but we're not, leslie. we are not gaining just as many jobs. but that's not true.o lehrer then would be forced to say if that were true, mr. president, unemployment would be coming down, and it isn't. it's staying the same. so you can do a three card monty and say you are creating this and that, but the stat is the stat. it's 8.1 or whatever, 1 or 2%. and that's where it's holding. you see, this is where we are not going to get tonight and we lost kirsten. we are not ignoring kirsten by the way. this is what happens when you do live television. the satellite, a martian attacked it, so we have to kill that martian and then kirsten will come back. but for now it's just leslie marshall and o'reilly. >> you know, bill because she was wearing red. >> bill: i don't want to be cynical. if mitt romney doesn't take it to the president tonight, i think that the obama machine will win. got to take it to him? >> i don't agree with you there, bill and this is why. the lack of connectivity that mitt romney has with the american public especially the middle class in which the dec

lesli. >> anita, thank you. security is extra tight at the british hospital where a pakistani schoolgirl is being treated after being shot by the taliban. the hospital's medical director says authorities turned away two well wishers overnight who were posing as relatives of malala. meanwhile, doctors say the 14- year-old activist is making some good progress in her recovery. >> she is not out of the woods yet. there's plenty that could go wrong. at this stage, we are optimistic things are going in the right direction. >> the 14-year-old is surrounded by teams of medical experts. they are starting to plan for reconstructive surgery to repair the damage to her head. >>> there was an emotional homecoming today for 70 soldiers just back from afghanistan. the d.c. army national guard unit returned from the ten month long deployment and some of those service members have been deployed. ceremony was held at the d.c. national guard armory. and d.c. delegate was among the dignitaries in attendance. >> and i know your fam

reporting live in san francisco, leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> thanks, leslie. and if you missed the debate you can still see it by going to abc7news.com. we have a link for you on the front page. >>> and mitt romney struck a nerve with social media when he said he would eliminate the subsidee for the public broadcast system. >> i am going to stop the subsidee to pbs and other things. i like pbs. i like big bird. >> somebody started a fire big bird twitter account. in a half hour they had 9900 followers. thought to be outdone somebody started a facebook page called big bird for president. the next debate takes place a week from tomorrow in danville, kentucky when vice president joe bid and congssman paul ryan face-off. we will air that debate starting at 6:00. >>> developing news, and police are at the scene of a double homicide that may have resulted from a neighbor dispute. one man was taken from the scene in a police car. officers arrived after 6:00 to find two bodies on the front lawn of a house. a that i bore who lives across the street confronted the men w

lesli. >>> we'll see what happens, matt, thank you. it looks like the trial for george zimmerman will begin next june. the neighborhood watch volunteer is accused of shooting 17-year-old trayvon martin last february in florida. this morning a judge tentatively set a trial date of june 10, they noted that there are several pretrial motions to resolve. that date could change. zimmerman faces second-degree murder charges in the death of the unarmed teen. anita. >>> controlling the meningitis crisis tops our health alert today. the latest reports for the centers for disease control show 233 people battling infections nationwide. 35 in virginia, 16 in maryland. 15 people have died during the outbreak. the cdc is the nerve center of the response and scrambling to tackle this public health threat. demarco morgan gives us a look at the emergency operation center. >> you may have seen notice that the case count has gone up in recent days. we think this is mainly because we are doing a better job at finding the cases. >> for some, it's already t

reporting live in san francisco, leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> thanks, leslie. and if you missed the debate you can still see it by going to abc7news.com. we have a link for you on the front page. >>> and mitt romney struck a nerve with social media when he said he would eliminate the subsidee for the public broadcast system. >> i am going to stop the subsidee to pbs and other things. i like pbs. i like big bird. >> somebody started a fire big bird twitter account. in a half hour they had 9900 followers. thought to be outdone somebody started a facebook page called big bird for president. the next debate takes place a week from tomorrow in danville, kentucky when vice president joe biden and congressman paul ryan face-off. we will air that debate starting at 6:00. >>> developing news, and police are at the scene of a double homicide that may have resulted from a neighbor dispute. one man was taken from the scene in a police car. officers arrived after 6:00 to find two bodies on the front lawn of a house. a that i bore who lives across the street confronted the m

