the virginia u.s. senate race between former governors george allen and tim kaine is still a dead heat in the polls. both men spent time in northern virginia focusing on the looming defense cuts. julie carey is here to tell us they have very different solutions to this. >> they do, tim kaine and george allen do agree on this. those automatic defense cuts, the fallout from the stand-off on capitol hill need to be stopped before they kick in next year. what's on the line is up to 200,000 virginia jobs. many of them in northern virginia. >> reporter: northern virginia defense contractors are hosting a lot of campaign visits this fall. george allen huddled in stafford county with company leaders. their frustration clear. >> if we can just make a decision and then move forward. >> reporter: tim kaine toured a business called mvm that does arms training. the northern virginia defense contractors say they feel under siege, caught in the cross hairs of the sequester. $500 billion in automatic defense cuts, set

virginia. but it makes millions off marylanders every year. now they're running dishonest ads. why? because voting for question seven is a vote toto build a.. world-class resort casino in maryland. creating thousands of jobs and... ...according to the official department of legislative... services, hundreds of millions for our schools. while saving taxpayer money by cutting casino subsidies. question seven. good jobs and better schchools in maryland. not west virginia. >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington" with cynne simpson and steve chenevey. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> classes resume this morning at morgan state university while investigators continued to search for the gunman who opened fire on campus. to put the campus on lockdown after someone shot a man at the student center. he's listed in serious condition. the victim was not a morgan state student and it appears the gunman and the victim knew each other. >> the teenager accused of shooting a fel

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i like virginia. i'm a registered democrat, but i went and voted in the republican primary because that is the way i intend on voting this time. virginia doesn't -- no matter if you are a republican or democrat, you can vote in either primary. only one primary. host: why mitt romney this time? caller: i did not vote for obama last time, but i've lost $30,000 worth of income. i just don't see the jobs coming back like they was. unless there is more fair trade between china and us -- that is where my job went to -- host: thank you. professor farnsworth, hard as economics play in how people pull --how does economics play in how people pull levels? farnsworth?eife it looks like we have a bit of a technical problem with the university of mary washington. we will take your calls, and if we get him back, we can ask him as we catch up. sorry about that. looks like we are out of time on this one. coming up, we will take your phone calls. first, this news update from the folks at c-span radio. >> unemployment n

paul ryan was in virginia today. how do you think what's happening in virginia in terms of women's health at the state level, how do you think that's going to play into the presidential race there if at all? >> i think it's going to play heavily, rachel. i mean, virginia women are seeing time and time again republicans cling to an extreme right and bully an independent agency like they did today. the board of health. where these are independent people who have medical degrees and who understand what is necessary to deliver services to individuals in a safe manner. and what they saw was the attorney general cuccinelli bullying them sending them a letter saying, if you don't vote the way i want you to vote, i might not represent you, you may have to incur legal fees. i'm hearing from women from both sides of the aisle, democrats and republicans saying the republican party has gone too far, i cannot vote for mitt romney, i cannot vote for paul ryan. we have a senate race, i cannot vote for george allen because he, too,

paul ryan was in virginia today. how do you think what's happening in virginia in terms of women's health at the state level, how do you think that's going to play into the presidential race there if at all? >> i think it's going to play heavily, rachel. i mean, virginia women are seeing time and time again republicans cling to an extreme right and bully an independent agency like they did today. the board of health. where these are independent people who have medical degrees and who understand what is necessary to deliver services to individuals in a safe manner. and what they saw was the attorney general cuccinelli bully them by sending them a letter saying, you know what, if you don't vote the way that i want you to vote, i may not represent you. you may have to incur legal fees. so this is going to feat the presidential race, because i'm hearing from women from both sides of the aisle, democrats and republicans, saying the republican party has gone too far. i cannot vote for mitt romney. i cannot vote for paul ry

is not popular in virginia. and now virginia women are prepared to take it out on the presidency, right? they're planning to vote against the republicans' candidate for president in their state by 18 points. and that was the context for a really important move made by virginia's republican attorney general this week, a move that could be important for the presidential race in virginia. this week the attorney general certified a new set of regulations targeted only at abortion clinics in the united states. these rules are not just for oral surgeons or plastic surgery centers, just targeting abortion providers. it's red tape that is specifically designed to make it economically impossible to operate an abortion clinic in virginia. that's what's expected to happen in the state. most of the state's abortion clinics are in danger of being closed once these new rules go into effect. the state's health board initially voted to exempt existing clinics from the most onerous of the red tape. but bob mcdoneal and ken kuch

