outside. it is nice tonight, but changes are on the way for your weekend. thanks for joining us tonight. i m shawn yancy. i m brian bolter. we ll begin with the deadly meningitis outbreak. five people have died, dozens are sick in six states including maryland and virginia. investigators are warning hundreds, maybe even thousands of others may be at risk. bob barnard is working this story tonight. that s because of 17,000 vials of the contaminated steroids have been sent to 27 facilities. five in two state are reported to be sick with flu-like symptoms. it s a fungal, not a viral or bacterial form of meningitis that attacks the brain lining and spinal cord now linked to five deaths, 30 others sickened. most of the cases are in tennessee, but there are others in florida, indiana, north carolina and, yes, maryland and virginia. all the infected patients received steroid injections to treat back pain. it s very important for your listening audience to know that this me
good evening. they now estimate over 67 million of us watched the debate in denver last night and what people saw was a highly energized, motivated and combative mitt romney sharing the stage with a subdued and lackluster president obama. what they saw was mitt romney on his way over the course of 90 minutes to scoring a clear and consensus victory in what will be the first of three meetings. for romney, today felt like a new chapter. here s a look at the crowd waiting for him tonight in virginia. while the president today said some things he was expected to say on the stanl last night. we begin our coverage with andrea mitchell. good evening. good evening. the president showed up today armed with attack lines against mitt romney a day late. trying to regain his footing after a rocky debate performance, the president today seemed everything he was not last night. the man on stage last night, he does not want to be held accountable for the real mitt romn romney s decisions
mitt romney is riding high. even made a surprise stop at conservative political action conference. his big night seems to be paying off. his press secretary much of that money is going to be spent right here in virginia. we are looking forward to the debate, it is a week from tonight. people expect plenty of fireworks. battleground virginia is getting a lot of attention. it starts tonight with mitt romney and paul ryan. mitt romney will hold a rally tomorrow. the president will be in vienna, va. tomorrow. monday, governor romney is back with a speech in lexington, virginia. our coverage of the day after nhe debate continues o wjla.com. we have local reaction. what you thought as the debate on with their instant reaction and the latest updates from the campaign trail. police said the together a they believehe man salted five women in springfield a sketch of the believed us all to five women in springfield. on last two attacks happened hidden avenue. e other three in th
join the panel today. nicki minaj and mariah carey reportedly having a little tiff. we ll ask them what they think about that. it s kind of like kathie lee and hoda. then, we re going to tackle the ever raising cost of raising children. it can cost more than $230,000 to raise a child up to age 17 and that is not including college. that is staggering when you think about it. at least they re appreciative the whole time. not. we re going to have advice for parents. i m sorry. you have lovely children. i do. why did you say that? they re cute. come on. there s therapy involved, that s going to add to the cost. there is school. coming up, we ve got the eighth best beauty products according to allure magazine. a list of the breakthrough beauty award winners. david s going to get his shopping bag out. before we get to all that, we ll get to natalie morales at the news desk with more. good morning, savannah, david, and al. good morning, everyone. the presiden
easing a bit but loading near 630 courthouse. more delays as you head past the prince william parkway across the okay quan. in springfield lanes open 395 northbound where we ve seen volume delays past landmark. pace is good to the 14th street bridge. route 4, 210, corridors open. your next timesaver traffic at 6:12. back to you. thank you, beverly. the first of three presidential debates is done. one of the hot topics between president obama and governor mitt romney health care and medicare. indeed. kristin fisher tracking the debate for us this morning. she s live in the satellite center trying to break it all down. these are complex issues. reporter: good morning. this debate was so focused on the economy that it took the candidates 45 minutes before they ever mentioned the words health care. but when they did, it was certainly one ever the more memorable exchanges of the night. lively exchanges of the night. at one point mitt romney told the president point blank t