stay tune to enter the war room with jennifer granholm. >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in "the war room," the line of attack against president obama. all right, let's go, mitt. you're getting a beatdown in swing states. your campaign has been off message for more than a month. and in the direction of international incident there is now a picture of you. come on, show me something. >> under obama's plan you wouldn't have to work and you wouldn't have to train for a job. >> if i'm president i'll put work back in welfare. >> jennifer: oh dear, if you're going to lie and we know you are, don't set yourself up at the same time. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> in 1996 president clinton and a bipartisan congress helped in welfare as we know it requiring work for welfare. on jewel 12th president obama quietly announced a plan dropping work requirements. under obama's plan you would not have to work or train for a job. they just send you your welfare check. mitt romney will restore the work requirement because it works. >> jennifer: that is mitt romney's newest attack add accusing the

caroline kennedy-- >> jennifer: you said the last two years.years ago. >> coming up with all those lies. you got to start reading the truth. you'll feel so much better. >> jennifer: bill clinton will be a great speaker. he'll be able to bat that stupid welfare charge way out of the park. >> you republicans tried to impeach bill clinton and now you're holding him up as the model of the president. >> they're all for obama for one reason. it will enable his wife to run in 2016. that's the only reason. >> jennifer: that's not the only reason. it is a good reason. >> that's a great reason. >> jennifer: let me ask you about something else. the todd akin and right to life stuff. the national right to life committee gives paul ryan lifetime voting score of 100%. and not even todd akin rates that high. >> so? what is the connection. seriously. so he's conservative. this guy is a complete moron that says something that i just can't--that chip that was put in there 20 years ago went off beautiful. he's stupid. >> there is a very serious problem. i've pros

thank you for your m with jennifer granholm. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm.ight in the war room, run for your lives! [ ♪ music ♪ ] two sinter being descend on kansas and leave carnage in their weak. jennifer surly you're talking about science fiction plot. no, my friend, i'm speaking of koch brothers, and backing up sam brown. you know, the same ones. jennifer i eight the koch brothers as much as you. i don't live in kansas. how does this effect me? >> truth is scarier than fiction, my friends. and when it comes to the koch brothers, the draconian laws they want passed, what happens in kansas has a habit of not staying in kansas. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> we are not crazy. listen before it's too late. >> listen to me. listen, if you don't if you won't, if you fail to understand then the same incredible terror that is menacing me will strike at you. >> jennifer: that is the invasion of the body snatchers mild manner town converted by aliens into unfeeling and unemotional pods and it's happening today right here in the u.s. well, not exactly. but hear me out. this is ti

. >> jennifer: i'm jennifer grandholm tonight in the warroom, romney's vp pick. is it going to be a game changer, or maybe game over. he is offering up a little hint here and there. >> i don't think i have anything for you on the vp running mate, other than i certainly expect to have a person that has strength of character, and vision for the country. >> >> jennifer: that's like looking for a dog with a driver's license. vision? well, unless he means -- oh, this could be sweet. ♪ >> jennifer: so this is an old photo of a guy who i think just became the front runner to mitt romney running mate. why am i showing you a picture from over 20 years ago. because we can learn a lot about him from his youth. he was anointed prom king at his high school. he drove the oscar meyer wiener mobile, and now he wants to drive our economy off of a cliff. and he was voted biggest brown noser by his high school classmate. which might explain why he is the koch brother's go-to guy congress. he hasn't aged much in the past quarter century, the man who's stock is rising the man who is

stay tune to enter the war room with jennifer granholm. >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in "the war room," it's tod akin's world and republicans are just living in it. >> wild horses could not drag him away. sorry rafalca. tod akin ryan agrees with tod even though he can't say that he agrees with tod, but he agrees with mitt. and mitt changes his mind a lot there is that. the rnc agree with tod, but they don't like him right now. and mitt romney does not agree with the rnc even though he really really wants them to like him. any questions? yes. i have two. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> jennifer: today missouri senate candidate tod akin vowed to stay in that missouri senate race. this republican leaders called for him repeatedly to drop out following his highly control of comments about rape and abortion over the weekend that i'm sure you've heard. even as republicans denounce his statements and vows that he won't be welcomed at their convention next week, the party is embracing the party is rolling out the red carpet for his extreme ideas. today the republican party dra

