for the president his 13th campaign stop in the state. >> how is it going, virginia beach? >> reporter: rallying thousands in virginia beach with a new line. >> it is time for a new economic patriotism, one rooted in the belief that growing our economy begins with a strong middle class. >> reporter: mr. obama's idea includes tax hikes on the wealthy and more government spending on infrastructure. he is making it the new center piece of a tv ad for the closing argument. >> if i could sit down with you at the table or in the living room, here is what i would say. >> reporter: mitt romney focused on the deep ties to the military, warning that devastating job losses are coming if congress and the president went through with potential defense cuts. >> the impact will be immediate and significant right here in virginia. 136,000 jobs will be lost in virginia as a result of this move. >> reporter: this new feeling reflects the idea that many have voted. in 2008, nearly a third of all voters cast ballots before election day this year the number could grow to 40%, but in some of the

mitt romney is campaigning at the military aviation museum in virginia beach in about two hours from now. our political editor, paul steinhauser, has all the angles from there. paul, good morning to you. what do you expect romney to say? >> reporter: good morning, randi. since we last talked about an hour ago, we've moved inside. we're in one of the big hangars here, behind me where mitt romney will be speaking later. a world war ii fighter plane right alongside there. and yeah, listen, this area, this part of virginia is a big swing part of virginia. this is the virginia

president obama is holding a rally in virginia beach today. both candidates' running mates have been stumping for votes in virginia as well. vice president joe biden was in chesterfield county on tuesday. republican nominee paul ryan made two stops in the commonwealth last week. both candidates were in ohio yesterday. president obama spoke at two colleges, kent state and bowling green. mitt romney held the town hall meeting to discuss manufacturing jobs in the cleveland area. >> and the president wants more jobs. he's going to talk about wanting more jobs. but what he has done has made it harder for entrepreneurs and businesses to make a decision to create more jobs. that's why we need to take a different direction. >> so i'm looking forward to working with republicans to reduce our deficit, but i refuse to ask middle class families to give up their deductions for owning a home or raising their kids just to pay for another millionaire's tax cut. we're notoing to do that. >> mitt romney seems to have a lot of ground to make up in ohio. he trails

our political editor paul steinhauser in virginia beach. paul, good morning. ed a major ad blitz in eight swing states including virginia. what can you tell us about this latest pitch? >> three ads in virginia just started running yesterday, victor. you're absolutely right. one is playing here in the virginia beach norfolk area where there's a lot of defense industry and military jobs. that ad goes after the president for military jobs and for defense cuts. as part of the strategy for romney to try to win this state back, remember, president barack obama when he was senator obama won the state four years ago. he was the first democrat to carry virginia in a presidential election since 1964. both sides, both mr. obama and mr. romney spending a lot of time in this state and running a lot of ads in the state, victor. we're at the military aviation museum in virginia beach. you can see the bus behind that rolled in earlier this morning. take a look at this off to the right, a very large american family, just finished setting it up getting ready for a big rally, mil

the ad wars focused in the virginia beach, norfolk, tidewater area, virginia, noern virginia outside of d.c. those are the big markets in virginia and those are the big swing areas in virginia. victor. >> they are spending a lot on the ads and gas to get there. they are going to virginia over and over and over this season. >> they sure are. overall the president made seven trips or swings through virginia just recently on tuesday. remember, when he kicked off his first rallies in may he started in ohio, the second rally right here in virginia. romney, this will be the seventh trip, six swings since the general election started. remember, where did he announce his running mate paul ryan, just down the street here in norfolk, virginia. yeah, it's an important state for both these men. >> they will be back. we yesterday got the numbers from the labor day about the unemployment rate. each campaign, how are they responding to these numbers? >> the republicans, romney campaign and republicans are quick to attack saying, listen, if the convention in charlotte was the party these numbers tha

