this after republican representative paul bacon -- todd akin to an interviewer that women's bodies can prevent pregnancies and cases of "legitimate rape." >> the romney campaign is moving to distance itself from controversy comments made by a missouri lawmaker did representative todd akin said " if it is a legitimate rape, the theme of what has ways to shut the whole thing down." he is referring to a potential pregnancy. the romney campaign reacted fast, pointing out that mitt romney and paul ryan disagree with akin's statement and that the team would not oppose abortion for rape victims. akin issued a statement saying that he misspoke and said that he has "deep empathy for women raped and abused." >> student at the college park campus of started a petition to get chick-fil-a removed after comments by the company executive about same-sex marriage. they are calling on the university to replace chick-fil- a with a more accepting business and to suggest a healthier options for students. the chick-fil-a president said that his company back to biblical definition of family. still ahead, it

bacon. hello to both of you. so paul ryan called todd akin, asked him to get out. mitt romney has said publicly it's time to go. here was akin's response this morning. >> if you were in romney's position don't you think he may have bid this thing up and made a bigger deal about it than he needed to? why couldn't he run his race and i run mine? >> why couldn't he run his race and i run mine, jackie? he doesn't seem to care that he's alone on an island. >> well, yeah. he is alone on an island and he has given up his house seat so he really has nothing to lose here. the problem is the republican party has a lot to lose. they're looking at the senate. they had a real shot at taking over the senate when he was a viable candidate. now that he's not so viable, they want him out of there because it's not so much about mitt romney as it is about the republican party. it is about mitt romney but not as much as the bigger picture here. >> when you step back and you look at it, it doesn't make sense that he's staying in i don't think. but i guess it's natural when you're in th

bacon a la stimulus when he said he didn't believe in it. there is reporting as late as today that shows the unemployment rate in paul ryan's district is stillve the national average at 10%. he did not help people out there, and it shows that he was not necessarily tuned in to his constituency because he was more ambitious on the national level. number one being for something and being against something until they start handing out the check. b, the fact that he's not doing his best for congress and he had national ambition since graduating from college and this was just a means to an end. >> eliot: i think also because this tension plays into it who what is about paul ryan, that that is the ideology that he wants the nation to see there is tension there he has not yet resolved. joe williams, great to have you on your program. >> my pleasure. >> eliot: for now let's it's a pleasure to welcome to "viewpoint," a real and genuine political pro the host of the gavin newsome show, and he happens to be the california lieutenant governor. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me on. >> eliot: you've run campaigns a lot of them enormousl

baconator. decide how big you wanna go. now that's better. >>> coming up tonight, mitt romney and paul ryan campaigning across battleground statesising to take on tough decisions. >>> dangerous trees coming down in virginia. what's the impact on traffic? >>> and can we keep the nearly perfect sunday weather around to start the week? see you tonight at 11:00 for the news. (birds chirping) drop the knife! do it now! (panting) are you deaf? drop it, flint! i wasn't gonna hurt him, i swear. get on your knees. put your hands on your head. (opens latch) (clicks) connor? (sighs) connor. connor, i'm agent van pelt. i'm from the cbi. i'm here to help you. are you okay? yeah. ohh. (jonathan) i was just there looking for connor. this is all a big misunderstanding. you wanted connor dead. you grabbed him and then made it look like a child murderer did it. which part are we misunderstanding? but you couldn't bring yourself to kill your baby brother face-to-face, so you left him in that duck blind-- no food, no water, no chance. no, that's not true. why would i want connor dead? i don't need his money. love. you are in love with beth. (lisbon

they know the people back home are looking for them to bring home the bacon, to bring home government largess, and that's exactly what pauldid behind the scenes by thanking the obama administration for stimulus funds that went to his district. to show that he was actually doing something. >> michael, any reasonable version of the vice presidential debate will include reading the last lines of that letter to paul ryan, about the stimulus bill in his community, creating jobs. and his belief that it will create jobs. what would you expect ryan's answer to be if asked, as he should and must be asked, about that letter in the vice presidential debate? >> you know, he's a smooth politician. as you know. i think, as jonathan mentioned, in my book, i talk about how the republicans really decide decide before day one that they were not going to give obama any victories. that they were going to stand for no. paul ryan had -- he had voted for a stimulus just a year earlier. mitt romney, in fact, every republican and democratic candidate in 2008 supported a stimulus, and mitt romney's was the largest. it was only after january 20th,

