in suburban washington, d.c., the owner of this new home has a hole in her foundation and a snake that moved in underneath. >> up and down you hear the same >> reporter: the people in this new subdivision in virginia say they know the feeling. with great-looking houses on the outside and a long list of problems on the inside. >> very upsetting. it's the most expensive purchase any of us are going to make. >> reporter: it happened to simone angle of birmingham, alabama, whose $400,000 brand-new home had bouncy, creaky floorboards -- >> it's like playing music. >> reporter: that had to be ripped up and a messed-up draining system fixed by the builder only after abc news got involved. >> all i've had since i moved in is issue after issue after issue. >> reporter: what they all had was a bad case of new home heartbreak. >> look at that. >> reporter: a dream house turning into a nightmare. >> it's kind of typical of the hopes that are built to sell, not built to last. >> reporter: these two men, sort of the sherlock holmes and watson of new home construction problems, say they see it all th

. >> reporter: in suburban washington, d.c., the owner foundation and a snake that moved in underneath. >> you hear the same thing? >> reporter: people in this new subdivision in virginia say their great looking housings outside are full of defects on the inside. >> it's the most expensive purchase we make. >> reporter: in one subdivision after another -- >> water starts here, travels along the ceiling. >> reporter: homeowners claiming >> settlement cracks, nail pops, paint issues, issues with the flooring. >> reporter: with big well-known builders often slow or refusing to fix the props, big and small. >> you continue living in something that no one can give you answers for, no one will fix it. it's our house, where we lived. we had to walk away from it. >> reporter: what they all had was a bad case of new home heart break. >> look at that. >> typical of the homes >> reporter: something these two men say they see far too often. >> you see the crack. >> reporter: the industry trade group says up happy homeowners are in the minority, and that americans have expectations that are just to

our chief investigative correspondent brian ross is here with more in suburban washington, d.c., the owner of this new home has a hole in her foundation, and a snake that moved in underneath. brian ross: all up and down, things? the people in this new subdivision in virginia say their great looking houses, on the outside, are chock full of problems and defects on the inside. jackie: (08:47:15) it was very upsetting because it's the most expensive purchase any of us are gonna make. in one subdivision after another charlotte/wsoc: the water would start here and then travel along the ceiling ? our investigation found homeowners claiming shoddy construction homeowner: settlement cracks, nail pops, paint issues, issues with the flooring with big well-known small ? jennifer whyton: you continue living in something no one can give you answers for. no one'll fix it. //it was our house. it was where we lived. and we had to just walk away from it. what they all had, was a bad case of new home heartbreak harrison mccampbell: (37:03) it's just kinda typical of homes that are built to sell, not b

2010 the whole country is in a terrible dive, virtually the only place they did not crash was suburban washingtone federal government doesn't ever feel the effects of, you know, economic downturn, keeps on hiring, the jobs go field. congressional staffers did not get laid off and that speaks volumes that happened to the rest of america that washington did not see. i want to turn to another thing, president elect trump has yet to allow journalists to travel with him on the airplane, americans can kind of know what their leader is saying and doing regarding policy discussions. i suppose judy, you are not surprised. >> i am not surprised neither one of these very unpopular candidates likes the media, nobody like it is media and that will be including the public it seems, but i'm really worried about donald trump in terms of his targeting of the media because he -- if you remember during the campaign, he already tried to ban the washington post and other news organizations that wrote bad things about them, bad, very sad from covering him and he's already said he's going to try to change the liables l

in suburban washington, d.c., the owner of this new home has a hole in her foundation and a snake that moved in underneath. same kind of things? the people in this new s subdivision in virginia, say their great-looking houses on the outside are too chock-full of problems and defects on the inside. >> it's very upsetting. it's the most expensive purchase we'll make. >> in one subdivision after another. >> the water would start here found homeowners claiming shoddy construction. >> paint issue, nail pops. issues with the flooring. >> reporter: with big builders slow or refusing to fix the problems big and small. >> you continue living in something that no one can give you answers for, no one will fix it. it was our house. it was where we lived. and we had to just walk away from it. >> reporter: what they all had was a bad case of new home heartbreak. >> look at that. >> just kind of typical of the homes that are built to sell, not built to last. >> reporter: something these two men, sort and watson of new home construction say they see far too often. >> significant crack. >> reporter: th