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president obama heading to virginia beach as he tries to keep virginia out of reach for romney. >> reporter: in virginia beach, president obama tailored his latest attack on mitt romney to the military voters here as he hit his opponent for his recent comments that 37% of americans who don't pay income taxes see themselves as victims. >> i travel a lot around this country and i don't immediate meet a lot of victims. i see a lot of veterans who have served this country with bravery and distinction and i see soldiers who defend our freedom every single day and i see those military families who are wondering whether their loved ones are going to come back home safe and sound. that's who i see. >> reporter: active duty military and combat zones do not pay federal income tax and veterans do not pay income tax on their benefits, hammering that theme, jim webb a veteran and father. >> but in receiving veterans benefits, they are not takers. they are givers in the ultimate sense of the world. thank you. >> you might not be able to tell by the supportive crowd of thousands here, but this part of the

-- 75 down in virginia beach. charleston, west virginia a fantastic 81. pittsburgh 76. around here we look awesome. sunny today. high temperatures 78 degrees. tonight we're going to be closer to 59 in d.c. but again near 50, maybe a couple of upper 40s in the really chilly spots. tomorrow another great day, a little warmer, 83. thursday 84. still winds not much of a factor. humidity levels staying low. friday also 84 but over the weekend, here it is late saturday into sunday. temperatures going to still be in the low 80s. got a chance for a couple of storms. monday looking dry and 83. the nighttime lows will creep up into the 60s. it is 4:49. here comes monika samtani. she's got another look at timesaver traffic. >>> i'm happy to say we're starting off the morning rush hour really well. it's nice and light all over town. i'm start off with the north side coming from frederick and i-70 down the line to clarksburg and the point where the lanes divide. right now your lanes are open and it's incident free. you know ho

he's also in virginia, expected to speak in virginia beach moments from now. you see the podium there. virginia, a very important swing state. 13 electoral votes in that state. the recent polls now showing that president obama is slightly, slightly ahead of romney in the state. the last cnn poll of polls for virginia, he was leading 50% to romney's 44%. you might recall back in 2008 president obama won virginia and became the first democrat since 1964, lyndon johnson to actually win that state and that was significant. i'll bring in jim acosta who is traveling with mitt romney. he's at the event talking a little bit about the message we heard from mitt romney. clearly it's important for him to reach the working class. that came in some of the comments he made regarding trade with china. what does he need to do? what does his team think they need to do to make sure he holds on to virginia? >> reporter: suzanne, as you know, all politics is local. virginia is a big military state. no surprise mitt romney would come to this crowd of veterans here to talk about def

he held a rally at the military aviation museum in virginia beach. romney taking aim at the controversy over the reference to god in the democrats' platform. >> that pledge says under god. i will not take god on to the name of our platform. i will not take god off our coins and i will not take god out of my heart. we're a nation bestowed by god. >> all right. coming up, tonight at 10:00 eastern time don lemon holding the democrats accountable. he'll be talking to democratic national committee chair debby wassermann schultz. she has come under fire recently for that comment on god. mitt romney's abortion stance and even israel. she'll be joining don to set the record straight tonight 10:00 p.m. eastern time. and you can get an up close, personal look at the two men vying for that white house position. find out what barack obama and mitt romney are really like tomorrow night beginning 8:00 p.m. when we profile the republican presidential nominee in "romney revealed, family, faith, and the road to power" followed at 9:30 p.m. eastern time. obama reveale

president obama did pretty well in virginia beach narrowly losing virginia beach county to john mccain. this is a strong veteran area which normally goes for republicans. mitt romney has to win here and president obama is here trying to make sure that it and virginia are out of his reach. >> so when you say mitt romney has to win here, what do the newspapers say so far, how have the polls been looking and where do they stand today? >> well, right now what we're looking at according to our latest cnn poll of polls, which is considering a lot of polls and averaging them, 50%-44% barack obama in the lead. so he has a single digit lead. that's something that the obama campaign is happy about. but that isn't really a comparable enough lead where they would be saying this is in the bag or something like this. the other thing you have to consider is that virginia is where you've got a marquee senate race taking place. tim kaine, former dnc chair, facing off against republican george allen, former governor, former senator. and this is a race remember virginia 2006 determined that democrats wou

