>> the republican m.v.p. races is over and the winner is paul ryan from wisconsin who is a favorite with the party base for his budget cutting believes. mitt romney and ryan have dubbed themselves america's comeback team. >> it is now a romney ryan ticket. >> paul ryan has become an intellectual leader of the republican party. he understands the fiscal challenges facing america. >> when gov. romney introduced his new running mate, paul ryan had mysteriously jumped to the top of the ticket. >> the next president of the united states paul ryan.

every now and then i am known to make a mistake. i did not make a mistake with this guy. i can tell you this he will be the next vice president of the united states. >> we are in a different endangers moment. we are running out of time. we cannot afford four more years of this. >> paul ryan is a 42-year-old seventh term congressman from wisconsin. he and his wife for the parents of three children. he advocates major cuts in federal spending in changes to medicare making him a high- profile target for democrats. he hits the campaign trail opening a lead over -- he hits the campaign trail as obama opens a lead over mitt romney. >> you have also said you wanted to take a scalpel to the budget and go through it line by line.

we want to give you the scalpel. we will unite america and get this done. >> the obama campaign with no time criticizing paul ryan said in his budget plan is radical and places a greater burden on the middle class and seniors. >> who is paul brian? you can see the story of his life on our web site wjla.com. we will move onto some chilling surveillance video. a child adduction as it took place. it does not look like what we might a imagined. there was no struggle. as you can see the man in the yellow is walking with the little girl who was lured away from her father. the man has been identified as charles amofa. he was arrested on monday. police are searching his social media sites because they fear

there may be some other victims. a local community is mourning the death of two people after fire destroyed a home in capitol heights this week. they were inside the home with their father when the fire started wednesday afternoon. the father was in critical condition. an overloaded power strip is what started the blaze. police in arlington confirm two men found dead and were murdered. a means worker found the bodies of keefe springs and carl mo there is no word yet on a possible suspect. not a good week for some metro riders. tuesday morning at five people were cut by a large piece of an escalator. officials think a bag or a piece of clothing caught a metal strip causing it to detach.

three people involved had to be taken to the hospital while the other two retreated at the station. the accident comes on the same week metro is taking a closer look at its operations. a firm has been hired to do a secret shoppers survey. abc 7 kris van cleave has the scoop on what the mystery writers are looking for. >> any of these people could be an on the secret. the agency is spending $250,000 on a mystery rider program to write the entire rail and bus system and rate it. >> i do not mind the idea but i think the money is high. >> i write it every day, so why can i not do it? >> the agency did tell us they will rate the doors announcements, the maps, the silage. physical condition of the car graffiti seats lights, and

cleanliness. at real stations sign-ins' maps, fare machines, elevators escalators, cleanliness, and police presence. >> for the most part the station would have done well. several escalators were offline or under construction. we did not see any police presence. >> a metro transit officer? i have never actually seen a transit officer. we ask every day riders to put on their hat and weigh in on their good it. what's most of the time it is pretty clean. >> the timing has gotten better. >> and the bad debt. >> the delay of trains. working on the escalators. >> none of them ever have air- conditioning. >> big trouble for three employees of a local parking management company. they are accused of stealing $400,000 in visitor parking fees collected at the smithsonian in

chantilly. this is all according to federal prosecutors that indicated the thefts began in 2009. that was shortly after the managing company they work for took over the parking lot. >> how this convention got its start and what makes its music unique.

>> some of the sounds from the nation's oldest gospel convention with 1200 people were expected to attend this week. one of those in attendance tells us about the wide appeal. >> it is the only kind of music that can take on any style. it can have jazz possible, pop gospel, hip hop gospel. but it was started 80 years ago by the late dorsey who wrote " precious lord, take my hand."

