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29 days and counting. there is less than a month to go in the race for the white house, and right now, both candidates are on the road. while the president campaigns in california, mitt romney spent sunday in florida before his major foreign policy speech in virginia today. nbcs tracie pots has more in washington. tracie, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, veronica, good morning. even with those jobs numbers that came out friday helping president obama, we are still seeing mitt romn...

29 days and counting. there is less than a month to go in the race for the white house, and right now, both candidates are on the road. while the president campaigns in california, mitt romney spent sunday in florida before his major foreign policy speech in virginia today. nbcs tracie pots has more in washington. tracie, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, veronica, good morning. even with those jobs numbers that came out friday helping president obama, we are still seeing mitt romn...

Changing any rules for elections. challengers say the law is outdated and unnecessary. a big lineup of cases that could change the landscape of civil rights in america. fr frances coe, nbc news. and now heres a look at some other stories making news early today in america. in maine, a group of strangers spring into action when an elderly woman drove her car into the portland harbor. the band of good samaritans pulled the 84-year-old out of her car moments before it sank. the woman is in stable...

we begin this morning with debate prep. president obama and his republican rival mitt romney are both getting ready for their first face to face presidential debate in denver wednesday night. romney is holding a rally in the mile-high city today, while the president gears up in nevada. nbcs tracie potts joins us from washington with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. we get an interesting perspective on this from john mccain, hes debated both the president and mitt romney...

we begin this morning with debate prep. president obama and his republican rival mitt romney are both getting ready for their first face to face presidential debate in denver wednesday night. romney is holding a rally in the mile-high city today, while the president gears up in nevada. nbcs tracie potts joins us from washington with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. we get an interesting perspective on this from john mccain, hes debated both the president and mitt romney...

>> good morning. im marla tellez. >> good morning, everybody. i am jon kelley. we are expecting key testimony in a san jose courtroom today from a man on trial for assaulting a retired priest. william lynch admits, yes, he did attack a priest but says it was all retaliation for the priest sexually assaulting him years ago. nbc bay areas christie smith is live in san jose with a look at everything going on in court today. kra christ christie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jon...

along florida panhandle beaches as waves pounded the shore. tropical storm warnings are in effect. forecast molds for debbys projected path vary greatly and fema is urging residents along the gulf to make preparations. >> you know, get water and batteries and flashlights and canned food maybe. >> current weather models suggest debby could grow to a category one hurricane before making landfall later this week. >> closer to home, a live look now of downtown baltimore. a lovely night. a ...

policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marry men, women marry women, and heterosexual, men and women marrying another, are entitled to the same exact rights. >> reporter: gay marriage is an emotional issue, and not necessarily a winning one for obama/biden. >> this is a potential big wedge issue within the african-american community, within working class whites. this is an issue that will mobilize the evangelical and the very conservative vote. >> reporter: just yes...

Welcome back. the countdown is under way to the start of the summer olympics in london. and today, we hit a milestone. the final preparations. frances coe reports. >> reporter: almost four years ago, beijing wowed the world with one of the most spectacular olympics. soon it will be time for london to shine. today marks 100 days to the start of the summer olympics in the british capital and u.s. athletes have been getting ready. allison felix is an owe him tick veteran and three time world 200 me...

today we begin with a growing sex scandal. u.s. government investigators are in columbia trying to piece together exactly what happened there when 20 alleged prostitutes were signed into the hotel rooms of president obamas secret service and advance military teams. nbcs tracie potts has the latest. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. those investigators are looking into the backgrounds of these women, theyre interviewing them and also doing steextensive bac underchec...