ed henry williamsburg, virginia. the white house still answering the vice president's comments from last week, ed's. >> that's right, shep. on friday they tried to clarify by saying look, all the vice president meant was when he said "we didn't know about more security requests in libya. "he meant the president and vice president. not the rest of the administration. that put some of the president's top advisors on the sunday talk shows on defense yesterday. and it led some of mitt romney's advisors to suggest that maybe what the vice president really was doing was throwing the secretary of state under the bus. take a listen. >> there is no doubt that some of these matters went into the security department at the state security agency at the state department. but it didn't come to the white house. that's what the vice president was responding to. >> we, generally means your administration. when you are talking as the president or the vice president of the united states including your state department. what we have bee

let's bring in correspondent nancy cordes with the president in williamsburg, virginia, where he's preparing. nancy, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, jim. and polls taken this week also show governor romney pulling even in colorado and virginia. so the obama campaign has cleared the president's schedule the next three days. he is here doing debate prep, and that's about it, a shift from the way he spent his time before the first debate. after a short 20-minute flight from andrews air force base, the president headed to this upscale golf resort along the james river, though aides say he likely won't be hitting the links, unlike in nevada where the president prepared for his first debate, there will be no rallies, eernght, leaving more time for mock debates after an uneven performinance denver. governor romney and his top aides held a practice session this morning at a hotel in columbus, ohio, before head toig a rally with 3500 supporters who cheered when romney brought up the first debate. >> i had a debate about a week ago. i enjoyed that a great deal. i have to be honest. cho

thank you, sir. >>> president obama prepping for tuesday's debate in williamsburg, virginia. supporters have popped up just down the street. is this more than just a coincidence? joining me from chicago, brent coleburn. brent, good afternoon to you, sir. >> good afternoon to you, craig. >> before we talk about tuesday's debate, after vice president joe biden's performance, is the president doing anything different for the second debate he didn't do the first time around? >> the president is down in williamsburg, home of my alma mater getting ready, getting prepa prepared. he's going to look at the last performance, he's going to look at his performance and how mitt romney did. the one thing i think you're going to see is a candidate who's ready to come in and call mitt romney on his -- as the vice president said, malarky. somebody who's going to make sure the facts are straight. if mitt romney shows up like he did in denver and change what he's selling to the american people and walk away from some of the extreme positions he's had over the last two years, the president is go

really, truly, i am over here in the williamsburg office. they have been telling me about some of the great folks that have been doing great work. i know that you ran chuck have been working so hard. i wanted to thank you for the great work. we are going to do that and then we are going to keep pushing hard through the last three weeks. thank you enough for everything that you do. i hope i get a chance to meet you in person some time. what you do is the bedrock of this campaign. it makes it happen. you know i will. take care of yourself. it is going great. are you guys -- it is a beautiful area, is it not? >> and this is not about governor bush, it is not about me, it is about you. if you want somebody that believes that we were better off eight years ago than we are now and we should go back to the kind of policies we have back then, emphasizing tax cuts, mainly for the wealthy, here is your man. if you want somebody that will fight for you and middle-class tax cuts, and i am your man. i want to be. i doubt anybody here makes more than $330

. >> reporter: president obama will be tucked away in williamsburg this weekend as he fine-tunes his speaking points for a debate on tuesday. as for mitt romney he'll be looking for a repeat of his last debate performance which gave him a boost in ratings pinning the two in a neck and neck race in recent polls. i'm ken molestina, 9 news now. >> historically no republican has ever won the presidential election without winning the state of ohio. >>> two f-16 fighter jets intercepted two planes flying in an oa restricted area over williamsburg, virginia, during president obama's visit there. the planes were spotted within 15 minutes of each other. both were escorted out of that restricted area and allowed to continue their flights. >>> an obama campaign office has been hit by a bullet. >> reporter: the happened friday afternoon at the campaign office in downtown denver. people say several people were inside the office at the time. nobody was hurt. tonight, investigators are reviewing video from surveillance cameras to try and determine just who fired that shot. >>> two women are hospita