just before tomorrow night's big reveal sally adams tells greta kreuz the experience not only pushed her to the limit but saved her life. >> one year ago sally adams was morbidly obese. >> i will close to 350 pounds. that is unacceptable. >> 20 years ago she looked like this. the d.c. mother says her weight spiraled out of control after some serious injuries and a couple of miscarriages. >> instead of helping myself a big out with exercise and the right nutrition, i was dating my own grave with a spoon. >> she reached out to extremum makeover for help. -- extreme makover for help. >> it is really hard. >> locally primal fitness

housekeeper on track. >> she was here five days a week and spends three or four hours a day at her other champ outside of everything she did here. but over time her body weight plummeted and her cholesterol and blood sugar levels drop out of the danger zone. >> there is no question that this experience was absolutely and utterly critical to my survival. >> critical for herself and her family. >> she knows she wants to lose more weight and ultimately she hopes her journey motivates others into action. >> the thing that i took away and that kept me going the whole time is knowing that somebody else might be inspired to get off of the couch. >> to see how much weight she did lose and how she did it, tune into sunday night -- tune in sunday night at 9:00. >> despite so many people out of

work, there is one occupation in desperate need of workers. i am talking about the trucking industry. why there are thousands of openings. plus are these cooler temperatures around for the l you

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>> there are roughly 20,000 jobs out there waiting to be filled and many of them are in our area. if you want one, you have to know how to drive a big rig. if you do not you will need thousands of dollars to learn how to do so. a massive shortage of drivers could the late deliveries and drive up prices for a lot of goods. increasing rules as well as trading programs that can cost up to $6,000 are contributing to the shortage. a couple of drivers we spoke with have their own ideas about why there is a shortage. >> young people today have

oriented more into doing other things. what's a lot of guys do not like being away from home. you are on the road for 10 or 11 months of the year. >> despite offering training as well as signing bonuses, she still has up to 30 openings. certainly not the evening you wanted to be on the road in some parts. >> we have heavier downpours. some warnings that kinmen in the 5:00 hour. our weather conditions have improved. it is a good indication of what is on the way for tomorrow. looking at the jefferson memorial, it is quiet and ride downtown. a much different story earlier when it dumped about 1 inch of rain in parts of the upper northwest d.c. 89 degrees was the high today. the record was 101 in the 1900.

wheteatherbug network at burroughs education campus, 73 degrees. mid '80s has a high in rockville. looking at 72 degrees and newington, va.. cool dry air of to the north and west of us. 74 hagerstown, martinsburg, and winchester. it was not a pretty day for the beaches. only 75 right now. the rain fell all afternoon that long. a much better speech day tomorrow -- becah day tomorrow. 70 in chicago. 68 in indianapolis. this cool dry air will modify just a bit. we are looking at temperatures

tomorrow in the 70's. it will feel much more comfortable. here are the thunderstorms that blossomed in the evening hours. they are starting to fizzle out as we look at live super doppler radar. about a half hour ago we had a line that stretched from bethesda to fairfax and manassas. everything is quieting down. silver spring and upper northwest d.c., it will not amount to much more as we move through the overnight. daytime highs well into the 80's tomorrow. waking up to temperatures in the 60's on monday morning and warming up to near 90 degrees by monday afternoon. nighttime lows fall to the mid 60's to early 70's. they time lows -- daytime highs 84-89 degrees. the extended outlook calls for temperatures near 90 on tuesday and comfortable wednesday, thursday, and friday. wjla.com, check out the latest

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>> triple play weekend at the movies. the bourne legacy, hope springs and will ferrel's the campaign.

>> you might want to decide if you're going to buy torula paper or after shave because of this looks like a but. >> an outrageous lampoon of negative ads debate silliness and election traditions. >> did anyone ask how my hand feels after catching that iron john of that baby? >> the campaign wins best new movie honors this week. >> so you want to go to couples counseling? >> the plane leaves tomorrow. >> hopes springs, a sometimes funny often painful story of a couple married 30 years trying to put the magic back. three stars, pg-13. a resolution that comes too quick. jeremy renner has a bourne adventure and the bourne legacy.

two stars, pg-13. it is more of the same as that is what you 1. and now here is the weekend a movie guide. almost four stars, the dark night rises and the campaign and ruby sparks. three stars for hope springs and beasts of the southern wild. we have a couple of stars for the new bourne legacy, total recall and the watch. celeste and jesse -- you can take a pass on that. have a good weekend everybody. >>