tonight on "washington week." the week began with a jolt of energy. >> i am deeply honored and excited to join you as your running mate. [cheers and applause] >> people ask me why i chose paul ryan. the answer is i wanted someone who was a leader. gwen: but the campaign veered quickly into charge and countercharge. some of it rooted in policy. >> you pay into medicaid for years. every paycheck now when you need it, obama has cut $716 million. >> and some of the charges personal. >> this is what an angry and desperate presidency looks like. president obama knows better. >> unchain wall street. they're going to put y'all back in chains. gwen: the campaigns go toe to toe. covering washington week, jackie calmes of the "new york times," john harris of politico alexis simendinger of real clear politics. >> coming from our nation's capitol this is gwen ifill for "washington week." corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> whereever our trains go, the omecpmey on life. norfolk southern, one line, infin

tonight, on "washington week." nice words on the stump -- >> is a choice between two fundamentally different visions about how we move this country forward. >> i believe we're on the verge of an extraordinary rebound in america's economy with good jobs and rising incomes again. gwen: down and dirty on the air. >> she passed away in 22 days. i do not think mitt romney realizes what he's done to anyone and furthermore i do not think mitt romney is --ed. >> under obama's plan you wouldn't have to work and wouldn't have to train for a job. gwen: drilling down with mitt romney accusing the president of encouraging dependency. >> president obama in just the last few days has tried to reverse that accomplishment by taking the work requirement out of welfare. that is wrong. if i'm president, i'm put work back in welfare. gwen: and the president accusing romney of robbing the poor. >> it's romney hood. they have tried to sell us this trickle down tax cut fairy dust before and guess what, it does not work. gwen: the biggest

washington had no part of that. washington reprimanded them.ter that he offered him the left wing of the army. so i think it was just a crushing blow both of the personally and as far as debate of the nation. washington were so close during the french revolution he sent the children to mounter have nonabout safety. what is remarking about the will l.a. -- it was the only time i saw him break down and cry. other questions? >> right here? >> thank if i'm right, mark, there were -- we all know that agent often have a group of close other teenage female friends, and what was peggy's group? >> she had peggy and he two friends named becky. one of which was becky franks which was a fascinating person with a great sense of humor who had a father that imported the liberty bell to pennsylvania. so it was a group of two peggies and two beckys who hung out together. and peggy shy, that's the young woman who andre took to the party. that was his date. they dressed as knights or turkish maidens, by the way. in fact, that one of the bigamist i ares that we di

when ann adams becomes president he had support of washington all the way through and washington supports him and because of the political situation adams was able to get a substantial navy going again fought every step of the way by jefferson and madison. when jefferson becomes president in 1800, adams fears it is going to be dispensed with but it can't be because the napoleonic war is going on and we have an ongoing war with the mediterranean pyrite states and so jefferson can't literally do away with the navy but he keeps them the art of his term and so does madison and we go into the war f-18 dolph unprepared. we have 16 warships and going into the war of 1812 not a single forget has been built since washington and adams' de. that's what we had going into the war of 1812. miraculously in the first six months of that format, the u.s. navy frigates won a series of victories against british ships. it was an incredible. madison went into the war and thought the u.s. navy would be wiped out very quickly just like it was in the revolutionary war. and in that our strength on would lie in pri

good morning, washington. >> good morning washington. it is 5:40.ryland. a crash on fit the west near 301. a car fire and accident on the delta between 450 in the baltimore washington parkway. what we found on the other side of the beltway -- travel times working in our favor to and from the american legion bridge. good shape south of town on the wilson bridge. and 95 between dale city and springfield. about a 30 minute trip. now to the weather. >> it is going to be a lot like the past couple of days. thin cloud cover. some breaks in the cloud cover and a few isolated thundershowers. especially south of the district. 78 now. a warm start today. 68 in martinsburg. hagerstown near 70. on our way to 92 this afternoon. another warm and sticky day. if you isolated thundershowers. about a 30% chance of seeing that. here is the hourly forecast. into the 80's up until 2:00 p.m. when we should hit the 90's. it will peak at 92 at 4:00 p.m. let's go back to cynne simpson para >> thank you so much. it is 5:41. a landmark decision in virginia at cracking down on

