martin o'malley garnering extra star paula today at bowie state university in maryland, joining forces with president obama this afternoon. they want to inspire voters heading into november. new poll results show that one candidate is gaining momentum among voters. >>> pamela brown, thank you. 6:46. vincent gray will hold another town hall meeting tonight in d.c. at st. columba's episcopal church in northwest at 6:00 p.m.. he will have town hall meetings in all eight wards to get feedback. >>> mobile cameras will be set up in work zones in prince george's, frederick, and another county. drivers will be cited for going more than 12 miles an hour above the speed limit. violators will get warnings for the first couple weeks and then they will get tickets. >>> the northern virginia transportation commission is expected to pass a resolution today that says all of northern virginia seats on metro's board should remain under local control. >>> the rutgers university freshman suicide could lead to a new law for college campuses. there are new calls for colleges to get tough on bullying and har

doors open and at bowie state university in maryland at 1:00 this afternoon.ack to you. >> thank you. >>> 52 degrees outside it. >> still ahead, sounding off on metro's mosquito, the son of a device to keep teenagers ablaze getting the brushoff. >> of rutgers student suicide could lead to a new law. >> of rutgers student suicide could lead to a new law. >> two governors, two different approaches. even in good times bob ehrlich didn't make education a priority. he increased college tuition by 40%, cut school construction by $200 million, and ehrlich voted to eliminate the department of education while serving in congress. but in the toughest of times, martin o'malley has made record investments in public schools, new school construction, and o'malley froze college tuition four years in a row. with martin o'malley, our children always come first. >> ayman bethesda at the farmers market. come down and check us out. good morning, washington. >>> 5:40. not bad outside. temperatures in the upper 40's, low 50's. 49 in bowie. 55 in petersburg. feels like all. -- fall.

president obama came to bowie state university to rally support. thousands turned out to hear him speak. abk2 news brian kuebler was there. >> reporter: the entire democratic ticket in the state of maryland got a large endorsement this afternoon from the president himself. president obama addressed a crowd here at bowie state university campaigning for governor o'malley senator mikulski and the rest of the democratic ticket. the message was to fight back against the latest polls and punditry that favor an antidemocratic movement and urged voteers to stay the course of change. a vote republican obama said, is a vote to move the country backwards. >> and i've got pundits who saying the other party supporters are more excited. they are saying they are going to turn out at higher levels. they say that all of you who worked so hard in 2008 might not be as pumped up or as energized. you might not care as much. that you might be willing to let the other folks who left the ecomony in a shambles go back to washington and annapolis. maryland, i think the pund

at bowie state university, the doors open at 1:00 and it's a free event open to the public's. pamela brown reporting. >>>> dozens of police officers in prince george's county have been cleared of any wrongdoing related a cheating probe. the cadets did not cheat on their craney test. the department launched an internal probe after allegations someone provided the 34 officers with answers to the test. sources say the audit did uncover problems with how the tests were graded. a senior officer could face disciplinary action. >>> one make of booby traps of foreclosed house in the district heights neighborhood. real-estate agents found two explosive devices in the basement of a vacant house on kentucky avenue. they appear to be pipe bombs. prince george's county police want to speak with the former owner. family members say that he left months ago and was eventually evicted. >>> looks like a burglary spree in northern virginia may have spread. prince william county police say 14 houses in the haymarket area were hit earlier this week. someone broke into a dozen houses and cars and g

the two are teeming up for a campaign appearance at bowie state university. that happens in just a few hours. christie dshes kristin fisher was there earlier. >> reporter: president obama will be taking this stage at 3:00 this diswrarch and he'll be trying to rally support for several democrats running for elections across the state. but of course the big focus is going to be on the race for governor. in maryland. the latest poll just out from rasmussen shows that maryland governor martin o'malley is leading former governor bob ehrlich 49% to 41%. that is eight points. last month o'malley was only ahead by three points. this is enough of a lead for rasmussen's 2010 gubernatorial score card to now hit this race from a tossup to leading democratic. how many students at bowie state university spent the morning watch the media get into position and watching the stage get set up? >> i've been hear since 7:30. i am so excited. i have to go to class soon. >> this is the biggest thing since i've been here at bowie state. i'm excited for obama to come. >> i could not

calvert county native david wells is one of bowie state university students apprehensive about their futus. they hope to hear answers fro martin o'malley and a big endorser, the president of the united states. >> it's a struggle for us. a very big struggle. we're having a tough time whether to go to grad school or enter the workforce. we'rhoping the job market can open up more. >> i think it's great the president can come out and support mr. o'malley and his campaign because you don't he that type of support when it comes to local, local politics but for the president toome out and support a local governor, i think that's a breath thing. >> campus preparations started early. president obama is expected to tell the outdoor crowd how maryland will continue to move forward under governor o'malley. it shows the incumbent with a double digit lead over republican and former governor bob ehrlich. o'malley explained why an obama endorsement makes sense. >> marylanders always choose in the face of challenge and adversity to make progress and to move forward and for that reason the president is