bacon. it's be like snake, i know paul and them would have fun with that, and then they ran a news report talking about the rising militancy in america, and there was a story about the black panther party. and they ran the footage where, of the panner panthers led by chairman bobby stormed the state capitol in sacramento. and for folks who don't know, the panthers started patrolling the streets of oakland, california, with shotguns and law books enforcing one of the aspects of the ten-point program. i want to get to that later, but that caught the imagination not only of the community of america because it was legal to carry guns in california if they weren't concealed, and the law books were to make it clear that at first huey and bobby and the other panthers who joined understood the right to bear arms, understood the right to arrest. they would follow the person to the precinct, bail them outthey had the money. if not, there were young lawyers and legal volunteers to help get people out. but i'm seeing these black people with guns. so california responds by saying, yes, the law says you can ca

paul ryan. >>> and a project today to remove dangerous trees in northern virginia. we'll be right back. dad look, you can get eggs, baconcakes for $4. umm. in my day, you get eggs, bacon and pancakes, and it only cost you $4. the $4 everyday value slam. one of 4 tasty choices for $4 off the 2-4-6-8 value menu. only at denny's. >>> welcome back to 9news now. inber stainment news, even without mat damon, it is back. -- without matt damon, it is back. the bourn sa ga. >>> after three weeks at number one the dark knight rises dropped to three. >>> and thank you for watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >>> and i'm jessica doyle. mike is off today. monika is back in a moment with timesaver traffic. >>> howard? >> reporter: a couple of clouds here and there. beautiful this morning. humidity levels are nice, it is going to stay that way all day. you see some of the clouds on tyson's corner with breaks as well. a cool sunrise, by noon partly to mostly sunny. upper 80s to around 90 degrees with moderate air

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paul ryan will say, oh, you're misleading people, et cetera, et cetera. that's the challenge from biden to critique the plan in a careful way that exposes its vulnerabilities. >> perry baconou, richard. >>> the final day of the olympic games and team usa is celebrating a major victory right now. the much-anticipated men's basketball final wrapped up more than an hour ago with the americans defeating spain to claim the gold there. meanwhile, organizers are finishing the final touches for tonight's closing ceremony. u.s. athlete bryshon nellum will carry the flag for the u.s. the latest medal count, the u.s. leads with a total of 104, including 46 golds. china second with 87 and russia third with 78 medals. let's go to london and check in again with nbc's mark barger. a lot of events wrapping up today. one of the biggest the men's basketball final, of course. >> reporter: that's right. as you alluded to, the u.s. wins the gold medal for the second time in a row. 107-100 over spain. this game was a whole lot like the game four years ago against spain for the gold medal. it basically came down to the last couple minutes of the game. u.s. was only up by a point going into the

paul ryan stopping by the ohio state fair . the congressman stayed away from the fried food. >> gretchen: nothing like the state fairs. >> steve: chocolate flavored baconr together. >> steve: we did have the beer. >> gretchen: and few other thingings. the rest of the headlines it is important to kick it off. obama administration and congressional democrats are accused of looking the other way. republican congressman from texas ted powith holding visas to the nation that will not take back their own. >> i don't know why the state department takes the side of other states. look take them back or the consequences will be no visas for your nation. >> gretchen: cuba has over 25,000 criminals and vietnam with 7000. >> steve: mayor booker will not have a speaking role . regulated to an off camera for the president's reelection campaign. booker critized the tax on mitt romney's success on bain capital and called them nauseating and booker and obama claim that is a thing of the past. but he doesn't have surrogate work right now. >> cutting ties with a veteran's charity after it was accused of helping less than half with the veterans it is sued by the california