i'll also have more coming up on an accident in manassas at 6:15. mike. >> thank you, monica. >>> both presidential candidates we've seen them court hispanics in this election. it's one of the country's fastest growing demographics. in fact, latinos make up about 10% of the electorate. max is director of the for affairs which latino elected and appointed officials. thanks for joining us and getting up early on this election day. it's going to be a busy day for you. >> thanks for having me. >> we appreciate it. historically we've seen a large percentage of the latino vote goes to democrats. it looks like with the way polling is concerned it's going that way again this year. what are some of the biggest issues that affect the latino population and may sway their vote? are we talking about the economy, social concerns, immigration, something i haven't mentioned, maybe? >> we project that approximately 12.2 million latino voters will show up in these elections. so they'll make a key difference in deciding who the next president will be and also the stat

i'll be back with more on that accident in manassas coming up at 5:10. back to you guys. >>> we are almost there. 5:02 now. after more than a year of emerging candidates, dropouts, nominating conventions, head-to- head debates, today it boils down to all of us, the american voters. >> and the republican challenger hasn't stopped campaigning for your votes just yet. begat cheban begins our coverage with president obama's campaign from chicago. >>reporter: president obama spending election day in chicago. he cast his ballot there during early voting almost two weeks ago. the president wrapped up his campaign in des moines last night, just steps away from his iowa headquarters during his first presidential bid in 2008. >> are you fired up? >>reporter: president obama made one final plea for votes in the critical battleground state. >> after all the months of campaign, after all the rallies, after the millions of dollars of ads, it all comes down to you. it's out of my hands now. >>reporter: president obama plans to continue his election day tradition of pla

manassas, 58. i'll tell you what, it's going to remain breezy through the all morning, through all of friday morning so take it easy if you go out on the water. your day planner. cold to start in the 30s. and cool by evening. but look at that, not a cloud in the sky. temperatures are 55 to 60. it will set at 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. and the next three days, the nine weather alert. green, green, green. cool, but nice tomorrow, 60. we kind of made them pretty easy to remember. milder, 65. warmer on sunday. 70 degrees. wow. the next seven days. >> i think that we'll hit the 70s again. and as you can see the veterans day. that's pretty nice. showers will come in on tuesday with some rain. dropping to about 60 in the wake of that cold front, it will be a little cooler, but nothing out of the ordinary. upper 50s on wednesday and then sunshine on thursday and temperatures, near 60. okay, now before the storm, this is taken on the 27th of october, okay? and this is a great thing. and this is often that you see

easy commute coming in from manassas.eck of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> a good portion of downtown manhattan is still without power because of hurricane sandy. >> now, it is forcing some restaurants to get a little creative. the old homestead charged $10 for steaks which would normally cost around $47. >> that is a sale. >> we could feed everybody in here. i would even buy a couple of steaks. the owners said they had to get rid of the food before it spoiled. the staff served about 700 customer. >> i imagine. $10 steak, here you go. that does look really good. that is a good idea. get some business in there too. >>> the big match-up this weekend, rg iii verses cam. rg iii is often compared to cam newton but he is having none of that. >> dave ross is up next with sports breakfast. we had a good group of people. good group of employees out there. this was a a booming place. and mitt romney and bain capital turned it in to a junk yard. i was suddenly, 60 years old. i had no health care. mainly i was thinking

from manassas to centreville. you're okay. the hanes are open all the way to -- lanes are open all the way to the beltwayened inside the beltway -- beltway and inside the beltway looks good as well. nice and quiet from the roosevelt bridge into downtown. 270 coming in from the north right now it looks great. in about half an hour, 45 minutes it's not going to be so great so head out the door right now and you'll be fine. down toward germantown and the point where the lanes divide. construction is cleared up for the morning north of town. i'll be back with more traffic at 4:55. >> thanks, monika. >>> the rise of antibiotic resistant infections has the cdc and 25 other health organizations teaming up to get the problem under control. >> the problem is especially troubling because children traditionally have the highest rate of antibiotic use. >> reporter: john tilly took antibiotics for five years to treat his chronic sinus problems. doctors gave him a new prescription every three to four months. >> that wasn't stro

>>reporter: been looking at a serious accident in manassas. balls ford road completely shut down at the prince william parkway. that's just south of i-66. it's a truck involved and a diesel fuel spill, so that intersection and prince william parkway completely shut down. inbound 66 is not affected by this. but if you're one of those that takes 66 -- the map just moved. let's go back there. if you take 66 and get off at manassas, you'll want to get off off at suddenly road and knock it off the exit before that, just south of i-66. right here is where the road is affected. i know authorities are on the scene there as well. we'll keep you posted on that situation. let's take a live look outside, show you what it looks like close to that point. no problems, as i said, on 66 itself as you travel through manassas. let's go back over to our maps this time to the northbound side of i-95. looking good, triangle to dumbfries, winfield to springfield. a live look at the 14th street bridge, northbound 395, no issues to report as you head into the downtown

