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across iowa out of a truck. all but ignored in debates. teased about his sweater vests. but rick santorum won iowa. and ten more states. most in the south. emerging as the conservative alternative to mitt romney. >> miracle after miracle, this race was as improbable as any race that you will ever see for president. i want to thank god for that. >> reporter: but romney beat santorum in must-win midwest battlegrounds. michigan, ohio, illinois, wisconsin. he had many more delegates and more money. in a statement, romney called santorum able and worthy. they spoke. romney hoping for a sa...

tonight. dry, windy conditions are ideal for fires to start. jeff hager spoke with forest rangers today who are still monitoring one such fire in joplin. >> reporter: rangers and firefighters stopped the fire which scorched 18-acres in joppa but their work is far from over. >> you'll see smoke, things like that. right now it's all interior. our rangers will be back daily checking to make sure there's nothing on the fire line that could stoke up and start the fire again oar are within the last 48 hours this fishings coupled with separate fires in recount recount -- anne arundel and ce...

farther west in the highlands of west virginia we have had a few showers coming through there this morning. and right now around the region temperatures are actually a bit cooler. yes, indeed. feeling much better. refreshingly cooler and a little bit dryer. not quite as humid. mid-70s in washington. yesterday this time we were in the 80s. and as we look at what's been happening the last 12 hours the storms that we've had have settled down. there's the washington monument under a mostly clear sky. a few lingering clouds in the wake of the storms we have had. and our temperatures by 9:...

around the blue ridge, shenandoah valley, weather watchers happily report. closer to washington near 70 in prince george's county. montgomery, arlington, fairfax, low 70s. near 70 in parts of southern maryland, lower eastern shore. a refreshing change occurred overnight in the wake of the storms that kept half of us awake overnight. storms dissipated thankfully. just past 6:00, the sun is up in a partly cloudy to mostly cloudy sky. and the humidity has dropped a bit. by 9:00, back to near 80. by noon time, upper 80s and partly cloudy. by midafternoon, low 90s. a code orange for unhea...

and stonewall school has no class today. dominion power, 4200 without power, mostly in prince william and loudon counties. the storm that moved through our area tkpaeufs a little bit of "late show" this morning. this is time lapsed video from around 2:00 this morning. take a look at this. pretty dramatic as the capitol dome is bathed in the glow of spotlights with the rain and the lightning, pretty dramatic. very nice. is that going to bring us much cooler today, tom? >> it has cooled things down. overnight we got relief from the storms that came through. kept a lot of people awake...