. >> reporter: today at a coffee shot in chesterfield, missouri, akin had support. >> i think what he said was misguided. he admitted it was misguided. and i'm all right with it, i think he should stay in. >> i don't necessarily think he should drop out of the race, although it may hurt republican chances to win, because of his comments. >> reporter: and he's counting on the religious right, especially anti-abortion activists. >> i know that he is committed to the sanctity of human life, as well as the foundation of the family, and the well being of all americans. if he decides to stay in the race, my support remains with him. >> reporter: by the way, brian, the doctor who first espousd akin's controversial rape theory and used to head the right to life party, the romney campaign called an important surrogate for them. >> thank you. chuck todd here with us in the studio. i guess i need a damage assessment from you thus far, to the gop, the wider party? >> first of all, it's breathtaking the force and artillery of the republican party that has dropped upon todd akin's head and he hasn'

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the 50's diverting at chesterfield. the 35 bus diverting at monument and patterson park. 61, 64 buses diverting. i'm kurt kronke. now back to tony pann. >> thank you. we will start down in the tropics again. ernesto made landfall and is moving across the yucatan peninsula. sustained winds of 80 miles per hour pared to two back to tropical storm status. it is a well defined storm and a healthy storm. it will probably regenerate into a hurricane before it makes landfall in southern mexico. we think it will stay south of the texas coast. here home, we have the same setup we had yesterday. there is a stalled front across the state. 73 in columbia. 70 in jarrettsville. you can see this boundary if you plot the dew points. the dew point in annapolis is 74. 66 in westminster. you go east of the boundary and it is humid on the eastern shore. you can kind of see some stuff on the delaware beaches. south and east of baltimore is the best chance for a thunderstorm today. a mixture of sun and clouds. 20% chance for a thunderstorm.

louis suburb of chesterfield. >> good afternoon, and welcome here. mr. akin will give some brief comments, and then we will follow that up with five questions. >> good afternoon, and thank you all for coming out. apparently, there are some people who are having trouble understanding our message. i would like to be clear on that today. we are going to be here. the november elections and we will be here to win. there may be some negotiations, but they don't include meat. me.hey don't include we have before us a choice of two americas. the america i represent is an america that has more freedom and more jobs, and america with less bureaucracy, big government, less taxes, and a bright hope for the future. the america that clare mccaskill has given us is an america that has less freedom, less jobs, more big government, more taxes , and the same stalled economy that we have observed for the last three plus years. thank you all so much pitcairn >> how much have agonized over the decision and what did take for you to come to this conclusion? >> as i talked about

host: baron, chesterfield.olde sudden news will in your state. -- it looks like the news will unfold in your state. we expect to see mitt romney and congressman ryan in norfolk, virginia. caller: i actually do my homework on these comments when they run, and mr. paul ryan looks very adamant about changing medicare, and i am concerned because my mom is on medicare that this time. she can barely afford to pay her rent. she is single. my brothers and i held her pay her -- help her pay her rent. i do not understand how one would expect a senior to pay for medicare when most of her medicine is $100, two hundred dollars, $300 at a time. for me, that is not very realistic. president obama has been in office, and i think politicians have to start doing a better job working with each other and working together with democrats, republicans in the independents. it seems like he is a tea party guy, and they show very little interest in working with each other. until we have more of a general consensus, in washington, d.c.,

louis suburb of chesterfield. >> a good afternoon and welcome here. mr. akin going to give some brief comments and we will follow up with five questions. >> good afternoon and thank you for coming out. apparently, some people were having trouble understanding our message. i would like to be clear on that today. we are going to be here through the november election. it will be here to win. there may be some negotiations, but they don't include may. e. before us, we have the choice of two americans. s. the america i represent is the america that has more freedom and more jobs. an america with less bureaucracy, big government, and taxes for the future. the america claire mckastrell has given us is an america with less freedom, bigger government, more taxes, and the same stalled economy we have observed for the last three years. thank you all very much. >> [inaudible] >> as i talked about during our election, we try to work on an idea of principle. it seems to me that over 15 months, eight of us traveled all over the state. a we had and listeners, barbecues,