he now wants it to be known that bob mcdonnell is super anti-abortion, but victims of rape and incest, he'll give them a break. this is new. throughout his career in running for governor in 2009, it was clear. bob income donnell was so anti-abortion that if you became pregnant by being rapped or were the victim of incest, throughout bob mcdonnell's career, even if that's how you became pregnant, he would insist that the government force you to bare the child as a result of that pregnancy. now he can smell the east wing of the white house. his spokesman told "the washington post" under his leadership rap desk e victims and incest victims will be getting an exemption. interesting, right? it seems reveals an important truth that having the government force rape victims and incest victims to do something with their body counted as too far for the republican party, at least at the national level. that's what we thought we learned at the beginning of this week. thank you bob mcdonnell for making it clear where the line is. he's now moved the line. going after rape and incest victims we thou

but bob mcdonnell has a dream. bob mcdonnell has a plan for helping bob mcdonnell. even though he cannot run for re-election in west virginia and even though mitt romney or anyone has asked him to run for anything else, he will run campaign ads for himself. he will start airing, quote, positive tv ads in the coming weeks. what are you running for, gov? after a few positive tv ads, who knows, he may triple his standings in the vp stakes, in which case he would still be next to last. and coming up, the even bigger obstacle to governor mcdonnell's vice presidential hopeful and the thing virginia residents are doing to make sure the world never forgets about that thing. stay with us. i stepped on the machine, and it showed me the pressure points on my feet and exactly where i needed more support. then, i got my number. my tired, achy feet affected my whole life. until i found my number. i tried the free dr. scholl's foot mapping center. in two minutes, i got my foot map and custom number. i'm a 440. that matched up to the dr. scholl's custom fit orthotic inserts with th

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but bob mcdonnell has a dream. bob mcdonnell has a plan for helping bob mcdonnell.un for re-election in west virginia and even though mitt romney or anyone has asked him to run for anything else, he will run campaign ads for himself. he will start airing, quote, positive tv ads in the coming weeks. what are you running for, gov? after a few positive tv ads, who knows, he may triple his standings in the vp stakes, in which case he would still be next to last. and coming up, the even bigger obstacle to governor mcdonnell's vice presidential hopeful and the thing virginia residents are doing to make sure the world never forgets about that thing. stay with us. you know, those farmers, those foragers, those fishermen.... for me, it's really about building this extraordinary community. american express is passionate about the same thing. they're one of those partners that i would really rely on whether it's finding new customers, or, a new location for my next restaurant. when we all come together, my restaurants, my partners, and the community amazing things happen. to m

. >> meanwhile, virginia governor bob mcdonnell is trying to clean up his image.val ratings took a hit after he signed into law a controversial ultrasound bill earlier this year. now, the washington post reports that the term limited governor is planning to air positive tv ads or in other words, campaign ads to be the vice presidential nominee. here's what mcdonnell had to say when asked about the ads this morning on msnbc's "the daily rundown." >> you know, you can't believe everything you read in the papers, chuck. i can only tell you that -- we don't have any plans at this point. but i tell you, we're always looking for ways to get out the positive message about what we're doing in virginia. >> joining me now are elise i can't menendez and crystal ball. here's a term-limited governor who i just can't think of a reason why he'd be spending money on tv advertising. what could that be? i mean, can he tv advertise his way on to the republican ticket? >> this guy has been so blatant about how he's actively courting the vice presidential nomination. i don't know if i

view from out there with two governors montana governor brian schweitzer and virginia republican bob mcdonnell. >>> plus the president's club with nancy gibbs and michael duffy and our exclusive guest house speaker john boehner. i'm candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." >>> mr. speaker, primeau view, great digs. nice to see you. >> nice to see you. >> how many days have you thought, did i actually want this job? >> a lot. >> big headaches. mr. speaker, thank you for joining us. let me start right out with the week's story, which is the student loans. the president has issued a veto threat and said if this keeping the student loan rates low comes to me with money paid for by money that comes out of the health care bill, i'm going to veto it. your move. >> this problem was created by democrat congress in 2007, and democrats and republicans for months have been working together to try to figure out a way to resolve the problem, and for the president to politicize this for his own re-election is picking a fight where one doesn't exist. >> so you're arguing about how to pay for it and he