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they're not so much in virginia as they are in west virginia. the trend for them moving east is certainly one we'll be dealing with this morning. 80 degrees by 9:00. as we head towards the lunch hour, northern areas might not see as much clouds as southern areas. this afternoon a couple of showers and storms, highs in the mid- to upper 80s. andrea and mike? >> thanks, howard. >>> the orioles play their way into first place tied with the yankees. >> while the nationals provided fans with extra souvenirs. kristen berset has highlights in your morning sports. >>> good morning, everybody. before the game against chicago, skipper davey johnson said he felt the nationals' recent five-game skid kind of helped reenergize his ball club. i think he was right. the nats have now won six of the last seven games averaging eight runs a game since snapping that streak. last night was more of the same against the cubbies and it didn't take long to get the crowd fired up. ian desmond, adam la roche and tyler moore, four home runs in the first four innings to put

northern virginia as well as doing phone banking deeper into virginia. >> reporter: the national democratic party agrees that maryland could be crucial in keeping virginia blue. >> i know that you are proud to be a very blue state. and you should be. but we know that we're going to need your help making sure that virginia stays blue. >> reporter: he said that the campaigning will not detract from ballot issues, immigration, same-sex marriage and casino gambling all on the maryland ballot in november. maryland has a lot to do besides helping virginia. >> they will be busy at that starting tomorrow. >>> among district delegates the issue is voting representation in congress. and eleanor holmes norton says that will not happen unless and until the district residents turn up the heat. >> they usual hi get their rights in a flame of movement. but dramatic action has to be taken or nothing dramatic is going to happen. >> dramatic action on a national scale is what the delegates are hoping for tomorrow. first lady michelle obama was out here getting acquainted with the podium. they are hoping that

dealing with the accident in virginia in falmouth. the left lane is blocked at route 17 with the accident. prince william police are on the involvinghe accident motorcyclist on cardinal drive just west of route 1 at drive.ald >> the deadly attacks in libya prompted even more violence overseas. 45 minutes ago, protesters stormed the u.s. embassy in yemen. after deadly attacks in benghazi killed four americans including the ambassador. jummy olabanji is tracking overseas in our satellite center right now. latest?the >> this is all still developing. hundreds of demonstrators inrmed the u.s. embassy yemen's capital city. they tried to scare them off by firing in the air. demonstrators broke through the main gates of the compound. reuters is reporting that there been casualties on both this. this it's as the demonstrators are anti islamic film, film that caused similar protests in cairo. six police officers suffered during theies clashes over there. the attacke follow libya that left u.s. ambassador chris stevens councile other officials d

they head to west virginia next week. >>> georgia tech playing host to virginia. the yellow jackets creating quite a buzz early on. pun intended. textbook play from scrimmage. the first one, ken washington has plenty of time to pass. finds zac lassski all alone and goes 70 yards for the touchdown. that is the beginning of a very long day for virginia head coach mike london. third quarter we go, georgia tech leading 35-7. this time, washington runs the option, and this is the touchdown. washington runs for three scores. throws for another. and virginia dominated by georgia tech, 56-20. it is the most points virginia has ever given up against georgia tech. >>> frank beamer, 13th ranked virginia tech facing the winless panthers. this punt here at their own six. and breaks it up the sideline. and two defenders converge. look at the block by ronnie van dyke. he wipes them both out. jarrett on his way to a 94-yard return. so that would cut a deficit to 21-10. later in the third quarter, pitt facing a third and five. tino throws it up the right side. 18 yards for the sco

