. >>> plus, politicians from both parties weighing in on todd atkin's controversial remarks on rape. ra[ male announcer ] you paid in to medicare for years. every paycheck. now, when you need it obama has cut $716 billion dollars from medicare. why? to pay for obamacare. so now the money you paid for your guaranteed healthcare is going to a massive new government program that's not for you. the romney-ryan plan protects medicare benefits for today's seniors and strengthens the plan for the next generation. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> well, it's back to school for more students in our area. in virginia, kids in spotsylvania county are back in class. schools will reopen tomorrow in culpeper county and st. mary's county. >>> meanwhile, prince george's county students are almost halfway through their second day back in class and in just two weeks they'll have a new superintendent. alvin crawley is taking the place for height. he'll run the school system there. he has been an educator for 32 years and has spent 17 as assistant superintendent. earlier this mo

the bomb squad did a sweep of the apartment, but found nothing. >>> the pressure is mounting on todd atkin to step down and now some republicans are worried his miscues could cost them a majority in the u.s. senate. atkin has refused to drop out of the senate race despite the national committee pulling his funding. atkin did release an ad apologizing for his comments that legitimate rape almost never causes a woman to get pregnant. this morning on "today" show he told matt lauer that staying in the race is the right thing to do in his mind. >> this is not about me. this is not about my ego. but it is about the voters of the state of missouri. they've chosen me because of principles that i stand on and putting principle over politics. i believe they stand with me on a whole host of issues. >> atkin told matt that he got a call from paul ryan asking him to step down. >>> ryan's pick as romney's running mate may have little effect on the race so far. that according to a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll out this morning. that's relatively unchanged from last month's 49% to 43% spread. w