. >> unlike mitt romney, i am actually proud to talk about what is ended. >> the plan spells out his agenda for creating jobs and middle-class security. comes with a wave of republican criticism that the president is all talk with no agenda. >> the new strategy includes direct mail to voters and tv ads in swing states. >> the romney campaign says the president is offering more of the same. >> the president's path means 20 million people out of work, struggling for a good job. >> romney and running mate paul ryan are in nevada. romney says a bold reform is what the country needs, not the same old stale policies. >> we have not heard of an agenda from the president.

>> with polls showing the race locked in a virtual tie, political analysts say the election may turn on which side has the better get out the vote machine. >> both teams are stealing a page from george w. bush. >> the swing state blitz will continue practically nonstop. mitt romney will also be hitting colorado, iowa, and ohio. >> how is the electoral college map looking at this point? >> the associated press is estimated that right now the president looks like he has 237 electoral votes and romney has locked then 191, with 110 still

up for grabs. essentially, a lot can happen in two weeks. these are just predictions. >> discussions over question 6 and question seven. barry simms joins us live in northwest baltimore. but first, david collins takes a closer look at the meaning behind it and the baltimore support for question 7. >> casino owners in west virginia are spending millions against question 7. that upsets me, and that upsets and jonathan ogden. >> why is mayor stephanie rawlings-blake supporting competition for baltimore's casinos? she has supported -- her staff

said she endorsed the because it allows table games at all maryland facilities. there is a trade-off. table games will add another 500 jobs to the baltimore site and the city will get a 5% share of revenue. >> question 7 means thousands of jobs and millions for our schools. >> the mayor says question 7 also means more money for school construction, city property-tax relief, and operation of city recreation centers. analyst estimate the casino would cause a reduction in revenue, potentially $65 million loss. question seven guarantees there not be reduction of local impact aid in the city. there is nothing in place to do anything with the funds. casino operator will

get a 7% tax break and the opportunity to lower it by another 3%. the trade-off is a temporary decline in gambling revenues going into the education trust fund. the bottom line, if question seven passes, baltimore gain from jobs and a portion of table game revenue, but again, there is a trade-off. an analysis finds gaming interests, rather than public interest, are calling the shots. >> some clergy members came out today in opposition to expanded gambling. barry simms picks up the story and continues our commitment 2012 coverage. >> expanding gambling is one of the issues on the minds of religious leaders but they are also trying to have an impact on some other ballot initiatives. it is very clear that they don't all agree.

it is the rallying cry of politicians and ministers opposed to expanding gambling in maryland, seeking to defeat question 7 on election day. >> we have to stop this silly logic that says we can fund our virtues by expanding our vices. >> the focus, jobs and education funding. for many, it is a moral issue. >> we should not have to turn to gambling to make a bad on our children. >> clergy are taking a stand on the dream act and they are deeply divided on another ballot referendum, marriage equality. >> i am sure we can work out something where we don't have to redefine marriage for everybody. >> religious leaders who have played roles in shaping public policy are taking various sites on what is characterized as civil rights issues. >> we have a long way to go in terms of honoring the fact that

just because it says christian on the front of the building, you cannot assume there will be a unity of beliefs on all matters. >> the church is divided on several issues in this election. the only thing i am really proud about on either side is that the church is involved. >> a political science professor says there are breaks in the message. some voters may have a difficult decision to make. >> i don't believe anyone really has a poll on how this is going to turn out. it could go either way. now the onus is on the voter, and that is a good thing. >> was evident is that religious leaders and the church are not on the sidelines but on the front line.

>> you can stay more connected than ever before using our new election 2012 smart phone app. you can preview the ballot questions and check out early voting sites on your smart phone or tablet. >> one name in the boys got perversion files may sound familiar to maryland voters. we obtained a copy of the files released just last week. the former republican representative had been flagged by the boy scouts after a scandal back in the 1980's involving a male prostitute. in 1980, he was charged with attempting to solicit sex from a 16-year-old at a time when he was always on the boy scout council advisory board. now 75 years old, he denies any official connection to the boy scouts organization. the parents of a 14-year-old

hagerstown girl are suing the maker of monster energy drinks. >> rob roblin has the story. >> these are just a few of the hundreds of energy drinks and products that are on the market. they have been around since the 1990's. >> i visit the cemetery every day. >> when he believes the high levels of caffeine -- when d believes the high levels of caffeine in this energy drink contributed to her daughter's death. >> the problem is the caffeine level on the strength keeps getting larger and larger. it is because of the combination of your caffeine and herbal supplements. when you think it says to plus 2 coming it is 2 plus 10. >> there are so many energy drinks, and that all contain

high levels of caffeine or ingredient that mimic caffeine. you end up with more caffeine than you ever could imagine, well more than the body should have. the way kids are drinking these drinks, there are getting larger and larger, which is obviously putting more caffeine into their system than they can handle. the 14-year-old girl was known to have a heart condition. mike says all these energy drinks and energy products need to be regulated. >> hiking have an industry that can produce these products without any regulation on the amount they can put in? nobody is watching how much of the supplements, which we know are powerful, are going into not only drinks but pills, food, and the whole health food industry. >> coming up, why the mayor of

baltimore is bringing in trained volunteers to mediate between teachers and parents. >> plus a man who speaks their lingo talks to the younger generation about bullying. how he is trying to curb the trend. >> unseasonably mild weather. see how long it will hang around. 71 at the airport, 72 downtown. 71 at the airport, 72 downtown.

