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. >>> a controversial rally in asheville, north carolina. second annual go topless event to champion women's rights. >> it's not against the law to go topless in north carolina. some cities and towns have passed local laws to ban the act. after the weekend rally, some in asheville say their city should, too. >> on that note, enjoy your breakfast, everybody. >> have some flap jacks. your local news is next. you won't run into deals this big just anywhere. head to sears labor day event right now. get up to 30% off appliance. plus, use your sears card and save an extra 5%. this is worth running into. this is sears. you won't run into deals this big just anywhere. head to sears labor day event right now. get up to 30% off appliance. plus, use your sears card and save an extra 5%. this is worth running into. this is sears. >>> next, tropical storm isaac picking up steam over the gulf. we'll have the latest on the storm track. >>> petaluma's baseball hero are coming home today. we'll have a live report. >> mike is following the weather. >>> here a

ef been anderson is the owner of asheville play grounds in asheville, north carolina. she first introduced you to evelyn during one of our makeovers. and joining me here in the studio is brian hamilton the co-founder and ceo of sageworks. gene marks, president of the marks group and small business columnist for "the new york times" and brian cohen the chairman of new york angels and an entrepreneur yourself. thank you for joining me. evelyn, i'd like to start with you. as we head into the conventions or as we're at the conventions, what are you hoping to hear from the candidates? >> well, i don't know if either party really addresses the needs of very small businesses like our own. i think that, you know, we operate at a small scale. but, i really would like to see support for the middle class, the people who buy our products, if people have more disposable income, i believe that they will be able to purchase more things, and that would support and help small business. >> and so, if i'm hearing you correctly, what you want to hear is what is your plan for helping the e

frank fraboni from our sister station in asheville, north carolina looks at the blocks of voters thedates are targeting in heir search for swing oters. voters. nats obbmapresidenttobama is voters.. as he did in 2008... according to new york times exit polling.. whenn95 percent of black voters went to the ballot for obama and only four percent for mcain. nats romneyromney will likely be a favorite among whites.. traditionally lean ho - republican... according to historical polling data.. ut 41% of white men went for obama in 2008.. the first democrat since carter to win more ttan 38 percent. what swings male voters?.sot 28:37 "i would have toosay probably people ho have to do with the economy.. is the mostt important factor in thhs election cycle. i think are not sure if obama should be in ffice again or not."in 2012, voters say the electorate is changing.. driven by landmark issues.sot 30:388"a good thing that's importtnt, i think is that new healthcare laws (sic) has been put in place.."they say other major topics include... policies affecting women's rights and the middle class. po

give you travel times in r favor on the dulles greenway, the dulles toll road restaurareston and asheville. looks good between centreville and the beltway. 270 from father to the beltway. quiet on 66, 95, and 395. >> it is 65 degrees. a missouri congressman catching heat for comments about the pregnancy occurring after a woman was raped. a motorcyclist killed in a has beenupper marlboro as 26-year-old juan pena. residents who live near brown heard a loud crash. couple who were both medics rushed to the scene to help. >> there were bunch of cars around. ,he was holding his spine we were not causing more injury. compressions. ambulance gotl an there. police still trying to find what caused the accident. near easterncked s fighting for his life after a mugging. wife tells ross plater there hope.all signs of >> 29-year-old thomas maslin is recovering after a second round of surgery. in an e-mail to abc 7, says seen small have improvement in terms of his responsiveness, his still considered extremely critical. able to squeeze my few times, which has been sign, she says. is after a brutal attack

