facebook ceo mark zuckerberg and paul allen, microsoft's cofounder. we begin with mark zuckerberg and facebook. if you have a facebook account, you've probably reconnected with an old pal, shared photos with your family, and gotten advice from your friends on what to buy and what to read. but facebook has bigger plans. it wants to turn the entire web into one big social network. lesley stahl first talked with mark zuckerberg in 2008, and three years later, we sat down with mark again. he gave us a preview of his site's new profile page, a change that would affect the 500 million people who were then using facebook, an idea that zuckerberg had cooked up in his dorm room at harvard. >> when you first thought about this--19 years old--is this what you had in mind? did you see this far into the future, or is it way beyond what you dreamed? >> well, it's funny. i mean, when i was getting started, you know, with my roommates in college, you never think that you could build this company or anything like that, right? because, i mean--it just--and we were coll

it's called "octopus" and owned by microsoft other than paul allen. just docking it costs a lot, about $100,000 a week in london. >>> the dingies are huge on that thing. >>> still ahead, a good student and rising start on the football field, one of two young victims of a deadly house fire. >>> now family members are talking about their grief. we'll >>> grief-stricken members of a family are speaking out about their loss. earlier this week a 15-year-old athlete and his 5-year-old niece both died in a house fire. s shomari stone has the latest. >> just pray for us. >> reporter: surrounded by her husband and sons, she's fill with agony. >> numb to mea feet. >> reporter: as she mourns the loss of her son, the 15-year-old attended fair month heights high school known as a quiet, good stewed in the school's i.t. program. he died in a house fire in capitol heights. >> at this point i'm going minute by minute. i don't even know if i close my eyes if i'll wake up again. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: fire officials tell us the fire started due to an overloaded ex

microsoft surpassing apple, we turn our attention to washington and the company bill gates and paul allenmed in 1975 despite years of treading water as you'll be aware, the stock microsoft has moved substantially higher in the past 12 months leading many to believe that the company finally turned a corner. remember, too, it's one of the most widely held stocks by institutions and hedge funds with 74 billion in net revenue and $60 billion in cash. for more now, jon fortt is still with us. quentin hardy joins us and analyst richard dockerty. for many people, richard, as you look forward for the future of microsoft, it's very much about the launch of windows 8. would you disagree? >> very, vur much tied in to windows 8 and affects hp. of course, hp has some legs out there besides windows and an exciting fourth quarter. >> quentin, where are you on microsoft? >> i think windows 8 is important but you have to remember that's something of the old world. that's the days when pcs were stand alone objects and that operating system generated all that cash for microsoft. i mean, it's not anymore. th

paul allen, jane, the expert in gaming around the world within npr laura, pulse diser prize winner jane smiley, journalist steven levey, david heartily of the british computing system society and property -- black hawk down author who is here with a guy from microsoft. venn -- venture capital legend and eric of microsoft and peter of google. two of the leading experts in of the world this is a lineup. we feel very privileged to have had every single one of these people on the stage in the last twelve months. we are looking forward to kicking off season two. keep an eye on mailbox, museum news letter and the e-mail we'll be talking more about the lecture series to come. now on to the program. it was january 15, 2008, steve jobs was on stage? san francisco making one of the presentations. the kindle e-reader comes up. an jobs said this will go nowhere. being uncharacteristically blunt. [laughter] he said it would go nowhere because meshes have stopped reading. that doesn't matter how good or bad the product is. people don't read anymore. 40% of the peopled in the united states read one bo

republican vice presidential candidate congressman paul ryan will be in glen allen just north of richmond this morning and then in springfield this afternoon. >> the campaign continues to focus on medicare. here is jennifer davis. >> reporter: mitt romney rolls up his sleeves and pols out a white board to sketch out the differences he sees between the these's medicare plan and his own. >> there is in change for seniors in medicare. >> their plan makes seniors pay more. >> reporter: ryan propose to transform medicare in his budget plan offering an alternative to the president's proposal. >> is voucherrizes medicare. it shifts costs to seniors. president's plan does none of that. >> he raid i had $716 bill job from made care to pay for obamacare. >> reporter: rome me remains on the offensive. the president is appealing to seniors warning the gop man would eventually cost them an extra $6400 a year. >> there is no doubt there are a lot of conservatives who really want to have and are hungry for this policy debate. >> reporter: on another topic, the white house says despeed some recent gaffes