today, the president stumps for governor martin o'malley at bowie state university in prince george's county. the rally is also an effort to get out the black vote for the mid-term elects. just offer a week ago, the president recorded a radio understood for overo'malley. -- just over a week ago, the president recorded a radio ad for governor o'malley. >>> >>> for the latest on the election battles here at home and across the country, go to myfoxdc.com and click on the politics which you will find under the news tab. >>> still to come, a number of subpoenas have been issued in the investigation of former senator john edwards. >> did the white house really hold back information on the gulf oil disaster? we'll explore that next. >>> two rutgers university students facing charges in connection with the death of a fellow student after he committed suicide after apparent bullying the a lawmaker is introducing legislation to stop this kind of activity from happening again. we'll talk about that coming up. ananiges >>> the federal government is again investigating john edwards. prosecutors ar

respect, the big reason why the met showed up, and along with the main concourse here at bowie state university. the president took to the crowd and took them to a message of the republicans turning this country backwards, and the president said that would reverse the work he's been underway with the past two years and you would be forgiven to start thinking after awhile this was not a driving school and the president and governor o'malley both used the analogy of driving a car. the point they trying to make, they tried to move it forward, republicans, they say, are trying to take things in reverse. this is what they had to say. >> we want to start back on that road to prosperity. but some, we feel this tap on our shoulder and we look back. who is it? it's the republicans. and they say we want the keys back. no! >> reporter: and we have to tell -- judge is come we have to tell them you can't have the keys back. and that is because you don't know how to drive. >> i'm running against our former gov more who said he's running in order to take maryland back [ booing ] >> what he really means is he

we're live tonight at bowie state university. >> thank you. today malmillio'malley's challe also here. he told voters i now has enough campaign funds to start running commercials in the campaign area. they're running today. he also that voters in our region will play a crucial role on november 2. >> the key to our winning is here. getting toward montgomery county. the washington suburbs. we're going to win big around the state. >> the latest poll average from real clear politics shows ehrlich trailingo'malley by about eight points. >>> some tense moments at ballou high school this morning as poce tried to arrest a student for a probationviolation. around 9:30, a d.c. police officer and two school security officer confronted the student inside the front entrance to the school. a scuffle broke out and police stay student bit one officer on the arm. at one point, the officers and the student were peer sprayed. one concerned parent went rushing to the school to check on his sons after hearing about the incident. >> they played football. you try to

he spoke to a crowd of supporters at bowie state university. >> gov. o'malley has always impressed president obama, something many democrats across the country are free to do. today, president obama said thank you in a big way. president barack obama is on the campaign trail with his change agent in maryland gov. o'malley. >> it is an honor to be standing here with one of the best governors in the united states of america, martin o'malley. [cheers and applause] it is great to be with someone who has always had my back. >> the president praised the governor for investments in education, efforts to clean up the bay, and growing jobs. mr. obama touched on nearly all of o'malley is campaign talking points. >> barack obama said to america "yes, we can." mr. president, here in maryland, with your leadership, we are we're creating jobs in maryland. 33,000 net new jobs this year, our best new year since 2000. >> team maryland shared the stage with the same message. mr. obama is also helping mr. is very court important constituency. >> he energizes the voters.

he's making an appearance at bowie state university. the president has a loot of support in the state of maryland and especially in prince george's county. but martin o'malley still needs voters to show up on election day. president obama is expected to rally at the campus, around 3:15 this afternoon. and it's expected he'll tell the crowd how maryland will continue to move forward under martin o'malley and lieutenant governor anthony brown's leadership. >> we're smart enough in our state to know tt it was george bush and his wrong-headed policies that drove our economy into the ditch and we know that president obama's doing everything in his power to move our economy forward. so, marylanders always choose in the face of challenge and adversity to make progress and move forward. for that reason the preside's more popular in maryland than he might be in other states. >> now o'malley and ehrlich, their poll numbers were evenly divided back in may. with just a couple of weeks to go until election day, o'malley has opened up a double digit

state for democrats. president obama is still very popular here, especially in prince georges county. and that's one of the big reasons they have chosen this university, bowietate university, as the place for this rally, which will get underway at 3:00 today. the focus will be on the maryland race for governor between maryland's current governor martin o'malley and bob ehrlich. in the past week, we have seen a number of big-name politicians try to sway this race in the final weeks before the election. last tuesday, president obama released a radio ad backing o'malley. that same day the former massachusetts governor mitt romney endorsed ehrlich. the next day o'malley announced that michael bloomberg would be campaigning for him in bethesda. that was followed by the news that rudy giuliani was endorsing ehrlich which brings us to yesterday when it was announced that bill clinton would be headlining a private fund-raiser for o'malley the same day that new jersey governor announced his endorse for ehrlich. this game of one up manship. ehrlich will spend the day campaigning in the republican strong hold of among county. meanwhile, of course, governor o'malley al