lesli? >>> new york and new jersey are taking stock of overwhelming devastation left from superstorm sandy. >> some of the worst damage is along the jersey shore where floods and outages prompted governor chris christie to postpone halloween. alison harmelin is in atlantic city. >> reporter: anita, a clear sunny day here at the jersey shore only made it so much more evident that the destruction is everywhere. president obama arrived in new jersey for a closeup look at the damage. the president took a chopper tour with governor christie over devastated areas of the state where superstorm sandy hit with full force. record storm surge took out atlantic city's boardwalk. in the tiny beach community of long port, new jersey, the storm surge brought the beach literally right onto the main street. there are feet and feet of sand piled up as if it were a snowstorm. they came out bikes to see the devastation. >> never saw sand like that. that's due to the storm surge i think. >> reporter: further up

lesli. >> no doubt about that. with just one month until election day, mitt romney is hoping his view on foreign policy will connect with those undecided voters out there. the republican presidential candidate told voters at the virginia military institute he will strengthen america's defense as commander in chief. and that president obama has failed to lead on the world stage, especially in the middle east. the obama campaign is already pushing back with a new ad, highlighting some of romney's foreign policy missteps. >> even republican experts said romney's remarks were the worst possible reaction to what happened. >> it's clear the risk of conflict in the region is higher now than when the president took office. need help defending them. >> polls show voters favor obama. dedicating a national monument to latino labor leader, cesar chavez. >>> the league of women voters are sponsoring tonight's debate between george allen and tim kaine. they both want jim webb's senate seat. that debate is expected at 8:00. you c

reporting live in san francisco, leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> thanks, leslie.y going to abc7news.com. we have a link for you on the front page. >>> and mitt romney struck a nerve with social media when he said he would eliminate the subsidee for the public broadcast system. >> i am going to stop the subsidee to pbs and other things. i like pbs. i like big bird. >> somebody started a fire big bird twitter account. in a half hour they had 9900 followers. thought to be outdone somebody started a facebook page called big bird for president. the next debate takes place a week from tomorrow in danville, kentucky when vice president joe biden and congressman paul ryan face-off. we will air that debate starting at 6:00. >>> developing news, and police are at the scene of a double homicide that may have resulted from a neighbor dispute. one man was taken from the scene in a police car. officers arrived after 6:00 to find two bodies on the front lawn of a house. a that i bore who lives across the street confronted the men with the firearm. >> a sheriff deputy shot a man

anita and lesli are here. a lot to talk about, including cell phones on planes. apparently, you and i can't use our cell phones on our domestic flights, but a few others, you can. those airlines allow it. should they loosen up the rules so you can talk on your cell phone? it will give you something to do on those long flights. >> for goodness sakes, no. you can put whatever you want in front of that. no. you know, there's nothing more annoying than a walk down the street or department store and hear someone talking loudly on their cell phone. that's what happens when you talk on the cell phone. you have a tendency to talk louder than you normally would. it's annoying. what is it that you need to say? >> pass the time. pass the time. >> as you get to a certain point, your ears are all stopped up, so you are talking louder. the difference of being in the grocery store is you can move. you are stuck right where you are. you cannot move. and i still worry about some of the telecommunications. the rule was in place for some reason, some concern, and if it means i don'

leslie brinkley is in hercules for us. >> that's right. i have been following this, and with police finding the victim's stolen car in chicago -- i'm sorry in seattle, and the two suspects who drove it there are now in custody. they feel as though they have a significant break in this case. hercules detectives are in seattle to talk to tonya and darnell washington. >> they are not officially murder suspects. they are people of interest, particularly since they were in the stolen vehicle from the co homicide. >> the station wagon was stolen from susie co who was found stabbed to death in her entry last friday. officers noticed the blue car with stolen plates. there was a short pursuit. the suspects were surrounded by patrol cars as they tried to ram their way out and run over officers to escape. they were finally taken into custody at gun point. >> two extremely violent individuals who based on what we know have shown no these 10 see to commit violent crime. >> a sawed off shotgun was recovered from the car. 24r* was an escape on august 28t