and i might add paul ryan and allen west voted a lot alike in the congress. >> listen, that's a great it. i think patrick is doing a public service by running against allen west who is a disgrace to the congress of the united states. not just because of medicare but because of almost everything else he does and says. third, you know what amazes me? the republicans wanted to run on the economy. they ended up running on first bain and now they are running on medicare. they are running on wanting to destroy medicare and opened this whole debate up. romney endorsed the ryan plan. when he picked ryan he married the ryan plan. >> patrick, medicare beneficiaries in florida, there is nearly 3.4 million medicare beneficiaries in florida. and with states -- high senior citizen populations, florida has the most with 17.3%. this is not only where you are running, this is where the republicans are having their convention. seems contradictory, doesn't it? >> it certainly does. and -- what is scary is the fact that they are lying. you know, allen west put an ad out saying that i'm supporting a plan

republicans mitt romney and paul ryan and george allen were top targets. >> government has no place inur bedrooms and certainly no place inside a woman's body. >> reporter: the star of the planned permenthood rally, former democratic governor tim kaine who is also running for the u.s. senate in virginia. kaine told the crowd that conservatives at the federal and set leveled are constantly trying to overturn roe vs. wade. >> there is a life proposal to change federal law to say life begins at conception and all personhood rights attach from that moment forward. >> reporter: the language crafted in the republican platform calls for a constitutional amendment effectively banning abortion in all circumstances. republican george allen is generally a pro-life candidate but alden does not endorse the gop absolutist position on abortion. >> i think there should always be exceptions for the life of the mother as well as for pregnancies caused by rape and incest. >> reporter: allen called the abortion issue a distraction and said voters care more about the jobs and economy. voters here went for

republicans mitt romney and paul ryan, and george allen who is running for the senate of virginia were top targets. >> government has no place in our bedrooms and certainly no place inside a woman's body. [ applause ] >> reporter: the star of the planned parenthood rally, tim kaine. he told the crowd that conservatives are constantly trying to overturn roe v. wade. >> there's a proposal to change federal law to say life begins at conception and all personhood rights from that person forward. >> reporter: the pro choice speakers pointed out the language crafted in the republican platform calls for a constitutional amendment banning abortion in all circumstances. republican george allen is generally a pro-life candidate, but allen does not endorse the gop absolutist position. >> should always be exceptions for the life of the mother or for rapes or incest. >> reporter: allen called the abortion issue a distraction and said voters care more about jobs and the economy. virginia is now a peculiar swing state. voters here went decisively for obama in 2008, and generally for republican candid

allen is campaigning in northern virginia today. you will find out what he had to say during a stop in dale city. >> and we will hear from paul ryan. give the one on one interview to abc 7. and even answered a questio >> you are watching to abc 7 news at noon, in your side. >> battleground virginia heats up today. george allen makes several campaign stops in our area. >> vice presidential candidate paul ryan made stops in northern virginia yesterday. we sat down with the congressman for an interview. >> an unsettling security breach on the metro website. for a while, anyone could excess personal information of job applicants. >> i am kathy park. >> i am kris van cleave. we are on the election today, -- vote 2012 to date. virginia senate hopeful george allen is in our area, and he made a stop in dale city where sunlen miller is live. >> george allen came out swinging this morning in virginia. he spoke in front of the veterans, and the optics of the message was important. he was speaking in front of veterans and warned about building defense cuts that could happen in january if congress does not get a deal to avoid this. he said the b

