here at u.s.a. today will be looking at this debate and figuring out who is telling you the absolute truth about that they believe and what they are saying about your debate. also, as we said, 11:00, we wrap up the entire thing on 9news. back to you in the studio. >> we'll be watching on air and online, derek. thank you. >>> ten years ago tonight, we were struggling to come to terms with what happened earlier in the day. four people shot out of nowhere killed in montgomery county and before the day was over, a fifth would die standing on a street corner in the district. it was really the first day of the terror that would grip this region for three straight weeks. as john allen mohommed and john malvo went on a shooting spree. they were caught at a rest stop off i-70 in meyersville, maryland. that's where police gathered a will lot of their evidence for their conviction. >> i'm scott broom in prince georges county where ten years after the sniper attacks, the archives and the evidence have been hand

she is the washington bureau chief for u.s.a. today. susan, give us an idea of the stakes of this -- what about the idea that it will be the voters asking the questions, not necessarily a moderator. how does that change things for both of them? >> you and i know it is easy to be rude to a reporter, sometimes they cheer you on. but you cannot be rude to a voter who is asking you a question, even a tough question you don't want to answer. i think it makes it harder for these candidates to avoid answering a question or to be disrespectful to the questioner. it is a great format. i love the town hall debates. i was talking about the town hall four years ago that i covered between barack obama and john mccain. >> exactly. and as far as a new poll, as far as voters, u.s.a. today and gallop has one out just today. what are they telling you? >> well, they are telling us this is a close race. we polled the 12 top swing states. governor romney has a four percentage point lead among likely voters. president obama as a lead among all registered vot

this is where u.s.a. today reporters will be fact checking what the candidates say and live blogging about what president obama and mitt romney say in the response to questions tonight. romney's strong performance gave him a much needed boost. the obama campaign is promising a more energized president is going to be showing up tonight. susan has the latest from hempstead, new york. >> reporter: the president and mitt romney square off here in a few hours in this less formal town hall style debate, the president needs to take control without being too aggressive. mitt romney needs to retain that dominance he had in the last debate and do no harm. >> an upbeat president obama emerged from the virginia resort where he spent the last three days practicing for debate number two. >> how are you feeling about tonight? >> i feel fabulous. look at this beautiful day. >> the president knows he has to deliver. after mitt romney won round one and saw a boost in the polls. the republican white house hopeful arrived on

this morning "u.s.a. today" white house correspondent aamer talked with andrea roane about what we can expect. >> as far as substantively, i have a hard time believing there's going to be this huge big policy announced in a debate. that just doesn't happen. what's remembered about the debates are the small moments. you're likable enough, i knew john f. kennedy. >> again, you can watch the debate and get instant truth analysis from a team of "u.s.a. today" reporters live tomorrow night on wusa9.com. then at 11:00, derek mcginty will be at "u.s.a. today" headquarters for deeper analysis of the hits, the runs, the errors of the first presidential debate. >>> about 100 metro riders had to walk down a rain soaked broken escalator at dupont circle this morning. many were turned away because metro crews deemed that the escalators were unsafe. this is just one of a string of problems that metro has faced in recent weeks. metro riders that we talked to say they are fed up. >> the other one won't run so they don't

and beginning at 9:00 p.m., "u.s.a. today" reporters will be live blocking about what the candidates say. you can see that live on wusa9.com. keep your television tuned to channel 9 to watch the debate which begins at 9:00 p.m. and also log on to wusa9.com. then you can join derek and anita a 11:00 p.m. as they fact check what the candidates say, what the "u.s.a. today" fact checking team -- with the "u.s.a. today" fact checking team. >>> first there was a rescue. next comes the reunion. two missing hikers from virginia neal peckens of herndon, virginia and jason hiser of richmond, virginia are due back home after they were located in the rugged back country of glacier national park in montana. the families of the two veterinarians reported them missing on friday after they failed to catch their flight home. rescue teams spent the next three days searching for them. it was terrible weather. there were high winds, limited visibility and lots of snow. but they were found about 4:30 yesterday in the national park. >> it's

this morning, u.s.a. today white house correspondent talked with andrea roane about what we can expect and not expect tomorrow night. >> as far as -- i have a hard time believing there's going to be this huge big policy announced in a debate. that doesn't happen. what is remembered about these debates is often these small moments, i knew john f. kennedy. you are likable enough. >> watch the debate and get instant truth squad analysis live tomorrow night with us on wusa9.com and at 11:00, derek will be at u.s.a. today headquarters for deeper analysis of the hits, runs, and errors of the first presidential debate. >>> the d.c. council introduced what would be a landmark amendment to the d.c. charter. it would grant the district government the power to spend local tax dollars without approval from congress. the council plans to vote on this by december. then it would go before d.c. voters next spring. congress or the president could still crush it. the council is behind the effort. d.c.'s delete opposes it.