so you factor in the winds and it feels like it is just 40s, feeling like 41 in manassas.ress for the 40s. if you go out late tonight, dress for the 20s and the 30s. the winds diminish slowly, still breezy tonight, dress for the 30s and the 40s early. a chilly start on friday. a good jacket for you and a milder finish on friday. you might end up carrying the jackets home, but that will be okay. low temperatures in the 30s, 10 to 20. the next three days, green, green, green. and why wouldn't they be? 60 tomorrow, 65 on saturday. 70, yes, 70 for you on sunday. next seven days, the heart walk on saturday. ravens are at home on sunday. perfect. and veteran's day on sunday. clouds will come in late. rain and showers on tuesday and a little cooler next week, but that's not so bad. >> we're going to chill out and love this weekend. >> yes, we are. >> good stuff. hey, it's an exciting time for pro sports in d.c. >> not just rg3, but the nats and the summer and now another playoff team. they don't want to realize that. but is round one. with a tie, round two with mother nature. so

in manassas closing to 34 the pence plan parkway. south of i-66. back to you. >> we will continue our election day coverage with a look at those who did early voting compared to those who will cast their ballots today. >> president obama is viewed as having that as with early voters. mitt romney is confident it will receive more votes today. and that's how easily shakes out? >> it is. early voting has more important -- the obama folks the pentagon on the the mitt romney does. the romney campaign says partly because there are more rural voters and older voters like the tradition of going to the polling places, they are more likely to vote on election day. and allow them to hide what is coming up to keep them a little bit behind the curtains. keeping the pedal to the metal paul ryan coming to virginia today. very unusual for the ticket to be out on election day. president obama will be playing basketball while mitt romney is in ohio, pennsylvania. paul ryan joins him for those here in virginia. >> a lot of folks out there, not the question becomes mi

that is warmer than most of the region. 36 in gaithersburg, 34 in manassas, 38 at dulles.rage high is 63, average low of 45. in the future we will continue to see our full coming in predominantly out of the north northwest. that will keep us chilly out. partly sunny, a few sprinkles possible, 52-56 today. in the thirties tonight. your seven-day forecast, don't forget to set the clock back by one hour before you go to bed saturday night. we are watching for a potential coastal storm down the line in the middle of next week's. stay tuned here for any changes on that. let's check on traffic with steve hershorn. >> good morning. sometimes we call this friday night. here we are at the springfield interchange, moving pretty smoothly no outbound 495 through dale city and springfield and hov lanes without incident continuing on 395 to the 14th street bridge, looking okay. near route 109 on 270 from frederick county into montgomery county, moving pretty well with more volume, but not so bad. here we are on the beltway at university boulevard still good from college park to silver s

haymarket 35 and manassas is 34. it's 36 in gaithersburg. look at fort belvoir one of the cool spots too at 34 with 37 in fairfax and 38 in bowie. outside on the michael & son weather camera, good visibility. partly cloudy skies. flags -- up a little bit. so it's not too windy at all with the wind only at 5 miles an hour west southwest at reagan national and the humidity 68%. storm systems one in the northern plains and another one of the west coast more moisture there. then of course we have what's left of sandy. still spinning up here in eastern canada. it's bringing in some cold air bringing et down but the snow showers in the great lakes. and for us it's bringing a little disturbance on that northwesterly flow that's going to give us the cloudiness here for a little while. into the morning hours. but i do anticipate more sun this afternoon. here's the futurecast. clouds and a few sprinkles east of the mountains that wouldn't be crazy. but into the afternoon and for sunshine and clear tonight and we're going to dip into the 30s. stay in t

manassas, 42 in degrees in3 , 44 inton, d.c. annapolis.s morning, but a sunshine this afternoon. cool,l continue to be with a high temperature between 55.nd a lot of sunshine on saturday. prominent clients sunday through wednesday. things looking good for degrees and, 59 sunshine. that puts you in a good new this morning. .et's check on traffic it's not going to cause much consternation. e are across the 14th street bridge, looks pretty good. springfield to the 14th no significant little volume. no significant backups. heading up the pennsylvania avenue, you will see the a paving operation. pennsylvania avenue between .hird street and 14th street nw you can see the flash and lights. they may be trying to get that out of the way. , towards capital. e utility work in georgetown at the key bridge. if you're headed inbound, you'll sidehat on the right to get onyour ability bridge.ey they are directing your town that. longer fornot much that cleared away. back to you. >> thank you. metro riders could face delays as we can do contract work. red

but manassas is down to 41. 60 in petersburg. warm air not that far away. 51 in la plata. let's check in with monika samtani at 5:00 a.m. with timesaver traffic. >>> overall it's a very quiet rush hour with this holiday. you've got metro on a saturday schedule as well. no hov restrictions to worry about so that helps. by the way, also the redline is single tracking it grosvenor and friendship heights. let's go over to another map. this time we're heading all the way to southern maryland, route 4, route 5, 301 everything looks good coming up from brandywine, accokeek and around andrews air force base as well and route 4 pennsylvania avenue. let's show you what it looks like near college park. if you're planning to head from