>> jennifer: i'm jennifer grandholm. tonight in "the war room," we are going to shred mitt romney's jobs plan. >> now i want to lay out for you, specifically what i'm going to do. it's five things. all right. five things we're going to do. i want you to remember five things. >> jennifer: how many things is it again? that's right. five. five things that mitt romney is going to do to jump start the economy. we are also going to be talking about those five things. talk about them and then without breaking a sweat, we're going to dissect, fillet them chew them up spit them out, and yell mitt, and when we're done he's going to look like something rafalca left in her stall. ♪ >> jennifer: you have heard about it the july jobs numbers came out today. we added more jobs than expected, but the unemployment rate picked up a little bit. what happened? mitt romney claimed today he can do better than the president of creating jobs. take a listen. >> i understand what it takes to get america working again. i understand that it's small

. >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in the war room republicans take one giant leap backwards. >> it's a desolate place but for years had has been shrouded in mystery. and a toxic atmosphere gives a hint of intelligent life from taking root. but i'll say this about the republican party it's also soulless. we'll go to scheme number 8420 hiding behind the military to prevent ohioans from going to the polls. >> i don't understand what it is about the republican party that they want to keep shrinking participation in our election. that's not a very confident party. >> that makes them all the more dangerous. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> today is a try jump for freedom. as huge as any victory that has ever been won on any battlefield. >> jennifer: exactly. 47 years ago today president lyndon johnson signed the voting rights act. 47 years ago today. that law empowered the government to oversea elections where there had voter discrimination. how much progress have we made? voter discrimination to play a huge role this year. t

stay tuned to enter "the war room" with jennifer granholm. >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in "the war room," he came, he saw he flipped he flopped. you can all open your eyes now it's over. mitt romney's first foreign policy field test comes to a merciful end but not without a parting gift. >> senator romney, just a few questions, sir. view taken the three questions on this trip from the press. >> add national press corps to the list of romney admirers like having the world's population mad at you. real loser in the whole voyage of the damned is surely rafalca. poor thing probably thought hers was the only equin posterior romney would be putting on display. welcome to politics, girl! [horse naying] >> jennifer: mitt romney is now back from his not so magical world tour and he's moved right on to a damage control tour. the obama team is now attacking him for his weak performance abroad. senior adviser robert gibbs today called his trip nothing short for mitt romney of an embarrassing disaster. he may not have had the discipline -- he may not have the discipline to h

stay tune to enter the war room with jennifer granholm. >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in the war room there is a forecast for an impending disaster. there is a storm heading to tampa. it's full of hot air changes direction and offers nothing but rainy days. yes, even clouds are barren. the silver lining has been strip mined and stashed away in an offshore account. and forget about umbrellas slickers ponchos this storm outstorms the bunch. and at this point it rains especially hard on the middle class. >> everybody here has got a vote. if we go back and we keep the eye on the prize, let's take thiessan of a pitches out and give america back to where we belong. >> jennifer: that is the always outspoken wonderful steamster president at liberty rally last year, urging workers to confront the tea party because american workers are under siege. and their unease is borne out in a new gallup poll. it shows that 40% of u.s. workers are worried that their job benefits will be cut in their lifetime. there is reason to be concerned. doctor consider these statistics. accord

i'm jennifer granholm. we've been talking about voter depression.ut there is the very real issue of voteer suppression. is the war really on the american voter and battles are raging across the country. florida governor rick scott reported another voter purge. and the state of ohio is reporting voting for all non-military citizens. and in pennsylvania, interest is big news about voteer suppression there. it has to do with judge robert e. simpson. he upheld the voter law that requires voters to have a specific government i.d. he upheld that law even though the state admitted they had no evidence none, of voteer fraud. therefore, no reason to have the law in place had the first place. this voteer i.d. law could dis disenfrandisenfranchise 750,000 people. judge simpson is a republican. and this law was pushed through the republican-run state legislature, signed by a republican governor, and judge simpson is convinced that this comes from his decision, quote the provisions are neutral and none discriminatory and apply uniformly to all voters. i'm just n

