with governor lynch's new hampshire's working initiative, new hampshire chose to move forward not backwith governor lynch's new launching pad, new hampshire chose to move, sing it with me, forward, not back. with new hampshire, help first, helping small businesses provide health care for their employees, new hampshire chose to move -- forward not back. with public kindergarten for every new hampshire child, new hampshire chose to move -- forward not back. with 30% fewer new hampshire high school kids dropping out of high school, new hampshire chose to -- move forward and not back. and now we have a leader in president barack obama who is making the right and albeit the very difficult choices to lead us forward again as a country. on the road to recovery there will be ups and downs. no -- no worthwhile work is without its ups and downs, but with 27 months in a row of private sector job growth, president obama is moving us forward and not back. with more jobs created last year than in the entire eight-year presidency of george w. bush, barack obama is moving us -- forward not back. by dr

great to be in new hampshire. [applause] senator, thank you for your very kind introduction, and for your recognition of the important and good things the people of my state are doing. i want to say thank you to my friend, chairman buckley, who has been a great guy. he has done a great job for the new hampshire democratic party. thank you for doing this important job. new hampshire is critically important to our country this year. [applause] i also want to thank first vice chair clark, second vice chair solomon. it is an honor to join all of you, the granite state democrats. i had occasion to see backstage your terrific united states senator, jeanne shaheen, who is doing an outstanding job. also, i had occasion to listen to governor john lance. don't you think you have a great governor these last eight years? john lynch has not only -- you know what a great governor he has been for new hampshire. he is a great governor in the democratic governors organization, which i have the honor to chair this year. he has been

great to be in new hampshire. i thank you for your very kind introduction ensure recognition of the important, meaningful, and good things that people of my state are doing. i want to say thank you also to my friend chairman buckley, who is doing a great job for the new hampshire democratic party. thank you for doing this important job. new hampshire is critically important to our country this year. i also want to thank first vice chair clark, second vice chair solomon. it is good to join you to see your dedication. and to see backstage united states senator jean shane. he is doing a great job. also i had the occasion to listen to governor john land. don't you all think you have a great governor? john lynch -- you know what a great governor he has been for new hampshire, and he is one of the great governors we have in the democratic governors organization, which i have the honor to chair this year. john lynch has been that person stepping up. he brings people together to get important things done, to create jobs,

the tea party in one sense -- probably a term that she deserves more than most since she's from new hampshire and could claim a little new england prerogative over that term. her thinking is unpredictable in many ways except that it's centered on trying to resolve our current fiscal plight and the challenges of se quest ration. she has important committee assignments. but also on small business and commerce, which make her acutely aware of the challenges facing american business, which is a big part of the them of our discussion today as well because of its consequences, the consequences that se kwooes ration would cause to american business and the economy. senator ayotte has already become a major voice in our country's debate over fiscal policy. over national security policy and how to make washington work better. you'll get a lot of insight from latering her this afternoon. her background is in law and law enforcement. she was born in ewe gnash ewe ya, new hampshire. she was the attorney general in new hampshire under both democratic and republican governors. and prior to that had built a

has great connections in new hampshire, has been working hard here.sage of fiscal responsibility resonates in new hampshire. >> appreciate your time. diplomatic answers. maybe you're auditions for vice president after all. >> great to see you. >>> the truth how president obama's immigration switch could help him in crucial battle ground states. a judge rules whether a pilot that goes berserk in a cross-country flight is competent to stand trial. dad, i think he's dead. probably just playin' possum. sfx: possum hisses there he is. there's an easier way to save. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. how did the nba become the hottest league on the planet? by building on the cisco intelligent network they're able to serve up live video, and instant replays, creating fans from berlin to beijing. what can we help you build? nice shot kid. the nba around the world built by the only company that could. cisco. support team usa and show our olympic spirit right in our own backyard. so we combined our citi thankyou poin