we're sitting at 9 in manassas and -- 39 in manassas and 46 up in baltimore. and annapolis. and 39 also across the bay in cambridge. one of the cooler spots but winds not too strong this morning so the windchills within that much lower than -- aren't that much lower than the actual temperatures upper 30s to low 40s. the bark worse than the bite on the radar here and we still have some areas of snow also at the higher elevations and some of those folks got over 30 inches of snow incredible storm that sandy was. and we're going to be recovering from sandy across east for quite some sometime. let's they can in with sam -- check in with monika samtani here with timesaver traffic. >>> georgetown pike just west of the beltway at georgetown court potential wires down. don't know about lane close yours right now -- closures right now but watch out for the activity just west of the beltway. metro orange line delays at new carolton because of earlier power problems. and penn 401 is running ten minutes late. what it looks like. first of all on the northbound side of 395 here at the 14t

this is the live camera shot eastbound along 66, traffic running freely as you continue out of manassas headed in towards centreville. we'll update the ride out of oxon hill. police, fire and rescue units remain on the scene of the crash. follow their direction in order to get by. traffic flowing freely seeing nothing but green on the inner loop leaving oxon hill headed over towards the wilson bridge. overnight construction cleared. all three lanes maintained now headed out past the d.c. line coming inbond off of 50 and kenilworth avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. e traffic. >> thank you. >>> a wild scene in northeast d.c. last night. three people shot inside a convenience store. the suspect took off. >> police believe it all began because of a dispute between the gunman and a store clerk. fox 5's melanie alnwick is live at police headquarters in northwest with the details. >> reporter: good morning. early this morning, d.c. police did tell me they think they have some pretty good leads in this case. they've got surveillance video the suspect fired several round into

degrees in manassas, 37 at dulles, 42 at reagan national, gaithersburg, 39 in martinsburg. we will be warming slowly today. 51 by noon and 55 degrees at 5:00. more sunshine in the seven-day forecast. let's check on traffic with steve hershorn. the beltway, new hampshire delay, stay to the left as you had passed 95 and around to newnd hampshire avenue. delays around the beltway. some leftover roadwork, the virginia side, several works owns overnight. ,95 northbound and southbound are in the process of picking that up. bad.not too in springfield, hov lanes are open. from dale city to springfield. 395, 14th street bridge, lanes are open. is open in springfield as well. back to you. >> thank you. begin with good news for new yorkers trying to recover from sandy. the electric company is scheduled to restore power to manhattan by saturday if. >> mayor bloomberg announced water and meals will be distributed tyndareus around the city. tahman bradley has more on the efforts in new york city and new jersey. >> and the may be gone, but frustration is growing. >> we are going to freeze

manassas, 46 45 in in b.w.i. now waiting in the wings is out system.rm you can see this showers and thundershowers swirling on the image.lite taking a dip down our south tomorrow. news.s the good we're concerned about the s.astal area erroll with beach, 44 degrees this hour. looking dark and cool, doesn't it? some of the areas ravaged by sandy, unfortunately -- this l system develops by wednesday afternoon and getting in on the edge here. it will start out as rain, and the coast things heavier the rain will be trade and certain on the is one ofk, but this overnighthowing us wednesday and into thursday isning that rain into snowfall. we will keep a close eye and be thatred for any changes to forecast in the next day or so. partly sunny skies today. high temperature between 48 and 53 degrees. for tonight, downright cold. cloudy, 27 to 35. there is a look at your seven- day forecast. partly cloudy to parlay sunnis 9 degrees for the high. -- partly cloudy to partly sunny skies. 49 degrees for the high tide finally, i

no major incidents with the exception of one accident in manassas blocking southbound prince william parkway at wellington road. here in montgomery county things are great on the beltway, college park to bethesda. no problems on 29, 95, 270. coming in from rockville to the point where the lanes divide. let's take a live look outside. if you're planning to head here on 27 on at clarksburg at 121, volumes are just beginning to pick up but the lanes are open. back over to the maps. this time all the way down south in southern maryland. looking good on route 4, route 5, route 301 traveling 210 out of accokeek to oxon hill to the wilson bridge. there is one accint in prince george's county brinkley road at temple hill road. let's take a li look outside and show what you it looks like here at route 210 heading for the wilson bridge. very quiet. i'll be back in a few minutes with more traffic. back to you guys. >> thanks, monika. >>> a doctor who can't write prescriptions. he's fighting desperately to get his privileges back. >> that doctor lost the right seven months ago. he says that deci

places like manassas and culpeper. 36 now in manassas. 39 gaithersburg. leonardtown 43. a chilly start to the day. clearing overnight. and that leading to the cool temperatures. all right, more of the same here. looking at a mixture of clouds. i think we'll see more sunshine than the past couple of days, although by no means will it be a bright and sunny day. cloud cover working through at the moment. still leftovers with sandy and a couple of upper level disturbances coming through, and that's been giving us the clouds and one or two sprinkles. i don't think we'll see rain today, but clouds hanging tough. and eventually partly sunny skies, with temperatures in the 50s. weekend looks good. details on that coming up. but your afternoon highs, 55 in washington. 54 quantico. 50 hagerstown and winchester. little cool for this time of the year. more details on the weather in just a minute. back to you. >>> tucker, thank you very much. we're following breaking news concerning two police involved shootings. the most recent happened on 17th street northeast. we have live picture

in manassas, jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. >> 12:15.a sign of progress in the aftermath of hurricane sandy they added the gas rationing. hard to forget these photos of lines spanning four blocks. rationing will continue though in new york city and on long island. new york city council will meet today or they are expected to approve a half million dollar emergency plan. >> the cure that was ravaged by hurricane sandy will be rebuilt. -- de pier. the pier was badly damaged weeks ago during hurricane sandy. >> there's some good news there. still, folks in new jersey and new york do not have the power weeks after the storm. court's and it is going to be very cold there, here as well. there is the potential for another coastal storm. is still too early to say exactly what will happen without one. but we will be watching for sunday and monday. let us show you what has happened. you are seeing out there? mixed in with the rain. a couple of sleet palates. you can see a nice clearing on our time-lapse on our roof camera here in arlington overloo

