nearly one out of six americans are in poverty. the worst rate in a generation. mitt romney's vp running mate is on the attack this evening. hello, everybody. i'm bruce johnson. thanks for joining us. mitt romney introduces paul ryan as his vice presidential running mate in norfolk today. the chairman of the house budget committee, ryan has put forward budget plans that would remake medicare. they are now on a bus tour of battleground states, starting in virginia. we have team coverage to you.

>> reporter: you know bruce, this was a very important stop for the romney campaign, because for the first time, folks are starting to get to see him and his choice for vice president together. also, according to recent numbers, romney is still trailing president obama by four points here in the commonwealth of virginia. earlier today during this rally, both mitt romney and his newly announced running mate paul ryan took the stage in manassas in front of thousands of supporters who came out to get a glimpse of the two together. the commonwealth of virginia has become a battleground. a group, according to recent polls has narrowly split. the big show today was paul ryan himself. the chairman of the house budget committee is regarded as a staunch republican whoa has been widely criticized for having continue veers sell budget cutting plans. >> you think the economy is

heading the right direction? you think we are getting our debt and deficit under control? do you think the country's on the right track? you know why? because president obama is our president. and he has put all of his policies in place and they are just not working. >> reporter: both paul ryan and mitt romney left the area here to crowds who were waving them off. they are going to hit other battle ground states, florida, ohio, even south carolina among the states they are going to hit. bruce? a quick question. the crowd, were they excited about paul ryan or was some disappointment expressed? >> reporter: i have to tell you something. the people here were receptive to this.

a lot of folks i spoke to say they are actually getting behind this ticket and are supporting this move for vice presidential candidate for the romney campaign. a lot of others were thrown out there today, but this will be interesting to see where all of this goes. ken, thanks a lot for that. paul ryan is a virtual unknown in virginia. sue rae chin has answers. >> reporter: experts have said romney has few path to his victory without winning virginia. he may not have a large impact on the commonwealth but ryan will appeal to fiscal conservatives because he knows the country's budget inside and out. some are calling him the antipalin pick. >> reporter: george mason's political analyst says romney's vp choice was a smart move. but one that may not win virginia. >> virginia republicans, few of them are going shucks, we could

have had a slightly easier november. ryan is not a governor, he is not mcdonell or eric cantor. i don't think there is a big virginia impact. what the pick of paul ryan is that romney wants to run on big ideas. >> reporter: independent voters have mixed feelings. >> it is time to exercise some restraint and i think paul ryan's plan seems to be a good idea. >> reporter: what is your reaction? >> really? that was the best he could do? >> reporter: i voted for obama last time and i was very disappointed in how things have gone. it is definitely moving me to the romney side. >> reporter: ryan is the architect of the gop's budget proposal, often referred to as ryan's plan. it includes deep cuts and has garnered controversy over the plan to overhaul medicare. >> the democrats are writing attack ads. the attack ads are going to be this man is going to kick grandma into the street.

i think there is some truth to those campaigns by the way. ryan's plan is a radical plan. but paul ryan can sell radical change in medicare with a warm midwestern smile. >> i think we need to take some austerity measures. >> reporter: in arlington sue rae chin, 9news now. romney's announcement didn't exactly go off without a hitch this morning. to announce his running mate, romney gave the wisconsin congressman a promotion before correcting his mistake. >> join me in welcoming the next president of the united states, paul ryan. every now and then i'm known to make a mistake. did i not make a mistake with this guy, but i can tell you this, he is going to be the next vice president of the united states. >> reporter: romney and ryan

have dubbed their new partnership america's come back team. romney made his announcement to supporters via phone app while introducing ryan at a rally in norfolk. the wisconsin man is a man who would cut trillions in spending. the new vice presidential candidate wasted no time this morning criticizing the obama administration's economic plan. >> moms and dads are struggling to make ends meet. household incomes have dropped more than $4000 over the past four years. whatever the explanation, whatever the excuses, this is a record of failure. >> reporter: ryan called the situation quote the worst economic recovery in 70 years. well the obama campaign says romney's choice for a running

