julie carey? apparently we do not have julie carey on the phone as we hoped. julie carey is covering mr. romney's campaign swing through virginia tomorrow. and as reported from his campaign officials at about 9:00 tomorrow morning, mr. romney will announce who his running mate will be in the presidential election this year. we'll have more coming up later in our broadcast. >>> a d.c. superior court judge was robbed at gunpoint as she was leaving a tennis tournament in northwest d.c. now the search is underway for the men involved. erika gonzalez joins us live from the crime scene. >> this is a quiet neighborhood right on the edge of rock creek park and this has a lot of neighbors questioning their safety tonight. does this strike you as odd? >> very. >> are this long time d.c. resident have lived in this northwest neighborhood for years without anything like this happening. >> more police patrol. you know, we don't want judges being held at gunpoint. >> reporter: police say last week the judge presiding judge in the south capital street murder case was robbed

on a visit to manassas this evening drawing a crowd at the harris pavilion now, where news 4's julie careys live. hi, julie. >> reporter: hey there. the rally wrapped up about 30 minutes ago. you can see supporters are staring behind picking up t-shirts that carry the name romney and ryan now. thousands came here today to see the newly mitted republican team. most waking up to news that added extra excitement to the campaign stop in a count they is critical to mitt romney's hopes to win virginia. unlike this morning, in norfolk, virginia, the republican running mates came on to the together here. mitt romney and congressman paul ryan, waving freshly printed romney/ryan signs telling the virginia voters only this team can deliver an improve iing teao the economy. >> today was a good day and a good day to america. we've taken the next step to restoring america with paul ryan as our nominee for vice president. >> hope and change has now become attack and blame. you know what? we're not going to fall for it. we're not going to fall for this kind of rhetoric that says to people that they're stu

julie carey will be heading to tampa for the republican national convention this month. she will have reported starting sunday night august 26th. coming up on news4 at 11:00. >>> a family of five is homeless tonight after a fire burned their two story house. soming residents barely made it out in time. darcy spencer tells us what the neighbors heard before the home went up in flames. >> i got a phone call saying my house was on fire. >> reporter: mr. miles raced home and found his family barely escaped being hurt in the fire. a fire that started around the power lines in his home. >> my sister, her husband, my two nieces were asleep. my neighbor opened the door and tried to get everybody out and make sure everything was okay. >> reporter: a neighbor ran out to his work van and grabbed his fire extinguisher but it was no match for the flames. he tried to put the fire out and banged on the door of the home, making sure no one was left inside. >> there was one guy inside. and i told him, come out. >> reporter: he and other neighbors describe a loud sound and a fire on the p

. >>> i'm julie carey. in prince william county, where the governor's plan to put a th[ male announcer ] you paid in to medicare for years. every paycheck. now, when you need it obama has cut $716 billion dollars from medicare. why? to pay for obamacare. so now the money you paid for your guaranteed healthcare is going to a massive new government program that's not for you. the romney-ryan plan protects medicare benefits for today's seniors and strengthens the plan for the next generation. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. . >>> you'll be happy to know that all of johnson & johnson's products will be chemical free by 2013. baby products will be reformulated by next year, including the no more tears product line. the same goes for adult skinscare products like aconvene aveeno and lubery determine. lubriderm. >>> federal officials are urging americans who might be an risk to get a simple blood test. >> reporter: as more baby-boomers reach their golden years, many are learns their carrying

julie carey will talk aboutle delegation coming up in the next half hour. >>> we have a developing story near baltimore on this first day of school. someone opens fire on a high school cafeteria engineering a student. it's shortly before 11:00 this morning in perry hall, maryland, just northeast of baltimore. news4's pat collins on campus with the dramatic story of how the suspect was stopped. gunfire at perry hall high on this the first day of school, in the cafeteria, a 15-year-old shoots and critically wounds a 17-year-old. both the gunman and the virm are students. in come the cops. out go the students. escorted a safe distance away from the school, where many parents were waiting. there were a lot of hugs, a lot of tears. a lot of worry. >> she's brand new in the school, a ninth grader. this is her first experience with high school, she heard shots and -- >> i saw somebody -- and i don't know what it was. first we heard it, and then i grabbed my stuff and ran out. >> mr. arnold came over and said code red. he was not joking. it was serio. we were all scared. they made us go in the c

as julie carey reports, the university is starting a new chapter with its first new president? 16 years. >> the freshmen moving in weren't the only newblies on campus. they were greeted by new president angelica brera. he replaced the president who retired last spring. he moved to fairfax just six weeks ago. >> it's so exciting. i feel like a freshman. >> reporter: with 40 years as an independent university, george mason is the youngest virginia campus, but also the largest enrollment the past two years and nearly 34,000 students are expect this had year. george mason shook off its commuter school reputation years ago, though a majority of the students still do live offcampus. that's slowly, but surely changing. >> two new dorms just opened. and that they are helping forge gmsh -- >> they just -- everything is so new, the dorms are fantastic. >> that's kind of what i like about the school, it's still relatively young. it's like there's tradition being built. >> reporter: dr. cabrera is tasked. he his immediate goal? >> my number one goal is to ensure that the kids have a transf