there is a new u.s.a. poll out today. they asked the voters who do you think will win this debate regardless of who you support? 57% said president obama would probably win. 33% said mitt romney was likely the better debater. susan page says this debate has a lot of power. >> 80% of americans say their mind is made up, they aren't going to change their vote, but 21% of registered voters said they could change their mind. >> you just heard it. the significant group of voters could be persuadeable as is described. channel 9 is your go-to station. 9news is teaming up with our sister newspaper to fact check with the candidates say. so make sure you stay tuned to channel 9, watch the debate and get started at 9:00 and meantime, you can log on to wusa9.com for the live, as it happens fact checking at the very same time. and then watch us, 9news now at 11:00 for the most comprehensive accurate debate out there. we'll bring you nothing but the facts. much more from u.s.a. today headquarters coming your way later on. now back to l

go to u.s.a. today high school sports/dc to vote. today is the 20th birthday of washington nationals rookie, bryce harper. we thought we would take a look back to the year 1992. gas was just $1.05, wish it was still that. the year rodney king, hurricane andrew, the number one song of the year, i will always love you by whitney houston. now your nationals, who were the expos, finished second in the nl east and twenty years ago, it was the last time the redskins won the super bowl. >> oh, see a super bowl here. >> they could win again. that's it for us, the cbs evening news is next. have a great night, everybody.

susan -- "u.s.a. today" susan page. how have things changed for both of these candidates since they met at the first debate? >> the debate has had so much impact. before the first debate, barack obama was doing pretty we. the election was tilted in his direction. that hasn'ten the case since then. governor romney has made some real gains, especially aft first debate. at this moment, this contest could not be any closer. >> clearly foreign policy is at issue again tonight. what specifics do you expect both men to hone in on? >> i'm sure we're going to hear more about the benghazi attack that killed the u.s. ambassador to libya and three other americans. still comers coming out about what -- still stories coming out about what the white house knew. we'll hear about iran. there are new reports out just in the last 48 hours that iran is ready to engage in one on one talks with the u.s. after the election about its nuclear program. those are some of the issues i think we'll hear about tonight. >> but given how important the

the latest "u.s.a. today" gallop poll of swing states shows governor romney has a slight lead over president obama among all likely voters. among registered voters in swing states, the president still has the edge. and when it comes to likely women voters, president obama has a very slight lead but it's governor romney the lead whether it comes to likely male voters. the margin of error is plus or minus 4% so this is still a statistical tie. as we've been saying, there is a lot at stake with this second debate. joining me this morning all the way from iowa is political columnist kathy from the des moines register, our gannett- owned sister paper. the format as we said, ceapt, is a town hall de-- kathy, is a town hall debate with the voters. we're having some mike problems. howard is going to help us out. thank you very much. howard. it's town hall format so we have the voters asking some questions but it's really only 11 people who are going to get to ask questions. usually the voters have totally diffe

we're teaming up with our sister publication "u.s.a. today" and beginning at 9:00 p.m. on our website, we'll be live blogging, fact checking what the candidates are saying. you can join the conversation with us via facebook or twitter. watch the debate on channel 9 at 9:00 and then on 9news at 11:00, we will have a fact checking segment, taking a look at what the candidates said, no spin, what's right, what's wrong, what's new on. that's with our "u.s.a. today" political team. meanwhile voting is under way in the district. early voting, that is. today is the first day d.c. voters can cast ballots in the presidential election. this early voting is taking place at one judiciary square. that's 441 4th street northwest and it's open from 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. now we move on to maryland where gay marriage is no doubt one of the most controversial questions on the november ballot. so you have to ask, how could the spanish explanations be so wrong. bruce leshan joins us with that. bruce? >> reporter: you know how we all get these kind of summaries in the mail from the board o

