. >>> governor bob mcdonald will unveil his plan to cut $200 million from the budget.pos expanding medicaid managed programsnd continuing restrictions on discretionary ending. it is to help offset additional spending including $50 million for higher education and $150 million for transportation. he is also asking virginia lawmakers for 5i $4 million for economic development programs >> prince george's cnty schools looking at drastic cuts to deal with their budget crisis. some include freezing pay and eliminating middleschool sports. the county budget is $1.69 billion for 2012. cla sizes would stay the same. new county executive baker proposed an elimination of furloughs, but that would cost $24 million for the count >>> it is now 5:38, 26 degrees. ahead, the ee negotiable end to an era. a television icon signed off. >>> why tainted treats may be to blame for several local students getting sick. >>> next, it is freezing again. that means the rds could be icy this morning. your weather d traffic are >>> good morning. meteorologist tom kierein. 5:41. we have a little dist

you know, my fellow republican governors including bob mcdonald and chris christie, they're doing the same thing that we're doing in texas. they get it. that's not to say that each state is some problem free nirvana. the challenges are still real that the states face. and whether they wrestle with pension fund issues or debt problems states have their work cut out for them. however, the difference compared to the federal government is rather drastic. for example, texans face about 520 dollars per capita in debt. per capita debt at the federal level is around $42,600 and growing i might add as we speak. at the same time the average texan pays 1691 in local tax. 1750 in state taxes but a whopping $8916 in federal taxes. and you know, even if you take iowa the 25% for national defense and we gladly do. the federal tax burden is about twice the local and state tax combined. now, trust me, our sens can do the -- our citizens can do the math. and they see the difference in value between the state and the federal government. and they are really ready. to regain that constitutional balance. l

virginia governor republican bob mcdonald says the decision to ban drilling was a surprise to him as well. and he's voicing grave concerns about the economic impact. >> this is, to me, an arbitrary killing of an industry that would create thousands and thousands of jobs for my state. hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue and in the middle of the worst economy in the modern era to essentially kill an industry is really disappointing. >> but supporters of the moratorium argue it will actually increase economic opportunities for coastal communities in a way that oil and gas exploration cannot. >> tourism in the united states is five times the potential for any of the new drilling, even if we did it all. so it's a much larger economic engine and it's a sustainable one. that isn't going to run out. >> today the presidential commission that's been investigating the summer's massive gulf oil spill recommended two new entities, a safety institute set up by companies within the oil and gas industries, and an independent government agency to oversee conditions for offshore workers.

we will talk to bob mcdonald about that. >> the congress has its hands full.is, thank you for getting up this morning. >> thank you. >> you can watch "fox news sunday" here on fox 5 at 9:00 a.m. after fox 5 morning news. for the latest political headlines, go to myfoxdc.com. click on the politics tab. you will see it on the home page. >>> we have been showing you gorgeous pictures all morning. this is another one sent in. we appreciate that. >> gurvir dhindsa popped out before she starts the 8:00. she says the sunrise was gorgeous. this is evidence. look at that. >> this is live. i thought this was a picture. >> she is good. >> it looks like a post card picture. >> that live bug tells me it is happening right now. >> what a beautiful sunrise. this will be the theme around here. more sunshine than the last couple of days. that will contribute to snow melt. not right now. later today. >> a little help. >> it will help a lot. still cold out there this morning. i want to give you the head's up of the icy patches on the roads and sidewalk. you have to do the pengui

dick durbin and jon kyle and exclusive interview, bob mcdonald, the governor of virginia and the virginiaindividual mandate is unconstitutional. so we'll talk to him about the fight against health care there. >> brian: and probably have other questions because there will be a lot of dead air if you just asked that one. thanks so much. we'll be watching on fox news sunday. >> that was pretty good, brian. i like that. that was a good line. >> gretchen: that's also a first. >> brian: everyone is getting along today. >> gretchen: we got to get to the headlines. joe miller's last stance, his legal battle goes to the state supreme court. he claims he lost to lisa murkowski because the election was tainted. >> brian: he argues the votes for the write in candidate should never have been counted. this guy may win for costume of the year, even if he did sneak in. he's in there, watch this. these buckets of painting supplies are a disguise. they found a man underneath. his blurred face is at the bottom of the bucket on the left in this black shirt in the center. he was found by a customs dog in the

now, the leapfrog things and now the governor of virginia, bob mcdonald is asking other governors of other states, you know what? let's try to bypass the federal level and go directly to the supreme court. here's the governor of the commonwealth of virginia. >> what people want right now is the predictability and certainty. is this law going to go into effect or ultimately stricken by the united states supreme court so i have urged my fellow governors in a letter last thursday to join in a letter with me to the justice department, the attorney general in asking for this thing to bypass the court of appeals and go directly to the supreme court. >> that's not gonna happen, though. the make-up of the supreme court at least right now will probably rule as the virginia judge did. so i'm not sure that the u.s. attorney general right now will want to speed up that process. most of health care reform goes into effect in 2014. >> this is one facet of the health care plan. the republicans of the house and eric cantor leading the charge. we'll look for a repeal. i don't know about that possibil