spectators outnumbered protestors at a rally in asheville, north carolina. >> no turtlenecks here. >> no turtlenecks, keep it clean. the second annual go topless rally event to champion women's rights. a dozen women bared their breasts. several hundred people came by to, uh, support them, we'll keep it clean, huh. >> yeah, let's keep it clean. it is not against the law to go topless in north carolina. some cities and towns have passed local laws to ban the practice. and after the weekend rally, some in asheville say their city should, too. 1970, north carolina appeals court ruled that female breasts are not private parts. >> i'm staging my own protest, that some of them need to put their tops back on. >> they might need a turtleneck. >> not everybody needs to be naked publicly. ha-ha-ha! thank you, ladies, for taking up the cause. >> yep. >>> all right. coming up next, a life changing event for the famous party girl from the jersey shore. >>> and a woman who claims a doctor's office refused to care for her because of her weight. you are watching "world news now." ♪ oh doctor doctor wo

the hospital in asheville, north carolina, says graham is in stable condition but will spend tonight in the hospital. >>> team usa won the men's basketball gold medal. it was a close game. the american team led spain by one point after the third quarter. kevin durant was the high scorer with 30 points. lebron james scored 19 points, and kobe bryant hit 17 points for the americans. uganda held up their country's flag as they won the marathon. it is the second gold medal in uganda's history. >>> well, the man tapped for vp on the republican ticket is campaigning in his home state. this is waukesha, wisconsin. crowds gathered to embrace their congressman, paul ryan, and candidate mitt romney. the two men are traveling all weekend. this morning they fired up a gop meet-up in north carolina. our national political correspondent jim acosta was there. >> reporter: with paul ryan little more than 24 hours into his role as mitt romney's running mate, there is a race to define the wisconsin congressman with democrats stepping up their attacks and noting that ryan once proposed a partial privat

taken to a hospital in asheville, n.c., and he is doing fine. d last hospitalize for pneumonia and has in good health since his release. he spends his time at home upcoming book. >> if you trouble spots around here. 309 south towards duke street. -- a few trouble spots. parkway justy the river bridge blocking two left lanes. delays southbound toward quantico. traveling the innerloop of the you worksome delays as e americanrom th sput. bridge towards 270 95 south near 32 in howard, two left lanes blocked. this is the line trying to get past. at connecticut avenue, report of an accident near georgia. things off to the side. brief delay on 117 heading up highet's town. back to you. >> coming up on abc 7 news at what's coming to one of new departments? we break down this season's parings on a "dancing with the stars." parings on a "dancing with the over the next four months, you have a choice to make. not just between two political parties, or even two people. it's a choice between two very different plans for our country. governor romney's plan wou

after the rally over the weekend, some in asheville are saying they're hoping their city will, too.rights. >> and here, too. >> lara's mother is here. >> i'm sorry. mom, mom, it was all we had. >> ear muffs, mom. earmuffs. put them on. >> she's just glad it was not in "pop news." and speaking of -- >> good morning to you all and good morning to you. "pop news" now. sometimes after breakup, people change their look. it's a signal they want a fresh start. i would say it's usually ladies who do things like cut their hair. in this case, it's our friend, rock star john mayer. he let go of his katy perry hair do and his locks all at one time. he cut ties with katy last week. a day later, he cut his hair. he showed off the new look at l.a.'s sky bar saturday night. he looks rather handsome. >> he looks good. >> no? no weighing in? >> oh, yeah, i'll abstain. >> i like the matching look. >> now back to his old look. >>> hollywood heart throb ryan gosling thinks women are into him because he's a good listener. >> oh, boy. >> that might be the case. or it could be this. >> that, too. >> i don'

the evangelist was admitted to mission hospital in asheville, north carolina. over the weekend. a spokesman said reverend graham is alert in good spirits and looking forward to going home. >>> if you have a preschooler who snores, listen up. i'm listening. i have one. a medical alert out this morning about potential behavior problems linking preschoolers and snoring. researchers in cincinnati say that children who frequently snore at age 2 and 3 could be at risk as they grow up. they say snoring kids, they're more likely to be from lower income families, exposed to second-hand smoke and not breast-fed long term. doctors recommend screening preschoolers who snore to prevent behavioral issues later on. i remember dr. richard besser, a story about snoring and preschoolers. and there are also other ramifications. if your kid snores like mine, just have them looked at by the pediatrician. i am long overdue to take my son. >> does he wake you up? >> really? >> not that loud. it is distinct. even when he is in his car seat. pretty much upright. >> a big grownup man, he is going to have

