read the non-partisan study for yourself at american.com. obama and his liberal allies? we can't afford four more years. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. we can't afford four more years. i"i'm not in favor of a a$5 trillion tax cut. that's not my plan." mitchell: "the nonpartisan tax policy center concluded that mitt romney's tax plan would cost $4.8 trillion over 10 years." vo: why won't romney level with us about his tax plan, which gives the wealthy huge new tax breaks? because according to experts, he'd have to raise taxes on the middle class - or increase the deficit to pay for it. if we can't trust him here... how could we ever trust him here? . >>> they're back. the pesky stink bugs. the government said that they have returned in a big quay. many more than last year. you don't have to tell that to the people near linden, virginia. that is where beth parker has paid a visit today. >> stink bug heaven. >> reporter: you can s.w.a.t. them or sweep them. you can't get away. >> there's millions of them. it's the worst thing i have seen in my life. >> reporter

read the non-partisan study orfor yourself at american.co. obama and his liberal allies? we can't afford four more years.s. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> welcome back to battleground virginia. of economy is at the center election, and at the center of the economy is small business. talk a lotpaigns how they are going to help small businesses. visited one in loudon county. let's take a look. >> loudon county, virginia, has history of bootleg whiskey. probably find some still in business there. some legaly whiskey. despite attala lack of experience, scott, a former technician, and his wife, becky, a chemical engineer, started to build their distillery in 2009, in the depths of the recession. put in a lot of personal equity, but there is also help that comes with it. they had a loan from the small business administration. now their top concern is health care. >> is very difficult to find options for company the size of ours. it remains to be seen. about an hour's drive away, visited this real estate office. time they had 20 agents of three offices, then at t

read the non-partisan study for yourself at american.com. obama and his liberal allies? we can't afford four more years. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. . >>> the head of lockheed martin is under fire after he's accused of knocking down a number of threes -- trees on his property. last month, montgomery county fined robert stevens $500. the property sits on protected land at the national park service overseas. he said he cut down some of the trees because they were in danger of falling after the storm in june. he's promising to restore the land. >>> and that is not the place you so a car, but someone posted the video. the driver initially parked in the circle, which he shouldn't have done and decides to drive around it before exiting on to the street. there is no word on whether anyone caught that guy. >>> and monitoring metro now. they will have a public swearing in and activities on january 21st. the agency looking to create special smart cards and riders will be charged peak fares all day and in 2009, metro set a record. the plan must still be approved by

read the non-partisan study for yourself at american.com. obama and his liberal allies? we can't afford four more years. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. we can't afford four more years. these appliances could have been made here in america. but a company called global tech maximized profits by paying its workers next to nothing... under sweatshop conditions in china. when mitt romney led bain, they saw global tech as a good investment... even knowing that the firm promoted its practice of exploiting... low-wage labor to its investors. mitt romney - tough on china? since when? . >>> for many of you, this is the beginning of a new holiday weekend. some bars will be allowed to stay open later until 4:00 a.m. at monday morning. not everyone thinks that is a great idea. matt ackland is live with the story. matt? >> reporter: hey, shawn. we are here in adams morgan and this is a list of 42 different drinking establishments, bars and restaurants that will be allowed to stay open throughout the district. it's a sunday to monday and you remember there was a controvers

read the non-partisan study for yourself at american.com. obama and his liberal allies?e can't afford four more years. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. . >>> california's made the record books for the highest gas. the average price is $4.66, an all-time high. and calling malicious trading schemes. the washington area could be headed towards the $4 mark n. d.c., $3.89; maryland, $3.70 and what is causing the rise in prices, adam housley has a look. >> reporter: this 76 station in the western part of los angeles, the regular price, $4.99 a gallon, premium, $5.19 down the street at a different gas station, you will find the regular gas price at $5.39 and, as you might imagine, consumers are not so happy with prices this high. >> so they're jumping on us quickly and takes forever to t them back down. that is ridiculous. >> $10 in gas is not giving me a quarter of a tank if i made to put in $10 in gas. that is out of control and almost $5 a gallon. >> i ride my bike to work due to the gas prices. they have been increasing and i can't afford it. >> reporter: what is

