he spoke at the northern virginia technology council in alexandria. right now, he is fighting off sexual harassment claims after two women allege that they received financial payouts from the national restaurant association. cain has denied any sexual harassment took place. last week, the other republican front-runner former massachusetts governor mitt romney made a campaign stop in northern virginia and he was joined by governor bob mcdonnell. >>> traffic relief could be coming to us because roads in fort belvoir in bethesda have increasingly gotten worse when the pentagon moved thousands of jobs to those spots. the department of defense has now given nearly $270 million to help keep us moving. surae chinn reports from bethesda. one of the routes is getting help. >> i can't get out of the street. >> delores knows just how the base realignment project has changed people's lives, including hers. she lives across the street from the new walter reed national military medical center in bethesda. >> your habits have change and so has everybody else on the

generally across parts of northern virginia. most of this moderate to heavy rain will be midday and into the middle of the afternoon. then we'll have those temperatures getting colder. sunrise at 7:05. sunset 4:47. by then we'll be back down into the 50s. by midnight tonight with a blustery wind, still a few lingering passing showers in the upper 40s. then a chilly start to wednesday morning, the 30s. afternoon highs tomorrow partly cloudy with a blustery wind only around 50. it's a rude reminder. yes, it is almost wintertime, and it's going to feel like that thursday, friday, saturday, as we get into december. each day chilly, only low to mid-50s. morning lows 30s. rain monday maybe. danella, how's traffic? >>> right now the roads are wet. so far not seeing too many problems for you. if you're traveling along 50 making your way from annapolis towards the beltway, i'll give you the travel speed. as you travel westbound, you're at 51 miles an hour past davidsonville. here's a live look at fairfax county parkway. 66 east and west,

light rain in the northern shenandoah valley and northern west virginia. that's eventually heading toward the metro area. it's a mild morning. right now it's near 60 from the mountains to the beaches and near 60 in the district of columbia and the nearby suburbs. we'll stay on the mild side through the morning hours to midday. with some lighter rain moving in this morning. by noontime through the middle of the afternoon, some of that moderate rain is coming through from time to time, getting chillier at sunset. sunset at 4:47. then the 40s by midnight. a lot of rain should have ended by then. chillier by dawn tomorrow. we'll look at that and the rest of the week and the weekend in ten minutes. >>> if you're taking the outer loop of the beltway at connecticut avenue h an accident taking away the right lane. looks clear now. traveling i-95 in virginia, you are start to go slow down around lorton and continue as you're heading north towards 395. that's where you're going to see congestion and delays. not seeing any accidents on i-95 in virginia north or south

mainly scattered about northern virginia right now. front royal light action moving to the northeast. 66 in arlington. even with that light sprinkle, 66 in leesburg. our average afternoon high is 59, and we were well above that this morning. another day near 60 degrees. more widespread and heavier tomorrow. we will let you know about it, coming up. >> herman cain doing some damage control today after flooding a foreign policy answer in an interview. he was asked about libya by the milwaukee -- al-awlaki dirty -- "milwaukee journal sentinel." >> libya -- no, that is a different one. >> his campaign says he was tired running on four hours of sleep. meanwhile, a man has come forward robert in the claims of one of the women who says she was harassed by herman cain. and the polls show that herman cain is slipping among the voters. a new candidate is on the rise. 22% of voters now say that newt gingrich is the likely choice of the nomination. that is within the margin of error. major cuts appear to be on the way at the university of maryland

in northern virginia, fairfax county board chair sharon bulova won a second term. >>> mississippi voters rejected a ballot initiative that would have declared life begins at conception. voters chose republican lt. governor phil bryant. he defeated democrat the first black mayor party candidate since reconstruction. >>> ohio voters rejected a new law that would restricted collective bargaining rights for public employee unions. it came after a campaign that pitted firefighters and teachers against the governor and other republican leaders. >>> we turn to the controversy surrounding republican presidential candidate herman cain. he held a news conference yesterday to deny allegations that he sexually harassed four women. we are learning the name of one of the peak users that lives in our area. john gonzalez has more. >>> this man who parked in the garage told us to leave the property and told us they have nothing toshe say. saying "that would be my preference that we go together in a joint press conference." >> they simply did not have been. >> a day after a fourth from and spoke of sexual

. >> police are looking into the possible sexual assault of a teenager near a northern virginia high-school. it was near the intersection of pioneer drive in springfield. a 19-year-old woman was walking in the area when she says she was insulted by a man. the man ran into lee high school but we are told the teenager is not a student there. police responded but were not able to find the suspect. rain soaking much of the region. we are bracing for possible storms in the region. adam caskey is watching it for us. >> there could be an isolated storms or two especially in southern maryland later on today. for the most part, off and on rain showers. widely scattered rain north of the metro especially. further south of the metro near stafford, that is where we have a badge of moderate to heavy rain moving in as we speak. showers for the rest of the day and even into tomorrow morning. we could see up to 2 inches in some spots. for the most part, temperatures in the low to mid 60's. >> thank you adam paid the mall opened up a new temporary center in northern virginia to help those who suffered losse