. >> washington suburban sanitary commission's chief engin explain the problems grease can cause when you send it down the drain. >> once it builds up, it's a big problem. because what's supposed to go through there can't get through there. and more importantly how about your neighbors and the restaurants up the street. >> check out this video inside pipes corroded with grease. over time you can see the nasty gun k build up as the space narrows. >> it keeps backing up until where does it come out? wherever it can. sometimes that's your street. sometimes that's your stream. sometimes that's your house. >> and it's an expensive problem to fix. but easy to prevent. >> you can take the grease while hot in the pan and pour it in a can and you let it solidify and put the lid on it. >> stick it in the fridge to solidify. >> it goes in the tr >> don't forget the wipe the frying pan clean. . >> can it, cool it, toss it. >> three steps to prevent build up in your pipes and a pricey mess. >> kind of gross. although there will be a lot of busy kitchens this next week t doesn't matter what time of

in boston, i didn't know that that was going to be a theme that i could track through suburban baltimore and washington and throughout my entire career. and from the point of view of black candidates and white candidates where race is always going to be the class, the tipping point, the clash, the flash point. and so when it all came together, the obama campaign provided a frame for a story, it turns out i had been writing my whole life. >> rose: welcome to the program. we begin this evening with bernie sanders. >> now i know it's easy for mr. trump, and some, not all of his friends to meet-- beat up on muslims and mexicans, that's toaz beat up on somebody that makes eight bucks an hour and has no power, or eye little girl wearing a ker chief, being a muslim. very easy, do you have the guts to take on wall street or the drug companies ripping us off, take on corporate america where major corporations don't may a nickel in feds ral taxes in a given a year, that is your challenge. >> rose: we continue with lesley stahl of "60 minutes." >> he was deliberately serious, dlin rately somber, almost, compared

washington county, pennsylvania, suburban pittsburg into rural pennsylvania, coal, formally steel, tell me how they're voting there and how big turnout is. if it is competitive it's because folks on the appalachian side. >> trump has been saying wait until you see these people who come out of the wood work for the rallies, everywhere they go, the pictures all of these rural areas and whether or not they can ramp up the numbers in terms of the get out the vote in some of those places. i know you will be telling us what is going on and we can't wait. thank you very much. we'll be seeing you throughout the process. thank you for being here today. the candidates are going all out. they're both there in north carolina today. 15 electoral votes in play. jonathan is watching that state very closely for us today, hi, jonathan. >> right now i'm at the north carolina state fairgrounds and in less than an hour trump is expected to hold a rally here, and at midnight, hillary is expected to join madonna at a show. the polls here in north carolina are showing the presidential race too close for comfo

let's check the suburban traffic report, 309 pennsylvania turnpike, in fort washington, you can see a good shot of the road surfaces, no weather-related issues. you night want to watch for a slick spot or two, we have frost out there. if you're coming in from perkisie or montgomeryville no problem there. in delaware county we have construction it starts tomorrow it will last until next november. you have a long time you'll be dealing with this haverford township, college avenue between haverford road and golf house road. it's going to last a year for bridge replacement. college avenue will be shut down starting tomorrow. outside live on i-95 in delaware county if you're heading to the airport. you can see traffic is moving nicely on i-95 near delaware county this is southbound traffic heading toward delaware, that's northbound heading toward the airport. let's go to the commuter traffic report. we found new jersey tiger fan reporting an on the road 295 -- an object on the road 295 west deptford toward 42. temperatures above average, it's colder to start this morning. so you really nee

. >> and clinton hopes that educated and suburban vote yea vo: here's the last thing washington needs. amie hoeber. a reckless tea party partisan. hoeber will defund planned parenthood, threatening cancer screening. said she'd invade iraq again if given the chance, and hoeber has fought for a global increase of chemical weapons. we need john delaney. a family man and entrepreneur, in congress, he puts working for us ahead of partisan politics. john: i'm john delaney >>> there was a time in d.c. many years ago when a radio station rocked the revolution. whfs 102.3 on your dial. >> it was the 1960s and the station had a wide open format that playedmu political, social and cultural upheaval of those days. now, you can relive it. news4's wendy rieger has more on the documentary in the works. >> reporter: it was the '60s. woodstock, the summer of love. the vietnam war. baby boomers were ditching their parents american dream for revolution. >> we had total freedom. >> no play list. the djs reigned with their ears to the ground, capturing the distant rumble. the music that would forever hera

washington, d.c. and i watch people come in and out of the city and talk about what is going on in their suburban neighborhoods. guess what? there's a lot going on here in washington, dc. we need to focus on knots just what's going on outside the jurisdiction but also within. when there's things you can do in your community, do that. reach outside of the box. embrace everyone. we are all brothers and sisters. that's. that's way i was raised and that's how i see it. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much ms. jeffries. it calls to mind the town hall that we just had in chicago on september 22. we had a mother, couple of mothers and one who spoke of the town hall who wanted to emphasize to all who would listen that she and her husband had done all the things that were right. part of the rhetoric about gun violence in the united states will we focus on people of color's their kids been doing something wrong. that their kids were in the wrong place. as this mother told us, her son was gunned down in front of a church. he in fact had done everything right. he heard gun violence and tried to go outside to prote