and julie carey is here. there are folks in virginia with perspective on paul ryan as well. >> former virginia congressman tom davis has been spending time with the delegation. he worked with paul ryan for years on capitol hill. here's his assessment. paul ryan was 28 when he was elected to congress in wisconsin. tom davis, who is starting his third term then said ryan caught his eye right away. >> he didn't have a big head. he got into policy, he did the hard work and i have to say for my time in congress not a lot of members really impressed me. but paul did from the get-go. >> reporter: even though ryan ultimately rose to a leadership position, it wasn't because he was a climber. >> the thing that you need to understand about paul ryan he's not a political animal in the traditional sense. he steeped himself in the budget and understood it better than anyone in the house. >> reporter: his legislative record is conservative on fiscal and social issues. but there is one vote that will surprise washington area

aaron gilchrist and julie carey reporting from pampa. also live coverage of the democratic convention in charlotte next month. >>> a citizens group trying to ban all corporate campaign contributions. the organization called d.c. citizens for public trust committh submitted a petition that had there weren't enough legit signatures to get it on the ballot. the group has gone back over the names. it claims that the elections boarder roared in its count. the group is filing suit in d.c. superior court to get back on the ballot. >>> another first for nasa's mars rover. it's called curiosity. it leash -- it unleashed its laser yesterday from a rock the size of a softball. within seconds it vaporized it into plasma. each blast had more than one million watts of power. nasa says the goal of the exercise is to test whether the so-called chemistry cameras are working properly. there's hope the lasers could soon provide useful scientific insight such as measuring what those rocks are made of. >>> they're made of rock, right? >> interesting. interes

aaron gilchrist and julie carey reporting from tampa. also live coverage of the democratic convention in charlotte next month. >>> crews have some cleaning up to do ahead of their republican convention. severe storms ripped through tampa, florida last night. they caused some damage at the site of the republican national convention next week. a covered walkway that was just built for convention delegates was destroyed. workers are busy last night picking up debris from the storm which also tossed barrels and benches all over nearby streets. >>> hundreds of firefighters are battling wildfires in parts of europe tonight. thousands of acres have already burned in northwestern parts of spain. a heatwave is making a bad situation even worse. authorities say they think some of those fires were intentionally set. in the meantime, fires in italy have disrupted train service there. they have shut down a portion of a highway. >>> yesterday in the lobby here at news4, everyone was trapped because of the torrential rains. no one -- the staff was all

julie carey is with us in tampa as well. you got a chance to talk to some virginia leaders and one of mitt romney's sons about what's at stake. >> as you know he hayes a virtual small campaign army. his five sons have been making the rounds. today i talked to josh romney, the middle son about what we can expect tonight. in just hours his father would give the most important speech of his life, so josh romney dropped by the virginia delegation to give them a preview and make a connection. >> if you elect my dad next november, it will continue to be the shining city on the hill. >> reporter: he said he hadn't read his dad's speech, but knows what he wants his dad to accomplish. >> i think he really wants to allow people to understand he ''s the guy to get the making sure we don't continue in this economic recession. delegates and leaders have high expectations for the man at the top of the ticket t delegate david says he. >> if he connects with people on a personal level tonight, his policy doesn't have to be set tonight. we a

julie carey explains why, and what you can do to protect yourself. >> 11-year-old ryan atkins pets his pigs all the time. he's raised three of them. he and his mom are surprised to learn that the centers for disease control has issued a health advisory about pigs. it comes after a accident people in three states -- indiana, ohio and hawaii -- apparently came down -- >> i have a 21-year-old son that showed pigs, and we've got in this for 14 years and never wore about it. >> reporter: nobody's ever gotten sick? >> no. >> reporter: but ryan and the other kids also follow a few rules. >> i don't eat around the pigs. as soon as i get done messing with them, i watch my hands. >> reporter: it recommends that people in high-risk groups avoid touching pigs all the together. others should wash their hands thorou thoroughly, and everyone should avoid eason and drinking. >> i guess it's a good reminder, there's been cases before and there probably will be cases again. we're always getting six whether it's from pigs or other people, so follow think biosecurity, watching your hands -- exhibitors say

my college julie carey has more on him. >> his name is evan drain. he lives with his mother, dad and mom, he doesn't even graduate from high school until next year, but already he's been drawn to politics in a big way. >> elect a younger face for the grand old party. >> reporter: it may be wordy for a slogan, but it did the trick for evan drain. at just 17, the teen is the younge delegate at the republican national convention. he defeated six other more entrenched party activists to represent virginia's 8th congressional district, and he did it the old-fashioned way. >> i reached out to pretty much everyone who was registered to attend the convention, phone calls, to make them know i was a serious candidate. >> reporter: he's at st. agnes school in alexandria. he says his grandparents -- >> i view my political involvement, and especially my involvement in the conservative movement as a way of preserving the american families that my family came to the united states for. >> reporter: as a delegate, evan's latest gold is to support the romney/ryan tick

it will be moderated by david gregory of "meet the press" and news 4's julie carey. you can watch that debate live on nbc 4 at noon september 20th and again on sunday 23rd right after "meet the press." doug's here now with a check on our forecast. humid and muggy out there today. >>> i forecasted the temperature at 94 degrees and normally you go, i think that's what we'll get. we got to 96. >> okay. >> it's like we can't -- we're forecasting a little too low, mother nature's saying you've got to go higher. tomorrow, i'm raising the temperature up to about 97 degrees. how about that? it even looks hazy, hot, and humid out there across our region. and that's exactly what you expect this time of year. however, we've seen a lot of heat. as a matter of fact, take a look at this stat. yes, we hit 96 degrees today, but this is the 23rd day this summer at or above 95. not just 90, but at or above 95. that is over three weeks with temperatures over 95 degrees, and we're not quite done yet. we still have a lot of august left to go and that is some of the hottest there still to

