abc2 news manyly schmidt is in -- emily schmidt is in washington. >> reporter: there are two opposite arguments you can count on hearing when the jobs numbers are released on the first friday of every month. democrats say that the poor economy president obama inherited is improving. republicans say after nearly 4 years in office president obama has not lived up to his promises the and as the election draws near the candidates are laser focus on job creation in their campaign pitches. >> we have a different view about how to create jobs and prosperity. this country doesn't succeed when only the rich get richer. >> i want to keep taxes down on small business so we can create jobs. this is about good jobs for the american people. >> reporter: when asked who would best handle unemployment, voters surveyed in a cnn orc poll taken before the week's debate picked romney by a 51- 45% margin over obama. today's numbers will be especially scrutinized because after this there is just one more jobs report expected before the november election. in washington, i am emily schmidt. >> the job report

in washington i am emily schmidt. >>> a busy two weeks for bowing candidates. -- both tan dates. prease -- both candidates. president so bamma plans trips to iowa colorado and nevada and will travel to florida and he will apair at a rally before heading -- appear at rally before heading to virginia. >>> governor rom mi going to hold campaign rallies -- romney is going to held came campaign rallies in nevada and then iowa. he held one of the largest last night and speaking to more than 10,000 people near denver. up to this point he is typically campaigned at smaller businesses. >>> now time for a check of the forecat. it was a perfect -- forecast. it was a perfect day yesterday. >> it was chance to get outside. if you didn't have the opportunity to do that yesterday, you can do it again today. >> lynette is standing by with a check of the forecast. you say the great days could be numbered. >> they are. but we have the rest of the weekend when things will go downhill. so we look at the satellite and radar this morning and we see showers back off towards the west across the ohio val

. -- emily schmidt in washington, find out the latest debate craze that's taking on a life of its own coming up. >> download our app as we have a chance nor some showers and storms to move in here in the afternoon and evening time frame. right now though we're showing 52 degrees westminster and light fog. to the south and west we are looking at some showers and storms across the area. don't go anywhere, "good morning maryland" will be right back. >>> obviously 19 days until the election and both -- only 19 days until the election and both are on the trail trying to win over voters specifically among women. now a comment made by mitt romney during the debate a few nights ago now getting a lot of attention on both campaign trails and abc2 news emily shut has the details. >> reporter: mitt romney made a comment about binders full of women when he was asked a question about gender pay and equality and when he did president obama and democrats didn't waste a minute to draw more attention to it. mitt romney sparked a bit of controversy while answering a question during tuesday's debate abou

emily schmidt, abc 7 news. >> denver police have arrested who they say shot five people at a bar and said the fire to hide the crime. an officer on routine patrol on fire at 2:00 morning. inside, firefighters found the bodies, which included the bar's owner. they say the three suspects were likely robbing the bar around closing time, but did not go into details. >> look at these fireballs camera, streaking through the skies over oakland. that the earth passing through a stream of from haley's comet. there are about the size of a small car. they burned up as they crashed through the earth's atmosphere. >> they are part of the override meteor shower, and annual meteor shower from the constellation orion. the actual size of the meteors, only the size of sand, but every molecule is destroyed and you see these flashes. we'll have chances the next especially with clear skies. here? yep. bethesda country club, sunrise, the fogisappointed by at teatime. the fog burned off, then be sunshine came out. we still have that now. right now, it is very nice, high clouds and sunshine. more clouds and

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emily schmidt joins us live with a look back on last night's debate and where the candidates go from here. >> reporter: hi, in some ways it is one and done for the vice presidential candidate, this was the only time they were going to meet. they kept this race close, they kept people talking about the election and that's just now 25 days away. political back and forth doesn't come faster than it did at last night's debate. interruptions, contradictions, fueling both directions, in tebeen a draw. a snap orc international poll of people who watched the debate found 48% favored paul ryan, 44% favored vice president biden, the sampling error makes it statistically even. two people saw clear cut winners. this was one person on stage who was thoughtful, and respectful, steady, and poised, the kind of person you want to turn to in a crisis, the next vice president of the united states, paul ryan. >> joe biden was terrific. >> reporter: president obama stayed in washington today but for everyone else, campaigning picked right up again. mitt romney began in virginia, a state democrats say rep

headlines, but right now a preview of this all important vice presidential debate from reporter emily schmidt. >> reporter: tonight marks paul ryan's and joe biden's one chance to vie for the no. 2 job. biden joked with reporters. >> you ever seen me rope a dope? >> reporter: but this is his chance to make up for what was widely perceived as a loss by president obama to mitt romney in last week's debate. >> the vice president is very much looking forward to the debate tonight because there are really clear distinctions between the president and mitt romney even if governor romney is trying to fuzzy up those distinctions in the final weeks of the campaign. >> reporter: biden has done this before debating sarah palin in 2008. it's ryan's biggest ever debate stage. he's talking of studying 40 pounds of paperwork as republicans try to build up biden's debate skills. >> i've known paul for a long, long time. he's always hit the ball out of park, but let me tell you something. this is his first time. joe biden has been doing this since the 1800ism. >> reporter: six new polls show the race tightened

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emily schmidt has a look at the swing of support in key state. >> reporter: the prtion election is --idential election is less than four weeks away and folks suggesting they can change their mind the candidates must make sure every minute counts. likely ohio viers say 1 in 8 could shift their allegiance. president obama has 41 to 47% lead over romney who had been 7 to 10 points up before the debate. romney gets support from men and obama from women. but the polls shows older voters independent and suburban voters are equally divided. that's a close race having candidates talking ticktock. >> i have been watching the president obama's rallies and they chant four more years four more years i

in washington, emily schmidt. >>> we often hear about bullying but this time it's caught on camera. take a look at this. you can see a teen a 15-year- old student from frederick brunswick high school made a story public when he was being interviewed by a local tv station. cameras started to roll and that's when preston was chased down. >> a student came up to me and pushed me out of the way and said what are you recording. the student was chasing me and all their friend were chasing me and then i ran and got some help. >> goat help because he fought back last week and was suspended for three days for fighting. now his mom is use her power through social media and started a facebook page called stop bullies support preston. she wants to create support groups for victims and a place where parents can learn how to handle bullies and your kids. >>> time to find out how we can handle the weather and i know it's been a little chilly out there but it felt like fall. >> exactly. felt like fall. today we will do a little turn even though we were below average. today we will be more seasonabl

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