back in gainesville, gainesville, florida, clergy, congressmen, hip hop and gospel artists as well as civil rights activists have come together over the past few hours to get voters to the polls. just a short time ago i talked to a number of folks who have gathered here, nine days before election day. i asked them why they think this thing is going to be so close. >> i think the election here in florida is going to be one of these bush-gore deals. i look for it to be -- >> you're thinking recount? >> i don't know about recount, but -- >> we hope it's about more than 537. >> yes, yes. >> thank you. >> we'll get back to politics in a moment. right now, though, we turn to the latest on hurricane sandy and for that, we've got it all covered here. nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer with the forecast and white house correspondent mike viquiera standing by with the latest on the president who just got a briefing at fema headquarters. and nbc's thanh truong is on the beach in rehoboth, did he dext let's start with dylan dreyer with the latest advisory from the national hurricane center. what can

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. >> livan bracy's relentless pursuit of potential voters is about to take her to gainesville, florida the place where bracy's sense of her own destiny and purpose was forged in the battle for her civil rights. >> these benches were not here. and it's a bit differ now than it was when i was here in 1964. >> these were days when there was stark segregation. jim crowe. >> i said to myself, something got to be done. >> we needed to integrate the public school system. >> i'm reading from the united states district court, the official papers brought about integration of the school system of florida. >> my dad probably knocked on 500 doors of parents, trying to persuade them to allow their kids to go to the all-white school. >> and any parents said, too dangerous. >> and something said to me, you got two children in the school system. use one of your own children. >> i decided to go to the all-white school. >> the fbi came to the house. they said it was the most dangerous thing that you can do. are you exactly sure that you want to do this? and i said, yes. >> when i first came in the class,

just yesterday his wife anne stopped in gainesville. i got to meet with her. he's letting his message sink in other ways. he is focusing more on the economy. i think this is a message reaching students without having to go through mtv and leno. he is reaching them in other ways. he is active on the social media. the campaign is in general. i think he's reaching voters still. >> really quickly here, just five, ten seconds from each of you. a lot has been made of enthusiasm among young voters. billy, i assume this is your first time being able to vote? >> this is my first time voting for president, yes. >> are you as enthusiastic as you think some folks were four years ago who are your age? >> i'm incredibly enthusiastic. talking about the work that goes into getting students out to vote on campus, it's all worth it in the end. the type of progress we've seen the last four years is so incredibly important to not only me but so many other students on campus. we will be out there every day to safe guard those four years of progress and work for four more years of

looks good through falls church and gainesville. maryland, the beltway at in bethesda,venue looking fine. does status report of an incident on the outer loop near .olesville road i'm not seeing anything. it might be a broken-down car. they are on the way to check it out. no delays out of college park. 95 andquiet as well as d.c.oks good in back to you. >> thank you. it's tuesday morning. >> new details on a popular energy drink that is being blamed for maryland of a teenager. the district's highest honor upon thebestowed guards at the family research council. >> leo johnson received the d.c. honor fromal of vincent gray. was wounded in august burst into the family research council in northwest. shot in the arm, was able to restrain the shooter. >> i did what i had to do. >> floyd corkins of herndon was arrested in connection with the shooting. did not like the family opposition to gay marriage. allow "dream act" the children of illegal immigrants to attend college. there will be a gathering at the day adventist church in ."pport of

and they are showing 24,646 outages there mainly in the monasses area, dale city, and woodbridge, gainesville area. but the utilities are working very hard, and they'll have to figure out a safe time to get back to those restorations. >> we'll take a quick break and be back with more on other side of super storm sandy. >>> a serious topic, but let's have a little fun. christopher ber serks t has been monitoring our social media site, some of the pictures have been serious, but some have been fun. >> and now let's have her join us. >> reporter: we have so many great tools for everybody to join us with the storms, the outages within the numbers they need to call. if you go to our home page, wusa9.com, all the information you need is there. once the sun starts coming you, and a you see the damage that's happened, that information will become vital. and if you happen to lose power, can you use our mobile site. you just type in m.wusa9.com, and you'll have all the information you need. many of you rode out the storm, and you had some companions with you as well, your animals. so we'll share those