so right now, we don't see any threat to the u.s.a. coast, but definitely keep a close eye on that for you. here's a look at your day planner. no shortage of sunshine, a few high clouds. very pleasant, by the 5:00 hour, we'll be about 72 degrees. so here's a look at your fox 5accuweather seven-day forecast. where you will see on monday, a chance of seeing an isolated storm pop up and then we're back to sunshine. behind that cold front, a ridge of high pressure will build in. it will bring us cooler air and we'll see our temperatures starting to go a little bit closer to the 70-degree mark. by friday, a chance of showers. looks great for tomorrow. maurine. >> sure does, thank you, gwen. that does it for us. fox 5 news always on. keep it right here. sports xtra is two minutes away. have a great night. when i was younger and... financially stable. we were poor. the mgm casino in michigan. and it changed her life. clerk. way up. insurance... and i make great money. seven will create... twelve thousand jobs. to accountants... and constructi

"u.s.a. today." good to have you back with us. before we started our interview, you said the obama administration has to stop the bloodletting or as you said bedwetting. that's the onerous on joe biden tomorrow because the president's performance was not good. >> it wasn't good. not that mitt romney beat president obama -- i'm not sure if he did, but barack obama did not look good last week. what vice president biden has to do is stop the bleeding. >> what does paul ryan need to do to keep the momentum going that mitt romney accelerated last week? >> both these candidates are really smart guys that know washington, know how buckets work. -- budgets work. that's what paul ryan's specialty is. he has to show his expertise. this is a great opportunity for him to introduce himself to the american people again and to show take he's somebody that we can credibly believe is one heart beat away frbing president -- from being president. >> we don't vote for vice president. we do vote for them but you

derek mcginty has more with the "u.s.a. today"'s political editor. >> reporter: there was a lot to talk about, a lot of facts, especially the $5 trillion in tax cuts. president owe bottom ma -- president obama says that's what romney wants to do romney says not me. >> his central economic plan calls for a $5 trillion tax cut on top of the extension of the bush tax cuts. that's another trillion dollars and $2 trillion in additional military spending that the military hasn't asked for. >> i don't have a $5 trillion tax cut. i don't have a tax cut on the scale you're talking about. my view is we ought to provide tax relief to people in the middle class. >> reporter: all right. two contending points there. only one can be right. paul singer, political editor at "u.s.a. today," who's right? >> mitt romney does have tax cuts in his plan. the issue is it really a $5 trillion tax cut because what he says it will make more revenue because it creates more jobs. those people then start paying taxes. so it doesn't actually cut revenues

here's a look at a new poll from our partners at "u.s.a. today." it says 24% of people would call themselves obama voters say they could change their minds because of what happened in the presidential debates. it's 18% for people who identify themselves as romney voters. gary nurenberg reports on the increasing number of small undecided voters that are the ones being targeted during tonight's debate. >> reporter: the romney and obama campaigns agree on this. >> it is about the 4%, 5% of people who really have not been paying much attention to the campaign who haven't made up their minds. >> reporter: american university professor. >> anything is possible but in order for it to have real impact, romney would have take some rinks and obama would have to make some mistakes. >> reporter: romney risking alienating the republican right. >> i don't think they would stay home but might give him less money. >> reporter: still important for the ongoing ad war. >> people say that romney should come in with some zingers and try to make obama lose his cool. >>

u.s.a.! u.s.a.! my god suddenly i'm mussolini. [ laughter ] of course, armstrong for years has denied the alleges. has honesty fallen through the cracks in america? lewis black is here with more "back in black." [cheers and applause] >> what the hell is wrong with lance armstrong? everybody who has ever known him says he was doping. everybody who ever rode with him, everybody who ever slept with him, everybody who jammed a needle in his tank. they all say he was doping. but not lance. >> after a decade of fighting with the united states anti-doping agency professional cyclist lance armstrong has given up. >> he insists he is innocent but says he's tired of fighting. these things take time and energy and suck the life out of you. >> that sucks the life out of you. you win a 2,000 mile bike race seven years in a row and going to court once a month is too much work? but i suppose this does explain his new deny strong bracelet. [ laughter ] look, i don't care that lance armstrong was doping i care he won