virginia of course people who live here in the out skirts of washington dc northern virginia, will they see any changes now because of the make up in richmond. >> yes i think so the whole state will see changes assuming that you know it all holds up the way it looks, the republicans will barely control the reorganization of the senate, which means they will have committee chairs, that they didn't have before, and a lot of those committee chairs have been northern virginia democrats the region, washington region, is going to lose influence in the state senate and i think more importantly, you know a lot of bills, pretty conservative legislations that came over from the house, will now get a full hearing in the senate and will go to the floor and so, more conservative legislation will come out of the legislature, it is still 20/20 not as big a win for republicans as they and many of us including me expected. >> maybe just enough though. >> looks like it is just enough. >> to hold the majority. >> to get control working control if not out right majority in senate. >> real quickly so many l

and that stretches down into northern virginia. this is advancing off to the northeast but it's shifting to the northeast. we may get moderate rain in the northwest. just a few sprinkles and drizzle and, yes, there's a little bit of snow here in the highland of west virginia. they could get a couple of inches here in some of the high spots. temperatures, they are beginning to drop. off into western maryland, it's down to 40 degrees now. panhandle of washington into montgomery county, it's in the mid 40s, mid and upper 40s as is loudoun and fairfax and prince william is in the upper 40s there. much of northern maryland, northern neck and eastern shore in the low 50s. sunrise will be at 6:53. so a dark and damp morning. we will have occasional showers all the way until, perhaps, early afternoon. and the winds, too, a bit blustery gusting around 25, 30 miles per hour. then by late in the afternoon, the cloud cover will break up and this evening, drong down into the mid 30s, mid 30s by midnight under a blustery wind. by this time tomor

farther to the west in western fairfax and parts of loudoun and much of northern virginia, it's right near the freezing mark as well as the shenandoah valley. and out in the mountain of western maryland and west virginia, it's a cold morning in the upper 20s to near freezing there. it's been clear. we've had a clear night, and we'll be having plenty of sunshine throughout the day today as high pressure moves in. sunrise not until 7:36. sunset at 6:07. by 9:00 into the mid-40s. lots of sun during the afternoon. may get into the low 60s briefly by midafternoon. a delightful autumn november day coming up. a look at your evening planner coming up in about ten minutes. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> traffic is looking good in our area. so far not a lot of congestion at all. no incidents to report. if you're taking 95, here's the view. seeing green in both directions if you're traveling north or south. taking a view at the fairfax county parkway. clear. not seeing any problems at all if you continue on to the springfield interchange, you're clear as well. if 270

lower southern maryland, northern virginia, you are seeing the back edge of the rain. moderate rain in calvert, mary's county, and in the northern neck of virginia. 52 degrees in leesburg, 48 in winchester. it is a transitional day. wide-ranging temperatures. those will fluctuate a lot throughout the day. travel problems early today likely will be in new england. this system will move out later today and especially for thanksgiving. there's a look at the wide view. the area of low pressure to our north west. a cold front will pass through our region later this morning and that will cause a few sprinkles this afternoon even. the wind will be picking up today. gusts up to 30. wind advisory store elevations want thousand feet and high era where there could be gusts up to 50 miles an hour. a beautiful banks giving all the way into the weekend with sunshine than and high temperatures around 60. >>> the commute looks kind of dicey. there's a lot of rain and road spray and ponding on the highway. vehicles going offutt road. northbound 95 in maryland is the latest accident bet

it's near freezing in much of northern virginia and maryland in our western northern suburbs. parts of montgomery county, fairfax county near the freezing mark. most locations as well as the mountains and southern maryland near the bay, it's in the mid and upper 30s there as well as the northern neck. and we have the november constellations inspect clear skies here. northern maine had almost nine inches of snow yesterday. and south of there, it was all rain. now that rain has exited so you don't have any travel problems up and down the atlantic seaboard today. there are travel problems getting to the west coast. san francisco up to portland and into seattle, they're getting a storm there that could be causing some flight delays. we'll have a bright and sunny thanksgiving day by 9:00 into the mid 40s and by noon time the mid 50s. by midafternoon, should be up near 60 degrees. then the groaning will begin. after that into the evening hours as we digest, we'll be down into the 40s. it's going to be a chilly evening under a clear sky. and by dawn on friday, another cold start. tom

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temperatures headed into the upper 30s now across much of northern virginia. zero chance for rain on your saturday. mostly sunny. mild, my three favorite weather words, delightful. 65 degrees for a high temperature today. i pushed the wrong button. penn state at wisconsin we'll have the rest of our college football forecast coming up. cold and wet and breezy for that one. >> thanks a lot, chuck. >>> looking at your top stories right now ark georgetown student arrested in egypt is on hi waz back to the u.s. derek sweeney will land in washington, d.c. this evening before catching a flight home to st. louis. sweeney and two other american students were accused of throwing fire bombs the charges against them were dropped because of a lack of evidence. >>> it was a wild 36 hours for shoppers as millions hit the stores for black friday. there were isolated incidents in california and new york, but it was mostly problem free everywhere else. financial experts say retailers made somewhere close to $30 billion in just the past 36 hours. >> police are looking for three

