most help out. in the process, we have strong disagreements, and you have probably detected my frustration with their attitude about the american people. my friend says that 30% of the american people are taker rom is andney -- takers and romney points out 47%, he is talking about my mother and father. he is talking about the people that built this country. all they are looking for is an even shot. levelve done it when you the playing field and they want peace of mind. the president and die on not going arrest until that playing field is level. -- to rest until the playing field is level. until they can turn to their kids and say, it is going to be

ok. that is what this is all about. >> congressman ryan. >> i want to thank you as well, martha. i want to thank you, joe. it has been an honor. we face a big choice. what kind of country are we going to be? what kind of country are we going to give our kids? president obama had his chance and made his choices. his economic agenda, spending, borrowing, higher taxes, a government takeover of health care, it is not working. millions of americans are struggling to work and 15% are in poverty. this is not what a real recovery looks like. you deserve better. we want to earn your support. we are offering real reforms for

every american. mitt romney, his experience, ideas, and solutions are uniquely qualified to get this job done. at a time we have a jobs crisis, wouldn't it be nice to have a jobs creator in the white house? a stagnant economy that promotes more government dependency, or a dynamic that promotes opportunity and jobs. mitt romney and i will not duck the tough issues are blame others for the next four years. we will take responsibility and we will not try to replace our founding principles. we will reapply our founding principles. the choice is clear, and the choice rests with you. >> thank you both again. this concludes the vice- presidential debate. please tune in next tuesday for the second presidential debate

in new york. i'm martha rattis of abc news. i hope all of you go to the polls. have a good evening. [applause] >> what do you think? and did that change the game? of going into the contest, the word from the republicans was that he has to do something to

change the momentum. this could be a slide for romney into it. the other side had a different thing to say, and who made the argument that is more believable across america? carl cameron has been listening from the spin room tonight. people said the democrats have to get on track after what happened last week. do you see a game changer? >> we saw a very feisty joe biden and a debate that was filled with interruptions and a tremendous amount of passion. he cannot to try to reenergize the democratic base in the wake of the president's lackluster performance a week ago and he was clearly on offense. but it was mixed with an awful lot of his smirking, expressions of exasperation and a lot of interruptions. that will get a lot of criticism and review in the next couple of days. and how one behaves can overshadow what what actually says. in the case of paul ryan, he was

rying to give detailed isss and show his command of the issues. mr. ryan's answer is, as comprehensive as he was allowed to be, not a game changer but joe biden was on offense. a >> i remember him saying that nothing he just said was true. this is something the democrats have been clamoring for since last week. >> huffing and puffing suggesting that he was obfuscating and not able to proposals.romney's and are the details that are consistent with the facts. spinning has already begun. the campaign manager making the argument that mr. ryan was unable to explain the details and defend them among the various proposals. senior adviser to the romney campagin in that joe biden was

not able to defend the president's record. both sides making their cases aggressively, and no clear knockdown, but some very tough uppercuts. >> and that leaves us for a week from matter at the university that could be a game changer. >> absolutely. >> a quick commercial break and we'll come back for a little more analysis measures... measure up. money to our schools. "misleading." out here. it. but there's hope. straight to our schools... keeps it there. politicians.

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and historically speaking, vice presidential debates don't usually sway the election much at all. tonight, you will decide and we will see you next week for the presidential debate. continuing coverage on your late local news on this fox station, analysis continues on fox news channel on cable and satellite, fox news radio and fox news got comp. i will see you tomorrow. it is math matticly possible. it's been done before. >> it has never been done before. >> it's been done a couple of times actually. >> it has never been done

before. >> ronald reagan -- >> the gloves come off in tonight's vice presidential debate. you saw it. things got heated between the vice president and the man who wants his job. good evening. i'm julie haener. >> welcome to a special edition of our news. this was a very different debate compare to the first presidential debate. with congressman paul ryan and job job fighting it out in their first and only debate of the election season. we have live team coverage. rita williams is with bay area republicans. rob rortsdz is with the democrats. we begin with the high and low moments from the debate. >> there were questions about whether joe biden would come out more aggressively after many said president barack obama failed to live up to expectations last week. we certainly saw that tonight as both the vice president and paul ryan went back and forth first over iran seeking a nuclear weapon. >> it makes us more weak.