. >> he was at bowie state university this afternoon. it was an effort to keep maryland democrats in office. president obama urged the thousands in attendance to support the democratic candidates. >> you walk the walk. let us talk the talk. we cannot maintain this progress if our opponents have their way. >> the president is making several campaign stops nationwide leading up to the november midterm elections. we have more on why that could play a huge role. >> in today's rally, it was a prime example of the strategy the president and democrats are going with leading up to november. they are getting back to their base, tried to close the enthusiasm gap. >> hello, boley. -- bowie. they are trying to fire up young voters and african-american voters. they are the ones to help them win the election before. >> on november 2, i will need you just as fired up as your work in 2008. >> to late september polls show and it to see as an gap. gallup showed 38% of cadets are enthusiastic about their candidates compared to 2% of republicans. a wall str

president obama is expected to rally with the incumbent at bowie state university. >>> well, still to come, after a wonderful friday, a lot of sunshine and no rain, topper has a word on what the weekend will bring us. up first, this is not a clothesline. why those bras were strung up overnight. stay with us. >>> back with an unusual sight near seattle today. hundreds of bras stone across lake washington. it is an annual event actually and it's designed to draw attention to the fight against breast cancer. october, after all, is national breast cancer awareness month and you can learn more about that at wusa9.com. just click on buddy check 9. >>> startling news from the government about a program that intentionally infected hundreds of people with two sexually transmitted diseases. officials say prisoners and patients in a guatemalan hospital were given syphilis and gonorrhea without their knowledge or consent. it appears to have been funded by the national institutes of health. >> this case of unethical human subjects research represents an appalling example from a dark chapter in the

emergency crews treated about 3 dooen people at bowie state university event that president obama ando'malley werú rallying at. prince george's county say most of hose affected were seniors. the majoritt were complaining about exhogs an exhaustion and w fainted. >>> first on fox, a baltimore sheriff deputy talks being3 awarded thhusands of dollars in damage after beinggwrongly arrested. he was takenninto custody two yyars agoful phillip ago phillit happened while he was trying to help. the officer handling the case claims he was interfering. after a 3 ay trial,,the jury sided with hillips awardiig him $300,000. >> i feel somewhat vindicated, %-itself still troublls me.n ú% the city solicitor is planning to petition for a new trial. >>> baltimore senntor theater goes for act 2. the once financially troubled theatee shut its doors in jull as it underwent changes in management. now the new operators have announced that the 71 years old theatre will reopen next friday. ttey announced plans to add a second smaller theatre along way ressaurant and a bar by next fall. we areelooking forrard

the president is expected to rally supporters on the campus of bowie state university. mr. obama says o'malley made tough decisions to prioritize education, safety and job creation during some very difficult financial times. >>> your electric bill could soon be going up. new at 5:30 -- how much more you can pay and what is behind the latest price hike. a warning tonight about using your laptop on your lap. a new phenomenon called toasted skin syndrome. plus, it's a very itchy problem. we have five tips to help ease the pain of poison ivy. two governors, two different approaches. even in good times bob ehrlich didn't make education a priority. he increased college tuition by 40%, cut school construction by $200 million, and ehrlich voted to eliminate the department of education while serving in congress. but in the toughest of times, martin o'malley has made record investments in public schools, new school construction, and o'malley froze college tuition four years in a row. with martin o'malley, our children always come first. >>> if you've ever had poison ivy you know how

the president is expect to rally supporters at the campus of bowie state university and mr. obama says o'malley made tough decisions to prioritize education, safety and job creation during difficult financial times. >>> and it's one of the moments the president won't soon likely forget e was speaking to fortune magazine's most powerful women summit in washington last night. the seal on his podium fell off. take a listen. >> we cannot sustain. oops. was that my -- oh, goodness. that's all right. all of you know who i a . [ applause ] >> super glue next time. the president added but i am sure there's somebody back there that is nervous don't you think. the seal was picked up and taken back stage after he finished the speech. >>> remember when the teleprompter broke? >>> a meltdown at car wash. >>> >> a driver outraged what change machine doesn't work. his tirade all caught on tape. >>> also ahead this track is not an ops cal court a sink hole opens up and the race to get it fixed. >> wow. >> let's go. we have got a race to work here this morning. here mark jones with your mta

the two and other political heavy weights will be appearing at bowie state university today. a good morning to you. i am jamie costello. >> i am megan pringle. thanks for joining us on this thursday morning. >> shaping up to be okay, the weekend. >> the weekend looks very nice. >> ravens game on sunday afternoon. moore's justin berk. >> it may be too warm to sit in the stand watching the ravens game. we have ourselves what may feel like baseball weather. maybe by this afternoon, as we break our string here. the longest stretch of below normal temperatures we have had since february, five days in a row below normal. well, you know, it's time to warm up and we will get there. normal high today, 70 and we will push that threshold and go above that. yesterday, only 60. we were 61 the day before. and we had the record cold day of 54 to start off the workweek. at least we will move in the right direction. we are at 50 and you know, this is the 4th day in a row we are at 50 in the morning. you think the thermometer is broken, but that in and of itself should be a feat and record. 54

