of our military has changed. we have these things called aircraft carriers where planes land on them. we have ships that go under water, nuclear submarines. >> reporter: republicans say the president was disrespectful. >> i found it extraordinary the president ridiculed the navy. imagine at the moment you -- [indiscernible] >> reporter: senator john kerry, a navy veteran kept the theme going. >> i think -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: at one point horses and bayonets was the most searched term on google. randall pinkston, cbs news, boca raton, florida. >> virginia is one of those critical battleground states in the election and eight so close that the state of virginia could be what florida was to the last election. >> rememberthat? andrea mccarren is crisscrossing the state to hear directly from the voters. she spent the day in franklin county on monday t. may be geographically small but it has the potential to have a big

impact. >> 1570 a.m. >> reporter: just off main street in rocky mount, virginia, up this set of stairs is the national campaign headquarters of former six-term republican congressman virgil goode. until now rural franklin county was best known as the nation's moon shine capital, but with ge's -- goode's conservative base, he could be a spoiler siphoning off critical votes from the leading presidential candidates and impacting the state's 13 electoral votes. >> i've heard a number of times that a vote for virgil would be considered a protest vote and i said well, a protest against what? and the answer normally is well, i don't like either candidate. >> we love the fact that goode

is running here. >> reporter: late into the night, democratic volunteer annette ma is working the phones at obama headquarters scrambling to capitalize on the goode factor. >> we do believe it's going to make a difference. those votes that are going to go for goode were probably intended for romney. >> reporter: goode is on the ballot in 26 states n. a race this close, even if he pulls a fraction of a percent in virginia, it could affect the outcome. andrea mccarren, 9news now. >> the third party presidential candidates including goode have been largely ignored in the debates, participate in a live internet only debate hosted by larry king. one of the hottest congressional races in our area is for maryland's sixth district. rosco bartlet finds himself in a fight to maintain his seat. tonight on 9news now at 7:00 p.m., both mr. bart lee and his

democratic challenger john delaney will be in the studio for the entire newscast to discuss issues important to district six marylanders. that's tonight right here on 9news now at 7:00. another highly contested election day issue in maryland involves ballot question seven. it asks vote fers they wand to -- voters if they want to expand gambling. if approved it would establish a casino at national harbor in prince george's county. supporters claim it would create more jobs and potentially provide hundreds of millions of dollars for education. but the maryland public policy institute says it's not all that it seems. >> it seems to me they state one thing over and over again that there's going to be more money for schools and they hope you're going to believe it. >> as governor i can promise you that money will go to education. that's the law and that's what we'll do. >> if you read the law there's no new money going to schools as a result of question seven. it's basically going toeplace the money that was coming from other sources like the general

fund. >> supporters argue other parts ever the bill will benefit the maryland economy and taxpayers, they believe it could create a tourist boom in the region. voting is ready under way across the region. monday was the first day of early voting in washington, d.c. the polls reopen this morning at 8:30. if you live in maryland, early voting starts on saturday. absentee voting in virginia has already started. we have new information about a massachusetts pharmacy linked to the deadly meningitis outbreak. the new england compounding center was cleared by state regulators following an inspection last year. an inspection was done in may 2011 when the company was preparing to move into a new space. the inspector toured the facility and reviewed security along with controlled substance management, sterile and nonsterile processing areas and refrigeration. the outbreak linked to contaminated steroid shots has claimed 24 lives and sickened nearly 300 people. he's accused of trying to firebomb an arlington shopping

mall. suspect leon trail, jr. has a hearing scheduled later today to see fess' mentally stable to see if the case can proceed. he tossed a molotov cocktail into the food court of balancesston common mall -- ballston common mall last thursday. he was arrested near the courthouse metro station. here's a look at some other things making news now. a louisiana woman is in critical condition after she was attacked by three men while walking in a park in wind borrow, louisiana. police say she was set on fire and burned over more than half her body sunday night. the men also wrote the initials kkk and a racial slur on her car. the f.b.i. is investigating the attack as a possible hate crime. police say the milwaukee man who killed his wife and two others at a day spa got the gun he used illegally. 45-year-old radcliff franklin houghton bought the gun two

days after his wife got a restraining order against him. the san francisco giants are headed back to the world series. the trip comes after the giants found themselves down three games to one to st. louis in the national league championship series. in the seventh game of the series with the cardinals, they were routed 9-0 with san francisco's record tying sixth victory in a must win game this post-season. they'll take on the detroit tigers in game one of the world series tomorrow night. time 4:36. today is going to feel more like mid september. we have a high near 80 degrees. howard is newspaper two minutes with a look at your tuesday's forecast. the world's largest retailer faces a class action worker lawsuit. a treatment used to reduce complications for breast cancer patients may be causing more harm than good. 9news now returns in two minutes.