>> listen, i'm a big fan of bob mcdonnell so if you want bob mcdonnell as vp, sure.i think you'd make a great vp. >> how would l.? >> i think that a lot of folks would make a great ep but certain would help us in virginia. i think that romney wins virginia now. is bob mcdonnell is on the ticket, bob mcdonnell homeless in virginia and north carolina, and a lot of the states were suburban voters matter. bob mcdonnell was my seat in house of delegates when you and i first met. he is father, he is coming in a, a family man, businessman. is somebody who understands what the independent voters want, and that's results. >> do you think it's been heard on the national stage? >> i think of an attempt to try to do that but i don't, i think is leadership in virginia has been stellar. if you look at the public polling in virginia, bob mcdonnell is very partner. he's a results driven conservative. he's been able to manage his budget were a state whose unemployment number's are much lower than the national average. [inaudible] >> i think is very strong. >> what about paul ryan? >>

his assessment of our society bob mcdonnell is here all right now some. republican governor from virginia governor bob mcdonnell jon meacham and luke russert are back at the table governor good morning welcome back but you're going to be an ounce where i am. now all those little food if it's there enough for the media to bite into the real meat of the speech was shown any longer but they played on c.n.n. . that just very corrupt us financially it will bankrupt us morally because when the american people no longer believe that this is a place where only their willingness to work or it's actually honor and integrity and ingenuity determines their success in life they will have a bunch of people sitting on a couch week for the next government check. now you'd think the media would have listened to that clip and said wait a second those statements don't really add up in fact they're just not true but instead they did what they do best latch on to the story and the sound bites in the most superficial way possible and then just run with it and christie just mad

rubeola, and then at the bottom is virginia governor bob mcdonnell. taking a look at the day ahead closing arguments begin in the south capitol street mass murder trial. five men face first-degree murder charges for three shootings in march of 2010. killed five people including three on south capitol street. the jury could get the case next week. also today the dot will close parts of 18, 19, 28, g street and date street in a request for an annual meeting of the imf and world bank. they will remain closed until sunday night. bridges will also be affected. the full list is on our website. charles county sheriff's officials investigating a deadly shooting. 8:45 last night officers on patrol in the play when they heard several gunshots. they searched the area and found a body lying in the roadway in the 200 block of 10th avenue. the victim has not been identified -- kent avenue. >> people across the country are pausing to remember the man once known as the world's oldest teenager. >> dick clark. prexy died yesterday of a heart attack at the age of 82. he

bob mcdonnell. have ripple wrapup of at 7:00 --onight tonight at abc 7 news at 11:00. >> the former university of virginia lacrosse player his girl of killing will -- will be sentenced his crimes in august. george hugh glee was found murderof second-degree y in the beating death of his former girlfriend -- george huguley is found guilty. bizarre attacks on drivers are being investigated. please get a call from a woman that she was struck from behind suv on jones lane. days later, a man was struck similarly. man he got out, two armed him toed him and forced money from an atm. the driver suffered minor injuries. >> capital one bank will be downsizing. nearly 500ying off managers atanch s in the northeast. 710 managers are losing their in the d.c. area. they say it is necessary to cut costs and reorganize banking operations. >> president obama wants to see congress approve the so-called buffett rule. they will be voting on a to allow theve to go forward. it would put a 30% tax on all than $1als earning

the senate could take up a budget plan when it meets today to consider bills amended by governor bob mcdonnell. >> an infant was found alive after his young mother was murdered. police are trying to piece together what led to the tragedy. and alert on a local college campus after someone attacked a woman in broad daylight. >> and much-needed rain is on the way. beautiful skies above washington >> 6 clinton right now. time to check traffic and weather every ten minutes. >> we will get things started with lisa baden. >> accident on the prince william parkway, northbound 95, that's on the shoulder with slow traffic. we will go upstream. 395 northbound, normal volume of traffic at duke street. leading edsall road, that area. this is live, newschopper 7. i'm sorry. northbound newschopper 7 looking live at traffic out of dale city to get to the prince william parkway. now let's go to the picture at duke street. . comes -- here it comes. northbound at duke street, moving at a better pace toward the pentagon in those headlights. now to adam caskey. >> i have a great rooftop picture to show you of the

