that will reenergize it as it approaches the mid-atlantic. even as it starts to fall apart here over the next 24 hours. it will be a very strong storm when it approaches the mid- atlantic later this weekend. this you can see it moving off to the north and west at 13. time frame for us would be later on sunday. i think by sunday afternoon, sunday night, we'll start to get some rain in here and monday, tuesday will be the main event us for. right now, it is looking like landfall could be as close as the delaware bay. that would be a major impact across the mid-atlantic. let's do some local weather and 63 at reagan national. your friday forecast looks fine. no issues today. no issues tomorrow. it won't be beautiful outside but we won't be looking at any rain. a little fog to start your day. might be a little drizzle in a spot or two. let's see if the fog is doing anything to the commute this morning. let's check in with julie wright and get the latest. >> so far, so good. we are off fay quiet start around the capital beltway. southbound bw parkw

it reenergized the fans who had almost given up on our city. cheryl o'conner caught up with the guys looking ahead to 2013. >> reporter: the team is back in town. while it is not for a championship series, orioles fans make them feel like winners. >> this is a small description of how we feel. appreciation of the fans. >> reporter: a few hundred people lined up at camden yards saturday morning. following a disappointing loss in new york. >> i saw nick markakis, mark reynolds, chris davis. >> jim hunter. >> reporter: sun is up. the season is officially over. orioles catcher matt weeders said it is the first time the extended season shortens his time off. >> i'll take a couple of weeks off and not take up baseball for a couple of weeks. when november gets here it is back to getting in shape. >> reporter: 2012 season will be remembered as one that brought baseball back to baltimore. it was a long 15 year wait for the playoffs. oakland fell in the final game against the yankees in the albs series. the manager and vice president of operations spoke.

this game really seemed to reenergize fans who admitted before it began they were a little bit nervous about it. in the end, they say, it was an easy win and of course they are hoping for a repeat tomorrow. >> go giants! >> i'm totally pumped. ready for tomorrow. >> reporter: tomorrow's game will determine which team heads to the world series. much of the credit for tonight's win goes to pitcher ryan vogle song who is known for being superstitious. he must eat chicken enchill lad das the night before he takes the mound. >> i'm eating chicken enchiladas. >> i'm going home eat a dozen chicken enchiladas. >> i wore my lucky hat and it worked. >> fans say they are willing to do whatever it takes to support their team during a season of surprises. >> it is up and down. >> torture, again, pure torture. >> according to fans, what is great about the giants is when their backs are against the wall they fight harder to win. they did it in the division series clinching three games in a row to get where they are now and giants fans are confident the team will come through again. >> we will be fine

. >> reporter: republican challenger mitt romney outperformed him in the first debate and reenergized campaign. democrats expect a livelier president this time. >> he needs to be more energetic. >> reporter: romney will try to build on gains he made at that time first debate. his supporters are expecting him to deliver another strong performance. >> i think he has turned the election around after the first debate, and now he has to not sit on his lead, but just keep the momentum going. >> reporter: romney's surge has now spread to female voters. a new poll shows him just a point behind the president among likely women voters. tonight will include 80 randomly selected non committed voters. 11 of them will get to ask a question on foreign or domestic policy. >> both candidates have done well in town hall settings and both have done poorly so it's going to depend on how theyport should expect follow-up questions from moderator candy crowley. there's been a mini debate over whether she can ask questions. crowley said she didn't sign on to be a potted plant. randall pinkston, cbs 5. >> cbs