julie carey and i will be in tampa all week. we have been talking about the potential for hurricanes or tropical whatever weather and so we're making plans as well so that our coverage still goes off without a hitch. >>> 6:07. 68 degrees. prince harry living up to his reputation. the photos that leave little to the panlg nation. ahead at 6:25. >>> plus, another cool morning. what happened to summer? how hot it will get today, or not hot. weather and traffic on the ones. >>> and next, a great deal. these houses are free. these houses are free. what he's made his choice. but what choices will women be left with? just like mitt romney, paul ryan would get rid of planned parenthood funding. in congress, ryan voted to ban all federal funding for planned parenthood and allow employers to deny women access to cancer screenings and birth control. and both romney and ryan backed proposals to outlaw abortion even in cases of rape and incest. for women... for president... the choice is ours. i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. >>

aaron gilchrist and julie carey are live inside the convention. >> they just wrapped up the roll call and we're now in a recess and sort of the exciting moment of the afternoon where we listened to the states and territories assign their votes. the final count today was 2,061 votes for mitt romney and 190 vote did go to congressman ron paul and julie carey you have been watching some of the local delegations and how they went through this process, right? >> kind of their moment in the sun. that voting process wrapped up 20 minutes ago. it is important to point out that the official nomination won't hap until thursday. let's take a look right now at those spotlight moments for the local delegations. the district of columbia cast 19 votes for romney. from maryland, 37 votes were added to the total and after that later in the count, virginia governor bob mcdonnell who will speak later on this evening announced 46 of the commonwealth votes would go to romney and three of them went to ron paul. not a unanimous vote and virginia was among a handful of states that still had poll delegates. n

a lot of key figures on the ground, julie carey spoke with some of the folks getting out the message including some who we would know in virginia. >> and a lot at stake for mitt romney. the speech is critical to his presidential bid. but the formal nominating process. a virginia delegate has a small but starring role. tampa started to dry out after a wet and windy day. word spread that mitt romney decided to arrive early in time for his wife's speech and early enough to make adjustments if isaac hits hard at landfall. a co chair for the romney campaign in virginia he will be on the stage for a big speech and will sed mitt romney's nomination. >> i have been work for him since 2006. and i'm excited to have the next president of the united states be mitt romney. >> reporter: it's critical for romney to reconnect with voters. his son tag romney says it will be a chance for him to reconnect. >> he has a vision for america to get us working again. he is a great guy. a great father and grandfather and a good husband. >> reporter: g.o.p. officials have no plans to condense the schedule but

aaron and julie carey will be there all next week. and we'll bring you live coverage of the democratic national convention in charlotte next month. >>> a man fighting for his life after being shot in his head in northeast d.c. after 10:00 on rhode island avenue not far from the metro station. they found him unconscious. he was taken to the local hospital in grave condition. rhode island avenue was shut down for several hours while police investigated. so far, no word on any suspects. >>> today the man accused of shooting a security guard at a conservative christian organization is due in court. a grand jury indicted 28-year-old floyd corkins for last week's shooting at the family are search council's downtown headquarters. the conservative group recently supported the president of chick-fil-a who staunchly opposed same-sex marriage. in addition to a weapon and ammuniti ammunition, police say corkin had 15 chick-fil-a sandwiches with him. >>> coming up on 14 before the hour. prince george's county community is in mourning today over th

reporting live from tysons corner, julie carey, news4. >> looking good. thanks. >>> strong job opportunities, great schools, low crime. quality health care and plenty to do. based on those distinctions, "money" magazine is out tonight with its list of the 100 best places to live. several of the cities are right here in our area. in maryland, ellicott city ranked eighth. waldorf, 20. gaithersburg 21. in virginia, reston was the seventh best place to live according to "money" magazine, the highest ranking in our region. centerville was 17. ashburn ranked 30. arlington 45th and dale city was 46th. congrats. >>> more to come tonight. up next, why some doctors are advising parents against giving babies aeblts. >>> and the four-letter word behind a high schools decision behind a high schools decision to deny a i'm barack obama and i approve this message now mitt romney's attacking the to depresident on medicare? the nonpartisan a-a-r-p says obamacare "cracks down on medicare fraud, waste, and abuse and strengthens guaranteed benefits." and the ryan plan? a-a-r-

julie carey is here with me. when he speaking tonight. he's going to have to start to reach out to the swing voters and unify the republican parties units virginia is one of the state where ron paul won some delegates votes. some of those paul supporters, they're still on the fence. virginians were among the first to get a close-up in-person look at paul ryan. ryan made several virginia stops soon after. in the minds of some virginia conservatives, ryan, the house budget committee member greatly strengthens the ticket. >> i think paul ryan brings brings a lot of ergy. more in tune of what i am. >> the american people are awakening to the fact that our debt is crushing us. paul ryan has the guts to be honest about it. >> reporter: some tea partiers who were lukewarm about romney are now solidly behind the ticket. >> he's young, his 'innovative, a numbers man. i like that. >> but winning over ron paul supporters could be tougher while the virginia republicans have embraced the paul delegates rule change crushed their hopes yesterday. this p

