governor mcdonnell said he would take a look at that bill if it did end up coming to his desk. bill was passed through a committee, this is what the lobby of the hearing room looked like. the area around the personhood bill was full of protesters. that was a standing-room only type of gig. there were protesters outside as well. virginia republicans also came out with their forced vaginal probe ultrasound bill this year which governor mcdonnell initially through his full support behind. hundreds of protesters turned up at the capital on the day the house was supposed to vote to take part in a silent protest. protesters lined the sidewalks so legislators would just have to see them as they walked to work. they just stood there being quiet. it was a very powerful, very large protest. they are making their case on two levels. first, there were a lot of people. lots of women, also some men too. and they were all willing to show up and stand there and demonstrate that they were against that forced ultrasound bill. but these were often seen and not heard on an issue where their compla

joining the conversation, virginia's republican governor bob mcdonnell. former democratic governor of michigan jennifer granholm. atlanta's democratic mayor kasim reed. republican strategist alex castellanos. and nbc's tom brokaw. >>> and later, politics, satire, and lots of laughs. i go one-on-one with stephen colbert. in character -- >> i don't really watch the news so much. i come in around 6:30 and i just say the opposite of whatever rachel maddow says the night before. and comedy just helps an idea go down. that's all. and it just makes you listen for a minute. >>> from nbc news in washington, "meet the press" with david gregory. >>> good sunday morning. it is a critical time in the race for the white house now. over the next eight days, think about it, we'll see the final two debates as polls show mitt romney now improving his standing in key battleground states of florida, virginia, and ohio. look at those polls. meanwhile, this weekend, people are still debating who won the vice presidential face-off as "saturday night live" had some fun with the

they came out with the forced vaginal ultrasound bill, which governor mcdonnell threw his full support behind. hundreds of protesters turned up at the capital on the day the house was supposed to vote to take part in a silent protest. protesters lined the sidewalks as they would have to see them as they walked to work. it was a very powerful, very large protest. they are making their case on two levels. first, there were a lot of people. lots of women, also some men too. and they were all willing to show up and stand there that they were against the bill. they were being seen and not heard on an issue where their complaint was that their voices were being ignored. choices were being taken away. governor mcdonnell called for an amended version of the forced ultrasound bill that did not require that the ultrasound be the vaginal probe kind. but he did sign the final forced ultrasound bill. he earned himself the national nickname "he will never shed as long as i'm alive and that was "governor ultrasound." they aggressively engineered that board toward a decision that could have the effect

. >> joining us now for our own debate of sorts, republican governor bob mcdonnell. he is the republican governor of virginia, and seen frequently on the campaign trail with mitt romney. the former democratic governor of michigan and now host of current tv's "the war room" jennifer granholm. rounding out the roundtable for the hour, the mayor of atlanta, democrat kasim reed. republican strategist alex castellanos. and nbc news special correspondent tom brokaw, who by the way moderated the town hall style presidential debate between john mccain and barack obama in 2008. so we'll have some perspective of what to expect from that point of view. welcome to all of you. governor mcdonnell, the framing of this is that things are moving in romney's directions. if you look at the polling in the battleground states, there has been a movement toward him after that first debate. what makes you think that is sustainable? >> because it was based on i think a sharp contrast between the vision of mitt romney and the record of barack obama. it's the first time that 60 million america

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secretary, you just heard governor mcdonnell. what's your response to what he said?you believe that people are rightly interpreting this as president obama insulting the folks who are serving the navy? >> i don't believe people are interpreting it that way, and they wouldn't be right if they did. i think it's an extraordinary stretch. first you have the stretch of the analogy itself which says that our navy now can be compared and is in some ways supposed to be weaker than the navy of 1916. that's just crazy. nobody believes that. it's second, not factually accurate as you point out. the smallest navy we've had before this came under the bush administration and the obama administration has grown that navy. third, if you accepted all those things, you ought to recognize as well that while the bush administration has been committed to reduction in many of those people who were advisors to president bush also were advisors to governor romney, those same people are now complaining about a navy in which president obama increased the number of ships and has plans for bring