will she go rogue, as i called it. >> leslie? >> i'm hoping she'll go rogue because the men don't play by the rules. women, you you don't have to play by the rules anymore. >> "more" magazine editor and carole simpson, it's great to have you both on the program. come back please. >> thank you. >> illinois congressman jesse jackson jr. is reportedly now under a criminal investigation. "the wall street journal" reports the fbi is investigating if the congressman misused campaign money to decorate his house. the report says the fbi is almost done with the probe. so far no comment from jackson's spokesman. he has been on medical leave since june. nps brought to you by empire today. very sore looking kinda blistery. it was like a red rash... like somebody had set a bag of hot charcoal on my neck. i was a firefighter for 24 years. but, i have never encountered such a burning sensation until i had the shingles. i remember it well. i was in the back yard doing yard work. i had this irritation going on in my lower neck. i changed shirts b

he can't run on his record, but as leslie demonstrates he doesn't really have an agenda either. so what does he have? can only tear down mitt romney. worked for two months when he had freerunning room, negative ads to portray mitt romney as a monster. then mitt romney got up in front of 70 million people, people saw he's totally capable and responsible guy, and all those ads went away and mitt's been rising since. >> sean: karl rove said there's never been at this point in the race somebody above 50%. this is two days in a row, gallup poll, national poll, and lost an election. >> yeah. we also have a lot -- we have a man who's the first biracial african american who's ever been presidents. >> sean: who historically -- >> sean: and no republican president has become president without winning ohio. >> sean: he's historically overpolled, president obama. >> quite frankly, the secretary of state gets up and says "the buck stops with me," i don't think anybody tells hillary what to do. >> sean: don't you think bill clinton's mad? >> no. >> sean: "fire him, put me in, because he hasn'

leslie brinkley has the story from stanford. >> by day, 10-year-old regan sings. >> ♪ i want to know ♪ there are shooting stars >> ♪ i want to know when >> reporter: but overnight she is a youtube sensation. >> it went up four days ago, and it already has 37,000 views which is amazing. i didn't know it would have that many views. i guess it is just my friends and family of the. >> i think more than just that. >> just a few years ago regan was diagnosed with a platelet disorder that threatened her world. >> chronic itp. that's what regan had. it went on beyond a year and made a big difference in her life. she restricted her activities. >> the fear, and it does happen, was tabling -- bleeding in the head. >> she endured therapy at children's hospital at stanford. finally she had her spleen removed and started to recover rediscovering her love of singing. a music producer helped concoct this music video. >> she made it up on the spot. she did all of the harmonies herself. >> so regan is beating the odds yet again with another goal. >> i really want to go to med school and be a surgeon,

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leslie brinkley has the story from stanford. >> by day, 10-year-old regan sings. >> ♪ i want to knowhere are shooting stars >> ♪ i want to know when >> reporter: but overnight she is a youtube sensation. >> it went up four days ago, and it already has 37,000 views which is amazing. i didn't know it would have that many views. i guess it is just my friends and family of the. >> i think more than just that. >> just a few years ago regan was diagnosed with a platelet disorder that threatened her world. >> chronic itp. that's what regan had. it went on beyond a year and made a big difference in her life. she restricted her activities. >> the fear, and it does happen, was tabling -- bleeding in the head. >> she endured therapy at children's hospital at stanford. finally she had her spleen removed and started to recover rediscovering her love of singing. a music producer helped concoct this music video. >> she made it up on the spot. she did all of the harmonies herself. >> so regan is beating the odds yet again with another goal. >> i really want to go to med school and be a surgeon, but

leslie brinkley is in hercules for us. >> that's right. i have been following this, and with police finding the victim's stolen car in chicago -- i'm sorry in seattle, and the two suspects who drove it there are now in custody. they feel as though they have a significant break in this case. hercules detectives are in seattle to talk to tonya and darnell washington. >> they are not officially murder suspects. they are people of interest, particularly since they were in the stolen vehicle from the co homicide. >> the station wagon was stolen from susie co who was found stabbed to death in her entry last friday. officers noticed the blue car with stolen plates. there was a short pursuit. the suspects were surrounded by patrol cars as they tried to ram their way out and run over officers to escape. they were finally taken into custody at gun point. >> two extremely violent individuals who based on what we know have shown no these 10 see to commit violent crime. >> a sawed off shotgun was recovered from the car. 24r* was an escape on august 28t