nancy cordes is with the obama campaign in williamsburg, virginia.ter: good morning, again to all of you. obama campaign officials are working very hard to send the signal that the president is buckling down here in williamsburg, taking debate prep more seriously than he did the first time around when he now famously called it a drag. he's holed up at a large sprawling golf resort here in williamsburg but he's not hitting the links. in fact officials tell us the only thing he's doing besides studying, eating, sleeping and hitting the gym. he emerged yesterday for about a half the hour visit a local campaign office and drop-off some pizzas but then back to the books. that was a big change from two weeks ago when he was preparing for the first debate. he went sightseeing to the hoover dam. he held a big rally in vegas. none of that this time, a sign of how seriously the campaign is taking this debate, how worried they are, in fact, after polls showed him losing ground in so many battleground states. here's another big change you guys. you might remembe

president obama spent the day at a resort in williamsburg, virginia.s promised to be more aggressive in refuting romney's claims but political analysts warn because voters will be asking the questions, being too aggressive could be seen as a negative. >>it's a very difficult format to prepare for. >> reporter: despite the town hall format, the moderator for tonight's debate has promised to take an active role and that has both campaigns concerned. >> this will be a different president come tuesday. >> reporter: candy crowley says she plans to ask follow-up questions if the candidates fail to answer the original question or if there needs to be a clarification. but when the campaigns agree to the debate, they came to a mutual agreement that the moderator would not ask new questions or raise new topics. both campaigns voiced concerns about crowley's plans

he's been hold up at a williamsburg, virginia resort studying. this time aides say things will be different. prior to the first debate in denver, the president held a campaign rally and took a field trip to hoover dam. when asked how his preparations were coming along? >> it's a drag. they're making me do my homework. >> reporter: but had a different answer when asked the same question on sunday. >> it's going great. >> reporter: the obama campaign says the president knows he has to do better this time. >> no one is a harsher critic than the president is of himself. he viewed the tape. i think he's going to make some adjustments on tuesday. i'm not going to get into detail about strategic changes that he might make but i just encourage you to watch. >> reporter: mitt romney's campaign believes the first debate could not have gone better. he's made gains in the polls and appears to have reenergized his base. >> i think the wind is at governor romney's back. there's clearly momentum. you can see it on the the trail. you can see it in the data. >> r

the president has been holed up at a resort in williamsburg, virginia. mitt romney has in new challenge. >> expectations are higher in this debate than they were the first one and he's got to come out and maintain the momentum he had in the first debate. >> tomorrow's debate happens in.org and will be in a town hall format featuring questions from undecided voters. see it live tomorrow night at 6:00 on cbs 5. >>> former senator afterlearn specter has died. he switched to the democratic party in 2009 and lost in the primary. he was 82 years old. also be there. he's heading a state department review of security in benghazi. in your world this morning: families of 9-11 victims wil have a chance to watch hears in cuba for men charged wite attacks. >>> families of 9/11 victims will have a chance to watch hearings in cuba for the attackers and families can see them in forts in new jersey, massachusetts, maryland and brooklyn. >>> the captain at the helm of the costa concordia is going before a judge today. he could be facing charges of manslaughter and abandon

ed henry is live in williamsburg, virginia. how are they doing on prep, ed? >> well, jamey, they are hunkered down here in williamsburg. beautiful weather. it's a battleground state so the president gets a chance to be here, get in the local market, maybe help turn out the vote. he's at the kings mill resort near clone natural williamsburg, a very beautiful place. he's trying to figure out how to step things up. he's under a lot of pressure for not really showing up the first debate, not showing the passion his supporters believe he could bring to the debate. the kind of passion president obama biden brought against paul ryan on thursday night. there's a lot at stake. you see gov. romney surging in a lot of these key battleground weather virginia or ohio. they know the president has to come up big. and david actionling rod is suggesting the president may take a more aggressive tone tuesday night. take a listen. >> i think he's going to be aggressive in making the case for his view of where we should go as a country and a country that's built around a growing,