. >>> a month to go and it's a political all star lineup and it's happening at bowie state university this afternoon. abc2 news linda so joins us with the biggest star, the president, will show up to support governor o'malley. lindo ors -- linda. >> reporter: well, the president is hoping to fire up the democratic base. with less than month before the primary, the visit can't come at a better time a lot of other big names for the democrats will be at today's rally like senator mikulski and a lot is at stake in the upcoming election with republicans looking to take over the majority at a time when many americans have become disenchanted with obama. here in maryland, cream democrats outnumber republicans 2-1. and a poll by the washington post shows o'malley widening the lead overrer like with 52% of -- ehrlich with 52% support o'malley and 41% supporting ehrlich. doors for today's rally will open at one. the event is to start at three. in the studio, linda so, abk2 news. >>> new york city has more than a million and half people that feed their families with food stamps. >> but new york

the president campaigned at bowie state university to urge voteers to head to the polls in november. according to the washington post latest poll, o'malley has an 11% lead over bob ehrlich. president's visit to support o'malley is expected to be followed up with the visit from former president bill clinton later this month. as abc2 news jeff hagger tells us bob ehrlich is hard pressed to match the draw of star power on his behalf. >> reporter: while some democratic candidates this election cycle may be shying away from president obama, the welcome mat is in place in a state dominated by democrats like maryland. governor o'malley's republican challenger former governor robert ehrlich is down playing the significance. >> it's to be expected for the president to come in and good for him. the problem is at the end of the day, the president goes back to his job i was bessy one and back to bob ehrlich against marten o'malley. >> reporter: in that rematch between ehrlich and o'malley the former governor is beginning to lag behind in the most recent polls. >> when you have 8 months of polls

at bowie state university. brian kuebler, abc2 news. >>> governor o'malley revels in the blow and -- glow and the opponent says he is on his own. bob ehrlich says he will wait longer before bringing in republican party heavy weights. ehrlich finds himself trailing in the most recent polls but he doesn't seem worried. >> when you have eight months of polls that are even and one poll goes oh, my lord, and you know why. it tend to give you comfort level and you can fix it in a short-term. >> ehrlich says he will likely call on his friend former new york mayor rudy giuliani to help campaign for him as we get closer to election day. >>> on this 9th anniversary of afghanistan war a frederick family is dealing with the heart break reminder of the cost of war. the family of sergeant first class lance vo-egler stood vigil as his body was returned to u.s. soil. both his americans are proud of their son who was serving his 12th tour of duty. >> wish the world could meet him. amazing. her son's really awesome. >> the 9 yea

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coming thursday and we understan it will be according to barack obama.com he is coming to bowie state university mr. obama says oma'am male made tough decision during difficult financial times. >>> and it's 6:53. today former president jimmy cart erin his wife will make a stopper. >> baltimore. >> they will be helping build homes for habitat for humanity. at 11 this morning, they will be in a 2100 block of jefferson to help rehab ten homes. more than 1,000 volunteers are helping the habitat for humanity. carters work project total of 86 homes will be built, rehabilitated or repaired in dc, baltimore and annapolis as well as m minneapolis st. paul and brimingham, alabama. >>> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> let's talk chilly air. where do we belong on this date. 71 many we hit 54 yesterday. we are nearly 20 below normal. and we are holding temperatures closer to the normal morning low. it's going take all week to get back to that mark, but we will get back to that mark. 7:06 sun up. you won't see it. we are locked in with cl

that was his message this month at bowie state university, the oldest black college in maryland. >> don'tme look bad now. >> couric: barack obama may not be on the ballot, but his performance and policies are on the minds of voters. a lot of people object to the notion of the government mandating that you have health insurance. as a physician, why do you think that's appropriate? >> every other industrialized country has a national health care plan. i don't think that we should be in a country where you lose your job and you have no health care coverage. >> couric: and while joshua suggs agrees, he worries about the financial toll health care reform may take on his restaurant. >> i don't know, i know that the health care costs are rising. i'm not quite sure how it's going to be able to pay the increased cost as we move forward, but it's something i'm willing to spend money on, and i hope that the president really comes up with something that's going to be a solution. >> couric: even though they don't all agree on the direction he's taking the nation, they all agree it's a step forward for

lance gross who is on tyler perry's house of pain is pitching in at bowie state university. to renovate a greenhouse that has been closed for a decade. he's part of the toyota green initiative tour that is kicking off at bowie state today. the tour hits historically black colleges and universities helping to teach students and alumni about sustainable lifestyles. >> the reason why i got into it was you always hear about going green and you don't know how to take the proper steps to do so, so i'm pretty much learning with the students -- and that it's fun. >> reporter: bowie state is the first stop on the tour this week as part of the homecoming celebrations. >>> and -- if you know someone struggling, now is the time to apply for help and prince william county is taking applications. you can apply through november 12th, pick up your applications in woodbridge and the dudley north government center in monasses will have applications. >>> and they often stuffer in silence. prince georges county state's attorney glenn ivy is trying to bring attention to the problem with a program