eastbound lanes are open to gainesville and centreville and falls church, no delays. back to you. >> thank you. 4:43 is the time, 47 degrees. >> we are hearing from an outraged mother who says that her s i don't spend money on gasoline. i am probably going to the gas stati about once a month. last time i ats at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. [ male announcer ] and it's not just these owners giving the volt high praise. volt received the j.d. power and associates appeal award two years in a row. ♪ ♪ >> and mid-county police investigating a deadly shooting. police were called to the parking lot of the golden shiner restaurant in old columbia pike and silver spring last night. the victim was not there when police arrived but officers found them a short distance away in burtonsville. two men were in the car with non-life threatening gunshot wounds. it's not known what led to the shootings. . no arrests have been a house fire

about an hour commute eastbound on 66 coming out of gainesville, in towards the beltway.ow speed from springfield to gallows road. 395 separate stretches below speed. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> thanks, julie. get ready -- what did you just do? get ready for some thrills and chills. >> that's right. here's holly with more. >> reporter: it is the largest -- good morning, guys -- halloween party in our area. a party you might lose your head over. we are live at six flags america where they're gearing up for fright fest 2012. the thrills and chills you don't want to miss. we're going to tell you all about this coming up next. ♪ [ man ] when i'm in my zone... every move i make is a statement... ♪ ...that inspires me to make my mark. ♪ [ male announcer ] the all-new lexus es 350. ♪ Ñ the all-new lexus es 350. (bell ringshi. yes? you know those delicious granola bunches in honey bunches of oats? i love those. we've added more to every box. really? wow! honey bunches of oats. make your day bunches better. ♪ i just came to say

closer to the metro area not that cold. 47 in washington. 45 reston. 43 gainesville.the 40's across the metro area. but temperatures will continue to slide. i think into the mid and upper 30's across most outlying suburbs. even in montgomery and fairfax counties. loudoun county. by tomorrow morning. when you wake up. so the coldest morning that we've seen since april across most of washington and i'll tell you what's in store for the rest of the day tomorrow. and let you know if it will be any different than what we saw today coming right up. >> adam, thank you. a man was shot twice in the stomach tonight by a prince george's county police officer. it happened around 8:30 this evening in bladensburg. police tell us as they responded to a domestic situation, the suspect came at them with a knife. that's when police fired shots. the victim was taken across the street to the p.g. county trauma center. the officer we should point out was not injured. >> the countdown to election day is on tonight. and only a month to go. and both presidential candidates have been busy on

police say lucas was under the influence of pcp when he rear-ended a car along route 29 in gainesville in november of 2010. 20-year-old megan and 15-year-old david richardson died. megan's mother says lucas should have received the maximum sentence of 26 years. >> i'm glad he's going to get some time. i just wish it was a little bit more to make him think more clearly about what he's done. >> carlos lucas' mother said her son completed a drug rehabilitation program while behind bars. meanwhile, wines would like to establish a scholarship fund in her daughter's name. she would also like to establish a 5k race and donate the proceeds to the fund. >>> a man who got in a standoff with police at a virginia marina appeared in court. 44-year-old john watson was arrested saturday after a several hours long standoff at the bell haven marina in alexandria. police were called to the scene late friday for reports of shots fired. when they got there, watson jumped into a dinghy and made his way into a sailboat on the potomac. he was taken into custody on saturday. >>> later this morning, a man susp

time of morning will see volume building especially in the areas on 66 manassas and gainesville. as we are looking pretty beltway.the way to the eastbound lanes are open without far.s so a live look at 66 at glebe road. very light volume so far this morning. in maryland, starting to see a delay southbound starting 109, southboundo 270 and then it opens and moving at posted speeds all the way to lane divide. back to you. >> thank you. for gamers, news but it will cost less to buy a new gaming system. >> another record set by sunday opposing a jumper. sunday's space jump. >> xbox will come with the windows.rsion of nintendo is cutting the price of its 6-year-old wii and will go $130.he bill games for the new one is next month at much and both will be on sale for the holidays. u.s. subscribers pay two times or three times as much for the service. wireless one reason is a lack of here.ition 24-mileumgartner's was the this weekend most viewed ever for a live youtube. as many as 8 million watching at time. i am paula faris. eggs, bacon, and pancakes. denny's ever vay value slam is four

