race. the two leading candidates were all over the state as a surprising new poll was released. and jennifer franciotti. saturday saw republican bob ehrlich and democrat martin o'malley lot hundreds of miles on the campaign trail, and the results of a new poll has a lease one candidate laughing. george lettis has details for tonight's details on commit the 2010. >> judging from the reaction you will see in less than a minute, bob ehrlich doesn't believe the results of this new poll, but there is no doubt he has out raised o'malley recently. >> for going to work our tails off for the next 10 days. >> down the stretch they,. >> so far this year we have had the best year of new job creation we have had since the year 2000. >> with early voting under way and the election just over a week away, republican bob ehrlich and democrat martin o'malley spent saturday crisscrossing the state, hitting

their political strongholds and reaching out to anybody who will listen. >> this as an eye opening poll comes out saturday showing o'malley with a big lead. annapolis based opinion works polled 798 voters for the baltimore sun. it shows the current governor is ahead 14 points. >> are you serious? >> o'malley downplayed this apparent margin. >> there are many examples in american history of polls saying that one candidate is up, and then a week later they do not succeed. so i really don't have a whole lot of confidence that the polls say this year. >> in the last month and a half, the former governor has out raised o'malley by about $1 million. >> once again, o'malley

downplayed the numbers. >> is a lot of out-of-state money also that can come into our state at any second. you have seen them dump in tons of money from the secret routes that don't have to reveal their funding sources. >> in the same reporting period, o'malley has far outpaced barely in ad spending. >> experts point to the media advertising dominance as a big reason o'malley continues to lead in every published poll. >> a 50-rolle man was arrested this morning after he was caught vandalizing campaign signs. police said they found hundreds hisignes in the back of truck.

>> it really came to a head about a week ago when we noticed that about 300 or four hundred, in the course of two nights, were taken and vandalized, destroyed. >> question a asked voters parlorr to approve a slot par near arundel mills mall. >> sarah palin was in florida and president obama was winding down of four-day campaign swing with a stop in minneapolis. with control of congress up for grabs, there is plenty of work and not much time left. brian moore has that story from washington. >> sarah palin may not be running for office this time around, but she is fighting to get as many republicans elected as she can. >> how about we make november 2 freedom day? cracks with washington's balance of power of for grabs in just over two weeks, both

parties have their heaviest hitters on the campaign trail this weekend. >> before a veterans' group in san diego, john mccain stump for his former presidential campaign adviser, california senate hopeful carly fiorina. >> she will hit the ground running and be a star in the u.s. senate. >> they opened fire on incumbent democratic senator barbara boxer pre >> we must hold our council on november 2. >> president obama was in massachusetts to help of governor duval patrick. in florida, former york mayor rudy giuliani stood behind marco rubio. democrats and republicans alike although a lot can happen between now and election day. >> speaking of election day, are you ready for the upcoming

election? we have provided a wealth of information on our website, wbaltv.com, from canada profiles to fat checks, and of voter skied at the polls. just click on politics at the top of the home page. baltimore city police are searching for a gunman who shot and killed a west baltimore man. the 25-year-old man was shot in the head around 3:00 this afternoon. he died later at the hospital and police are still investigating to shootings from last night. so far, no suspects of our possible motives have arisen in any of these cases. members of the baltimore city police department gathered to say farewell to one of its own. detective brian stephenson was killed a week ago today while out celebrating what would have been his 38th birthday. police a stevenson and a group of people got into a fight over a parking space. he was hit in the head with a piece of concrete. he died a short time later at

shock trauma. he is one of three deaths within the department in just the last month. a high school staff member has been charged with attempting to sell a gun on the school campus in baltimore. police say the 33-year-old was arrested when he tried to sell the gun to a school police officer. the school had notified baltimore police about the proposed gun deal and the transaction was arranged on a day when students were not in school. he is due to appear in court on november 60. it is on cummingtonite foregone of high-school, despite an overnight break in. -- it is all coming tonight fort dundalk high school. baltimore county police are investigating. bengals did extensive damage, including graffiti. there is no word on the suspects involved. nearly two dozen families are without a home and one person is

dead after flames ripping through an apartment building. people were rescued from their balcony's after fire blocked stairwells. it happened about 4:30 a.m. on curtis drive. our extended through the upper floors and the route as well as an attached apartment building. two people and one firefighter suffered minor injuries. because of the fire is still under investigation. the walt disney co. is being sued. employees say they were blindsided back in june. the workers plan to file a class-action lawsuit on monday. they claim is the violated federal law by not giving enough notice about its plans to close the restaurant. officials at the proper amount of time and pay was not given to employees and there was no economic necessity for disney to close the establishment without notice. coming up, trouble in the gulf yet again. a spot believed to be more oil. we will tell you where, coming

up. a drug lab is discovered in a student storm room. what was going on, and help authorities found out. as telling gets closer, are celebrating in mysterious ways. we'll show you an alternative to pumpkin carving. >> i will let you know what the rest of your weekend looks like, coming up with your complete forecast. it is a bit milder out there, 62 at the airport, 64 downtown. it will not be as cold as le