>> bowie state university seemed the perfect convenient two to fire up young voters and african-american voters, a base that helped them been elections before. >> on november 2nd, i'm going to need you just as fired up as you were in 2008. just as fired up. >> two late september polls show a so-called enthusiasm gap. gallup shows 8,000 candidates -- nbc news poll found they are excited about mid-term electrics. >> this was a picture perfect moment for president obama to demonstrate to the media world that he can still draw big enthusiastic crowds. >> experts say governor o'malley wants to make sure the enthusiasm gap doesn't surprise them on election night like it did for other democrats in recent elections. >> if only maryland will step up, stand with our president, and lead the way, because they can take back new jersey, they can take back virginia, but they can't take back maryland. >> wlile they cheered in bowie, republican bob ehrlich in montgomery county said the rally itself is why the g.o.p. will be cheering. >> a lot of democrats are in trouble, including maryland. in fact the d

bowie state university 46 degrees. bethesda 45. fairfax station 46. lowell school in in the district 47. gainesville 52. waldorf 48. stafford 46. a comfortable, pleasant start again. open the windows. here is the forecast. mostly sunny, highs in the upper 70's for most of us. a few mid 70's north and west of the metro. pushing 80 downtown. weekend sunny and near 80. now on the commute we go to jim. >> 270 starting to slow through hyattstown. 109 no accidents. rest of the trip pretty good shape. beltway itself traffic is running freely trying to get from college park to silver spring. looking at the camera on the outer loop at new hampshire avenue in accidents or delays. we had an accident reported earlier in fairfax county on the fairfax county parkway sunrise. pretty minor. later on the komen three-day begins and it will start at nationals park on south capitol so watch for extra pedestrian activity there. back to you. >> our top story this morning investigators search for answers after a murder in fairfax county. a family member found the victim in

. ♪ >> president barack obama got a rock star reception at the bowie state university. >> it is an honoro be standing here with one of the best governors in the united states of america, martin o'malley. [cheers and applause] it is meant to be with someone who has always had my back. >> this is the get out of the rally for gov. martin o'malley and other democratic candidates. >> two years ago, barack obama said to america, "yes, we can." together, we're creating jobs once again in maryland. 33,000 net new jobs this year, our best year since the year 2000. >> mr. obama is also helping o'malley form a constituency that experts consider a key to keep his seat, the african- american community. >> over the years, it has gotten muddled. >> polls show malate pulling ahead of his republican opponent. but low voter turnout still is a concern. >> he walks the walk, not just talks the talk. the we cannot maintain this progress if our opponents have their way. at a time when the education of our country's citizens is one of the biggest predictors of economic success. >> several o'malley accomplishme

the president stumping for alley at bowie state university in prince george's county. it starts at 1:45 this afternoon and targeting african- american voters. polls have o'malley leading bob ehrlich. several others will be on hand for the event today. after bowie, the president will go on to illinois to campaign for a candidate there. >>> the deadline to register to vote in maryland is october 12th, just five days away. virginians have until october 12th. people can register or update information at any dmv or local registrar's office. d.c. residents can register to vote at the polls on election day. >>> some district residents aren't giving up hope for adrian fenty to still be in the race for the primary. there is a group called write- in fenty and plan to hold a press conference today and be out in full force today this weekend to drum up support. they say he's done great work for the city and don't want to see him out of office. >> i think at this point it's up to the people of d.c. if they want him to stay mayor then they need to get out and join the movement and s

told an audience to keep democrats in a rally at bowie state university. said governor o'malley has made big investments in education during tough time. three dozen people at the rally were treated for dehydration. some complained of dizziness and fainting spells. prince george's county fire and ems workers took hem to two local hospitals. temperature were in the 70s. ralliers were standing shoulder to shoulder in the sun. official say nobody was seriously hurt. most of the people treated were senior citizens. >>> governor o'malley's opponent republican bob ehrlich spent the day stumping for votes. he attended montgomery county women for ehrlich event in potomac. o'malley and ehrlich will face off in their first debate monday in baltimore. >>> the university of michigan computer science professor whose student successfully hacked into a d.c. online voting system will testify before the city council in a public oversight hearing today. within 36 hours of being given the go-head, the professor and his team of students were able to infiltrate the voting syste