i had the honor of playing in asheville. out the civic center with stephanie miller's sexy liberal tour with hal sparks last fall. >> caller: the 50 microbreweries. >> john: it is a very hip town. if you took like sonoma and williamsburg and put them in a better climate, you would have asheville. >> caller: not williamsburg though. >> john: it is pretty hip down there. the men are wearing gauges and tattoos. >> caller: john, i want you to take heart about this crazy wedge issue of legal medical abortion. i believe it is going the way of the dodo and forced prayer in the public schools because i canvassed heavily in '08 for obama-biden and every time i ran across one of these you know single issue voters who -- they were old crazy white trash at death's door, they have gone to this well too many times. it is running dry. >> john: on abortion you mean? >> caller: especially on that. it is really not even there. it is a nonissue. >> john: i wouldn't go that far, roy. there are a lot of young people opposed to abortion. by the s

the 93-year-old was admitted to the hospital in asheville overnight in stable condition. he's responding well to treatment. >>> helen brown, the woman behind cosmopolitan magazine is dead. brown served more than 30 years as editor and chief. she was the force behind turning the magazine into a single girl's book of glamour. she was also behind the women's movement. she's famous for penning the 1962 bestseller sex and the single girl. brown died after being briefly hospitalized in new york. chef 90 years old. >>> up next why the aclu is taking the happiest place on earth to court. >> some critics have harsh predictions for the redskins this season. rg3 gives us his take. >>> talk about a bailout obama administration boosting its forecast on expected monthses from the auto bailout by more -- losses from the auto bailout more than $3 billion. the government is still on the hook for around 30% of gm's stock and would have to nearly triple for us to break even. meanwhile that pain at the pump is becoming a real pain, gas prices now up for the 15th straight day to the national

>> in asheville, north carolina. stores weather data. pretty cool. speaking of data, look at the weather map. shaw to petworth, temperature, 81 degrees. damasc damascus, germantown, kensington, 73. you've got 79 already in manassas, virginia. warming up nicely despite some of the cloud cover. those high clouds that are already across the area. had a high of 90 degrees yesterday. now the clouds were going to keep the temperature down a little bit. leesburg, high of 87 degrees today. la plata, 86. fredericksburg, i think getting up to 88 for a high temperature today. and we're talking about scattered storms around the area. the best chance right here, this corridor. baltimore to d.c., la plata, pax river, around st. mary's, areas off to the east. that's the best chance for seeing the storms later today. again, they'll be scattered pretty much everywhere. look at the satellite and radar review and how thick some of the cloud cover is getting. back to the west, around front royal and charlottesville and petersburg. in fact, some showers already showing u

. >>> the asheville, north carolina, citizen times says billy graham is in the hospital for treatmentbronchitis infection. the 93-year-old evangelist is said to be alert. his third hospital stay in a little over a year for respiratory problems. >>> the arizona daily star reports gabrielle giffords and mark kelly moved back home to tucson on sunday. for 17 months she had been living in houston to undergo intensive therapy after she was wounded by jared loughner last year. >>> it is about >>> this national weather report sponsored by mcdonald's. i'm lovin it. >>> republican running mate paul ryan tells "60 minutes," president obama has no record to run on. and mitt romney does. >> it's a record of creating businesses and turning around struggling businesses. that's what we want to see happen throughout the country. why would -- bob schieffer talks about that interview and how ryan could affect the race in some key swing states. >>> new trouble for the tsa. now more than 30 agents are accused of rampant racial profiling. john miller takes a look at the screening process that's reportedly