stay tune to enter the war room with jennifer granholm. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> i'm jennifer granholm.ing up in the war room tonight. it's professor romney with a quick study that we should all be paying attention to. the art of lying in 30 seconds. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> the political ad wars have moved from the airwaves to the schoolyard as shouts of liar liar pants on fire echo across the election landscape. priorities usa ran an ad implying that when romney's bain capital closed a steel mill it caused the loss of a job and insurance and the death of his cancer-stricken wife. we had that ad on a radio show today. >> the various fact checkers look at these charges in the obama ads and they say that they're wrong and inaccurate. yet he keep running it. in the past when people point out something was inaccurate, campaigns even pull the ad. they were embarrassed. today they just blast ahead. >> where do even begin with all of this. first of all that ad is not a "lie" as bill burton said on cnn. >> what this ad does is it tells of story of one guy and how it impact-- >> the impression th

stay tuned to enter "the war room" with jennifer granholm coming up next. >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in "the war room," mitt's secrets lies, gaffes, they're reaching biblical proportions. >> and i looked and behold a pale horse hell follows with him. >> jennifer: oh, stop it. i thought rafalca's olympic performance was lovely and i'm sure mitt was beaming from lapel to lapel. but alas, it is not all gumdrops and lollipops in the land of romney. mitt's off message twitting for going on a month now. it was him or his campaign? maybe he just needs to take a cue from the dancer in the family and shake things up a little bit. ♪ >> jennifer: have you seen the movie "the candidate" with robert redford? if you haven't, you should. it gives a humorous but eerily realistic glimpse inside a political campaign. but not just any political campaign. on the surface, robert redder if's character the perfect candidate. he's easy on the eyes and get this, he's the son of a former governor. sound familiar? but mckay is a broken candidate. he is a product of privilege who maybe has no business

stay tune for "the war room" with jennifer granholm. >> i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in the war room, todd akin spills the beans and the republicans spend the day cleaning up the mess. oh the grand 'ol part, drunk on tradition, high on the time long sense fast, box intoxicated with ideas that you and i would find foolish, but long enough to hop on the wagon and throw one of their own under it. >> without this excitement of lust or pleasure no conception can probably take place. so that if an absolute rape were to be perpetuated it's not likely she would not become likely, samuel far 1814. >> don't be fooled. there are many in the party sleep easier knowing that they still have standard bearers who will champion the absurd and beat back the steady advance of science and common sense and basic humanity. the trick, not saying it publicly. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> one of my favorite carnival games growing up was whack-a-mole. you know the game where all the moles keep popping up with their heads and you whack them with a mallet? well it's game day with the republica

stay tune to enter the war room with jennifer granholm. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> jennifer: i'm jennifernholm. tonight in the war room. ladies and gentlemen, mitt romney. >> romney: good morning. this is a nice spot. i know there is an effort by some people to try to bring as muchch confusion to the topic of medicare as possible. >> jennifer: oh, mitt, you're just being humble. seriously, take a bough. no one deserves credit for muddying the medicare waters more than you do. it's not just the lies but the conviction with which you tell them. and then today the white board. it was like a magic show and ineligible and stupifyingly and the flip flop performed by romney the ridiculous. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> jennifer: medicare has been in the news all week. but if you're not a political junkie, or if you're not actually getting medicare, the subject of medicare is probably a bit confusing. that is, you know, what exactly what the romney campaign wants. they want to make his position on medicare confusing to you. so today he claimed to simplify things with a little white board routine. but he

thanks for watching. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm.ight in "the war room" a dubious honor for a dubious individual. castanza lovett, pinocchio, and now romney. taking his place among liars, a great standout. he does more than tall tales and blatant untruths, but he also has secrets. like all those before him his deceit is built upon a dream that one day he'll walk down the street and people will say there goes mitt romney. the greatest liar who who whoever lived. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> jennifer: today mitt romney that great mangler of truth started an energy policy speech with his tired old attack line, "you didn't build that." that's from a line from president obama that said it takes many to build an economy. >> mayor cobb, thank you for welcoming me and particularly the people here at this wonderful watson truck and supply. i tell you i think the smith family did build this business. don't you think? [applause] >> jennifer: well, it turns out they did build it. with the help of almost $500,000 in federal stimulus funds. watson trucking re

