day. saturday and sunday looks great. there s the rainshower activity. and the system that has been tht moving through here since yesterday at this hour. already cool and dry air starting to filter in. in you can see the shower activityc and north end of the beltway showers. we have additional showers thatt are going to be moving through v the areain, so not looking at te rainshowers, and scattered and showers in the forecast througho the rest of the day andre a lost clouds. you saw holly s log the winds ew are going to pick up as well. w. reagan national it s 66 atat reagan national, dulles 60 andln we re at 64 at bwi marshall. ma believe it or not, you ree looking at the high temperaturee for today. it s going to be in the cool col side. lots of clouds, winds will pick up and we will be cool. co a lot of sunshine for the week.. i will have details on that intt just a moment. a we will see traffic and findingd out about the roads and people getting in town. reporter: what
i love the fact that he wants to move forward. reporter: the romney campaign had its own choice words calling the president s speech a comedy routine in intended to divert attention from the economy. when you have no record to run on, you try and distract, divert and to attack the other side. that s clearly what his campaign has done all summer. and now through the fall, you see that again. reporter: even as the president rallied at george mason, a new poll said mitt romney gaining ground in virginia, getting 50% in the survey taken right after the last presidential debate. democratic congressman jerry connelly said he s not worried. we ve got a great ground game. the enthusiasm as you saw here today is very high. it s going to be a nail-biter, but i think we re prepared to win this state. mitt romney and his running mate, paul ryan, will appear together tonight at a bike rally down in daytona beach, florida. earlier today ryan toured a technology lab in south flori
first. currently 68 degrees. dulles 61 degrees. and 67 at bwi marshall. forecast today, enjoy. highs in the low 80s. low humidity, plenty of sunshine. we ll go 81 in washington. and 80 in leonardtown. close to perfect for today. details on the weekend. cool down by sunday. those details in a minute. back to you. topping our stories this morning, president obama is returning to the battleground state of virginia and he ll be in our area. the president is due to speak at a campaign rally at george mason university at 10:45 this morning. after he leaves fairfax county, he heads to another university in ohio. mr.obama will speak at cleveland state university this afternoon. meanwhile, republican nominee mitt romney is also in virginia again this morning. he ll be at a campaign event in washington county on the north carolina border. yesterday romney campaigned with country music legend trace atkins outside charlottesville. both meet for another debate in new york in a week an
how about the labor day holiday, how about the beaches and the nats game? i have all those details when i see you in a bit. thanks, kim. well, the rainy weather is set to throw a monkey wrench into all sorts of labor day plans as kim had mentioned. that includes the vj day ceremony at the world war ii memorial. that s where we find derrick ward. he is live with a report and derrick, did you take kim s advice and bring the umbrella along for the day? well, it might be a good idea to bring it along today. you may get drizzle, we may get a downpour. they re making plans. this ceremony will go on today because it s earlier and of course, you know, this is the labor day weekend, but there s another significant commemoration going on today and that is the commemoration of vj day. that s happening here at about 9:00, right about now here at the world war ii memorial. now, this indeed is vj day where we commemorate the victory in japan. it s day that commemorates the allied vic
they re cleaning up inside the forum, which is quiet and dark this morning. but last night it was really rocking in there, as mitt romney delivered his speech, talking about faith and family and his hopes of restoring america. it s official, mitt romney becomes the gop s presidential candidate. e rose, which he put on her bedside table. reporter: on politics he spared no expense, hammering away at president obama and the need for change. america has been patient. americans have supported this president in good faith. but today the time has come to turn the page. reporter: romney said unlike president obama he supports business. in america we support assess, not apologize for success. that newt is out there future is out there, waiting for us. reporter: rising stars like marco rubio america is a place where tomorrow is always better than yesterday. reporter: the surprise guest was revealed. clint eastwood is getting lots of attention. so mr. president, ho