read the non-partisan study for yourself at american.com. o obama and his liberal allies? we can't afford four more years. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> you are watching abc 7 news at 6:30. >> the pharmacy that distributed the steroid linked to the deadly fungal meningitis has issued a voluntary recall. the announced their decision today. it spans nine states including maryland and virginia and has killed at least seven. u.s. health officials reported an additional 27 cases today increasing the total number to 91. >> taking a look at vote 2012. both candidates taking an opportunity to get out on the campaign trail. romney spent the day in florida trying to boost his chances in that critical swing state. obama is that a campaign events in california. on the sunday talk show circuit there were still talking about the debate. >> we had a good week. we need to have a good one this began the week after. >> i will not take away from his masterful performance. he did a superb acting job. he did everything but learn to tap dance. >> up next on the debate calendar,

read the non-partisan study for yourself at american.com. obama and his liberal allies? we can't afford four more years. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> welcome back. no team has been living more dangerously than the eagles. turned it over more than any team in the nfl. came in today with a 3-1 record. all wins by a combined 4 points. roethlisberger, drops and throws laterally. takes it into the end zone for the 15-yard score. steelers take a 7-0 lead. 4#th quarter, steelers up 14-7. vick hits selleck in the end zone for the easy 2-yard touchdown. eagles up 14-13. steelers with a chance to win. 34 out, it's good, steelers win 16-14 the final. >>> giants hosting the cleveland browns. first quarter, giants down 7-0. weeden finds gordon wide open. 62yards score. browns up 14-0. 3rd quarter, giants up 34-7. eli manning to cruz. corner of the end zone, it's a strike. cruz's third touchdown of the game. giants win. >>> cousins steps in for an injured rob griffin. a look at his performance when we're back after this. ♪ [ male announcer ] the first look...is only

read the non-partisan study for yourself at american.com. obama and his liberal allies? we can't afford four more years. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> hugo chavez has won re- election. he received about 54% of vote of course his closest race yet. he will seven another six-year term in which he says he will press fore forcefully for a transition to socialism. a socialist president would recently overcame cancer has been in power since 1999. >>> tomorrow is sentencing day for convicted child molester jerry sandusky. the former penn state sphant trouble coach was convicted in june on 45 counts ever sexual abuse of young boys. he now faces up to 400 years in prison. but experts expect his sentence to be closer to 30 to 60 years. he will also probably be able to work a 30-hour week toern money in prison. >>> the head of the border patrol agents union said the agent killed apparently opened fire on two fellow agents thinking they were armed smugglers and was killed when they returned fire. the county sheriff confirmed the scenari

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read the non-partisan study for yourself at american.com. obama and his liberal allies? we can't afford four more years. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. . >>> former penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky will spend 30 years in prison. the sentence handed down after he was convicted of 45 counts of child sex abuse. bruce gordon joins us live from outside of the courthouse in bell font, pennsylvania. bruce, sandusky who is 60 years old affectively gets a life sentence here, right? >> reporter: that's right. the judge in this case made clear that he had no interest in sending a message of any kind by sentenceing sandusky to a century or more behind bars, though. technically, he could have with all those is convicts. instead, he looked at the age of the convicted child molester and gave him enough time, the 30-year minimum to make sure he dies in prison. >> he still said he is innocent and i am told me gave a long rambling statement. >> and that is right he maiains the innocence to the bitter end and is the victim of a conspiracy but involves the university,

read the non-partisan study for yourself at american.com. bama and his liberal allies? we can't afford four more years. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> you are watching abc 7 "news at noon," on your side. with cynne simpson and steve chenevey. >> rumors are swirling that chris brown and rihanna once againends. several pictures were taken of them together. he announced yesterday that he broke up with his girlfriend because he did not what to hurt his friendship with rihanna. there is footage of his video on whether it possible to share love with two women at once. >> i don't know if it's possible. >> brown did admit that he was a bit drunk during that recording. he insulted rihanna in 2009. rihanna even admitted during a recent interview with oprah winfrey that part of her still does love brown. meantime pat summit said she did not want to retire, that she was forced to do so. she made the announcement eight months after being diagnosed with early onset alzheimer's. she said the of athletic director told her she could no longer coach, according to an affid