washington more.shington is very sympathetic and shows up and says what is wrong this is arnold and she had nothing to do with him. she said that is not george washington. that is an imposter who is going to murder my child. she recognizes this man is a family friend and she just goes stark raving mad for the entire day. really alarming. do you want to talk about what you found? >> she wraps all the founding fathers around her little finger and one of my jobs in research was to go through this kernel's papers that were at the new york historical society. the next morning in her hand which is very -- is the letter from peggy to the kernel saying dear colonel derek if you have any funds owed to my husband please remit them to me immediately. we had a quick recovery. >> and from then on she has none of the madness all those seems to be courting sympathy when possible. so she goes back and she is given the choice of going to new york or philadelphia to join her husband and she picks philadelphia but josep

. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. it's 5:00 a.m. on this tuesday, august 7. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. let's get a check on the weather with adam caskey. >> there's one shower this morning, still in an unsettled weather pattern. we have a chance of rain may lease out of washington, in southern maryland and central virginia. that's where we have a short crossing 301 moving west to east, south of la plata, just north of the knights bridge. that's all in terms of rain to start the day. 77 now in washington. 92 this afternoon. best chance of showers is out of d.c. lisa baden. >> traffic is moving in our favor on the greenway, but told road, no problems on 66. travel times normal on 270 between father hurley and the beltway, 17 minutes. 95 is closed in each direction between fredericksburg and richmond near the carmel church exit because of an accident with wires down. this has been going on several hours and there will be several hours ahead. now back to news. >> we take a look in the day ahead. the man a

it was either washington or hamilton, according to washington irving. he said no, no, no.we have to go, your excellencies. we will be late for breakfast with general arnold. and washington says oh, i know. you young men are all in love with mrs. arnold and you can't wait to see her. and he offered them to go ahead but they obeyed their commander. so with both notes headed lickety-split for both men, guess where the first note got to. >> so, it gets to the house with the arnold's are staying. so benedict arnold reads the note, quickly goes upstairs and tells peggy. according to witnesses, the very quick conversation and and suddenly he is out the door and he runs down to the water side and orders his barge to go toward the british lines down the hudson. not toward west point. thought it was a little weird but he promised them all a bunch of rum if they got there fast. so they had to get to the british boat which was called the vulture. and later thomas paine said it was one vulture injuring another. because he gives a. he says i'm joining the british side, and so are these

washington. he was an important character. i think it's hard to talk about him without also talking about deboys, because as you said washington thought that blacks and whites could be the -- [inaudible] but dew blacks could be involved in all kinds of activities, education alike. so i would like to have a comment on that. i also want to know what rosin walled's -- [inaudible] my grandfather started a school they went to first eight of my years. his name is benjamin. i went to the teacher school for eight years. and it had some connection but i never had any connection with the rawsen walled. i wanted to know if that the teachers who were supervisors come out of that kind of -- [inaudible] >> the teachers were not part of the organization. they were sort of more like alongside of. and in some cases, worked in the risen walled schools. they were not part of the program. it was a separate, completely separate program and he did not involve himself with the teachers because the schools were public s

washington. a live look of the radar and that is to the south and east. generally washington south and east, north of annapolis and working on 97 to glen burnie and south here into parts of prince georges county, southern anne arundel county, dun work, you're not done yet. and all of this is lifting to the north and east, and to the frontal boundary at 35 miles an hour and some other places here in the heart of washington, and call from the potomac in the past 15 minutes and into georgetown. northeast washington, you will see some showers and can you see that getting going here and into northeast washington. another shower there to the south. right across the potomac. we will have some showers here in washington, points outing andest -- south and east and the next few hours. things will start to quiet down and this is what is going o thank you. the cold front is coming through. cooler and drier air on the horizon. once i show you the dew points, they're falling. the less humidity and cooler tempe