thank you for your time this room" granholm. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm.ight in "the war room" the right to vote. under use and under attack. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> jennifer: i don't know what's worse, is it that a party would deliberately seek to deny american citizens the right to vote knowing full well the extraordinary sacrifices that went into securing those rights? or is it that there are so many with that same knowledge of sacrifice who for whatever unsatisfactory reason choose not to vote. i do know this, our history demands that we do better. >> it is wrong deadly wrong to deny any of your fellow americans the right to vote in this country. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> jennifer: tonight, i'd like to talk a little bit about depressing the vote. i'll explain what that means in a moment. but let's starts with another depressing subject. paul ryan. last night just four days after he was chosen to be the republican vice presidential nominee, what would you guess he was doing? was he meeting with elderly voters in florida concerned about medicare? no. was he talking abou

jennifer granholm. >> i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in the war room, no one was happier than mitt romney to be flying back to the good ol' usa--that is, until he landed. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> a dose of double trouble for team romney. first his tax plan gets exposed for exactly what it is. basically christmas for rich people. then a poll shows he's losing ground in swing states--like, a lot of ground. as for team obama they're treating the news like a fastball. >> how many of you want to pay those like governor romney and me a tax break. >> it's good to have you home, mitt. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> obama: there are no quick fixes or easy solutions to the challenges we face, but there is no doubt in my mind that we have the capacity to meet them. think about everything that we have going for us here in america. >> that's president obama campaigning in ohio today looking and sounding as cool as a cucumber. well, wherever mitt romney is right now, he's probably sweating buckets and it's got nothing to do wi

i'm going to tampa. >> jennifer: well, that will be interesting.e governor ultrasound transvaginal mcdonnell chairing the committee and romney's people were there for all the platform debates. they could have changes things, or at least tried to, but no, they're in lock step with todd akin. it is not the the party of lincoln but it is the party of akin. today mitt romney had an interview, and it might have been eclipsed by what romney staff told the reporter that she could not ask. let's take a listen. >> i had five minutes with him and we got through a fair amount of material. the one stipulation to the interview was that i not ask about abortion or todd akin who said that women's body shut down in a legitimate rape to prevent pregnancy. >> jennifer: joan, do you think that the romney campaign really thinks that by dodging the akin issue, that it's just going to go away? >> no, but i'm so proud of her that she decided to di divulge that. reporters might have grumbled, but think would have said, this is the deal. it falls in the pattern, mitt romne

don't you think jennifer. >> jennifer: yes a reasonable guy. >> eliot: did a lot of stuff on education, bipartisan issues. he had a much more centrist image and is still well respected. >> jennifer: i'm curious about the family legacy. obviously he comes from a family who was involved in politics. you see his son. i wonder if the sons of romney are, in fact, going to be taking up the mantle? jeb and the bush family, we've got jeb bush, as a matter of fact, in the hall. [applause] >> welcome to florida. [applause] [ speaking spanish ] thank you. before i begin my remarks, i have something personal i would like to share with you. i've been so blessed to be part of a family that has committed its life to public service. my grandad. [applause] my grandfather and my father have been incredible role models for me, and served our country honorably. and my brother well, i love my brother. [ laughing ] >> jennifer: whoa. >> cenk: that was too harsh. >> jennifer: whoa. >> he's a man of integrity courage and honor. he faced challenging times and he kept us safe. [applause] >> mr. president mr. pr

rick grenell and governor jennifer granholm, thank you for your time tonight. >> you bet. >> eliot: jenniferenter the war room. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> jennifer: tonight's show is so big we had to move the whole thing to new york. i'm just saying. so we are going to live to tampa for the latest from the rnc. we're going to dissect another one of mitt's secrets and lies and we have a top she shelf round table to talk about the g.o.p.'s war on women. we're going to start with team romney's decision to double down on attacking president obama's welfare to work requirements. and in effect its decision to double down on something much more sinister. if there were an olympic event for racial fear mongering in a campaign ad, the one you're about to see might have won the gold. >> you needed that job and you were the best qualified. and they had to give it to a minority because of a racial quota. is that really fair? what makes the color of your skin more important than your qualifications? your vote on this issue next tuesday. four racial quotas, harvey gantt. against racial quotas, jesse helms. >>

