates into almost 20,000 job overall around you go to southern west virginia and get on the ground where i have been the past few weeks and people are fed up. we have a convicted felon tha

is the very extraordinary announcement that was made today in virginia. [ applause ] >> mike: and that was the announcement that mitt romney has selected paul ryan to be his running mate for the gop nomination. we have got a great audience here. there has been a big event and we kind of barged in on it it and we had a wonderful time hanging out with these good folks with an event with the family leader organization. later i will be having a chat with former presidential candidate and pennsylvania senator rick santorum. talking with senator charles grassley of iowa. and we have much more. so we want you to enjoy this very unique and special edition of "huckabee" coming to you live from iowa. it was a little over a week ago -- [ applause ] >> mike: that hundreds of thousands if not millions of people lined up at over 1600 click fila stores all over the nation in what critics attempted to paint as a day of hate and intolerance. really? out of all those people who showed up i have not heard of any of the chick-fil-a customers screaming slogans or calling people derogatory names. there

reality. west virginia leads the nation in underground coal production with coal found in 53 out of 55 counties. 20% of all coal miner employment comes from west virginia. joining me now is bill la moloney. he is right now the republican candidate for governor in west virginia. bill, thanks for being here and great to have you. i wanted again first of all, let's talk about the big news of the day is mitt romney's pick of paul ryan to be his running mate. good news for people in the coal industry? >> i think it is great news. this guy comes from a business background. a fellow contractor. he was a little different but he understands business. though hass it takes to actually create real jobs and sign the front of a pay check. what we need in washington and in our country. a great pick. >> mike: let's talk specifically the coal mining industry. devastatedve been tiv in your state. 2,000 people have lost jobs just in west virginia. no real likelihood a lot of those jobs is going to come back. what has been the sing the greatest hit to the coal industry the last few you years? >> i have

working two big stories. the republican national convention is now in fill swing and virginia governor is one of the featured speakers tonight. but we begin with hurricane isaac. the category one storm made land fall in southeast louisiana. this is video just into the fox 5 newsroom of lake ponchetrain. you can see high winds blowing the rain sideways. the entire gulf coast is bracing for a very long night. we have complete coverage of isaac and the convention. thanks for joining us tonight at 10:00. i'm shawn yancy. >> we are tracking hurricane isaac. i'm here with ue. >> right along the southeastern coast. a second land fall closer to midnight near morgan city. these are 80-mile an hour winds with the center of the storm 70 miles southeast of new orleans. so new orleans has been getting terrible squalls coming through there and a will the of reports of winds gusting up to 70 miles an hour. you can can see the radar. it's a slow storm. it's moving to northwest at 8 miles an hour. on these bowies, you can see sustain winds at 55, gusting to 71. we just saw lake ponchatrain. gusting to

selection tomorrow morning at about 9:00 at a campaign stop in norfolk, virginia. it will be made on the naval ship uss wisconsin. among the potentials, are tim pawlenty, paul ryan, chris christie and rob portman. joining us on the phone is julie carey. why did he choose virginia as the place to make this announcement? julie carey? apparently we do not have julie carey on the phone as we hoped. julie carey is covering mr. romney's campaign swing through virginia tomorrow. and as reported from his campaign officials at about 9:00 tomorrow morning, mr. romney will announce who his running mate will be in the presidential election this year. we'll have more coming up later in our broadcast. >>> a d.c. superior court judge was robbed at gunpoint as she was leaving a tennis tournament in northwest d.c. now the search is underway for the men involved. erika gonzalez joins us live from the crime scene. >> this is a quiet neighborhood right on the edge of rock creek park and this has a lot of neighbors questioning their safety tonight. does this strike you as odd? >> very. >> are this long t

romney. >> romney will introduce ryan as his running mate in virginia this morning. at age 42, ryan is a self-described republican young gun, a staunch fiscal conservative, charismatic and energetic. as chair of the house budget committee, ryan proposed a tax and spending plan that would consult cut so deeply that even some republicans didn't buy it. a plan to turn medicare into a private voucher program that analysts say would raise what we pay for health care as it cuts government costs. and the ryan plan would lower the tax rate on the wealthy from 35 to 25%. >> you need real fiscal reforms, real spending cuts and real spending controls going forward so we can deal with the debt in the future. >> reporter: romney is dealing with slipping polls as he picks a running mate, looking for ways to excite a skeptical gop conservative base. former minnesota governor tim pawlenty was told he's not the choice. >> this doesn't affect my attitude towards wanting him to be president. i'm going to continue to work really hard to help him in any way i can. >> reporter: paul ryan as a vice presid