[ ehrlich ] four years ago unemployment in maryland was under four percent. today, it's nearly double. and nearly a quarter of a million marylanders are looking for work. in addition, we face a national health care plan that will hurt small business and cost us jobs. so we have to ask, are you better off today than you were four years ago?

we're heading in the wrong direction. we need strong leadership. say no to things we can't afford. fix our health care plan. and refuse to raise taxes. martin o'malley can't do it. i will. >> washington, d.c police have arrested three people in connection with the drug lab down in a georgetown university freshman dorm. about four hundred students were evacuated this morning after a report of a strange odor inside one of the rooms. police and that of all-out war chemicals could create a hallucinogenic drug. police say two of the suspects are students and a third is a visitor. >> it is a freshman dorm building, so definitely not something you'd expect to find there. >> it comes at a bad time with midterm exams falling around this time.

students were inconvenienced as represented dick -- prevented them from studying. >> a gunman opened fire in a crowded restaurant in manhattan. police say the victim was shot in the head and chest. workers told new york post that the shooter exchanged heated words with a victim before opening fire. no arrests have been made. the coast guard is investigating possible oil floating near the louisiana coast. the coast guard says a pack of discolored water near new orleans is believed to be an algae bloom. they are testing it now, but another spot 10 miles away could be weathered oil. the federal government maintains much of the oil from the bp spill is now gone, but independent researchers say they are finding oil below the surface in significant amounts. still to come, the mayor hits the streets to set an example for the city. and snow already? we will take what one area is

doing as that snow is falling. >> we are seeing an active doppler tonight, maybe a springboard to and definitely more clouds throughout the day tomorrow. i have the details coming up i have the details coming up wi

public safety is a governor's most important job. that's why governor martin o'malley has instituted new dna and fingerprinting technology that's reducing violent crime... new, stronger domestic violence and abuse legislation... and o'malley passed new laws to better track and convict sexual predators, with even longer prison sentences. as a father of four, i know there's always more that we must do to protect our children and make maryland an even safer place to raise our families.

>> there was a lot of tail wagging and barking going on this morning, and the weather was doggone perfect for it. it was the sixth annual

baraktoberfest. within 100 local artist and vendors set up shop to raise funds. or america's hope to raise about $50,000 this year. thousands who live in the city took part in the annual fall cleanup. they were joined by mayor stephanie rawlings-blake and other local officials. this year's theme is clean water starts in your yard. officials say removing trash prevents it from polluting local water. this the seattle aquarium is getting into the halloween spirit in their own special way. visitors got a special look at the aquarium's halloween activities this afternoon. check out the underwater pumpkin carving going on. scuba divers sculpted their own spooky squash and took part in some friendly competition. that make it look so easy. it could be halloween in seattle, but in colorado is beginning to look an awful lot

like christmas, condo. there is so much snow that ski lifts will be opening tomorrow at loveland. >> now, your forecast with sandra shaw. >> the skiers here will have to wait a little longer before we see stowe. it got down to 35 degrees out at the airport. a lot of the reason is the disturbance of moving through. the mass of precipitation is well to our north and west. this is a slow-moving system that will likely not bring us rain until maggie monday. what we are dealing with now are some pleasant temperatures, 64 downtown, 62 at the airport, 55 in easton. i told you earlier about the 35- degree low.

to go up to new york, there were 44 degrees last month. one of the colder regions nationwide out at the airport last night. we saw plenty of sun today and hit a high of 70 degrees this afternoon. a gorgeous fall day. 44 downtown and 71 at the inner harbor. the normal high and low is 61 and 44 respectively. overnight tonight with all the clouds that insulated us overnight, basically 50 in the outlying areas and 55 downtown with just a gradual increase in clouds. it is mostly cloudy out there right now. the forecast breaks down pretty nicely, all the way from the mountains to the shore. here in the heart of central maryland, great for the ravens taking on the buffalo bills tomorrow at 1:00 at m&t bank stadium. we will seek invariably cloudy

to partly sunny tomorrow, probably more clout with just a few sunbreaks. down on the lower eastern shore, partly cloudy tomorrow. not a great day to hit the waters of the chesapeake. tomorrow we will start out with light southwesterly winds but they will start testing by afternoon, turning up the waves 1 to 2 feet. this high pressure was over us today will continue to move offshore tomorrow. we also have the warm side of this massive system that will be affecting us for the first half of the week. then the cold front will approach from the north and west by tuesday and wednesday. just clouds tomorrow that we can clearly see of futurecast. heading into monday in the afternoon, the shower start to approach and go through monday night into tuesday. then we remain unsettled at least through wednesday and

thursday. there is a strong front to our west. the forecast is a bit unsettled, especially for the start of next week. we will remain quite mild and comfortable. once the cold front clears on thursday, by next friday and saturday we are back down with ties only in the low 60s and plenty of sun. >> a great day for football today. >> the terps causing something in the have not done in two years. coming up next in sports. >> live from universal orlando resort, it is powerball. tonight you are estimated jackpot is $59.5 million.

