calling the police on dan nainan and police arrested dan nainan. physically i'm fine, just not used to getting attacked for tweets. at the live desk, melissa mollet, news 4. >>> 4:35 is your time now. this morning ken cuccinelli and terry mcauliffe both say they won their debate in mclean, virginia. candidates for governor clashed on several issues. julie carey and i both on the panel for this debate. i asked mr. mcauliffe in particular if he would address virginia's ban on same-sex marriage. >> i will support legislation that allows equal rights for individuals for gay virginians. i've said that my opponent has continually attacked gay virginians. >> look, i understand and respect the fact that this is a sensitive issue to a lot of virginians. but i'm one of those who do believe that the institution of marriage should remain between one man and one woman. >> now the candidates will square off again next month in their third and final debate that will happen at virginia tech. the libertarian candidate was not a part of last night's debate, but our

he tweeted dan nainan punched me in the face. spoke to nainan by phone. >> the other journalists. >> reporter: nainan says he was infuriated about the amateur performers. >> if you pick on me, that's one thing. why are you picking on these poor people? >> reporter: nainan was given a citation. one thing that complicated this for investigators and everyone involved is the fact there were a lot of journalists, people with twitter accounts, familiar with what happened. in northwest washington, jackie bens bensen, news 4. >>> extensive damage to a home in bethesda after a fire spread through the second floor and on to the roof. the people inside got out before firefighters arrived. this is on kingswood road. medics took one firefighter to the hospital for treatment of a minor injury. the cause of the blaze, still under investigation. >>> the search is on for a man who robbed a bank in prince george's county. it happened before noon near oxford drive in temple hills. a man wearing medical scrubs walked in, gave a note to the teller. t

dan nainan was at the d.c. improv.e approached daily beast reporter josh rogin over some tweets he sent out about his performance. that's when witnesses say nainan punched rogin several times. rogin tweeted it saying dan nainan punched me in the face and that he had been arrested. >>> the prince george's county man who killed a mother and daughter in their largo home will never get out of jail. jason scott accepted a plea deal. he'll serve two life terms in the 2009 murders of delores and ebony dewitt. scott is already in jail for a series of home invasions. he tracked his victims through computers at ups where he worked. they believe he would have killed again if he wasn't caught. >>> the name of the woman killed yesterday in this apartment high-rise for seniors. deborah lee died when flames ripped through the ninth floor of the leisure world complex. it's not clear how the fire started. damage is estimated around $150,000. prince george's county school administrators are learning a hard lesson. miss a deadline and pa

dan nainan just punched me in the face. no joke. he then said they were calling the police. d then that nainan had been arrested for assault. finally rogin thanked his twitter followers for their support saying he was physically fine just not used to getting attacked over his tweets. >>> today we'll be watching for developments on capitol hill. lawmakers going back and forth about what to do to pass a budget and avoid a government shutdown. in the meantime one of the biggest issues will be the focus of a speech president obama will give today in prince george's county. he's expect ed to give a very frank outline of his health care reform law. megan mcgrath is at prince george's community college with more on what we're getting about what the president will say today. megan? >> reporter: aaron, early this morning the white house released some details regarding the president's speech which is going to happen a few hours from now. they say that president barack obama is going to speak very plainly, very candidly about how the affordable care act will work and how it will affect

improv when he was approached by dan nainan. rogin tweeted criticism about nainan's jokes. according to witnesses and police reports, nainan punched rogin. he said he was just standing up for the amateur performers. >> a reporter was sending out all these tweets about these others. you know, you pick on me, that's one thing. why are you picking on these poor people? >> d.c. police gave nainan a citation. rogin declined to comment. >>> a former nfl player says hundreds of people may soon face charges are for trashing his vacation home. police just arrested six people they say broke into brian holloway's home near albany, new york, and lieu a massive labor day party. one of the people charged was a young man he took care of when he was homeless. he claims that guy organized the party. holloway posted pictures of the young people on social media sites and that angered some of the teens' parents. >>> right now crews are trying to restore power to it a busy park of new york's rail system. even though it won't do much good for this morning's commute. a busy stretch has mostly bee

as dan nainan took the stage, he said the jokes weren't funny. news 4 spoke the nainan and he was trying to stand-up for the amateur comedians performing for charity. rogin declined to comment to news 4. >>> when the affordable care act takes effect, smokers are going to have to make a tough decision, kick the habit or pay a smoking surcharge that takes effect on tuesday. it could increase health care by 50%. chris gordon explains why smokers are being singled out. >> reporter: they can develop health problems like lung cancer, heart attack and stroke. their medical treatment adds to the cost of health care. george washington university law professor has argued since the 1980s people who engage in dangerous health activities like smoking should pay more for health insurance. >> i think the 50% surcharge is the most effective way to get them to quit. those who refuse, it's high time they pay the costs rather than the majority of us who are nonsmokers. >> reporter: there's disagreement on that, not just from smokers. >> they oppose the use of tobac