it projects weakness. when we look weak, or adversaries are much more willing to test us. >> with all due respect, that's a bunch of ma larky. >> why is that so? >> bass not a single thing he said is accurate. >> things got more heated when the discussion turned to domestic issues. joe biden attacked mitt romney about his comment of 47% of americans seeing themselves as victims. it's something the president did not do. >> for a guy who says 47% of the american people are unwilling to take responsibility for their own lives, my friend in a spheech in washington said 30 per of the american people are takers. these people are my mom and dad, the people i grew up with, my neighbors. they pay more effective tax than governor are romney pays in his federal income tax. >> when barack obama was elected, his party controlled everything. they had the act to do everything of of their choosing. look where we are right now. >> while there were no obviously gaffes by either side, both men continued

throwing jabs. even questioning each other's promises to cut taxes. >> it's not mathematically possible. >> it is mathematically possible. it's been done before. >> has never been done before. >> it's been done a couple of times actually. >> it is t has never been done before. >> tonight there were also some heated conversations about medicare, social security, even abortion. the debate about who scored the most points is just getting started. back to you. >> bay area democrats and republicans watched the debate closely. let's start with the republicans. rita williams is at pinky's pizza in walnut creek be where many voter are calling this a win for ryan. >> reporter: however the pros wind up scoring this debate, this highly partisan crowd of republicans here in walnut creek tonight say they think

their man definitely has won and has kept the momentum going that mitt romney started when he bested the president in their debate last week. in a nutshell, i don't think biden advanced their cause because of his surely attitude and his out right lie on libyan force security. ryan is being patient but he cannot overwhelm how rude joe biden is right now. >> he's more concise. he's more red sent. joe biden is just spinning his wheels cause they have a pretty good feeling that they're going to lose in november. >> he keeps on the subject and he is not playing any name calling games. he's being very very controlled and very who will point. >> you listen to ryan, he's clear, precise. he knows what he's talking about. i don't believe joe biden. >> ryan is staying on target. he's staying with the facts.

biden is taking his gloves off and just going after interruptions and not making himself clear. >> reporter: now, with we know that whoever won this debate tonight, usually historically hassing the to do with who we wind up voteing for for president. it's more considered an audition for the understudies who might want to be president some day. folks here think that joe biden was disrespectful. they think their man paul ryan was on target and they think it will carry had him to victory in november. i'm sure that my colleague rob roth had a very different take, though. he is with the democrats in san francisco. >> very different. the debate watch party here at the south of had market nightclub is about wrapping up. folks here say they're going home happy. perhaps 200 democrats showed up to watch vice president joe biden and congressman paul ryan

square off. the party is hosted by the organization technology for obama. democrats say a lot of riding on tonight and that joe biden came through. with president barack obama's lackluster performance in the last debate supporters were hoping the veteran biden would show energy and passion and in the process regain momentum from the republicans. they say he did. >> we're lacking for vice president joe biden to show his experience when talk to be representative ryan. vice president biden has done this before. hopefully he is not afraid to be fies ehopefully he can really get to the main talking points and show the people where we think the country is headed the next four years. >> he's clear. he's articulate. paul ryan, on the other hand, doesn't seem to have his facts together. he's been there, sew knows the behind the scenes, so he's really sort of giving us flow by flow what's been going on

for the last four years. >> democrat say vice president joe biden needed to avoid any gaffes and paint ryan as the face of the conservative wing of the republican party and who supports severe spending cut, changes to medicare and they lack foreign policy experience. >> i think the president is an excellent president. he is a very decent man. sometimes he's too desefnts joe biden is showing that you have to say what the facts are even if it means calling swownt when they're saying something that's not true. >> i think he's being really authentic and he knows the facts and because he's smiling, i think he's smiling because he knows that ryan is lying. >> paul ryan's lies, he's calling them out one by one. >> we're back live. so democrats here say they're happy with the vice president preachesness. there are two more presidential debates before the voters get

the last word. back to you. >> our cover i think of the election 2012 continues online. go to ktvu.com and click on the u.s. and world news tab. developing news in vallejo, a dozen homes have been evacuated while the bomb squad clears possible explosives. officials say the explosives were found at a house on georgia street near fernwood drive. homes near the area have been evacuate as precaution. children attending local schools were sent home early. one person is in custody. we have a crew on the scene. let's talk baseball playoffs. the giants won today. it was a historic comeback. they now move to the nlcs. >> a swing and a miss and romo

strikes out. >> with that final out, the giants beat the reds in the nlds this afternoon. >> it was a nail biter right at the very end. mark joins us now. >> my palms are still sweating. >> i know. >> the giants to get to this point after being down 2-0 in the series played great baseball. today in the final one, they were sensational. you watched this game, they were all over the field on defense. on offense one inning, six runs, sixth inning, buster posey ticket to ride, bases were loaded. the grand slam that makes it 6- 0. if you were thinking about an easy cruise to victory forget it it, bust wert defense there. reds had runners at first and second, nobody out. a strikeout, throwout changes the momentum. in the eighth, trouble again,