standup: fernando pizarro, washington d.c.s activistas del dream act indican que solo atendiendo las numerosas consultas del publico, las autoridades migratorias se daran cuenta de todas las dudas que todavia aquejan a muchos jovenes que estan postulando a la accion diferida. desde washington, fernando pizarro, univision mas adelante:. ante la proximidad del inicio del ano escolar las escuelas publicas del condado de montgomery buscan brindar ayuda a los padres de familia ... tambien:. en el salvador se produce acuerdo sobre la crisis en la corte suprema de justicia.... el sistema de escuelas publicas del condado de montgomery se preparara para dar inicio a un nuevo ano escolar y realiza una feria que brindara asistencia a los padres de familia...claudia uceda nos tiene los detalles.. si su hijo aun no tiene mochila, crayolas, lapiceros, cuadernos, reglas entre otros utiles escolares una feria en montgomery la caeria como anillo al dedo ya que este sabado estan regalando cientos de mochilas con estos utiles " el para dar la bi

gloria borger joins me from washington.s interesting to see this state in national politics that's been democratic for so long, having so many republican faces. reince priebus now taking over. they want to change this state red come november. >> they hope they can make the state of wisconsin red. it is not anything that the romney campaign was counting on. but now i think they have it in their sights. everybody in wisconsin knows who paul ryan is. but most of the country doesn't. he's only 42 years old. and he's somebody who never felt he had a lot of time to accomplish his goals. and given his family history you can understand why. and ryan is a man in a hurry. in washington he bunks in his congressional office. it's cheaper, near work and closer to the house gym, which is good since he's a fitness buff who got some of his colleagues hooked on a gruelling exercise routine called p90x. >> it's a great workout. >> in a way he owes his devotion to fitness to his father. in particular, one day when the younger ryan was still a

we go live to near the washington monument with brianne carter babcock. >> the washington monument remains closed. later today area leaders are expected to gather to give an update on the lingering effect of the earthquake. one year after the 5.8 earthquake rattled the washington region, damage to local landmark is still evident. cracks in the quake, the washington monument remains closed. >> the whole building started to move rhythmically. >> pieces of the tops of the towers set on display outside the building. >> that seismic energy went up like a whipping motion. >> in alisa county virginia, students are back to normal. >> even though this is trailers it is still something we call our own. >> they are starting this new school year. about $300 million in damage up and down the east coast from this earthquake and we expect to get an update at a press conference this morning. >> thanks so much. you can find more on the anniversary of the earthquake on our website with pictures of a place you could share your story, wjla.com. >> let's go down to texas. let's look at some live video and the

washington today.ee wilkins has more on the non-profit that made it all possible. >> reporter: this is without question a dream come true for the family. the father of this family has been serving and defending this country for the past ten years. and after living in transitional housing, they finally have a new place for them to call home, a mortgage-free home, here in ft. washington. let me tell you, i was just inside, and it is absolutely beautiful. this new home in ft. washington is simply perfect for this family. plenty of room for them to grow. this husband and wife, they have two little ones and another one on the way. jim served in the army doing two tours in iraq and two in afghanistan where he was injured. he's been injured actually three times and is now on medical retirement. their new home was de-natdonate through a partnership with jpmorgan chase and operation home front. for years operation home front has provided assistance to family of vets offering financial and at times even food ass

-- "good morning washington" at 5:00 starts now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> it's thursday, august 23. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. >>adam caskey first. >> today looks dry and very sunny overall with the exception of this morning, where we have some areas of fog north and west of washington. round hill, 58, 69 northwest d.c. the five in oxon hill. generally in the '60s to start the day. 87 this afternoon with a good amount of sunshine. angela. >> one troublespots of our this morning travel. to the beltway on 66, blocking the right lane. a minor distraction. still looking at a pretty good flow of traffic with light volume for the most part. once you reach the beltway and travel on the inner loop through maryland, no problems. this is the american legion bridge. the inner loop and outer loop travel moving quite well at this hour. on 270, no distractions so far this morning. all lanes are open northbound and southbound. back to you. >> thank you. new this morning, prince george's county police made a disturbing discovery inside a