today headquarters with a preview of it all. >> hi lesli. it's less than two hours and 45 minutes before president obama versus mitt romney on the stage in denver. the first presidential debate. now of course they'll be both sharing their views on what aught to be done and spinning the news on that situation to fit that various world views. here at u.s.a. today where i'll be all evening long, they have fact checkers in place to examine what is being said for the truth and the spin. they'll put it online. so you can know the difference. meantime, susan page of u.s.a. today says this debate has high stakes. >> this contest has been close from the start, although president obama is now building a small advantage when you look at the national polls. and that means that if 5% of americans switch their vote from president obama to mitt romney because of what they see in the debate, that could sway the election. now if the debates are a draw, that's probably to the advantage of president obama. it is mitt romney who needs to shake things up in thes

leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> what an experience. >> good for her. it will be fun to ouch what. >>> from baseball to skiing, you could be on the slopes this weekend. >> the mountain resorts have enough to open on friday. it will be the first to open this season. >> they got 30 inches this week and another 6 inches this morning. >> here is sandhya patel with the forecast. >> n early taste of winter there in the sierra nevada. let's look at live doppler hd. a lot of cloud cover out there and leftover moisture, and this is the result. still some isolated showers showing up around napa, fairfield. we take you to street level and out toward fairfield, peabody road we are getting light showers. across 121 and 29 we are getting you down to street level, browns valley road, it is getting wet out there. this is the last push of moisture. as we look toward san francisco, the last batch of moisture we are seeing is in the form of sprinkles. so with all of the recent rain where do we stand? santa rosa just under an inch and a half of rain. 84% of normal. san fra

leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> what an experience. >> good for her. it will be fun to ouch what. >>> from baseball to skiing, you could be on the slopes this weekend. >> the mountain resorts have enough to open on friday. it will be the first to open this season. >> they got 30 inches this week and another 6 inches this morning. >> here is sandhya patel with the forecast. >> n early taste of winter there in the sierra nevada. let's look at live doppler hd. a lot of cloud cover out there and leftover moisture, and this is the result. still some isolated showers showing up around napa, fairfield. we take you to street level and out toward fairfield, peabody road we are getting light showers. across 121 and 29 we are getting you down to street level, browns valley road, it is getting wet out there. this is the last push of moisture. as we look toward san francisco, the last batch of moisture we are seeing is in the form of sprinkles. so with all of the recent rain where do we stand? santa rosa just under an inch and a half of rain. 84% of normal. san fra

leslie brinkley is in hercules for us. >> that's right. and with police finding the victim's stolen car in chicago -- i'm sorry in seattle, and the two suspects who drove it there are now in custody. they feel as though they have a significant break in this case. hercules detectives are in seattle to talk to tonya and darnell washington. >> they are not officially murder suspects. they are people of interest, particularly since they were in the stolen vehicle from the co homicide. >> the station wagon was stolen from susie co who was found stabbed to death in her entry last friday. officers noticed the blue car with stolen plates. there was a short pursuit. the suspects were surrounded by patrol cars as they tried to ram their way out and run over officers to escape. they were finally taken into custody at gun point. >> two extremely violent individuals who based on what we know have shown no these 10 see to commit violent crime. >> a sawed off shotgun was recovered from the car. 24r* was an escape on august 28th from the jail. five days l

this administration could not be any more extreme on abortion and i agree with leslie.'m very glad the question was asked because while americans are becoming more and more pro-life, the policies coming from this administration could not be any more extreme the catholic bishops came out strong in a statement which is unusual after a vice presidential debate but they came out strongly rebuking the vice president for what he said about that hhs mandate saying there is absolutely no meaningful accommodation to catholic universities, other religious charities or catholic hospitals. and indeed we still have to subis i died through premium support, policies that allow for the use of and give drugs and contraception, sterilization procedures, et cetera, this is against our religious liberty concerns and the vice president is simply wrong on this. so he tried to say i stand with my church but then the top church officials in the united states came out today and said huh-uh, you are not getting this right. they are obviously suing the obama administration as well. >> i'm just go