patchy dense fog in the rural areas of northern virginia, maryland and the mountains and around the bay and eastern shore. overnight we've had the showers moving west to east, right now getting light rain on the eastern shore, southern maryland, northern neck, but west it's cloudy and foggy, a few sprinkles around the blue ridge into the central shenandoah valley. over the next 48 hours, might have a few sprinkles this morning, perhaps this afternoon, a small chance of that. and then overnight tonight into tomorrow morning, after midnight, is when we have a greater chance for some showers off and on as well as during the day on tuesday, some maybe moderate showers coming through from time to time tomorrow. then as we get into wednesday, we'll have perhaps still some morning showers, but then we ought to be clearing out just in time for thanksgiving. here's how things are looking for this monday. we'll have our temperatures hold steady in the 50s throughout the day. maybe a few sprinkles this morning, just a very small chance this afternoon. sunrise 6:57. the sun set will be at 4:51. clo

those are areas of more moderate rain as well as the northern knock of virginia. temperatures all around much of the region are in the 40s. 48 at reagan national. it's in the low 50s, part of southern maryland, northern neck near the bay and the eastern shore. it's only near 40 out in western maryland and up in the ridges, it's getting cold enough for snow there. sunrise, 53 and occasional light showers until early afternoon. then it will quickly end. we have a blustery wind, too, gusting near 30 miles per hour. now into the afternoon, and a chilly day, we'll be down to near 40 and colder by tonight. a look at your evening planner at 6:41. danella, how is traffic? >> taking the rails on the west train, your delay is 45 minutes. train, 8:72. 15 minute delay. penn norp north train your delay 10 minutes. on the road, hitting the brakes, out at new hampshire avenue, i'll give you a travel time in that area. 17 minutes to get from i-95 to i-270. if you're traveling on i-95 through virginia at prince williams parkway, those delays will continue. it will take you 26 minu

. >> it's good news for northern virginia and scores of neighborhoods across the country. the airlines and plane manufactures are finding a new use for technology that has been around a while aiming to turn those friendly skies a bit quieter. >> reagan national airport averages 400 departures and landings a day. since the 1960s, flights taking off north from the airport are supposed to follow the potomac river out ten miles to the bridge. but some live west to the river claim virginia in particular say planes are not always following the river. >> the planes today are quieter than the planes of ten, twenty years ago. you can still hear them. last night at 11:30, it sounded like two planes flew right over my house. >> the faa says all flights into and out of reagan national need to avoid restricted air space to the east over washington. but don't believe air traffic controllers are letting pilots veer out of the noise of baitment zone early. >> generally we don't find that to be the case. our circumstances that require it, thunderstorms, weather avoidance, traffic, other ai

a few spots across northern virginia down below freezing with the sunshine coming out. s the going to be a very quick warmup today. temperatures near 50 by 10:00 this morning into the low and mid 60s during the afternoon. back into the upper 50s by 6:00 p.m. no rain for us to concern ourselves with for today or tomorrow. the rain drops that i'm keeping an eye on are moving through st. louis, missouri, that's part of a weather front which will impact our weather but not before we get a great weekend out. there's the deck of mid level clouds. those are not rainmaking clouds. it will be sunny and mild outside for today with a very light breeze out of the south and southwest courtesy of high pressure off the eastern seaboard. another chilly night tonight, more sunshine fading behind cloud coffer during the day tomorrow. we get into our future cast 6:00 monday morning. the rain sneaking back in. we could see rain drops as early as the commute into work monday. if you're not wet then, it will be raining in the afternoon. mid 60s on your saturday afternoon. with an increasing

schwab is also wanted for two bank robberies in northern virginia. these are surveillance pictures from one of the crimes in fairfax county. schwab is also wanted for an armed car jacking that happened in the tysons corner two parking lot. >>> a man accused of shooting at the white house is, indeed, competent to stand trial. that's the finding of dr. elizabeth teagarden of alexanderry ya, the court- appointed psychiatrist who evaluated oscar ortega hernandez for about 50 minutes. she said he understands what's going on in the courtroom and can help his own defense. despite her findings though, prosecutors want a more thorough psychiatric workdown to be performed. >>> gary giordano, the man accused of the disappearance of robyn gardner in aruba could be back home after being released by an aruban judge. he's the main suspect in the disappearance of robyn gardner. he's been in an aruban jail since august 5th. says gardner was swept out to sea while they were snorkeling. her body has not been found. giordano would have to be extradited back to aruba onc

mid 30s across northern virginia. 37 in culpepper. up into the panhandle of west virginia temperatures hovering in the low 30s this morning near the freezing mark now in winchester. cumberland, maryland, below freezing. nothing on the radar. we'll be completely dry all weekend long. it will be a sunny day today. temperatures thanks to this chilly start and northerly breeze going to stay on the cool side. highs in tupper 40s and low 50s. on the satellite picture clear skies in place. off to a cold start this morning. high pressure is in charge of our weekend all weekend long. bright and sunny a bit of a east a northeasterly wind out to the chesapeake bay. another relatively cold night tonight into early tomorrow morning. tomorrow once again the sunshine returns a little hint of a warming trend gets underway. so your forecast for today, mostly sunny, but chilly. breezing at times. northeast winds 8 to 18 miles per hour. breezier for you folks out towards huntingtown. if you're headed up to morgantown 45 degrees for the kick off. but on

