captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> we want to get right to our interview with paul ryan. during his most recent visit to virginia. has won special connection to arlington. >> we met up with them at west springfield high school. he knew it was the home of the spartans. that is where he met his wife. we did talk about how the spotlight is affecting his wife family. started the interview talking to him about one issue that

have a big impact on our local economy. >> thank you for talking with us. about the talk to economy. in virginia, there a lot of concern about a e cuts. defens do you think congress should cuts until they up with some other alternative? of course, i do. we've already passed spending incutting other areas of government. the president's own secretary of defense says these would be .evastating we support legislation to prevent that from happening. done nothing.has >> the members of the tea party is others say that it can down the road if the cuts.ne >> we replaced the cuts with other cuts. if congress does not agree

alternative, and those come due, today postponed come up withl they an alternative? i do not want to see the sequester take place. the president insisted on these .efense cuts this is not something the republicans wanted. republicans have passed legislation preventing it from happening. the president is dragging his feet. we think this will lead to a lot of job losses. >> it has been another week of on jobs.sage jobs are being created in 31 states. >> jobs are not being created at pace of we need them to.

as population grows, you have to with thebs to keep up growth in population. after a recession like we have have a rebound in economic growth. we have very little economic growth. the president paused agenda is a failure. we have 23 million people still troubling -- still struggling to find work. unemployment rates has been above 8%. the president said it would jobs. mitt romney has a very clear plan and we will show the leadership what it takes to get people back to work. >> analysts are saying there is news in its unemployment rate.

more people are returning to to find a job. >> that is always a good thing. not have nearly enough going back to work. we still have 23 million people good full-to find time work. we're still not creating the s of jobs we need to get this unemployment rate down to below pre-recession levels. the president's reckless defense to hurt jobng creation and places like northern virginia. leadership on the economyhurting our right now. it puts enormous uncertainty on businesses and makes it hard to create jobs. >> let's look at spending cuts. he thinks the comes to spending cuts, you were a bold choice. he does not think the republican

been bold. is worried that mitt romney be bold. mitt romney has been careful to say that you are now on the ticket. is there any way that he think you're will move mitt romney a bold plan when it cuts?to spending >> mitt romney has put more specific proposals than any bad -- any other for republican president or president obama? goals forarks and the getting the budget under are very aggressive. i'm excited to be a part of the team. >> give me some examples. mitt romney put out more specific solutions than the president of the united states

get this debt under control. has given us four budgets. the united states senate, they even passed a budget in three years. mitt romney has been specific, bold. his plan for a stronger middle- h more thano muc incumbent president has put out there. problem.he >> tomorrow night, we will have part two of your interview with the congressmen. about his workout routine and whether mitt romney could keep up. serious of the more still facing this campaign.

a lot ofnly covered topics. president obama made a quick from new hampshire tonight. he and the first lady greeted supporters in the city of when -- windham. he spoke about what he has done for medicare. >> i have strengthened medicare. i have made reforms that have expanded the life of the saved millionsf seniors with medicare of dollars on their prescription drugs. the only changes to your benefits the diet man medicare is that medicare covers new services like cancer screenings and wellness visits for free. >> it was a quick trip. they were due back in washington evening. this week, many people who are

arehe country illegally theking president obama for to stay in the united states. wednesday was the first-aid to for the program created by the obama administration. of immigrants lined up opportunity to work and u.s. without being deported. >> my life has been on pause since high school. i see it as an opportunity for o chase my dreams. >> i was very excited. >> it is not as easy as showing up and filling out the application. he must have entered the u.s. of 16, havege d from the u.s. high school and must be between the of 12 and 35. voters will take on the training act, november, but that is not all. there will also be weighing in expanding gambling in the state. e games aton of tabl

maryland casinos and a new in prince george's county. maryland voters will take on gay theiage when they go to polls in november. getting answers in addition to l the damage done by the were also problems 911 service. fries and reveals what went wrong and what must be done -- horizon -- verizon reveals what wrong and what must be done. a few scattered showers right now. have shot up --

>> damaged homes, knocked down big problemused a for local 911 call centers. officials are responding with a new report outlining what they say caused the problem. >> it was a perfect storm of the june storm to a power lines and across the region. it was also taking down 911 northernor much of virginia. four hours, at the phone company even know it. >> i am glad i did not have a heart attack. is pointing to a

litany of post-storm failures. it says as trees to a downed 911 technical centers, failed, atrators , and the were drained technicians failed to fully grasp the problems. area residents tell us it is inexcusable. think it is ridiculous. he should be able to -- you call anybody. to >> they admitted now that the was impacted for four in arlington, fairfax, and prince william county. the head of emergency fairfaxations for says this report is a start. is a silver lining, it aboutt they found out these deficiencies in a storm than a true disaster. these deficiencies in a storm you keep hearing amazing things about verizon fios.

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>>, high temperature made it up 6 degrees, one temperature -- one degree below average. 76 at this hour. dew point levels lower 60's. 71 degrees in ammendale -- annandale. 66 over in prince george's county. temperatures across the board, maryland, the upper 60's. the real cool air of to the west, milder temperatures hugging the east coast. a quiet overnight, a few d showers south and west d.c. metro. those showers are expected to

e next hour orr th so. a cold front to the south of us. skies filled up with clouds afternoon hours. partly cloudy skies across much the area. we will keep the clouds for the day tomorrow. clouds will continue to increase. night, we will look for showers across western maryland, and the panhandle of west virginia. high temperatures downtown, at 84-85. notice the cloud cover late in afternoon, western maryland,. county. become more widespread as on -- theythe day become more widespread as monday.to the day on we will be a few degrees warmer than that for afternoon high

temperatures. is one model, temperatures for this timerage of year. upper 50's for the nighttime lows. , winds @ of the south. extended outlook calls for toperatures that are going degrees on monday, lots of sunshine to enjoy tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. you should always take extra care when driving near a school bus. care when driving near a school bu[ male announcer ] you paid in to medicare for years.

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>> for drivers in frederick county, but be wary if you illegally pass a school bus, you likely to pay for it. the first in on busesto use cameras to ticket drivers. >> this bus driver says he gets illegally about once a day. >> i do not have any children in i look at system, but children as mine. >> frederick county is taking fight the violation. >> i think it is a very good idea. we need to protect our children as best we can. >> by the end of the school

buses will have cameras. more asty will install needed. >> that is our ultimate goal, to are asre our children safe as possible. >> drivers will be sent a fine for $125. seconds is not0 worth it in danger in our buses or kids. previously, bus drivers would have to report each incident themselves. everything will happen automatically and the funds will pay for fines the program. >> very tragic, do not want it to happen. we have a final look at the forecast, next.