capitalize on any points scored in last night s presidential debate. nicole collins is live on capitol hill to tell us more about what happened last night. good morning to you, nicole. reporter: good morning, allison and tony. last night s debate was not full of zingers as it was expected to be. all of the attacks were squarely focused on policy. the candidates were cordial, but mitt romney s aggressive approach appeared to put president obama on defense. going forward with the status quo is not going to cut it for the american people who are struggling today. reporter: when i when i walked into the oval office, i had more than a trillion dollar deficit greeting me and we know where it came from. reporter: the debate, held at the university of denver was respectful and devoid of any major entertaining moments. it focused on tense domestic issues like taxes, social security and medicare and the role of the federal government. the president said romney s ideas are not
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welcome to early edition of morning news. it s august 12th, 2012. it feels awesome outside. kim martucci is in the weather center. i love what i see. check out the number in cumberland. that s 61 degrees. that s what you re waking up to this morning. we have some 70s on the map for now. 64 right now in leesburg over in loudon county. 66 with sunshine. any showers should state out on the delmarva today. 88 degrees will feel nice and comfortable with lower humidity. more to come in my extended forecast. back to you. new this morning details are emerging about how mitt romney chose paul ryan as his running mate. a long time romney aide beth myers was the manager. the team created a short list on may 1st. romney made the decision to select ryan on august 1st. they were originally going to announce the pick on friday. but ryan attended a memorial service for those killed in the sikh item le pl massacre. mitt romney and paul ryan added a visit to ryan s home state team ki
until 9:00 in many areas around the immediate metro. right now, the temps, you see 38 luray. that s why they ve canceled the advisory. winchester still 32. gaithersburg 29. manassas at 30. live doppler 9000 hd, a little drizzle around the i-95 corridor being picked up. other areas might see a little drizzle or mist. and fog before i go. check the visibilities. westminster down to zero. quarter mile gaithersburg and half-mile in manassas, gaithersburg and hagerstown. for an update on traffic, here s monika samtani. well, again, the big story of the morning will be the patchy dense fog and also icy conditions, especially on the lesser-traveled roadways. give yourself the extra time you may need to deal with that. downed wires blocking the ramp from the inner loop of the beltway to get on to northbound route 202. crews are on the scene there. they ve told us they re working on the problem. go ahead and use route 50 inbound as your alternate route. the loop is blocked off right
and northern virginia. crews got an early start pretreating the roads and making last-minute preparations before the first flakes fall. news 4 s shomari stone is in fairfax. reporter: we re here at fairfax circle on route 50. as you can see over my left shoulder this is a main roadway leading to other routes. right over here you can see on the roadway here on route 50 those white lines. this roadway is pretreated along with others throughout virginia. v dot says they are prepared for tonight s weather. right now they have closed the salt domes and plan to reopen them tonight before the possible snow, sleet, or freezing rain hits. v dot tells us they will first target the potential trouble areas such as maybe some bridges along with on and off ramps. drivers are advised to be prepared for slippery roads and it might be hard to see while you drive. v dot says they pretreated the interstates. they have 600 trucks and will bring out more tonight when it s needed. sure, with t