standup: fernando pizarro, washington d.c.tivistas del dream act indican que solo atendiendo las numerosas consultas del publico, las autoridades migratorias se daran cuenta de todas las dudas que todavia aquejan a muchos jovenes que estan postulando a la accion diferida. desde washington, fernando pizarro, univision ... una organizacion latina del area de virginia inicio una campaÑa que busca registrar mas latinos para que puedan votar en las proximas elecciones. silvana quiroz tiene los detalles desde el area de alexandria..silvana ..le recordamos que solo quedan 77 dias para destino 2012 y usted tiene que hacerse sentir con su voto. si tiene dudas sobre este proceso electoral, llame de forma gratuita al 1-800-ve y vota... alli le brindaran mas informacion.. en otras informaciones, en washington se buscan mecanismos para proteger las viviendas de inundaciones, especialmente un vecindario que es afectado en cada tormenta.. estas son escenas devastadora s... las travesuras de la madre naturaleza especialmente en esta temporada

this is our roof camera from washington-lee high school. clear skies right now and temperatures are very comfortable, 71 degrees at reagan national airport. a dense fog advisory until 8:00 for the shenandoah valley. our temperatures will warm up quickly to day with temperatures in the mid 80's by lunch and near 90 degrees by 5:00 this afternoon. let's check on this morning's rush hour with lisa baden. >> maryland is in good shape and metrorail is a normal service and no disruption around the beltway and we are good through s.e. on the suitland parkway. 66 as a normal volume of traffic and 95 virgt of falmouth and a crash between lorton and millington on the franconia's/springfield parkway. southbound 395 duke street is closed. you can access the exit for eastbound duke street and get around this. >> our top story this morning -- d.c. police are still searching for the motive behind the shooting of a security guard at the stanley research co.. >> police are learning more about the suspect. >> the 28-year-old is from herndon, virginia. police

. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. it is tuesday, august 21. glad you are starting or stay with us. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. start with meteorologist adam caskey. >> a very comfortable start on this tuesday morning. very humid, temperatures around 60 degrees. feels pretty nice especially for late august. 59 in leesburg, 62 in germantown d.c.orthwest qe-3 in culpeper. watch for patchy fog especially washington, a hagerstown, if martinsburg, frederick, you have visibilities. that should burn off around sunrise. cloudy today, isolated thundershowers. those are few and far between. slight chance of that mainly after 4:00 p.m. high temperature of 84. same story basically tomorrow. now to angela for the commute. we are dealing with some including a very bad train derailment in ellicott city. travel through city, you may want to plan for alternate route this morning. closed.k rd. is we are dealing with an accident parkway b-w approaching the new york avenue split. we are seeing a few delays with that. in th

that dynamic, and with the washington and rosenwald, of course washington's wives were active. and i imagine rosenwald's wife was or sisters. how tsh do they fit in to the story? >> that's a great question. women are always part of every story, and -- [laughter] certainly in the case of washington and rosenwald, they were -- and with the schools but i'll start with the two men. washington, you know, had a very tragic private life in the sense that he married a year after he started tuskegee, he married a women he had known from his the town he grew up, and fannie smith, and they had a daughter, and when the daughter was less than a year old, she died -- his wife died, and so a year or so later, he married 0 oliva davidson who was teaching and a very well-educated quite beautiful woman, and they had two children, two little boys and when the younger one was less than about three months old. she died. as a young man he lost two wives and married a third time margaret murray who was a graduate and became actived at the school, and quite involved in certainly in his life but also i

adams was abigail was the first lady and martha washington was the first lady. she knew those people. [inaudible] and their weekly ends they welcome the general public, they sat people had come up and politely bow effectively in order to get the attention of the first lady. when dolly set up, she mixed. she mingled. she walked around. i don't know if she kissed cheeks or not. she was definitely a assessable, friendly, warm person who among other things welcomed both sides of the political -- all sides of the political spectrum to her squeezes. which, clearly was a force for a political good and it would be a very nice thing if we could a little bit more of that today. i'm not placing any blame on michelle obama. we have a or alreadyized situation in washington. who would be the best at this? i guess i don't know enough about the first ladies. although one has to admire a variety of things about any number of them. i guess i don't know enough about contemporary first ladies to offer you a good answer. [laughter] i see another question in the back. >> i wonder if