meanwhile, mitt romney will be back in virginia, first in virginia beach, then at a nascar race in richmond. it comes just a day after his wife ann me a stop in the state. she hosted a women for mitt romney in leesburg. afterwards she sat down with a rare one on one with her own julie carey on how her husband and the obamas fared when they took to the stage at their parties' conventions. >> so many things in his life experience have prepared him. >> reporter: that's just one of the arguments ann romney made. she's emerged as an energetic forceful advocate in the campaign. she did multiple satellite interviews and spoke one on one with news 4. >> i really hope that americans and virginians in particular have a really serious thought and say, you know, this guy is really competent, he's a good person, he's done a lot of turnarounds in his life. let's give him the keyses to this car and see whether he can get this engine going. >> reporter: her speech was widely praised. what's her take on president barack obama's acceptance address at the democratic convention. what did you think of the presi

quantico, virginia, 73 degrees. it's 70 in chantilly, virginia. good morning to you folks at st. michaels, maryland, 68 is your temperature. just a little cooler. so sat slight and radar, you've got to look wait over there in petersburg. a little bit of isolated shower. there might be a little isolated shower today. mainly up around the maryland/pennsylvania border an right there where they are currently over in west virginia. i'm looking for sunshine today. mostly sunny sky. and temperatures that are going to rise quickly to the upper 80s to low 90s. the sun angle is low but we're not going to get in the way. should be able to easily rise to that mark. tomorrow morning, dry. we've got a lot of sunshine around our area. and then there comes that weather front. some showers, some storms for saturday. i'm thinking late afternoon and for the evening hours as well. as that front comes through, it's going to bring the change to our area. but for those storms that come in during the late afternoon and especially the early evening hours, it could come with some hail and it may come with

. >> from virginia to d.c. to prince george's, how long did it take you? >> 1:15. >> numerous storms were reported. the storm also knocked out power. some intersections here along green belt road were in dark. the good news is that no one was injured when that tree toppled or the porch collapsed here tonight. reporting live, news 4. >> thanks, darcy. the water is finally receding. some places saw up to a foot of water. homes on the water face the biggest threat at high tide, which was around 9:30 tonight. right now, though, no reports of any major problems. in northern virginia, quite different scene than just a few hours earlier. a heavy downpour soaked anyone on the outside. a downed power line cut off power to homes and tied up traffic. crews fixed those lines. >> right now, tree trimmers and power crews are hard at work. it's been a common theme this summer. storms hit, trees fall and then the lights go out. jim rosenfield continues live from bethesda where it's happened again. >> it's just bun to rain again tonight. take a look at this. this is what w

anyou, virginia! >> it could all come down to what happens in just a few battleground states like virginia. >> virginia, you're a battleground state. it could come down to virginia november.ectoral votes this th cdateareack ie commonwealth today campaigning for votes in a place that went blue for the first time in 40 years last time around. joining me now is democratic senator mark warner. when he won, people thought it was an anomaly and was the start of a trend of moving virgini from redopu. senator, good morning. >> gd morning, chuck. >> i want to ask you about the swing -- if you were to describe why virgia is a swing state, it was the state that most closely matched the national number four years ago. how the tion went,ot viinia. why? what is the uniqueness about it that makes it match the national -- the way the national picture looks? >> in a lot of ways virginians are less partisan. we don't have party i.d. in our elections. i thinkoln virare interested in people who get stuff done and they fe

i'm not cutting jobs from virginia but adding jobs to virginia. so we're going to -- >> both the president and mitt romney courting voters in virginia today. without virginia it will be almost impossible for romney to win in november. in 2008 obama took it down with 53% of the vote with results that very nearly matched the national tally. the real clear politics average has him leading by 4.5 points. the race is close in the home state with romney holding a slight lead as recently as two weeks ago. let's bring in brian moran to see if he gives us a preview of december. thanks for joining us. >> happy to be with you. we do enjoy a lead, but if i might continue the football analogies, we need to play the entire 60 minutes. we cannot let up until the clock runs out 7:00 p.m. on november 6th. we're working very hard to make sure we deliver -- redeliver our 13 electoral votes for the next president of the united states, barack obama, and the united states senate seat tim kaine. >> i love that you're continuing our football analogy for us there. in virg