. >> with his campaign reenergize mitt romney took on the controversy surrounding his comments that 47% of americans are dependent on government. he said his remarks were not eloquently stated, but last night on fox news he offered an explanation. >> it was completely wrong. i absolutely believe that my life has shown i care about 100%. >> president obama is trying to rebound from what many believe was a lackluster debate performance before a crowd of 30,000 in madison, wisconsin yesterday suggested romney's performance was just an act,' >> i met a very spirited fellow whioo claimed to be mitt romney. the real mitt romney has been around the country promising tax cuts for the wealthy. >> they accused romney of being dishonest on the debate stage. some of the president's supporters are baffled by what they saw as a passive performance. >> i felt he should of been more aggressive. >> i don't know what he was doing out there. he was in during the debate. >> president obama could have new worries today when thejobs numbers are released. economists predict it could go to 8.2%. >> an estimate

. >>> next, a reenergized president obama goes back on the attack and did the job numbers stop mitt romney'sm before it could really start? >>> why won't romney level with Ñ >>> why won't romney level with us about his tax plan which gives the wealthy huge new tax breaks? because according to experts, he would 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? >> roller coaster week hitting a high note for president obama. the new jobless numbers are easing the pain of his poor debate performance and bring romney's momentum to a sharp stop or it may not. joining me now, "new york times" columnist, nick kristof. let's start with the job figures today. because it's clearly good news for barack obama politically if nothing else. >> not only the numbers today but the revisions for the last two months. we seem to really be on a trajectory and you know, this is going -- apparently what really matters is not the economy for the year but the economy at the moment as people approach the election. people are beg

i could see the sparkle in his eye that the team is reenergized for tomorrow. i could see the excitement, the sparkle in his eye that the team is reenergized for tomorrow. >> we are all excited. the boys are tired. it was a late night and they will get some rest. we will have a light workout tomorrow and get set for sunday. >> barry zito was very inspirational tonight. you look for energy this time of year and he gave a huge shot in the arm. so game on come sunday. >>> and we have the schedule for the giants. game six will be played at&t park tomorrow. that's at 4:45. of course, we are all hoping the giants force a game seven. if there is, in fact, a game seven it will be played here at&t park monday at 5:07. i for one hope it's here on monday. live at&t park, abc7 news. >> thank you, kara. as baseball season nears the end, it looks like hockey may never begin. all nhl games have been cancelled through november 1st. the owners have rejected three proposals from the players and extended to the lockout. abc reporter nick smith reports on disappointed shark fans a

but i hope that deputy chief you can share with the chief that i think that we to as a department reenergize ourselves in terms of out reach to domestic violence, potential victims, and we have got language access issues. i know that there is a new officer who is on the beat doing this. and i know that he just started a couple of weeks ago, but i hope that the chief can give us a report back on the department's efforts to continue to out reach and make sure that the city is aware that this department does not accommodate violence against women that nothing has changed. the safety net that has been well established continues. and i would like to work with my colleagues to schedule a date where we can get a snapshot from the department on where we are on domestic vie liens staffing and what the cases look like and what we need to do as a department to make sure that we keep folks safe. >> okay. >> if there are any reports or announcements for scheduling future meetings. hearing none, it is time for public comment, regarding line items 2, a, b, c, or d. >> sorry, we do have to announce our comm

. >> reporter: with his campaign reenergized after a strong showing in wednesday's debate mitt romneytook on the controversy surrounding his comments that 47% of americans are dependent on government. shortly after a tape of his s -- of his comments were released he said his s were not eloquently stated. >> completely wrong. i absolutely believe however that my life has shown that i care about 100%. >> reporter: president obama is trying to rebound from what many believe was a lackluster debate before a crowd of 30,000 in wisconsin yesterday he suggested romney's performance was an act. >> the president: i met this spirited fellow to claimed to be mitt romney. but i know it couldn't have been mitt romney, because the real mitt romney has been running around the country for the last year, promising five trillion dollars in tax cuts that favor the wealthy. >> reporter: campaign advisers were more blunt accusing rom being dishonest on the debate stage. some of the president's supporters and liberal pundits are baffled by what they saw. >> i felt like he should have been more aggressive.