. >>> news 4's julie carey is in tampa as the gop gets ready for the congress vengs. nbc 4 will have live coverage of the democratic national convention in charlotte next month. >>> ahead of the november election, plan parenthood is getting its message out to voters with a battleground bus tour. the group held a rally in arlington before canvassing the area. among those in the crowd, current democratic senate tim kaine. he says it's important for congress to focus on economy and let women make their health care decisions. >> whether it was the battle over the ultrasound in virginia or the battle over personhood amendme amendments, there's too many of these things going on. >> planned parenthood stopped in richmond today as well. the group is traveling to ten other battle ground states over the next couple of weeks. >>> still ahead right here tonight, hop on the bus. thousands of kids headed back to school. we'll show you how they spent their last day of summer freedom. >>> plus, we'll tell you how maryland's same-sex marriage referendum is different from other states.

julie carey and i will bring you live reports from tampa all of next week. news 4 will bring you live coverage of the democratic national convention in charlotte the following week. >>> just about 4:31. time for our first look at the forecast. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein, another beautiful morning to start the day. >> yes, starting off a little more humid this morning. it has been the last couple of mornings. still pleasant approximately we'll take it. we've got clouds passing over the region now coming in from the south and west. and that little cluster of color there, you see in the lower right of your screen. those are some showers and thunder showers around the outer banks. it's associated with a weak trough of low pressure that unfortunately is going to be creeping north and, as it does, it's going to bring in more clouds through the day and increase our chance of some rain over the weekend, i'm afraid. right now around the region all of these areas in green in the 60s. so off to a comfortable start and a few locations in western maryland and

i want to bring in julie carey. i would imagine they played well?> yeah, i spent most of the evening on the floor. that virginia delegation, that very important group to him is seated in the very front row right next to the station that also happened to be lucky enough tonight to be seated along the aisle. so mitt romney greeted them as he made his way to the stage. you can see romney shaking hands. it is a state he has already visited frequently and says he intends to win. the delegates, you could see, clearly thrilled with the chance to meet the party's presidential nominee. >> this is fantastic. it's wonderful when he walked down in the crowd and connected and shook hands. >> yeah, the contrast is great. i think so far he's outlined what young americans are feeling which is disappointment in president obama. >> and that second delegate you heard from is just 17. he's the youngest delegate at this fashl convention. he's going to have quite a college essay to write after this convention. >> julie, thank you for that. appreciate it. we want to share

julie carey and i will bring you live reports from tampa, florida, all of next week and news4 will also bring you live coverage from the democratic national convention in charlotte next month. >>> right now, tropical storm isaac is headed toward the dominican republic and haiti, passing south of puerto rico. isaac is packing winds of 45 miles per hour. it could become a hurricane as early as today. it's expected to gain strength once it passes the caribbean. meanwhile, counties throughout florida are preparing for anything. isaac could affect the tampa area, where republicans hold their national convention next week. >> contingency plans are in place, should, you know, a worst-case scenario happen, but again, we're moving forward and fully expect to put on a convention here in the tampa bay times forum next week. >> broward county is preparing to activate its emergency plans as early as saturday. they are waiting to see where the storm will go first. so, aaron, i hope you're packing your rain gear. >> a lot of us are waiting to see where that storm's going to go first. meteorologist tom

julie carey has a report on how to protect your family. >> i don't eat around the pigs and as soon as i get done messing with them, i wash my hands. >> reporter: those are some of the rules brian follows when he raises these pigs. now those guidelines and others are getting nationwide attention, while alerted health officials in dozens -- apparently picked up a strain of swine flu from animals at fairgrounds. >> so far the cases have been similar. >> in the 4h barn, exhibitors and their parents were just catching up to news of the cdc alert. >> it's very surprising. i haven't heard anything about it until. >> but like ryan, he has protoc protocol. that's one suggestions from the cdc. it recommends people in high-risk groups avoid touching pigs altogether. some who can't resist should wash their hands thoroughly, and everyone should avoid eating and drinking in animal areas. >> here in warren county, aside from keeping the sanitize are handy, they won't be doing any different. in -- >> we're recommending extra hand washing stations around where there's petting and whatnot. we're also a

. >>> plus -- >> i'm julie carey at the republican national convention where a certain virginia delegate is getting a lot of attention, because he's barely old enough to vote. we'll talk to the youngest del great at this convention, coming up. >>> took at 6:00, new fallout after the landmark ruling in the battle between apple and samsung. >>> someone torched six parked cars in berlin, the latest in suspected auto arsons. fire crews had their hands full putting out the flames. all of the cars were completely destroyed. whoever did this is 12i8 at large. for the past few years germany has been dealing with a series of suspected arsons. some reports blame vandals, others say social activist are are behind the crimes. >>> there's an update on the fresco that may have been destroyed by an elderly woman. sxh experts arrived at a church in spain to see whether there's any hope for the 120-year-old painting that was damaged by a misguided but well-meaning parishioner. the original title of the work is behold the man. after it became disfigured, people started calling it "behold the monkey." they