he is preparing right now at a resort in williamsburg, virginia. he visited campaign volunteers nearby yesterday. mitt romney, meanwhile, is practicing in boston. he made just a brief appearance yesterday as he and his wife headed to church. the president's campaign says you can expect a different tone tomorrow night. romney's aides say that won't matter. >>> and this is your last chance to register to vote if you haven't done so already. in fact, today is the deadline to register in virginia. maryland voters have until tomorrow, and the same goes for people in west virginia. in the district, the deadline has already passed register by mail, but you can still register in person. you'll have to do it at a public library, firehouse, or police station. >>> the losing streak at fedex field is officially over. after eight loss ins a row, the redskins finally get their win at home with a big thanks in part to the defense. >> stepping up, and the ball is knocked loose. it's picked up by loreo alexander. >> second quarter with the skins up by one, lorenzo

president obama is spending williamsburg, preparing for tomorrow's debate. but as president biden's campaign later today in reno and las vegas. the job market continues to open veterans.itary big job cuts happening in the industry. >> let's get to ellen braitman .nd linda bell electronics suffering. pc demand is waning. cuts are set to happen in the next few weeks. looking companies are to hire, and especially the younger military veterans. morgan and lockheed martin of hiring 100,000 veterans by 2020. general electric is expected to announce its plan to hire later on today. microsoft is rolling out a music week.e this and a japanese company is a huge stake in sprint. stories in the next hour. , ellen braitman at bloomberg headquarters in new york. >> it is 64 degrees. a much more to come. remembering a senator who worked h sides of the aisle. >> the case of meningitis a >> good morning. i meteorologist jacqui jeras. especially of to the west. the rain still holding off along the 79 corridor. it will be creeping in a long 81 hours from now. i think we will s

. >> harris: chief white house correspondent ed henry is live for us in williamsburg, virginia, and we know the president haz been focused on debate prep the last couple of days, but you have new details how things are going. >> yeah, he tried to get out a little bitty guess, maybe cooped up at the resort in williamsburg and delivered pizza to the campaign office here, in virginia, can't forget it's a battle ground state. trying to sort of fire up the volunteers and get the base going, yes. he focused much more on what's going on behind closed doors and he's doing a lot of reading and looking at videotape, and of the first debate and also congressman paul ryan and mitt romney what they said on the stump and both debates and vice-presidential and presidential debate and what they're trying to get the president to be more like vice-president biden. if you listen to the advisors, they want to see more passion and step up in a way in which he did not in denver. take a listen. >> you'll see the president, as forceful, passionate, energetic, tone that demonstrates the choice that we have in

the president has spent the weekend at debate boot camp in williamsburg, virginia.s second debate at hofstra university in new york. the president trying to bounce back from that first performance in denver. he follows that by hitting the campaign trail the next day with stops in cedar rapids, iowa, and athens, ohio, then manchester, new hampshire on thursday. >> reporter: i'm paul steinhauser. mitt romney spents parts of monday and tuesday getting already for tut night's big showdown with president obama. but he also pow wows tomorrow with top donors and aides at a campaign summit in new york city. two days after the debate, romney again shares the spotlight with the president as they follow tradition and both attend the al smith dinner in new york city. >>> i'm poppy harlow in new york. coming up, a jam-packed week on wall street. we'll get some critical housing reports, including existing home sales in september. hopefully we will see continuing signs of improvement in the housing market. also on tap, september retail sales data that will come out as well as key

president obama arriving in williamsburg, virginia, on saturday where he will sharpen his execution after a lackluster first debate with mitt romney. meanwhile, several miles away, the massachusetts governor rallied supporters. he said the president needs to deliver a stronger performance on tuesday. >> tell the story about his accomplishments and vision for the next four years. it is a winning strategy. >> campaign officials acknowledged they need to make adjustments but will not give specifics except to say mr. obama will continue to spar with john kerry and study materials. unlike his first debate camp in nevada which included a public rally, there are no public events on his schedule this time. >> by showing he is not on the campaign trail, he is doing prep and taking it seriously. he knows this is another defining moment in the race. >> a reinvigorated mitt romney was on the trail saturday campaigning in must win ohio where he tried to erode the president's lead by criticizing the china policy, an issue that resonates with the autoworkers in the state. >> the president has failed to,