president obama and at a rally yesterday alongside the governor at bowie state university and our tom fitzgerald was there. >> reporter: she has never seen a president before. >> now, a citizen, she is the kind of voters decembers need to get to the polls in maryland but she is not sure if others take voting so seriously. >> here, i want to say a little bit yes, they do. they do take it for granted. >> reporter: but with rising concerns that democrats aren't fired up this year, president obama came to bowie, maryland to boost the election chances of martin o'malley. the rally comes as the o'malley campaign is pulling head. the latest rasmussen reports poll find him leading robert ehrlich 49% to 41%. >> i am running against our former governor who says that he is running in order to take maryland back. what he really means is he wants to take us backwards. >> reporter: earlier this week, robert ehrlich downplayed the importance of the president's appearance. >> he is trying to yen rate votes in the washington suburbs obviously. typically a strong area for democrats. but we'll do better

he was at bowie state university in prince george's county to help martin o'malley. he president have coat tails now t help other candidates? >> it depends how popular you're talking about in the state. in maryland he can ha a big rally. he was in chicago campaigning for the candidate for his old senate seat. as we see the president there. at this int, his job is to get democrats to get out and vote, to understand what's at stake here. the balance of power in washington. some of the republican ideas. that's what he can do now. in states where he's popular, he can get people out to vote. >> they place him out there strategically. >> right. that in some districts, he can't do any good and he wants to be careful. there are also democrats who have run away from him and this f they did it eay enough, they might survive. >>> the senate debates series with the candidates hoping the fill president obama's former linois senate seat in an extremely tight race. that's coming up sunday morning right re on nbc 4. >>> d.c. residents living overseas will that be able to cast their b

. >> the white house campaign swing on democrats heads to bowie, maryland today at bowie state university where the president will hold a rally with maryland governor martin o'malley. his seat is being challenged by former governor robert ehrlich. the latest get out the vote valley will focus on getting black voterred out to the polls for the mid-term elects next month. the president still very popular there with an approval rating of 91%. >>> some the niect have planning to hold a campaign called write in fenty. they hope to keep mayor fenty in office. the group says fenty has dawn done great -- done great work for the city. >>> there is word that secretary of state hillary clinton could some day take his job. bob woodward says clinton could take over biden's position as vp in 012. both the courthouse and mrs. clinton herself are he denying those room irs. >> i have absolutely no interest and no reason for doing anything other than just dismissing these stories and moving on because there is -- we have no time. we have so much to do. i think both of us are very happy doing what we are ad

>> reporter: president obama and governor o'malley chose bowie state university, a historically black college, because it in the heart of prince george's county and they want to motivate the heavily democratic african-american community to get out and vote. >> as long as i am president. long as martin o'malley is your governor, we will not allow politicians in washington or annapolis to sacrific your education for tax cuts we can't afford. that is the choice in this election. >> reporter: during th speeches, some of the crowd fainted fromxposure to the sun or dehydration. a couple were transported for treatment. but most came away from the obama-o'malley rally with a renewed energy. >> i believe that it will help get the votes of the people. it is about gettinsenior citizens like myself who will get out here and will make sure that we vote for o'malley and for any other democrat that has the opportunity to run. >> he will go back on the road and visit between now and ection day. president obama is flying to chicago to continue trying to fire up the democratic faitul for what he consid

it was held at bowie state university. thpresident stoppedis speech to request help when one person fainted. most people are treated on site for heat exhaustion and dehydration. president obama is supposed to address the latest jobs report. it's the last job report before the mid-term elections. it shows opportune employment ra held steady at 9.6% this september. economists had expected to it rise. president obama will address the job situation in bladensburg. he's touring a masonry plant as part of a small business visit. > now to decision 2010. tomorrow new jersey governor crist christi is expected to endorse bob ehrlich at a fundraising event. people who donate $50 to the republican candidate in the next 24 hours could be invid to the private reception. ehrlich running to get his old job back. >>> and today expect extra security at amtrak station,but don't worry it's all part of a security test. amtrak is running a security program called rail safe in certain cities. amtrak officls say there's no reason for alarm. they