julie carey spent time looking at the impact paul ryan is having on delegates. >> paul ryan, of course has given many speeches as chairman of the house budget committee, but no doubt tonight he gives the most important speech to date of his career. here's a look earlier as paul ryan arrived at the forum, took the stage to kind of get familiar with the surroundings, while he's been on the radar of fiscal conservatives, many americans may be tailing a close look for the first time. they'll also get a glimpse of paul ryan, his three young children and wife joining him here. we checked in with the virginia delegates today to get their thoughts about him conservatives saying that adding paul ryan to the ticket has greatly boosted their enthusiasm. >> one side you have the strong business credentials. on the other side you have someone who understands the inner workings. this is a perfect team. it's a perfect team. >> reporter: but not everybody in the virginia delegation, that republican delegation is sold yet on the rom in/ryan team. we're talking about the ron paul backers. they had a dis

as julie carey is here to tell us, there are promising signs of progress. >> the state championship with his high school baseball team. suddenly now the young pitcher faces a challenge no one could have predicted. as today showed, he won't be alone. >> lake braddock high school baseball teammates friends, neighbors and their moms swarmed the ambulance that carried nick balancinger on the final leg of his 19-hour journey home from hawaii. his mom and aunt says the show the support gives them a huj boost. >> just the support and i think the prayers, too, really help. >> i know the family felt the love, but they actually got to physically see it all put together. it's incredible. >> nick, along with hits parents and older brother, had only been in hawaii for a day, when on july 25th, he did a flip in the waves and landed badly. his father hugged today by well-wishered pulled him from the surf. through twitter, the shocking news quickly spread back home. friends sprung into action. to kell him back, they charted two buses, more than 60 cheersed as nick rolled in. >> it felt good to be out he

julie carey, news4. >>> and coming up, a birth control pill for men may soon be in the future. >>> artwork kept in storage for 50 years turned out to be a huge discovery. >>> and doug is still live out in bethesda. hey, doug. >> reporter: hey, guys, a beautiful day out here, temperatures into the 90s. we'll talk more about the next couple days. i told you not to ge >>> we have new details about a stabbing in the district. police originally reported that the man was stabbed several times in the chest in northwest d.c. they now believe that stabbing was self-inflicted and say no one is in danger. they say it happened around 2:30 this afternoon. . >> scientists say they have made a discovery that could lead to a birth control pill for men. researchers are working with a compound design, but when male mice were given the pill, they game infertile. they had the same sex drive. after they stop taking the pill, they game fertile again. still too early to try it out on humans, but doctors say it's an encouraging step. >> state health officials tell us the new case is in the d.c. area, involves a 7

we'll have live team coverage next week, aaron gilchrest and julie carey will report live from florida. >>> and we'll have coverage next month in charlotte. >>> a member of "jersey shore" cast has a situation with the shore's boss. >>> find about ultimate tethe t. georgia alfredas joins us. >>> and hidden hazards in some food delivery trucks putting your health at risk. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] you work hard. stretch every penny. but chances are you pay a higher tax rate than him... mitt romney made twenty million dollars in two thousand ten but paid only fourteen percent in taxes... probably less than you now he has a plan that would give millionaires another tax break... and raises taxes on middle class families by up to two thousand dollars a year. mitt romney's middle class tax increase. he pays less. you pay more. >>> time for hollywood headlines, joining us is georgia alfredas, co-host of the russ parr show on week days. rumors are continuing to swirl about former olympic star ryan lochte. he could be the next bachelor, but it's go

julie carey reports at 5:00 and 6:00, romney campaign starting off the bus tour. >>> we have a special edition of hollywood headlines coming up. >> the latest talk about who's in the running for the open seat for a judge on "american idol." >>> plus what randy travis was doing before he was picked up for drunk driving. >>> going just minute by minute. i don't even know if i close my eyes if i'll wake up again. >> and a family's grief over the lost of two young victims of a >>> we might be seeing more of ryan lochte. is it a weekend wedding? joining us is -- brad pitt angelina jolie, we know they're going to tie the knott. the question is, when are they going to do it? >> i'm headed to france now. aisle dressed for the wedding. you didn't get invitations? we hear it's happening this weekend. they're trying to say it's brad's parents 50th anniversary, but lots of friends are coming in town to hang out at their shatto in the south of france. >> so really they're going to do it? >> that's what they say, i wouldn't want to get married on my parents' anniversary. that's why i'm thinking this

aaron gilchrist and julie carey will report from tampa. we'll have live coverage of the democrat national convention in charlotte. >>> a big break for casey anthony. why she suddenly has newfound freedom. >>> more scandalous photos could be on the way. >>> and divorce details, what katie holmes might be getting from her split with tom cruise. >>> i'm liz crenshaw. should you put an ice pack in your kid's school lunch to keep it safe? it safe? the anhe's made his choice. but what choices will women be left with? just like mitt romney, paul ryan would get rid of planned parenthood funding. in congress, ryan voted to ban all federal funding for planned parenthood and allow employers to deny women access to cancer screenings and birth control. and both romney and ryan backed proposals to outlaw abortion even in cases of rape and incest. for women... for president... the choice is ours. i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. for women... for president... the choice is ours. these days, hey, girls! nobody has time to get sick. mom, i don'

