. >>> a new poll shows bob macdonald -- bob mcconnell with a lead over r. creigh deeds. the poll also found that president obama's endorsement was not having a big impact on the race. the face-off on november 3. >>> the sluggish economy has meant big numbers for national parks. the free summer weekend and families looking for cheaper vacations contributed to the increase. the shenandoah national park is one of many that have seen an increase in visitors. >>> university school -- the numbers give maryland -- university of maryland school of business has a new opportunity. many are using the recession as motivation. the program does not offer college credit, but the program is free. >>> i am in tyson's corner. a closed ramp off the belt way lead to much confusion earlier this morning. we will tell you what you ed to know for tomorrow coming up in a live report. >>> doug is back with what we can expect on the weather. >>> the nationals have to sign their top pick in sihours or lose him. i will have the latest. this was a big upset. the 110th player in the world beat the no.

. >>> at republican bob macdonald is holding a strong lead over democrat -- over the democrat for the race for governor. people say they plan to vote for mcdonald's. 38% say it will vote, and 12% say they are still undecided. >>> if approved, these deals could affect your flights to and from reagan national airport. >> but these moves are fairly unusual in the airline industry. it seems like we're talking about sports teams trading players. they say they're doing this to help get their business plans in line with economic conditions. they say they can make $75 million or more a year. there is a lot of change abt to happen at reagan international airport with two airlines adding service, and a chance that frontier will bece southwest airlines if a bankruptcy judge accepts the takeover bid. >> i think adding southwest into the mix is may be a good thing for people looking for a better deal. >> u.s. air and delta will swaps lots. -- swap slots. they add a series of new destinations. other routes will compete with other carias -- carriers. >> i think more options for travelers is best for

. >> the opponent is bob macdonald will be on the national stage this week, chosen to give the republican radio address. >>>eop ple in north damage -- in north texas are cleaning up after powerful storms. winds are more than 70 miles an hour, blew the roof off a building at a college campus. they're trying to work to restore electricity to 3000 customers. >> any big stars headed our way? >>> some were awakened at this morning by a nasty cluster of electrical storms. but things are quiet for now. back in may, the national hurricane center issued its forecast of the number of retains ys -- hurricanehurrican hey expectai mny-11ai11n majorn. it may veryl well -- we may see an uptick in tropical activity in the next few weeks. let's go to our rooftop camera here iarlington. skies started to brighten up it. a little sunshine as part of the clearing trend through the area. now we will go live. soclouds stillds still around, t clearing skies just to the north and west. temperatures well below where they should be. our average i still 88. -- average high still 88. let's get our official numbers. a

last time he supported a gas tax to raise money for roads and the republican candidate, bob macdonald, says he is going to get tough on crime -- bob mcdon nell. lifetime on entering a predator's and he reversed his position on drug courts su orting them because of their documented to the success. a poll shows mcdonnell holds a nine-point edge. foreclosing filings are still rising. the latest data shows about 360,000 u.s. households are losing their homes, that is one out of every 355. it is underscoring all of the new analysis this week that the recession may be easing. >> there are several green arrows to signal we are pulling out of the recession. but that positive news comes at a big cost. last month alone the government added more than $180 billion to the deficit. the federal debt as it is now merely $1.30 trillion. if you were to break it down, it amounts to $17,000 per family of four in this country. >> they are a testament to the fact the government is spending a lot of money to try to fix the economy, and all signs appeared the economy is getting better. the worry is long term

bob macdonald says he would be willing to take a pay cut to help the state budget. tim kaine and mark warner gave themselves a pay cuts when the economy and state revenue beg to slide. the winner of the election will face a major challenge, filling the budget gap. they had a $1.5 billion revenue shortfall. the democrat says he will not rule out a tax increase. bob mcdonnell promised he will not raise taxes as governor. >>> weeks after an american teenager became the youngest person to sail around the globe, the record has sailed across the sea to england. we are introduced to the teenager who made this nine- month voyage. >> sailing straight into the world book of records, 17-year old has become the youngest person to sail solo around the world. it matched the title for an american who completed this same feat in july. he was just two months older when he completed his voyage last month. clocking of 28,000 miles, he set off in november on his yacht. it was not easy, battling 50 foot waves and endless technical problems. >> its 42 degrees and getting colder. text --

bob macdonald will win in virginia.e're looking at a landslide in 2010. >> you're talking about a terminal diagnosis. they're critically injured. this is not something they can put a band-aid on. sean: will they realize this is not working? >> drop the public auction. it would be easy for obama to say, i listened to the will of the people, i am taking a back. he would never do it. >> they will not admit they made such a huge miscalculation in judgment. the american people will pay for this. sean: this is the holy grail of liberalism. this is what they want more than anything. i think they will ram it down america's throat whether they want it or not. it is political peril. thank you for being with us. coming up, democrats have written off the town hall protesters as brown shirts and astro turfers. how do americans feel about them? in a long line of amazing performance machines. this is the new e-coupe. this is mercedes-benz. sean: average americans across the country have been stalking the town hall meetings to voice th