. >> the manassas, accused of leading police on a wild chase through virginia and maryland last month as a preliminary hearing today. the chase started on 66 and ended when she crashed car in rockville. she faces several charges including assault and reckless endangerment. >> a stunning verdict in prince george's county. a university student charged with murdering her roommate. >> they found alexis and simpson not guilty of murdering her roommate's dominique frazier. >> not guilty. >> echoed outside the prince george's courthouse thursday night after a jury found simpson not guilty in the stabbing death of her bowie state roommates dominique frazier. >> thank you jesus. there is a. god. just >> we prayed to god and it worked for the best. she's a good person. >> prosecutors argued simpson was the aggressor wednesday slashed frazier's throat during a fight in their dorm room. but simpson said that she was scared and that she started swinging the knife and the jury believed her. >> there's no question that she acted in self-defense. >> she was very remorseful. she made the 911 call. >>

manassas into centreville. with the lanes open. i'll be back with more traffic at 6:18 or further out. >>> little further out. >> yeah. >>> and we have another look at our question of the morning -- >> hmm. one of our facebook fans wrote ed violette. >> we'll have more of your responses and the correct answer in 30 minutes. stick around. >>> welcome back. 6:21. howard here with your weather first on this pretty but chilly friday morning and a great day ahead. and even better weekend. here's our day planner. and it is gorgeous outside now. clear skies behind the capitol dome. still a little pink on the horizon. 55 by noon and wind northwest at about 10 and by 3:00 high rite about 60 degrees. >>> in our buddy check profile we met mercedes watson and she said being a cancer survivor can be transformative. another survivor maimah karmo has written a book about the experience, it's called "fearless." maimah is also president and ceo of the tiger lily foundation and welcome. fearless that says without fear but that's certainly not what y

some areas are clear and calm like manassas at 41. we have a few spots in the lower 60s where we've got clouds and a little more of a breeze. we're down to 50 here in d.c. with 53 in annapolis. again upper 60s with more clouds this afternoon. 5:59. monika samtani, happy observed veterans day. >> that's right, observed veterans day today. because of that a lot of you are off work but if are planning to head around town, metro is on a saturday schedule. grosvenor to friendship hits is single tracking and east falls church to clarendon, buses replace replace trains. there are no hov restrictions and two-way traffic on the changeable roads, including canal road, clara barton parkway and rock creek parkway as well. let's show you what it looks like at the american legion bridge on the west side of town. looking good between 270 and 66. no issues across the bridge span here. now we'll go back over to the maps. 95 northbound no delays yet from woodbridge to spring field. another live look outside, this time taking a look at 66 inside the bel

a cool maybe breezy 53. 38 in luray this morning so 39 in manassas. leesburg is 45. across the bay our friends in easton at 44. i got a childhood friend steve living in easton by the way. we've got temps now -- windchill temperatures anyway in the 30s to low 40s. so not too windy but certainly jacket and glove weather. when i show you the satellite and radar combined you see plenty of clouds and we've got the rain showers at lower elevations and mountain snows and a few -- this is more -- the bark is worse than the bite but a few sprinkles north and west of d.c.. let's check in with monika samtani with timesaver traffic. >>> luckily the police activity is on the southbound side of 395 but nevertheless it's there and you need to know about it. a live look at what's going on with the arrow board set up and police activity here. this is southbound 395 right here at route 110 and left the ramp open in case that's where you're going. you've going to be okay coming off the 14th street bridge and exiting here or heading further south on to 395. it's early and there are no d

also in leesburg, 21 degrees colder in andrews and 25 degrees colder in manassas. now, you factor in the winds, we've lost closer to 30 degrees. feels like it's 44 downtown. in the 30s in gaithersburg and leesburg and 37 up in frederick. for tonight, clear, breezy and cold. in the 30s. one to two blanket night. winds out of the north at 10 to 20. if you're headed out now dress for the 30s. later dress for the 20s. >> cold night ahead. thank you, topp. >>> they are the men and women who make sure veterans are cared for in clean conditions. nearly 300 janitors at the walter reed national medical center say they haven't been paid in two weeks. supporters came out to support the janitors today at a rally in bethesda. 9 news spoke yesterday with one of those frustrated employees. >> i have done the job. i have complied with the regulations. and everything, but i'm not getting paid. >> that is not good. escalp enterprises, the federal contractor that employs those janitors says they haven't been paid by the government and that's why they can't pay the workers. >>> 16 afg