coming up on 4:39 on this tuesday morning. not as chilly as it was yesterday morning. we don't have any 30s but 40s and 50s to start. we're going to have a pleasant afternoon. mid-60s by 11:00. 70 or so by lunch time. this afternoon upper 70s. we might even flirt with 80 in a couple of spots. i'll be back in a few minutes. we're talking about the seven- day forecast and the tropics on how they may or may not affect us. over to monika with timesaver traffic. happy to say the lanes are open on the northbound side of i-95 early this tuesday morning. no problems to report as you head into the downtown area. here's pennsylvania avenue near the willard hotel. i'll be back with more traffic coming up in a few minutes at 4:47. andrea and mike? >> thank you, monika. it's 4:39. time for the first your money segment of the morning. >> good morning, jess. >> good morning. look at you guys back in your places. so good to have you guys. as for wall street earnings continue to drive the action.

after the closing bell yahoo reported slightly better than expected quarterly sale and profits. this is yahoo's first earnings report since marissa mayer took over as c.e.o. earlier this year. stocks really struggle for direction yesterday. analysts are saying investors aren't making any big moves before they know who's going to be the next president in two weeks. checking the numbers the dow stands 13,345 after eking out a two-point gain. the nasdaq rose by 11. the s&p 500 was up by about half a point. a private european equity firm is buying an ancestry.com. the jean logical web siept has more than two million -- website has more than two million paying subscribers. the company went public in 2009 and last year it earned about

$63 million. greek airline is buying its main rival olympic air for $94 million. the deal comes nearly two years after the european commission blocked an attempted merger they originally said the combined carrier would have created a monopoly. surge in online shopping is expected to give fed ex a boost this holiday shopping season. the package delivery company expects to ship 280 million packages between thanksgiving and christmas. in the meantime wal-mart being sued for the way it treated temporary workers. a class action accuses the retailer of providing temporary -- requiring temporary workers to show up early for work, stay late and work through lunch. wal-mart declined to comment on the lawsuit. finally the big day. apple today expecting to unveil a smaller version of its ipad at an event in san jose, california.

analysts predict the mini will have a screen which is about 3 inches smaller than the original ipad. it's expected to be priced at between $250 and $300. i know mike is so excited about this news. >> it's her kindle. it's the size of a kindle only you can do everything else with it. some complained they were a little heavy. not anymore. >> a baby step between your iphone and a regular ipad if you want that which i don't but i'm sure a lot of people do. still ahead, more and more young women are getting injured very seriously, catastrophic in some cases. now there are calls to make cheerleading safer. >> 9news will have more on that we're back in two minutes with your weather first.

good morning.

welcome back to 9news now. coming up on 4:45 this tuesday morning. i had a little light jacket on this morning. i'm going to peel that off because you're talking 80s. >> could be near 08 in a couple of spots -- 80 in a couple of spots this afternoon. we'll be well up in the 70s today. tomorrow talking 80 degrees and then cooler but pleasant for friday and saturday as well before thinks getting interesting sunday and monday. yesterday we had widespread 30s in the suburbs. this morning we've got 40s and 50s. i think a light jacket, maybe a fleece, something like that should do you just right here this morning. then this afternoon you won't need it at all. sunrise at 7:26 with partly cloudy conditions. we're going to have high clouds around today. a mix of clouds and sunshine. by noon 70. up near the pennsylvania border, we may see a stray shower, sprinkle through the noon hour. then afternoon 77 at 4:00. i think the high about 78. probably happen 3:00, 3:30.