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>> harbor place is being sold

once again. it has been owned by general growth properties since 2004. now it is being sold to a firm out of new york, which has bought other urban retail centers such as cross keys here in baltimore. the harborplace has undergone some big changes from its all local local regional character. exports say they will likely continue with the transition. >> he goes by the name mr. mojo, and his goal is to urge people to speak up when they see acts of bullying. he spoke to hundreds of students today as part of his no bullying national tour. he told the students to take the lead in helping to keep schools safe. >> it just means being able to walk by and tell someone, you

know that is not right. >> brown spoke to a student assembly. he will visit more than 300 schools a year. trying to keep more students in school. a grant will help start and every day counts program. the goal is to betray volunteers in place to connect parents, teachers, and didn't. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake help to land that after finding. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> warmer than normal temperatures today, tomorrow looks like we will stay above normal, even through the weekend before a cold front can come through.

the record high was 91 degrees, but still quite an unusually warm october day, which make it gets warmer today. from ocean city, back into the normally cool mountains, temperatures there are in the 60's. sunset's just about now, right around 6:16. the warm air has pushed all the way up to new england but did not quite make it. the front is near the new york state-pennsylvania line. essentially it will stay dry and warm for the next few days until the next front is scheduled to be here later in the weekend. for the time being, the coolest

all air is locked into northern new england or in the northern rockies where it is also winter. a chilly 52 up in seattle. the front will not only bring back the normal fall weather, and may help protect us from tropical storm or hurricane fendi. mro, warm, 77-82. out in the tropical atlantic, we are tracking to systems. this one is still just a tropical depression. it is moving northeast and may become a tropical storm, but it does not -- it does not look like it will be coming this way at all. it is expected to move across guantanamo and eastern cuba, into the bahamas. notice how it is expected to

turn to the east. that cold front in the northern rockies is headed our way. here comes the front through the lake and it may be timed perfectly to get to the east coast and take sandy away from us. it will all depend on whether the front from the northern rockies gets here in time and strong enough to push the tropical system away. morning fog will burn off to afternoon sunshine on both thursday and friday. then a chance for a shower. the front coming in saturday evening and moving across the area on sunday, bringing tulare and gusty winds and high is only in the 50's per monday and tuesday. >> the ravens have officially

hit their bye week. they are a game and a half up on the pittsburgh steelers, but a game that is not easy to fix. on sunday afternoon in houston, the texans finished with 181 yards against the ravens defense. raven's head coach john harbaugh says it is not time to panic, but there is a lot of room for improvement. >> are you talking about drafting changes? probably not. it is not like we are -- are going to change in some other kind of defense. we have to adjust and realign some of our rules and how we played coverages and things like that. >> join me tonight or special

guest john tucker for wbal plus. there is finally a pennant winner in the national league. the fall classic starts tomorrow night in sanford and cisco, california. game 7 last night against the cardinals, 2 on with the cardinals in the second inning. the giants are up 2-0. hunter finally breaks through in this series and cleared the bases. the giants go on to win in a blowout. the manager realizes he had another series to play after this one. >> i will have to learn a lot about them real thing. i was told to focus on this club

here and now we have to turn this page because we are playing a couple of games here. >> game 1 of the world series tomorrow night in northern california. tom is back with a look at the seven-day forecast, after this.

as a pastor, my support for question 6 is rooted in my belief that the government should treat everyone equally. i would not want someone denying my rights based upon their religious views, therefore i should not deny others based upon mine. it's about fairness. this law does not force any church to perform a same sex marriage if it's against their beliefs. and that's what this is about. protecting religious freedom and protecting all marylanders equally under the law. join me in voting for question 6.

>> breaking news in harford county. let's ended up to captain roy taylor and skyteam 11. >> this is the 1300 block of harford towne drive, where a body was discovered around 2:30 this afternoon. harford county sheriff's detectives are on the scene conducting an investigation. they have shut down that portion

of harford towne drive while they conduct the investigation. we don't know how the person died what the story was. we are trying to get more information and we will update you as we do. >> here is a look at what we are working on for 11 news tonight. there was a show of support for the greenback during a rally, but opposition would extend in state college tuition rates to undocumented illegal aliens. not the first time the massachusetts pharmacy tied to massachusetts pharmacy tied to the meningi

it's heavy lifting. you start with a democratic senator named ben. by getting bwi-marshall funding for new runways, he's helping us serve 21 million passengers a year, which helps keep 100,000 jobs that depend on the airport, and that means more cargo for more businesses

and more skycaps unloading more taxis... welcome to bwi. ...carrying families with more luggage. thanks. it's like he's out here with us. he's my friend, ben. i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin, and i approve this message. mayor: casino owners in west virginia are spending millions against question seven. that upsets me. and that upsets jonathan ogden. you don't want to upset jonathan ogden. ogden: no you don't. mayor: question seven means thousands of jobs and millions for our schools. but these west virginia casinos want to keep it all for themselves. we're not happy about that. ogden: no we aren't. mayor: so join us and vote for question seven. and west virginia, don't make me send jonathan ogden over there. mayor: vote for question seven. ogden: for baltimore.

>> i guess it would be too much to ask to keep the great weather going until february. >> we will get a few more days of it. more clouds in the morning, a little more sunshine in the afternoon. thursday and friday we will probably see some fog in the afternoon but it will burn off by midday. the next front arrives saturday evening or saturday night and will bring some wet weather for the weekend. it might help kick sandy away from the mid atlantic coast. >> thanks for joining us. seattle 11:00.

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