we'll bring you the president's remarks from new hampshire. recently, students from 31 countries took part in a science test. the top academic performers surprised some people. so did the country that came in 17th place. let's raise the bar and elevate our academic standards. let's do what's best for our students-by investing in our teachers. let's solve this. >>> the supreme court -- actually, we're looking at this event from new hampshire. we're waiting the president to speak any moment. now his first live remark on the supreme court decision. as you well know, the supreme court is going down to the wire with its decision on the president's health care law. it is expected to rule thursday, that is the last day of the term. by the way, the new york times writes washington is tense with anticipation, saying, quote, the impending health care ruling by the supreme court has become this city's o.j. simpson verdict, crossed with a papal conclave polarizing maddeningly unprecedented and shrouded in mysterious signaling. what a description. let's go

as you know he is already in his bus tour in new hampshire today.speaking to these people tomorrow in a video. >> mark murray, coming to us from the faith and freedom conference. thank you so much. you can get the very latest from our political unit by downloading the nbc politics act. it is free. >>> so the front page of "the wall street journal" is looking at some big global economic issues. europe on edge, vote cliff hanger. the greek elections this weekend could send some major ripple effects through economies across the world. so what is the future of the eurozone? and how will it affect the trajectory of our economy here at home? jared bernstein is an msnbc and cnbc contributor and the senior fellow for the center on budget and policy priorities. great to see you. as we talk about president obama wants us to certainly be aware of the situation taking place in europe. but sect tri geithner has said he is confident that they're going to solve the problems. a lot of people not really probably paying too much attention to the elections that take p

other times you'll drive down new hampshire avenue. drive over this bridge and you might see flowers tied to this fence. well, now there's going to be an official memorial here, a plaque. you can see it there covered in a cloth. affixed to the side of the fence. it will be officially unveiled at 11:00 this morning. and we are expecting the mayor here as well as a number of the family members, the victim's families, to be on hand, again, for the unveiling of this official memorial here on the overpass. now, the third anniversary is significant as well for another reason. this is also the deadline for lawsuits against metro. the statue of limitations runs out today. several lawsuits have been filed. and we could see some more before the day is out. now, family members are expected to be here for the unveiling of this plaque, as i mentioned. it's a fitting tribute, but some say they still want more. they specifically want a memorial park near the crash site, a place where they can go with their children, with their loved ones, and just re

he is in new hampshire. i understand, peter, you just came out of a meeting, you sat in with the romney campaign. there is a crowd gathering for the bus tour to kick off. what are they telling you about strategy this morning? >> well, they're giving us exactly what we can look forward to. the reporters were created in boston at romney headquarters with the words welcome to romney summer camp. we'll be traveling with mitt romney and many members of his family, his wife ann romney with him today as they go through these six different states. they made it very clear these are six states president obama won in 2008 in an effort to try to say they're the ones on the offensive, that president obama, his team are on the defensive this go around. i'll move out of the way to give you a sense of what we'll see about an hour from now. we're about an hour north of boston and new hampshire, this is stratham farm, one of those battleground states they refer to. several hundred people here. this is the exact same place whe

he organized 29 communities to defend the new hampshire grants as they were called. it still wasn't a vermont against the competing claims of new york and preserving the homesteads until the revolution came along for 40 years. he was a prolific author. i was surprised at how much he wrote, but he was better known as land speculator and the two things connected because ethan allen bought and sold land, bought it as cheaply as he could and sold it in small parcels for hundreds and hundreds of frontier families and if he didn't have money on hand he sold you a pamphlet. so either got a few acres or part of the showing. he really is the founding father of vermont because without him, new york could not have been held at bay and neither could have the british by one means or another and he's also the reason why we have a prisoner of war policy stretching down to the present time that we do and i'll explain that more because the case of ethan allen prisoner of war and set the precedent for warring governments in the civil war so he had quite an impact and yet we know little