bob mcdonnell's name keeps popping up. what is he saying about his chances?ybody who is mentioned say i'm not interested or i won't take it. they all aren't telling the truth, shawn. they are all very interested. 1960, a little john kennedy, they offered it to lyndon johnson. they said he was the senate majority leader. go ahead and offer it to him. he did take it. everybody wants to be vice president even though they don't admit it. bob mcdonald is a happy conservative. he has a military background. he's a long time reservist. he showed he could carry northern virginia. i think he is on the short list and virginia is a very important state with their lektorial votes, you know, democrats haven't carried that since '64. obama carried it, so definitely a swing state and the idea is pick somebody who is qualified. bob mcdonnell is qualified. pick somebody that doesn't do any harm. >> let me ask you about that. we know he's known in our area because he's here. how will we stack against some of the other names being thrown out there? >> let's throw out the other n

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candidate would be for romney. >> one name that's been widely bandied about is virginia's governor bob mcdonnell on. cbs this morning mcdonnell was asked what does the potential vp nominee need to bring to the ticket. >> i think it's got to be someone with the same vision as mitt romney that's going to focus on jobs and deficit reduction and a comprehensive vision for energy and can bring people together. i think we've got a president that's been dividing the country on everything from men versus women to rich versus the middle class. that we don't need. we need people that are going to say we're all americans. we can do better than we've done and let's find a way to get together and work as americans to make the greatest country on earth even better. >> governor mcdom did say he is not looking to be -- mcdonnell did say he is the looking to be p nominee and says he's very -- to be the vp nominee and says he's very happy being governor of virginia. >>> for the second straight day the president called on congress to pass what he says is a more balanced tax cody, the one proposed by -- code, the o

bob mcdonnell is tut a regent university graduate. you also used to be able to remember regent university as the pat robertson university and as the one of those two easily conflate conflated evangelical universities where mitt romney spoke. mitt romney spoke at regent in 2007 when he was trying to run an even more conservative specifically socially conservative campaign for the presidency. this time around, mr. romney has all but locked up the nomination, perceived to be not running quite as hard a campaign this time around but i think more perception than reality. today, it was announced mitt romney will finally make it not just to regent university but also to the other televangelist university, the one you remember was founded by jerry falwell, because it ends in l where liberty starts. liberty university founded by this guy. their commencement speaker this year is this guy. the reason this is important in terms of understanding how mitt romney is running this campaign against barack obama, what kind of campaign this is because th

republicans including governor bob mcdonnell criticized the lawmakers for killing the deal at the last minute. >> historically disappointing day for our commonwealth. to still hold a budget hostage for an 11-mile railway at the last minute is just not responsible. >> rail to dulles is going to be an economic bonanza because of the job growth that it's going to bring. and yet somehow there is no money available for it. >> the current budget expires in just about two months, but the

governor bob mcdonnell blames the democrats. he says both sides need to reach an agreement. >> to this point, some 95 to a hundred days after the commencement of the session and still have no budget and have it all because of one project in one area of the state is simply not responsible. >> the state senate could meet again today to take up the budget. vdot is telling its contractors they may have to halt work by may 1 if no budget deal is reached. >>> things aren't much better across the river in maryland. governor martin o'malley is considering whether to call a special session. state lawmakers failed to pass a legislation before -- pass a budget before their legislative session ends last week. they'll be under a so-called doomsday budget if no deal is reached. it has half a billion dollars in cut tots public schools and social -- cuts to public schools and social services. >>> more than 20 women may be involved in a prostitution scandal at the secret service. nearly a dozen agents are accused of bringing those women to a hot