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read the non-partisan study for yourself at american.com. obama and his liberal allies?t afford four more years. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> welcome back. robert griffin, iii, has been cleared to play with doctorrings. he will continue to be monitored throughout the week in case symptoms reemerge. there was some movement on the roster today as well. the skins released billy after booting a league where it's 58% in field goals. they found a guy who never attempted a regular season field goal. kai, two years removed from ucla. he spent time with the cowboys and the bucs. >>> now if griffin experiences any setbacks this week or as shanahan doesn't decide to start him, curt cousins will get the nod. he threw a 77-yard touchdown pass, but two late interceptions. the head coach feels good about that be cousins or even rex grossman. >> i have the conference and both guys. and that's a great feeling. i can't say that i felt that way about my second team quarterbacks. i got probably the best situation i have been in in a long time. >> maybe a heightened sense

read the non-partisan study for yourself at american.com. obama and his liberal allies? we can't afford four more years. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. we can't afford four more years. i"i'm not in favor of a a$5 trillion tax cut. that's not my plan." mitchell: "the nonpartisan tax policy center concluded that mitt romney's tax plan would cost $4.8 trillion over 10 years." vo: why won't romney level with us about his tax plan, which gives the wealthy huge new tax breaks? because according to experts, he'd have to raise taxes on the middle class - or increase the deficit to pay for it. if we can't trust him here... how could we ever trust him here? helps him deposit his checks. jay also like it when mother nature helps him wash his car. mother nature's cool like that. mobile check deposit. easier banking. standard at citibank. >>> if you can believe it, a texas milk man is still making his rounds 50 years after he and his father started their business. jimmy foster has been a milk man since 1960, works six days a week, says he's never had a vacation. at his p

read the non-partisan study for yourself at american.com. obama and his liberal allies?e can't afford four more years. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> a day removed from being knocked out of the game with a concussion, robert griffin, iii says he feels good and if he passes the fests, he should be good to -- tests, he should be good to practice as soon as wednesday. the injury took place in the 3rd quarter. mike shanahan said he'd like to see griffin slide earlier to avoid hits like that, but it comes with experience. shanny said when he looked into rg3's eyes when he came off the field, he knew something was wrong. >> robert said to me he's fine. i said no, you're not fine. i don't think you're fine. your eyes look a little glassy. doctors talked to him and he knew the quarter, knew the score. so he took him back into that little box behind our bench, asked him again what was the , now the second time missed it. the first time he got it. so that's when he took him into the locker room and administered the test for him, concussion test. that's when they d

read the non-partisan study for yourself at american.com. obama and his liberal allies? we can't afford four more years. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> the death of a virginia newspaper reporter is officially been ruled a murder. a medical examiner says sarah greenhall was shot in the neck back in july. her body found in her burning home in upperville. so far, no arrests in her death. greenhall worked for the winchester star. >>> a prince georges county sheriff deputy facing a $15 million lawsuit. he was accused of raping an inmate last summer. now the woman's lawyer says the deputy took pictures of her naked inside a holding cell. fox 5's paul wagner has the story. >> on june 19 of this year, precious reaves was locked up on a theft charge and scheduled to go before a judge in this upper marlboro courthouse. but according to police, she was escorted to a holding cell where she was ordered to disrobe by uniformed deputy. although fox 5 does not identify sex assault victims, reaves, through her attorney, decided ed to go public. the deputy took breaks dur

these are not non-partisan entities like billy the women voters, but these are partisan organizations. it stifles debate, by design. >> how do you see this changing right now, george farah? you are the founder and executive director of open debates. you have been watching this over the years. the league of women voters, are there organizing? how are groups organizing? how do you see this playing out? >> we created the citizens debate commission in 2004, comprised of political leaders from across the spectrum. tony perkins, randall roberts in, backed by 67 groups, 23 newspapers around country from "the l.a. times," to "the seattle times." our purpose was clear. we were going to bring to numb -- the monopoly that the presidential commission had. that was just planting the seeds. this was the beginning of a broad based movement. the only way to break the monopoly on the commission for presidential debates is to create so much grass roots supports that it becomes costly for the major parties to avoid that. once upon a time, there were no presidential debates, 1964, 1972. now any major can

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read the non-partisan study for yourself at american.com. obama and his liberal allies? can't afford four more yes. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. david smallwood: maryland money needs to stay in marylan it's just that simple, i mean, it's a no brainer. anncr: every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty... million at casinos in west virginia, delaware. and pennsylvania. one west virginia paper calls it a "cash cow" for them. but its cost maryland over one billion dollars. ney that could have created good jobs and... better schools fors. question seven keeps maryland money in maryland. david smallwood: question seven, i think it will be a... good thing for the state of maryland. >> hugo chavez won reelection in venezuela. the electoral council says he defeated his challenger by more than 1 million votes. >> this has been the perfect struggle, the perfect battle. all along a line, a democratic battle. more than 8 million compatriots voted for the revolution. >> this was the closest race after a bitter campaign. the opposition accuse you could chad says