mcdonnell says he's looking forward to talking about using energy development to help create jobs andw the economy. that's our report. i'll be back here at 11:00 with derek and topper and don't forget you can find us any time at www.wusa9.com. i'm anita brikman. have a great night. >>> "entertainment tonight" the worldwide leader in entertainment news. >> arnold's backlash. is it rep addition damaged beyond repair? >> is that the only affair? >> no, i'm not perfect. >> how maria handled the crisis. >> i just try to get up every day, and some days are harder than others. >> plus "et" with the man who thought he was the father of arnold's love child. >> i love him, he's my son. >> anne hathaway's surprise wedding. details on her gown, the groom, the tent, and the kids playing volleyball. >> i think the likelihood of me being married before i have kids is slim. >> it's justin bieber week on "et." >> he kicks off his new world tour.

bob mcdonnell will join allen on the campaign trail next week. both men will visit northern virginia on tuesday and hampton roads the following thursday. this will be the first time mcdonnell has campaigned for allen since june. the governor has hosted fundraisers for the senate candidate since then. >>> with just 19 days to go before the election, president obama and mitt romney are spending time courting voters in critical battleground states. today the president heads to new hampshire. tomorrow, he will be in northern virginia. here you can see he visited ohio yesterday, talking to a crowd of about 14,000 college students at ohio university. the president brought up mitt romney's binder of women comments from tuesday's debate. it referred to romney's remarks of finding women to fill cabinet spots in massachusetts. >> see, we don't have to order up some binders to find qualified, talented, driven young women to learn and teach and thrive and start businesses. >> the president's stop at george mason university tomorrow will be his second in as m

virginia governor bob mcdonnell encouraging residents of the commonwealth to take part in an earthquake drill this week. mcdonnell said a lot of people didn't know what to do when last week's 5.8 magnitude quake hit in louisa county. this year they're participating in the great east shakeout. at 10:30, people should drop to the floor, cover their heads, and hold on to whatever they can. >>> for many of us, the snowmageddon of 2010 is a distant memory, but they're already getting started on a winter attack plan for this year. officials say there's a new arsenal of trucks that remember which streets have already been plowed. how about that? the trucks have a mixture of rubber intended to remove more snow while making less noise. they say it depends how much snow we actually get. >> to about 18 to 20 inches of snow, i feel very comfortable about what we can do. it's when you get above that when it becomes a little shaky. >> above 18 to 20? i don't know in my heart can handle it, tom. >> that's a little shaky for everybody. >> on average, the d.c. region gets 14.5 inches of snow each year.

. >>> o'malley is showing off political muscle literally in a challenge to virginia governor bob mcdonnell. the maryland governor invited mcdonnell to a debate and other competition on wtop. >> we can have a discussion about how we can work together to create jobs and opportunity now, and it can be followed immediately by a push-up contest. >> a mcdonnell spokesperson called the offer nice but rejected the governor's challenge. saying, "we already kind of have our own gubernatorial version of a push-up contest. it's called state unemployment rates. spoiler alert, virginia wins." virginia is at 5.9%, and maryland is at 7%. >>> a teenager is behind bars after a violent robbery in riverdale. take a look at surveillance video rolling as a man approached a group on friday. they asked him for a cigarette, then punched him in the face. you saw in the video there the victim fell to the ground. he dropped his cell phone and his wallet at that point. he then got up and ran while the group took his belongings. this morning the search continues for two other suspects involved in that hold-up. >>> prin

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the maryland governor invited mcdonnell to a debate and other competitions on wtop. >> we can have a discussion about how we can work together to create jobs and opportunity now, and it can be followed immediately by a push-up contest. >> what? >> where did that come from? >> a mcdonnell spokesperson called the offer nice but rej t rejected the democratic governor's invitation, saying we have our gubernatorial version of a push-up contest. it's called state unemployment rates. spoiler alert, virginia wins. virginia's unemployment rate jumped to 5.9%. maryland went up to 7%. >>> a minor league baseball team could soon be playing ball nearby ashton. the loudoun hounds plan to build a stadium at 1 loudoun. they're also close to buying a team in the north american soccer league. that stadium could host the team l s as well. the stadium will seat 10,000 fans. >> 5:41 is our time. time for traffic and weather on the ones. we're talking sports a little bit. tom is holding up the t-shirt. how did you get that so fast? >> they're out really quickly. usually i hold up school visit t-shirts. th