that reenergized giant's fans many of whom descended to sports bars across the area to watch the game. there's a lot to be hopeful for right now lorane b lanco has the story. >> reporter: just a few fans stuck around to celebrate and have a drink. it's a sill quiet right now but just a little while ago when the giants won there was a fan explosion. giant's fans knew this game was do or die being the best of five scenario. so the atmosphere was very tense. people were literally shaking here at pete's tavern. when the reds got their last out fans slipped out for one recently engaged couple it was almost tragic. one a reds fan, the other a giant's fan. >> so you can sleep in bed tonight. >> we were just talking about that. give it up to the stats. we got the hits when it mattered. we didn't bunt. it was a huge bunt by belt and still got it through. >> i've been a fan for my whole life and they deserve it. finally this year we're playing like we're going to win it and i'm hoping for battle of the best. >> reporter: so it's pretty chill in here at pete's tavern right here across from at&t

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i think he reenergize them. i think he made the case. and i think he nailed korean a couple of times, specifically on the -- nailed paul ryan a couple of times, specifically on the lack of any specifics and on the stimulus bonds. those were one of the few times that paul ryan knew better than to answer. >> what about medicare and social security and up with the bill class? >> -- up with the middle class? >> it went beyond the facts. but at least you had a discussion about the economy and the positions for both sides, as opposed to last week when, yes, it was a one-sided conversation. they did not touch on some things. immigration is a good example. but education is another one. but it was guided pretty much by the moderator who did a great job conducting this. i don't find the debate wanting on substantive issues. >> if you're my age and you are watching this thing and you're worried about medicare and social security, which of these individuals do you believe? >> it would depend on who you are predisposed to believe. joe biden is a had

he cannot to try to reenergize the democratic base in the wake of the president's lackluster performance a week ago and he was clearly on offense. but it was mixed with an awful lot of his smirking, expressions of exasperation and a lot of interruptions. that will get a lot of criticism and review in the next couple of days. and how one behaves can overshadow what what actually says. in the case of paul ryan, he was rying to give detailed isss and show his command of the issues. mr. ryan's answer is, as comprehensive as he was allowed to be, not a game changer but joe biden was on offense. a >> i remember him saying that nothing he just said was true. this is something the democrats have been clamoring for since last week. >> huffing and puffing suggesting that he was obfuscating and not able to proposals.romney's and are the details that are consistent with the facts. spinning has already begun. the campaign manager making the argument that mr. ryan was unable to explain the details and defend them among the various proposals. senior adviser to the romney campagin in that joe biden was

i think joe biden reenergize them. he made the case. he nailed paul ryan a couple of times specificly on the lack of any details on the tax plan. sesecondlyly paul ryan's request fostimulus funds two w written requests. that was one of the few times that paul ryan knew better than to respond. >> what about medicare and social security and up with the middle-class and? >> could be your a all day. at least they had a discussion about the economy as opposed to lalast weekk in the one-sided coersation. something ey should have touched on was immigration and edation. but i think they were guided pretty much by the moderator. i think she did a great job in conducting this. i don't find the debate wanting on substantive issues. >> if you're my age and you are watching this thing and you're worried about m medicare and social security, charles, which of these individuals do believe? >> it depends on who you arere predisposed to believe. joe biden is a new deal liberal. whereas his own president is willing to contemplate, say, raising the retire

reporter: it began just after midnight descending of thousands of trucks and 150 crew members to help reenergize the east coast, part of a massive crusade to send help. bigger trucks too tall to haul on trailers will be driven, small trucks will be trailered. several mechanic trucks are following closely behind. >> we will keep them running and we'll repair hopefully everything that goes wrong and keep all safety aspects in check where they do belong. >> reporter: we'll all be there and working two days from now. >> those people are over head and under ground maintenance and construction crews. >> we're putting two people in a cab and basically driving 24/7 to get across the unite. we will have variances to help facilitate that. >> reporter: the damage back there is so extensive that they're going to move all of this equipment all the way across the country let alone all of the other equipment coming from everywhere else. >> the nice part about it we all have similar equipment, we all talk the same language and we make sure the equipment gets to the right place. >> reporter: they'll be welcomed