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that's why we wanted to talk to a couple of iowans who have organized the non- partisan group justice not politics. they're fighting to protect the independence of their supreme court against efforts to vote justices off the bench. sally pederson is a democrat and the state's lieutenant governor from 1999 to 2007. she's past chair of the iowa democratic party and a longtime advocate for children and adults with autism. joy corning is a republican and former school teacher. she was one of her party's leaders in the state legislature before being elected to two terms as lieutenant governor from 1991 to 1999. both have been inducted into the iowa women's hall of fame. welcome to you both. >> thank you, bill. >> thank you. >> so, lets get something basic down. what's unique about the way iowa chooses your state supreme court judges? >> we have a merit system. we have a judicial nominating committee. and that is composed of seven members appointed by the iowa bar association, seven members that the governor appoints. and it is chaired by the senior supreme court justice. they then intervie

it says that congress must organize itself in a non- partisan fashion. you can have no more than 12 consecutive years of service. you have to place limitations of what you can spend in campaigns. the questioner is right. even if it is not reality, the perception is that politics has been corrupted by money. i remember running in 1982. the constitution says if you are 30 years old and a citizen you can run. but the reality is if you can't raise $7 million or $8 million, you are not qualified. there is no question is his corrupting our political process and decision-making. we have to change the constitution to give congress the authority to actually limit what can be spent in campaigns. >> thank you. senator? >> thank you. i am proud of the fact that on our last campaign finance report that both of us turned in, over 70% of my contributions came from within the state of nebraska. it came from nebraska citizens. with mr. kerrey, over 70% of his contributions came from out of state. i hope to engage citizens. that is what i have been doing, is traveling the

read the non-partisan study for yourself at american.com. obama and his liberal allies?t afford four more years. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> you are watching abc 7 news at 5:00 -- with leon harris, alison starling, chief meteorologist dougtambrands with sports. abc7 news at 5:00 -- on your side. >> the deadly meningitis irises claimed another life. >> the death toll is now up to 8. we have the latest. >> the centers for disease control is trying to contain at this outbreak. on nationally, tennessee is the epicenter for the opera, locally virginia has recorded nearly two dozen -- outbreak locally virginia has reported nearly two dozen cases. >> the number of cases skyrocketed this past weekend. national resident janet russell is among those sickened. shefering symptoms a week after her steroid injection. >> she has been sick for a long while now, more than any person should have to go through. >> 4000 patients may have been exposed to contaminated steroids, the result of a bad shipment delivered to dozens of clinics nationwide. of eight deaths, two were

read the non-partisan study for yourself at american.com. obama and his liberal allies? afford four more years. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. ♪ i'm traveling at the speed of light ♪ >>> don't look like you enjoyed that. >> i'm trying to figure out who it is. >> queen. spacex launched its falcon rocket from florida. >> 3, 2, 1 -- >> it's the first of a dozen supply missions contracted by nasa. the rocket's capsule and cargo will likely reach the station by wednesday. on board, some ice cream. >>> the event hosted by capital food fight will have andrew zimmern and anthony bourdain. >> if i had a show, because everybody has a show, it would be foods i would like to learn how to cook, by alison seymour. >> yeah. >> but never do. >> all right. still ahead, economic insurance for president obama. >> latest labor report shows the biggest drop in unemployment since the president took office. so could it be a campaign game changer? we're going to ask the managing editor from the hill. >> let's get ready to rumble. we'll look back at the saturday night showdown betwe

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read the non-partisan study for yourself at american.com. obama and his liberal allies?can't afford four more years. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> live shot -- >> pretty day. >> yes it is. traffic looks good there. 495 north at robinson terminal. tucker is here to tell us more about this pretty day. >> going to be gorgeous. highs about 80. much lower humidity. big change. >> it was rough. humidity was crazy. >> peel yourself off the seat of the car. >> yes. >> today perfect and big changes for the weekend. get started with a look at our headline. warm friday. 80s and a cooler weekend. not so much for your saturday. still in the 70s tomorrow. but by sunday, wow, look out. mid-50s around here. with a cool breeze and rain shower as well. fall-like temperatures for the end of the weekend. not the case today. gorgeous, 58 degrees now in washington. 64 in leonardtown. comfortable temperatures. won't feel bad because of the low humidity. dew point temperatures only in the upper 40s and low 50s this morning. nice. nice and quiet, south and east a few more cloud