host ant obama will campaign rally in virginia beach. omney will speak at an american legion event in springfield. polls show the president leading romney in virginia. for more reformation on any of stories, visit our wjla.com. just look for the thursday express. angela foster has traffic. >> its been a busy morning. west falls church, four corners westboundeling on 50 westboundat graham. outbound 50, you cannot access - -allen. ande will get into the 80's thunderstorms late today. the day will be pleasant. yesterday you went to the soleil show at the and you got art busy. -- national harbor. do a trick. that's a former gymnast teaching me at. >> that's nice! >> look at that. they are such amazing athletes. do 10 shows per week. you of not seen the show, it's amazing. >> it goes through october 7. >> they are incredible athletes. were they competitive gymnasts? >> the two guys that i worked with yesterday both were competitive gymnast. they say this is more fun because they can be creative and choose the tricks they want to do it. imagine

>> reporter: well, fredricka, we are down in virginia beach, norfolk area, a big military area, a lot of military workers, a lot of people from the defense industry so i think you'll hear mitt romney talk a lot about that and argue president obama would put together some defense cuts that could hurt this area, that will be mitt romney's theme today when he speaks just behind me, we're in the hangar of the military aviation museum. you could see some world war ii fighter planes behind me. we have a big crowd now. about an hour ago there was almost nobody here, they're starting to pack in, he'll be introduced by virginia's republican governor bob mcdonnell. fred, this is what is very interesting here, the unemployment rate here in virginia is 5.9%, much lower than the national average. so you may not hear mitt romney talk a lot about jobs today but he did react yesterday after the unemployment report, take a listen to what he said on the campaign trail. >> he said that he'd create jobs and insad we have unemployment now still over 8% for 43 straight months. he said by now it would be do

mitt romney is campaigning at the military aviation museum in virginia beach in about two hours from now. our political editor, paul steinhauser, has all the angles from there. paul, good morning to you. what do you expect romney to say? >> reporter: good morning, randi. since we last talked about an hour ago, we've moved inside. we're in one of the big hangars here, behind me where mitt romney will be speaking later. a world war ii fighter plane right alongside there. and yeah, listen, this area, this part of virginia is a big swing part of virginia. this is the virginia beach/norfolk/tidewater area and there are a lot of military and defense industry jobs here and you'll hear mitt romney attack the president over there. plus, romney's campaign has gone up with a bunch of ads in recent days in virginia. take a look at one playing in this area. >> this president can ask us to be patient. this president can tell us it was someone else's fault. but this president cannot tell us that you're better off today than when he took office. >> here in virginia, we're not better off under presid

cnn political editor paul steinhauser is in virginia beach, virginia, where it is shaping up to be a close race. so, paul, tell us what that means for the candidates' travel schedules. >> reporter: that means you're going to see them over and over and over here in virginia. randi, mitt romney, this is his seventh trip to virginia since the general elections started. remember, where did he announce his running mate, paul ryan, last month? not far from here. i'm in virginia beach and he made the announcement close by in norfolk. president obama's been here seven times, seven trips since the start of the general election. and when he had his first rallies, they were in ohio and here in virginia. just shows how important the state is, both sides spending a lot of money on ads, too. check out this new ad by mitt mitt that started running here this morning, one of three running in virginia. this deals with the defense industry jobs and military jobs. a lot of those kinds of jobs here in norfolk and virginia beach. randi, i'm here at the military aviation museum. you can see off to the righ

obama held a rally virginia beach. spoke one on one with joins us withnd say about his chances in virginia. >> he is optimistic but it is interesting, since day one, we heard from people who say it would like to see more