tonight the multiplier is four. 20-2-46-7-16. here comes your powerball. it is 34. good luck, everyone ver.

public safety is a governor's most important job. that's why governor martin o'malley has instituted new dna and fingerprinting technology that's reducing violent crime... new, stronger domestic violence and abuse legislation... and o'malley passed new laws to better track and convict sexual predators, with even longer prison sentences.

as a father of four, i know there's always more that we must do to protect our children and make maryland an even safer place to raise our families. 4 during navy's better than decade drought against nodar kumaritashvili dame, the most obvious problem is they were physically -- the drought against notre dame. playing at the meadowlands, fourth and goal inside the one. defense stocks crist, a keeper. alexander teich, write to the heart of the irish defense. a record for navy fullbacks. he can catch the ball, too. helicopter and his way into the end zone.

navy takes a 7-0 lead. navy dominates notre dame, 35- 17. that is to enter row and three are for. terps have the first whin at boston college. the law because at the corner. to-yard touchdown, 7-year-old maryland. zip,en with little more firm in the pocket. a laser to read tyler. terps build the lead and then watch it all nearly disappear. the past tips right into the hands of bobby sweiger. 24-21 after a touchdown there. montello harris, the leading rusher stopped on fourth and one. maryland it's the victory, 24-

21, now 5 and 2 on the year. homecoming for morgan state. hosting delaware state, he did not see what was coming from his right side. the final is recovered and the game tied at 21. the hornets with under a minute to play, william scrambling. he heaves it downfield, 23 yards out of bounds. sets of vince williams and the prettiest past, a touchdown is. morgan state rallies for the victory tacking on another store -- score, 34-24 for the final period the 250 pound quarterback runs like mike michael vick. a 49-yard touchdown run. he gets just to the end zone.

17-10 for the home tigers. the 70-yard touchdown. auburn racks up 440 yards on the ground for the day. the auburn tigers stayed unbeaten, 24-17. eight read and brendon ayanbadejo activated today. the ravens also -- a big picture weekend. a celebration to commemorate super bowl 35, the 10th anniversary of the ravens world championship. it remains one of the city's greatest sports triumphs. attribute is planned for halftime sunday. we will have highlights of that. game 6 is a work in progress. the phillies need to win to force game 7. the giants win and go to the world series. a tight battle in south philly

right now. it is 3-2 in the ninth inning. the giants are on top of the fields, 3-2 in the bottom of the night. -- bottom of the ninth. patrick kane, by adding home the game-tying goal. fleischmann since the fans home happy. an easy goal. the capitals win it 4-3 within one point of tampa. stay with us, another check of the forecast coming up right after this. after this.

women are charged 40% more for the same health insurance as men. domestic violence is treated as a pre-existing condition in eight states. women are abused by their husbands and then by their insurance companies. and last year they tried to end our coverage for mammograms and other preventive services. well i'm proud to say i got the law changed. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message so you'll know that being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition. today, it's nearly double. and nearly a quarter of a million marylanders are looking for work. in addition, we face a national health care plan that will hurt small business and cost us jobs. so we have to ask, are you better off today than you were four years ago? we're heading in the wrong direction.

we need strong leadership. say no to things we can't afford. fix our health care plan. and refuse to raise taxes. martin o'malley can't do it. i will. martin o'malley can't do it. woman 1 sync: i knew what bob ehrlich did as governor. man 1 sync: raised my property taxes 60 percent. woman 2 sync: let utilities hike our rates 72 percent. woman 1 sync: but i didn't know what he's done since he got fired as governor. man 2: ehrlich's raked in millions. man 3: he worked for a wall street bank that took 10 billion dollars from the bailout. woman 3: 10 billion of our money. woman 4: our money. woman 5 sync: and he worked for another bank that collapsed. man 4: costing tax payers 17 million. anncr: tell bob ehrlich big banks don't need help. middle class marylanders do.

>> what a great weekend. >> was started out chilly, but we warm up quickly. 73 tomorrow, and it will be milder, beautiful, partly to variably cloudy, and then we stay in the lower to mid 70's next week. then we will cool down again by next weekend. >> a good day for the ravens tomorrow. >> we will see you back here tomorrow morning for 11 news at 5. thank you so much for joi next on c span, president obama was in las ga