. >> that is what thousands have been doing across north virginia -- northern virginia. after the summer storms many were concerned it could be days before the lights came back on. >> the crews have been working that's not the case -- working to assure that is not the case. in some places, the power is back on that they're dealing with other part -- dealing with other problems. a section of the tree came crashing through his house. >> it wasn't that bad during horatio on this property. i was very surprised. >> the cleanup will be similar for some residents in this complex where a tree also splintered the ceiling. >> as the cleanup continues, we have heard from somebody who said they were surprised by the security of the damage content -- considering the short time this storm lasted. in falls church, if you want the debris picked up, it must be bundled and the city will come through on wednesday. >> as the cleanup continues, we want to get you the latest power outage numbers. thousands are still without power tonight. here are the latest numbers -- there was a little bit

then back to virginia to keep campaigning. >> seems like the virginia delegation, the seats are quite full down there. earlier today they were singing and chanting and just having themselves a good time. like they're really happy to be here. >> when you get in here early, you've got to find something to do. >> they found it. they did it well. we're going to come back a little bit later in this broadcast. we'll have a report on some of the obstacles facing the efforts to get the black vote energized down here in this part of north carolina. back to you guys. >> sounds like they've got something to do now. it's noisy there. >> yeah. they're rolling. >> see you in a little bit. thank you, jim and tom. >>> they talk about the bounce after a convention? well, the gop convention doesn't appear to have given mitt romney a boost. the new gallup show shows his support is virtually unchanged. romney's take a break from the campaign trail today. his running mate paul ryan's in the first leg of a week long fundraising trip speaking to supporters near cleveland today. ryan attacked president obama

out in west virginia. closer to washington, just a few sprinkles. some of the roadways are wet, just a little light rain. northern loudoun county into frederick county, maryland, and points west, just some light rain. for much of the hour, just going to have light rain. rain west of us by 6:00 a.m., still upper 60s to near 70. and a little greater chance of showers moving in and a chance of severe storms. generally 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., some storms could produce some damaging winds and some brief, very heavy rain. could pick up a quick inch of rain in just maybe a half hour or an hour. and then that severe threat dissipates after 8:00 tonight. here's a look at your storm team 4 evening planner. our sunset at 7:11, and by midnight much of the activity will be way east of washington and crossing east of the bay and ending. a look at the rest of the week and the weekend and another look at storm team 4 radar in ten minutes. danella has a look at traffic now. good morning. >> good morning. >>> already we're

he's also in virginia, expected to speak in virginia beach moments from now. you see the podium there. virginia, a very important swing state. 13 electoral votes in that state. the recent polls now showing that president obama is slightly, slightly ahead of romney in the state. the last cnn poll of polls for virginia, he was leading 50% to romney's 44%. you might recall back in 2008 president obama won virginia and became the first democrat since 1964, lyndon johnson to actually win that state and that was significant. i'll bring in jim acosta who is traveling with mitt romney. he's at the event talking a little bit about the message we heard from mitt romney. clearly it's important for him to reach the working class. that came in some of the comments he made regarding trade with china. what does he need to do? what does his team think they need to do to make sure he holds on to virginia? >> reporter: suzanne, as you know, all politics is local. virginia is a big military state. no surprise mitt romney would come to this crowd of veterans here to talk about de