. >> in virginia beach, president obama pledged to create more jobs and to get the economy moving again in his next term. >> the truth is it will take a few more years to solve challenges that were building up over decades. >> another round of ads has hit the airwaves. both are making one-on-one appeals for support. >> today i believe as a nation we are moving forward again. we have much more to do to get folks back to work and make the middle class secure again. >> president obama and i both care about poor and middle- class families. the difference is my policies will make things better for them. >> a new reuters poll shows president obama leading mitt romney 49% to 42%. the romney camp shows a much closer race. >> the romney camp is predicting the outcome of next week's debate. >> they have put out a memo that says this is the eighth presidential debate for president obama. romney has the issues on his side. president obama will likely emerge the winner. the debate will not decide the election, according to the memo. the obama camp was trying to keep expectations low. >> hillary clin

who is going be to attending a grassroots event at farm bureau live, that's an amphitheater in virginia beachn courting the military vote today in the state of virginia. that's going to wrap things up for me. "now" is straight ahead. >> we are doing anti-rain dances to make sure you have blue skies for your big day saturday. congratulations in advance, my friend. >> no rain, no rain, no rain. >> only sunny skies to bless that union. we'll miss you. >> thanks. >> on friday. on our big day today, president obama and governor romney deliver another round of dueling speeches but the governor's offering dueling ideas with himself. examine the latest foray into mixed messaging. "the new york times" david leonhardt explains why tax cuts don't lead to economic growth but have a hand in the growing gap in income in equal. >>> as prime minister benjamin netanyahu gets set to address the united nations we'll discuss u.s. foreign policy. all that in a mere 180 seconds. we're sitting on a bunch of shale gas. there's natural gas under my town. it's a game changer. ♪ it means cleaner, cheaper american-made

. >> the man at mitt romney is trying to replace will campaign in virginia beach this morning. an ad is airing in several battleground states including virginia ohio, and florida. >> 4:35 is the time ran out. a former manassas school employees pleaded guilty. the one hand to spend 20-30 years in jail after admitting to molesting at least eight boys. >> three people are in custody with connection of last month's beating. police have arrested 21-year- old . a crime spree they went on surely after the attack helped them make the arrests. his wife issued a statement. it says -- and business news, student loan debt continues to spiral out of control. >> a preview of the trading day ahead. >> we are keeping a close things going on overseas. china may announce stimulus measures to boost their economy while spain was a government is expected to present their budget for the next year. -- spain's government will present their budget for the next year. on top of jobs, on top of kohl's hiring push, they have created 1500 jobs in 10 states. two new stores will open in the washington area. th

he'll be a nascar race in richmond, then virginia beach.bout a relatively small sliver of the population. if you add up all those undecided votes in eight states, most people estimate it will be about a million voters they are trying to sway and they'll all be in those markets. the ad wars now continuing, really ramping up the obama campaign announcing a 15 separate ads running in 8 separate states, a multimillion-dollar buy. new announce thes from the super pacs from the campaigns themselves. a lot of markets like columbus, ohio, i don't know if you remember the movie clock watch orange, they're going to be so sick of looking at these ads they'll be reaching the saturation point, but the campaign both sides stepping on the gas, the president hitting the themes he hit in the convention, trying to amplify that bounce he may get in the public opinions polls. >> our movie efish it naud dough and much more, mike viqueira. thank you very much. >>> mitt romney has his eye set on virginia today. the republican presidential nominee is scheduled to

. >> president obama also spent speaking toginia crowd in virginia beach. he said change takes more than s president and told audience he was not born wealth and privilege but he e of aere he is becaus great education. obama 1 virginia in over mittolds a lead romney in virginia. abc7 is your station for the election. follow us on twitter for updates the campaign trail. >> some storms are moving into area. >> bob ryan is tracking them the weather center. these are slow-moving storms warningseason for the hail. possibility of some there has been one confirmed in the mountains. people around front royal, these warnings for the shenandoah valley and jackson, woodstock, see those areas of purple? that is where there could be some hail. the other one continues to move off toward the east. all of this is moving gradually east so it will be the metropolitan area s evening, 7:00, at 9:00, with some thunderstorms have had temperatures the 80's. widespread wind or damage. the new warnings are out until 6:45. >> a dramatic scene on wisconsin avenue. againsts a protest u

paul steinhauser is in virginia beach, virginia for us. paul, good morning to you. so, a tight race in virginia means residents can see a lot of the candidates in the next few months, right? >> reporter: yeah, they have seen a lot of the candidates. they are going to see a lot more of them. remember president obama when he first had his first rallies in may, the second was here in virginia. no question how important that state is. he was here tuesday before the convention. romney was in norfolk, virginia. he's back today. overall, romney made seven trips here, the president eight trips. they both spent a lot of money. the obama campaign and related groups, the super packs spent almost $12 million on ads. it's a lot of money. what about romney? just under $12 million. they are flooding the air waves here. i tell you, randi, this state is so important. it's why we brought the cnn express bus here. we are at the military aviation museum. we are outside of it because the gates are locked. maybe next hour we'll be there. he's going to richmond later for a nascar race. yo