fix this mess in washington!is is the greatest idea. there is no other system that has done more to help the poor, to help spread opportunity, to help people rise up and make something of their lives than the american system of freedom and free enterprise. we have a leader here who understands that, who more importantly, knows how to delivery that. that is our contract with you. ladies and gentlemen, we're going to do this, we will turn these things around. guess what? this man, his name is mitt romney and he is going to be the next president of the united states of america! >> thanks, buddy. >> mitt romney now speaking to the people. you just heard this, our special coverage of paul ryan in depth. i'm one of six children that my mother raised by herself, and so college was a dream when i was a kid. i didn't know how i was gonna to do it, but i knew i was gonna get that opportunity one day, and that's what happened with university of phoenix. nothing can stop me now. i feel like the sky's the limit with what i ca

tonight on washington week. -- "washington week." >> hello ohio. >> it's good to be back. >> barack obama mitt romney search for a breakout message. >> america's not built from the top down. america's built from the middle up. america's built from the bottom up. >> i'm going to make sure we finally have a president that's serious about getting our budget under control and by the last year of my second term we'll finally have a balanced budget in this country. gwen: but a new jobs report offer noss clarity. more jobs added but the jobless rate goes up too. meanwhile congress leaves town with much left undone. as yet another senate tea party candidate bounces yet another establish candidate in texas. >> when we started they said this was impossible. and you know what, they were right. i couldn't do it. but you could. gwen: covering the week, amy walter of abc news. david wessel of "the wall street journal," susan davis of "usa today" and karen tumulty of "the washington post." >> live from our nation's capitol, this is "washington week" with gwen ifill, produced in association with national

this is "good morning washington." on your side. >> right now passengers on metro's red line should expect delays after overnight work spilled over into the early morning commute. good morning washington. >> i am cynne simpson. i am steve chenevey. the problems on the red line -- brianne carter is on her way. let us check in with adam caskey. >> is going to look and feel a lot like yesterday. temperatures or if you degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. not as foggy either. mainly we are in the 60s. a few upper 50s northwest of washington. winchester, 57. arlington, 64. on our way to 86. a few scattered showers later on today. kind of like yesterday. most of us will be dried cured a few brief downpours. angela. >> the beltway is in great shape in virginia and maryland. would you may run into -- school is open. there may be a couple slow spots. and there is an emergency maintenance on m street. we mentioned the beltway being in great shape for the most part. river looking pretty good here crossing the american legi

for viewers closer to washington, northern shenandoah valley and the panhandle of west virginia, washington county, it's only the upper 50s to around 60 there. closer to washington, though, we're generally in the 60s in the nearby suburbs. some patchy, dense fog is forming in some of the rural areas, so watch out for that. it's not widespread, but just some patches of some ground fog forming this morning. temperatures around the bay, southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore where they've got a lot of cloudiness, generally in the mid-60s now. hour-by-hour forecast, storm team 4 checking it out for you this morning. by 7:00 a.m., we'll be in the mid-60s, still a bit of that patchy fog in the rural areas and partly sunny. then, a lot of sunshine by your lunch hour, into the low 80s and a warm afternoon. great beach and pool weather, highs reaching mid and upper 80s, not too humid by the afternoon commute, back into the low 80s. i'll be back with a hometown 4-cast. "first 4 traffic" now with danella. >>> good morning. watching the key bridge, if you're taking the key bridge outbound this

in norfolk, washington.ryan discussing his family. >> it's where i was born and raised and i never really left it. it's our home now. for the last 14 years, i have proudly represented wisconsin in congress. there i have focused on solving the problems that confront our country. my dad died when i was young. he was a good and decent man. there are a few things he would say that just always stuck with me. he'd say, son, you're either part of the problem or the solution. regrettably, president obama has become pt he proem and tt romy is t sn. rs and applause ] >> now, that was pl ryann norfolk, virginia, at the unveiling. here we are in waukesha, wisconsin. they're waiting for him to speak here. now, why would governor romney decide to put ryan on the ticket? there is no question of his knowledge on the budget. governor romney wants a debate with the president of the united states about taxes, spending, about how to revive the economy, about how to cut the federal deficit. he has decided paul ryan is that man.