. >>> right now crews of oracle team u.s.a.are trying pull a 7 foot broken 10 million dollar yacht out of the -- 72 foot broken 10 million dollar yacht out of the water. katie marzullo joins us live from pier 80. >> reporter: the catamaran was towed overnight. we've been watching all morning since 7:30 this tedious protest of righting the upside down boat and getting it out of the water. last check the crew hadn't decided how they were going to do that. divers moved quietly around the ac-72 oracle team u.s.a.'s massive catamaran this morning it looked more like a submarine than a racing yacht. >> i call it destroyed in several piece. >> reporter: he's talking about the wing or fixed sail. you can see the splintered remains in this video from sky 7 hd. he wasn't on the boat but describes what happened. >> dangerous maneuver in these catamarans is go if up wind point of sail to down wind that's what the guys were doing. >> reporter: now oracle is without its biggest, fastest boat. because there is a defending america's cup champi

. >>> right now crews of oracle team u.s.a. are trying pull a 7 foot broken 10 million dollar yacht out of the -- 72 foot broken 10 million dollar yacht out of the water. katie marzullo joins us live from pier 80. >> reporter: the catamaran was towed overnight. we've been watching all morning since 7:30 this tedious protest of righting the upside down boat and getting it out of the water. last check the crew hadn't decided how they were going to do that. divers moved quietly around the ac-72 oracle team u.s.a.'s massive catamaran this morning it looked more like a submarine than a racing yacht. >> i call it destroyed in several piece. >> reporter: he's talking about the wing or fixed sail. you can see the splintered remains in this video from sky 7 hd. he wasn't on the boat but describes what happened. >> dangerous maneuver in these catamarans is go if up wind point of sail to down wind that's what the guys were doing. >> reporter: now oracle is without its biggest, fastest boat. because there is a defending america's cup champ

beginning tomorrow night at 9:00, u.s.a. today reporters will be fact checking and counting blinks of what the candidates say. see it live on wusa9.com and catch aamer's reporting from virginia. you nova v.a. is a battleground state for this election. now to howard for the forecast. >>> thanks. scattered showers out there so grab the rain gear but it's not that cool. cool spots in the upper 50s, most in the 60s. the sunrise not till 7:05. it will be dark, emily with the cloud -- especially with the crowd color for another 40 minutes or so. 66 here. these numbers may be even upper 60s to low 70s by noon. probably not too much movement till the afternoon when we get a break or two in the cloud cover. fewer showers. highs today 75 to 80. by 8:00 74. can't rule out a couple of showers tonight. if you're going out to the nats game tonight, there could be a few showers. a lot of it this morning if you see batches back in west virginia, southwestern virginia, locally we've seen one batch of rain just miss the heart of d.c. north an

derek mcginty watched the debate with our partners at "u.s.a. today." >> reporter: there was a lot to talk about and a lot of facts out there, especially this $5 trillion in tax cuts. president obama says that's what romney wants to do. romney says not me. take a listen. >> governor romney's central economic plan calls for a $5 trillion tax cut on top of the extension of the bush tax cuts. that's another trillion dollars. and $2 trillion in additional military spending that the military hasn't asked for. >> i don't have a $5 trillion tax cut. i don't have a tax cut of a scale that you're talking about. my view is that we ought to provide tax relief to people in the middle class. >> reporter: all right. two contending points there. only one of them can be right. paul singer, the fact checker here tonight, political editor at "u.s.a. today." who's right? >> mitt romney does have tax cuts in his plan. the issue is it really a $5 trillion tax cut because what he says is if it will -- says but it will make more revenue because it creates more jobs. t

. >> still ahead, "u.s.a. today"'s political editor does some fact checking when it comes to the candidates' comments on medicare in the presidential debate last night. >> archaeologists unearth an ancient queen not in egypt but central america. >> redskins sam hawk 78. jackie collins is 75. author ann rice is 71. sact tres susan -- actress susan sarandon is 66. russell simmons is 55. actor lee schreiber is 45. >>> welcome back. 5:46. your weather first. we do have some showers out there this morning. that will be the case for a few hours. on and off showers. most has been fairly light, 73 at 9:00. the by noon sunny breaks start to show up, 76. looks like a partly sunny afternoon, high of 81. another warm october day. the showers this morning, they are right on top of the metro now. they started west. they've been moving east. one moderate shower between bowie and odenton moving to the northeast. sprinkles across the distributes. we have showers to the south and west, even toward westminster some showers. sout