virginia governor bob mcdonnell has launched a new television ad positioning himself as a vice- presidential prospects. >> rated america's best state. >> the recent general assembly session has thrust virginia into the spotlight. there is the controversial ultrasound a bill that the governor vetoed. the mitt romney lead in the delegate count make him his party's presumed nominee and the ad is aimed at restoring governor mcdonald's image in virginia and beyond. there is a new message from the transportation department. they rolled out a new campaign to keep people safe while driving in constructions hours. john gonzales joins us live with all the details. >> we are on a new bridge in tysons corner. roads in this area are known for heavy traffic construction, and transportation safety officials say distracted drivers. around 210,000 drivers use the beltway a daily. according to a new study, more than half admit they are still being distracted by their cell phones. >> when a text comes you have to check it. >> making illegal calls and sending a text are on the rise in virginia. a survey finds t

events include a community picnic and a candlelight vigil this evening where virginia governor bob mcdonnell is scheduled to speak. >>> also today, jury selection begin here in washington in roger clemens' second perjury trial. a judge declared a mistrial last july in the former star pitcher's first triemp the justice department has three new lawyers on the case. prosecutors accused clemens of lying to congress about performance enhancing drugs. he faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted. >>> communities across the midwest are crediting days of early warnings for saving lives as they begin to pick up the pieces from a weekend of tornadoes. more than 120 tornado warnings were issued saturday and sunday in oklahoma, kansas, iowa, and nebraska. the hardest hit was the small town of woodward, oklahoma, where an ef-3 tornado is blamed

bob mcdonnell came in seventh on the list of possible candidates. >> governor romney will be headingvirginia at liberty university's graduation in may. it will be his first visit to the campus. more layoffs are living on american airlines. they try to cut costs under bankruptcy prevention. they want to cut 1200 non-union jobs. the airline has plans to eliminate a total of 14,000 jobs as well as freezing pension plans, cutting vacations and reducing medical benefits. they will sit about $95 million. >> we seem to be getting a stream of good news about gas prices this week. for the third straight day prices are down with a national average of $3.94 a gallon. washington, d.c. and maryland are still above the national average. this includes a drop in oil prices and iran's ability to negotiate. >> how about some rain? >> over the weekend. still early to tell whether or not it will be substantial or lighter but whatever we get will help slowly whittled away at the drought. let's start with the time lapse. this view from james terrell elementary school. the sunshine came out. a few fairweat

bob mcdonnell received only 1% of the vote. coming up, why yeardley love's mother was at the white house today. plus the final mission tomorrow. >> horrible accusations of sexual abuse at a d.c. day care. parents are upset about >> concerned parents are taking action and speaking out after a report use of first on abc 7. police are investigating a graphic case of a man sexually abusing a 3-year-old boy at a day care center. >> the police say they are looking at the possibility there could be more alleged victims in this case. you read the allegations of what happened last week in this police report and it just makes you sick. parents are expressing their outrage over the way it has been handled. >> he had two kids at the zion baptist church. authority shut it down on thursday and he has not heard one word of explanation. >> nobody said anything to us about anything. we go off with the news has told us. >> the news is absolutely horrifying. >> she caught him on top of my son with his pants down. >> the mother tells what a -- the

yesterday, bob mcdonnell signed a bill that requires women to have the ultrasound's prior to having an abortion. this was supposed to be a transvaginal ultrasound. 300 women's rights groups to to the streets of the capitol in richmond, va., on saturday and they were matched by cops. i saw a little girl that was on the steps with about 10 cops. a protest is taking place as we speak in idaho over a similar law. in alabama, one of the ultrasound bills can be and is president of the company that sells the equipment to do the ultrasound. you have to follow the money. there are connections to the american legislative exchange council, when you fall and connect the dots. she is putting stories together about who is behind all this legislation. it is very similar. we have seven ultrasound laws on the books. so many more are racing to the legislature. yesterday, democratic women senators in georgia staged a walkout to protest to measures that would limit access to services and contraception. i want to read a couple of headlines. ohio remains on the front lines of the abortion debate. michigan l

law makers will take action on bill that is governor bob mcdonnell either vetoed or amended. the voter id measure. voters are required to show photo id before casting a ballot. the governor wants to give local officials more leeway in allowing people without documents to cast provisional ballots. still to come here on washington weekly we're going to take a look at stories that will make national headlines in the week ahead including the battle over former congresswoman gabrielle gifford 's seat. a new debate getting new life. >> a mild night ahead but get ready. the heat and humidity is back tomorrow. [ female announcer ] with xfinity you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework ♪ [ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no wonder more people choose xfinity over any other provider. ♪ love can be so mystical ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the week ahead, tomorrow the two suspects in the dea