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there will especially be afternoon showers popping up all through maine, new hampshire, southern newhe mid-atlantic region from philly to d.c. they'll be hit and miss showers, you won't get downpours all day long. today we'll get into the 50s in boston, 60s from hartford through d.c. low 70s around washington, d.c. and philly. 66 in buffalo. and also the southeast a little bit of wet weather. just strange that it's this cool and chilly in june. >> it returns back by the weekend, right? >> short-lived. >> it is weird. >> it gets your attention. >>> another look at lohan as liz and celebrity investment partners head to court. >>> another well-deserved honor for everyone's sbaffavorite act. our cloud is not soft and fluffy. our cloud is made of bedrock. concrete. and steel. our cloud is the smartest brains combating the latest security threats. it spans oceans, stretches continents. and is scalable as far as the mind can see. our cloud is the cloud other clouds look up to. welcome to the uppernet. i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans?

we're at new hampshire avenue. it was just after 10:00 this morning when a box truck went through this work location. and that's when the workers were hit. they were working for mercy a tree contractors, under contract to bge power company. the two injured workers according to co-workers are jose hernando and marvin saravantos. both have been taken to hospitals, one of them to shock trauma. here is how some of the witnesses on the ground saw it as it happened. >> my thought is they drive too fast. even though the workmen are here directing traffic, he just didn't stop. one of the workmen said he thought he was on the cell phone so he probably wasn't paying attention. >> the driver was very apologetic to both of the individuals. >> reporter: what did he say? >> he said he saw the sign but he didn't see the flag and it just came upon him and he -- he wasn't -- didn't seem like he was going that fast. >> reporter: back here at the location, brighton dam road and new hampshire avenue in montgomery county, police are in

the normal backup at new hampshire ave around 270. >> cooling down for the weekend less humid. today's the last hot day, but not as bad as it today. lateday storms today and some could be strong to severe. on the weekend, a little cooler and less humid tomorrow in the '80s. bright sunshine. pretty good at the beach, but maybe some storms over the carolina shoreline especially on saturday. high temperatures around 80 degrees on saturday on the eastern shore. a little cooler on sunday. behind a sunday fronts there is light rain off to the west in the shenandoah valley this morning and pushing into winchester. that will stay west of washington this morning. we will have action locally later on today with a chance of severe storms in the evening and early nighttime. we will keep a close eye on that at wjla.com. >> it's hard not to cooldown when you are at 100 degrees. how about records yesterday? >> 99 at reagan national we beat that by one degree. >> one more time, this video of steve moving down the wall in crystal city yesterday. i wil

new hampshire is always number one. i got to check out new hampshire. >> maryland, you can start right there, too. >> staycation. >> stay close to home. that's right. >>> stay with us. "news4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. >>> breaking news. the frantic effort going on right now to save a town of nearly 500,000 people from being devoured by massive wil

. >>> mitt romney begins a five day, six day bus tour in new hampshire today. president obama is back in washington after a day of campaigning. this evening he heads home to chicago of the he'll spend father's day weekend there. mr. obama also stopped in new york where he and the first lady visited the world trade center site. the president signed a beam that will be incorporated into one world trade center. his inscription reads, we remember, we rebuild, we come back stronger. both the president and romney campaigned in ohio yesterday. a field that could decide the election. the president said the economy is the defining issue of our time. susan mcginnis has more in washington. good morning to you. >> terrell, good morning. a lot of drama surrounded the two speeches in ohio happening just minutes apart from each other 200 miles apart. they yielded nothing new. but they did show just how important all of the swing states will be in the next five months. mitt romney's campaign bus hits the road today for a five-day, six-state tour. first stop, the battleground st