. >> or whether we move backwards with the disastrous economic and social agenda of bob macdonald and what president bush thinks about this when he sees this. the press secretary says it is a weird strategy. dana, he lives on, i guess. >> i listen to those clips and i think about those politicians in the audience. they must be thinking, okay, fine, but what have you done for me lately? and they have a losing strategy. remember, elections are about change. we learned that last election. that is not anything new. all elections are about change, and these politicians are on a dangerous, slippery slope if they think they can win using george w. bush as their bogyman. neil: i know the former president has been relatively quiet, has not criticized his successor. what is his motive? >> i think he'd fallen in the footsteps of his father of being one of the classiest former presidents to have survived in our history. i think that he does not give it too much mind, and i also think that he thinks those politicians are probably going to lose if they are focusing so far in the past. for example,

bob macdonald is going to be the new governor of virginia. >> that when i will give you.vernor paterson is out in new york. he is done. >> we have a $3.5000 bet. sean: we are done. -- we have 83 hoa $3500 bet. >> we were in a tailspin. >> we were in a tailspin.

>> last night when the president went to virginia -- getting crushed by bob macdonald and told peopleut up, sit down, get out of the way and they created this mess. the mess in health care has been created over the course of 40 years and medicare was passed under democrats and medicaid was passed under democrats. the american people are not going to put up with a bad idea put forward by a radical set of tactics that is not in the best tradition of america. sean: but in all the years, i started, my radio career here in california in 1986. i have never witnessed anything like this. where people are that passionate. that they think this country is in the -- going in the wrong direction. do you get the same thing? >> i do. and we live in a very liberal state. i live up in los angeles, right up the road. and i think people are finally going, wait a minute. if i don't say anything, and if we don't do anything, because obviously some of our elected officials aren't doing anything enough. that it is going to go that way. and once it goes beyond that point, it's really going to be past the poi

>> last night when the president went to virginia -- getting crushed by bob macdonald and told peopleshut up, sit down, get out of the way and they created this mess. the mess in health care has been created over the course of 40 years and medicare was passed under democrats and medicaid was passed under democrats. the american people are not going to put up with a bad idea put forward by a radical set of tactics that is not in the best tradition of america. sean: but in all the years, i started, my radio career here in california in 1986. i have never witnessed anything like this. where people are that passionate. that they think this country is in the -- going in the wrong direction. do you get the same thing? >> i do. and we live in a very liberal state. i live up in los angeles, right up the road. and i think people are finally going, wait a minute. if i don't say anything, and if we don't do anything, because obviously some of our elected officials aren't doing anything enough. that it is going to go that way. and once it goes beyond that point, it's really going to be past the p

just recently come bob macdonald let out a plan for education. he is talking about 3 k and higher education access and research to promote green jobs and bob mcdonald's plan is to take $500 million a year. that is the solution. i will conclude by saying this. in a tough time, i have come to appreciate people who hold on to the right values and do what is needed in a tough time to keep virginia forward. the choice this november could not be clearer. we have a man of uncompromising moral integrity, a heart as big as the at doors and the vision to keep virginia moves and the right way, please welcome our next governor creigh deeds. [applause] >> wow. thank you so much. i am still trying to use to the fact that the president of the united states flew marine one to virginia for me to the of the. thank you governor came. i have such respect. we all respect that. we respect his service to our party as well. he is a great leader and a great role model. also, there is someone in the room who needs no recognition. it is kind of like finding a needle in the

they have given bob macdonald a lot of money and a platform.night the president campaigned for cree deeds for the first time, attending some health care forums. deeds is behind mcdonald by about 15 points. megyn: where else is the traveling? >> republicans would say new jersey. the republican is winning over john corzine, and perhaps no president could help john corzine. of course, he campaigned for him last month, and that is also when dozens of political officials were arrested. the republican candidate lead doubled in that time. porcine supporters are now seen as less likely to make it to the polls -- corzine supporters are now seen as less likely to make it to the polls. bill: we have a lot of fun in the summertime, but nothing like this. we think he is from germany. we also think he is crazy. and we think it is real. in full disclosure, we cannot figure it out. megyn: how could he have faked it? you see him on camera all the time. bill: there is one part of it where he goes below the grass level. bill: maybe he is already standing in the w