. >> gainesville, manassas haymarket on the brakes. there's a crash on u.s. 15 at 66. on the main lines of 66, a crash in centreville at 28. and as complicated the drive from manassas. we were in the center lane, but in has been moved off the road. still a slow drive. it is jammed heading into centreville eastbound on 66. after that, moving at postrelease -- moving mostly at posted speeds. in maryland, the main trouble will be involved in building on the southbound side of 270 from frederick to clarksburg. back to you. >> thank you. 6:13 . 46, there's word that the justice department coastal's settlement over the gulf oil spill regarding dp. >> justin bieber has famous relatives that he m hey, what are you drinkin'? pumpkin coffee for the morning. and i've got my pumpkin k-cup packs for at home. now i can have my pumpkin coffee any time i want it. pumpkin's perfect. it's dunkin' with the press of a button. new pumpkin k-cup packs, only at dunkin' restaurants. amica runs on dunkin' coffee. hey, what are you drinking? i'm drinking dunkin'. i'm drinking dunkin'. i'm just

folks heading in from haymarket through gainesville, no delays as you pass centreville to fair oaks on the scene of a crash in prince william county between 234 at ashford avenue. back to you. >> thank you. tonight marked another crucial game for the washington nationals. a victory tonight sends them into the championship series in the national league and they would play the giants. >> jayson the bottom of the ninth inning. john gonzalez has more on an amazing game 4. >> amazing. i still cannot believe it. this may not have been the largest crowd in national history, but i am willing to bet it was the loudest. these rally flags were being waved in the stadium because the 5, incredible drama. you can see the scoreboard still lit up tonight. the final act is tonight. with their backs against the wall, facing elimination, it came down to the final inning. jayson werth since a bomb over left field and sent the crowds into euphoria. >> i was thinking there was time for jason dick get a walk-off- home-run and it worked. >> fireworks lit up the sky over the anacostia river and there was a blo

mainly in dell si, foebs around that area and gainesville also seeing a lot of outages at 18,6 p 0 still waiting to get their power back on and were crosser their figureers. most of them will get back online in the next couple of days. back to you. >> thank you . >> an important reminder, wusa is live screaming on our website at wusa9.com. if you lose power, you can still watch 9 news on your tab get of mobile device and get the most up to date information, everything you'll need. you're watching 9 news now. we'll be right back. >>> hoping for the best, fearing for the worse. welcome back to 9 news now. this is george town. the water front there. they're preparing if ing for the worst flooding in 16 years. flood walls are up. hope dmri -- hopefully it won't materialize. howard joins us again. the after math sort of sandy. >> the flooding first is going to happen upstream, places like frederick, even some areas in western maryland, west virginia still dealing with high waters. >> what's the timing? >> this afternoon up in frederick. that could be 9 or 10 feet above flood stage. you're tal

you will notice an increase in the wind. 46 in gainesville 43 in bethesda 48 in oxon hill and boeing.tional. 62 this afternoon with mostly sunny conditions. still in the '60s tomorrow but breezy. we will talk coming up. now to angela. >> on the road, things to watch for. on powder mill road, there's one lane getting through between beltsville drive and cherry hill road. traveling on the beltway in montgomery county right now minor slowing on the outer loop approaching the ramp 2 rockville pike. representative restrfrom an earlier crash where a vehicle went into a pole. minor delays. in virginia, there is a work zone through the ballston region. southbound glebe road just before 66, the left lane is closed through rush hour this morning as well as this afternoon. back to you. >> thank you. 5:32. >> we want to check in with jummy olabanji for the latest in baltimore. >> good morning. fire investigators are still on the scene of the fatal house fire in baltimore. we can pull up a picture or to show you what it looked like at the height of the fire. you can see the large flames and smoke

that's mainly in the gainesville city area. oh still folks widespread damage and obviously trees down, power lines down. call the utility company, don't touch it and stay away from them. call them to give them the heads up. back to you guys. >> thank you. the power out outages are coming down. >>> the mid atlantic took a beating. >> chris chris -- kristen fisher was getting pounded yesterday. how is it this morning? >> reporter: right now i'm standing in a hole. this hole was caused by all the waves coming in, crashing in and hitting the sand. this is just one hole of really hundreds. i mean, they stretch all the way up and down this entire length of the board walk. this is just some of the stuff that's going to have to be cleaned up and repaired in the wake of hurricane sandy. the rest of the board walk and the rest of the beach looking really good this morning. you can see all this vegetation here that's designed to kind of sink in its roots and hold the sand in place, it did its job. all of the beach building they have been