. >> let me bring you in, as mentioned in glen allen, virginia paul ryan talking about jobs, the most important issue. anybody would agree with that. he did not discuss medicare. what do you think of this as we end this week and obviously nis hiss name is associated now with this battle over medicare. >> we talked about medicare for a week straight. i think the romney campaign, paul ryan, everybody on the campaign trail, they're listening to folks and what folks are telling them is the number one issue is jobs and the number two issue is the economy. medicare and the entitlement things are important. what they are focused on is bringing their message to the american people about how they'll create jobs and turn the economy around. >> you say there is a new poll out from kaiser and medicare ranks first in voters' minds and considerably above the president's health care overhaul. this is new information from the kaiser foundation so there's been no shortage of talking about obama care as it's referred to. but here you have the new polling numbers that say people do care about medicare a

congressman paul ryan has stops planned in glen allen and springfield. >>> a decision could come todayn a battle over maryland's redrawn congressional districts. after the sent us, maryland's sixth district was shifted by the state's democratically dominated legislature to include part of montgomery county. republicans took issue with the changes and collected enough signatures supporting a referendum on that particular issue. democrats argued the process didn't follow the rules. maryland's court of appeals could rule on the case today. >>> coming up next on fox 5 morning news. >> a look at what is new at the movies this weekend. whitney houston's final film hits the theaters. kevin mccarthy is here to give us a review of sparkle and he will tell us what else is worth the price of admission. [ harry umlaut ] here we go. [ sally umlaut ] what? the five stages of muller. ah yes... stage one: suspicion. "it's a yogurt, how good can it be?" stage two: revision. "actually, this ain't bad." stage three: surprise! "look at this cool cornery thing! i love this stuff!!" stage four: desolation.

of united states paul ryan >>> mitt romney announces his running mate who was paul ryan and what impact on the race. i'm allen martin ann notorangelo of tonight. workers seconds from being killed " by to safety in question. new details coming out from the chevron refinery fire it could shed light on the cause of the incident as thousands of people filing claims anne mackovic shows us reset maintenance work now under scrutiny. >>> the incident highlights the hazards of performing maintenance on a running operating unit like this one >>> the fire at the chevron refinery monday sent hundreds of people to hospital and to file claims against the company >>> the small came over my house of was rushed to hospital >>> more long lines at the clams help center today and anger towards chevron >>> the lie and cover-up for years >>> the federal agency investigating the fire says corrosion could be a factor a nearby pipe was replaced last year but the one that failed last monday was not. >>> i understand very carefully that decision making process was the twelve inch pipe was corroded it begs the question was there corrosi

paul ryan is shadowing the president in battleground states. one of the biggest battlegrounded will be virginia. fox 5's tom fitzgerald spoke with republican senate candidate george allen today about what ryan's appearance on the ticket will mean for the commonwealth. >> reporter: president obama headed to iowa monday with a new target to blame for blocking his policies in washington. >> paul ryan might be in iowa the next couple days. he is one of the leaders of congress standing in the way. >> reporter: in fact, an hour after the president finished talking, congressman paul ryan, the republicans' new vice presidential candidate, took another iowa stage. >> you know i heard that president obama is starting his bus tour today. >> reporter: but it wasn't all smooth sailing for ryan's first outing. after being interrupted several times by hecklers who tried to block cameras. >> people are hurting because we don't have jobs. families are hurting because they're living paycheck to paycheck and the paychecks aren't being stretched as far as they used to. >> reporter: ryan's selection by mitt romney is sparking speculation on what it means for battleground states like virgin

paul ryan pick will help mitt romney in battleground virginia. it helps mitt romney with the presidential race but might hurt him in the senate race. george allen is running in virginia and medicare has been a big issue. we think that paul ryan at 42 years old and his young family might soften of northern virginia voters. >> a lot of people nationwide are not real familiar with paul ryan. are we going to see efforts to educate voters about what it stands for? >> that is a great point. the romney camp suits sees that as an opportunity. president obama this morning has a video interviewing people on the street in florida about what they think about paul ryan. we will hear about how we as a hunter and he will talk about his young kids. >> we know you will have the scope for us and thank you as always. >> the time the 6:42 and we will go to steve rudin for a check on the weather. >> lots of sunshine expected through the morning and afternoon hours today. look at this beautiful sunrise from washington-lee high school. 66 degrees in falls church at this hour and a little bit cooler to the west with temperatures in the 50's for oakland, maryland. high