la embajada de el salvador en washington quiere tranquilizar a sus compatriot as ya que el sismo no causorandes daÑos... a pesar que no se han registrado daÑos, ni fatalidades, para maria simplemente saber que ocurrio un terremoto en su pais, le causa temor... ella trata de llamar a su hija en el salvador..."me pongo bien alarm asustada porque como en nuestro pais tambien mucho tiembla, mucho hay sismos, mucho temblor" el sismo con una magnitud de 6.7 se registro el domingo en la noche en la zona costera de el salvador... el epicentro tuvo lugar a 119 km al sur de puerto el triunfo, segÚn el instituto geolÓgico de estados unidos... mientras que en washington dc, la embajada salvadoreÑa busca tranquilizar a sus connacionales.. " las cosas estan tranquilas, yo creo que nuestros compatriotas que obviamente deben de estar preocupados sus familiares el mensaje es esten tranquilos, porque no ha pasado nada, gracias a dios" el centro de alerta de tsunamis del pacÍfico indico Ó que el sismo tuvo una profundidad de 54 km.. se activo una alerta de tsunamis para varios paises centroame ricanos y mex

washington mutual cannot house political poll in washington d.c.. yet there was a healthy part with their retail branches. sheila bair wants to shut it down. meanwhile in new york there are rumors that started said jog. [laughter] >> you could call it that. politics become the issue. kerry killinger never made it a priority to build up relationships in washington d.c.. wamu had no friends but then jaime dimon it is their seventh line of business. wamu finds itself summer 2008 in the middle of the panic situation and indymac digest failed in california. just like it's a wonderful life. everybody panicked. wamu suffered a run far bigger than indymac and did it very quietly. losing massive amounts of money every day. kerry killinger very panicked about the run called hank paulson of he heard there was a negative report coming out and was scared. hank paulson tells them essentially there is no help coming. he should have sold to jpmorgan chase and then it is obvious they have no friends. and is a dire circumstance september 2008. >> host: also whisper c

. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. isaac batter in the gulf coast, making landfall twice, the second time happening on the seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina. correct more than 300,000 people without power. now. get the latest >> we know that more than are without power in louisiana, which has taken storm.nt of the there is concern about an in a parishevee near new orleans. in gulfport, mississippi, areas have-lying flooded a. about the storm surge. situation could continue for some time. the hurricane came ashore night, the center of the r a louisianaove coast joe parish. over 80 miless of hour. . rex off a i am surprised by the damage of supposedly category one storm >> . is the seventh anniversary of leftcane katrina, which people dead and caused of dollars in damage. new orleans is better equipped handle the storm surge, but asking citizens to stay vigilant. >> we have a lot of standing water in the city. we have the potential for lot of catastrophe and electrical o

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and israel and foreign policy if if washington can prevent someone like that i think washington would be happy i think washington would be happy if you have islamicist squabbling with other factions and you have this parliament that has no clear majority and that would last for decades in libya just kind of sinks into a a week powerless place. and staying in the region the arab spring and edge of has seen a clear worsening in relations with israel as artist policy or now reports from cairo this sentiment as being on the streets or the last remaining jews say they no longer feel safe. alone frightened and struggling one of the last of her people in a land that no longer wants them selene has merely the photos of her did family for comfort she is one of cairo's few remaining jews once there were eighty thousand now there are fewer than twenty but certainly i'm afraid certainly i am. as bad i tried to forget. she has reason to be wary the new rulers of egypt the muslim brotherhood call for jihad and want the liberation of palestine they've launched a war of words against jews that goes a

but washington mutual did not have political pull in washington d.c. washington mutual was not in new york bank. and yet there was this very healthy part of washington mutual and the retail branches. and so, the regulators who have the real power don't care. she would bear wants to shut it down and meanwhile some very interesting is happening good start at least a day job. >> euchre called a job. >> the politics become an important issue like you point out. so kerry killinger had never made a priority of building up relationships in washington d.c. he just never did. so wamu did not have almost any friends there. reviled makers like jamie diamond considered it their seventh line of business, right? so wamu suddenly finds itself even after it raised all this money in the summer of 2008 in the middle of a panic situation. india not think such as southern california. and you may room boy saw the lines around the block and people point out their money and it was like it is a wonderful life and how could this happen and everyone panicked. what no one knew a