julie carey will have a live report from romney's last stop of the day in manassas. you can follow decision 2012 any time on nbcwashington.com. >>> new today federal investigators are looking into possible corruption involving the d.c. lottery. "the washington post" reports the fbi and the u.s. attorney's office are looking into the bidding process in the district's $228 million lottery contract. in 2009 the office of the chief financial officer awarded the contract to a firm called intralot, then that firm subcontracted to a local firm. at that time controversy because the d.c. council rejected the first bid. >>> police are looking for the man who robbed a d.c. superior court judge at gunpoint. two men with guns came up behind judge ronna beck. they had just left the tennis tournament in rock creek park. the robbers took off with purses, wallets, about 100 bucks in cash and the keys to a lexus. longtime residents say the area's typically a quiet neighborhood. >> you know, we don't want judges being held at gunpoint. >> no one was hurt in the robbery. beck was the ju

julie carey is here with more on what could be a pivotal outing for both campaigns. >> it was late june when mitt romney was last in northern virginia. most polls show him running slightly behind president obama, so this is a critical visit, but democrats, they're on the move, too. the trains will stop rolling through manassas for a short time tomorrow, as republican presidential candidate mitt romney holds a really at the pavilion. mada hill wilson was staffing an event there, she wants to get a better sense of romney's personality. >> i've not been able to gauge who the man is. exactly. he doesn't come across as very personable. >> reporter: better connecting with virginhave virginia have a. one that will stove in the commonwealth's three vote-richard, nor fox and northern virginia. governor mcdonnell will be alongside and he says he hopes this visit will show voters another side of governor romney. >> i'll help to tell his story, help to get people to see this is an enormously successful person who has lived the american dream, and therefore he understands the american dream, but he'

. >> tonight after the redskins game, julie carey has a one on one interview. . >>> today's nasa mars will be doing target practice to be red planet. curiosity will test out its laser on a martian rock and attempt to burn a small hole in it. it's one of the utensils that it will use to figure out if mars is suitable for life. it will start its trek across the crater it landed in and by the year's end should reach a mountain rising from the crater's floor. how do you like that? >> you probably know more about that. >> no. >> because they're studying the chemistry and the meteorology. >> one atmosphere at a time, please. >> bring it back to earth, then we can talk about that. >> i was kind of sitting here watching that thinking are they going to ask me about the weather on mars because i don't know anything about it. kind of like my dress. but yeah for mars. great to see you. we have nice weather incoming. i was just out on the weather deck and it was fabulous. humidity was lower, it was crisp. feels so good out there. let's get right down to business. 74 northeast winds. and that's goi

aaron gill chris and julie carey will report live from tampa. the democratic national convention also next month. on the democratic side, speaking of, o'malley will be a speaker there at the convention. he spoke at the dnc in 2004 when he was mayor of baltimore. now he's serving his second term as governor. he's also the chair of the democratic governor's association. the 2012 dnc begins september 3rd in charlotte, north carolina. >>> some junior chefs from our area enjoyed lunch at the white house with first lady michelle obama and other kids from across the country. all the guests won a national healthy recipe contest sponsored by ep curious and the federal government. there was a special surprise guest. president obama stopped by to congratulate the winners. the prize worthy dishes included fish chowder with fruity salad. sizzling tofu with green onions and sugar snap peas and a golden moroccan butternut stew. >> i didn't see any french fries on those tables there, did you? >> i did not. i don't think the first laid i would have had that toda

topobring in julie carey, who spent time on gaining some inside information. >> we were lucky enough to be with the delegation this morning when they had a special preview coming from someone very close to him, the middle of his five sons, josh romney. romney told the group that, first and foremost, his father wants to inspire confidence that he knows exactly what to do to turn around the economy. he says he will also criticize president obama tonight for undermining the american dreams. he also says his fatr has been very eager for this opportunity. >> this is a big night for him. he's excited about the opportunity to allow the american people to see what he stands for, what he believes, in an unfiltered way. so many other chances people have had to see them is either filtered by the media or negative campaigning, so this is a chance to introduce himself in a way that he controls. >> reporter: interesting to talk to him, and we'll have more from josh romney on "news4 at 6." you may not have been ability to see that, but some of the delegates have special preparations tonight for the

. >> reporter: julie carey, news4. >>> this week, president obama will campaign in ohio, nevada and new york. he visited new hampshire yesterday ahead of the town hall meeting tomorrow. he said that mitt romney favors the wealthy over the middle class and talked about them turning the medicare system into a voucher like program. >> they're trying to throw everything at the wall to see what stings. t the latest is to talk about medicare. you'd think they'd avoid talking about medicare given the fact that both have proposed to voucherize medicare. but i guess they figure the best defense is to try to go on offense. >> the president says romney wants seniors to get a voucher which could force seniors to pay an extra $6,400 a year while giving the wealthy a tax break. >>> with the first nominating convention next week, the the cities are making last minute preps. police in tampa are securitying sites that will be used by the republican national convention. officers showed off their uniforms and some of their swat gear. the convention starts august 27th and runs through the 30th. meanwhile,

julie carey joins us now with more on that, an how the democrats also plan to spread their message. >> most polls show mitt romney slightly behind president obama in the commonalwealth, but democrats are on the move also. the welcome signs are already out in old-town manassas, with the pavilion being set up. mada wills ton was staffing a tent there. she says she'll stop by the rally. >> i've not been able to gauge who the man is, exactly. he doesn't come across as very personable. >> reporter: about this manassas man says he's already sold. >> he looks strong, successful. >> reporter: better connecting with virginiaens, as he lays out his plans, is an important part of the tour. >> one of the things the romney campaign needs to work on is a way to humanize, to make romney more relatable to order nair voters. that's a big challenge. we'll see in virginia whether the retool campaign is very effective to do that. >> this bus created by the democratic national committee wrapped with a slogan reading romney economics, the middle class under the bus. it started out in alexandria today. the