mate underscores his commitment to the quote budget busting tax cuts for the wealthy. paul ryan's budget proposals will turn medicare into a voucher system and guilt education programs. as for the president himself. president obama flew to his hometown of chicago this afternoon. tomorrow he will be on the campaign trail attending a $40,000 a ticket round table in downtown chicago, followed by several other campaign fundraisers, including one at his own home in chicago. on monday the president kicks off a tree day campaign bus tour in council bluffs, iowa. you can stay updated with all the campaign news on our website wusa9.com. a man's body has been found in the potomac river. a fisherman made the discovery near river road and edwards

ferry road. montgomery county fire and rescue teams recovered the body from the water. how the man died is still a mystery tonight. the potomac river can be a dangerous and unforgiving place. two weeks ago i was here because i work a lot along the canal. a couple of fishermen were coming in and they found the body. >> obviously the potomac river can be very treacherous and dangerous. we will do our best to identify him as quick as possible for the comfort of the family. >> reporter: the body has been taken to determine the exact cause of death. back to school shoppers will catch a tax break in maryland, starting tomorrow. we are going to have the details. also overseas this weekend, the death toll climbing, after an earthquake. and bruce, the weekend

finishes off on a beautiful day. we have less humidity coming in and more sunshine. tonight we have cloudy skies. it is live doppler 9000, we'll talk more about that coming up when 9news returns after the break. stick around.

in iran tonight at least 180 people are dead.

more than 1300 are injured after an earthquake shook the northwestern part of the country. the quake had a magnitude of 6.2, followed by three aftershocks. iran state television reports four villages were destroyed, more than 60 villages were heavily damaged. a woman is lucky to be alive today after a bizarre lightning strike. investigators hit a tree in her yard, traveled through the dirt and all the way to her house. you can see the path the lightning took in fox bro, massachusetts. tomorrow marks the tax free shopping start in maryland. shoppers can save the 6% sales tax on clothing and school

items. just ahead on 9news now, scattered storms across the region this evening. what about tonight and sunday? we have the forecast, next.

we did see scattered showers and storms here bruce. a couple of severe thunderstorm warnings earlier today. they did expire though out toward prince george's, st. mary's. right now no severe warnings are in effect. we can see most of the activity is basically around the district and also points east. east of interstate 95. and you can see the yellows and the reds, that is for the more moderate and heavy rainfall occurring right now. i want to show you also on our other radar, we did see lightning coming up from the south. you can see we did see good storms come through just east of town, heading up toward baltimore. you can see the bay getting

good rains as well. and stormy for this evening. you can seago closer in, silver spring and also into laurel, you are getting good rain falling. upper marlboro and the bay getting wet weather, all because of a cold front slowly going through. right now you can see cloudy skies there, also a little bit of raindrops on the camera. temperatures 81 degrees, cloudy skies, dew points in the upper 60s. winds at south southeast at 9 miles per hour. currently temperatures elsewhere in the lower 80s. rain especially south and east of town cooling down into the 70s. you'll notice the humidity dropping tomorrow. you can see on the satellite radar picture, showers and storms coming up, impacting much of the eastern seaboard today. it was a beautiful day. so here's what we are expecting. some storms tonight that will be nice. again those storms will be

south and east of town. nice and less humid for your sunday. get outside and enjoy. it is going to be a really nice finish to the weekend. and look at monday, it is going to be pleasant again. later tonight we can still see scattered showers and thunderstorms and overnight the clouds clear out making way for a nice sunday, lots of sunshine, lower humidity and i'm not worried about storms for your sunday. here's a look at tonight's forecast. mostly cloudy with showers and storms generally south and east of town. lows 65 to around 70 degrees. may see the winds pick up at times from the southwest. sunday morning partly cloudy and pleasant. air quality is code yellow, which is mod drat, no concerns there. temperatures starting out in the 60s and 70s. for the afternoon, partly cloudy, less humid. highs in the upper 80s and northwest wind at around 10 miles per hour. in western maryland, nice day