rob marciano live in washington for us. thank you. >>> authorities in washington, d.c. the headquarters of the conservative family research council may have been politically motivated. 28-year-old floyd corkins is held on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. he made comments about the group's policies before opening fire. a security guard was shot in the arm. a source says corkins recently volunteered at a lgbt community center. >>> president obama and vice president biden taking a break from the campaign trail for their weekly lunch. paul ryan will be on the stump with a speech in ohio before heading to a fund-raiser in virginia. >> a decision is expected by ecuador's government on the request for asylum by julian assange. british authorities have threatened to assault the embassy in london if they fail to release assange to them. he's trying to avoid being sent to sweden to face allegations of rape and sexual molestation. >>> drought hit the mighty mississippi so far health officials in louisiana have issued a drinking water advisory. they say the water is perfec

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"good morning washington" at 5:00 a.m. begins now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. wednesday, august 22. i am steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. thanks for joining us. begin with meteorologist adam caskey. >> its not as foggy as yesterday morning. temperature is pretty close to f year.for this time o too humid.t 62 in leesburg, 59 in inwood. frostburg, 52. arlington and 62 la plata. to mid 60's arou the beltway for the most part. highs in the mid '80s with isolated thundershowers. couple will pop up on the screen later this afternoon and evening. angela. >> good morning. foggy, butt was today's commute is better. nothing serious to reports of morning. of our work zones are south of town on interstate 95 as you drive to richmond. pretty good towards the capital beltway. drivingook at 395, 95 heading into the district, you should not run into any trouble. looks pretty good on the beltway in virginia. they have picked up the works owns. we still have traffic

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good morning >> washington. >> good morning to you at 6:12. bwi airport is closing one of its primary run was for construction today. it is a 60-day project. >> the l.a. county sheriff's department is looking for a car that drove off with a $75,000 maserati. the dealership caught the whole thing on video. investors say a salesperson gave the potential buyer a key. the customer said he wanted to listen to the engine. the sales person held the door open and the man stepped in and drove away >> danica patrick ended up on a wild ride this weekend. she was leading the way during a race and then someone threw a shoe on the track. it down as part of the underside of her car. she ended up finishing 27. >> you would not think a shoe would make that much of a difference. let's find out what is happening in the world of whether. >> we have cloud cover and cool temperatures. yesterday we had widespread high temperatures near 80 degrees. the current numbers are 70 degrees at reagan national airport and martinsburg is 61 degrees. cumberland, 77 degrees and

she was discovered last week in fort washington. she was last seen last week dropping her daughter off at day care. >> mitt romney is back on the campaign trail with stops in iowa, and illinois. cameras caught him picking up the food at the grocery store while on vacation. there is a new attack against mitt romney by president obama. >> he asked the middle class to pay more taxes instead of giving a tax cut to people earning more than $1 million a year it is like robin hood in reverse. it is romneyhood. >> the president referred to a recent report which claims that the mitt romney tax proposals will equate to a tax hike for the middle class. >> republicans say president obama's senior campaign adviser is behind the latest attacks. harry reid said mitt romney has not paid taxes in 10 years. he says there is an easy way to end the dispute. >> this whole controversy would be simple if the release his income taxes like everybody else. >> reid's source is an investor at bain capital. that is mitt romney's former company. he has released

>> rise and shine, washington. it's wednesday, august 1. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. we will check the weather first with adam caskey. >> similar to yesterday, high temperatures around 90 degrees. showers and thunderstorms off and on with heavy downpours. in martinsburg injoe picked joe picked up an inch and a quarter of rain. it is 68 degrees right now in manassas. some areas of rain in southern maryland now moving over the bay. partly cloudy tomorrow with highs in the low to mid 90's. now to lisa baden. >> everything was good on 95 between richmond and baltimore but there's been a collision in maryland on 95 northbound between the beltway and powder mill road and nobody is getting by. temporarily blocked with a crash in the calvert and area. southbound coming from baltimore towards washington, if everything is moving. -- temporarily blocked with a crash in the calverton area. >> the driver hit and killed a woman in herndon and did not stop. the woman was found in the 500 block of center street last night. john gonzalez has