leslie brinkley has the story from stanford. >> by day, 10-year-old regan sings. >> ♪ i want to know>> ♪ i want to know when is a youturnight she is a youtube sensation. >> it went up four days ago, and it already has 37,000 views which is amazing. i didn't know it would have that many views. i guess it is just my friends and family of the. >> i think more than just that. >> just a few years ago regan was diagnosed with a platelet disorder that threatened her world. >> chronic itp. that's what regan had. it went on beyond a year and made a big difference in her life. she restricted her activities. >> the fear, and it does happen, was tabling -- bleeding in the head. >> she endured therapy at children's hospital at stanford. finally she had her spleen removed and started to recover rediscovering her love of singing. a music producer helped concoct this music video. >> she made it up on the spot. she did all of the harmonies herself. >> so regan is beating the odds yet again with another goal. >> i really want to go to med school and be a surgeon, but also on the weekend i i want to si

leslie brinkley has her story. clarissa fong is a juniorl.chool and works at the boys and girls club in her free time. the boys and girls club teamed up major league baseball thyeard year and clarissa will get the honor of handing over the game two world series ball. >> since i was a little kid my brother and me would play baseball. since it is our local team we have become a fan. >> clarissa with her great work and her back dwrownd in softball and -- background in softball and in sports she would be a perfect person to enjoy this once in a lifetime opportunity. >> her favorite player is buster posey. she is hoping she gets to meet him and score some autographs. she also gets to see the game. >> once i get up there i will probably feel the pressure of everyone watching me. it will be nerve-wracking. i will still go out there. >> become hopes to become a computer engineer for google and a giants ticket holder. leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> what an experience. >> good for her. it will be fun to ouch what. >>> from baseball to skiing, you could

though the gallup poll today was a surprise for everybody. >> sean: the gallup poll, and we have, leslie, a poll out of pennsylvania, a bit of a shock. the polls tightsenning there, it was a two-point race. now a four-point lead in pennsylvania for governor romney. >> that's today. i'm still thinking the president will take pennsylvania. i look forward to tonight like dana. we all need a breather. >> sean: i don't. i want another debate, more attention. >> you haven't been breathing for five years. >years. >> sean: yeah, pretty much. what do you make of -- this dinner's fun, but with that said, i watched that debate the other night, i did not see two people that liked each other very much. >> they do not like each other. it's on the record, president obama basically his aides talking to people anonymously, political reporters say he has contempt for mitt romney. i think his whole campaign has been run that way. it's not served him well. sean, i think the romney people initially had a false view of always a choice they had to offer a positive vision. romney finally did that in the first d

native ryan leslie's native and he will be here in the studio.will talk to him about his new project that that is all coming up now on "good morning washington." we will start things up with jacqui jeras with a look at today's forecast. >> we could have some serious impact by the end of the weekend and early next week. for today, we are starting out this morning with some fog and some drizzle. that will last until noon until we get some afternoon sun and we're expecting to see some heavy rain and strong winds but how bad will it be? there is a bit of it? and we will have more details on the hurricane in a minute. this is the visibility across the area, 6 miles in washington d.c. in fredericksburg, 12 miles so use caution on the roadways this morning. -- two miles. let's check on traffic. >> it has been an easy one so far. i hope it stays that way for friday morning. 95-virginia has a little bit of volume. here we are live in springfield and that is moving along just fine. maryland and virginia checks out fine on the beltway. >> thank you. we are

leslie? >> zena pleaded with her husband not to kill her shooting her and two other women in wisconsin this week. every time you hear these stories, it gets you right in the gut. >> you know what, the experts say women still need to go get these res straining orders if they can. they still help a lot of times. in this case, a judge ordered rat cliff to turn in his guns and abusers don't always listen. two-days later he was able to guy another gun. there you are with the big question. what else can we do to stop these guys in. >> for this woman here, here she is, gorgeous -- i don't even know her name. >> for 20 years -- >> here is the beginning stages of her suffering from domestic violence. >> maryland state senator. >> she was burned with what looks like a cigarette lighter. >> of a domestic violence victim. >> judges grant more than a million women a year restraining orders. she wrote that her husband was going to dows her with -- douse her with gas and light her on fire. there have been 8

