. >> [inaudible] bob allen. i came from a meeting last week and a tree with fda commissionta commissioner, the f good repair for about an hour and how he encouraged at the kids to take a more active role, so we're really pleased. you did not see the chamber packed, not because people do not want to go through the audit, but it is incumbent upon the advocate committee to discuss issues like the audit and how we put a better system on the streets. we will be working to do that over the coming weeks. i sat on the advisory committee for the transportation sustainability project, which is an effort to save $100 million in operations for the region each year. i want to commend the ta and the director for taking a similar tack to look at the fleet management and construction costs. we have maintained that the analysis on the capital programs for transit operators are really neglected in the whole piece of watchdog in and make sure we get better service, so we're really appreciative and want to work with you on this eff

gabrielle giffords, 10 months after survivin >>> virginia republican george allen picks up the senate's endorsement from governor bobonnell. the governor will air its supporters to continue the state's gop takeover. if george allen wins, he will take over the seed of jim webb. >>> damaged the stones and a slide show of restoration projects at the washington cathedral in a video now. >> a lot of people will be getting married today or playing the lottery. an extra zero conversion date will be next year, 12-12-12. this will not happen again until quite a while for now. >> interesting that people are giving birth to data. -- today. >>> your first look at representative gabrielle giffords' road to recovery. diane sawyer sat down with a double dip congress, and 10 months after an assassin shot her in ahead. -- in the head. you can watch the entire interview monday night at 10:00 right here on abc 7. so great to see gabrielle giffords recovering. >> we look forward to that. >>> dramatic video of wednesday's deadly quake in turkey. the footage was caught by a red light camera. if you can see frightened people running for c

. >>> well, today, virginia governor bob mcdonnell will officially endorse george allen in next year'senate race. both are republicans. allen faces a g.o.p. primary challenge from at least other candidates. tim kaine is expected to be the nominee for the democrats. >>> now, to the republican presidential hopefuls, one of the women who filed a sexual harassment claim against herman cain is putting her plan for a press conference on hold. an attorney for karen said he wants the other accusers there but he can't get them all on board. she says that cain harassed her while he led the national restaurant association. >>> coming up next on 9news now at noon, for the first time since the earthquake in august, the national cathedral is reopening this week. we'll tell you why it could take years, however, before it is fully restored. we'll be right back. >>> one of washington's historic attractions is in the process of getting a face-lift. after that earthquake shook the capitol in august, damage from the quake caused the national cathedral to close its doors for months. well, it is set to reop

. >>> virginia republican, george allen, picked up an endorsement to recapture his u.s. senate seat. bob mcconnell is expected to endorse allen later today. he is running against a virginia tea party leader and a businessman among other candidates. they are hoping to win jim webb's seat. he is retiring after one term in office. >>> after being closed after 2 1/2 months because of earthquake damage, the cathedral is set to re-open. it will re-open to the public for the first time tomorrow since the earthquake. complete repairs will cost millions of dollars. it will hold a week-long celebration starting tomorrow. other events in the coming week include a celebration of the u.s. marine corps and an inner faith day of prayer. >>> schools in virginia will get assistance from fema. thomas jefferson, elementary, and the high school suffered most of the damage and are closed indefinitely while crews make repairs. the agency will help county residents whose homes were damaged as well. >>> let's go to tom and find out about the weekend. >> what a chill in the air. it feels like december. we have g

. >>> and virginia republican george allen has picked up an endorsement in his bid to recapture his u.s. senate seat. governor bobendorse allen later today. the support could help allen in his gop primary battle. he's running against virginia tea party leader jamie radke and businessman tim donner, among other candidates. he's hope to go win democrat jim webb's seat. webb, who beat allen in 2006, is retiring after one term in office. >>> the federal government is close to reaching a deal that will protect your privacy on facebook. the federal trade commission is negotiating with the social networking site over several features many consider to be deceptive. the sides are close to an agreement, which would ban facebook from making public any information that you originally shared privately. facebook would also agree to privacy audits for the next 20 years. the nba lockout will last at least through this weekend. the league presented players with a deal yesterday after 11 hours of bargaining. but players probably will not meet to talk about the offer until next monday or tuesday at earliest. on top of that, players

. >> bob: the chewing toe bayco. george allen i like. he chews tobacco. he spits in the cup.s horrible. i don't smoke. i'm a nonsmoker. except for cigars. >> eric: unwritten rule. dane you can't be a nonsmoker and then smoke cigars and say you're a nonsmoker. not fair. >> bob: thanks, mom. >> andrea: bob schaefer doesn't like smoking and he congratulated the president when he quit but here is how he treated herman cain on his show on sunday. >> it's not funny to me. i am a cancer survivor. >> i am also. >> i had cancer that is moking related. i don't think it serves the country well. it's editorial opinion here to show someone smoking a cigarette. you are the front runner. it seems that you have a responsibility not to take that tone. >> andrea: he is chastising cain for the agenda last week. would you do this to obama or any other -- >> greg: i don't recall schaefer scolding president clinton about tomcatting in the white house. >> bob: what is tomcatting? >> greg: you know what i'm talking about. >> dana: you can see his recovery oh,, cain is cancer survivor. mine was smoki

his latest honor puts him in good company, tim mcgraw and allen baldwin are also on the top of the list. >>> and bobays it's no big deal he's been on that list many times. >> he's classy. >> yes, bob. >> maybe next year. >>> take a look at radar, we have some rain in the region. the bulk of it has passed the region. most of it is west of us. pretty quiet but it will get colder overnight and in the morning maybe a few more showers and don't be surprised, authority of the city -- north of the city we may see some snow flakes. humidity has dropped from 100% to 90%. it will be picking up tomorrow. barometer on the way back up. 50, 48, 41, extreme western may see an inch of wet snow on the mountain tops by tomorrow afternoon. north and west of town, maybe westminister, york may see a few snow flakes. 56 ocean city right now, low 50s around the region. so temperatures have been dropping slowly and during the day they probably won't get more than the upper 40s. the winds are very light right now. the low pressure down on the south is moving off to the southeast of us taking the bulk of the rain with it. al

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allen and stewart together. back to you. >>> the republican committee of loudon county is apologizing. in a cartoon, the president is depicts as zombie with a bullet hole in his head. virginia governor bobcdonnell called the cartoon shameful. the group's chairman says the invite was a light hearted attempt to inject a satiric humor into the holiday. he moapologized to anyone who found it offensive. >>> a man accused of impersonating a police officer. police believe thomas kim was targeting latino illegal immigrants. in two separate cases, police tell us he approached women, questioned them in spanish about their immigration status. he would then show a badge and was wearing a gun. in both cases, he forced the victims into his car and sexually assaulted them. >>> relief finally on the way for the thousands who get stuck in traffic commuting. the department of defense is giving virginia $180 million to widen a three mile stretch of route 1 between telegraph road and mount vernon highway. it will be expanded to six lanes. new pedestrian and bike lanes will also be added. it's expected to improve access and accommodate the increased traffic generated by the base realignment and closure proj