congressman paul ryan will visit deep run high school in glen allen in the morning. tomorrow afternoon he'll attend a victory rally at west springfield high school. >>> both presidential candidates will not run campaign ads on september 11th. they are honoring request from a group that promotes september 11th as a national day of service. mygoodday.org told the candidates the day should be about unity, not politics. in 2008 ads were also pulled on 9/11. >>> some disappointing news on the job front, the number of americans filing for unemployment jumped slightly last week. an additional 2,000 people filed for benefits. the economy improved slightly in july after falling into a midyear slump. there were 163,000 jobs added last month, the highest since february. >>> plenty of work for firefighters in the western u.s. tonight. we'll have a look at their efforts and the help they're getting from across the country coming up. >>> check out this animation from nasa. it say record breaking galaxy crust -- is a record breaking galaxy cluster light years from earth. in the cen

caller: yes, allen west. paul ryan is a great guy with great numbers. he seems to have a passion for what he does. i am supporting them. no doubt about it. host: we talked to pete sessions, chairman of the national republican congressional committee. one of the conversations with our reporters, he talked about the impact of mitt romney's selection of congressman paul ryan as his running mate. the state a look. [video clip] >> the choice of paul ryan will be a boost to everyone of our candidates. we are not just looking at next year. we are looking at a few years over the horizon about where we are going to position america and lead into the 21st century. host: you can see the entire interview today at 10:00 a.m. this morning and at 6:00 p.m. this evening on c-span. it is also available online at c-span.org. we are asking you about party unity among republicans. what do you have to say? host: this is a comment from twitter. the running rhinos only want to cut growth and spending. caller: i believe the republicans are united more than they ever have been

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now republican vice presidential candidate paul ryan will be in glen allen this morning and then in springfield this afternoon. the campaign for the moment continues to focus on medicare while issues about running mates and taxes tax returns are keeping both sides on the defensive. now mitt romney rolls up his sleeves and pulls out a white board and to literally sketch out the differences between his plan and the president's plan when it comes to medicare. on another topic, the white house says despite some recent gaffes by joe biden and this one's gotten a lot of attention as well. he remains the president's vice presidential pick even though john mccain for one says that biden should be replaced. >> and while i appreciate i have great admiration for and respect for and a long relationship with senator john mccain, but one place i would not go for advice on vice presidential running mates is the senator mccain. >> meantime, maryland congressman chris van holland has an important role to keeping democrats in the white house. the "washington post" and the "new york times" reports that he agreed

mitt romney and paul ryan but somewhere along the way, something went horribly wrong. george allen voted for trillions in debt while voting to raise his pay four times, then voted to keep special tax breaks for oil and gas companies and took over a half-million from them. worse, allen went to work for them. >>> new information tonight about the deadly shooting in front of the empire state building in new york city yesterday. police are now confirming that all nine of the bystanders wounded in that shooting were hit by officers' gunfire. security video shows police confronting suspect jeffrey johnson after they say he shot a former co-worker. in the frantdic moments that followed officers reportedly fired more than 15 shots, killing johnson. in some cases police say the bystanders were struck by bullet tragments. >>> coming up, mitt romney and paul ryan making a final campaign stop before heading down to florida for the delayed republican national convention. >>> plus a pretty dreary day here today. storm 4 meteorologist kim martucci's back wi homicide of young people in america has

every movie i've written is for paul tom sander son to direct or woody allen to direct. >> rose: but they weren't available. (laughs) >> once you get to the c-list you might as well do it yourself >> exactly! (laughter) >> yeah, exactly. the first time i was in the situation it was a 500,000 euros movie which is $600,000, going down slowly and no actress wanted to do the part for no money. >> the last movie i directed i hired a director and i almost went with it but in the middle of pre-production i found out he didn't like an "annie hall" and i had to fire him." i'm like "dude, you can't give me notes." (laughter) how can you give me notes if you don't like annie all? >> that's hilarious. >> rose:. >> rose: did she give you notes? >> oh, yeah. i've seen her movies. >> rose: so what's next for you? >> i'm writing about six screenplaying right now. >> rose: six? >> yes, six screenplays. >> rose: how can you write six at one time? >> because attention deficit disorder. (laughs) >> rose: if you get writer's block on one you move to the other? >> i love to focus on many things at once. i