. >>> the president will make an appearance at bowie state university later today campaigning for governorartin o'malley. the event begins at 3:00 this afternoon. then just a couple days later on monday, october 11governor o'mally and former governor bob ehrlich will meet to debate the issues. denise will moderate that debate and we'll brought it at 7:00 next monday night. what would you like denise to ask? submit your questions by going to wjz.com and clicking on the link right there at the top of our home page. >>> a federal probe into former presidential hopeful john edwards' finances could be expanding. federal prosecutors have issued a fresh round of subpoenas in an investigation that for more than a year looked rather dormant. his former aide claims vast sums of campaign money exchanged hands to keep edwards' mistress in hiding. edwards insists he did not violate any laws. >>> american soldier stationed at fort meade surprises his girlfriend last night. [ cheers and applause ] >> the crowd cheered just after he proposed to his girlfriend. it was her birthday and to celebrate they wen

the two attended a campaign rally yesterday at bowie state university. one no-show at the rally was congressman frank cratovelle from the eastern shore who is locked in a tight race. governor o'malley's challenger, robert ehrlich spent his day campaigning in potomac, maryland at the old angler's inn. he says that is where the battle will be won or lost and he said after a slow start, campaign contributions have been pouring in during the past few weeks. >>> it's been tried before, but now some new york officials are trying a new tactic to reduce the sale of sugary drinks. that story is coming up. plus, -- no . >>> welcome back. two astronauts will bring the space station crew back to six members when they arrive there tomorrow night. >>> new york city is taking aim at sugary drinks trying to battle obesity the u.s. department of agriculture has asked for permission to prohibit people using food stamps to buy sugary sports drinks and sodas. the winner of the nobel peace prize was just announced. it is chinese dissent. the nobel committee recognized his lo

with less than a month until election day, president obama heads to bowie state university to stump formalley. kristin fish -- kristin fisher is there with more. good morning, kristin. >> good morning. maryland is a strong state for democrats and here in prince georges county it is especially true. and especially so for president obama. he's very popular in prince georges county, and that's going to be a big reason whooshes he's going to be speaking here today, alongside governor martin o'malley. he's going to be stumping for him very hard. he's also going to be talking about other democrats running for election this november. now, obama is not alone in his support of governor martin o'malley. keep in mind, in the past week there's been a huge surge in the number of star politicos that have tried to influence the outcome of this race for maryland governor. last tuesday, when president obama released his radio ad backing o'malley, that same day former massachusetts governor mitt romney endorsed ehrlich. the next day o'malley announced that bloomberg would be campaigning for him in bethes

prince george's count president obama is scheduled to rally for o'malley on the campus of bowie state universityafternoon. it expected he'll tell the crowd how maryland will continue to move forward under a martin o'malley and lieutenant governor anthony brown's leadership. >> what he did to keep our country from going into the second great depression, there are thousands of moms and dads in maryland who a working today who would not be working -- >> reporter: that was o'malley spking at a campaign function at the university of maryland a few days ago. again, "the washington post" conducted a poll just last week and it shows o'malley with a double digit lead over ehrlich, 52% to 41% of likely voters. back to ou, joe. >> thanks very much. elaine reyes reporting live. meanwhile, bob ehrlich begins airing his first television ads in the washiton region today. the former maryland governor is campaigning to try to get his old job back. he hopes to turn around recent polls that show him behind governor o'malley. o'malley's campan has been airing ads in this region for the past two weeks. >>> we are fo

the president telling students at bowie state university he needs them as fired up as they were for his historical election in 2008. >> they said you can't overcome the cynicism of our politics. you can't elect an african-american with a funny name. [cheers] >> they said no, you can't. i'm sorry, what did you say? >> yes, we can. >> shepard: but still some analysts say trying to fire up liberal voters is the wrong strategy. jim angle is live in washington tonight for us. jim, the democrats should be focusing on moderates say these analysts. >> that's right, shep. absolutely. all you have to do is look at the numbers. listen to this. >> liberals make up the smallest share of the electorate. they have always historically been around 20 to 22% of the electorate. right now they are 20% of the electorate. >> that isn't the only complication for democrats. as liberals dwindle conservative cans have r. growing from 2008 to 2010 the number of people who identify themselves as conservatives has increased from 37% to 42%. the number of moderates has declined from 37% to 35%. and the number of lib

. >>> less than a month ago and it's political all star behind upup at bowie staid state university.dent will show up to support governor o'malley. >> reporter: president obama is hoping to fire up the base with the visit today and less than month from the november 2nd primary it couldn't come at a better time for omalcrane brown. a lot of other big names will be there a lot is at stake in the upcoming election with republicans look to take over the majority at a time when many americans have become disenchanted with obama. here maryland, democrats outnumber republicans 2-1. and a poll by the washington post shows o'malley widening the lead over rer like. are-- ehrlich. now doors will open for the rally at 1. actual event starts at 3. in the studio, lenda -- linda so. >>> and abc2 news will stream the event on the website as it happens. go to abc2news.com and watch the live video feed. we will have complete coverage for you tonight at 5, 6 and 11:00. >>> six minutes after five right now. today we are expected to learn more about the future of the historic senator theater. new owners

it is wonderful to be here at elise state university. -- at bowie state. and did be here in prince george's county. and to be here in the great state of maryland. it is a high honor and a great privilege that president obama is joining us today. i am with him in so many ways, and what i want you to know is the message that you here today is the message that he speaks every single day, and it is the message that you want to hear and we need to do something about it. hope, opportunity, and change. there is another party out there that wants to silence us. we will not be silenced when we talk about the facts. we need jobs in this country. we are going to continue to speak out for the working class and middle class here in united states of america. in order to do that we need to stand up and have barack obama's back, and he has armacost the's vote in the united states senate. i have been so proud to stand with barack obama. when he came to washington and the white house, one of the very first bills we got through, we were to hand in hand up close and personal.