. >> -- who was a farmer from new hampshire. and his roommate in the eighth air force and best friend named dan dennis, his b-17 was shot down over the eastern part of germany during the war. and dennis was, when he landed, was beaten to death by the farmers in the area. this was very common. people don't like the people who bombed them. and many pilots were beaten to death that way. and, in fact, if you remember or check out that's what happened to john mccain over hanoi. he came down in what amounts to the central park of hanoi, and the people were drowning him. he came down in a lake, were drowning him when police and north vietnamese soldiers came and pulled him away from them. so that suddenly noah thompson knows the exact spot where his friend was slaughtered and is

it's a small, family-owned candy manufacturing company in concord, new hampshire, the capital of new hampshire. sugar is that company's most important ingredient. jeff bart, who's the owner, tells me that the artificially high cost of sugar has forced the company to raise prices on their goods. but, more importantly, the subsidy has also prevented the company from hiring new workers as quickly as it would like to. so while granite state candy shop would like to grow and expand, the sugar subsidy is really slowing down that expansion because of the high price of sugar. and granite state candy shop is just one of many companies who want to grow but who are forced to slow down their expansion due to an outdated, unnecessary government program that benefits relatively few sugar cane and sugar beet growers nationwide. now, high sugar prices also put american companies at a competitive disadvantage with foreign manufacturers. since foreign companies can get sugar so much cheaper, it is tempting for american companies to look elsewhere to manufacture their candy. and, in fact, low sugar pric

you've got kelly ayotte from new hampshire. tim pawlenty will be with him. sunday, rob portman will be with him in ohio, the ohio senator. monday, paul ryan will be with him. all these people have something in common. they were all mentioned as vps. lot of chatter. do you expect mitt romney to make an earlier than expected decision? by that i mean sometime right before the convention on this? how far along is the process? >> there haven't been any decisions made about making a decision. that's about as apt a summary as i can tell you. >> that's incredibly insightful. >> i think this is going to be a very detailed process. i think that's reflected in the governor's appointment of beth myers as part of his search committee. i think it will be a lot of information, going to be a lot of discussion, going to be a great deal of vetting and i think it will ultimately come down to a decision the governor makes. when he makes it, beth will learn, i will learn and so will the american people.

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it is 7.4 in pennsylvania, 5% in new hampshire, but that is less important to him than trying to whip up a groundswell of support against the president. >> he has a real chance to run up the score with blue-collar voters who do not like president obama >> the small group job growth nationally has embolden romney in his main argument >> last time around his slogan was hope and change and now i think you would like to change it to hoping to change the subject >> sunday, mitt romney rolls into ohio where unemployment is 7.3%, also lower than the national average. >> on the international political front today, voters in france are choosing a new parliament >> it will determine how far the new president can push for economic stimulus within his country. he is hoping to get an absolute majority. his country's political direction is important nationally because france is the second-largest economy in europe. >> the greeks are going to the polls and what is there country is arguably most critical vote in 40 years. if the left wing wins markets predict the country will dump the euro and if mod

top side of the beltway looking good as you continue to make your way past new hampshire avenue headed through silver spring. southbound 270, overnight road work was set up at old georgetown road. that should be cleared from the highway. >>> some of our top stories this morning, the hunt is on for the woman who stabbed a female passenger on board a metrobus. d.c. police say the women got into an argument around 2:00 yesterday afternoon while on the livingston a8 bus route. the stabbing happened at the intersection of chesapeake and sixth in southeast. the victim's injure usc are not considered life-threatening. >>> animal control officers have arrested the director of the reston zoo after a five- month-long investigation. >>> 26-year-old megan mogenson is charged with animal cruelty and possession of a controlled substance. she is accused of improperly treating a sick wallaby at the zoo. there were allegations that animals had been improperly euthanized. >>> a lawyer early, maryland family is mourning the loss of their loved one killed in afghanistan. eugene mills i. i was killed frida