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state, today was virginia he promoted a new plan for jobs creation in virginia beach romney focused on the debt crisis. virginia and a key battleground state. >>> roseanne barr is running for president tonight she appears in oakland juliette goodrich says she picked a platform some feel is a winner. >>> comedian and former tv star roseanne barr running for president as the peace and freedom party candidate. bart telling voters she wants to legalize marijuana. >>> than all get twice as many brownies >>> she spoke at a panel at oak stirred and the marijuana industry trade school >>> my message is democracy freedom and peace. >>> roseanne barr is the peace and freedom party candidate in california her name will be on the ballot in this state and other states. she is not on enough ballots to win better supporters think otherwise >>> when person that says were here to legalize cannabis that will decide the election >>> her supporters hope their ticket will boost the peace and freedom party voter registration juliette goodrich cbs 5 >>> california to make sure college athletes who suffer car

>>reporter: he argued that his men who train here in the waters off of virginia beach are up against determined sophisticated enemy. how bad is it out there. >> really bad because the sea men are scared to death. >>reporter: how sophisticated dangerous are the pirates. >> very sophisticated. getting better. >>reporter: since 2008 somali pirates launched more than 800 attack. carrying out 170 successful hijackings and taking 3400 hostages. at his home base in virginia, rob has a full mock-up of a ship that he uses for training. he shows me the shockingly thin ladder that the pirates use to board. >> they are nimble enough to climb on something like. that absolutely. >>reporter: shows me the arsenal the men bring on board to fight back. >> this weapon is for all teams that are out there. >>reporter: on this video obtained by "nightline"you get a fascinating look at what it is like when pirates take over a commercial ship. one 0th crewmen is filming surreptitiously as the pirates bargain with the captain. then as they await the ransom money they settle right in. cooking in the galley. e

romney will be in springfield, the president will speak at the virginia beach farm bureau. >> ann romney campaigned on the tonight show with jay leno. it's her first late night talk show appearance. she and jay shared a few laughs and then got more serious when asked about her husband possibly becoming the first mormon president. >> i love the fact that we have the first african-american president. that means, to me, that we're leaving prejudices behind. i would hope if midst were elected, we would see more of the same. >> you can see the entire interview coming up tonight after news 4 at 151. >> a series of text messages sent to voters caused distractions. people in the hampton rose area accused tim cain of wanting to impose a radical tax on all americans. cain's office wants the state attorney general to investigate how cell phone numbers were obtained. >> the investigators are still working to find the person responsible for a threat that shut down parts of the airport last night. plus and k-9 units searched the unit's two parking garages after somebody called in a bomb threat. passen

the president will be in virginia beach while romney will hold a rally in springfield. in business news, bank of america is dealing with foreclosed homes, and more americans are feeling secure. more from linda bell. >> stock-index futures indicating open. little changed. 43% of americans see themselves as better off now compared with 33% when president obama took office in 2009. what is interesting is asixbank of america is being sued by the national fair housing alliance. they claim the bank disregarded repossessed homes in minority neighborhoods and have yet to make any improvement addressing the problem. foreclosed homes continue to accumulate trash have broken windows, and lack elements to avoid fires. bank of america says it stands by its property maintenance and marketing practices. 170 million people plan to celebrate halloween this year and are willing to spend big bucks on it. more on that in the next hour. linda bell reporting for abc 7 news. back to you. >> thank you. halloween is just around the corner. it is 65 degrees. madonna is no stranger to controversy