leslie sbrocco is here. she's the author of "the simple and savvy wine guide". we love her.we have lots of other closures, it's going to be a tough one. basically, i want you to do set one is pinot grigio. i want you to swirl and sniff and tell me if you think one has the screw cap and one is a cork. one is from oregon, one is from italy. same grape variety. >> i already know the answer, i'm telling you now. the other one is screwed -- what did i say? and blue one is corked. >> ready for the unveiling, ladies? hoda wins it. >> really, i didn't like the first one at all. >> it's from oregon. made by a woman. >> sorry. sorry again. >> second one is from italy. >> please, add to the board. >> one from italy, even though it was -- never mind, i got it. >> all between $15 and $25. ready? these are two chardonnays. kathie lee is going to come back strong. one is crisp and clean, the an oak style, clean, the other is a completely unoaked style from california. one has a cork, one has a screw cap. all right, hoda is on it. >> i have no idea, i'm guessing. >> totally guessing. okay,

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i wanted leslie stall to say hey you were a bad governor, arnold, which he was. but instead it was all about the love child he was conan the barbarian and whoever the woman out there in the hat was. and he is sitting there. this big macho guy and he is just getting bang, bang, bang. and i'm thinking to myself is it really worth it for some dopey book that doesn't mean a thing? is it? >> no. listen, i live in california and i can tell you who else got screwed by arnold schwarzenegger. not just the help. >> bill: don't, don't, don't please. wield like to walk out of here with just a little litigation from drew and nobody else. >> the good people who live in california. >> bill: talking of making a political metaphor. i don't want to go down that other road that we certainly don't want to open. >> no. >> bill: you and i agree it's inexplicable for a guy like arnold waziristan to, number one, write the book and number two go out and promote the book when he knows people are going to hammer him and all of that. >> also, let me ask you this about. >> bill: go ahead. >>

. >> we're tracking some showers and believe it or not, lesli, a couple thunderstorms. let's start with radar. there's activity west of town headed for fauquier county north of warrenton and another heavier storm moving into howard county. that's about to cross route 32, about to cross 29 and 95 in between d.c. and baltimore. even if you look carefully, this is lightning heading out of near the culpeper area, headed into fauquier county. don't be surprised if you hear the rumble of thunder, pretty heavy storms crossing 66 moving north and east. get ready chantilly, fairfax, anybody driving out 56, slow go, brief heavy rains with it actually. you can season the line of storms and the red indicates rainfall rates of about an inch per hour with pretty good lightning. this will move across 17, across toward haymarket and across 66 of the in next 30 minutes. after that -- 66 in the next 30 minutes. after that we'll talk about drying off and getting cooler coming up. >>> a fire yesterday in upper marlboro, a woman pulled from her burning home yesterday morning on peach leaf c

now back to lesli and anita in the studio. >> a busy and exciting night ahead. thank you, derek. >> an important alert to pass along tonight. another teenage girl has been assaulted by a serial fondler. >> this latest attack happened last night in the 6200 block in springfield. peggy fox has been in that community all day where residents are really worried this guy could get even more violent. peg. >> yes, and we have a self- defense move. we're going to show you to help get you out of one of these attacks. so far, four attacks, the last one last night at 7:15 near the corner of exmore. this is behind springfield plaza. none of the victims were physically injured, but they have been scared. >> i'm walking the streets, i'm always looking behind me, all the time. >> keep aware of your surroundings, there's a grope on the loose. >> i don't think anybody will be grabbing me. >> having a dog helps. >> scared to go out. after we heard that, we're scared go go out now. >> these women are walking in groups and fathers are warning their daughters. >> don't go out after 6

