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so he and friends hitchhiked to a service station to get it fixed. as they approached the outskirts of the city, they ran out of gas. so they pushed the car up the hill, coasting into town just before the deadline. tom went on to win the race by a resounding 54 votes. there is no question there may have been some luck of the irish operating when it came to tom foley, as well as incredible stamina. what led him to make history as the first speaker of the house from west of the rockies was not luck. it was his hard work. his deep integrity. and is powerful intellect. as michael so eloquently and movingly stated, his ability to find common ground with his colleagues across the aisle. it was his personal decency that helped him bring stability and order to a congress that demanded most both, and still does. it brings me to a final point. at a time when our political system can seem more polarized and more divided than ever before, it can be tempting to see the possibility ....
good evening on this sunday night from boca raton, florida, where the presidential candidates will hold their final debate, right here tomorrow night. and a new poll tonight shows just how high takes this final debate will be. we ll get to that in a moment. but we re going to begin here with that mass shooting in wisconsin. that left three people dead and four more injured. this is the scene tonight, outside that spa near a crowded shopping ball. police and first responders flooding the area, putting them all on lockdown, searching for the gunman who slipped away for a time, but the ap reporting tonight that the gunman s body has been found inside that spa. abc s alex perez is there in brookfield, wisconsin, tonight with the latest. reporter: what started out like any other quiet sunday morning in suburban milwaukee, within minutes, turned deadly. 11:00 a.m., the azana spa had just opened for the day. customers already filing in, for peticures and manicures, when a ma ....
history. later if it is monday morning, time for the weekly look at all the nfl action. we will tell you how our picks and yours did. week seven. week seven already. flying by. first, president obama and governor romney have battled to a draw. that s right. a new poll of likely voters shows the presidential race is an absolute dead heat. a nail biter. one mistake can make all the difference. candidates are preparing feverishly for tonight s final debate. abc s david kerley reports on the debate with just 15 days to go. reporter: taking a break from debate preparation, mitt romney flipped a coin for a football game between his staff and reporters who were still asking questions. would you be open to one-on-one talks with iran? reporter: no answer on the report that iranians are ready to talk directly to the u.s. about its nuclear program. one republican called it an iranian ploy. as to iran they have quadruple uranium to make a bomb before obama got in ....
the goal for today s event was to raise awareness about safety in the neighborhood, and to raise funds for the maslin family to the tune of $20,000. this is not only the greatest city in the world, this is the greatest neighborhood in america. reporter: d.c. councilman tommy wells hosting the festival. fun and games, information booths, a beer garden and bake sale with proceeds benefiting the maslin family. on august 18th, a young husband and father tc maslin was robbed, attacked and left for dead. he was hit with the butt of a bb gun and baseball bat and suffered severe brain trauma. fair doesn t begin to describe it. their lives have been forever changed. we are going to lose all the things we ve worked so hard for for years and years. it s devastating. it s completely devastating. it s hard to reimagine the future when we thought, you know, at this time right now we would be looking forward to having another baby, and moving on with our lives. now we re kin ....
battle lines are being drawn between likely general election rivals hillary clinton and donald trump but it is not just battle lines between trump and clinton. there is still a war waging between trump and factions of his own party. the presumptive republican nominee is starting to shop for running mates and some republicans are also shopping for someone else. a plan c to run against donald trump and hillary clinton. one popular republican senator is now even openly calling for a let s begin with cnn s phil mattingly. he is in columbus, ohio, for us to emergency. good morning, phil. reporter: good morning, john. even before john kasich announced just about three miles away from right here in columbus that he was no longer in the republican race, the never trump movement has been pinging around questions, what do they do next? now, this suspect a group that is completely unified, but they do have conversations and sources in multiple factions of the groups have said ....