as the evening went on the results came in and showed northern virginia democrats targeted seem to be holding on to that your seats. here now from a disappointed fairfax county gop chairman. >> you have to give the democrats credit the way they redistricted their senate seats. and they did make sure that it could withstand republican surge and republican energy and looks like that held up tonight. >> reporter: fairfax county democrats gathered on the other side of the county near fair oaks. they say that if the results we are seeing at this hour hold up, they will hold their ground. and will have fought off this gop challenge. >> the results hold up it is a good night for democrats tonight. republicans spent $5 million and the best they got out of it was apparently one seat. the state senate democrats continue to control the senate. and that's going to be a very important balance to state government. i think it is good news for democrats. >> reporter: now republicans did keep control of the house tonight. they needed two seats to gain control of the senate. three to get outright contr

much of northern virginia into west virginia. the mid and upper 20s right now. and southern maryland away from the waters too there, it's right near freezing as is the northern neck and eastern shore. we'll have the sunrise at 6:54. throughout the day today, we'll have sunshine. bright sparkling sunshine and a blue sky. 30s through the morning. by noontime mid-40s. ought to hit the mid and upper 40s by midafternoon. by late afternoon back down into the low 40s. it will quickly get cold again tonight. i'll show you the friday evening planner. that will be coming up in about ten minutes at 6:41. danella has a look at our morning traffic. >> good morning. >>> traveling 66 east as you ride slowly towards the sunrise. your delays start right around route 50, and they continue as you make your way towards the beltway. 66 east and west, not seeing any accidents. a little congestion as you travel east. inner loop of the beltway making your way towards college park, your volume is pretty light. outer loop as you make your way past college park, you're going to start to h

this district includes some counties on the fringe of northern virginia. no word on whether houck will ask for a recount. if this result stands, the state senate would be a split with the republicans controlling the tiebreaker. the g.o.p. already has the state house and the governor's mansion. >>> there were also plenty of state delegate, county supervisor and school board races in virginia as well as municipal elections in maryland. you can look for the results running at the bottom of our screen and on our web site at wusa9.com. >>> one of the teenagers shot in d.c. on halloween night has died. this was the case on m street in georgetown. the teen was one of six people shot in the district on october 31st. police are not releasing the victim's name but they will say the 17-year-old died from his injuries monday. police have a man in custody in connection with this shooting. and they say he will likely face additional charges. >>> a federal jury has found maryland state senator ulysses curry not guilty of all charges in a corruption case. prosecutors accu

one of the most critical is a northern virginia-virginia seat that stretches across ashburn and into western prince william county. julie carey has the story. >> reporter: armed with campaign signs or manning the phones, the final push for voters is under way in the 13th state senate district. here dick black is trying to make a political comeback against shawn mitchell. >> i really have gotten concerned about the direction the nation is taking. i look at the current administration with the war on domestic energy. >> i'm invested in my community. my business and home is located here. >> he served in the vginia house of delegates for eight years until his defeat in 2006. black was best remembered for sending plastic fetus models to fellow members. both men say jobs will be their focus. >> do we lift the 30-year moratorium on uranium mining? do we lift rules on coal mining? do we pressure the obama administration to open up offshore oil drilling? >> i want to bring fresh ideas. i have a plan for creating jobs. i have a plan that helps small businesses. i have a plan that helps the tech

, virginia, in the northern shenandoah valley. much of this is going to be staying to our west this morning. however, later today, we may have some of these showers approaching us during the afternoon. right now, yes, it is a balmy morning. the 60s in the mountains and all the way from the shenandoah valley to the atlantic beaches. we're in the mid-60s in washington and in the nearby suburbs. sunrise will be at 6:50. we might have a sprinkle this morning. areas to our west. but a greater chance of maybe some passing showers, light showers this afternoon. highs again reaching around 70 or so by early to midafternoon. we'll look at the evening planner. >> good morning. looking at the commute. >>> traffic still slowing you down. traveling the outer loop of the beltway at university boulevard, traffic is in the left lane. we're still in the green in both directions of the beltway in montgomery county. also, taking the beltway in virginia, this view at georgetown pike is blocking that right lane. you've got to stick to the left to get

. >> he recruited girls throughout northern virginia and force them to work in local motels. will live from falls church with the latest. -- we are live from falls church with the latest. >>> this is the fifth case of this kind in northern virginia where federal officials say gang members lord young girls -- lur ed young girls into prostitution, having them work out of mattel's like this one in falls church. is one of the most alarming trends they have seen. there taken from neighborhoods in the d.c. area. >> these crimes are unspeakable. >> the u.s. attorney says this man cornejo ormeno was arrested for running a teenage prostitution service. >> they are vulnerable and made into indentured sex slaves for the gangs. >> she looked for girls at the school convenience stores, were on the run. good girls to put into a life of servitude. >> like prostitution. >> this man will be arrested for turning a sixth grade girl into a gang prostitute. he recruited her at a halloween party. >> these girls were forced usx at the gas station, construction sites, -- forced to have sex at a gas