near 50s in culpepper. 54 in manassas and fairfax. downtown mid-50s in southern maryland with a small craft advisory for the bay. mid-50s in gaithersburg and frederick. we'll break it down for you. 30s and 40s to start. near 50 by noon and then low to mid-50s by 5:00. more sun by 5:00. all right next three days. we're green, 9 weather alerts are green. 54 tomorrow. saturday, 53. we'll see you at the walk now for autism speaks on saturday morning at the mall. 10:00 walk, we'll see you at 9:00. for sunday, cool 58, nice weather both saturday and sunday for the skins. and next week not so bad. i am watching a potential storm for you off the coast. i didn't want to say that, but i'll tell you now. mid-5:s on monday and also on election -- mid-50s on monday and also on election day. the storm appears to be staying offshore. even if it were to come on shore, it would be after election day for us. >> very good. >>> let's get through tonight's weird news because we all know halloween is suppose to be the scariest night of the year, right? wel

manassas 41 culpeper 43, really not bad to start this morning. but look at temperatures across the west. doesn't take a meteorologist to figure out where the cold front is. 20 in minneapolis, 34 in chicago. we are dealing with 50's ahead of that front and we will take the big plunge once this crosses through. but today we will enjoy the benefit of high pressure to keep us warm. the rain will arrive overnight and you can see a look into the future. that should last through the morning hours tomorrow but afternoon or by 2:00 that will pull out and we will clear out and bring you more sunshine. the forecast patchy fog giving way to increasing cloudiness. the high 65 to 70 degrees. tonight expect cloudy skies with showers, 45 to 50. a look at the seven-day forecast showers last through tuesday morning and clearing out and temps back down into the lower 50's for highs. let's check on traffic now with steve. >> because it is veterans day lighter than usual volume. 109 you see a little volume clustering south of the exit but after that it is good all th

by midnight tonight we see showers and rain from gaithersburg to manassas essentially through most of the metro area, a little break and then more showers over into calvert county and st. mary's county. we'll put this into motion. by 4:45, 5:00 in the morning it's raining or showering everywhere. most of it's light, a little yellow activity around culpeper. we'll put this back into motion and then by 9:00 we're getting the back edge of the precipitation, so still showers into southern maryland but good news. tomorrow afternoon we clear out and actually have a pretty nice afternoon as temperatures fall a bit but drier air moves in. next three days, our 9 weather alerts, yellow tomorrow because of the morning showers 52, nice but chilly wednesday 50, nice but cool thursday, 53. next seven days we'll finish the week nice, cooler, but 54 friday and saturday, nice for the terps game. right now for the redskins they are home against the eagles, looks like some rain and temperatures only in the 40s. 9news will be back right after this. stay tuned. >>> in the mailbag tonight general david pet

peggy is live in manassas, virginia. >>> former d.c. council chair kwame brown will go before two judges. he's scheduled to be sentence on violating a campaign statute. in federal court he's awaiting for sentencing for lying on loan applications. both of these crimes carry a six-month sentence. it's happening in federal court today. bruce johnson has been covering the sentence. he has the latest now. bruce? >> reporter: hi, mike. former councilman chairman kwame brown has been sentenced here in federal court. he was sentenced on the felony charge of bank fraud. here's the sentence and came as a surprise to many people. he's now in the custody of the u.s. marshals. the just sentenced him to remain in the custody of marshals for the remainder of this business day. come 5:00 he will be released. as you say he has another court appearance at 2:00, 2:30 this afternoon on a misdemeanor charge over in superior court. the felony, the big one, in addition to being sentenced to the custody of u.s. marshals for the rest of the day, he will be unde

traveling on 66, no issues reported coming in from manassas. southbound prince william parkway south of 66 at wellington road, accident activity blocks the southbound lanes. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. e traffic. >>> motor trend has named its car of the year. the tesla model s is the first all electric vehicle to win the top honor. we have found tucker barnes' new car. he is shopping for one. the electric car industry is expected to get a boost because of the award. it starts at $57,000. >> we have to start over. that's too expensive. >> i think we may have found it, tucker. >>> another rough one for the wizards. this time, slammed by the bob cats. sports coming up next. g up nex >>> davey johnson was named manager of the year. johnson becomes just the fifth manager to win the ward in both leagues. he also won it with the orioles back in 1997. and as manager bob melvin won the al manager of the year award narrowly beating out the orioles skipper buck showalter. >> not on a happy note to the hard wood now, the wizards are on t

warrenton, manassas, fair fan, you might not quite make 60, but it will be close, 59. near 60 down near st. mary's city. choppy on the bay but the winds actually will abate in the afternoon. small craft advisory expires by 6:00 a.m. friday morning. next three days, our 9 weather alerts are green, green, and green. 70 and warmer with sunshine on sunday. ravens in town. now, next seven days, i think we'll keep it on monday, too, as we observe veterans day. temperatures near 70. showers and rain on tuesday. a little cooler, back to signature in the wake of that cold front, not bad. upper 50s on wednesday and thursday. >> and the heart walk is going to be great. come on, everybody. howard is going to be out there. >> are you saying my cue was less than -- >> it was. >> let's talk sports. soccer for those who don't even like soccer. >> i am going to convert you after this break. even you will be a fan. wait until you see what happened to your d.c. united soccer club. one player blows a gasket and gets tossed, and that ain't even the craziest moment of the night. and there's