washington, d.c. and i watch people come in and out of the city and talk about what is going on in their suburban neighborhoods. guess what? there's a lot going on here in washington, dc. we need to focus on knots just what's going on outside the jurisdiction but also within. when there's things you can do in your community, do that. reach outside of the box. embrace everyone. we are all brothers and sisters. that's. that's way i was raised and that's how i see it. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much ms. jeffries. it calls to mind the town hall that we just had in chicago on september 22. we had a mother, couple of mothers and one who spoke of the town hall who wanted to emphasize to all who would listen that she and her husband had done all the things that were right. part of the rhetoric about gun violence in the united states will we focus on people of color's their kids been doing something wrong. that their kids were in the wrong place. as this mother told us, her son was gunned down in front of a church. he in fact had done everything right. he heard gun violence and tried to go outside to prote

the anti-washington thing works against him. >> next race, suburban chicago, this district always onour list. classic swing district, right? >> this is a classic rematch. and bob dold is one of the few moderate republicans left in the house. brad is sh needer was beaten by him in 2014. my guess is schneider gets that seat back. >> because it's a presidential year. the closest thing we have to an ex-serving democratic seat. rick nolan a freshman member of congress twice, once in the '70s and once a few cycles ago. this was the top target for republicans for a long time. >> he was doing well. mills is having a shot around this time. >> is he brad pitt like. we'll let others decide. and if you live in washington, d.c., you know a lot about this one. mclain, great falls. this is your classic highly educated republican leaning district that might do what? >> barbara come stock is one of the few republicans who decided she wasn't going to vote for trump after that "access hollywood" tape came out. luann bennett has a good shot because of the loudoun county suburbs in nournl. >> republicans

the suburban women in places like bucks county are totally turned away from donald trump. "the washingtont" point out mitt romney won college educated women by 6% and trump is losing them by 24%. plus there is a new scandal brewing that wire magazine released about how much trump is spend on himself from the fec disclosures. >> the thing about polls, they are not goal posts, they are snapshots. the question for me in my analysis is which direction is the momentum going. florida and ohio have been trending for trump for three weeks. if you look at the on theground support. rick leventhal's report said people started lining up at 7:00 a.m. the event isn't until 2:00. she has hundreds of people standing in line to see melania trump. i disagree with ethan that he has to win college educated women. if he wins workers in pennsylvania and iowa, hillary will have an early night. jon: we tend to slice the electorate up and he might be doing well or she might be doing well with college educated women. but the blue collar voters that traditionally voted democratic where trump is doing well. >> there

miles from my home in suburban maryland at an episcopal church where someone had sprayed on the walls of the church "trump nation, whites only." the episcopal bishop of washingtonin this church service asked that our president-elect specifically denounce the people who did that. we cannot have this type of conversation as long as that question remains unanswered. >> okay. and we are obviously very empathetic to that. and totally understand that, and this country needs to come together. and it seems to me that working on issues where we can find common ground is probably the best and the first place we should go. so perhaps a little cooperation all across the board might be helpful. let me, before we go to questions, let me ask you, so i agree. the process and some of the money is out there, but how do we get there? does somebody, ed, do you believe that some type of income tax -- tax reform is going to happen, is repatriation a way to try to jump start the issue? >> it could be one way. i think it's very unclear about what's the actual way we're going here. i think there's a lot of ideas that have been thrown out from the trump transition team. tax reform is ob

suburban teams from southeast wisconsin. there's generally a lot of name calling during nfl games. sometimes it extends off the field. that's where things have gone this week between a washington defensive back and green bay's quarterback. we have the give and take when brandon cruz joins us with sports. happening now... the milwaukee tree lighting ceremony is underway! this is a live look outside city hall this year's christmas tree to be lit up. you can see there are quite a few people out there on "so you can easily just walk over there instead of getting in cars." a walk -- not just to enjoy the weather... charles says: "its a neighborhood coming together to support our neighbors." how m-p-s students are taking steps -- to solve hunger. coming up new tonight at six. he's been called many different things from opponents over the years. but yesterday, washington's cornerback josh norman found a new name to call aaron rodgers as he discussed sunday's match up in d.c. "hey man, let's not get things number twelve. that is pretty much gandalf the white over there. that's a wizard. that's who he is to me." "i love him. he's one of my favorite characters. i appreciate the comparis