president obama is now reenergized and republican challenger, mitt romney, certainly isn't backing down. daniel nottingham with the latest from the white house. >> in a key battleground state -- >> hello, iowa. >> president obama continued his debate with mitt romney. >> his tax plan doesn't add up. his jobs plan doesn't create jobs. his deficit reduction plan adds to the deficit. >> in chesapeake, virginia, governor mitt romney offered his own recap of highlights. >> i love these debates. these things are great. and i think it is interesting that the president still doesn't have an agenda for a second term. >> with less than three weeks until election day, the president and his republican challenger are running out of time to sway undecided voters. both are focusing on women. the president is running with governor romney's debate comments about recruiting women for his massachusetts administration. >> we got to tell you, we don't have to collect binders to find qualified, talented, driven young women ready to learn and teach in these fields right now. >> romney is focusing on how women

republican challenger mitt romney out performed him in the first debate and reenergized his campaign. democrats expect a livelier president this time. >> he needs to be energetic. >> reporter: romney will try to build on gains he made at the first debate. his supporters are expecting him to deliver another strong performance. >> i think he's turned the election around after the first debate. now he has to -- just keep the momentum going. >> reporter: romney's surge has spread to female voters. a new poll shows him just a point behind the president among likely voters in key swing states. tonight's debate will use a town hall style format. 80 randomly selected uncommitted voters will be in the audience. 11 of them will get to ask a question on foreign or domestic policy. >> both can dots have done -- candidates have done well in town hall settings and both have done poorly. it will just depend on how they operate in the time in the moment. >> reporter: both can expect questions from moderator kathy crowley. she said she didn't sign on to abpot the plant. the obama campaign says the pre

. >> reporter: and after a week that recharged republicans and reenergized the race. they conceded that romney had a strong debate but called it dishonest. >> mitt romney had a theatrical performance just this last week, but the underpinnings of that performance were fundamentally dishonest. >> reporter: and explained what went wrong with the president's own debate performance. >> he was a bit taken aback with the brazenness of which governor romney walked away from so many of the positions on which he's run. >> reporter: promising there will be changes. >> i assume he has reviewed the tape and it will inform how he handles these subsequent debates. >> reporter: the campaign launching a new attack ad. >> this was dishonest. >> i'm not in favor of a $5 billion tax cut. >> reporter: and after romney took aim at sesame street -- >> i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs, i'm going to stop other things -- i like pbs. i like big bird. >> reporter: big bird stayed way up past his bedtime to appear on "saturday night live." >> do you have any political statement you would like

with his campaign reenergized after a strong showing in wednesday's debate, mitt romney took on the controversy, surrounding his comments that 47% of americans are dependent on government. shortly after a tape of his comments were released, romney said his remarking were not eloquently stated. but in an interview on fox news, he offered a new explanation. >> it's completely wrong. and i absolutely believe, however, that my life has shown that i care about 100%. >> reporter: president obama, meanwhile, is trying to rebound from what many believe was a lackluster debate performance. before a crowd of 30,000 in madison, wisconsin, yesterday, the president suggested romney's performance was just an act. >> i met this very spirited fellow who claims to be mitt romney. but i know it couldn't have been mitt romney. because the real mitt romney's been running around the country for the last year, promising $5 trillion in tax cuts that favor the wealthy. >> reporter: obama campaign advisers were even more blunt, accusing romney of being dishonest on the debate stage. but some of the president's supporte

this is going to become a hybrid and we will have that jet stream reenergize this thing as it comes onto land. and also what we are watching isaround the center of the storm now, it's starting to have convection or thunderstorms popping up. but, the winds are well away from this and when you talk about a hurricane, you want the winds the strongest wind at the center but that's not happening with this storm. so that hybrid effect is taking place. it could be strengthening too as we go through time before it makes landfall as it moves over the gulf stream which is warmerwater. so as we look at the second weather player the cold front moving through and actuallycombining with the system, well, on the backside some snow moving into west virginia. the higher elevations before it's all said and done they can see up to 3 feet, yes, 3 feet of some snowfall across the area. this storm is magnificent and wild. we are looking at blizzard warnings. so we are talking about flood watches, flood warnings and strop cal storm -- tropical storm force winds and blizzard warnings as well the farther you go

