notion of cooperation between the speaker and minority leader was beginning to give way, although bob michel, as minority leader, was certainly a collegial, compatible, agreeable person -- not always agreeing on policy. but as these special order speeches, after-hours speeches, began to proliferate with rhetorical gestures to yield to a member who was 500 miles away, but the camera only focusing on the member speaking, would lead some of the audience to believe that that member was refusing to engage. and so, tip o'neill, after a time when his best friend, eddie boland, sponsored the boland amendment on iran-contra, had been characterized as being unwilling to participate in the debate going on, but in fact was miles away, tip ordered without notifying the minority, the cameras to pan the chamber, which he later admitted his lack of notification was a mistake on his part. but the recriminations began immediately. and over the next two weeks, speaker, then-member gingrich, took questions of personal privilege -- and others did, even bob michel -- to decry the lack of fairness on the part of s

bob woodward. >>> remember this scene when michele bachmann was so inspired by president bush that she wouldn't let him go at that state of the union. well, she's turned on bush in her latest ad. that's in "the sideshow." all of that is ahead. first, let's check in on the latest polls in the tight races around the country. for that we go to the "hardball" scoreboard. let's start with california. where a new ppi c poll shows what we've seen from other current polls. senator barbara boxer's building a strong lead over republican challenge, carly fiorina. up in alaska it looks like a real race now with republican joe miller at 38%. senator lisa murkowski at 36%. and democrat, scott mcadams down at 22%. and that new cnn/"time" poll, remember murkowski's is running as a write-in. finally, to florida. where marco rubio is pulling away. he's up 13 points over charlie crist in a quinnipiac poll with meek way behind. we'll continue to check the scoreboard each night leading up to the election day. >>> now, my interview with former president clinton. i began asking him about all of that firing negativity tha

bob ehrlich. the maryland gubernatorial debate. we showed it live yesterday at noon and michellem hyattsville came away impressed with at least one of them, especially when it comes to maryland's unfunded $35 billion pension liability. nearing retirement age, i found ehrlich's ideas more realist and progress so that maryland can avoid the fate of stills like philadelphia and pennsylvania whose overly generous pensions are bankrupting their states. it's time for new state workers to carry more of their fair share of the load of financing their retirement in an era 0 declining state revenue. a 401-k plan would be a great start. indeed bob ehrlich was straightforward on that one, wasn't he? o'malley said he had a commission looking in to it. now, to be fair that is probably a tougher call for o'malley politically, but still a mission, really? and then there was this, on the word or letters wtf now worn on the back of the wakefield track team. some think the name is too suggestive of pro fanty. brian is not one of those people -- well, okay. i'm all for freedom of expression but just

he said, "it would be awesome if bob sagecame into my room every night before i went to bed and said 'night, michellehe's a fan of mma -- the mixed martial ts guy -- he wants bob saget to come in. that's pretty awesome. this from @dannyboy965. he said, "it'd be awesome if boxed wine were socially acceptable so i'd look classy at parties when i broke out the franzia. what's up, ladies?" [ laughter ] "o's first up on the box?" this last one is from @iwantddubsass. he said, "it'd be awesome if you could play human whack-a-mole with stupid people." there you go, that's tonight's "late night hashtags." [ cheers and applause ] to check out all of these and more of our favorites, go to latenightwithjimmyfallon.com. we'll be right back with "reflections with justin bieber." ♪ ♪ [ male announcer you're at the age where you don't get thrown by curve balls. ♪ this is the age of knowing how to get things de. ♪ so why wld you let something like erectile dysfunction get in ur way? isn't it time you talked to your doctor about viagra? 20 million men already have. ♪ with every age comes responsibility. ask your doct