for you. oakland, 74. winchester 87. please, upper 80s. culpepper 91 degrees. downtown average high 87. gaithersburg pushing close to 90. annapolis 87. for the bay the winds are fairly light. no small craft advisories. our 9 weather alert codes green for sunday monday and tuesday. high 89 tomorrow, monday a repeat of sunday. tuesday hotter in the low 90s with a possibility of thunderstorms. check out your next seven days. storms possible tuesday. wednesday thursday and friday they look pretty good, temperatures in the mid to upper 80s pushing close to 90. then on saturday looks like temperatures a lot cooler around mid-80s and a little maybe

unsettled potentially. still several days out. but you've got to get out tomorrow and enjoy. i know you are a big rider. get that bike out tomorrow. >> i have been told. >> you have been given orders. tiger not doing well? >> no. we have seen this before. he does well thursday and friday and all of a sudden things fall off. golf officials say we are not playing any more golf today. and tiger woods says that is a good thing. folks he needs a little time to regroup and refocus after another atrocious saturday at a major. and the injury list continues to grow at redskins park, next.

okay. not a good day for tiger. >> not a good day for tiger at all. everyone has been trying to wait and make his push for the weekend. we saw some of that coming on right before our newscast.

we have read this book before. tiger woods fights his way to the top or near the top of the leaderboard, then falters. it used to be when woods sniffed the lead, he strangled the competition. maybe his own mind strangles him. third round of the pga championship. plus 11. rory mcilroy hit the tree. a bird says hey man, get out of my nest. it tells you how good he is playing odd day. tiger on the fourth, beans a spectator. i guess this is a good thing. guy gets a souvenir. tiger plus 3 in his first seven holes. >> that ball has radar. 4 under for the round. then the bad weather rolls in. you know how they blow that horn out on the course. watch this guy here.

his reaction. jumping up and down because the horn scared him. bad weather rolling in, third round of play suspended. rory, it has been awhile. vijay and adam scott close behind. just a couple of weeks ago woods falls ten spots in seven holes. you'll have to -- he will have to play 29 holes tomorrow. back to work the redskins practicing with a few less members of the team today. if there is one place washington can ill afford to lose bodies, it is on that big old offensive line. trent williams who injured his foot in thursday's game. against buffalo. silver back said he got stepped on. shouldn't be a concern. dr. mike shanahan calls it a

bone bruise today. >> you are always disappointed when somebody goes down, but it is the nature of the game. that is why you need a little depth. but like we talked about at the beginning of the year, we got a few in the draft and a couple in free agency, got a little more depth a year ago. a dmv student athlete is the first football player to commit to penn state university. some sanctions were handed down on the program. jordan smith defensive back for arch busch shop carol told me by text today he has verbal committed to the lions. the dbalso received offers from colorado and kansas. he will be a senior this season and smith also told me he is now enrolled at hd woodson high school in the northeast. if you don't follow soccer day-to-day, that is why i'm here. dc united in fourth place.

kansas city handed united their only defeat. tonight it will pay back. regardless we have a bad taste in our mouth from what they did to us at the beginning of the year. for us to go there and get a win, it is going to take a lot out of us. all right coming up later on tonight, nats in action. best record in the baseball league. if you had to write a script for rg iii it would have gone exactly that way. a little bit of time here, we have scattered showers and storms generally east of town. you can see a couple of good cells also going through just south of the silver spring, maryland area. temperatures tomorrow really nice day. 89, partly cloudy.

not worried about showers and storms, lower humidity. we love that in august. monday same deal. we have to get outside and enjoy this nice weather. tuesday we heat things up into the lower 90s bruce. we have a chance also for showers and storms. but then wednesday thursday looked nice, friday and saturday potentially a little bit unsettled. so enjoy your ride tomorrow. thanks a lot. you can get updates anytime. we'll see you back here at 11:00.

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