headquarters is new jersey and they're opening up a development center in gainesville, it's going toigh-tech jobs within the next year. >> here is how it happened. they put out on rfp saying what talent they needed. professor at the university of florida followed up and told him all the talent there was in gainesville, and so 30 days later, we worked with them with the university, and they announced 400 jobs. if we do well there will be more than that. it's a fast growing company. there are a lot of examples like that especially the university of florida where they teamed up with companies and people have come in and taken the research they've done, you have more venture capitalists in gainesville now. >> that's the big change since the governor came, as we now have venture capital in the state, we used to have to go to california or boston to find the bc monday but now we have two companies headquarters on our campus and they're looking at florida plus the florida growth fund takes 1.5% of our retirement fund and invests it in florida technologies. >> do you need to bring academic t

right now, it's raining in winchester, luray, front royal, warrenton, gainesville and leesburg and now moving into portions of montgomery county, around the clarksburg area, and frederick county. you'll continue to see the light showers. not only will you need the jacket tonight, but most likely you'll need the umbrella, maybe even the rain boats the rest of the evening. this is all part of a storm system driving through the region. that is going to help to create more showers for us. the strongest storms have been down to the south. we've seen a lot of thunder and lightning through the norfolk area and eastern north carolina. the storm continues to move off to the eastern portions of the atlantic. or rather, western portions of the atlantic ocean. 47 in hagerstown. you can see the cold air just sitting on top of us. it is going to stay here overnight tonight. the area of low pressure moves up the coast and gives us cool air tomorrow with a northeasterly flow. that will allow not only for cool conditions, but maybe fog and drizzle tomorrow morning. showers through portions of southern

he skewer ryan on the question of the stimulus where ryan as a congressional representative from gainesville had twice asked for money from the constituencies. that kind of story has gotten buried in all of the talk about the theatrics. so the democrats are cheering biden, but he made a mistake by giving his opponent a chance to focus on the theatrics. >> is there so much media attention on his smiling and smurking aside in part because prot did so poorly in that first debate. >> yes. and of the particular way that president did badly. if you follow the theory, this is a visual contest, that what biden did to ryan, maybe he didn't make sense, maybe he told some lies but what he did do is go on the stage and prove he was the king gorilla, dumped on the other guy and threw him around. in the previous debate, romney had been the king gorilla and since we're more concerned about kimg and vice king, the fact that he failed to hold his own i think is a very concerning thing to democrats because it doesn't just go to the president's, you know, was he asleep, was he tired. it goes to was he forceful

leesburg, reston, now getting some light shower activity as you go out 66 towards manassas and gainesvillewe are getting light showers as well. once we get this batch of showers east of us later this morning, we should see gradual improvement. later this afternoon, kind of a partly sunny afternoon with drier air working in from the north and west. things will gradually get better around here for our thursday. >> good. >> that was kind of a question mark. it is thursday, right? >> i thought you were talking about the part that it was going to get better. >> i know that part. i wasn't sure what day of the week it was. week it was. here is your forecast. daytime highs in the low 80s with partial sunshine late this afternoon. winds will pick up out of the north and west and you will feel the drier air moving back in. >> i actually woke up thinking is it really thursday? at first, i thought it was wednesday so i was super happy. >> i wasn't sure until you just told me. now that i realize it's friday eve, get the party started early. >> we can do that by talking to julie wright too. >> did i hea

first up from florida's gainesville sun. gainesville man is under arrest accused of operating a black market out of his home. a federal indictment allege that's he illegally imported fossils from mongolia then turned around and he sold them on the market. mongolian government accuses him of taking the bones from a site which is against the law in mongolia. they like to protect their fossils. >> so much for school spirit from the "dallas morning news" and our affiliate wfaa. no one in texas can ever remember a marching band being ejected from a football game. but that is exactly what happened tuesday night when a referee ordered the hudson middle school band to stop playing. he said they were too loud. he even threw a penalty flag, threatened to keep penalizing the hudson football team. so the band left the field before halftime. it turns out the ref wasn't far behind. district officials ordered him to leave the field as well. he has been banned from future games and band members have also received an apology. >> turn down th