i guess priorities u.s.a. feels like. >> bill: they don't really care. they are trying to get to the regular working class folks saying this guy doesn't care about them, this guy being mitt romney. >> they ran the effective staged ad. >> bill: also had the garbage collector out in san diego saying mitt romney didn't say hello to him. >> felt the stage ad. built the stage bain capital came out and fired him at his factory. it was an effective ad. >> bill: do you know hot people are who appeared in the ad. >> just regular folks who were working at, you know, factories or places that bain capital had owned. >> bill: these are legitimate people. >> these are legitimate people. interestingly though, i was reading so. bios, one of the guys there, originally an obama fan, not a fan at all. he doesn't like him at all. >> bill: why would he do an ad like that? >> get about 15 minutes of fame. >> bill: we found out about the sanitation worker in san diego. >> right. >> bill: who was astorm watched to this union who is virulently anti-romney and anti-republic. if t

beginning at 9:00 tonight, "u.s.a. today" reporters will start blogging about what the candidates say. you can see that live on wusa9.com and then participate in the conversation on facebook and twitter. then turn your tv to channel 9. watch the debate which starts at 9:00 p.m. then log on to wusa9.com at the same time. we do the fact checking there. then of course join derek and anita at 11:00. they'll fact check with the candidates with the "u.s.a. today" team. >>> there are some very important deadlines coming up if you plan in voting in this november's election. we hope you do you have just a few more days to register to vote. in virginia you have until monday, october 15. tuesday, october 16, is the deadline for maryland. and in d.c. the mail-in registration deadline is passed already but you can register in person still at the election board headquarters. but you have until friday the 19th to do that if you're a d.c. resident. for more information on voter registration, go to our website. look under campaign 2012

u.s.a.agazine points of light and newman's own. >> this has been a 20-year partnership. why did gannett think this was important to put its full efforts behind? >> our purpose is to serve the greater good in the communities that we serve. so in addition to providing news and information as we do, we'd like to inspire people to go out and make a difference in other people's lives so that's part of why make a difference day is so important. >> it's not just happening make a difference day in this area or in this country. this is now a worldwide effort. i wonder if they ever imagined that would be the reach when it started ten years ago. >> it's amazing. it started 20 years ago on a leap year day whether we had an extra saturday. u.s.a. weekend asked its readers to go out and make a difference in someone's life with the extra day. millions of people have been helped. >> what are some of the projects people can get involved in? can they still get involved in since it's tomorrow? >> it is tomorro

. >>> our partners from "u.s.a. today" will be fact checking what biden and ryan said just as they did during the presidential debate. joining me is one of the members of fact checking team paul singer. paul, good to you have here with us. we see the poll numbers 49% to 47%. this time in favor of governor romney. debates are really making a difference. the president's flat performance has changed things. what does joe biden have to do to turn things around? what does paul ryan have to do to keep things going? >> the question is whether joe biden can turn things around. the polls have moved in romney's favor. i think biden clearly wants to again make the difference between ryan and romney clear if he can, sort of separate them and say which side are you on on abortion, where are you on taxes, whose budget are we talking about, really try and nail down some of the facts that biden and obama feel were not clear enough and not made clear enough in the presidential debate. >> es that' because the president didn't -- that

i'm live in the u.s.a. today newsroom. anita brikman is live in the studio.nger. he is the politics editor where they are fact checking the debate as it happens. >> how much they say is true and what isn't quite. >> check on our website where we link to u.s.a. today's website. in the meantime, we get to the

get more fact checks from "u.s.a. today" right there and see how a university of maryland professor helped in gauging the instant reaction. hear more from the candidates themselves. all that and more right now on the front page of wusa9.com. and of course we will have coverage the vice presidential candidates coming up with their debate which is one week from tonight. >>> every candidate counts on every vote. the campaign of john delaney admits he made a mistake by not voting in two elections in the last six years. he's a democrat running for congress in maryland. his campaign says he didn't vote in the 2006 general election or the 2010 democratic primary. he's running against incumbent republican ross company bartlet. the bartlet campaign says this issue raises questions about delaney's trustworthiness. >> reporter: a d.c. police officer is suing to police officers and the county government. richard merit was arrested in fairmont heights last saturday and he claims the arrests officers used excessive force and commit