new hampshire, break even new hampshire, is good for any republican candidate. i think george w. bush won it back in 2004, but republicans don't usually -- in 2000, but republicans don't usually win it. north carolina, i got to say i'm surprised president obama is still ahead by two points, harold ford n north carolina. >> the power of the incumbency, the fact that the convention is there, the democrgraphic changen the charlotte area suburbs. as you listen to mitt romney, there's still a maturity factor missing. i listened to him yesterday talk about the health care which we all -- everybody is predicting they know what it is. he didn't sound mature enough. he said in his remarks, i bet the white house is not sleeping well tonight. he's a presidential candidate. we, obviously, know he disagrees with it, to lay out the court has a big moment tomorrow and we need to look how we move forward, i think there's something missing there. perhaps if it comes, it helps him. if it doesn't it continues to aid the president. >> take a look at mitt romney yesterday talking about health care. >

and, new hampshire, this election is your chance to break the stalemate. this election is your chance to move this country forward instead of seeing it go backwards. that's why i'm here. that's why i need your help. [applause.] >> four more years! four more years! four more years! >> governor romney and his allies in congress, they believe -- they have a certain idea about how they would proceed if they're in power. they think that we should go back to the top-down economic policies of the last decade. >> no! >> they believe that if we eliminate regulations and we cut taxes by trillions of dollars, that the market will solve all of our problems on its own. they argue that if we help corporations and wealthy investors maximize their profits by whatever means necessary -- whether it's through layoffs or outsourcing or whatever steps it takes to maximize those profits -- that that automatically translates into jobs and prosperity for you. >> booo -- >> now, just last week, it was reported that governor romney's old firm owned companies that were "pioneers" in

. >> president obama takes his war on women narrative to a high school in new hampshire, but is that the appropriate venue? we'll debate it. sphbland the addiction epidemic. new study shows that 40 million americans are addicted to drugs. >> hit me again. >> so what's john stossel's solution? he will tell us. >> laura: caution, you where to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> laura: hi, everyone. i'm laura ingraham in tonight for bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us. the obama administration's response to the supreme court ruling on arizona's immigration law. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. so shortly after the decision came down yesterday, homeland security announced that it is suspending its agreements with arizona police over reporting illegal aliens that are found in the state. so while the supreme court upheld police officers' right to stop and question subjects regarding immigration status. the feds will not act to report those individuals unless the suspect has a felony record, has previously been removed from the country or is a

yesterday he and his wife met with new hampshire voters at an ice cream social. is live. >> reporter: good morning, after he was forced to respond to the president and take a detour and focus on the policy towards new illegal immigrants, mitt romney is trying to steer his bus back to his primary message in the course of this campaign, jobs and the economy. he is here making three stops in small towns across the state of pennsylvania. this is a manufacturing plant where he'll be speaking about an hour to hour and a half from now. these are small towns that he says the president has forgotten about. kicking off day two of his every town counts tour, mitt romney is engaging voters in the face to face politicking that's become a staple. >> in the days ahead, we'll travel in what are often called the back roads of america. i think our tour will take us what i call the back bone of america. >> reporter: they are the type of conservative rurl areas where romney struggled in the primaries. the six-day tour will take romney through new hampshire, pennsylvania, ohio, wisco

again, better for romney that iowa and new hampshire are opening up because of the problem. >> bret: e in the the hispanic movement; particularly, out west with colorado, arizona, nevada. >> new mexico. the states are starting to look like they are drifting away a little bit -- >> bret: from romney to obama. >> -- because of the big shift that happened after the obama immigration move he made, that caught romney off-guard. i think it's definitely exploded the already big lead that obama had over romney advantage, up in the 60s. >> bret: karl? >> i'm not certain i agree with that. nevada drifted by one point to romney. colorado drifted one point to obama. arizona drifted one point to obama. that's statistical clutter. we don't see evidence, i don't see evidence in the data that the president says statement last friday had any significant impact. it may in the months ahead. what i think is significant, 11 states change the number in the latest data. eight moved toward romney, three changed their status. only three states got better for obama and none of them changed their status. arizon