. >> romney campaign has been reenergize following his strong debate performance last week. the poll are narrowing. president obama has now just a slight lead over his opponent with 4 week to go until election day. tightening poll are putting more pressure on the thursday vice president debate between ryan and biden. you can watch it here on thursday starting at 6:00 o'clock. >>> you might feel it. there is a change in the air. sandy is here with the first look at the forecast. sandy. >> yes. that change may include the possibility of needing umbrella. of let's check out live doppler 7 hd and show you what we are keeping its eye on. we have our own doppler and looking carefully here this is what it is watching. some moisture off the coast line. highlighting it for you. as we take you in to the mount saint helena area it's tracking any moisture for you on our radar. if any rainfall does develop, it will pick it up first. located on mount saint helena once again and potential for wet weather in the forecast when you 11 home tomorrow cool start. grab a sweater or jacket and mak

. >>> the arrival of robert griffin, iii and the dmv has win or lose reenergize this redskins fan base that, of course, comes a lot of pressure he carries with him each and every week. in an exclusive interview with usa today, rg3 talked about his experience so far. >> you get to play the game you love and get paid to do it, but there's a lot more things that happen off the field and on the field, just with the business aspect of it. so you do have to be mentally tough and just know that it is everything you dreamed of, but it's a lot more than what you dreamed of as well. >> now, of course, there have been several thrilling moments, ones the redskins love to remember. we asked you to help compile the top five plays. take a look. see if you agree with what we chose. we start, of course, with the birth of griffin, completing his seventh straight pass of the day, 88 yard play when they went into new orleans and upset the saints. what a play. then, of course, you've got griffinning. becomes the new tebowing. >> where about garcon hurt his foot on that play. hasn't been back since. >> pass

he's made gains in the polls and appears to have reenergized his base. >> i think the wind is at governor romney's back. there's clearly momentum. you can see it on the the trail. you can see it in the data. >> reporter: in the first round romney had to prove he could stand on the same stage with president obama and hold his own. he is a new challenge -- he has a new challenge for tomorrow's debate. >> expectations for him are higher for him in this debate than the first. he has to come out maintaining the momentum. >> reporter: romney continues his prep near boston today. tara mergener for cbs news, washington. >> if you plan on voting in maryland, the district or virginia in the upcoming november election and you haven't registered to vote yet, you only have a few days left to do it. in virginia today is the last day to register. tuesday is the deadline in maryland. and in the district your only option is to register in person at the elections board headquarters. you have until this friday, october 19 to do that. >>> for more information on voter registration, go to wusa9.com and look u

i was saying yesterday best thing he could do was to reenergize the democrats. >> stephanie: yeah. >>en hits ryan for writing for stimulus money. >> yes. and even though i know there is all of this discussion in the pundit-ocracy about interrupting. every time he said that's not true. that's not true. and that's enough in many cases just to say, no you are lying, basically. and i think that narrative now because of ryan's performance at the republican convention and the fact-checking comments -- excuse me -- the fact-checker comments and so forth, the narrative will persist that what romney and ryan say all the time just can't factual. >> stephanie: here is a new word for winning, in right-wing world, it's rude. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: yeah, that's the thing, don't lie so much and i won't have to interrupt so much. >> yeah, that's the one thing i wish he had said when ryan said the people would be better served if we didn't interrupt each other so much. if biden would have said the people would be better served if you didn't lie so much. >> stephanie: yeah. and what were some of yo