i'm allen martin ann notorangelo of tonight >>> my honor to announce the next vice-president of united states paul ryan >>> announcement made in virginia this morning likely presidential candidate made ryne romney chooses paul ryan to be his running mate ryan considered a rising gop star and the republican leader and fiscal issues they begin a four day, for state bus tour. here is more on the newest player and campaign 2012 >>> mitt romney introduced his running mate congressman paul ryan as a man of integrity in or folk west virginia he pledges the economy the top priority. >>> we want to create 12 million new jobs and better take-home pay for middle-class families >>> ryan a seventh term congressman and chair of the house budget committee >>> we will restore the greatness of this country >>> in the 42 year-old offer the controversial house budget that cause for an overhaul of entitlement programs like medicare but the obama campaign says his plan will and medicare as we now running hopes the pro- life father of three will energize the republican base. ryan is a reformer to get our country back o

. >> mitt romney's running mate paul ryan will make campaign stops in virginia tomorrow. ryan will attend a rally at 11 a.m. in glen allen at deep run allen. the doors at west springfield will open at 1:15 and ryan will also speak there at 3:00. joining us to talk more about this is fox 5 political analyst mark plotkin. let's start in virginia where ryan will make his appearance tomorrow. the commonwealth is shaping up again to be a key battle ground state. you think it could come down to two counties in particular? >> that's what people are talking about. it's 13 electoral votes. it went for the democrats for the first time since 1964 and they're really zeroing in on prince william and loudoun county. bob mcdonnell won those counties when he ran for governor in 2010. virginia did very well in house seats in those areas, but you know how much money is being spent on this network and other networks and the whole election might come down to two counties, prince william and loudoun if it's a tough race because the way they go as bellwethers is the way the state might go. >> let's turn our attention to how this race has turn

allen. you know today was a big day for me. sure was a big day for paul and for his family and i think it is a big day for america. we took a step forward in restoring the promise of america because i he have selected a person who is a leader as we look for people to help guide our country as i look for people to work with me if i get that chance i want someone who is a leader and leadership begins with character. character and vision. [ applause ] >> this is a man whose character was formed early. he was in high school when his dad suddenly passed away. and he matured quickly this a setting like that with a family that surrounded him and helped him and a community that helped him regain his footing. he began with interest in public service not because of personal ambition but because of his passion and faith for america and a belief that america needed individuals who would put the country first, who would put the issues of america ahead of the issues of their personal concerns. and so he went to washington. and tore 14 years he has been battling in wash

george allen said he voted for two years and trillions in unfunded legislation that helped create our fiscal mess. he was asked if the supports paul ryan's plan to reform medicare. >> i think there ought to be a debate on a, there will be, and we will see as we go forward. >> that is not exactly full support of the plan. >> there are a lot of elements to the plan. we are running on our blueprint. that>> voters mostly say they want an end to the campaign. am i am sick of the advertisements and all the stuff in my mail. >> polling shows that tim kaine and george allen are still in a dead heat. >> more news now, a man who the police tried to rob a cab driver ended up setting himself on fire -- and about setting himself on fire and died. richard reeve joins us from near the scene where this happened. the cab driver got away, richard? >> that is right, and the police are calling this lucky for him. a bizarre situation in total. this is some of the debris left behind at the scene. the damage the fire did to the roadway, the authorities calling this a botched robbery, but the would-be robber is now dead and the authorities have questions