>>> if we win virginia, we will win this election. >> virginia still a buzz over president obama's leesburg speech. we have your front row seat. >> plus, topper is tracking trouble in the tropics and more dicey weather here. >> i really do cherish him as a father. >> and police say they now arrested a suspect in that jewelry store homicide. >> victim's family share memories of their dad. >> the fight for virginia's presidential electorial vote rolled into leesburg where president obama ended his long campaign. >> gary is live at loudoun county high school where the romney campaign was standing ready to strike back. gary. >> reporter: both campaigns campaigns understand that virginia is one of the swing states that will decide this year's election and either side is giving an itch. >> u.s.a., u.s.a. >> to get to this, the president supporters had to go through this, hours in 90 plus temperatures to get in. why is it worth it? >> president obama is the first black president of the united states and we want to make sure that he gets a chance to serve another term before he leaves. >>

, live look in virginia. not many -- not much volume, excuse me, as you make your way eastbound and westbound past sully. check for road work, cones are up in the area on 66 out side beltway. inside the beltway, the nice smooth ride. live look past east falls church in metro. travel lanes are open. no accidents to warn you back. so far, metro, marc, and vre are running without any reported delays. back in ten, we'll talk about the beltway. back over to you both. >>> thanks. see you soon. starting today, v dot will begin taking down dozens of trees in fairfax county. crews will be cutting down trees along the streets in great falls. megan mcgrath is live with more on why vdot is sponser issing the tree removal. >> it was that bad storm that we had back in july that brought a huge oak tree crashing down on top of a car that was traveling down georgetown pike. that tree, it turns out, was rotten. 40-ton ok tree. unfortunately did driver inside that vehicle. well, after that accident happened, a number of folks who live in this area began to raise concerns about a number of very large t

right up. >>> the state of virginia is holding its first-ever beer craft month and the first-ever craft brew festival on august 25th. i have with me mike kilolay. he is the chair of the state's craft brewers guild. now, i know virginia is famous for its wines. it has great wines. >> we're trying to make it famous for beer. >> i'm it willin' ya, i didn't know. >> we have about 40 craft breweries in the commonwealth and i have five of them right here. this is a real exciting time for virginia. it's virginia craft beer month and then on the 25th we have our big festival in nelson county out at devil's backbone. >> so what will happen at that festival? >> there's going to be a whole bunch of music. there's going to be great beer, over 20 virginia breweries right now, it's just a beautiful part of the state and it's going to be a real great event. >> people don't know about your breweries. >> we're really trying to make it more well known, you know, we put a lot of love in our beer and, of course, that love comes out of the tap. >> so what makes them so special? >> well, we have a wide

the upper 60s many of the rural areas of maryland and virginia where they are getting some fog, as well as the shenandoah valley, around the mountains. right around washington, low to mid-70s, in the nearby suburbs, arlington, fairfax, prince george's, montgomery counties, near the chesapeake bay, tidal potomac and virginia tidewater, low 70s. atlantic beaches, cool, in the 60s there. here's the "day planner" for this thursday, 2nd of august, patchy fog will be lingering through probably 7:00. otherwise, sunshine and low 70s then, but quickly warming up, upper 80s by noontime and a hot and humid afternoon, low to mid-90s by mid-afternoon, just a few clouds popping up. small chance of a thunder shower out in the mountains. our sunrise 6:11, sunset 8:18. i'll be back in ten minutes. a look at your "first 4 traffic." here's danella, good morning. >> thanks, tom. welcome back. good to have you back in the saddle. over to the roadways, dealing with road work this morning. let's start with the beltway, the outer loop, the exit ramp to braddock, that may be shut down right now due to road

rhetoric as the tone of the race reaches new lows. >> ifill: and we head to northern virginia, where a different sort of pitched battle is underway for voters. the prize: undecided suburban women. >> i don't know that i can solely place the blame on obama. i think he's done some good things. and i think he's done some not good things, and i don't know that romney will do any better or any worse. >> woodruff: then, two takes on the war in syria. the latest on a deadly strike on a rebel-held town and margaret warner reports on the use of satellite imagery to document human rights abuses. >> ifill: and we close with a 100th birthday celebration for the late julia child, the french chef, who taught a generation of food lovers how to cook. >> you just have to have the courage of your convictions, particularly if it's a loose mass. well, that didn't go very well, but you can always pick it up if you are alone in the kitchen. who is going to see? >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 year