stick around at 11:00 as we talk to the u.s.a. fact checkers about who is telling the truth and who is exaggerating. >>> also, the deadline to vote in virginia has come and gone but if you live in maryland, the deadline to register is today. and for district residents, the mail-in registration deadline is over but you can register in person at the election board's headquarters. you have until friday, the 19th, to do that. for more information on voter registration, go to our website wusa9.com. look under our campaign 2012 tab. >>> senator arlen specter will be laid to rest today. the former pennsylvania senator died sunday of nonhodgkins lymphoma. the 82-year-old was a moderate senator who was often at odds with republican leadership. he played a key role in supreme court confirmation hearings scuttling robert bork's nomination and aggressively questioning anita hill during clarence thomas' hearing. vice president joe biden will attend the funeral. president obama has ordered u.s. flags to fly at half staff today at the white hous

that is "u.s.a. today." on the economy here is "u.s.a. today" as well how will sandy affect the economy? economic losses will likely exceed the $12 billion to $16 billion from hurricane irene which battered the northeast in august of 2011 says a chief economist. and an economics professor at smith ity of maryland school of business estimates it will result in about $35 billion to $45 billion total losses. and another company projects $10 billion to $20 billion of damage about half insured. property damage will be repaired and lost economic output will be adjust set by other increased activity as residents prepare for the hurricane. and here is another story about economic impact from "wall street journal." losses may exceed those of the 2011 storm. airlines and shippers expect an extended disruption. will cost them millions of dollars and leave thousands of fliers and goods stranded. airlines will cancel a total more than 14,600 flights as monday and more than the roughly 10,000 canceled due to hurricane irene in 2011. irene comes united

it sped up the news cycle, for "u.s.a. today" and other news publications. it kind of started the debate cycle. if you want to look at twitter, you can see constant commentary, including from, you know, some of the best journalists around on what's going on in realtime. in a way it makes the spin room that's behind me seem very slow and, you know, of another era almost. because you're hearing from journalists, you're hearing from partisans on both sides. as the debate unfolds. >> we'll turn to facebook for a few of the comments. asking people the same question, does the pat al pick matter. -- vice presidential pick matter. >> let me pick up on that theme and the president has been frustrated with his ability to get his agenda passed through the congress. so how much power would any president have facing the new congress coming in 2013? >> well, that's a question that we're all sta struggling with. we've been locked in such partisan warfare in washington and some people say if we have an election with a clear outcome that will be an example of the american pe

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you reduce u.s.a.action, which is the sub 10 supporting barack obama was late to foreign and late to get started. and late to raise money, more importantly. it was started by john sweeney and bill burton, who would come out of the white house. sean, who has served as chief of staff to rahm emanuel, the single worst title, chief of staff, chief of staff. and did a great job. and the two of them had left the white house to start his superpac and begin the process of trying to help barack obama get reelected. and it started out slow. the way to raise money is to go to donors that are interesting in helping the president, who were shot at interest in trying to help the president. and it's a very different fundraising strategy. it is for a lot of them you think about barack obama and the power of his campaign in 2008. what we know is how much of that is fueled by little donations, by people in this terms spending $5 or $3 or whatever it is in the ucs and the small donors. well come you can't do that. you ar

the u.s.a. da says it has evidence that the cyclist practiced doping through the his career. >>> tim tebow trademarked his pose. he was photographed during the move on one knee, bowing his head. he has no intent to profit from the post, he says. the apple rumor mill is churning, experts are predicting that the tech giant will announce a smaller, cheaper ipad tomorrow. apple is set to press invitations to a special event happening in san jose. >>> the giants stumped the st. louis cards to force a decisive game 7 tonight in national league championship series. pitcher ryan worked 7 outstanding innings allowing four hits. score from san francisco last night, 6-1. >>> we know that she loves to dance and make people laugh at the same time. ellen degenerous, being honored at the kennedy center. being awarded with mark twain prize for american humor. >>> coming off of a tough loss, the ravens will take time off and play pool tonight. the leech foundation is hosting the shoot for the cure celebrity bill

team u.s.a. took hem their second -- home their second connective win in the series. and all weekend long the sky was a sign that fleet week was underway. this afternoon the blue angels scored through the skies wrapping up the final day's event. thousands same out to see the jets travel, performing risky tricks. >>> the fear of freeway grid lock prompted many people to take mass transit to the events. what they saved in cash and aggravation. >> reporter: would you have thought of driving? >> no. >> most people heard the advice, don't drive to san francisco this weekend. >> every newspaper, every television station, yes, heard them all. >> channel 5. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands opted for public transit, bart chattered its record, 319,484 people road bart yesterday. the old record was under 288,000 set in 2007. the average for saturdays this year, 202,000. >> more money for us to reinvest, new train cars. repairing. >> reporter: money is another reason to stay out of the car. >> the price of the gas. >> also hitting new highs in california, what better time to ta