paul ryan romney coast of florida for three campaign appearances. his running mate will be in iowa. thousands of people turned out for a joint campaign appearance in wisconsin. mike allen will be joining us live during the 6:00 hour to talk about the upcoming weekend politics now that mitt romney has announced his running mate. 4:34. members of the wisconsin sikh temple return to worship a week after a gunman killed six people. >> members of our local community gathered at the white house to hold a vigil to honor the shooting victims. we were there for the washington vigil. >> in the shadow of the white house, members of the and their supporters came to raise their flag santos a bank you to a nation that stood with them in their hour of need. >> we want to express our thanks to america as a nation and the entire nation has come together in support. >> they took care of everything right away and we wanted to recognize. recognize >> a week ago a gunman opened fire at a wisconsin temple killing six. the shooter allegedly a white supremacist. >> what happened in wisconsin is a terrible tragedy. >> a handful of northern virginia politicians came out to stand with the commun

paul ryan as his running mate some democrats say the ticket is devastating for the country. another three day closure for a bay area bridge the dumbarton closed liberty weekend. i'm allen martin ann notorangelo has the night off. workers seconds from being killed i say to now questions some of the details out of monday chevron refinery fire it could shed light on the cause of the incident that as thousands of people filing claims. anne mackovic shows us recent maintenance work under scrutiny. >>> this incident highlights the hazards of performing may not on a unit like this one >>> the fire at the chevron refinery on monday sent hundreds of people to the hospital and to file claims against the company. >>> the smoke came over my house i was rushed to hospital >>> more lines at the clams help center today and anger towards chevron >>> the federal department investigating the fire says corrosion could be a factor, after a refinery inspection last year and nearby pipe replaced but the one that failed monday to inflammable liquid was not. >>> i understand that decision making process was the twelve inch pipe was corroded it begs the question was there groschen in that by >

allen. today was a big day for me. it was big for paul and his family. it was a big day for america.took a step forward in restoring the promise of america because i've selected a person that was a leader. as i look for people to guide the country if i get that chance, i wanted someone that is a leader, and leader begins with character, character and division. [applause] this is a man whose character was formed early. he was in high school when his father suddenly passed away and he matured quickly with a family and a community that helped him regain his footing. he began with interest in public service not because of personal ambition but his passion and faith in america, in the belief that america needed individuals that would put the issue of america head of personal concerns, so he went to washington. for 14 years he has been battling as a leader and he has found the capacity to be an intellectual leader. he really understands how government works, how we can restore the rights and powers of our people, how states are the places where new ideas are developed and grown. he underst

paul ryan are making pitch to voters across north carolina. live from the campaign trail straight ahead. >> outrage over new attack that shows florida congressman allen west seniors, voting to end medicare as we know it. he has whacked women with with votes for huge cuts in women's healthcare funding. >> brutal. is that what paul ryan can expect to face on the ware waives in florida? we'll hear from congressman west straight ahead. >> and the federal government wasting your taxpayer money yet again. $2 million of your hard earned cash beg used to pay for program that hired just one, one intern, the shocking details are coming up on "fox & friends" which starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> good morning, everybody. good to see you. good to see you back on couch. alisyn camerota is here. peter johnson jr. in for clayton morse. hope is he feeling better this morning. i'm dave bringinges. still talking about the selection of paul ryan and will be for the next several days. >> absolutely. big news weekend because obviously the new running mates, mitt romney and paul ryan are hitting the campaign trail today. first stop is moorsville, north carolina. that's where we f

allen. you know today was a big day for me. sure was a big day for paulis family and i think it is a big day for america. we took a step forward in restoring the promise of america because i he have selected a person who is a leader as we look for people to help guide our country as i look for people to work with me if i get that chance i want someone who is a leader and leadership begins with character. character and vision. [ applause ] >> this is a man whose character was formed early. he was in high school when his dad suddenly passed away. and he matured quickly this a setting like that with a family that surrounded him and helped him and a community that helped him regain his footing. he began with interest in public service not because of personal ambition but because of his passion and faith for america and a belief that america needed individuals who would put the country first, who would put the issues of america ahead of the issues of their personal concerns. and so he went to washington. and tore 14 years he has been battling in washington as