here come 30s again. 36 this morning in gaithersburg. 36 in manassas. off to the west, 34 degrees. cull pepper 34 so awfully close to freezing out o-the west. our high temperatures will top out in the low to mid-50s so with a little sunshine it should feel a little better than yesterday, but we have no real heat on the way here as the flow will continue to be out of the north and west for the next several days. satellite radar, clear skies overnight. that's why we're getting so cold and here's our next little piece of energy coming down from the north and west. some cloud cover and one or two sprinkles. i don't think we'll see a low or sprinkles today. we'll go partly sunny this afternoon with highs in the mid-50s. good news is the whole mess associated with sandy should finally get out of here and high pressure out to the west will build in for the weekend. should be bright and sunny although a little cool with high temperatures getting cool each day. partly sunny skies, still cool. winds out of the west here at 5 to 10. then as we get into the nighttime hours, cold again. partly

it's still 58 degrees in hagerstown. 52 in manassas and 56 in annapolis. we're looking at temperatures only slipping into the 40s across the divide. it's 46 in cumberland. still 52 in oakland. we have another one of the situations just like last night, where the clouds are helping to keep some of that heat in that we had during the day. and we're also seeing that heat rise from the surface so the higher elevations are still staying warm right now. you can see the cold front on the way though and on the back side of the cold front, can you see the line of the blue and pink there? snow and ice mixing in on the back side of this storm system. that's going to miss us to the north. we'll stay in the rain shield which you see approaching right now, the nashville area. overnight will stay clear and comfortable, down to 41 degrees in the outlying suburbs and 50 downtown with the winds at southwest at 10 miles per hour. it will still be mostly sunny tomorrow morning, but becoming breezy. temperatures in the 40s and 50s. still be comfortable, but you need a light ja

here are some 20s breaking out. 27 in frederick. 32 at dulles and manassas. it is a cold start, no doubt about it. 42 in annapolis. bay waters still keeping temperatures up a little bit closer to the western shore of the day. high pressure out to the west and that will just dominate our weather here for the next several days. you might see a cloud or two today. that will be about it. otherwise, nice and dry wednesday right through the end of the week here with temperatures trending a little below average. well below average today with highs only in the upper 40s to about 50 and then we'll be cold again tonight. so wear setting up here for what is likely to be a cold november. -- so we're setting up here for what is likely to be a cold november. >>> sunshine, cool temperatures, cool for this time of year with highs near 50 and then overnight lows back in the mid-30s in town. low 30s and upper 0s again overnight. clear skies, cold overnight and here is your accu-weather saved. things stay nice and quiet here through the end of the week into the first day of the

manassas, down to 34. leesburg, 37. in the upper 30s. montgomery, articlington, fairfax county. winds increasing too. 8:00 a.m., 40. sunshine breaking out this morning and during the afternoon as we reach the mid 50s. winds gusting to 25 miles an hour this afternoon. i'll be back with a look at your friday evening planner and a look at first four traffic this friday morning with danella. >> thanks, tom. happy friday. traveling on i-66, here is what's happening. eastbound 66, westbound, nice and clear from the beltway. no accidents. eastbound, not bad at fairfax county. you get closer to the beltway, sluggish, nutley, crowding as you head toward the beltway. checking travel speeds, 32 miles per hour. thrive will take you 18 minutes from fairfax county parkway to the bellway. outer loop, starting to slowdown. from i-59 to colesville road, the bulk of your delays. to i-270, that drive will take you 11 minutes. i'm back in ten. aaron, over to you. >>> and now we're live at the desk with breaking campaign news. >> we just learned where mitt romney will be making some of his final sto

light traffic volume here as welcoming in from manassas.to report continuing in towards center veil and making your way out towards fair oaks. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >> thank you. >>> talk about the election now. president obama won maryland and its 10 electoral votes. voters in the free state also weighed in on seven key ballot questions. >> three of the more cop ten schuss questions all passed including an expansion of gambling. fox 5's holly morris is live at national harbor where it appears a new casino will be built and a lot of people are excited about that. good morning to you. >> reporter: there are a lot of people that are excited but it wasn't necessarily a landslide in terms of how the vote came out in term of question seven. it is likely that the casino will be built here at national harbor where we are live this morning. at this hour, it is very quiet here but it was a much different store yea last night. when it became clear that question seven was indeed going to pass, the skies lit up, liter

looking great out of manassas to centreville.fairfax toward nutley street where we still add some construction in place that should again be cleared up shortly. this is what it looks like at the american legion bridge on the west side of town. i'll be back with more coming up at 4:39. back to you guys. >> thank you, monika. >>> general john allen's nomination to be the next commander of the u.s. european command as well as nato supreme command ally in europe is on hold. >> he's been drawn into the scandal surrounding david petraeus after investigators found e-mails that the d.o.d. says are inappropriate. susan mcginnis has more. >> reporter: jill kelley has moved to the center of the scandal that has already taken down former general and c.i.a. director david petraeus and could ruin the career of another general john allen. allen is now under investigation because of his relationship with kelley. the pentagon is looking at more than 20,000 documents and e- mails between them which some have labeled inappropriate and flirtatious.