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half an hour, grab a cuppof coffeee breakfast and talk with voters beforeehe heads down to bowie state universityny democrrts have been distancing themselvee from lately. approoal rating has beee droppingg -t hasn't eee above 50% since september of last year. whileesome democrats are asking hii not to campaign for them this fall, democratic incumbent governor o'malley is teaming up with him anyway. you may have heerd hhs new radio spot. moving forward with the hard working leadership and vision of governor martin o'maaley or do you slip backwards.3 >> reporter: thattis thh latest attack against republican -hallenger bob ehrlich. in the final weeks before election day, both candiiates are taking their own swings trying to revval each othee's -rue sides. >> he has been on the sidd of peoppe that can afford to pay big, big bucks for government afffir specialist and in these tough times with these tough decisions, doo't think those guys need to have a government on their side, we're the ones who need to have a government3 wwo s on our side. >> this is the guy who passedú maryland history. for him tt

. >> o'malley got aaboost when the president rallied at bowie state university.s a motivational gap within that party. the next two match ups are set -or ctober 21st and october 22nd. those two will be aireddon local radio. megan guil!gilliland, fox 45 mog news. ú%%-fox 45 news at 10:00 and the -ate edition at 11:00. for all the lateet on the elections just go to on our website a a, foxbaltimore.com swroat 2010. ú%te 2010. >>> ddrrell hood was shot in the head after getting into an argument. found he body of a man dumpedrs ú% an alley on calvert avenue. investigators believe the wo incidents may be related. there were also three other deadly shootings, but despite the violence, police say the total number of homicides is still at a record llo. >>> and we wwll have these up ticks of violence, ut what the -ublic needs to know is that the vpd is prepared to response and has plans to respond. >>> so far police have made no arrests in any of the murders. >>> police release the name of a woman who died last week after 43 years old, tracy bird died last thursday. offfce

caller: last week when the president was in bowie state university, the president himself said this election was about him. make me vote now, don't look bad. so the president, i take him for his word. he said himself that this election was about him and his policy. policy. just watch the video. people calling in saying this was not about the president, i don't know what they have seen of the last two years. it is all about his policies. host: thank you for calling in. final article, "the washington times" lead story, exclusive. obama choice helped fannie block oversight. that is "the washington times" lead story. one more article -- house democratic moderates appear likely to suffer heavy losses in the midterm election and some progressive think the result will be a democratic caucus more ideologically unified around policy positions they support. this article is in "roll call." coming up, a roundtable discussion on oil drilling and the environment. the obama administration lifted the deep water drilling band. that is our discussion next. we will be right back. [captioning performed by natio

i want to thank president niki burnham and all the students here at bowie state university for hosting us and i want to thank god for the beautiful weather. i also want to thank maryland congressional delegation who worked so hard for all of us. thank you men and women, one and all. and i want to thank you for everything you are about to do to reelect the hardest working women to the u.s. senate in america, our u.s. senator barbara mikulski. [cheers and applause] and thank you governor and lieutenant brown -- gov. lieutenant brown. [cheers and applause] he is the highest elected official who has served a tour of duty in iraq. we salute you. [cheers and applause] and i thank you for everything that you have done, to move our state for in these difficult times. mr. president, who is about to come on next -- [cheers and applause] we welcome you to the great state of maryland, the original land of the free and the home of .he brave an in the toughest of times, our president barack obama has given us a very decisive leadership that we needed at a critically important time when our country w

bowie staae university. obama and governor o'malley. prince george's county officials seniors. fortuuaaely everyone affected is expected to be okay. >>> three staffers at a stateusan sachs, oth were patients the at the perkins mental hospital where thee ave peeple charged with violent now three employees wwo were on duty oww otheduty on the night t murder, have retired because they have did not want to lose their patients. >>>>jurors ddd not ask questions on hursddy, it's the first ime that happened since thee starte3 deliberating on monday. the previous day they appeared to be deadlocked.3 they told the judge they could n ú% the murder charges the three suuppcts are facing. >>> the race for maryland's first congressional distriit is still neck tooneck. it has been a heated race from the start and it appears theúú%. -ecent oll numbees show democrat innumbent, prank andy harris trailing by three percentage poinns. >> thank you for being herr this morning.ú i know this is not the ffrst time you have squaaed off. right now you have a slight lead. how do yoo plan on kkeping it with three weeks left toogoú >> we are talkiig about issues thattare mportant to marylan