mcdonnell joins vice presidential candidate paul ryan on the campaign trail in virginia tomorrow morning. they'll attend a rally at deep run high school in glen allen. and there's a second rally tomorrow afternoon at west springfield high school in springfield. >>> well, doug is out there rallying the troops in bethesda. you've got grownups, a lot of kids who are eating up a storm out there. >> reporter: well, they were and we had our mandatory 15-minute cooldown session and then it was right back in the pool. look how many wet kids we have. i had to grab them all out of the pool. i'm now called the lifeguard here, and it's something i can live with. katrina, introduce me to your beautiful daughters. and her husband is half-thai, so that's where they get the name, and beautiful house. say hello, everybody, by the way. no, no -- it's television. treat it like it's road. let me hear it. that's what i'm talking about. obviously a beautiful backyard, but you guys went through a lot of problems with the derecho. >> we did. we had a beautiful playset. as you can see it's no longer there. >> reporter: it is no longer there. and i want that was -- i said,

congressman paul ryan is heading to the high school in glen allen this morning. he is a victory rally at 11:00 and this morning in springfield after 3:00. at 3:30. rather mitt romney's wife anne is talking about the multiple sclerosis. the wife says she had quote a little bitty flare-up during the spring and romney himself is talking about his taxes saying he's paid no less than 13 of the the income taxes but -- 13% of the income taxes but now we're hearing the obama campaign just in the last hour put out an offer to romney saying the he releases five years of tax returns obama's team won't criticize him for not releasing any more. >>> our big story this morning. the west nile virus is rapidly spreading across the country. officials say this is the worst outbreak of the disease ever. now according to the cdc so far nearly 700 cases have been reported. including a few right here in our area. fox 5's lauren demarco is here with the latest on the story. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, the kind of frightening because included in the 700 cases 2

allen. you know, today was a big day for me. i'm sure it was a big day for paul and for his family, and i think it's a big day for america. we took a step forward in restoring the promise of america because i've selected a person who is a leader. as we look for people to help guide our country, as i look for people to work with me, if i get that chance i want someone who is a leader and leadership begins with character. character and vision. [ applause ] . this is --his is a man whose character was formed early. he was in high school when his dad suddenly passed away and he matured quickly in a setting like that with a family that surrounded him and a community that helped him regain his footing. he began with interest in public service not because of personal ambition, but because of his passion and faith for america and a beef that america needed individuals who would put the country first and who would put the issues of america ahead of the issues of their personal concerns and so he went to washington and for 14 years, he's been battling in washington as a le

republican vice presidential makingte paul ryan is stops in virginia today. he will be in glen allen as well as west springfield he will riser ata private fund westin hotel in arlington. newschannel 8 will have more up in a live report and a couple of minutes. baltimored 95 into is fine now that the long standing over by accident is gone. south into rich and out of fredericksburg, there will be activity but you can get through. worth detouring. everything looks good around the beltway right now. is better than average. here are a couple of pictures like 95 in and out of baltimore on 270, no worries here springfield and a beautiful stretch. to our fridayt front off to cold north will sweep through r today bring us clouds and showers andnce of thunderstorms. temperatures now is 72 degrees. back at 7:56. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i apapprove this message. [ male announcer ] you work hard. stretch every penny. but chances are you pay a higher tax rate than him... mitt romney made twenty million dollars in two thousand ten t paid only fourteen percent in taxes... probably less than y

. >> you know, these guys when they introduced paul ryan, they did it in front of a navy vessel near a military base. you've got george allenrginia running all these ads against the sequester and the defense cuts. you have come out more or less in favor of cutting the defense budget to deal with the deficit. how do you think ryan and romney are on defense and do you think they've got to be more realistic? >> i would interject there, what do you make of the fact that mitt romney sets a floor of 4% gdp for defense spending? >> i think what romney's trying to say is i'm going to be tough on defense. i would not take the approach that any particular government program deserves a certain percentage of gdp. i think you take a look at america's enemies and whether we can more effectively spend money. the case i tried to make is we -- conservatives need to look at the defense budget the way we look at every other part of the government. it can be done more effectively and efficiently. to say you can't save money in any part of the government is foolish and not true. advocates of a strong military and i would argue that all my life,