bob ehrlich supports a bus line. >>> a number of d.c. residents questioned vincent gray on the departure of school chancellor michelle rhee. vincent gray and michelle rhee mutual agreed to that she would leave at the end of the month. henderson will serve as chancellor on an interim basis. michelle rhee is talking about her future. she appeared on "good morning america" yesterday. she addressed the questions of whether d.c. school reform initiatives can make progress without her. >> they have the capacity to cariaga to the plans we have developed. it is about the community support and the the political will. >> you looking for a job where she can have an impact on children and she might want to move closer to sacramento where her fiance is mayor. >>> we will hear from drivers crossing the bay bridge on a daily basis. >>> another check on traffic and weather every ten mi >> welcome back. 4:52. we have made to friday. >> we have. >> 60 degrees. >> its going to be a nice day according to adam caskey. >> yes, it is. we had a beneficial rainfall yesterday, over an inch in many locations. we could have a few sprinkles today, mai

michelle obama will hit the campaign trail in illinois today. she will raise money for congressional democrats and senate candidates. >>> bob ehrlich has been misidentified as a democrat. the mistake was made in a widely read voters guide publicked by the league of women's voters in montgomery county. while supporters of o'malley are demanding a correction. >> that's definitely not right. >> think they should change it? >> i certainly think they should change it. >> everyone knows he is not a democrat. he's a republican. >> he's really a republican. >> oh, really. >> everybody doesn't know he's a republican. >> the campaign calls it an innocent mistake and says the candidate isn't especially concerned about the slipup. they will debate again tomorrow. watch it live thursday at noon here on wusa 9. derek mcginty will serve as one of the panelists. >>> the military's don't ask don't tell policy is on hold for now. a general judge issued an injunction barring enforcement of the ban on openly gay men and women serving in the military. the justice department has 60 days to appeal the ruling. >>> wall street traders prepare to start the day on an upswing. one

bob ehrlich at this point. >>> forbes is out with the 2010 list of the world's most powerful women. first lady michelle obama has earned the top spot. and also on the list oprah win free and lady gaga and beyonce. hillary clinton and ellen degeneres also cracked the top 10. forbes said the magazine focused on entrepreneurship and influence on the world. >> you wonder what the criteria is. >> but that makes perfect sense. >> what you are basing it on, sure. >>> we are basing our focus on a great forecast. and we got it. you're delivering, tony. we like it. >> we're in october now. a string of very nice days after what has been a string of -- not the best weather we can see here. it starts today. starting with the temperatures across the region where right now in washington we've dropped down to 51. 51 degrees in the district, 51 in quantico. gaithersburg is at 52 degrees. it is still cool. 45 degrees in manassas. 49 at dulles airport. culpeper is at 48 degrees. annapolis is at 53 degrees at this hour. here is the temperature trend map where we're going to see the temperatures head for the next couple of

michelle lee. >>> in the race for governor of maryland, the top two candidates faced off in a debate yesterday. martin o'malley and bob ehrlich clashed over the term new americans. >> sadly, as a political football, there is the cynicism rising up and to blame americans for the problems in our economy. new americans did not run wall street into the ground. >> what you call new americans. if someone breaks into my house in the middle of the night, is that a member of my family? >> the election is 18 days away, but early voting starts on friday, october 22nd. we have all you need to know by logging on to myfoxdc.com. >>> some of the u.s. senate candidates battled it out last night. sharon angle attacked harry reid as a career politician. harry reid called his party the extreme. >> not forcing people to buy things that they don't need. what we want is a basic policy where we can add the coverages we need. >> insurance companies don't do the things out of the goodness of their hearts. they do it for profit. they have almost destroyed our economy. >> and turning to the economy now, staggering numbers on the federal deficit

bob woodward. >> if i was going to do a dream team, i have two ideas i would think obama-obama, because i think michelles fantastic. >> she would be president and he would be vice president? >> yes. >> mike bloomberg and a billionaire to be named later. i think we need a kind of third force in this country. once we get past november, the polarization and the sense of finger pointing and the partisan pickiness is going to -- >> the motion is the plu plutocrats -- >> in the system we have today because of the lock the two parties have on ballot access it would take somebody with a lot of money to try and get -- >> but what is a theory that somehow a third party president is going to be able to do more than any other president? i mean what makes you think that the right is going to accept bloomberg any any more than they would expect barack obama. >> there's such a debate because much of the country is the 20% on both sides. there's just a wide open terrain for somebody who's common sense person who's going to synthesize the -- >> there is a desperate need for somebody in the middle who can disregard eithe