jennifer, serving time for drug offenses, was due to be released within a matter of months. danica, in for robbery, was still facing three to five more years. >> we plan to be together for the rest of our life. those are our plans. >> i'm going to stick by her, no doubt. it may sound crazy, but i will probably end up even coming back. >> the reality is that she could come back here to be with me. >> how? >> get another charge. >>> next on "lockup: raw" -- >> a lot of people here can't deal with rejection, especially coming from homosexuals. >> a place in the code for gays and gay predators. >>> attitudes towards sex in male penitentiaries are complex. according to the convict code, child molesters and rapists are reviled. but homosexuals can live freely in prison as long as they adhere to other parts of the code. mind your own business. and never show weakness. >> well, the boys seem to have no problem with their lovers. they love us i mean we're like gold in here. we really are. there are very few of us. oh, please. maybe not for you. anyway, they treat us just like they tr

by the way, jennifer gray wasn't a dancer.nxiety was real. >> i was terrified of doing the lift. he can't wrap his head around that kind of fear because he was some pleatly fearless, you know? he had no physical fear at all. >> reporter: and so they decided to practice the lift in the water. one problem? >> it was that painful cold, where you just -- it's very hard to look like you are having a fun, sexy time when you are like -- and then i did the lift and it had that, of course, euphoria of, you know, walking through your fear. >> reporter: and she tells us, in another famous scene, she was actually sick from food poisoning and afraid she might throw up. jennifer gray, who now lives in california, saying her 11-year-old daughter watched the movie for the first time this year. and noticed, by the way, her mom had plastic surgery. >> the morning after, we were cuddling in bed and she said to me, you know, you're really cool, mom. i said, thanks, honey. she said, you know, your face looked really different in the movie. you loo

jennifer, serving time for drug offenses, was due to be released within a matter of months. still facing three to five more years. >> we plan to be together for the rest of our life. those are our plans. >> i'm going to stick by her, no doubt. it may sound crazy, but i will probably end up even coming back. >> the reality is she could come back here to be with me. >> how? >> get another charge. >>> next on "lockup: raw" -- >> a lot of people here can't deal with rejection, especially coming from homosexuals. >> a place in the code for gays and gay predators. n. you have a plan? first we're gonna check our bags for free, thanks to our explorer card. then, the united club. my mother was so wrong about you. next, we get priority boarding on our flight i booked with miles. all because of the card. and me. okay, what's the plan? plan? mm-hmm. we're on vacation. this is no plan. really? [ male announcer ] the united mileageplus explorer card. the mileage card with special perks on united. get it and you're in. >>> attitudes towards sex in male penitentiaries are complex. according

jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. the main street in ellicott city remains closed after tuesday's deadly freight car derailment. mayrbeth nassan and rose died after being smothered by tons of coal. >> dozens and dozens of dump trucks are coming in, convoying in to get all the coal out of town. that's why we need to keep these streets closed, and frankly they've got a lot of fixing up of our infrastructure to do, as well. >> our coverage of the derailment disaster continues on our website. statements from federal and local officials and more on the victims and when main street will reopen. >> police have a person of interest in connection with a deadly stabbing. robert foster died after he was stabbed thursday evening on north second street. police have detained a man but have yet to charge him. >> after spending five years on the run, a woman is back in town and in a jail cell. the woman was caught on tape beating a patient. she fled to kenya before she could be brought up on charges. she returned to baltimore on thur

jennifer aniston getting ready to tie the knot again. this time with fellow actor justin theroux. >> i do. >> a real wedding in the works for jennifer aniston, the star of friends who everyone came to know as rachel. for aniston's boyfriend justin theroux, birthday of a lifetime. the couple were celebrating his birthday friday night when aniston accepted his proposal. he called it an extraordinary gift. >> fans will be breathing a sigh of relief, probably opening champagne themselves. they have been waiting for their friend, jennifer aniston, to find mr. right. >> you can really get trapped -- >> reporter: aniston and theroux started dating a year ago making the comedy "wanderlust." this will be aniston second marriage and theroux's first. she famously married pitt and the couple spent years on the a list. aniston got as much attention for the marriage as the breakup. the couple split in 2005 when pitt became involved with angelina jolie. trio became fodder for tabloid for years. while pitt moved on very publicly, to many it seemed like

