administration will stand with the house against them. i tell you what, in the house, we already passed the bill to cut spending in other areas of government to make sure these devastating cuts in defense never occur so we don t put virginians out of work until we have a strong national defense. reporter: ryan stuck to broad themes and did not mention medicare or romney s tax returns, which dominated the campaign if recent days. instead, ryan turned the focus back on the economy, promising to cut taxes to create jobs. when we tax our job creators and our businesses at much higher tax rates than our foreign competitors tax theirs, they win, we lose. that s what obama-nomics is. we re going to reject obama-nomics and clean up this tax system, get this thing reformed and help small businesses and families grow and create jobs. reporter: but northern virginia democrats say a romney/ryan administration s tax policy would favor millionaire businessowners over the middle cla
as a member of the bronx bombers. unfortunately, not enough. orioles win 5-4. red sox with an opportunity to make up a game on the yanks and they take advantage of it. mr. laser show, justin pedroia, the league in the sixth. red sox beat the tigers 7-3. and the cubs expected to make moves before today s trading deadline, rumors doing the cu y cubbies well, bestball of the season. 14 runs on the pirates. win big 14-4 and won five of the last seven. alex rios with a blast to center. high, deep, not deep enough. denard span out of nowhere to make the catch at the wall. fast forward to the ninth. game tied 6-6. two on for jamie carroll. he needs to hit a sac fly. that s just what he does. incomes in the winning run. twinkies off with a 7-6 win. that s your first look at sports. i m mario sol heis.
we are going to begin with foreign controversies. after the first two stops in three countries caused more head scratching than high praise, mitt romney got an endorsement today. he wraps up with a speech in warsaw. brian mooar joins us from washington with more. reporter: mitt romney trying to send subtle messages about president obama but headlines are altogether different. in poland, mitt romney received the blessing of lek walessa. translator: be successful. thank you so much. reporter: instead of a focus of sweeping photo-opes, today, about his latest dustups. the republican candidate heaped praise on the israeli culture and economy. that deeply offended palestinians, already angry that romney declared jerusalem the israeli capital. this does not help those trying to protect and save lives in this region. reporter: this has allies and enemies back at home in full spin mode. i m sure governor romney was talking about was the israeli economy has grown and pro
negative advertising. for the first time, democratic party will include support for gay marriage in its official platform. delegates at the democratic party convention in charlotte, north carolina, in september, will formally approve the platform. it s unclear if the platform language will call for national action to legalize same-sex marriage. you probably remember in may, president obama said he personally supports gay marriage, but considers it a state issue, not a federal matter. now to colorado, where the suspect in the july 20th movie theater massacre that left 12 dead and wounded dozens more, back in court monday to face formal charges. the hearing didn t take long. but provided some insight into how prosecutors plan to move forward with this case. nbc s jay gray has details. reporter: the red dye in his hair looks to be growing out and james holmes more alert and responsive as he listened to the official charges read alone. 24 counts of first degree murder for t
walking the tracks to make sure all tracks are safe during this heat. metro has been trying to tackle the problem, but still it faces numerous escalator issues each day, even more so when it gets hot outside. you always see that number creep up when the weather gets hot. metal expands. it has an effect on the machines. reporter: monday there were issues at the foggy bottom metro. although these were not heat- related, customers were sure feeling the heat waiting to climb down this escalator out of service. quite annoying actually, but especially when it s so warm. it s not fun at the end of the day. heatwave coming this week, so basically it s going to be hell. reporter: but metro is taking steps before the heatwave arrives. overtime has been approved for elevator and escalator crews to fan out across the system so they can rush to any problem. also track inspectors will be deployed to make sure the rails are safe for travel. looking out for heat kinks. we ll be