president obama is holding a rally in virginia beach. both candidatings' running mates have been stumping for votes in virginia, too. vice president joe biden was in chesterfield county on tuesday. republican paul ryan made two stops in the commonwealth last week. >> both candidates were in ohio yet. president obama spoke at two colleges, kent state and bowling green. mitt romney held a town hall meeting to discuss jobs in the cleveland area. >> the president wants more jobs. he's going to talk about wanting more jobs. but what he has done has made it harder for entrepreneurs and businesses to make a decision to create more jobs. that's why we need to take a different direction. >> so i'm looking forward to working with republicans to reduce our deficit, but i refuse to ask middle class families to give up their deductions for owning a home or raising their kids just to pay for another millionaire's tax cut. we're not going to do that. >> romney has a lot of ground to make up in ohio. he trails the president by ten points in a new poll of

, first in virginia beach, then at a nascar race in richmond. it comes just a day after his wife ann me a stop in the state. she hosted a women for mitt romney in leesburg. afterwards she sat down with a rare one on one with her own julie carey on how her husband and the obamas fared when they took to the stage at their parties' conventions. >> so many things in his life experience have prepared him. >> reporter: that's just one of the arguments ann romney made. she's emerged as an energetic forceful advocate in the campaign. she did multiple satellite interviews and spoke one on one with news 4. >> i really hope that americans and virginians in particular have a really serious thought and say, you know, this guy is really competent, he's a good person, he's done a lot of turnarounds in his life. let's give him the keyses to this car and see whether he can get this engine going. >> reporter: her speech was widely praised. what's her take on president barack obama's acceptance address at the democratic convention. what did you think of the presi

he told supporters in virginia beach it could take a few more years for the economy to recover. mitt romney was also in virginia yesterday. he met with veterans and their families in springfield. the republican presidential nominee trails the president in virginia in recent polls. he hopes next week's first presidential debate will give him some momentum going forward. >> you don't have a great opportunity with debates to talk about my vision for the country. the president will talk about his. those that believe we want more government, more intrusive government, trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see will vote for him. those that believe we should encourage economic growth, support small business, and create more jobs will vote for me. >> the republican presidential nominee will focus on fund-raising tonight. he hopes to bring in $7.5 million for his campaign at two events in the boston area. >>> both candidates will likely speak to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu today although neither will meet with him face to face. president obama and mitt romney expect

the president was in virginia beach which senator john mccain won by 1,000 votes. governor mitt romney spoke to veterans in northern virginia where president obama easily beat senator john mccain. the 13 electoral votes virginia used to be a sure thing. that changed four years ago with president obama the first hopeful to win that state in 40 years from the democrats. the latest polls give the president a slight edge. the real clear politics average has him leading governor romney by 4.5 points. most rates show the race in the margin of error. john roberts is live in springfield, virginia. john, governor romney today focused on the military and veterans in that area. >>reporter: he is working hard to put this back into the red column, talking to a group at the men legion post today. he told them about the potential effect of defense cuts in the looming sequestration saying it could result in the loss of 136,000 jobs here in virginia but it would profoundly affect military readiness and america's security. >> troubled and dangerous world we live in. the idea of cutti

president obama will visit virginia beach on thursday. >>> billionaire developer and reality tv star rump gave surprising and unexpected advice to students at a conservative bible-based school in leesburg, virginia. he told students at liberty university to get even if someone wrongs them in business. that was met with silence since the school counciled students to follow the teaches of jesus and turn the other cheek. trump also said everyone should sign a prenuptial agreement. then he took that back saying, quote, you people don't get divorced, right? trump had waived his usual speaking fee to speak at the university. >> let's get to the forecast, shall we? out the door with miss veronica. >> we're going to be warming up and warming up nicely today. especially by noontime today. temperatures will be pushing about 70 degrees. high today, 76. nice today. we're talking about a few showers for the rest of the work week, though. wednesday, thursday, and friday. danella? >> well, southbound colesville road, a live look at lockwood drive, heavy on the brakes. aaron and eun? >> thank you, ve