mid-to-upper 30s in suburban areas. 32 in manassas with a cold spot. 3 in la plata. 43 in downtown washington tomorrow. at the bus stop for friday. bright and sunny. chilly. 43 in pickup time. 64 in the afternoon. 70 in dismissal ti beautiful day all through the afternoon. the weekend will be mild. 67, but the showers are possible. cold front late in the afternoon. sunday is like winter. partly cloudy, windy, chilly, 46 and a few flurries in the air. flurries the trivia question was when was the first measurable snowfall last winter. that means .1 or more measured at reagan national airport. 128 of december, 4 of january jonathan: you go first. michelle: january 4. jonathan: i was going to say the same thing. doug: you know what? jonathan: we are both wrong. doug: you are wrong again. michelle: again! doug: january 17 we had a massive .3 of an inch here. the plows were out. it was crazy! jonathan: wrong! doug: steve rudin will have a detailed look at the weekend in 12 minutes. jonathan: thank you, doug. feeling good about myself. michelle: on a roll. lebron james is stepping up wi african-ame

suburban neighborhood. guess what. it is a lot going on right here in washington, d c. we need to focus within. when there are things that you can do in your community, do that. reach outside of the box. we are all brothers and sisters and that is just the way i was raised and that is how i would see it. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much. it calls to mind a town hall that we just had in chicago on september 22, where we had a couple of mothers who spoke at the town hall who wanted to emphasize to all who would listen that she and her husband had done all the things that were right. part of the rhetoric about gun violence in the united states, particularly when we focus on people of color, is the kids must have been doing something wrong. that their kids were in the wrong place. as this mother told us, her daughter was gunned down in front of a church. protect some young women outside and got gunned down in the process. another mother spoke up and she said yes, we did everything right. we had the college fund already put away for our son. she was describing the kinds of things that we

washington, d.c. and i watch people come in and out of the city and talk about all the things that's going on in their suburban neighborhoods. guess what, there's a lot going on right here in washington, d.c. we need to focus on not just what's going on outside of our jurisdiction but also within. so when there are things that you can do in your community, do that. reach outside of the box. embrace everyone. we're all brothers and sisters and that's just the way i was raised an that's how i see it. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you very much, miss jeffries. it always to mind the town hall that we just had in chicago on september the 22nd when we had a mother -- a couple of mothers -- actually a few mothers that were there, but one who spoke at the town hall who wanted to emphasize to all who would listen that she and her husband had done all the things that were right. part of the rhetoric about gun violence in the united states, particularly when we focus on people of color, is that their kids must have been doing something wrong. that their kids were in the wrong place. well, as this mother told us, her s

trump is campaigning in suburban pittsburgh tonight, the candidate has been trailing in pennsylvania, but clearly he sees an opportunity to close that gap. >> abc news washington post poll of likely voters gives hillary clinton a five point lead over donald trump nationwide when it comes to individual issues, trump edged out issues on terrorism and corruption. clinton is favorable in meant and more qualified. >> how privileged are you to think it does not matter. >> reporter: hillary clinton electrified supporters, we caught them streaming out of the man center after the two hour eventful weekend. >> it was a great concert there was a lot of energy, it was great to see hillary, of course, and katie perry was a lot of fun. >> it was spectacular, happy to be here, my friend invited me, i'm leaving excited i'm going to get more people to vote in my community. i'm going to knock on doors. >> reporter: clinton came out to a crowd of 14,000 supporters urging them to get out and vote. >> when you're kids and grandkids ask you what you did in 2016, when it was all on the line, i want you to be able to to say i voted for a better, fairer stronger america where everybod

went to church in suburban maryland maryland, episcopal church where somebody had sprayed on the walls of the church trump nation, white snow only. the episcopal bishop of washingtonn this church service asked of president elect specifically denounced the people that did that. we cannot have this type of conversation is long as that question is on answered. >> okay. obviously we are very empathetic to at and under steven that as the country needs to come together and working on issues to find common ground is the first place that we should go. so perhaps the be across the board that could be helpful. so before we go to questions the process and the money is out there but how do we get there? do you believe that tax reform is repatriation to jump-start the issue? >> i think it is very unclear about the natural way we are going i think there's a lot of ideas that have been thrown out to be transition team tax reform is something that he has talked about and also paul ryan. with the challenge is that people that are for tax reform it gets more challenging the other challenge from the infrastructure standpoint is repatriation there is 14 different ways to repatriate w