last week's debate reenergized his campaign and now he has the numbers to prove it. in a research center poll last month, romney trailed president obama by eight points. 51% to 43%. but a new poll taken after the presidential debate last week shows him ahead now by four points 49% to 45%. >> people wonder why it is i'm so confident we're going to win. i'm confident because i see you here on a day like this. this is unbelievable. thank you so much. >> reporter: romney campaigned in the pouring rain monday in virginia asking for votes and slamming the president's record. >> he plans on four more years like the last four years, i don't think we can afford four more years like the last four years. >> reporter: both romney and president obama will campaign in ohio today, a key battleground state that many believe could make or break victory for either candidate. tara mergener for sbs news, washington. -- cbs news action washington. >>> the two men vying to be the next junior snore senator from virginia met. george allen and tim kaine spent the evening taking shots at east

but i hope that deputy chief you can share with the chief that i think that we to as a department reenergize ourselves in terms of out reach to domestic violence, potential victims, and we have got language access issues. i know that there is a new officer who is on the beat doing this. and i know that he just started a couple of weeks ago, but i hope that the chief can give us a report back on the department's efforts to continue to out reach and make sure that the city is aware that this department does not accommodate violence against women that nothing has changed. the safety net that has been well established continues. and i would like to work with my colleagues to schedule a date where we can get

. >> reporter: after weeks that reenergized republicans and reinvigorated the race, president obama is trying to blunt mitt romney's momentum embracing friday's encouraging economic news. >> we learned that the unemployment rate is now at its lowest level since i took office. more americans are entering the workforce. more americans are getting jobs. >> but romney hasn't ceded any ground, attacking failed policies that have stifled growth. >> the participation of our adults in the workforce were the same as at the time he got elected our unemployment rate would be 11%. >> reporter: both are touting the fund-raising tallies. $181 million for obama in september, the most for either side this year. with romney collecting more than 12 million following the debate. >> both sides will have a tremendous amount of money down the final stretch of this campaign, particularly that obama $181 million. that's going to allow them potentially to compete almost one to one with all of that republican outside money. >> reporter: still, romney is facing lingering questions about some of his recent assert

. >> romney campaign has been reenergize following his strong debate performance last week.narrowing. president obama has now just a slight lead over his opponent with 4 election to go until election day. tightening poll are putting more pressure on the thursday vice president debate between ryan and biden. you can watch it here on thursday starting at 6:00 o'clock. >>> you might feel it. there is a change in the air. sandy is here with the first look at the forecast. sandy. >> yes. that change may include the possibility of needing umbrella. of let's check out live doppler 7 hd and show you what we are keeping its eye on. we have our own doppler and looking carefully here this is what it is watching. some moisture off the coast line. highlighting it for you. as we take you in to the mount saint helena area it's tracking any moisture for you on our radar. if any rainfall does develop, it will pick it up first. located on mount saint helena once again and potential for wet weather w1 home tomorrow cool start. grab a sweater or jacket and make sure you have the umbrella. isola

organization that's revolutionizing the way people think and act and now the filmmaker will be reenergizing the movement with yet another series titled inner reflections here to talk about the culture in decline this movement and where there may be a glimmer of hope and dream by the filmmaker himself peter joseph peter thanks so much for coming on and it's my pleasure abbi thank you for having me first of all i just wanted to say that i think that these movies should be essential viewing for everyone on the planet because you really present these concepts that are months not so much new revolutionary as they are just glaringly obvious truths in the way that you articulate them peter but i want to get into how you got all started i mean as someone who had worked in wall street in advertising when you step back and analyze your own role in society and decide to radically change course. great question it was a it was a slow evolution really like many people brought up in this culture you end up with a self-interest driven mechanism i came from a middle class family we had no real wealth and i