in springfield, julie carey, news 4 today. >>> president obama is also back on the trail this morning with two stops in new hampshire. it comes as his campaign releases a new ad defending his record on medicare. >> now mitt romney's attacking the president on medicare? the nonpartisan aarp says obama-care cracks down on medicare, fraud, waste and abuse and strengthens guaranteed benefits. and the ryan plan? aarp says it would undermine -- >> the ad goes on to criticize vp running mate paul ryan for his medicare plan. quoting aarp as saying it would lead to higher costs for seniorses. the romney camp disputed the ad. it claimed the president's plan would take away medicare spending without insuring its long-term stability. >>> women will converge on capitol hill today for a demonstration called the we are women rally. organizers say they're trying to bring national attention to issues such as equal health care and equal pay on the job. they're trying to get legislation proposed that supports their views. eleanor holmes norton will give the address to this rally that begins at 10:30 on

aaron gilchrist and julie carey reporting from tampa, florida. [ male announcer ] since 1996 welfare recipients were required to work. this bipartisan reform successfully reduced welfare rolls. on july 12th president obama quietly ended the work requirement... gutting welfare reform. one of the most respected newspapers in america called it, "nuts!" saying, "if you want to get more people to work, "you don't loosen the requirements -- you tighten them." mitt romney's plan for a stronger middle class will put work back iwelfare. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> for the first time ever, two woman will don the famous green jackets at the augusta national golf club. former secretary of state condoleeza rice and south carolina financier darla moore each accepted invitation toss join the exclusive club this fall. it started when the former club chairman said they would not be pressured to change the all-male membership. the augusta national golf club is home of the masters. >>> they called it the first ever state dinner for kids. more than 50 junior chefs from our

news 4's aaron gill chris and julie carey will be part of the panel. you can watch it at noon on september 20th and again on sunday the 23rd right after meet the press. >>> and new this morning, music fans mark your calendars. a date has been set for a free fest in columbia. the annual music festival will be held october 6th. this is the fourth year it will be at the pavilion since moving from pimlico racetrack in baltimore. there's no word yet on what artists will play, but did we mention it's free. last year's show featured artists such as the rock band the black keys and cee-lo green. >>> this final day of the louisiana palooza music festival -- they suspended the chicago concert because of severe storms. festival-goers had to evacuate grant park and seek shelter along michigan avenue. at this point, the concert is expected to go on today. >>> good luck. the hardcore music fans that travel to chicago, places alike that, they'll stand in the rain. >> they'll stand in the rain. bummer. >>> track and field legend carl lewis says who he thinks will win

aaron gilchrist and julie carey will bring you complete coverage from florida and coverage from the democratic national convention in charlotte next month. >>> nasa is once again forced to scrub the launch of an unmanned spacecraft. bad weather will postpone the launch until tomorrow morning. the atlas 5 rocket will send two spacecrafts to study radiation around earth. the two probes will try to solve the mystery of how energy is created. nasa will try to launch the spacecrafts at 4:00 a.m. tomorrow. >>> a traffic alert for drivers in northern virginia. expect some big delays this weekend on two of the area's most heavily traveled roads. last night crews shut down several lanes on i-66 at the beltway. some lanes on exit ramps leading to 66 west have also been closed. starting tomorrow night, the southbound 495 ramp to 66 west will be completely closed. during that time, you're going to have to take little river turnpike. everything should be reopened by monday. the closures are for work on the express lanes project. metro riders can also expect delays this weekend. crews will be making track r

reporting live from springfield, virginia, julie carey, news 4. >>> president obama and mitt romney both stayed off the campaign trail today, but there was some off camera campaigning. yesterday, romney told reporters that he paid at least 13% income tax for the past ten years. president obama's team challenged him to release five years of returns and promised not to ask for anything beyond that. mitt romney's team refused. >>> today, tampa, florida, residents learned how local law enforcement officers there plan to handle security during the republican convention later this month. police held a public town meeting to explain the security exercises they'd been working on over the past year and a half to keep things safe. officials also showed off the khaki uniforms every officer will be wearing during the convention. and the brand new bicycles, some of them will be riding. and the s.w.a.t. vehicles they'll be using as well. they also showed off the gear they will wear when dealing with not so peaceful protesters. there's also a mounted patrol. julie has a one-on-one with paul ryan, that

aaron gilchrist and julie carey will report from tampa. and live coverage from the democratic national convention in charlotte next month. >>> firefighters battling three of idaho's largest wildfires are not getting a break in mother natu nature. thunderstorms brought gusty winds, fueling the blazes, and more storms are expected tomorrow. 100 members of the national guard were deployed to the area yesterday to help with evacuations. they brought in several helicopters to help with the firefighters. national fire managers say the trinity ridge fire has burned 68,000 acres, the highest priority wildfire right now. >>> this is what the western wildfire zone looks like from space. nasa released new pictures taken by one of its satellites. you can clearly see the smoke from the trinity ridge fire. fires are also burning in california, oregon and nevada. it's estimated at least 70 wildfires have erupted across 13 states west of the mississippi. >>> clear skies over us, low humidity. we could get used to this stuff. >> really. meteorologist doug