the outgoing chancellor michelle rhee agree education reform needs to continue under the interim chancellor. >>> and in the race for governor of maryland martin o'malley and bob ehrlich traded shots at each other in a debate at the washington post. at one point ehrlich charged o'malley with coming close to playing the race card. he says ehrlich was unfairly critical of blackest dements in baltimore. that provoked a strong reaction. >> we disagree on just about everything. that is what politics are about. that's good. but i'm not going to put up with being treated as i have begun to be treated at least in the last debate with respect to race. >> it's not about constantly putting the city down and city children down. i have never, ever heard you say one kind thing about the progress that was made over in city's schools. >> and we have all you need to navigate the issues in this election. you can log on to myfoxdc.com and click on the politics tab. >>> coming up next on fox 5 morning news, caught on camera, not the way you want it a new drivers license, crashing into the dmv. guess who was in the passenger's seat next. >>> and the update on 33 rescued miners in

bob anderson makes dental crowns and implants for a living and he is the independence party candidate for the 6th district seat. polling suggests his support is in the low single digits. >> a tough battle and micheleann is not a quiet candidate. they know about her a lot more than they know about me. >> hi, you guys. >> and, of course, bachman is looking to keep it that way, busting out a two day bus tour of businesses in her district. >> thanks for coming out. >> reporter: one of the bus stops was a bakery where inside was an entirely edible state map and a mini bachman bus. >> you dowd haven't done a better -- you couldn't have done a better job. it was beautiful. >> access to bachman was managed by her staff. >> not right now. >> leaving in two minutes. >> reporter: on the tour, only local media were allowed to ask questions sorry, we are not taking those questions today. thank you, bill. >> and only local media rode on the bums. bus. the bus tour was just days before glenn beck's d.c. rally. bachman is in the audience although our camera doesn't catch up with her until after the rally. >> get it together. >> bachman's team has put together a post rally event at the nearby washington monument.

bob ehrlich--24 years of putting the special interests first. >>> welce back. well, there's been a lot of speculation about where d.c. schools chancellor michelle rhee goes from the district after she resigned. officially leaves that post. there is now word that she may take a job or is at least being offered a job in new jersey as the educion commissioner there. governor chris christie has said he wants her for that position. and according to a report in "the new jersey star ledger" she is taking the offer seriously. but we have no confirmation. do you tnk michelle rhee will go from washington to new jersey? >> i don't know. i can see the governor's point in trying to latch on to michelle rhee. she is a superstar. he is trying to make a name in the gop. you pull on the superstar to make a name. she can make millions of dollars going around saying this is what you should do to your school system. now do you want to be entrapped or do you want to be sort of, what -- >> and by trapped you mean tied down? >> yeah, tied down. >> 3,000 miles from your honey. >> you said that. do you want to be entrapped in a place like new jersey when you have a cha

bob ] i didn't know you could play. i didn't either. ♪ >>> mark preston is monitoring some of the major stories move right now on the cnn political ticker. paul first. paul, what do you have? >> michelleyou see a lot of the president on the campaign trail helping out candidates. with four weeks to go, you'll see a lot of the first lady. put out a fundraising pitch to work for her husband in 2008 on that campaign, she's urging them to contribute money to the democratic party and vote for democrats in the midterm elections. going to ask our camera man to zoom in here. take a look on this political ticker. also, wolf, tomorrow the first lady will be a featured speaker on a guest call to go out and reach other people, democrats across the country, to get them motivated, to give money, and to also, of course, go out there and vote on november 2. and, wolf, starting next week, you're going to see a lot of michelle obama on the campaign trail as well. starting next week and through november 2, she'll be out there campaigning for democratic candidates and committees. that's what i have. what do you got? >> there's been a lotf talk about democrats shying away from president obama, they don't w