today we are in gainesville, florida. but yesterday we were hours south.e were down in miami, we were this broward county. we hit a couple of polling places there. and what we wanted to find out, first of all, is enthusiasm where it was four years ago. and turnout. is turnout higher than expected or less than what they were expecting. and what we found out yesterday, enthusiasm higher than what many have been reporting address turnout considerably higher than what folks were expecting. i want to give you some numbers here. yesterday in pembroke pines, this is where i was, you can see the lines wrapped around the building. some folks said they stood in line for two hours. first day '08, 12,000 early voters. first day in 2008, this is in miami-dade county. yesterday 22, 625 voters. leon kelly hillsborough county, as well, we talked to folks saul of them saying that they saw higher numbers, higher early voter numbers than four years ago. >> i know we in the media have been critiqued in part for a narrative about lack of enthusiasm and suggesting that we don't

. >> you have to come out in gainesville where the gas is really cheap. >> you have -- they pay to youome down there to get the gas? is that what they do? >> and since gas stations are clean and it's the cheapest gas around. >> fox 5 news at 5. >> don't you notice, it's cheaper in virginia. >> and some less taxes. >> and let's look outside right now. >> and it's been so, so nice today and that is why we're in a great mood, shawn. it's been nice. >> and that is beautiful. >> the temperatures in the lower 80s and still hanging in the lower 80s and it's going to be a great, great evening and with an 81. the current temperature, gaithersburg, 75 degrees; fredericks, 77. in virginia, monasses, 79; culpepper, 79; fredericksburg, 80 degrees and we jumped the bay in stevensville at 77 degrees in salisbury. right now, 81 and that is real, real good and we're going to be gorgeous at 7:00. nice at 9:00 and the temperature down to around 70 degrees, if not, the upper 60s in the suburbs. 67 degrees at 11:00 and we're talking fair skies. the trend is still much cooler by sunday. and i would not thin

police say lucas was under the influence of pcp when he rear-ended a car along route 29 in gainesville in november of 2010. 20-year-old megan ganders of chantilly and 15-year-old david richardson died. a 21-year-old was also hurt. megan's mother says the victim should have received the maximum of 23 years. >> whoever commits the crime, they have more rights than we do. >> carlos lucas' mother tells news 4 her son completed a drug rehabilitation program while behind bars. meantime, wines says she would like to establish a scholarship fund in her daughter's name. she's also considering sponsoring a 5k race and donating the proceeds to a fund. >>> a man who got in a standoff with police at a virginia marina will appear in court. 44-year-old john watson was arrested saturday after a several hours long standoff at the bell haven marina in alexandria. police were called to the scene late friday for reports of shots fired. when they got there, watson jumped into a dinghy and made his way to a sailboat in the potomac. police have not said what led to that shooting. >>> the man suspected of sho

. >> reporter: la von's relentless pursuit of potential voters is about to take her to gainesville, floridait is the place where bracey's sense of her own destiny and purpose was forged in the battle for her civil rights. >> these benches were not here, and it's a bit different now than it was when i was here in 1964. >> these were days when there was stark segregation, jim crow. >> i said to myself, something got to be done. >> we needed to integrate the public school system. >> i'm reading from.united states district court. the official papers that brought about integration of the school system in florida. >> my dad probably knocked on 500 doors of parents trying to persuade them to allow their kids to go to the all-white school. >> and their parents says, too dangerous. some said to me, you got two children in the school system. use one of your own children. >> i decided to go to the all-white school. >> the fbi came to the house. this is the most dangerous thing that you can do. are you exactly sure that you want to do this? i said yes. >> when i first came in the class, i sat in that s

another call from ohio, this is gainesville, independent mind, les. caller: good morning. i'm leaning more towards obama than romney. the reason why is because when i was looking back over the last four years, the things i really noticed about the first two years of the obama administration is there were able to get the affordable care act taken care of. no matter what people think, at least they tried to address the situation of the rising oak terrace costs. then he was able to get the stimulus bill passed. -- at least they tried to address the situation of the rising health-care costs. and l.e.d. was able to stop the economy from getting any worse. in 2010 when the republican party took control of the house, the first thing they said wwas they would try to do anything in their power to stop the obama administration from doing anything progressive. that is one thing that has not been addressed very much in this race, the republican backlash, to hinder our country from getting better. host: what did you think of last night's debate? caller: they both did their job well. th