virginia governor bob mcdonnell expressed his thoughts on the crash saying, quote, i live just a couple miles from the site of that crash also in the flight path. you know the great pride our community has in having that master jet base and the great navy base in norfolk. this is obviously a great tragedy, he continued to say. it looks like the pilots did everything they could and exhibited great skill before they ejected. lack for much more on this fi t fighter jet crash story on nbcwashington.com. we post ed raw video of the crah scene along with pictures and more accounts interest witnesses. >>> and coming up at 9:00 this morning on news 4 today, we'll talk live to a reporter who used to be a that i havy pilot about her experiences in the cockpit. crazy when you see that video. >> i know. nobody was hurt, nobody was killed. >> very good luck there. no doubt. >> the apartment complex -- one guy said one of the pilots landed on his porch. >> wow. >> this is quite amazing. >> it goes to show the training involved in doing something like that, smart nufr to be able to dump the fuel, pull

. >>> plus, the advertisement from virginia governor bob mcdonnell that one political expert is calling unprecedented. >>> you should listen to the president. or as i like to call him, the preezy of the united steezy. >> the embarrassing story the president shared. >>> april 25, we are talking about frost. >>> weather & traffic on the 1s. good morning>>> 6:41 on this wednesday morning. it is cold. areas in the dark blue in the 30s. look, it covers most of virginia, maryland, west virginia. temperatures are in the low to mid 30s in those locations. that includes fairfax, arlington, prince george's, and montgomery counties. and it's going to be gradually warming up. by 9:00, bowie, our hometown forecast location, into the low 50s by 9:00 or so. lots of sun. for the lunch hour, by noontime, should be into the low 60s. then peaking in the upper 60s to near 70 degrees by mid-afternoon. late afternoon, back down into the 60s and 50s by late evening. by midnight, a lot of clouds around. down to the mid 50s. could get rain this time tomorrow morning. details on that, we'll look at the end of th

a spokesman for virginia governor bob mcdonnell insist that's a new ad is an audition for the governor to become mitt romney's running mate. >> virginia is growing strong again. >> lowest unemployment in three years. >> lowest in southeast. >> tens of thousands of new virginia jobs. >> virginia jobs -- >> his political organization, opportunity virginia, is spending $400,000 to run this commercial for the next ten days. it highlights the commonwealth's positive economic statistics. political analysts say it's an tampa for mcdonnell to rehabilitate his image after it took a hit during the general assembly session. >>> newt gingrich says he's reassessing where he stands in the race for president. the former house speaker finished 30 points behind romney in delaware. he says he'll finish a week of campaigning in north carolina. in a speech before a small crowd of supporters, newt gingrich called himself a citizen rather than a candidate. he also promised to do whatever it takes to make sure president obama is defeated in november. gingrich had said he'd stay in the race until the republic

. >> how virginia governor bob mcdonnell is responding to some talk he possibly could be mitt romney's running mate when it comes to the g.o.p. ticket for president. >> first, monika has a quick check of the commute. >> big story this morning is the inbound side of i-66 where an accident cleanup continues. looks like they're making progress near route 234 but it's left about a three-mile backup. i'll have details on this coming up in my next report at 6:30. you're watching 9news now. stay with us. >>> we're back. here's a live look from arlington, virginia. it's 46 degrees there right now. >>> i'm deb deck. >>> i'm andrea roane -- i'm mike hydeck. >>> i'm andrea roane. howard bernstein is on the weather terrace. he's wearing his medium weight gloves. >> do you feel better? the gloves are off. it's a little crisp out here but we're in the 40s. we have lots of areas in the low to mid-30s in the suburbs and frost likely. you may be scraping a windshield or two. a nice day ahead. a good deal of sunshine. 63 by noon. 67 by 5:00. the high in some spots approaching the 70-degree mark. a coupl