that was made today in virginia. [ applause ] >> mike: and that was the announcement that mitt romney has selected paul ryan to be his running mate for the gop nomination. we have got a great audience here. there has been a big event and we kind of barged in on it it and we had a wonderful time hanging out with these good folks with an event with the family leader organization. later i will be having a chat with former presidential candidate and pennsylvania senator rick santorum. talking with senator charles grassley of iowa. and we have much more. so we want you to enjoy this very unique and special edition of "huckabee" coming to you live from iowa. it was a little over a week ago -- [ applause ] >> mike: that hundreds of thousands if not millions of people lined up at over 1600 click fila stores all over the nation in what critics attempted to paint as a day of hate and intolerance. really? out of all those people who showed up i have not heard of any of the chick-fil-a customers screaming slogans or calling people derogatory names. there were reports of some spontaneous si

theed focus battleground states of virginia. paul ryan will make several campaign stops today in the commonwealth. there's talk about his stance on medicare and romney's tax returns. now more from brianne carter. >> paul ryan has several stops in virginia, including two in northern virginia today. candidates continue a new war of issues.er the same as vice presidential candidate paul ryan plans to make several stops in battleground virginia, he is fending off questions about stimulus money. he is blasting president obama's plan, and new questions requested money for his in 2009.e >> i don't recall. seen this report. stimulus becausedle it did not work. rick santorum is still answering s about his tax returns if. reid says romney did not for 10 years. >> i never paid less than 13%. >> he's trying to turn the to medicare, .riticizing the president back.hite house fired a >> the savings we achieve through the affordable care act extended the life of medicare. >> the obama administration spokesman on transportation today. secretary ray lahood could make todayouncement later transportatio

this morning a i willow water advisory is in effect for parts of northern virginia. folks living on the south end of culpeper are urged to use boiled tap water or bottle water as a safety precaution. that that -- there is more information on myfoxdc.com under web links. >> i want to wear the yellow no contact jersey as well. >> you're going back to sports. >> you want to make sure you don't get hurt while you're in here. >> working with julie every day. might have to put that on before we do traffic. also from the north and west and before a frontal system that will be getting in here. we'll see if showers and thunderstorms don't redevelop later this affect. there is a live look at your radar. light shower activity. very light with the exception of a little band of rain just south and west of dale city generally pushing to the north. enough to wet the roadways out to the west. we'll see this push across the area during the next few hours. not going to amount to a whole lot but enough probably to slow your commute just a little bit. temperatures, we are warm and once again humid. 77

, looks like it makes a hard right turn and goes to places like cincinnati and into west virginia. that might begin sunday afternoon or evening and we meet get some of the rain from hurricane isaac and now a tropical depression isaac and that is going to do a lot to ease drought conditions, by the way, in many parts of the country and that is going to create major issues with -- inland flooding and especially anyone living along a big river and more in a minute, brian, and that includes a closer look at the forecast. >> coming up, we have a high wind in new orleans and how people are dealing with the big flooding down there. >>> and in a few hours from now, mitt romney will officially accept his nominee for the presidency. and there is a lot of talk of a big surprise speaker. do we know who it is in. >> reporter: fox news is confirming the so-called mystery speaker will be actor clint eastwood, you remember, was a former republican mayor in california. there is no mystery about who the main attraction is. governor mitt romney is taking the stage after fo10:00 and a short time ago,

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virginia. 66 and 95, outside the beltway in pretty good shape. moving construction on the beltway in tysons. they did work overnight at the isson bridge, but that complete. 66 through falls church and 395.ng on quiet across the american legion bridge. travel times in our favor father hurley and the beltway, 17 minutes. newschopper 7 in a little while. once they from metro started. back to you. >> thank you. bigness' from maryland's special session. governor o'malley and house and bille leaders will hold a to expandis morning gambling in the state. makers worked into the early e measureo pass th allow casinos to be ilt in prince george's county. the bill would also permit table games in maryland. >> this puts us on the way to creating jobs in prince george's the state of maryland revenues for the state and county. >> it helps keep maryland money .ome >> voters will have to approve the gambling expansion in november. also, in a special session, a dog bite liability measure is dead. the court ruled in april that a , plaintiffsack don't have to approve prior owner to be the held liable. landlor