he started monday of last week saying that bob macdonald was going to not kill as many babies as him. he then moved to wednesday by saying that bob and off to a flat -- lou confederate flag. bloggers expos that he had not and it was made up by the campaign manager. it set the dialogue, and the promise to raise taxes on all virginians. that's not a great campaign. any new jersey, you have fbi indictments coming every which way. i hope the right does not read too much into the elections, but there is something to be said that we are picking up seats in special state legislative elections. my view is that 2010, it is the most important election that we will have had since 1968. . . he should be focusing on your democratic state legislator so we can peacock to make sure we have majorities, adding a democratic white house. >> i put a lot of stock in momentum. i think this is a huge year. recently i heard haley barbour, who is chairman of the rnc in the 1990's. he said that when christie todd whitman won in 1993, most of the candidates who won in 1994 signed on, they were recruited after ch

he started monday of last week saying that bob macdonald was going to not kill as many babies as me as if -- he was governor. he moved to wednesday saying that he flew a confederate flag and an event until blogger is exposed that he had not done that. it was made up by the campaign manager. he then promised to raise taxes on all of virginia. a winning campaign. and in new jersey, you have fbi indictments coming every which way. all the right does not read too much into the elections but there is something to be said, that we are picking up seats in special state legislative elections. in my view is that 2010 is the most important election since 1968. . >> i put a lot of stock in momentum. i think this is a huge year. recently, i heard haley barbour who is chairman of the rnc in the '90s, and he said that most of the candidates who won in 1994 signed on and were recruited after george allen won. that is amazing. not only is a victory in 2009 a harbinger of things to come, but it will encourage top tier candidates who are right now sitting on the fence that they can win. it has a tangibl

he started monday last week saying bob macdonald was not going to kill as many babies as bad governorhen he said he flew a confederate flag at an event. it was exposed that that was made up by his campaign manager. so to shift the dialogue, he problems -- he promised to raise taxes on all virginians. it's not a winning campaign. in the -- in new jersey, you have fbi indictments coming every day. i hope not to much as read into these elections, but there's something to be said that we're picking up seats in state legislative elections. my view is that 2010 is the most important election we will have had since 1968. the reason i say it is the most important is think about this -- this will be the first election since the passage of the voting rights act where the republicans did not control the white house during redistricting. picking up state legislative races in 2010 is of critical importance to the republican party. it is going to be the state legislatures that draw the lines. those of you who do have bloggers and those who want to get started should be focused on the democratic sta

candidate greg deese locked in a very tight race with the state's former attorney general republican bob macdonaldthis will be only the second campaign for the president since he took office. >>> mitt romney has a new book coming out called "no apologies -- the case for american greatness." the publisher describes it as romney's vision for health care, the economy, and more. polls show romney an early front runner the republican race for the white house in 2012. look for the book out next march. >>> and a courthouse mystery in north carolina. the former mistress of john edwards was seen entering federal court this morning but rielle hunter wouldn't say wye why. edwards has acknowledged he's under federal investigation for payments to hunter's production company. he denies wrongdoing. a spokesman for the federal prosecutor was asked if there was a grand jury convening, but he also declined comment. >>> remember, for the latest political news anytime, check out cnnpolitics.com. let's go to jack for "the cafferty file." >>> never a good sign when your mistress is seen entering the federal courthouse

he started monday of last week saying that bob macdonald was not going to kill as many babies as me ifhe was elected governor. the dialogue was shifted to promising to raise taxes on all virginians. and in new jersey you have fbi indictments coming every which way. i hope the right does not read too much into the elections. there is something to be said that we are picking up seats in special state legislative elections. my view is that 2010 is the most important election that we will have had since 1968. the reason i say that is think about this. this will be the first election since the passage of the voting rights act where the republicans did not control the white house during redistricting. picking a state legislative races in 2010 as of critical importance to the republican party because it will be the state legislatures that draw those lines. those of you who do have blogs and those of you who don't should be focusing on state legislators we can pick off to make sure we have republican majority combating a democratic white house. >> i put a lot of stock in momentum. i think this