within the hour, president obama is scheduled to land in newport, virginia, he's on his way to williamsburg where he's preparing for tuesday. he used the radio and internet address to focus on the economy, touting the impact of the bailout. >> to let detroit go bankrupt. i bet on american work and ingenuity and three years later that bet is paying off in a big kwa. today auto sales are higher thain even about been in three years. gm is back. ford and chrysler are growing again. we've created a quart ore of a a million new jobs right here in america. >> mitt romney holding a rally in ohio. this hour. it's about to get under way. in fact, we're going get a live update from the campaign trail in just a moment. in their weekly address, republicans also talking about the economy. it was delivered by oklahoma congressional candidate mark wayne mullet. >> he gets it. republican majority in the house has passed several bipartisan common sense proposals to address regulation that hurts jobs. >>> meanwhile police in colorado are investigating a shooting at president obama's denver campaign office. of

came out to hear the tibetan spiritual leader yesterday at the college of william and mary in williamsburge nobel peace prize winner talk about the unintended consequences of violence and the need to be compassionate to others. >> prince george's county native sugar ray leonard will be back in his hometown today unveiling plans to expand the sugar ray leonard boxing center in palmer park by creating more educational opportunities for local children. it will include anti-bullying and michelle obama's "let's move" campaign, and literacy promotion. it's 48 degrees on this thursday morning. >> beyonce does not think she's irreplaceable. find out why she is handing over the starring role in the remake >> thursday morning. it is a cool start to the day but it's going to be cool the next couple days with a little warming by the end of the weekend on sunday, putting us a few degrees above average. we will be back down below average today. 49 in arlington, 45 and starling -- sterling. 51 in camp springs, 47 in lanham, maryland. mostly sunny today, high temperatures in the low 60's today. 62 degrees

and he is in williamsburg, virginia.s under particular pressure to do well after getting harsh reviews in the first faceoff last week. the town hall style debate will be hosted by our own candy crowley. >>> the race is extremely close right now. the new cnn poll of polls shows romney with a two-point lead nationally over president barack obama, and here's the latest polling out of ohio. it shows president obama with a three-point lead. >>> as president barack obama has visited ohio more than 20 times and most of those stops have been this year, mitt romney and paul ryan are there again this weekend as john shows us it is the battleground of the battleground states. and ohio's working moms could be the key to victory. >> the lights still on past midnight. another 20-hour day for jessica. >> i'm a single mom of a 5-year-old little girl who is fantastic. i work full time. and go to school full time. so my day usually starts around 4:45 in the morning, and ends close to 1:00 a.m. you do what you have to do in this economy. >

. >> after his address, president obama boarded air force one headed to williamsburg, va.. it will spend the rest of the weekend they're preparing for tuesday's town hall style debate in new york. keep up with the race with our decision 2012 smartphone app. just search for election 2012 on your smartphone and tablets. another maryland your -- marylander has come down with meningitis. is related to the nationwide outbreak stemming from tainted steroids made and distributed by a massachusetts specialty pharmacy. 15 people have died, including one person here in maryland. dozens turnout for the perry hall high school shooting victim and it is one of for the record books. why this year's marathon prove to be historic. and just ahead, the road trip for the >> the baltimore blast kicked off its goals for daniel program. the soccer marathon will help karo -- will help cover medical expenses for 15-year-old daniel borowy. the fund-raiser includes six on six soccer games between last players and participants in community programs. >> people were just showing up to donate. >> daniel%

practicing at a williamsburg. republican nominee mitt romney practicing in boston. a new washington post poll the candidates are locked in a dead heat nationally. only one in eight voters at point still say they're undecided. >> are partners at "politico have released a new poll that of life for signs the romney campaign. romney leaves 50% to 48% in states including virginia and ohio among likely voters. three-quarters of those who d the first debate said that romney was the winner. regardless, 53% of voters still the president will win reelection. from 61%.n >> if you are not registered to vote, today is the final day for residents ifd.c. to vote in the november election. register in person at local election office or by mail. and october 15 postmark is the only application that will be acceptable. >> people on both sides of the aisle remembering former pennsylvania senator arlen after a battleed yesterday. during his three decades in the wh he was, wo was often with fellow republicans. parties late in his career. he was 82 years old. often at odds with. this fello