virginia governor bob mcdonnell and louisiana -- louisiana governor bobby jindal will be in virginia for three campaign stops including one in sterling and and romney is expected to make an appeal at 8:00, coasting on "good morning, america." >> former campaign aide pleaded guilty about campaign donations. prosecutors will likely ask for probation. two other people have pleaded guilty to charges associated with that scandal. still ahead a house committee turns to security overseas after the killing in libya. >> thousands of dollars in groceries -- [ female announcer ] it's one of the hardest decisions a family can make... realizing a nursing home is the only choice. for many middle class families medicaid is the only way to afford the care. but as a governor, mitt romney raised nursing home fs eight times. and as psident, hibudget cuts medicaid by one-third and burdens families with the cost of nursing home care. we have a president who won't let that happen. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approved this message. >> hello from germantown, maryland. happy halloween. good morning, was

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yesterday, bob mcdonnell signed a bill that requires women to have the ultrasound's prior to having an abortion. this was supposed to be a transvaginal ultrasound. 300 women's rights groups to to the streets of the capitol in richmond, va., on saturday and they were matched by cops. i saw a little girl that was on the steps with about 10 cops. a protest is taking place as we speak in idaho over a similar law. in alabama, one of the ultrasound bills can be and is president of the company that sells the equipment to do the ultrasound. you have to follow the money. there are connections to the american legislative exchange council, when you fall and connect the dots. she is putting stories together about who is behind all this legislation. it is very similar. we have seven ultrasound laws on the books. so many more are racing to the legislature. yesterday, democratic women senators in georgia staged a walkout to protest to measures that would limit access to services and contraception. i want to read a couple of headlines. ohio remains on the front lines of the abortion debate. michigan l

in the governor mcdonnell says worst- scenario, he can postpone day, although that is not likely. another twist in an already unpredictable race. slip on theional understandable, but the of the path sat down of controlled tv interviews. t is now the biggest concern. while joe biden stumped in wisconsin and continue to mock make romney -- out there is a lot of qualified women. >> he perhaps optimistically the movie iowa to soundtrack for air force one and ,ave an economic speech critical of the sluggish page out ofking a playbook. >> we need real change, big change. come.ime has sides concede at this wate there are very fe forcided, they are looking every one of them. about policy. is personal. better than john mccain. in our interview today, he was directly critical of the .resident's demeanor >> this coarse language the uses, i always treated respect when with s running against him. i think this disrespect he y is reallyt romne not presidential. i think some people may decide that way. >> back to the ather, i have spoken with both camps. are not a bit uncertain as or romneyhe pre

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bob mcdonnell will join allen on the campaign trail next week. both will visit northern virginia on tuesday and hampton roads on thursday. this will be the first time mcdonnell has campaigned for allen since june. the governor has hosted fundraisers for the senate candidate since then. >> president obama and mitt romney are focusing on the battleground states in the final 18 days before the election. today the president heads to new hampshire and tomorrow he'll be in northern virginia, holding a rally at george mason university. the president brought up romney's binder of women comments from tuesday's debate. romneyed a been referring to finding women to fill cabinet positions as governor in massachusetts. >> see, we don't have to order up some binders to find qualified, talented, driven young women to learn and teach and thrive. >> tomorrow's appearance at george mason will be the president's second in just two weeks. mitt romney also spending time in virginia after the debate. he spoke to a crowd of more than 8,000 in leesburg. romney also refe