two on, sensational catch in center field. might have been the best catch of of his career. ninth in, two on, two out. scott rowland who made that key error in tuesday's game to help the giants strikes out to end it. san francisco becomes the first national league team to ever come from two games down to win a national league playoff. there shament pain flowing in the locker room. one very happy guy. >> i feel like warriors going out there trying to hunt people. i don't know how to explain it. it was so much energy and so important for us and gathered us together for us to come through and accomplish something that has never been done in the national league. this is just another step. >> next question is when he said, he is one of the many

contributors to this 2012 team. they don't though who they'll play yet, washington or stole stole. they have to play their gut wrencher game five tomorrow. a's are trailing 2-0 bottom of the fourth inning to the tigers. >> thank you. even though the game was played in cincinnati, giants fans did not let that daferren their spirits or keep them tied to a defg today. many gathered to watch the game in walnut creek. the place was boom aferg buster posey hit that grand slam in the fifth. >> that childhood memory lived with me when will park hit that grand slam. watching buster posey do it, i felt it. i knew it was gonna happen. it was destiny. >> now it's off to the nlcs. the fans we talked with today said they'll be back to keep rooting on the giants. the giants still don't know who they'll play. it will either be the st. louis card nads or the washington nationals. that game will be right here on

sunday night at 5:00. right now in oakland the a's of fighting the detroit tyingers in game five of the alds. the winner moves on it to the american league championship series. if the a's advance to the al championship series, the owner says he will remove the tarps on the upper deck of the asylum. that means 11,000 more seats would be available for oakland home games during that series. more to come here in a moment including the weather. there is the possibility of some sprinkles.

a san francisco supervisor who voted to reinstate sheriff ross mirkirimi says she would now support a recall effort.

supervisor jane kim sent a statement to constituents today saying her faith in ross mirkirimi has diminished. she said voters have every right to recall ross mirkirimi as sheriff. ross mirkirimi returned to his job yesterday. the car of a missing mother from hollister was found on fire this morning. there is still no sign of 25- year-old heather carroll. she was last seen yesterday morning dropping her daughter off at school, then very early this morning her car was discovered engulfed in flames on enterprise road threnes two miles from where she was last seen. >> our concern was pretty high and with this new development, it's even higher. we're very concerned about the safety of this missing person. >> authorities are now examining the car lacking for clues. hollister police are also asking the f.b.i. and sheriff's department for help on this investigation. a serial arsonist in the south bay hit again overnight according to san jose fire investigators. this latest fire was in a

dumpster around 8:00 p.m. on tell manor lane. investigators say this is the ninth suspicious fire in the west san jose area over the past two weeks. so far the fires have been set in alleys and on side streets and no people or buildings have been damaged. thecourtage mainly in the southern cam call area and also out toward the sierra. you can pick out some showers just offshore. more activity mainly to our west. we do have to keep an eye on the chance after few sprinkles late tonight into early tomorrow morning. as far as temperatures from this afternoon, they were on the cool side mainly in the 50s to the 60s out there. so definitely on the cool side this afternoon. as far as the warm-up for tomorrow, not much of one with those readings mainly in the 50s to the low 60s.

we do have more cloud cover out there. chance of a few sprinkles. tomorrow pretty much the same deal first thing in the morning. the weekend more sunshine. overnight lows will be in the low to mid-50s. san jose 54, san francisco 52, redwood city around 53 degrees. cloud cover tonight the main shower band is heading to the south toward southern california. another weak system moves in for friday night. at least for tomorrow morning we're going to hold on to a few sprinkles, more cloud cover, partly cloudy in the afternoon hours. some sprinkles, chance first thing friday morning. decreasing clouds for friday afternoon that will set the stage for a nice afternoon. temperatures still on the cool side. 60s, warmingest locations around 70 degrees out toward antioch and brentwood, san jose 68, san francisco forecast high around 62 degrees.

here is a look ahead. temperatures warming up, especially by sunday, monday, and tuesday. warmest locations inland on track to reach the low to mid- 80s. looking pretty good in the long range. tomorrow a cool day especially for the morning hours. >> it's been a cool, rainy, feels like fall is in the air. >> we do warm back up. i had some 80s in there. it's not out of question next week a few neighborhoods could be approaching 90 degrees. playoff baseball in the bay area, warm numbers. >> thank you. a new veterinary hospital opened today at the oakland zoo. it's a 17,000-square foot facility. it's the largest wild animal veterinary facility in all of northern california. the state-of-the-art hospital replaces the previous 51-year- old clinic which was much smaller at only 1200 square feet. we do have a crew in vallejo. a neighborhood there has been

evacuated. a police bomb squad is in that neighborhood in vallejo looking into possible explosives there. we do have a crew on the scene. we'll have a live report for you coming up on the 10:00 news. >> thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. [ maraca shaking ] ♪

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