navy plays the virginia military institute. bowie state plays st. augustine's college in north carolina. they just keep going and going and everybody will be glued to college football. >> i imagine. all good match ups. >>> the nats look to shrink their magic number on the way to the nl east title. >> and last-second dram atics fr the georgetown football team. carol maloney has it all in this morning's sports minute. >> good morning. i'm carol maloney in your sports minute starting with the nationals hosting the brewers. after clinching a playoff spot thursday the nats with the major letdown against milwaukee. leading the game heading into the ninth tyler clipper gives up three runs and the brew crew pull off the come from behind win. 4-2 the final. fifth save of t matt weeders really wants to play in october. 2 of 4. three rbis for the catcher as the orioles win, 4-2 over the red sox and ar game behind the yankees in the al east. to college football georgetown visiting princeton in front of the nationally televised audience. tigers led this one most

not west virginia. [ romney ] this president can ask us to be patient. this president can tell us it was someone else's fault. but this president cannot tell us that you're better off today than when he took office. [ female announcer ] here in virginia, we're not better off under president obama. his defense cuts threaten over one hundred thirty thousand jobs lowering home values, puttingamilies at risk. the romney plan? tax cuts for middle class families. north american energy independence. create over three hundred forty thousand new jobs for virginia. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approved this message. >> there is a new lawsuit in the case of a health-care worker accused of infecting patients with hepatitis c. >> he is accused of infecting at least 31 people. when new hampshire lawyer says one of his clients was affected in 2008. he says it happened at the baltimore va facility in the hospital is taking responsibility. prosecutors say the inspections began in 2010. >> today is the final day to speak out about the june troubles when it took too lo

license issued by the state of virginia, you heard me right, virginia. >> reporter: texas requires permit applicants to take a 10- hour course, which includes a test on their shooting ability. they have to fire 50 rounds from different distances. but because texas has a link to virginia, all the requirements are waived. >> reporter: this video shows a young woman taking an online course in which she admitted to cheating, in order to answer 15 of the 20 questions. she received her permit in the mail, without ever touching a gun. and the video was produced by omar whose sister was killed in the virginia tech shootings. >> but the truth is in virginia, you don't have to be trained to get your concealed weapon's permit. you don't have to fire a gun, which is completely outrageous. >> reporter: even the sharpshooter's manager says that the law lacks common sense. >> no instructor in the right mind will give you a certificate to say that you have completed a course without ever firing a weapon. >> peggy fox, 9news now. >> a spokesman said that they never required hands-on training because the g

virginia. >> this president has not fulfilled the promises. many went to the democrat convention and spoke at length and had some wonderful things to say. he didn't say what he would do to help get people into jobs and off ofup employment. he doesn't have a plan or ideas and we have to make sure he doesn't have anymore days in the white house after january. >> reporter: sunday, governor romney takes the day off on the campaign trail. he'll be resting in massachusetts. in kissimee, florida, ed henry, fox news. >>> a battle is brewing between a group of republican senators in the pentagon over voter assistance services for troops serving overseas. the lawmakers are concerned that the pentagon is not following a military voting law requiring the defense department to set up a voter assistanta was -- office on every military base. and a reporter said attempts to contact them failed 50% of the time. >>

the president campaigned yesterday in virginia. he told supporters in virginia beach it could take a few more years for the economy to recover. mitt romney was also in virginia yesterday. he met with veterans and their families in springfield. the republican presidential nominee trails the president in virginia in recent polls. he hopes next week's first presidential debate will give him some momentum going forward. >> you don't have a great opportunity with debates to talk about my vision for the country. the president will talk about his. those that believe we want more government, more intrusive government, trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see will vote for him. those that believe we should encourage economic growth, support small business, and create more jobs will vote for me. >> the republican presidential nominee will focus on fund-raising tonight. he hopes to bring in $7.5 million for his campaign at two events in the boston area. >>> both candidates will likely speak to israeli prime minister benjamin netanya