. >> the president has been preparing at williamsburg virginia making just a brief appearance. >> reporterhis advisers say he will be more aggressive hitting back and at times hitting back at bane capital and more intent on fact checking. >> the president can change his style, he can change his tactics, he can't change his record and his policies. >> the town hall format can keep them from being overly aggressive. >> it is hard to be over heated when answering a question from a nice young woman a nice old man whoever asks a town hall question. >> there is just three weeks until the election. >> reporter: and tonight it goes to the best who connects with the audience. >> on our website www.ktvu.com if you can't get to the television, it starts at 6:00 and a special addition of ktvu channel 2 news will immediately follow the debate. >>> u.s. senator george mitchel's talks about the san bruno pipeline. >> he is known for investigate steroid use and now he is serving as talks and pg&e who is responsible. they say media talks are the best way to resolve the case and bring closure to the people

as you said earlier, he's down in williamsburg doing prep. he'll come ready. come ready to debate with mitt romney and again, and make sure he calls him when he deviates from the facts. >> patti ann: brent cool burn, thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much. >> patti ann: don't forget, fox news is your election headquarters. the only place to watch that second presidential debate will be live in our full coverage begins at 8:55 p.m. eastern time this tuesday. >> gregg: fox extreme weather out there. parts of the central plains are on high alert. a significant threat for severe weather, including tornadoes from wisconsin all the way down through texas. meteorologist maria molina following it live in the extreme weather center. hi. >> hey. we're already starting to see some of that severe weather firing up. the first tornado issued in the last hour. that was for has dco county. that could have produced a tornado that warning has expired at the top of the hour. we do have more storms rolling through portions of the great lakes, in through parts of mo in a

at williamsburg, virginia, obviously, he wants to win virginia again as he did in 2008. but we don't expect to see him publicly today, he is hunkering down with his debate team, as you mentioned. romney is holding two events in ohio today. around that, don, he is also meeting up with his debate advisers and did some debate prep this morning. he will be returning back to boston later on tonight to do some more preparations. >> i know that every time we come to you guys, it seems like you political guys, you and paul steinhauser, you have numbers. >> always polls, always polls, we live by the polls. >> what do you have? >> a little bit of a surprise, you may appreciate this run in arizona, of all places, you know that arizona is pretty much a republican state. no democratic president has gotten its vote except bill clinton in 1996. and that goes back to 1972. but we have a new poll from rocky mountain, a rocky mountain poll showing obama 42%, romney, 42% among all voters. that is surprising, because just a few weeks ago romney was ahead. we rate arizona as leaning romney,

president obama is preparing in williamsburg, virginia. mitt romney is in boston. obama campaign aides say the president has watched that first debate. they say he won't make the same mistakes again. >> i think he's going to be aggressive for making the case of his view of where we should go as a country. >> president can change his style. he can change his tactics. he can't change his record, and he can't change his policies, and that's what this election about. >> tomorrow night's town hall style debate will focus on domestic and foreign policy. the president will likely face questions about the white house's response to the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in libya last month. >>> if you haven't registered to vote yet, this week is your last chance. maryland voters will have until tomorrow, and the same goes for people in west virginia. in the district, the deadline has already passed to register by mail. you can still register in person. you'll have to do that at a public library, firehouse, or police station. >>> five minutes after the hour now. today lawma

the president is in williamsburg, virginia, coming off a lackluster performance earlier this month in denver. on the republican side, romney has a new challenge. >> expectations for him are higher in this debate than they were in the first debate and he's got to maintain the momentum he had coming out of the first debate. >> tomorrow's debate will be in new york and will be a town hall format featuring questions from undecided voters. see it live tuesday night at 6:00 here on cbs 5. >>> in san francisco, election officials plan to speed up the results of the race for supervisor. the first time preliminary voting will be made available on election night. previously they waited to make the election counts. >>> families of 9/11 victims will have a chance to watch hearings in cuba for men charged with the terrorist attacks, including the self- professed master mind of the attacks. the sessions are closed to the public but relatives can register to see the hearings at military forts in new jersey, massachusetts, maryland and brooklyn. >>> the 14-year-old pakistani girl shot in the head by