. >>> governor bob mcdonnell will try to help george allen pick up votes. he'll campaign in northern virginia. tomorrow allen's opponent tim kaine will visit the jewish community center in fairfax. allen campaigned there yesterday. >>> this morning police are stepping up patrols in bethesda after a woman was sexually assaulted. the attack happened at 7:00 sunday night on the capital crescent trail near brookaway drive. the woman was knocked unconscious and dragged into the woods. she woke up with a serious head wound and found her way back to the trail. another jogger helped the woman back to a nearby house to call 911. news 4 spoke exclusively to the homeowner. >> she was crying because she wanted the paramedics to be here right away. and i always say, they are coming. they are coming. >> the victim is in serious but stable condition. police are not releasing any details about the attacker at this time. >> police arrested a teenager in connection with the murder of a 22-year-old man in d.c. prosecutors charged 18-year-old in the murder of 22-year-old. aust

this is the first time mcdonnell has campaigned for allen since june. he has hosted fund-raisers for the senate candidate before. >>> today the 12-year-old boy accused in the beating death of a 2-year-old foster child will be in court. prosecutors say the fort washington boy entered an alford plea to involuntary manslaughter. it does not admit guilty but concedes there is enough evidence to convict. since the boy is a juvenile, his name has not been released. police say he beat anaya bachelor while a 15-year-old and 4-year-old were also in the home back in july. an autopsy confirmed the child died of blunt force trauma. >>> police are stepping up patrols in bethesda after a woman was sexually assaulted. the attack happened at 7:00 on sunday night at the capital crescent trail near brookaway drive. the woman was knocked unconscious and dragged into the woods. she woke up with a serious head injury and found her way to the trail. another jogger helped the woman find her way to a house to call 911. news 4 spoke exclusively with that homeowner. >> so shocki

mcdonnell's is a big international corporate playing ge is a big at willing to spend money on medical equipment and airplanes. i think we put-- why do we report this every single day? >> i own and apple south like to know what my apple is doing. i wanted to do a bay area company index the we did not find a really good way to do that. california is obviously a big pioneer as far as breaking out technology. but you do not want to do that. >> let's get a check on bay area weather. >> and unfortunately the timing is terrible and as we look at the yellow and on the screen. we are same periods of heavy to moderate showers indicated by the yellow. closer to the nevada and--it depends on where you are located at and we were drive for the most pardrive for the most part. itda 6:00 p.m. a lot of you will be headed out to see the giants face off to the cardinals. there's probably not very much that can the latest game. it looks like free mind will have an afternoon high of 59 degrees. when there is rain in the bay area is usually translates to snow. the end of the storm system we may see about 2

. >>> needless to say, maryland governor martin o'malley and virginia governor bob mcdonnell are getting ready for sandy. they have both declared states of emergency ahead of the storm. so far sandy has claimed 21 lives. 11 deaths occurred in cuba, 9 in haiti, 1 in jamaica. sandy is expected to merge with other weather systems creating a rare super storm along the east coast. people who know what it's like when a storm hits this area have been going to the stores. they're paying $800 to $1200 for a generator. for many people the philosophy is be better safe than sorry considering what happened when the derecho hit us back in june. >> this impending storm has me nervous. i decided to invest in a generator. i lost power several times, lost food. had totally out the refrigerator and just not going to do it this time around. >> flashlight, batteries and equipment to clean out gutters and drains is on hi demand adds pepco -- high demand and pepco is on high alert calling all hands on deck near and far. >> we're holding calls to basically plan for holding contractors that are currently working

the press," david gregory has a slate of guests on to talk politics including virginia governor mcdonnell and stephen colbert. >>> the boss is heading out on the campaign trail. bruce springsteen will be in ohio this week to help campaign for president obama. he'll be joined on thursday in parma, ohio, by former president bill clinton. the event will be free, open to the public. springsteen campaigned for the president in 2008 as well. thursday's event is his first political appearance in this election season. >>> beautiful day outside today. leading to a clear night tonight. look at that shot of the capitol. we're head for a warm-up tomorrow. chuck bell with a first look at the forecast. >> good evening. the withins have come back around to the south. that does promise a warmer day for tomorrow. and even a lot milder tonight than it was the same time last night. temperatures as of the 11:00 hour drifting back into the upper 40s and low 50s. a far cry from where we were last night. and start-off temperatures tomorrow generally speaking going to be in the 40s. no real widespread 30s and ce

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