and that includes much of virginia, western parts of virginia into west virginia, western maryland and just to our north and west of the metro area. it is in the 40s. look at elkins, west virginia, down to a cold 43 right now. reagan national is at 59. all these areas in the dark green, the 50s. that covers all the rural areas just outside the beltway, northern virginia and much of maryland around the bay eastern shore, it's in the 50s. ocean city only 52 right now. here's your forecast. for 6:00 a.m., chilly in the upper 40s, clear. crescent moon in the southeastern sky with jupiter up there and venus rising shortly. and low humidity the rest of the day with bright sunshine. low 70s by your lunch hour, by midafternoon coming back home from work and school will be in the mid and upper 70s. a gorgeous day coming up. i'm back in ten minutes with the hometown forecast. right now mike is in for dawnela. good morning. >> not too bad right now. no serious delays but a lot of construction. inner loop, the offramp is shut down with a project there. also have work on the outer loop at leesburg

not west virginia. >>> welcome back. it's 9:12. a second death from west nile virus is confirmed in maryland. officials will only say that the two victims were adults and are urging people to take precautions against getting the virus. precautions include using epa registered insect repellent and wearing long pants and long- sleeved shirts and hats outdoors during dawn and dusk when mosquitos are most active. >>> check your cheese. it could be part of a recall affecting people in the district, maryland and virginia. federal health officials say the imported italian ricotta salata distributed by forever cheese of new york is linked to illnesses in 11 states. three people in maryland reported becoming sick and one person in virginia and in the district were also sickened. the cheese was sold in some whole foods stores and distributed to restaurants, as well. yesterday whole foods said it was recalling the ricotta salata in question from some of its stores and said that all sell by dates through october 2 are affected. on monday, fore

not west virginia. this president can tell us it was someone else's fault. but this president cannot tell us that you're better off today than when he took office. [ female announcer ] here in virginia, we're not better off under president obama. his defense cuts threaten over one hundred thirty thousand jobs, lowering home values, putting families at risk. the romney plan? tax cuts for middle class families. north american energy independence. create over three hundred forty thousand new jobs for virginia. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approved this message. . >>> a utah sheriff's deputy saved the life of a driver and his girl. he passed out as the car continued to move and the car ended up in the middle of the freeway as the other cars were speeding to get around him. the deputy stepped in, jumped into the cruiser, reached into the open window and pulled the emergency brake. >> the main thought was to get the car stopped. i have daughters myself and there is a little girl in the back seat and there is a lot of traffic. >> the driver was treated at a are

and michelle obama also and virginia. she has a two campaign stops, the first will happen in richmond. she will end up later today in fredericksburg. we have much more coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00. >> thank you. 12:05. a sunny day. it looks like we will have to change soon. >> here in the belfort weather center we are looking at the fifth day of beautiful weather. all good things must come to an end. but enjoy the rest of the day. 76 degrees at dulles. 75 at reagan national. travel plans, it take you across the country, no problems. detroit, indianapolis, plenty of sunshine in the south and miami. our forecast closer to home -- temperatures should top off around 82 degrees. but tonight we could be looking at a couple showers. a cold front moves into the area. full detail and the extended outlook coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you. an emotional service this morning as the nation remembered astronaut neil armstrong. the worst -- the first man to walk on the moon. many went to the national cathedral. that is where w

west virginia, $3.89. national average is $3.83. >>> u.s. government is selling more of its shares in american international group, aig. the move that should decrease the government's holdings below a majority stake for the first time since the $182 bailout in 2008. aig says the treasury department is selling $18 billion worth of common shares to individual eve investors. that move should reduce the government stake to less than 20%. >>> 5:54. apple is making sure the latest iphone is up to date with the mod he were consumer. >> reporter: apple's new iphone 5 will be leaner, meaner, and faster. "the wall street journal" reports the device, which will be unveiled on wednesday, will run globally on the lte wireless network, which is faster than 4g. this will help apple catch up to its rival samsung, but it's unlikely that all wireless carriers -- at&t, verizon, sprint, and t-mobile will be able to offer lte. >>> and toys r us is getting into the tablet business. the retailer will announce plans to sell its own branded advice for kids. the tabi

