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roscoe bartlett will meet democrat john delaney in their first debate tonight in hagerstown. their second debate is next wednesday in the same place. then on sunday, the 21st, they debate in rockville. that is followed by appearances in cumberland the next afternoon and one in frederick that night. the debates wrap up with a second frederick appearance sunday the 28th. so these candidates will spend a lot of time talking with each other. >>> if u plan on voting in maryland, d.c. or virginia in the upcoming election and haven't registered to vote yet, you only have a few days left. in virginia you have until monday. in maryland the deadline is next tuesday and in d.c. your only option at this point is to register in person at the election boards headquarters, but you only have until friday, october 19th, to do that. if you need more specifics on voter registration, you can find it at www.wusa9.com. look under our campaign 2012 tab. it's going to be an exciting night here tonight. again our coverage with the wusa9 team as well as usa today. we'll have it all for you. >> before

but he is in a close race with roscoe bartlett, 782-year-old multi-term republican.s like delany might engineer pickup for democrats there. >> bret: kirsten? >> in florida, allen west a lot of our viewers know fire brand tea party candidate running against murphy in florida 18th district. murphy is a moderate democrat. >> this is a test. he left the party over what he sees as extremism of the tea party. battle neck and neck and a lot of money spent. >> georgia 12 held by the last blue dog. it was gerrymandered as well. they let them win the seat. he holds the pistol and a rifle. nobody can take these away from him. rifle with his dad. that race is a tossup because he won a great campaign. deny the republicans a pickup. they have been expecting. >> bret: filed you there that. put up tracking the economy. gdp 2%. good news, bad news, down the row? fred? >> better than 1.3 but not enough to create jobs. >> bret: look at the track there. >> better than expected. in that sense it's good. not what it needs to be, but better than what they anticipate. >> bad news inside the

also on the committee, roscoe bartlett who insisted earlier this year that rape doesn't really get youd for the win there's california congressman dana rohrbacher who once suggested the earth's temperature shifted millions of years

democrat and that is john delaney who has a lot of money on his own and they put him in with roscoe bartlettk him off by virtue of what the district is composed of. democrats wanted to do this and they'll probably succeed. >> mark tonight. >>> we invite you to tell us what you think. tweet your thoughts with the hash tag, fox35dc you decide. fox 5 will do a 30 minute political special starting monday. fox 5 news edge, you decide 2012. over you candidates and issues that will help you in the voting booth. see you monday night right after the news edge at 6:00. >> a twist in the trial of two officers accused of beating a college student. why a judge dropped some of the charges. plus, one of the biggest local road projects in decades is close to wrapping up. if you're a commuter like me, you have to be happy about that. tonight, you'll find out what it will cost you to drive the new beltway express lanes. >>> keeping us up a little bit later tonight. >> that was a doozy and we have it on viper. that rain that delayed the st. louis giants game by 3 1/2 hours is heading toward washington. it will

you begin, congressman roscoe bartlett. bartlett: deficit and debt is number two concern in most polls. one of our polls it was the number one concern. every seven hours is another billion dollar increase in the deficit and therefore the debt. this is clearly not sustainable. we've got to do something about that. the ryan budget, a very tough budget, i was one of seven signed on to it in the last congress and this congress 13 signed on before it became the republican budget. it doesn't balance for 28 years. clearly we've got to reduce the deficit. our children will not live the kind of a life we live in america. will not have the opportunities we had in america. clearly to do that you have to either have more income. i think we're taxed enough. government freedom day is late in july. you work clear up until late in july to support government at all three levels. i think that is probably enough. the only other thing do reduce costs. we clearly have to reduce our spending. everything needs to be on the table including defense