, because jennifer has been instrumental in establishing the office of small business. she was a small advocate in trying to get it created. she has been an advocate in making sure we have maintained our enterprise zone tax credits, our neighborhood initiatives components. she has been excellent in providing leadership in those areas in the office of economic and work-force development, so even through the financial -- bchrisis we have done a good job in financing organizations, and they are key in assisting small businesses, so i do want to acknowledge jennifer's leadership in facthat and know t she is going to be doing with waterfront projects, we are in good hands with that, and to congratulate todd in his appointment. next i am going to move on to legislative and policy matters. as you note, the business tax reform was passed by the board of supervisors on july 31 and has been placed on the ballot. he did send an e-mail and reminder. there is a fine line. the commission cannot write an argument for this particular matter, knowing that the election season is coming u

jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. for a full schedule of when michael hits the water again, visit our website, wbaltv.com. you can find an interactive schedule when you click on olympics. >> police investigating two overnight shootings. what happened on ashburton street. police say a man was shot in the back. police responded to rosedale court in southwest baltimore and found a man and woman both suffering gunshot wounds. the woman was shot in the hand. the misconduct trial for john leopold has now been postponed. his defense attorney requested additional time to prepare. he is charged with misusing his security detail. the trial will not be held sometime in november. >> president obama signs a major decoration for the state of maryland. the funds will go towards repairing or replacing facilities damaged by the storms in baltimore city, calvert, charles, st. mary's, and montgomery county. you could see a larger bill from b.g.e. this month. cooling usually accounts for half a customer's usage. it does offer several pay

so kudos to jennifer but we need more than just jennifer to help with us that. >> what happens with the children being obese is that's actually showing the poverty level, because those are the kids that have to go to the dollar stores to have their lunch meals or -- that's where the parents have to go to these kinds of places that are not nutritious food for the children and they become obese. it is a sign but just not what you usually see internationally in the world you see that starving skinny child, here you see the plumper obese child. >> carbohydrates. >> that's it for this edition of "to the contrary." please follow me on twitter @bonnieerbe and @tothecontrary and check our website, pbs.org/ttc, where the discussion continues. whether you agree or think, to the contrary, please join us next time. >> funding for "to the contrary" provided by: the cornell douglas foundation committed to encouraging stewardship of the environment, land conservation, watershed protection and eliminating harmful chemicals. additional funding provided by: the colcom foundation. the wallace genetic foun

jennifer franciotti is live. lots of flooding and people still without power. >> you're absolutely right. a lot of people will be picking up series tree limbs. we're at loch raven boulevard and walker. last night, it looked pretty much like a lake. you can see the debris that was left over, including a refrigerator. there's a tree that his bend over. the situation had to do with a lot of rain. there were some rescues as cars became trapped. folks are dealing with flooded basements. lots of wind and debris. in some areas, it went from ther one to four inches of rain. rain that fell very fast. >> when i went out my back door, which i have a big raised area, i walked down and saw the water through the parking lot into the apartment complex parking lot behind us, and i kind of walked through, and one of the ladies, her car is somewhere -- in loch raven underneath this overpass right here. there were several houses that had at least 3 feet of water in them. >> the woman that he was referring to, we will hear from her

jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. 68 degrees on tv hill. coming up, we'll look at your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> we'll take a last look at weather and traffic together before you head out to start your day. >> time to get to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- what did you think of clint eastwood's comments at the republican national convention? >> david disagrees. >> we will post more answers on our website, wbaltv.com. >> you may want to avoid the downtown area. >> it will be difficult this morning. southbound on 95, we have a medical call. possible lane closures. a crash at howard in the city. closures on 395. all lanes are diverted onto mlk boulevard. light street is closed at lombard street. 295 will be closed. paca street is closed at pratt street. a closure at lombard and pratt. a lot of closures in the downtown area. 895 is looking good north and southbound. this is 95 at 395. some delays are starting to form. you have to take mlk from 395. >> the weather is goi