heavier showers now across parts of northern west virginia. most of this rain is going to go into northern maryland and southern pennsylvania, but still, it will be wet by the time you get your monday morning started. be ready for that. clouds have been in place all day long, as they continue to lower and thicken and bring the raindrops in. rain showers will continue to develop through the overnight hours tonight. as this weather front sort of lays down right across the mid-atlantic, that means almost all cloud cover, all the time for monday, tuesday, and wednesday. not much in the way of sunshine. the next time you see the sun, you might be eating turkey here in washington. as cloudy skies are going to be the rule, not the exception. cloudy and mild this evening. rain filling in, very, very quickly. temperatures this evening in the upper 50s and low 60s. get your monday started. it will be a wet morning commute to work and school. wake-up temperatures in the low 50s. then, tomorrow, cloudy, wet, off and on showers, a little bit cooler than to

much of northern virginia and much of the rural region of maryland. temperatures by sunrise, maybe even a little chillier. sunrise this morning at 7:06. by 9:00, we'll be back in the mid-40s. clouds in and out after some sun at dawn. then a mostly cloudy middle of the day. just a small chance of a sprinkle perhaps around noontime. during the afternoon, we'll have that blustery wind. it will be near 40 degrees. the wind should diminish under a clear sky. sunset at 4:47. by dawn tomorrow, we'll be dawn to just near 30 degrees. and a cold start to the day on thursday. afternoon highs tomorrow with sunshine near 50. cold mornings each day friday, saturday, and sunday. afternoons with some sunshine should make it into the low 50s. monday clouding up, maybe monday evening into tuesday, could get some rain. danella, how's traffic? >> so far a great start if you're getting ready to hit the roadways any time soon. let's take a look at i-95 and bw parkway as you make your way from the baltimore beltway and heading all the way down to the beltway in prince georg

now in the northern neck of virginia, they're getting a few sprinkles. there may be a few in howard county. otherwise most of the area dry. some of the pavement may still be a little damp from those post-midnight sprinkles. right now we are in the mid and upper 40s. upper 40s in prince george's county. mid-40s now in montgomery county. upper 40s in arlington county. mid-40s in fairfax. farther west it's all about freezing. shenandoah, mountains, mid-40s. in the northern neck, it's near 50. far southern maryland and the lower eastern shore, it's in the upper 40s. for today, the sunrise getting later and later. 7:38. these have been the latest ones for a while because we'll be falling back this weekend. temperatures by 9:00 still around 50. and then by noontime, still quite cloudy but winds will start to increase shifting into the north as the afternoon progresses. we will have our temperatures begin to fall. in fact, maybe upper 50s early afternoon. back down to low 50s with a gusty northwest wind and northerly wind by late afternoon. that wind could be g

., maryland, northern virginia. 59 is the temperature now. that is here at reagan national. we have a range in temperatures throughout the area. foggy conditions as winds lightened up. this weather system is near us. chilly, 59 degrees. there's the digital doppler xt where ek see we are getting a break from the rain we had this morning. scattered showers now. off to the west, bigger batch of rain down toward petersburg. it's going to move in around 5:30, 6:00. moderate to heavy rain. thick around charleston, heavy rain around northeastern tennessee. heavy rain there. severe weather down south in atlanta, georgia. a tornado crossed metro atlanta. a tree landed on a car. this rain, for us, it's going to be hanging on longer. as you heard, things could end with a few flakes. details on that in a couple minutes. now, a look at the temperatures. 55 in gaithersburg to 68 in pax river. a big range in temperatures with light wind. fog is really starting to thicken up. visibilities are starting to drop down to a half mile. chilly conditions at 7:00 p.m. 53 by 11:00 p.m. we are still

this is the largest celebration in northern virginia. the number of people donated time, food, and money growth as well. >> it makes your heart to feel good that there are there that want to help other people. favorite.s my if you want to enjoyed a fried fried uphe company's tbj.eys >> we want to know what you were for this holiday. we posed that question on our facebook page. most common answer was a family. when you work even gave thanks to a football. and another for skype. >> i would like to give thanks michael kors for making all those persons. be thankful for the weather. our average height is 55 today. we were at 61. is a great time line in gaithersburg. 54 degrees. you will see that sunsets. it is gorgeous, not a cloud and the sky. it is rather dark. temperature today, 61 degrees. it is going to get kilobit the next we go through days. of it is -- it is going to give it warmer as they go to the day. the warmest thanks giving on record was 77 degrees in 2007. coldest, 18 degrees, 1902. the most snow at reagan national was 1.9 inch

we have details on federal aid headed to northern virginia. >> and hillary clinton is headed overseas how it marks the first for a secretary of state in over 50 years. and another check of traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> the federal government will help local henald business owners whose buildings were flooded by tropical storm lee last summer. president obama signed a declaration for much of northern virginia and other surrounding areas. >> and it's now 5:10. >> yep. it is. we're waking up slowly but surely this friday. adam you feel the same this lid? >> i am. maybe something got me rolling in the morning tea. 28 now at dulles airport. 36 at reagan national. look at martinsburg 29. with just a little bit of a breeze, wind chills across the board are in the 20's. at times your wind chills may dip down into the lower 20's, but it's not an exceptionally breezy day. winds will be shifting to the south ushering warmer air for the weekend. so it will be a good 10 degrees below average now but rebounding into the mid 50's tomorrow and i think we'll break the 60's sunday. clouds fo