look for live reports from julie carey and aaron gilchrist all week here on news4. >>> back to school for thousands of students in the d.c. area. class is back in session for students in the district and loudoun county, virginia. in maryland, it's the first day of school for kids in carol, charles, frederick, howard, and montgomery counties, as well. >>> news4's megan mcgrath is live for us at oyster adams bilingual school. big day, megan. >> reporter: it is the big day. students in the district of columbia, 45,000, actually more than 45,000, heading back to class today. and, in fact, enrollment is up this year at seven schools here across the district. now, the good news here is that all buildings are done, even the one that were renovated over the summer. all the work has been completed. everything is opening today as scheduled. now, there was quite a volunteer effort under way over the weekend. look at this video. this was shot on saturday at orr elementary school. there were 115 schools that were worked on over the weekend. they had nearly 4,000 volunteers. those folks came out an

julie carey and i are here in tampa. >>> virginia governor bob mcdonnell's daughter will speak tonight. jeanine mcdonnell will introduce john mccain. she served in iraq as an army platoon leader. a fellow veteran who was wounded in combat will join her on stage. >>> a programming note here, tonight "nbc nightly news" will air at 6:30. that's half an hour earlier than normal so we can bring you the redskins preseason game against tampa bay bucs at 7:00. and the coverage of the republican national convention. congressman paul ryan's speech which will air immediately following the game. >>> the time is 5:06. president obama will make a campaign stop in charlottesville, virginia, today. he's beens visiting college town as part of his campaign tour. he will not be speaking on the university of virginia campus. school officials did not want to cancel classes. >>> new this morning police are investigating a double shooting along ponds street in northeast washington. the shooting happened around 2:00. two machine were shot. one in the arm and one in the leg. both were taken to the hospital and

look for live reports from aaron and julie carey all this week on news4. >>> while the gop rallies in florida president obama will be in virginia. he'll speak at a campaign stop in charlottesville this wednesday. he will not, however, be at uva. the school declined a request by his campaign to speak on campus. university of virginia officials didn't want to cancel class on the second day of school or pay for security. >>> pack the pb and j and maybe an apple. it's back to school for thousands of students. classes back in session for students in the district and loudoun county, virginia. in maryland, it's also the first day for kids in carroll, charles, fred drik, herick, and. tracee wilkins is here to tell us what they can expect. did you have your breakfast this morning. >> i did. i do every morning. it's going to be a little hard getting back into the the swing of things, i'm sure. yes, montgomery county is maryland's largest school system. one of the highest performing school systems in the country and their high test scores do a lot in maryland to help out the averages here. it's

. >> julie carey, thank you. >>> the hottest ticket at the olympics today might have been for the women's soccer match. it was the u.s. against japan. mark barger joins us from london with the latest. >> good evening. an electric atmosphere at wembley stadium today. the u.s. women's soccer team out to avenge their loss in the world cup final last summer to japan. they wasted no time getting down to business. >> morgan has got it. towards the back post and there's the opening goal! >> reporter: the u.s. women scored first in this match and never trailed? midfielder carly lloyd scored both u.s. goals. one in each half. >> it's all over. >> a third straight gold medal won before a sellout crowd at london's wembley stadium. >> the united states never stopping. >> reporter: the u.s. women's basketball team also has gold in its sights. they rallied in the second half to get past australia today. 86-73 to reach saturday's gold medal game. on the track, u.s. runner maneo mitchell broke his leg during this heat in the men's 4x400-meter relay. but he still managed to finish his portion of the race

of course, julie carey and i are here in tampa and we will have reports through the evening. >> virginiaernor bob mcdonnell's daughter will also speak tonight. she served in iraq as an army platoon leader. fellow veteran who was wounded in combat will join her on stage. >>> governor mcdonnell will try to get the focus back on the economy when he took the podium at the convention. republican says more states would have an economic record like virginia's if mitt romney were elected president. mcdonnell bosed about the low unemployment rate and budget surpluses. he says a president romney would make small businesses a priority. >> we need a president who will say to a small businesswoman, congratulations. we applaud your success. you did make that happen. you did build that in america. >> mcdonnell went on to say economic prosperity is not unique to virginia but it is a trend in states with republican leaders. he says republican governors lead seven of the ten states with the lowest unemployment rates. >>> fellow governor and key note speaker chris christie took the role of the tough guy. h

news 4 julie carey and aaron gilchrist will be in tampa all week long and reporting live from there. >>> we have him right here, tom kierein joins us here and ask him about the hurricane possibility in florida. what do you say, tom? >> it will affect part of florida. which part, we are not sure yet. it may affect our weather here by the end of next week. stay tuned, we'll keep you posted on that. the latest track for isaac right here. right now take a look outside. a gorgeous summer day under way around washington. we have had a gorgeous morning. there was the live view earlier this morning from chopper 4, as the sun was coming up. you see a little bit of a faint veil of light fog over the landscape. chopper 4 caught this iridescent sun rise right around dawn on this wednesday morning, the 22nd day of august. and there is the sky over the washington monument. now, the jefferson memorial got the sunshine and reagan national now near 80 degrees and the dew point up to 64. that's not too humid. a very light northeasterly breeze and temperatures else where a lot of sun to our west and mi