if you have evening plansout side, we'll be 70 degrees at 8:00. some 60s in the suburbs. this is really comfortable stuff for this time of year when our average high is 66. watching showers in ohio and pennsylvania. garrett county we see maybe a sprinkle here but looks like most of it is staying closer to the turnpike, coming through somerset perhaps up toward altoona. if you're traveling up toward 70 in pennsylvania in the next couple of hours, you may be running into a light shower there. 56 in town but 45 in culpeper. 49 in luray. much milder than yesterday. easton is 49 with tappahannock this morning 45 degrees. gaithersburg 48. outside on our michael & son weather camera, good visibility. flags up just a little bit there at the capital because we do have a little breeze this morning. it's out of the south, southwest at 6 miles an hour under mostly cloudy skies and the dew point now a little more moisture coming back on the southerly winds. dew point 49. the cold stuff in the country all in the northern rockies and pacific northwest, especially

the mountains. we're looking at low 50s seattle and portland but 30s with snow, even 20s with snow at the higher elevations. texas, oklahoma 80. so the jet stream takes a big dip out of the west n. is bringing in all storminess, the rain, the snow, but it's rising here in the east. that's why our temperatures are soaring for this time of year with the highs that are going to be in the 70s to near 80 the next couple of days. looks like we're not going to have much in the way of any clouds and showers except really north of us. want to take you to the tropics. we have sandy in the western caribbean and tropical depression 189. that won't be a problem -- 19. that won't be a problem. sandy will strengthen. 45 mile an hour winds. this could be a category one hurricane approaching jamaica by midday wednesday. going across jamaica. cuba as a tropical storm, the central bahamas by later thursday. then into the weekend hurricane center takes it off to the northeast which would be good. there's some other computer models that want to bring it back closer to us as we head into sunday and monday. so clearly going to watch that.

78 degrees this afternoon. nice. tonight about 60 in town with 50s in the suburbs. 80 tomorrow. thursday cooler. winds coming off the northeast that will cool us down 70 to 75. still decent friday and saturday. sunday, monday low confidence in the forecast because we just don't know exactly where sandy may go but it does look colder nonetheless by early next week. 4:48. here's monika with timesaver traffic. i looked at all our cameras and everything going on around town and it's very quiet. most of the construction has been cleared up i'm happy to say. no issues to report on the north side of town as you come in from aspen hill, wheaton, bethesda, burtonsville and baltimore on 95. let's take a live look if you're planning to head in from 95. here's what it looks like at route 198. here's 66. no problems to report as cause in from manassas on 66 and 59 in from baltimore as well. we'll take a look at our maps again. this time at 66 coming in from manassas. you can see all lanes are open

into centreville. no problems on 95 as you come in from springfield on 395. a live look once more. here's 95 at 198. no issues coming from laurel to the beltway. i'll be back with more traffic at 4:55. back to you guys. in health news this morning, new guidelines from the american college of obstetricians and gynecologists suggest women can wait three to five years between pap tests. many medical groups have long recommended a pap test every three years for most women and that holds true for women ages 21 to 29 whose paps show know sign of trouble. but for healthy women ages 30 to 65, the preferred check is a pap plus a test for the cancer causing hpv virus. if there are no problems, women can wait five years for further screening. a breast cancer treatment designed to reduce complications may actually create more. racket therapy injects radioactivity material directly into the cancer site.

doctors thought the targeted treatment would lower complications but researchers at yale found women who have the procedure were nearly 17% more likely to have problems including skin damage. more and more americans are having their high blood pressure controlled now. they have it under control. a study from the american heart association suggests nearly 50% of hypertension patients are maintaining good blood pressure levels now which is a big jump from a decade ago when only 29% had their blood pressure levels under control. researchers believe medications are better now and more affordable. diabetics may want to load up on legumes. a cup of legumes like beans, chick peas can reduce the risk of heart disease in people with type ii diabetes. resevers say the foods help improve guy seemic and -- guy seemic and blood sugar levels. a new report from the american academy of pediatrics