mouth of the chesapeake, towards virginia beach, severe warnings that will cross over in to north carolina, along the virginia split. notice again, our weather is over michigan, cooler, drier air in to the weekend. we have our eyes on the system, not for the immediate 24/48 hours, but beyond in to next week, a lot of moisture that we are going to work with, a storm, a testimonier hurricane over the pacific, this is the moisture that will come up the eastern sea board as we go in to tuesday of next week. we have the chance of scattered showers and maybe a big storm by the beginning of the week. speaking of a storm that will not go away. this is nadine, a category one hurricane. nadine formed 18 days ago. the 9th longest lasting storm in the atlantic. moving to the northwest at 7, try to kick this offshore to give you a reference, 2400 miles, east, southeast of ocean city maryland. it continues to pub towards the eastern atlantic. future trend shows us improving conditions in to the weekend as we will see a blend of sunshine and clouds. future temperatures showing us in to the 60s and 50s fo

i just finished a two-week tour all over virginia from virginia beach to southwest virginia.ffices are buzzing with activity. people feel real strongly about making sure we identify both, get it to the polls, we have a great message and a tremendous messenger. so i have not seen that terrific excitement. it exists, it's well organized. and stakes are high. these issues are extremely important. and there was a wide divide between the two candidates on these issues. so i expect a big turn out on november 6th. and i'm confident we'll return our 13 electoral votes to barack obama. >> in virginia, that state hasn't been won by democrats before the last election since 1964 and the johnson land slide. what makes you think that same kind of excitement and get out to vote effort is going to work the second time around? >> well, because we have barack obama. he's a charismatic figure. and he has a litany of accomplishments. young chair of the democratic party. i want them to leave at the end of this convention being able to list the litany of accomplishments, in addition to health care

mitt romney making a campaign stop at the military aviation museum in virginia beach. the event has already gotten under way. bob mcdonnell giving the introductions so what appears to an pretty it full house. paul steinhauser is there, as well. we know president obama the first democrat in a very long time to win and take virginia in the last election, but romney has become kind of a resident so as to speak of virginia. this is his seventh stop there. >> reporter: and remember when he introduced and announced paul ryan as his running mate, he did it just a couple miles from here in norfolk. both president obama and mitt romney have been here accept times now since the start of the general election. both campaigns and super pacs putting up a lot of tv commercials in the state. a big battle for the 13 electoral votes. as you you mentioned, president obama the first democrat to win virginia since 1964. when mitt romney comes out here, you'll hear a lot about the defense cuts and military spending. because in is a big military crowd down here in this part of virginia. also

romney was in northern virginia, the president was in virginia beach. he began pushing a new phrase that shows up in one of his latest tv spots. implying that it's patriotic to build the economy from the middle out instead of the top down. >> well, you know what, it's time for a new economic patriotism. an economic patriotism rooted in the belief that growing our economy begins with a strong and thriving middle class. >> that new tv ad, the president's running, is two minutes long. it's airing in seven swing states including virginia. the first presidential debate, by the way, is just six days away now. >>> paying for the postseason. the washington nationals have clinched a spot in the baseball play-offs. and that raised the question of how to keep metro running after the late night games. breaking news, someone has just stepped forward to pick up the tab. richard jordan is outside the navy yard metro station at the park to tell us who's going to pay for that, richard? >> reporter: well, wendy, you may have heard of the online deal website and phone app

the president in virginia beach. >>> mitt romney's wife is showing off her sense of humor. ann romney sat down with jay leno on "the tonight show." the host joked he was impressed with her own political tact. >> you guys have been married 43 years. >> you met in high school? >> met in high school. >> was it love at first sight? tell me about that. >> it was for me. we met at this party. i will tell you my heart was just. i mean, yeah, for me it was love at first sight. i think for him too. >> was there dancing at the party? was he a good dancer? >> you know, jay, he's gotten to be a better dancer. >> that's a political err sw. that is a political answer. >> this was ann romney's first late night interview. >>> >>> tim kaine's senate campaign wants virginia's attorney general to look into who's behind anonymous text messages sent to some virginiians. people in the hampton roads area sent the texts, which accused the candidate calling for a radical new tax on all americans. the messages could be illegal. it is against the law to send unsolicited text messages to someone's cel