republicans could pick up two seats and win the virginia state senate, especially northern virginia fairfax. that means good news for republicans because those are areas trending towards the democrats. if they can get them back, a good sign whoever ends up the gop nomination in 2012. >> ideas to get the economy back on track today in bill clinton's book. >> president clinton and the current president have had an interesting relationship. contentious during the primary. now their relationship has gotten better. it will be interesting to see if the white house embraces any of these and whether they will use the former president in 2012. >> that will be interesting to see clinton on the campaign trail. >> bring the old guy back. >> david, thank you. >>> we want to look a day ahead. family and friends old and a candlelight vigil tonight for two young boys killed in a fiery car crash last week. 11-year-old anthony vindel and two-year-old delonte mckie. it will be held on a football field and an elementary school in upper marlborough. >>> district leaders will launch a new initiative to make the

the northern neck of virginia in a line from there to near charlottesville. and that should stay to our south and remain cloudy, though, if in the metro. 40s to near 50s but not cold like it happen. in the mid and upper 40s. fairfax and the prince george's near 50 in the district of columbia and by the bay. today's sunrise, 7:38. we'll have a cloudy morning as well as around noon time. but then the clouds should break up as winds shifts into the north this afternoon. before then we'll climb into the upper 50s. winds gusting to around 25 miles an hour out of the north. later this afternoon as we get some sunshine returning. now, here's your friday evening planner. should be good weather for all the high school games under a clear sky. a blustery north wind, though, gusting to 25 miles an hour. that will stay blustery until midnight. by then we'll be down into the low 40s. a look at the weekend and into next week in ten minutes. we have breaking news on the beltway. donella, what is going on? >> well, the inner loop still shut down at connecticut avenue because

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the republican presidential candidate making two stops in northern virginia. his campaign this morning is in damage control mode after two women -- one of the two women who accused him of sexual- harassment the data decades ago wants to speak out. >>> a deadly shooting last night in forestville. no motive known. >> if it happened around 9:00 in the parking lot of the penn forest shopping center on walters lane. ben eisler is on the scene with the latest on the investigation. >> that's right. the shooting happened in this relatively large parking lot. it left one woman entered and a man dead. before 9:00 p.m. last night president and shoppers recalled hearing multiple gunshots. demand in a mask opened fire at another man's and woman's. 27-year-old anthony washington died in front of a church which was dark last night. the second victim with a wounded leg rental business were the merchants called 911. family showed up epicene visible overcome with emotion. we spoke exclusively last night with washington's sister, told us her brother did not live here, but was ha

>> herman cain got testy this morning in northern virginia. reporters were peppering him with questions about the sexual harassment charges of his past. according to the associated press, a third woman came forward accusing him of misconduct. it came when he was ceo of the restaurant association here in d.c. we have more on the local connection to the allegations. >> the third former employee says she was subjected to unwanted and aggressive behavior by herman cain when she worked for him at the national restaurant association. he made sexually suggestive remarks. she decided not to file a complaint. at least one of the women lives in montgomery county. at least one received a financial settlement in the 1990s. he says he's not aware of the settlement. it was a testy exchange between gop front-runner, herman cain and reporters in alexandria. cain stating forcefully he wasn't going to answer any questions about inappropriate sexual conduct. >> let me say one thing, i'm here with these doctors and that's what i'm going to talk about. don't even

right now temperatures around the region are near freezing in parts of northern virginia, west virginia, and maryland. closer to virginia in fairfax, montgomery, and prince george's county, mid-30s. near 40 in district of columbia as well as right near the chesapeake bay. inland away from the waters, northern neck and eastern shore, low to mid-30s. meanwhile, around the shenandoah valley and panhandle of west virginia, most locations a little bit above freezing. a few spots central shenandoah valley into the mountains, upper 20s to just near 30 degrees. over the last 12 hours, we've had a large area of high pressure over us. it's going to stay in place today, tonight, and tomorrow, bringing clear dry weather and no travel problems up and down the atlantic seaboard or between washington and the central plains. however, if you are going to be traveling, we will have the sky dry between here and the rockies. out west, there will likely be showers here in the southwest as well as the northwest. here as we approach sunrise clear. mid to upper 40s by 9:00. sunrise at 7:01. by noontime mid-50s

as a whole it is rural and more conservative than northern virginia. republicans to win this part of the state, you need a more moderate vision ability to appeal to voters more sentries you have a highly educated part of the state, government workers traditional republican themes of small government are only appealing if you are a federal contractor. you are looking at a situation where the traditional measures of republican messaging, issues of abortion, anti immigration and anti gay rights don't work here that is a big deal for this district and this part of the state. the more moderate republicans are usually in the drivers seat chef. >> will we see bob mcdonald on a ticket? >> odds are against that. a governor in virginia only gets to serve four years in office and also if nominee is romney or cain two people ahead or perry who is third i guess if we rank them, all of these people don't have that much washington experience the ticket in the same way john mccain reaches out to sarah palin, they will need a washingen insider. >> all right we a-- wash