in fact, on the beltway outer loop at new hampshire you're still from i-95 to new hampshire avenue. university boulevard rate now, looking pretty good this morning. angie, back over to you. >>> breaking news. police standoff in d.c. this the the screenplaying out in the southeast neighborhood right now. police are rifles drawn hiding behind cars parked in the street, making their way down the street. the s.w.a.t. team is also on the scene. policemen are looking for a gunman responsible for a deadly shooting earlier this morning. news 4's tracee wilkins was the first reporter on the scene and is watching it all unfold. what can you tell us by now? >> reporter: let me explain what's happening for folks who come through minnesota avenue heading toward bening. if you crossover 17th and minnesota, know they have the street blocked. they are rerouting metro buses here. no traffic is going to get through this way. just a little while ago, as the s.w.a.t. team arrived here on the scene. now, this is what's going on. police told us earlier this morning they believe they're dealing with possib

and edsall road -- from edsall road over to the beltway at new hampshire avenue, rolling pretty nicely right now. i have no problems to report as far as traffic elsewhere in maryland. 270 south of town at the wilson bridge and also looks good for metro rail. on. now back inside. >> thanks so much. -- metro rail on normal service. >> wildfires. >> it is in colorado and moving east. >> the lack of humidity is making for a greater fire dangerous. we have not had much rain over the past couple weeks. yesterday we had a few wildfires off to the western parts of shenandoah valley. and valley i want to share a map showing a fire situation west of washington, west of the beltway along the blue ridge in the shenandoah valley, southeast of woodstock. they have called it the neighbor mountain fire. i have been hearing from facebook and twitter friends the data been smelling smoke in northern virginia and even in the d.c. area with the westerly wind. it's not out of the question that you could smell a little smoke especially in the early morning and later in the evening due to that fire. we could

he will visit six key swing states, new hampshire, pennsylvania, ohio, wisconsin, iowa, michigan. pro-obama super pac, priorities usa, launched an attack ad in new hampshire ahead of the bus tour, slamming romney's business record based on a firm romney got involved with years ago, that closed the facility. >> workers in new hampshire lost their job as the company consolidated the operations overseas. >> as romney buses around the battleground states for next few days the democratic national committee plans companion bus tour to pre-empt romney in each city he visits. romney tried to upstage the president in ohio. democrats for the next five days will dog romney's bus trip. turn-around is fair play, chris. >> chris: four-and-a-half months of this to go until the election. >> a lot of bus miles. >> chris: you bet. president obama found himself on familiar ground physically and rhetorically this afternoon. chief white house correspondent ed henry has that part of the story. >> on his 22nd visit to ohio, president obama declared there is a stalemate over the economic future of the na

president obama announcement concerning immigration enforcement and that mitt romney campaigning in new hampshire 7:00 a.m., your calls and comments "washington journal on." president obama announced a new immigration policy, stopping the deportation of some illegal immigrants who came to the united states as children. undocumented immigrants brought to the country for a 16 and you were younger than 30 make qualify for the deferred action on deportation. speaking from the rose garden, the president said the failure of congress to immigration legislation was the main reason for the executive actions. this statement was interrupted twice by a reporter from "the daily quarter." caller." >> good afternoon, everybody. this morning, secretary of paula tunnel announced new actions my administration will take to amend our nation's immigration policy, to make it more fair, more efficient, and more just, specifically for certain young people sometimes call the dreamers. these are young people who study in our schools, they play in our neighborhoods, they are friends with their kids, they pledge allegiance

romney kicked off the bus door this morning in new hampshire. his goal is to stop in at least 14 small cities hit hard by the u.s. economy. the governor also made stops in pennsylvania, ohio wisconsin iowa, and michigan. up to be bid democratic national committee wants to get its message out by sending a bus to follow governor romney's bus across new hampshire today. >> still ahead a bold and spicy idea to bring a casino to a national harbour. see what mgm has planned if lawmakers give the ok. >> also, a celebration of gay pride at the white house. >> metro riders getting ready for monday. that story coming up. >> beautiful day today. would you like this to continue >> we are back to 6:00 with complete changes to thousands of morning commuters thanks to the overhaul of the metric system. >> ad begins on monday and will affect four of the 5 metro lines, and metro says it will benefit a majority of riders but getting used to this new system may be tricky. >> metro is changing the way it runs trains. basically, it is going to add more trains at rus