host: another north carolina caller, up next, asheville, roy, a republican.aller: i was wondering if we are so much better off and all that, i want to go back and see how many foreclosures on houses there have been compared to when the republicans was in up to this date, to see which has had more? on top of that, people keep talking about republicans and all that. it's not republicans. they all need to work together. a lot of people want to play the race card. i cannot see that he has done nothing. i am not better off. everything keeps going up. i don't understand it. anyone with common sense audible to see that. ask them if they know anybody was lost a house or anything and gas prices and all that and be honest. that's all. host: next, twitter -- let's turn to a few other stories in the newspapers this morning, from the detroit free press -- and the associated press reporting -- now back to phone calls. are you better off today than four years ago? deerfield, illinois, steve is an independent. i am a father and grandfather. i am much better off thinking abou

host: let's go to an independent caller in asheville, north carolina. caller: good morning.s pick by mitt romney, paul ryan, is nothing but a big cave in to the tea party. paul ryan must be up for reelection and cannot get reelected. his one accomplishment in this man's life was a dead on arrival bill. i don't think even that voted on in the senate. it was the paul ryan budget plan. he has never had any thing but worked in think tanks. he passed himself off as a big economic wizard. this default position is insane -- $4 trillion extra deficit -- is tax reform. he has never given one specific. he talks about loopholes, etc and never given one specific answer in his entire life about what loopholes they would surely close. this is really bad for the republicans. i don't believe mitt romney will really make it. he cannot do one single thing right. everything he has done has been hidden in secret. i believe there are enough decent people and the republican party that they will not stand for such an unlevel playing field. thank you. host: let's go to a tweet our next caller joins

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host: jane, republican in asheville, north carolina, good morning. caller: hello? host: jim, you're on the air. caller: i thought you said dan. i'm sorry. thank you c-span and mr. bossie, very much, for your contribution this morning. guest: thank you. caller: i really like the way you handled the last caller. or caller before last. the one that was talking about, you know, the contributions and who could he name. i thought that was very good. because no one can name them. and i do believe that it is the first amendment right, and bravo to you and your organization for standing up for -- someone standing up for our constitution, that is actually doing it. you know, everybody talks about it but you never see anybody doing it. one of the things that i would like to reiterate, and i hate to go back to the last guy, but he was talking about how they roll back the spending to 2008 limits and on the campaigns, which was roughly $50 million per campaign. something along that line. of course, we know, all know, there is going to be more spent, regardless. but the fact is t

when he woke up, he didn't know his name, but he thought he would know someone in asheville, north carolina,000 miles. hitching rides and doing odd jobs along the way. he would hear familiar names and start getting pieces of his memory back. police picked him up 240 miles from home and identified him by initials on his wedding band. luckily he's now back home with his family. what a story. >> steve: no kidding. a pennsylvania town warning one of its residents to stop feeding hungry children in the community. angela says she started the free meal program at her house with the help of the archdiocese as a way to give back. she makes no money from it, but the town is still forcing her to shut it down. >> what can do you to help me, to continue to feed the children, instead of telling me to shut it down? >> what did they do? >> sent me a letter telling me to shut it down. >> i don't think it's my responsibility to go to her to say, why don't you come and talk to me. so if there is something we can do to help your program. >> steve: what about the hungry kids? the town's business manager says sh

graham is being treated at mission hospital in asheville, north carolina.an posted on twitter that he is receiving antibiotics and is improving. of course, wish him very well. a year almost to the day after google announced the acquisition of cell phones for motorola mobility the company is hinting at the grand plan to take on the apple iphone. they will cut staff by one-fifth but also start a new division to develop ground breaking technologies and quickly. the mill staitary style approac comes with the quip. engineers only on for two years and then disbanded. >>> and now an update on jesse jackson junior. the democratic congressman from illinois is responding well to treatment for bipolar depression. it says he's regaining hi strength but gave no other information on his condition. the son of the civil rights leader has not been seen on capitol hill since late may. a story we've all been following. >>> finally, a sailor called it the weirdest thing he's seen in 18 years at sea. nasa scientists think a giant mass of pummus came from an eruption of a volcan