and what ken cuccinelli, the attorney general said fine. bring it on. the nomination is going to be in a convention and he is confident that he could be in a primary or in a convention and that the governor has a prerogative he is backing bowling. it would make no difference in cuccinelli said i have 30 points more name recognition than the lieutenant governor. so he felt very smug, really, about his chances whatever bob mcdonnell did. >> mark, that race for the virginia governor's office is already shaping up to be a big one. we have mark, fox 5 political analyst live in tampa tonight at the republican national convention. as you heard mark say there just a moment ago, ann romney speaking tonight. governor chris cristie of new jersey later on with the keynote address. so we have much more to come this evening as we continue, shawn. >> thank you, tom. >>> still ahead, a crucial clue released in the case of a man brutally beaten on capitol hill. we'll show you the clue, plus the victim's wife is now speaking out. also ahead. >> for the time being, will b

robin for virginia's gop with congressman frank wolf giving a fiery speech and attorney general ken cuccinelli sharing the stage with former democrat and obama pitchman arturo davis because the running mate from wisconsin. >> the problem is too many politicians in washington like president obama have been more worried and concerned about their next election than they have about the next generation. we're not going to stand for that. >> reporter: paul ryan said the president inherited a bad economy but made matters worse. his message he said had turned from hope and change to tachyand blame. then ryan turn -- attack and blame. then ryan turned to medicare. >> there's only one person who treated medicare like a piggy bang and that's president obama. he took $716 billion from that program to create obamacare. that affects current seniors and his campaign calls this an achievement. >> reporter: fairfax county democratic chair cesar aguilar gave us the counter position. >> they're talking about vouchers. that's another fancy name for a cue summon. seniors will get a cue -- cue summon. seniors will

today inside it was really a who's who of all the local gops, even attorney general ken cuccinelli coming up sharing the stage with paul ryan. we'll have more on that coming up at 7:00. of course, virginia an extremely important swing state with most of the votes right here in northern virginia. i'm peggy fox reporting live in springfield, back to you. >> thank you. on that note new polling this week shows the race for virginia is still a dead heat. it was released by purple strategies and shows 48% of likely virginia voters would pick mitt romney and paul ryan, 45% would choose the president and vice president again, but 8% of the voters in the commonwealth say they are still undecided. >>> the last effort to keep maryland's congressional redistricting map off the ballot failed. today the state court of appeals rejected the maryland democratic party's request to stop the referendum. the party argued the process opponents used to collect signatures was susceptible to fraud, but the court did not agree. maryland voters will have the final say on the redistricting plan in november. >>> a he

we talked to ken cuccinelli, virginia's attorney general about what kind of strategy he thought mitt romney should take. >> you shouldn't change to get votes. you should tell people why you believe what you believe and why it matters to them in their lives as voters. that's what i've done. >> so there was a bit of a demonstration from ron paul delegates. they were screaming and shouting here. but the folks here say there's no questions that republicans will go out of this convention united in the effort to defeat barack obama. derek. >> and hoping to be united and energized. bruce leshan live at the convention in tampa. thank you. >>> now president obama is heading to some colleges in swing states during the republican convention. today he was at iowa state university. tomorrow he heads to the university of virginia in charlottesville. and on friday, he'll be at colorado state university. >>> well, a soldier has copped a plea and will now testify against three fellow soldiers. they are accused of killing two people to protect a secret militia group bent on killing president obama and

congressman ryan took the stage a little after 4:00 friday and in a packed gymnasium, and joined ken cuccinelli. >> and the one person more than any other in washington who has been willing to step forward and take all the slings and arrows this you take when you actually propose a construct uv alternative is congressman paul ryan. >> ryan, who has a wisconsin congressman, is also chairman of the house budget committee shot back when he described as scare tactics by the obama campaign about what ryan's proposed budget would do to medicare and social security. >> he can't run on his record. he has run out of ideas and that unfortunately is why this campaign that he's waging is one based on frustration and anger. hope and change has become attack and blame. we're not going to fall for it, are we? >> ryan echoed many of mitt romney's recent campaign appearances. not republicans call for what they say is fiscal restraint. >> now this event did not completely go off without a hitch for republicans. only a few minutes into ryan's remarks, one democratic protester stood up and shouted at the vice pres

he was joined by virginia's republican attorney general, ken cuccinelli. as you know, the wisconsin congressman is not only running as vice president, he is also the chairman of the republican house budget committee. to that end, ryan shot back today at what he said was scare tactics by the obama campaign about what ryan supposed budget would do to medicare and social security. ryan said the obama administration spending habits is the problem, not his own call for fiscal restrain. >> here's the problem. he made things much worse. so he can't run on his record. he has run out of ideas and that unfortunately is why this campaign he is waging is one based on frustration and anger. hope and change has become attack and blame. we're not going to fall for it, are we? >> no. >> the romney campaign also moved today to shoot down some of the criticisms that its financial backers have come from the ranks of mostly wealthy millionaires. today they released new details showing that since paul ryan joined this campaign over a week ago in norfolk, virginia, online contr

he was joined by virginia's republican attorney general ken cuccinelli. >> and the one person more thanother in washington who has been willing to step forward and take all the slings and arrows that you take when you actually propose a constructive alternative is congressman paul ryan. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: ryan while he was congressman is also chairman of the house budget committee shot back on what he described as scare tactics by the obama campaign about what ryan's proposed budget would do to medicare and social security. >> he can't run on his record. he's run out of ideas and that unfortunately is why this campaign that he's waging is one based on frustration and anger. hope and change has become attack and blame. we're not going to fall for it, are we? >> reporter: ryan echoed many of mitt romney's recent campaign appearances pointing to the obama administration as the problem, not republicans call for what they say is fiscal restraint. in just the short week since he's been the vice presidential nominee paul ryan has already paid off as far as online contributi

fairfax county, republican -- supervisors in fairfax county and also virginia's attorney general ken cuccinelli helped introduce paul ryan. also arturo davis who is now a republican was on stage with paul ryan as well. we'll have more of what went on. we did have one protester who was booed and was escorted out. i'll have more on all of it coming up at 6:00. back to you. >> the campaign is heating up. thanks, peggy. >>> of course, the presidential race will be the hot topic on face the nation this weekend. bob schieffer is here with a preview now. you just heard peggy fox reporting on paul ryan in our neck of the woods in virginia, got a rousing reception. what's your take on his addition to the republican ticket? >> well, i tell you, you know, he has just delighted the conservatives and republicans, especially the more conservative republican, but democrats are delighted about it, too because they think some of his positions on medicare and on, you know, some of the social programs reducing them, they think that will help their side. so we'll find out what his impact is going to be, but it's t