other senators like kelly, from new hampshire and market has be for lacking star power. other senators like kelly, from new hampshire and market rubio from florida could be helping key battle ground states. there's also tea party favorites, congressman paul ryan. don't forget about romney's former republican rivals. their road block, a brittle primary season. son of g.o.p. contender, ron paul, endorsed romney and plays the attack dog. >> president romney is taking his last year of presidency to campaign. >> so just the big question, when is mitt romney going to make the announcement. it is an ongoing process. it takes a lot of betting. in 2008, john mccain waited before the republican convention to announce sarah palin. >> waiting and washington waiting to find out who the person will be. torry gun live tonight in dc. thank you for that report. >>> abc 2 news will be right back. >>> stock market closed up, finishing the best week of the year so far. dow jones industrial average closed 93 points. nasdaq up 27, to close at 2858. . >>> in tonight's consumer alert, ever feel

vincent gray lun veil the plaque on new hampshire avenue between first and oglethorpe streets at 11:00 this morning. it was the deadliest in the transit system's history. mall functioning electric circuit caused to it collide killing a train operator and eight passengers. 80 others were injured. >>> the new hampshire avenue charles langley bridge will be closed from 10:00 until 1:00 for this memorial plaque unveiling ceremony. >> that's right. the bridge will stay open to bike and pedestrian traffic though. in a mystery in fairfax county police are trying to identify a body found in a park in annandale. someone found the body near the nature center around 6: 30 last night. police are saying very little about the incident. they have not even determined the body's gender, race, or age. >>> a scary moment for a little boy in prince george's county. a 9-year-old nearly drowned. he hit

and new hampshire senator kelli ayott with him at a couple events in new hampshire. people talking in washington. they are both, according to a lot of republicans out there, being highly considered by the romney campaign for a vice presidential pick. there's a little bit of veepstakes underlying story in all this as well. >> a couple things going on. jim a kos ta, thank you so much. >>> i want to get back to the breaking news story. the announcement coming from the obama administration regarding a change to immigration policy. let's get straight to white house correspondent brianna keilar. what more are you learning? >> reporter: this is a really big deal, kate. this according to a press release we just received from the department of homeland security from janet napolitano. announcing that there will be a process so that it's really younger illegal immigrants who will either not be deported under circumstances or will be considered for relief from proceedings. they would have to meet the following criteria. they would have had to come to the u.s. before they turned

i'd yield, if i could, to my friend from new hampshire, who has done probably more in-depth study of this issue and its impact on the defense industry in america and jobs, employment, than any other member. ms. ayotte: i thank senator mccain for his leadership as the ranking republican on the armed services committee. no one knows these issues better in the united states senate, i would say, than john mccain. and so it's an honor to be here with him and also my colleague, senator thune, who i serve with on the budget committee and who's been very, very concerned about the impacts of sequestration often our national security. and i call the sequestration the biggest national security threat that you've never heard of. and the american people need to know this threat to their national security, to the protection of our country, which is our fundamental responsibility under the constitution. so i fully support the amendment that senator mccain has brought forward on the farm bill, that he championed along with senator levin on the defense authorization, because we can't aford to keep --

if you are driving through the area, keep in mind that new hampshire avenue between oglethorpe and south dakota will be closed starting at 10:00 this morning. it will reopen at 1:00 this afternoon. reporting live in northeast washington, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> jerry sandusky facing new sexual abuse allegations ats jurors resume deliberations on other charges. his adopted son matt cited to testify that his father abused him. it may have been a surprise because jerry sandusky took the stand in his own defense. he's accused of sexually assaulting 10 boys over 15 years. stay with us for continuing coverage of the trial. brad bell is in bellefonte, pennsylvania. look for his live reports in our later newscasts. >> economic anxiety may be taking a toll on president obama's told members -- poll numbers. 47% of people said they will vote for the president while 44% say they will vote for mitt romney. that is within the margin of error. the president will speak in florida today. romney spoke yesterday. >> house officials and attorney general eric holder says they're willing to negotiate. b