two romney is pressing for the debate in boston and the president is in williamsburg, virginia. >> it is going great. >> next showdown will be a townhall. the questions will come from the audience. democrats said president obama was too pass have any the first debate. campaign says that won't happen again. >> nobody is harsher critic than the president is of himself. i think he'll make adjustments on tuesday. >> rob portman has been romney's debate partner. >> she is going to come out swinging. he will have to compensate for a poor first debate. >> it could present challenges. neither candidate has held many events like this. >> both candidates have to tread lightly because if they are going on the offense too aggressively with each other, that can spill over into the audience and make them look too combative. >> so getting aggressive could be a tricky balancing act. >> can the question is, can he walk the tightrope and not cross the line. >> reporter: romney needs to reach out the audience and viewers at home. >> conventional wisdom that he is not as good as connecting with voters as

the president is preparing in williamsburg, virginia. this right here is a live picture from inside the debate hall, 22 days and counting, of course, until election day. >>> former pennsylvania senator arlen specter will be laid to rest tomorrow. he died yesterday of complications from non-hodgkins lymphoma after a long battle with cancer. he served five terms in the u.s. senate most as a moderate republican before switching parties at the end of his career. he was known as one of the true political wild cards. arlen specter was 82 years old. >>> after logging 123 million miles in space, the shuttle "endeavour" reached its final destination and arrived sunday at the california science center where it will soon go on display. it took more than two days to tow it from los angeles international airport over to that science center a. i 12-mile journey. >>> record-setting night for aaron rodders. he threw for a career six t.d. jakess as they handed the texans their first loss, that leaves only one perfect team in the nfl, the atlanta falcons.

ed henry is traveling with the president in williamsburg, ridge verge. we'll go first to carl cameron who is traveling with mitt romney in lebanon, ohio. hey, carl. >> hi. a huge crowd here. governor romney wrapped up his event. we're right in the middle of opportunity to debt non, historic part of the community. thousands of people in the street. you can't see him hitting -- you can see him hitting his stride, seeing polls surge. over the course of today, this is his third event. today both he and his running mate, paul ryan, in the buckeye state, separately campaigning, have been hitting the obama administration for china policies, specifically arguing that the president of the united states has not done enough to protect the u.s. economy from china's alleged currency manipulation and unfair trade practices. at each event today, mitt romney and paul ryan have been trying to thump mr. obama for his absence of leadership on this, they say. here is a sampling from earlier today at mr. romney's convenient in portsmouth, ohio. >> over the past several years

the president heads to williamsburg, virginia, today, to do a little debate prep. >>> mitt romney heads off for debate prep tonight, but first he and paul ryan have got a busy day of campaigning planned. he's spending another day in ohio speaking in lancaster. romney talked about how proud he was of the vice presidential choice and ryan's performance at the debate earlier this week. >> we got to watch this guy debate, and there was one person on the stage with thoughtfulness, who was respectful, who was steady and poised. there's one person on that stage you'd want to be with the there were a crisis and it's this man right here. >> romney and ryan are both in ohio today. this is the live picture from youngstown. paul ryan will be speaking there in just a few minutes from now. ohio is one of the key swing states for both romney and obama. both have spent a whole lot of time there talking to voters. so how are the voters receiving all that attention? cnn political editor paul steinhauser joining us now to talk about that. good morning to you what. is the story in ohio? >> reporter: ohio -

. >> i mentioned president obama is in williamsburg virginia tonight.e is also preparing to face governor romney on tuesday night. part of his practice includes mock exchanges with massachusetts senator john kerry who is playing the role of governor romney. chief white house correspondent ed henry is traveling with the the president. it sounded like some democrats think the vice president did a better job in his debate than the president. >> reporter: no doubt about it, harris. and there is fear in the obama camp that they are running out of time to sort of change the narrative on all of that. they are still confident the president can turn that momentum around. and you are right, vice president biden got some rave reviews from democrats in terms of making the case for the president's policies. the president is now holed up here at the kings mill resort in williamsburg virginia. it is a battleground state and enables him to sort of keep his name out here and get local media coverage in the critical state of virginia but also he is sort of holed up tryin