allen went to work for them. but what choices will women be left with? just like mitt romney, paul ryan would get rid of planned parenthood funding. in congress, ryan voted to ban all federal funding for planned parenthood and allow employers to deny women access to cancer screenings and birth control. and both romney and ryan backed proposals to outlaw abortion even in cases of rape and incest. for women... for president... the choice is ours. i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. >>> it's going to take 25 million to fix the earthquake damage at the national cathedral. 25 million. thursday is the one-year anniversary since that 5.8 quake rattled the east coast damaging two towers of the cathedral. it knocked over gar goils and other statues. it has taken a year now just to stabilize the grounds. for the first team this week, some stone masons will be able to go in and start their work. the national cathedral hopes to raise $100,000 for renovations by thursday. for more information about this, you can -- on how to help, go to our website, nbc washington dm. >>> tonight at 1

allen. you know, today was a big day for me. i'm sure it was a big day for paulnd i think it's a big day for america. we took a step forward in restoring the promise of america because i've selected a person who is a leader. as we look for people to help guide our country, as i look for people to work with me, if i get that chance i want someone who is a leader and leadership begins with character. character and vision. [ applause ] . this is -- this is a man whose character was formed early. he was in high school when his dad suddenly passed away and he matured quickly in a setting like that with a family that surrounded him and a community that helped him regain his footing. he began with interest in public service not because of personal ambition, but because of his passion and faith for america and a belief that america needed individuals who would put the country first and who would put the issues of america ahead of the issues of their personal concerns and so he went to washington and for 14 years, he's been battling in washington as a leader and he's foun

allen. today is a big day for me. it was a big day for paul and his family. think it is a big day for america. we took a step forward in restoring the promise of america. i have selected a person who is a leader. as we look for people to help guide our country, as i look for people to work with me, i want someone who is a leader. leadership begins with character. character and vision. this is a man whose character was formed early. he was in high school when his dad suddenly passed away. he matured quickly with a family that surrounded him and helped him. the community help him regain his footing. he began with interest in public service not because of personal ambition because of his passion and pays for america and the belief that america needed individuals who would put the country first, put the issues of america have their personal concerns. he went to washington. for 14 years, he has been battling in washington as a leader. he has found extraordinary capacity there. he is an intellectual leader in our party. he really understands how government works, h

paul ryan has a campaign rally at a high school in glen allen, virginia and i don't know if that is, that happening now or was that happening -- it is okay. here we go. we're trying to get a live remote up for you. apparently the governor of virginia, bob mcdonnell, who was our guest on the show and introduced paul ryan and happy he knew what state he was in, which called back to jon's conversation with monica and julie a little while ago on some of the vice president joe biden's gaffs. there is paul ryan. he is there in virginia today. he will be down in florida tomorrow. busy time for him. >>> there may not be any humans on board but the mars rover curiosity gets to wake up to music each morning. we have the play list for you of the music that is rocking on mars. we're going to play that for you just ahead. you know, i was once used for small jobs. yeah, and i took on all the bigger, tougher ones. but now that mr. clean's got this new select-a-size magic eraser, i mean, he can take on any size job. look how easily he gets things cleaned. it's enough to make you cry. you, specifical

allen, running for the senate. the republican of he's gathered already. he's there in norfolk, virginia, awaiting the arrival of the motorcade. i think it arrived bringing mitt romney and paulesumably to this event. candy, you wanted to weigh in. >> first of all, yes, i think this is a bold choice as a number of people have said. but the idea that mitt romney can't make those sort of defies what he did for a living, and that was risk. he took high risks in some of these investments that he did. some of them paid off, some of them didn't. so he is a risk taker when he needs to be. clearly he thought he needed to be. i just wanted to read you one quick e-mail i got back with a democrat around the obama campaign. said how do you argue this. ryan, same argument. favors the wealth at the expense of the middle class. just add in seniors in the fore. it's the same argument now, we're just on steroids. >> all right, guys. stand by for a moment. when we come back, bill bennett joining us. he was paul ryan's mentor when paul ryan finished college will one of the first jobs he did get was at empower america, worked with jack kemp congressman from new york state and bill bennett, bill