. >>> a black bear attacks a woman in new hampshire.ow she owes her life to her very brave pet dog. the bear showed up on her front step as she was letting the dog out. the bear lunged and clawed her arm. new hampshire fish and game is investigating the attack. >>> a group of maryland watermen make a rare catch. a lobster that is bright blue. it's become an overnight sensation and he's heading for a life of fame. >> reporter: a routine day on the water for the crew of potluck. when the day's catch is in, it is anything but routine. >> blue lobster. are. >> reporter: a rare bright blue lobster mixed in with its red and brown sisters. it's a genetic pigment that occurs in one of every 2 million lobsters. they knew they had something special. >> there we are. transporting the little guy. his tail is getting weak. >> reporter: the crew of the potluck brought the lobster from 100 miles off the ocean city coast all the way back to martin fish company where he's become a celebrity overnight. >> blue lobster. holy cow. we're going to go stick h

he is up on another campaign swing today to new hampshire. to god's country, in portsmouth. >> portsmouth. >> one of the most beautiful places you've ever been. i suggest you go if you haven't been. love it. love it. >> i don't think i have been there. >> an entire winter in 2003/04. >> brought to you by the portsmouth's guide of tourism. >> i must admit i like new hampshire but i have never seen it when it wasn't covered with ice and snow. the the only time i ever go is in the presidential primaries and i usually end up in nashua or manchester. >> go summer late pham portsmouth new hampshire, a lobster and a beer and sit outside and enjoy your afternoon. >> works for me. three fundraisers tonight which reminds me, when the obama campaign was thinking about, okay, we have to have the debates and we have to have somebody play mitt romney, they got the perfect person. didn't they? >> they did. they did. >> talked about furthering the story line. god love him. >> picked john kerry. first of all, you want somebody in massachusetts? >> check. >> y

he's in new hampshire. >> stephanie: exactly.gh ] >> i know you just can't do a good breathe. >> stephanie: we've patented our rich party laugh. mitt romney, ready? [ mock laugh ] westephanie miller. discussed earlier this morning. first, the republican attack on firefighters and police. i remember when bill clinton implemented the more cops on the [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] all right, jacki schechner what's your mom's name? jacki schechner are you there? >> yes hello? >> stephanie: what's your mom's name. >> diane. >> stephanie: now we really have to do it up. ♪ diane it's your birthday ♪ >> stephanie: where is she? >> in miami. ♪ show me love ♪ >> this is the last time i ask you for anything. >> stephanie: is she going clubbing in south beach. >> totally. she's on the vip list for a couple of places. getting to the front of the line. >> stephanie: going partying with diddy and biddy. >> of course, it's a tuesday for her. [ laughing. >> stephanie: all right, now here is her lovely news daughter, jacki schechner. see, i'm looking down b

the gentleman from new hampshire. >> thank you. it was clear to me after the meeting with the majority and minority members of this committee as well as the senate committee yesterday and his team that he placed very specific conditions on this committee and this chairman. regarding information and briefings he would provide in exchange for the conclusion of this inquiry. that is not acceptable for one reason. that is less than 10% of the documents that exist relative to this inquiry. it is about releasing documents that are directly pertaining to who knew about this operation, who was engaged within the justice department in this operation and based on today's developments of the president seeking executive prif lemg, it does call into question when the white house was engaged in this. i have had the opportunity as recently as monday to review the wiretap applications i was surprised by the volume and level of detail of information that senior department officials were presented with threw these application. to me it is unacceptab