memorial on campus which will remain lit for 24 hours and just over 20 minutes virginia governor bob mcdonnell will be attending a commemoration and candlelight vigil at the memorial. our peggy fox is live in blacksburg tonight for what's been a very solemn day on this campus. >> reporter: yeah, it certainly is, derek. everybody is getting ready for the vigil at 7:30. i've got my kendall. look at these students here. they're -- candle. look at these students here unwrapping these candles. they were donated five years ago anonymously 50,000 candles. so they're using these leftovers today. this donation is just one piece of how the country and surrounded, put their arms around virginia tech in this outpouring of support after the tragedy five years ago today. now at the memorial for those 32 victims today we saw people coming by all day putting flowers down, remembering those 27 students and five teachers who were all gunned down by seung-hui cho, two first i dod in a dorm and he -- died in a dorm and he came back two hours later killing the rest of them in norris hall. today, however, people sa

one person who has been mentioned for months now, virginia governor, bob mcdonnell. he come pained for him in multiple states, and today, mcdonnell said he would take a hard look at it if asked. >> i'm not looking for it. i'm not asking for it. i've got a great job, but every public servant said you can help my country, of course you would consider it. >> and romney's decision could come soon if he does sweep all five primaries tonight. he would be less than 300 delegates away from clinching the republican nomination. and president obama is out on the campaign trail making two stops. it's a two-day tour of colleges and universities and he kicked off at the university of north carolina chapel hill. the president used a backdrop of the students to urge congress to renew a low interest program for federally subsidized student loans. >> no matter what field you're in, you're going to have to engage in lifelong learning. that's the nature of the economy today and we have to make sure that is affordable. that's good for the country. it's good for you. >> the low interest l

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. >> the house of delegates passed the budget, so now, it heads to governor bob mcdonnell and the governor just released this statement. it reads in part, with today's vote, we again follow the virginia way. i thank the republican and democratic members who work together to make this happen. i look forward to conducting an expedited comprehensive review and making amends as maybe necessary. >>> the secret service now says three employees are out of the agency. casualties of the prostitution scandal. the secret service is investigating allegations that some agents brought prostitutes back to their hotel in columbia while handling a state visit for president obama. of the three employees now out, two are supervisors, another eight agents are on administrative leave. >>> clean house, that's what a senate committee said, the inspector general of the gsa needs to do. wasteful spending was the topic of congressional hearings for a third straight day. and today, senators took turns grilling the gsa. the agency is being investigated for spending more than $800,000 of taxpayer money on a lavish 201

governor bob mcdonnell is among those expected to speak. brianne carter, abc 7 news. >> thanks so much. the trayvon martin case is taking center stage on capitol hill this noon. the brady campaign is urging congress to take steps to keep guns out of the wrong hands. members said 32 people die each day from gun violence. trayvon martin was not armed and when admitted gunman george zimmerman shot him. they wantnew at noon, an electrical short is blamed for destroying a large two-story home in herndon. a fast-moving two-alarm on saturday. the house was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. the homeowners were able to escape. but the family pets die. one firefighter suffered minor burns. >> police increasing their efforts to find the suspects who pressed a sweet 16 party and stabbed several people. five people injured and two stabs at a home in brandywine. the stabbing victims have been released from hospital. the stabbing suspects found out about the event on twitter. there was a small fire that broke out during a routine maintenance c

today governor bob mcdonnell planned to visit the area to see how the recovery is coming along. >>> and the clean-up still underway in la plata, maryland 10 years after the tornado hit there. the tornado cut a 24-mile path across charles county killing three people and taking out some homes and businesses. our scott broom is there live. >> reporter: residents here celebrate la plate day because from devastation came what -- la plata day because from devastation came what they're calling a stronger community. meet butch arben in front of his home. >> to this day we never ever found a single shingle on are a truss from the roof. >> reporter: and his wife penny. their house was flattened by the la plata tornado april 28, 2002. insurance rebuilt the house, but memories are everywhere. >> stuff just seems to come up from the ground. >> reporter: when it rains little artifacts are exposed like today's surprise. >> this is my wife's great grandmother's toy tea set. >> things like this are the trish awes, it's the little bitty old things -- treasures, it's the little bitty old things like your