virginia is a huge battleground state. what can she do to help mitt romney connect with voters. >> pivotal voters are women who are not partisan. a swing between two parties. they voted for president bush, president obama, those are critical voters. you hear that from operas. i think, speaking about mitt romney in personal terms almost beyond the caricatures and some of the hard-line budget issues and fiscal issues, i think can help. but again, you are speaking to a narrow cool of voters. not many undecideds left. can it help, sure. it will be marginal impact. >> i want to talk about the conventions because they are over. we saw coming out of the conventions, president obama got a bit of a balance, rigid a bit of a bounce, more than mitt romney. >> it matters. this is the time pulls matter. we only have eight weeks left. we are in the home stretch. september will be a crucial month for mitt romney. it is very tough to be an incumbent. the fundamentals of the economy are on this -- are on his side. the next pivotal moment o

virginia, virginia tech and win. howard falls to rutgers. >>> today at 1:00 the robert griffin iii era officially begins for the redskins with a season opener in new orleans against the saints. rg3 who actually has a lot of family in the big easy is ready for his debut. >> you try not to get too antsy and copaches talked to me about it. don't try to prove anything, go out and have fun. that's the approach i'm taking towards it. it's a matter of going out and executing. >> have a great day. >>> the next time pope benedict hits the road he'll be helping the environment. re renault gave him an electric car as a gift. it was custom made for the pontiff with his coat of arms painted on the side. pope benedict has been called the green pope because of his concern for the environment. in 2010, he installed solar panels on the roof of some vatican buildings. >> how cool. >> looks comfortable inside too. >> i wonder if he'll tweet, you know, how he's tweeting now. he's really up with the times. >> really? >> yeah. >> the pope

we have a few clouds out to the west into portions of western virginia and west virginia. so instead of perfect sunshine, we'll have mostly sunny skies today and a little further off to the north and west, out towards detroit, you see thicker cloud cover. this is a cold front which will come in here later tonight and could kick off a shower although i think most of the area will remain dry. bottom line, generally nice conditions around here today with sunshine, high temperatures expected to be about 80 or so. more details on the weather including a closer look at the weekend in just a minute. back to you. >> thank you. >>> more anti-american protests topping our stories right now. the united states bracing for more protests around the muslim world today and libya has made arrests in the attacks that killed american ambassador. the identities of the other americans killed are also released. let's take a live look right now. the protests against that low- budget film that mocks islam have been spreading all week. a live look at cairo this morning. ntinued overnight. more are

not west virginia. >>> welcome back. we're taking a look at the u.s. capitol dome this morning and temperatures fooling much cool are than we have been used to here recently. we will check some with gwen here in just a bit. we want to let you know about some unique opportunities this week for disabled veterans and soldiers transitioning back from the war front. the group enable america is stepping up action to help them find jobs. they include on the job shadowing at places like the fbi and also clark construction to name a few places. to learn more about this, go to the web site on your screen or you can call 1-877-enabled. >> a great idea. >> yeah, it certainly is. >> all right. >> now, let's check in with gwen to get the latest on the forecast. >> we have a really nice day ahead. the week will be looking great as well. everybody will be anxious to see it so let's get right to it. we start off with the week is starting a little bit cooler but we are calling it refreshing this morning. temperatures will be a little bit cooler than they have been over

still a problem in falls church, virginia. police at the intersection of annandale road and hillwood directing traffic. traveling on the beltway in va, the inner loop into montgomery county, looking at a solid line of delays. a disabled tractor-trailer just before georgetown pike in the right lane. it's blocking the right shoulder as well as attracting attention. traveling on the beltway in maryland, this is where you see delays, coming from college park, hitting around through silver spring? on the outer loop, a very slow pace. once you get past university it's open as you make your way to 270. back to you. >> thank you. the democratic national convention wraps up tonight with a big moment for president obama. the president is facing high expectations in accepting the party's nomination after a rousing speech from former president bill clinton. brandi is live in charlotte with more on what the president had to say. he is never short on words. good morning. >> definitely. they have not always had the best relationship. once ag