, excaliber gymnastics in her hometown of virginia beach, virginia. her talent was obvious to coach dena walker. she began keeping douglas at age eight. what did you see in her then? >> just incredible flexibility, really spunky, very quick, good power, strong-- all the attributes you would need to be an olympic champion. >> reporter: two years ago, at age 14, douglas moved 1200 miles and a world away to iowa, to train with a new coach who trained other olympiciaps. she saw her mother just four times in two years. but last night, her mother was there as she vaulted into olympic history. dub haas is the first african american and only the fourth american woman to win the all-around individual gymnastics gold medal. mary lou retton was the first. >> she has inspired a whole generation of young african americans to say, you know what? i can do this, too. i mean i guess goosebumps when i say it, i can do and be just like gabby douglas and do what she did. the world is at my doorstep. >> reporter: at douglas' old jim, nine-year-old micah swaby, who trains about five hours a day, five day

leader eric cantor. his own state of virginia is one of the of the critical states. >> woodruff: tell us something about paul ryan we don't know yet? what will we learn in the days to come? >> what i hope the mesh people will see tonight is the real paul ryan. there's been a lot of talk about his being a budget worchg and into the numbers and a bean counter and all of that which is true because he's a true intellect. but i hope they see the man for who he is. he's a real family man. he has a wonderful wife, janna, who in her own right is quit accomplished person. has three beautiful kids. and somebody who can kick back, relax as well, be very intense and passionate about the direction he would like to see this country go. >> woodruff: we know that the vice president of the united states has to be ready to step in, if, god forbid, something were to happen to the president. is he ready to step into the presidency? >> absolute. he's a very interested individual. he is very grounded in roots that weren't so glamorous coming up in life. the american people will hear his story tonight, how

. >> thank you. coming up, seized in one of northern virginia towns strike people trying to sell something very specific. >> they started their marriage on a high note. you'll meet the arlington couple that had to climb their way to a unique wedding ceremony spot. >> a terrible collision between two boats -- newly released 911 calls give some insight into why the inju >> tonight, we are hearing a dramatic 911 calls from when to boats collided in pasadena, md.. >> with that the latest on the investigation. >> the collision has got a lot of attention because one of the people involved with a delicate state elected official but there were a lot of other people out of the water, including volunteer rescuers who said the injuries could have been a lot worse. now we have the 911 calls to hear what they're going for. >> it was a boat accident -- >> that was the start of the first frantic 911 call in a moment right after the boats collided last wednesday evening. he was on his own running to the boat. >> everyone stepped up to the plate and did what they had to do. >> he described the he

. >>> this is "news4 today." >> today the gop makes a political push through virginia with vice presidential candidate paul ryan leading the way. >>> and consider yourself warned. why you may see extra police patrolling the streets starting today. >>> but first, the weather change is moving in today that will set the tone for the unsettled weekend. wonder what that means? >> good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today." let's take a live look outside roit now. it is 5:00 a.m. 73 degrees. it was just a glorious day yesterday. spent almost the entire day outside with my kids. it was perfect. >> yes. >> today, though, as i say, you know, things are going to be kind of fading, slipping away from us. first part of the day, sunglasses. second part of the day, umbrella. >> you need both. >> you need both today heading out the door. the weekend, a little on the rocky side. you will see what i mean in just a moment. temperatures out there right now, 64 in clarksburg. da damascus, good morning to you. camp springs, 69 degrees, your temperature. not too bad.

chance of rain may lease out of washington, in southern maryland and central virginia. that's where we have a short crossing 301 moving west to east, south of la plata, just north of the knights bridge. that's all in terms of rain to start the day. 77 now in washington. 92 this afternoon. best chance of showers is out of d.c. lisa baden. >> traffic is moving in our favor on the greenway, but told road, no problems on 66. travel times normal on 270 between father hurley and the beltway, 17 minutes. 95 is closed in each direction between fredericksburg and richmond near the carmel church exit because of an accident with wires down. this has been going on several hours and there will be several hours ahead. now back to news. >> we take a look in the day ahead. the man accused of shooting former arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords is expected to plead guilty today. jared loughner is scheduled to be in court on competency and the change of plea hearing. if found mentally competent by a judge, he would be allowed to plead guilty. he is charged with killing six people and wounding 13 oth

above d.c. and the scramble to avoid tragedy. >> good evening. a virginia teenager with a big smile makes history at the olympics. >> gabby douglas took the gold. more on that big win. >> reporter: oh, what a beauty. virginia beach native gabby douglas gave the performance of her life tonight, being the third gymnast to win the all around and only the fourth ever. setting the bar high with a solid vault and a strong performance on the uneven bars, conquered the balance beam with ease. in the end, she proved she could handle the pressure nailing that performance that wins her the gold. >> i just feel it's amazing to be called the olympic champion. and so many hard work and effort and passion and determination in the gym. every day, you have to push it every day. it definitely feels amazing and i'm so honored to be named that. >> reporter: today, douglas got a personal shoutout from president obama while he praised all the american athletes. >> virginia's own, gabby douglas. usa, usa, usa. >> reporter: tonight, silver spring native and gold medallist herself excid about heroin. she ha