how about the u.s.a.? the more money washington gets the more it wastes. why? because we don't have enough federal workers to police the entitlements hundreds of billions of dollars are wasted or stolen. we all remember this guy in the bathtub, jeff neeley partying in vegas his crew ran up $825,000 in expenses for nothing. they just wanted to live large on the taxpayer dime. how about the drug enforcement agency? few years ago it sent 368 people to istanbul for a conference. price tag $1.2 million. more than a thousand dollars aday for each american at the event. i could sit here all night and give you stuff like that. when you hear president obama saying the rich are not paying their fair share you know that's code for we want as much money as we can get and we'll doll -- dole it out as we see fit there are some government programs that work but most don't. education for example can't be improved from washington. it has to be done from your hometown. you guys have to do it by forcing local school administrators to impose discipline and actually teach the child

we here at 9news now in partnership with our sister paper "u.s.a. today" will be keeping track to see if the candidates address any of these issues and if what they say passes musters. we're deeming up with "u.s.a. today" reporters to bring you just the facts in tonight's debate. it's live beginning at 9:00 on wusa9.com. we'll be fact checking what the candidates say. we'll also live stream the debate on our website. then you can watch 9news now at 11:00 for the most comprehensive and accurate debate coverage and analysis. >>> ten years ago today a string of shootings in montgomery county that sparked the d.c. sniper case. they weren't the first murders the snipers committed but it was the first time they carried out so many attacks in such a short period of time. 9 news now reporter kristin fisher is live in silver spring with more on a look back. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, mike. well, ten years ago, today was the day that law enforcement really realized they were dealing with a person or persons who was targeting innocent random peop

north carolina's threat to main land u.s.a. and why your refrigerator is bigger than ever before. >>> plus, shocking news from illusionist david blaine after his latest endurance stunt. you're watching "early today." >>> i'm lynn berry and right now an neuron ul warning from north carolina which says its missiles are capable of reaching the u.s. mainland. an apparent reaction to south korea warning to strengthen its own program. >>> he's known as the skirl. mexican authorities say salvador escobeo is a key lieutenant behind the killing of david hartley who was jet skiing on a border lake. his founder may have been killed sunday in what would be a major victory for the president. >>> for the first time, less than half americans do not consider themselves protestant. 48%. a pew research study finds many ochting out of religion. one in five say they are nothing in particular, agnostic or atheist. an 8% jump since 1990. >>> the mars curiosity rover has been digging up soil sampleless. now nasa wants to find out if a bright object f

it's good-bye u.s.a., hello greece if we're notareful. >> the conce is that we're going end up with fewer state workers. oh no, smaller government is better in my book so if we're going to save money and shrink government, it sounds like a home run. i hope they're doing enough. >> christian, you're worried we the government might lose out on valuablable employees. >> absolutely. it's not just about having smaller government, it's about having smart, efficient government. size is relative to value. if the buyouts succeed in losing talented employees, the short term bottom lining gain may be long term public sector pain in terms of what services we taxpayers get. this is a tool. it can be used. i'm not saying you can't pursue buyouts but to think it's a magic bullet is wrong-headed. >> christian, you know more is not necessarily good. i mean washington, for example, d.c. increased their hiring in government job by 38,000 people in the last three years. by the way, he can't overcome the defic in hiring just by doing tag. >> you know that the federal employee roles are smaller than under pres

i focused on that. >> i was watching the debate at u.s.a. today with the political team there. we got a laugh out of it. but again, nobody thought it was in any way trying to be disparabling to women. he didn't say it in the most eloquent way. what you see is on social media, the campaign is jumping on this and making it even bigger, like big bird. >> clearly, if governor romney had a chance to do it over, he would have chosen his words carefully. what he was intending to say, listen, we did all we could to get women in these key positions. debates are about moments. this was one of the signature moments in the debate. it's something everybody is talking about and we should expect both sides to pounce on it, which they have. >> in the social media era, everything blows up much bigger. speaking of things blowing up, racist and sexist. homecoming rally at an upstate high school is being called, three white male students reenacted the domestic abuse accident between chris brown and rihanna. two students in black face. the photo of the event went viral, some folks are upset. other

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