another training camp, debate camp for the next several days in williamsburg.iously choosing virginia like nevada before it as a swing state before he heads up to hofstra university to sit down or stand up this time with mitt romney. yes, his base is looking for him to add some pep, add some energy, add some edge to really improve upon his performance that he turned in that first debate. >> mike viqueira live at the white house, thank you. >> okay. >> today mitt romney campaigns in two battleground states, virginia and ohio. last night romney watched the debate in his hotel room in north carolina along with his debate partner senator rob portman. peter allen is traveling with the romney campaign. what is the campaign saying today about paul ryan's performance? >> we are going to hear from the candidate himself in a matter of minutes as he is prepared to speak to voters here in virginia, in the city of richmond specifically. advisors have been making it clear among the things we will hear from him today is an attack on what we heard from the vice president, spec

. >>> just minutes from now, the president will head from williamsburg, virginia en route to new yorkfor tonight's debate. he'll do a walk-through of the site. kristen welker has more on the president's preparations. >> reporter: president obama whether spend some time with his debate prep team here in williamsburg, virginia before heading off to new york this afternoon. once he arrives in new york, he will do a walk-through of the event site. and then he'll have some down time before tonight's debate begins. campaign aides say he is feeling energized and prepared for tonight's debate, but he also also knows that he has to deliver a more aggressive performance than that lackluster first debate. in fact sources close to the campaign say it is likely president obama will reference mitt romney's 47% comments. of course president obama did not reference those comments during the first debate and it's an omission that angered some of his supporters. the president also has to walk a fine line, though, because this is a town hall debate. so aides say he will be firm, but he will also be resp

he's doing some serious debate prep today at a resort in williamsburg, virginia.cary moments for volunteers working to reelect president obama to tell you about. police in denver say someone fired a single shot into an obama campaign office. well, luckily no one was hurt, but people were inside the office at the time. no one got a look at the suspect. but police say they do have a possible lead on a vehicle. a big security breach at the td bank. data tapes containing the personal information of 260,000 customers have been "misplaced." most of the people affected by this incident live in new england. a td bank spokesman says there's no evidence the information has been accessed or being misused in any way. affected customers have been offered free credit monitoring and identity theft protection. >>> thieves stole a whole bunch of new benjamins from the federal reserve. the fbi says thieves took a large amount of $100 bills headed for a federal facility in new jersey. the $100 bills have a special design not due out until next year. so the bills are very distinct. >

romney was in richmond today and the president heads to williamsburg tomorrow.ox 5's tom fitzgerald is following the campaign stops. >> of touching down in virginia -- touch down in virginia mitt romney firing up his -- touching down in virginia mitt romney firing up his supporters. >> he laid out our five-point plan to get this economy going and the other candidate just attacked. >> but after watching the debate on air force one the president emerged with a different winner. >> i thought joe biden was terrific tonight. i could not be prouder of him. i thought he made a very strong case. >> the polls differed. a cbs news poll said biden won 50% to ryan's 32%, but cnn's poll had ryan winning 50% to biden's 41% and much like the polls the candidates' styles also clashed. >> that's a bunch of marlakey. >> they got caught with their hands in the cookie jar. >> for an hour and a half the vice president brought bluster, big grins and verbal broadsides. >> what are they talking about? >> oh, my goodness, where did it come from? >> while paul ryan delivered a lawyerlike

the president is in williamsburg virginia, and romney is in massachusetts. be sure to stay with abc 7 complete coverage of the second presidential debate. we will bring it to you live on c-spanstarting at 9:00 p.m.. >> the number of people affected by the meningitis outbreak has reached 235. the death toll stands at 15. a 15th case was reported in maryland yesterday. several people in virginia have been effected. it has been linked to steroid shots used for back pain and into a specialty pharmacy and massachusetts. the medicine has been recalled. >> a deadly shooting at a house party in pasadena, maryland. police arrested two men, charged with killing one man and wounding another man sitting outside a house early yesterday morning. police are still investigating the shooting and are asking witnesses to come forward. >> three different fires in our area over the last 24 hours. one woman is in the hospital. dozens of others are without their home. the fires happened in maryland and in one case in apartment complex in brentwood is believed a space heater is to