says both types of food are for the same amount of vitamins and antioxidants and proteins but organic foods do contain lower levels of pesticides and are less likely to be contaminated with drug resistant bacteria which could be significant for kids. the american academy of pediatrics is responding to the growing number of cheerleading injuries. >> a doctors group is out with some new guidelines to make the sport safer. >> reporter: the vice cheerleading squad is practicing before the big game at clarks town high school north. it can be fun but it can also be dangerous. >> i just got my second concussion. i sprained a lot of things and a lot of black eyes. >> reporter: cheerleading injuries has been on the rise for years. now the american academy of pediatrics is putting out new guidelines that say cheerleading should be designated as a sport in all states. a designation that would ensure

cheerleaders certain safety measures. >> mandatory presport physicals, access to appropriately certified coaches, access to traifning programs. >> reporter: cheerleading has become more competitive in recent years and routines involve more difficult and complex moves. each year there are about 26,000 injuries in the u.s. other recommendations including no stunts on hard or wet surfaces and no peer miffeds more than two people -- pyramids more than two people high. >> if we're learning a new stunt, we do require they have spotters if the back until they can execute the stunt. >> reporter: 15-year-old shannon oh connor broke her nose -- o'connor broke her nose during a stunt but it didn't dampen her enthusiasm for cheerleading. >> cheerleading is my life. i don't want to stop. >> reporter: since safety comes first there were no stunts during the big game because it

was raining. >> the overall injury rate in high school cheerleading is lower than other sports but the rate of catastrophic injuries like skull fractures and spinal injuries is higher. time for the question of the morning. >> what do most kids say is the worst treat they get on halloween? is it a, a toothbrush, b, raisins or c, candy corn? >> log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page. leave your response. we'll reveal the answer during the 6:00 hour.

your weather first. a light jacket this morning. we have 40s and 50s opposed to 30s and 40s.

we're moving up and moving up in a big way today. mix of sun and clouds. 77 by 3:00, close to the high for the day. we'll be around 78, maybe 80 southwest of town and still in the mid-70s at 6:00 p.m. monika, top that. well, look at this. 395 at the 14th street bridge, that looks pretty good. no problems to report into the downtown area. in fact, all of the potomac and anacostia river crossings look just like this. i'll be back with more traffic at 5:01. mike? >> thank you, monika. 4:56 now. lance armstrong can no longer officially be called a tour de france winner. for the seven years he won, nobody can. there is no winner those years. yesterday the international cycling union banned armstrong from cycling and stripped him of the seven titles. the decision backs up ruling from the u.s. antidoping agency which accuses armstrong of using performance enhancing drugs and dodging detection effectively for years with blood transfusions. armstrong, though, continues to deny he did anything wrong.

>> people ask me a lot how you doing. and i tell them, i've been better but i've also been worse. >> we've come too far in the fight against doping to return to our past. cycling has a future and something like this must never happen again. >> the international olympic committee is also reviewing armstrong's case and may strip him of the bronze medal he won in the 2000 games in sydney. last week lance armstrong stepped down as chairman of the livestrong charity for cancer and several of his former sponsors have now stopped supporting him and paying him. south dakota native american activist russell means died monday morning. he was 72. >> means had been battling throat cans near recent years and rejected conventional treatments in favor of traditional native medicines. we look back at his life. >> reporter: russell means was a leading advocate for native

american causes, confrontational right up until his final year. >> i resent that question. >> reporter: means was on the front lines of protests by the american indian movement. he led the 1973 takeover of wounded knee, a standoff with the federal government that last the 71 days. he sought a return to native american traditions while standing up for treaty rights. he disagreed with critics who said ames' aggressive tactics were counterproductive. >> the american indian will win only involving itself in violence in self-defense. never did we attack, never. >> reporter: movie audiences unfamiliar with means' political activism came to know his work in film like the last of mohicans and pocahontas. he said he found the art of acting fulfilling. this spring means spoke at a sioux falls conference on the wounded knee occupation four decades later. that standoff has left behind a

complex legacy of government distress, divisions within ames' ranks and reawakening of native american values. at the center of it all was russell means whose voice weakened by throat cancer called upon all native americans to be fearless to the end. >> when it's my time to go, it's my time to go. and nobody gets out of this life alive. so i have no fear. good morning. thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. tuesday's here. we're glad you're joining us. good morning. i'm mike hydeck. monika, how are you? glism' great. >> howard. thank you for the ride. >> you're welcome. mike's chauffeur for the morning. glad to do it. we're going into the 70s today,