no delays coming in from manassas to centreville. that sounds good if you're planning to head to the beltway. another live look this time 66 inside the beltway at glebe road. i'll be back with more task at 5:24. >>> 5:18. the ravens look like super bowl contenders after yesterday's game. >> d.c. united will have to dig their way out of a the hole if they want to advance to a championship. highlights in sports. >> question of the day. 10%, that is key to this question, 10% of americans will see one of these things on their table thanksgiving. is it a cranberry sauce, b, a fruitcake, or c, a restaurant bill. >> kim wrote on our wusa9 facebook fan page c, the restaurant bill. the other two are far more popular than 10%. and for the first time ever, you can add us to the 10%. >> all right. so log on to our facebook fan page. leave what you think is the answer. we also have a special bonus this week. if you answer correctly, you'll be entered in a random drawing to win four tickets at less mess abes at the -- "les miserables" at the natio

we are 41 in manassas.ce gunpoint, temperature are going to be cool this afternoon with highs only expected to be in the mid-50s. and with some cloud cover, it will feel like november out there. radar, there is your light shower activity and again, this radar is a little aggressive in showing you how much of this is probably touching the ground. not a whole lot of t but we've got a shower there now to the south and east of baltimore. and then a few showers here north and west. frederick, hagerstown, up towards 270. all of it related to the remnants of sandy and a little upper level disturbance that is squeezing the leftover moisture out of the atmosphere so we're getting a little piece of energy moving through. that is kicking up a couple of showers. it is not well organized and with the flow here out of the west and north, it doesn't have a lot of moisture to work it. by early afternoon, we'll get some peeks of sunshine. it should be a d.c. the day for us. this whole mess of activity will be lifting off to

how -- the political science greeting visitors to old town manassas may indicate. >> locally, within our own community. >> this county voted 53% of president obama in 2008. prince william is seen as an early indicator. >> i would love to think that loudoun county is a slice of america. >> i would like to think that something that we do is based on a lot of good thinking and a lot of prayer. that would be great. >> back to prince william county many are observing something else about this year's elections. >> more than i ever seen. >> there is a lot of enthusiasm here. many of the poll workers here are saying there are senate similar to 2008 levels as well. -- they are seeing at levels 2008 as well. >> in maryland, it might not be the presidential election driving people to the polls. there many important questions on the ballot this year. three of them have sparked controversy, especially in prince george's county. >> it is one of the busier polling places in the county. just yet, but i suspect there will be. what we are hearing from people is that you do not have to twist their arms

accident activity here in manassas still in play 234 south of ballsport road. roadway remains blocked off in each direct because of an accident. this is southbound 270 coming in out of hyattstown. lanes are open. no problems reported. one more camera to pop up. this will be northbound i-59 leaving the prince william parkway coming in out of woodbridge. no issues reported continuing out towards 123. >>> coming up income we'll go live to fox business network in new york. a look at he key numbers comparing 2008 and 2012. as we go to break, what is better than knowing that you fulfilled your civic duty? how about a free burger? as if voting is not enough, z burger is giving away free single hamburgers or cheeseburgers who comes in wearing the i voted sticker or says z vote. you can only vote once so you only get one burger. one burger. >> if that is not incentive, i don't know what is. i'm telling you right now. >> vince is our floor director. he didn't believe it when i told him this earlier. fox 5 morning news is back in a moment. so, maybe you're trying to figur

manassas into fairfax. a live look inside the beltway at the roosevelt bridge, a good example of the potomac and anacostia river crossings. back with more at 5:10. back to you guys. >>> if for some reason you're under a rock, the phrase four nor we'res is going to -- more years is going to tell you how it went. >> the race was called in favor of the president late last night after taking and keeping his electoral college lead, president obama pulled ahead of mitt romney in the popular vote overnight. 9news now reporter kristin fisher is live on capitol hill with more on the president's successful re-election bid. good morning kristin. >> reporter: good morning, you know it was a long night but it wasn't nearly as long as many people feared. nor was the race as close as many people thought it would be. now the final returns are still coming in but right now, president obama is up by about 1.8 million popular votes. and he swept all of the big battleground states. florida, ohio, and yes, virginia barely. now

low 40s manassas and d.c.. if you factor in the winds lost about 30 degrees because we were in the low 70s at this time yesterday. so we've lost 20 degrees but we're going to remain dry through the week. need a jacket tonight. windchills will be in the 20s if you're out late. and they're already in the 30s now. and you'll need that jacket all day tomorrow. so for tonight, clear breezy cold. one to two blanket night. lows in the 30s and winds northerly 10 to 20. by morning very sunny and bright and brisk. grab a jacket or coat. 30s or 40s. now northeast winds 10 to 15. still breezy and that little breeze will cut through the skin tomorrow. so mostly sunny breezy chilly. keep the coat handy. high temperatures will struggle to get to 50. next three days the 9 weather alerts are green, green and green. so chilly but nice on wednesday. 50. cool but nice on thursday. at low 50s. and still cool on friday but we're back in the mid 50s. which is pretty close to average by end of the week. next seven days, saturday looks

