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Civilian world. and that's, that is huge, huge to me. >> reporter: joe has a baby boy on the way. he is going to school full time and hopes to open a guitar store when he graduates, uma. uma: that is good news. a success story indeed. thank you very much, rick. jon: great story there. crews are making progress against a massive wildfire in northern california. dozens of homes already gone. hundreds more still in danger. we'll get you very latest from the fire lines next. plus the obama campaign take as no-holds-barred approach to congressman ryan's medicare plan but how do the attacks match up...

Privatizing the system and causing seniors thousands of dollars a year. does that acquisition match up with the facts? jim angle is live in washington with a look. >> hello, john. what president obama has made clear is that president obama will target the medicare plan. even though it has bipartisan support. the ryan land would affect no 155 and over. in 2023, it would allow private insurance to bid for seniors health insurance business, alongside traditional medicare. president obama argues that will destroy the program. >> their plan would put medicare on track to be ended as we know it. it ...

Shakes out. jon: taking another look at paul ryan's impact on the race, this from a wall street journal/nbc news poll, whether voters were asked whether it would, his addition to the ticket would affect their vote, or inclination to vote for governor romney, 22% said make more likely to vote. 23% said less likely. 54% said doesn't affect things either way. you can't make it much more even than that, matt, i guess. your point is that, voters are going to learn more about paul ryan and, like him more as the campaign goes on? >> i think we'll see that. but, i also think we're going to see, what r...

Strengthen again into a hurricane, by monday morning. there is miami. there is tampa. even if tampa doesn't take a direct hit from this storm, we're going to be dealing with flooding issues. wind as well as risk for tornados as a landfalling tropical system will typically bring. a quick look at tropical storm models, in agreement over the next several days. they diverge a little bit. all eyes on florida as we head for that very big week, the republican national convention, jon. back to you. jon: florida in the bull's-eye it looks like, doesn't it? >> absolutely. jon: not good. janice dean, kee...

Opponent. we're about opposite on all things. she is in favor of obamacare. i voted 30 times against obamacare. and she is also strongly pro-abortion and i'm pro-life. i think that contrast gives us a basis to win this and i'm planning to win it. uma: peter doocy is joining us live from washington with more on all this. peter? >> reporter: congressman akin is not stepping down right now because he said the people of missouri picked him as their candidate and he doesn't think it is right for party bosses to override those voters. >> i don't know the future but i do know this. i knew that the pa...