gainesville police said they used dental records to identify human remains discovered last week by hunters. the 18-year-olding alar vanished september 20th. a friend and former classmate pedro bravo has been charged with his murder. aguilar's father says the teens, they were fighting over a girl. >>> federal health officials now say at least two other drugs may be linked to the growing outbreak of meningitis and those drugs are made by the same massachusetts company that produced the contaminated pain steroid that's already been linked to the spread of the disease. at least 214 cases of fungal meningitis have now been reported in 15 states, 15 people have died. >>> a new warning for people who binge drink. research on lab rats shows that intermittent binge drinking can damage brain cells in a short period of time and impair one's ability to control how much alcohol they drink. researchers found that the more the test rats binged, the more alcohol they consumed. the scientists hope this research can lead to greater understanding about addiction. the study is reported by the national academy

gainesville almost 6 inches. chattanooga 2 1/2. atlanta almost 2. almost 3 inches in atlanta.ers in miami, right along the, you know, tropical kind of rain showers. atlanta, the rain has moved off to the east. the carolinas seeing some rainfall right now. this is kind of spotty showers. d.c. to new york we're going to get into the warm sector of this storm so it will begin to feel kind of muggy and showery at times. the main prep for seeing isolated thunderstorms that could bring tornados pittsburgh back through cincinnati today. midsection of the country looking pretty good, including denver. 80 degrees expected the next couple of days. including wednesday. but then maybe some rain mixed with snow the night of the debate. as this front drops down to the south. today it's going to bring gusts 30 to 40 miles an hour. and that could spark some fire danger. temperatures in so cal will be well into the 90s. sacramento may even hit 100 degrees today. so they are still sizzling. 70 expected in chicago. >> you said rain mixed with snow? >> that's the way it -- it's denver. mile high.

host: last call from gainesville, florida. antonio. caller: i will be brief.n it comes to energy issues in the economy, we to keep in mind some of the bush policies are what got us into the miess. republicans do not want to support the president, because doing so would give a credit to the president. we have a stalemate. how do you think, regardless of what person wins, how do you think the next president will overcome this and be able to get something done? guest: thank you. great question and great closer. presidents going back to president nixon has been confronting energy challenge. energy is fundamental to everything we do in life. presidents going back to richard nixon have been telling us we have to reduce our reliance on foreign oil. finally we ever president was doing something about it. oil opec imports are down. overall 47% when it took office. now they're 42 percent. lots of folks talk about change, but this is someone doing something about it. that is the kind of vision we have for our future. host: one of our callers, joe from west virginia asked

i joined the carpenters' union in gainesville and got my self- respect back and my dignity immediatelyfor the ohio listeners, understand what we are talking about is standard of living for people who work for a living, whether they are bus drivers or cafeteria workers or nurses and now even doctors or reporters or professors, that we need to, as americans, put our collective family and back together again. mitt romney has done well, but if you look at the roots of bain capital, you may want to check into his connections to central america and making money off what happened with the cold war, salvadoran people. i would ask the people of ohio to realize part of the republican party today care's not for abraham lincoln nor general sherman nor general grant. they are still confederates. the poor people in the coal mines of southern ohio and west virginia, make no more than about $14 an hour, which we produce in tune in to a little better than that. most of the coal miners are not in the union, so, workers, stand up for yourselves. we're not asking for anything but to make enough of a livin

. >> vice-president joe biden, florida, south of gainesville in the center of the state.hile, mitt romney has three florida events later today, one of which we will bring you to live. he has been touring the state with marco rubio and jeb bush. we will have that event tonight, from jacksonville. we are asking you, in the closing days of the election, what do you want to hear from your candidates? we also have some twitter messages. the hashed that we have been using is c-span 2012. the erie, pennsylvania. what do you want to hear from your candidate? stephanie? hello, erie. >> my name is stephanie. i am in support of mitt romney. >> what do you think will seal the deal with undecided voters? >> i just wanted to say that vice-president biden mentioned on their the fact checkers, i wanted to say that he needs his facts straight. governor mark -- governor romney never said to let the auto industry to bankrupt. i think it is vital that we get them now and get romney in here to straighten things up. first and foremost, i do not believe in killing babies and that seals the deal