frederick and manassas. let's go to monika now with the friday timesaver traffic. >>> oh yes i do and it's all good. really it is. if you're planning to head out the door early this friday morning, you are good to go i think you will get to work on time. at least if you're coming in on the bw parkway and route 50. it looks good actually right in from annapolis. all the way to 495 and that's good all the way down to the wilson bridge. a live look first in maryland, and show you what it looks ike if you're planning to head here on the west side of town at the american legion bridge. very, very quiet across the potomac river. let's go back to the maps this time we're heading over to virginia. on the inbound side of i-66. manassas into centreville all lanes are open. no issues as you travel to fair tax, the beltway through tysons corner the lanes are open. this time northbound 95 here in newington. back with more traffic coming up in a few minutes at 5:10. back to you guys. >>> thanks, later today president obam

in the manassas area, they are t oning with an inciden william parkway-balls road. polling places across the northeast including virginia with the last couple of minutes. we have our first election returns from two small towns in new hampshire. up the polls at midnight and it was a clean split. president obama grabbed 23 and it meant romney had parallels and that they were in 20008. obama and mitt canvassingt monday swing states to win over undecided voters. is a critical battleground state. loudoun county is a battleground county and brianne carter -- brianne carter tells us more. good morning, the polls just a.ened here in virgini already got more than 100 people in line at belmont bridge middle leesburg ready to cast a ballot. vice president joe biden was here yesterday. both candidates are hoping n atinia will be in the wi the night. after months of campaigning, adds, the race for comes down toe today. come back to i 11 more time your vote then it has very tight race. on this election day, the latest show is still that way. in a new abc news poll shows obama is

currently 54 at d.c., 48 at baltimore, 60 at fredericksburg this hour, 58 at dulles, 52 at manassas and 46 degrees at culpeper. we're seeing some warm conditions that will last quite a bit into the course of tomorrow at least. look at the national map. al

we do have some dry air that has been building. 39 in manassas, 40 at dulles,. well below average by a good 5- 10 degrees. you will need a jacket today. it will be partly sunny and cool. >> i hope everyone had a safe halloween, too. right now run the region we have a cruise in the tyson area doing construction overnight. on the toll road, they're trying to wrap up. it looks like they open up another gates corp. hov commuters on 95. everything is clear in each direction on 95. a make -- a minor crash on 395 southbound at near duke street. they have rapid that up. -- wrapped that up. keep in mind with the building fire in the southeast fourth street is closed. >> still to come on the >> this is "good morning washington" on your side. >> straight ahead now at 4:30, picking up the pieces after sandy. we'll have the latest on the recovery efforts in the hardest hit areas in the northeast. it is thursday, november 1. >> we're going to get right over to jackie. >> good morning, guys. nice start this morning. a little bit on the chilly side. our weather pattern is going

it feels cold enough for winter weather. 37 in manassas and in culpeper. look the our storm system, starting to take shape. it will be intensifying throughout the day today. you can see the rain showers now reaching the ground here. pretty good storm surge and beach erosion. unfortunately, more problems from the lower eastern shore right up into new jersey and new york as the system lifts north. as the storm develops later this afternoon, some of the rain showers will be thrown back towards the washington area along with enough cold air in the upper atmosphere here up into pennsylvania that we could see the rain transition over to some snow here. and with temperatures only about 40 or so, it is possible that we could see some of of the area get covered in a light -- maybe the grassy areas get a light accumulation here. off to the north and east, that is where the best chances are for accumulating snow. notice how we're on the western edge of the storm here. here is the center of circulation. if you are west of 9 5,ic you will generally be deeing with just

temperatures 43 at reagan 40 at dulles 39 manassas. culpeper 37.6 and 37 in gaithersburg. we have freeze warnings in effect but we have a little upperlevel disturbance that pushed through to bring some cloud cover and that is one reason we are not seeing a lot of temperatures below freezing. we have a couple of hours and it will drop significantly the next hour or two. so, keep that in mind if you are trying to protect any sensitive plants. the high yesterday was 53. the average is 62. about 10 degrees below norm. that will be the rule the next few days. skies a bit overcast but i do think we will see a little more sunshine by the afternoon hours. that is re that is rehoboth beach. that will head up the coast and that will bring in gusty winds. concern about additional beach erosion if it stays close enough to the shore. right now my thinking we will pretty much be a little bit of rain potentially a little bit of snow thursday morning. partly sunny and scheduled. 47 to 52. tonight 27 to 35 and seven-day forecast brace for election day and we will s

it will be the last mile they before things really changed. 46 in gaithersburg, 41 and manassas, 43 in culpeper. a cold front from the west is approaching which will bring cloudiness by the afternoon hours and some rain tonight. look at the difference in temperatures. 20's and betty's in the midwest hugging the 60's highs on the coast. a big drop of about 20 degrees and the temperature of the next few days. this morning, a little patchy fog giving way to increasing cloudiness. a beautiful afternoon with a high between 65 degrees and 70. hope you enjoy it. hopefully traffic is enjoyable. in a little slower on a holiday. >> it really is relatively enjoyable. here we are the springfield interchange at moving nicely. a little volume as you get into spring of nothing as we normally see at this point in the morning. no age of the restrictions on 95 or 66, 270 or the toll road. metrorail operating on saturday schedule. no vre or marc -- because of the observe the holiday. >> thanks very much. 6:13 early this month when it. coming up -- we will be back to this with more. good morning! wow. wan