continuing to for a woman suspected in spree in northern virginia. she is from manassas. believed she robbed a friday night and in carjacked a shopper on saturday. they are investigating whether is responsible for a bank robbery. about aarning more studentwn university in and detained in egypt. he was arrested monday with two u.s. college students firebombs atrowing the rooftopces from a building. they're studying in cairo. >> he is standing up for what he believes them. this is the kind of person he is. we surprised that he would down there and stand up for what he believes in? no. >> family members say the of not spoken with him yet. officials hoped to be with the detained student soon. >> he could face his first trial in virginia. they will challenge any attempt his clients. marylande several and and virginia. seattle police are investigating a woman's claim that she miscarriage after pepper sprayed at an seattle protests. she says police character and texture and the stomach with a bicycle and ouster of pepper spray. shares prevent pregnant at the time. she has not pr

along with baltimore and northern virginia are ranked the 16th dirtiest in the region by forbes america. the study looks at ozone rank and population. california is the dirtiest state with seven cities in the top ten. and the big apple could be called the rotten apple. it's ranked number 14 as the dirtiest city in the country. >>> the inner county connector is getting bad reception for neighbors, but they are not complaining about traffic or tolls, but homeowners say their cell phone reception is getting worse. some speculate the interference could be from the message signs. but the toll equipment is not on the frequency for that, and it was tested for that before the road opened. >>> you can enjoy a drink in damascus, maryland. and that is a change. there is a bill introduced that allows the sale of beer and wine. right now, damascus is the last town in the county to ban alcohol. if it passes in the maryland general assembly, residents in damascus will get the final say on the measure next november. >>> a former manassas city employ is being held without bond for abusing a child. the v

closer to washington across northern virginia, district of maryland and virginia. temperatures are mild. we're hovering around 60 degrees for most of the region from the mountains to the atlantic beaches. sunrise at 7:05. we'll stay mild through the morning and through midway. we'll have the rain increasing south and through the metro area by later this afternoon. by sunset around 5:00, down in the mid-50s. this evening down to the 40s by midnight. by then the rain should be ending. much colder weather moving in after that. we'll look at that and the rest of the week at 6:21. danella, good morning? how's traffic? >> good morning. it's that time of day. >>> on the beltway, new hampshire, you're seeing traffic increase. travel speeds for you. 49 miles per hour. and to get from i-95 to i-270, it will take you roughly about 11 minutes to do so. traveling i-95, you're also hitting the brakes at fairfax county parkway. i-95 in virginia as you travel northbound. your delays start at prince william parkway. you're at about 45 miles per hour in this area. now back to you bo

thanks very much. >>> we have a warning for joggers in northern virginia this morning. someone attacked a woman around this time yesterday morning. it happened in the 200 block of east del ray avenue in alexandria. police say someone grabbed the woman from behind. when she screamed she was shoved to the ground and the attacker ran away. >>> today, occupy marchers will hold a rally in alexandria. city officials are warning residents to expect an additional police presence and traffic delays around market square. the rally is set to start at noon after the rally the group will march into d.c. >>> also marching to d.c. about two dozen wall street protesters. right now they are resting in college park after marching for the past two weeks from new york. their protest is known as occupy the highway. the marchers will arrive at the occupy d.c. encampment in mcpherson square some time today. tomorrow demonstrators will hold a rally protesting what they're calling the failure by the super committee to reach a deal that would ease the tax burden on the 99%. >>> republican presid

virginia. we had bad weather, fog and we were still able to get out on time. >> reporter: nationally, the average round trip air fare is up 20% from last year. rail tickets on one way amtrak tickets risen 5%. a slight increase that didn't deter passengers. >> i got business class so i pay the extra $50 to get on a train. >> i take the bus, then get on the metro and here. it wasn't too bad. >> reporter: rail and bus passengers saw heightened security at union station. >> we are going move approximately 134,000 people today. on a typical wednesday, we move 77,000 people. if there is a super bowl for railroading today, this is it for amtrak. >> 60,000 passengers will fly through dulles airport today. >> all the lots are available and will be through the holiday weekend. >> reporter: back at reagan, the economy lots are expected to fill up fast. so far, so good. and the passenger numbers break down this way. 60,000 passengers expected to pass through reagan airport today, 60,000 at dulles. reportin

virginia. police say 26-year-old stephanie schwaab held up a bank in west springfield earlier today. she already faces charges for last friday robbery of a manassas bank. investigators say she also stole a car in mclean. the vehicle from saturday's carjacking is still missing. police are asking anyone with information about this to call them. >>> still to come, internet shoppers may break sales records on this upcoming cyber monday. >> why security lines at the >> tonight is debate night right here in washington. >> they will square off at 8:00 at constitutional hall. the topic national security and foreign policy. scott has a preview of tonight's debate. >> we are just outside the main hall where the debate is going to begin in under two hours. you can call around 11 of this heavyweight fight because it is the 11th debate. should be a good one. that will talk about foreign diplomacy and national security and all the candidates will get a healthy dose to 9. the stage is set and the topics timel