>> yeah, i think the president -- not only does he have to reenergize the typical democratic -- the peopleho typically vote -- respond to a democratic message, but he has to reach out to independents as well. and the way he does that is by being very very strong in explaining everything he has done for the country. we saw bill clinton do it at the convention, and people need to remember just how bad things could have within. how much farther we have come -- if i was the president i would be hammering home that jobs report from last friday. people need to understand and really begin to feel from the president that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. >> jennifer: i totally agree. you guys are going to stay right there, so stick around because i have thoughts on that right after the show. and after the break we'll talk about political adds and when i'm going to get my plain old boring commercials back. presents coverage of the vice presidential debate. with unrivaled analysis and commentary. >> was this the game changer? is this going to change the dynamic? (vo) the only network with r

. >> narrowing polls and strong debate last week reenergized the campaign, polls show a tightening race with just four weeks until election day. the vice presidential debate is coming up this week and you can watch it thursday here at 6:00 p.m. >> democrats who are backing drop 30 asking the woman funding prop 38 to hold off on launching television ads. and there is a political battle. >> with proposition 38 behind in the polls this civil rights attorney slammed a competing tax measure pushed by governor brown. proposition 30 funding public education through an income tax hike showing it may claim to fund schools but probably raided through the back door and her brother is funding nornl campaign. >> this is why sacramento is behind it. >> the staff does not want to happen. in fact, pro prop po ads have thus far stayed positive. >> i think they've taken their eye off the ball this, is no longer about students and future, funding our schools. this is about winning. >> the campaign did not return repeated calls and e mails but has says the proposal to raise the income tax is better investi

. >>> he is a reenergized mitt romney with heated exchanges between the candidates, renee? >> good morning, pam, last night's debate was so much different when you look at last night's debate compared to the very first we saw. they were feisty and they were on message and this morning, well of course both sides are putting their spin on it. >> the running mates are weighing in after last night's matchup. >> they offered people a very concrete vision of how he has the vision to grow the economy, that is why he won the debate. >> he has nothing but a sketchy response and they have yet to come up with a single solitary pacific. -- specific. >> reporter: it was a stark contrast to his debate two weeks ago. >> when he said behind closed doors 47% of the country considered themselves victims who refuse personal responsibility, think about who he was talking about... >> reporter: mitt romney held his ground calling the president a failed leader. >> a reason study shows people will see $4,000 a year raised taxes as a result of the spending. i will not let that happen. >> reporter:

. >> this mentioned has reenergized this campaign.ndidates debate this thursday at 6:00. >> there is a dying woman's trip to hawaii took a terrible turn. a pat down left her distraught. she's dying of leukemia making what she calls an end of life trip to hawaii. she said screeners at sea-tac airport denied a request for a private pat down then made her lift her shirt and pull back bandages from surnlry autos when someone wants to take a trip what i call end of life trip to see family and friends then this becomes more important than just taking a trip. >> tsa says officers are trained to perform pat downs in a dignified manner and passengers can request a private screening. the agency is looking into what happened at sea-tac airport. >> and there is a look at why doctors are prescribing adhd medications to children and researchers found a way owe get the most out of every step. >> there is a look at leaf blowers coming up. >> we can see clouds and will there be a shower? i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> and take a loo

it reenergized me personally.et to relive a dream, part 2 but really get to enjoy and appreciate it. >> congratulations. greenburgh will be i making his return with the miami marlins. that is the 5@5:30. >>> bowing to pressure and holding off on issuing layoff notices to thousands of employees. is the obama administration playing politics since the pink slip would come days before the election. kelly wright is live with more. >>> november 2nd is the time. it provided thousands of jobs for the battle ground state in virginia. a wave of job cuts could spell troubled doom even for president obama's for a second term. now they have announced that it will not issue job layoffs following the department of management and budget that employer also not have to comply with the law to warn workers they can reduce the law. by law companies should employ at least 100 employees should provide, must provide written warnings to workers. the omp states to further minimize waste and destruction with unwarranted layoff notices this