. >> leslie stall did a terrific job. his book is being released. a spokesman says maria will not be giving a response from last night. are you interested in reading his tell all book? you can comment on facebook or twitter or e-mail us. we'd like to get your comments and share them later in the show. >> general motors is recalling 40,000 cars and suvs because of a faulty fuel pump. 2007 through 2009 chevy cobalt. and pontiac g 5. the pontiac torrent and saturday ion. the fuel pumps could crack and cause dangerous leaks. >> wall street begins october in a new quarter with plenty of economic news. there are reports out this week on construction spending, manufacturing and auto sales. on friday, the government releases the employment report for the month of september. show the economy added just 96,000 jobs in august. the job less rate fell slightly as people gave up looking for work. >>> people who preordered amazon's newest and brighten kindle will have to wait. supposed to ship tomorrow but ship the week of october the 22nd. starts at $119. >> a wa

lesli foster, 9news now. >> apples of a different variety could be in short supply this fall. according to u.s.a. today, this year's apple crop could be the smallest since 1986. growers are blaming the unusually warm temperatures back in march followed by an april cold snap. the result could be higher prices and less variety of apples across the country. >> that's a bummer. >> i'm a granny smith kind of a guy. i like those crunchy green ones. >> i don't know. i like any apple. all right, well our weather this weekend, big changes here. so the beautiful weather we had today, unfortunately, is not going to stick with us. let's take a look outside with our michael and son weather cam. still beautiful out there. lots of sunshine. 81 degrees, and comfortable humidity with that dew point in the low 50s. it doesn't start to become noticeable until the dew point is in the 60s. right now, we're in a good spot and with those calm winds, it's the kind of weather you can get out and relax in. so great weather continues overnight tonight. then the changes arrive. we're going to see showers

byron york, leslie clark and, first, byron, what do you think about -- the teleprompter being unfair?> well, i think these professional terms, i think these are called low-information voters. they obviously didn't know how -- how a debate is supposed to work. but i think it pointed to a serious issue with the debate, which is that president obama just didn't seem as well prepared paz -- as mitt romney did. and of course, there have been a million teleprompter jokes about him during his presidency. we have seen him at evens where you thought he would be speaking off the cuff and he had teleprompter screens. and he has not taken the tough, challenging questions that he -- from the press or anybody else that he faced from romney. so even though, it's a joke-y video, it points to a serious issue. >> greta: leslie, i felt that some of his supporters, they almost threw him under the bus with the silly excuses. it's like, there would have been moreesquive ways to say, look, he has had a lousy night. >> a lot of people they talked to in the video acknowledged that he had not had the best of n

lesli. >>> some montgomery county parents are shaking their heads in disbelief after the people they entrusted to care for their children let them down. >> i'm andrea mccarren in bethesda where the state is investigating a local daycare center. after four toddlers wandered away unnoticed, until a good samaritan brought them back. >> there was a man who brought him home. i would like to know who he is. i would like to say thank you for finding my baby. >> wendy is overwelmed with gratitude for the anonymous good samaritan who led her two- year-old son, sam, to safety. >> they were walking between parked cars. if he hadn't found them, i don't know what would have happened. i could have lost my child. >> remarkably, little sam was one of four two-year-olds, three boys and a girl, who walked a block away from the montgomery county childcare association. >> the daycare hired a public relations firm to respond to our questions. a statement issued this afternoon detailed the steps being taken to ensure this doesn't happen again. the two teachers involved have been fired. >> andrea mccarren,

that's it from here, let's go back to the studio for more on a big change in local law enforcement, lesli, back to you. >> thank you. yeah, the budget act could mean the end for a controversial immiation policy in prince william county. >> i'm peggy fox in woodbridge. the controversial and tough antiimmigration policy may be defunded by the feds. while some people are cheering, chairman corey stewart says he is steamed. >> this is not a budget cut. >> corey stewart received credit and criticism nationwide. it trains officers to check immigration status of people that are arrested. >> they are folding under pressure from the american civil liberties union. >> program cut crime nearly 50%. but advocates for immigrants say that's malarkey. >> the crime level has decreased. this is actually very, very typical because immigrant people tend to be very law- abiding, they are patriotic. >> 287g makes immigrants who are victims of crime reluctant to report it, fearing family members could be deported. 9news now. >> tax revenues in the state of virginia fell .7 in september. that is the third decli