you may remember she is also wanted for two bank robberies in northern virginia. these are surveillance photos from one of the robberies in fairfax county. she is also wanted for an armed car jack that go occurred in the tyson's galleria parking lot. if you have any information about her whereabouts, call police. >>> residents are waiting and wondering to see if a neighbor under a cloud of suspicion will be coming home from aruba tomorrow. gary giardano is expected to be released after nearly four months of detention while investigators looked into the mysterious disappearance of his traveling companion robyn gardner. now he is going to be out. >> looks like he is potentially headed home. he will be free to leave the island immediately pop his release tomorrow and it may be the case that he will be headed home to be facing some significant legal challenges. >> giardano will not find his home exactly as he left it thanks to an fbi search in august. among them, this one posted to a facebook site dedicated for robyn gardner earlier today. he will not have a moment of

northern neck of virginia and points south or even south of spotsylvania along 95. south of highway 3 for the most part and in charlottesville. mostly cloudy this morning. cloud cover keeping us a little more. 45 in leesburg, 50 in arlington, 46 in remington, virginia. highs in the mid to upper 50's with gusty wind. you'll notice the prince albert of the north at 10-20. sunshine especially by this afternoon. 67 degrees. -- you will notice the wind out of the north. >>> the beltway is closed at georgia avenue. we will pull up a live picture. this is the inner loop at georgia avenue. all lanes blocked between connecticut avenue and georgia avenue. they are documenting an accident. traffic being fielded on to connecticut avenue going to east-west highway or to university boulevard. we will get more details at the news desk. >> thank you. a driver died after colliding with an 18 wheeler. >> one of two accidents in that area in silver spring. jummy olabanji is on the scene. >> there were two accidents this morning, one after the other. i will step out of the way. the fir

they're seeing the sun breaking out over the bay and seeing that over the northern neck of virginia too in the lower part of the eastern shore. elsewhere, it's cloudy, and under these clouds, we're in the 60s. where it is raining lightly now, it's in the 50s farther west and north of us. as the day progresses, though, we'll still have another balmy day on the way. we'll have highs reaching upper 60s to low 70s by early afternoon. there is a small chance of a few sprinkles west and north of us through the morning. later today, perhaps throughout the entire region, maybe a passing shower. about a 50% chance of that as well as this evening. otherwise, cloudy through the evening, upper 50s by midnight. sunset today at 4:55. by dawn tomorrow, the low 50s and likely a rainy start and a wet commute tomorrow morning. occasional moderate showers through the day wednesday. ending by thursday morning. clearing out and turning much colder. thursday afternoon only near 50. 20s friday morning. friday into the weekend, cold weather and a little bit milder on sunday and monday of the could get showers

. >> still ahead a possible break in the murder of a northern virginia handy man. coming up, police make an arrest in connection with that case. topper? >> winds have died down but it is getting cold out here. look at the temps. we are in the 30s in the burbs. 37 in frederick. even downtown 44. we will come back and talk about the weekend whether or not texts will go up or back down. >>> but up next, what is next for lawmakers facing a thanksgiving deadline to make deep deficit cuts. >>> the panel of six democrats and six republicans saying they will work through the weekend to try to meet a deadline. members must agree on a plan to slash at least $1.2 trillion from the deficit over the next ten years and they have to vote by wednesday. >> time is running out. what i can say is we are leaving no stone unturned. we are looking to find a way. we recognize what's at stake and we are hoping to reach an agreement. >> we have 12 good people who have worked hard since this committee has been created but to try to find sufficient, common ground for an agreement that will s

. >>> a woman accused in a crime spree in northern virginia may have struck in maryland. baltimore county police believe stephanie schwab carjacked a woman at knif point. the victims suffered a minor cut. she's did for bank robberies in manassas and springfield. >>> young boy suffered serious injuries after falling out of a window and northeast washington. the 5-year-old fell 20 feet from the building. the boy is expected to survive. officials are looking into why the child fell out of the window. >>> there are new developments in the scandal at penn state. the person known as victim one and a child sex abuse case against jerry sandusky has hired two philadelphia area lawyers. it's telling its donors to contribute to the pennsylvania coalition against rape. students and administrators will discuss the scandal during the town hall meeting tomorrow 9. >>> the n.c.a.a. is monitoring developments in the child molestation case against bernie fine. the former syracuse assistant coach was fired after a third man accused him of molesting him. the police department will turn over

in my county in northern virginia, the republicans swept the board of supervisors. the democrats are not exactly as presented, because the political factor now is more important. the latino turnout. anything else that someone may want to comment on, the changes in the states. >> first of all, the political climate i think is absolutely right. as i said in my remarks, and ruy did, as well, you have to accept that the obama share will be lower, with perhaps the exception of african-americans, and the issue is that he had caught some ground to give. the question is, can he manage that decline and not to survive? i think it could be a lot less in the working-class white community, which is not only resistant to him but getting hammered economically. holding down the losses in places like northern virginia to the point where he can still win. in contrast with the republican. that will be a key to that. on turnout, one issue i was trying to allude to in my response to ruy is that demographically, the response is there. 4 million more millennials being eligible to vote to