and look at the temperatures in west virginia, 38 degrees in elkins, west virginia. that's one of the reasons. temperatures so low here there's been a frost advisory out for western maryland right down south through elkins. very few in the way of cloud cover here. we're looking at a mostly clear start in a day that's going to be filled with a whole lot of sunshine. here's your "day planner." jacket cool for the morning, 7:00 a.m., 55 degrees. 65, still chilly at noontime. your high 70. cooling down quick from the evening hours, from the mid-60s, headed back down to the low 60s. so your forecast, sunny, a cool fall day from 66 to 71 degrees. again, coolest out of the work week. we expect to see temperatures warm a bit by midweek. but it's then we're going to be looking at rain too. clear and cooling fast. 52 to 60 degrees for your evening forecast. here's a look at your four-day forecast. 76 degrees for tomorrow. a bit warmer. clouds will be on the increase for tuesday. we'll start out with sunshine. we'll be turning over to a partly cloudy sky by the afternoon and ev

maryland and virginia politics for the was post. he joined the post in 2008 after a decade at the capitol hill newspaper roll call. and we have aaron gilchrist, he attended virginia commonwealth university. let's introduce the candidates and hear their opening statements. in order in which the candidates will speak, i should say the order was determined by a coin toss earlier today. so, first, let's welcome former governor and the former chairman of the democratic national committee, tim kaine. [applause] and next we welcome former golf and former senator -- former governor and former senator george allen. [applause] we will start, as i mentioned because of the doing cross, with governor kaine. kaine: thank you, david, and it's great to be back with the fairfax chamber of commerce. seven years ago we talked about transportation, and right outside this building there wasn't a rail to dulles being built. i was very proud to work on those with you in my time as governor. we talked about education. during my time as governor, we put in

. >> his visit to virginia have been frequent in recent weeks. his top today took him to vandyke parkway. he spoke to supporters for roughly 20 minutes, mostly about jobs and the et it would take to turn the economy around. >> at the weekend make it happen spirit is there. we have a government that recognizes that by lifting individuals and celebrating success in america, we ought well have more of it. then you will see the economy come roaring back. >> a protester was removed after asking why are you politicking libya. that came just as romney with asking for a moment of silence for the diplomat killed in the country. >> supreme court justices in pennsylvania are questioning whether a new voter i.d. law should take place before the november election. this is the state supreme court. and whether it guarantees the white to vote, each voter would be required to show a valid identification. lawyers expect a decision by the end of the month. >> attaching tribute today for the first man to step foot on the moon. neil armstrong was remembered at a serv

the ad wars focused in the virginia beach, norfolk, tidewater area, virginia, noern virginia outside of d.c. those are the big markets in virginia and those are the big swing areas in virginia. victor. >> they are spending a lot on the ads and gas to get there. they are going to virginia over and over and over this season. >> they sure are. overall the president made seven trips or swings through virginia just recently on tuesday. remember, when he kicked off his first rallies in may he started in ohio, the second rally right here in virginia. romney, this will be the seventh trip, six swings since the general election started. remember, where did he announce his running mate paul ryan, just down the street here in norfolk, virginia. yeah, it's an important state for both these men. >> they will be back. we yesterday got the numbers from the labor day about the unemployment rate. each campaign, how are they responding to these numbers? >> the republicans, romney campaign and republicans are quick to attack saying, listen, if the convention in charlotte was the party these numbers tha

virginia, an accident about to clear. fairfax police say there was an overturned vehicle on the little turnpike westbound over top of the beltway. in springfield, no problems. back to you. >> thank you. the airport authority is expected to discuss an important issue when it meets today. board members expected to take policy prompted reports of insider contracts l spendingsh trave image.rnished its board will get an update on the project.il >> metro canceled a promotion jewish high holidays t tell anybody. was meant to encourage more riders to transfer from the blue line.o the yellow it was canceled because of two jewish holidays. the plan was to give them a fair part. now it will just offer a survey to determine habits. it is 60 degrees outside. >> more action after a deadly a tree innvolving s virginil stories.g our top people across the d.c. area again.g up a mess left behind by severe storms yesterday that knocked down trees and power lines. numerous homes damaged. thousands of people lost power. roads were flooded, tr