bruce springsteen performing at an obama campaign event last night in columbus, ohio.aking of the boss, it was in his home state of new jersey where officials are making sure voters can cast their ballots despite the devastation from hurricane sandy. voters whose polling places were flooded were busy filling out forms yesterday to cast provisional ballots. in florida and other key battleground states with early voting there are reports of robo calls incorrectly telling voters they can cast ballots over the telephone. >>> and during halftime of monday night football espn's chris berman interviewed both president obama and governor mitt romney. he asked mr. romney what he's learned about himself and then to mr. obama who likens politics to sports. we begin with mr. romney. >> this campaign process goes on a couple of years. lots of flights, lots of trips, and what i found that surprised me is the more events i did, the more energy i seemed to get. >> in sports it's about winning championships. interesting in politics, it's not winning elections, it's making sure that you

the president handed the phone over to christie's fellow new jerseyan, bruce springstein. >> bruce isently flying around today with the president on his last day of the campaign. bruce said to me how proud he was of his state and how proud he was of the people of the state and how tough they are and he'll be back to the jersey shore soon. we had a good conversation today and it was great to talk to the president and even better to talk to bruce. >> a big fan there. >>> the cast of mtv's "jersey shore" is planning to help its namesake rebuild. they will be part of a fundraising special on mtv next week. >>> now to your money. u.s. stocks edged higher monday, but what does election day hold on wall street. looking back. the dow gained 3.3% on election day 2008. the dow and s&p have performed 38% better under democrats than republicans. elsewhere, we'll see how they react after the lawsuit was thrown out yesterday hours before trial. tesla jumps 9% as it ramps up its electric see dance. suzuki filed for bankruptcy. nike is in final talks to sell its brand to a private equity firm for $50

. >> tonight, bruce johnson is there once again. have they heard the news there that cbs has called the race for president obama? ♪ ♪ >> i think it may be a little too loud and bruce johnson was having trouble hearing us. >> we're talking -- how are you feeling? >> awesome. >> how are you feeling? >> amazing. re-election. >> how are you feeling? >> amazing. >> how are you feeling? >> i'm doing real good. outstanding as a matter of fact. >> how do you feel? >> awesome. >> were you surprised? >> not at all. >> was it ever in doubt? >> no, not at all. >> there was some nervous people around here earlier. >> not at all. >> they were waiting on florida, ohio, virginia, the west coast to come in, this place erupted then. how do you feel? were you surprised? >> i feel like a winner. we won. >> these people headed over to the white house. was there ever any doubt? >> it is amazing. it gives us so much hope, the hope that we voted for four years ago. it's funny that i'm saying this, because i'm not even an american citizen, i can't vote. but

you see bruce springsteen talking there.tical campaign of his career where it all began. bruce springsteen has been campaigning with him all day. first lady michelle obama is also in des moines with them. the president is expected to speak any moment. he just arrived at the event. romney has a rally of his own tonight as well. we're going to bring you both as they happen. and michelle obama's comments. both candidates have been racking up frequent flyer miles. john king is going to break it down for us. >> they'd get more miles if the west coast were still in play in presidential politics. but it is now. let's look at where the presidential candidates are visiting. you see these disks, they're in certain places, nevada, colorado, iowa, wisconsin, ohio, in here, you can't see it. there's so many visits here. let me stretch it out and make it a little more easy to read. excuse me for turning my back. you see this is where all the candidates, they break them down by candidate. this is the state of ohio, the blue dot, he's been

. >> bruce johnson was live along u. street in northwest. >> reporter: this is bruce johnson in the middle of u. street in northwest and you should have been here last night. this place erupted when barack obama was declared the winner. [ cheering and applause ] how are you feeling? >> awesome. >> how you feeling? >> amazing. re-election! >> i love it. >> so much on the line and i'm just grateful to be out here tonight celebrating our president for another term. >> we are in -- >> thrilled. >> we never lost hope. >> there was a moment where we were just very unsure. very nervous and very unsure, but came 11:00 we just knew. >> i'm really excited obama four more yores, i'm -- years, i'm really excited. >> extremely close. i was -- i was very nervous. you knew -- all along. no doubts here. >> reporter: there were lots of tweets in the area -- police in the area. they responded and sealed off the streeted to make sure -- streets to make sure nobody got hurt. this is bruce johnson for 9news now. >> that is until the results

i have actually played hootenanny style guitar with bruce springsteen.all on the 'fallon' show." [ cheers and applause ] so i'm -- i said this is genius. he is doing the show. it's jimmy fallon. he needs a little -- he needs a little cutter, needs a little comedic beat. wants to take the spin off the seriousness of the song. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. >> so cut to me playing in the back and i'm going through my head right now, "wrecking ball." i can "play wrecking ball." i know the chords to "wrecking ball." it goes -- ♪ wreck wreck wreck wrecking ball ball ♪ ♪ and then he goes to a "b" minor -- ♪ wreck wreck wreck wrecking ball wreck wreck wreck wrecking ball ♪ ♪ wreck wreck wrecking ball ♪ i know the song! i can play "wrecking ball." boom. ball. >> jimmy: this is going in your head. and you're thinking of this. >> i am over the moon. a dream has come true beyond dreams. bruce has asked me to be on tv with him to perform with the band in his seminal song. a chart-busting, tour-starting behemoth of a song equal to anything he's ever done. and i'm going to pla

springsteen. >> bruce is flying around with the president on his last day of his campaign.how proud he was of his state. how tough they are and the people of this state. he'll be back to the jersey shore soon. we had a good conversation today. it was great to talk to the president and even better to talk to bruce. >> the cast of mtv's jersey shore is planning to help rebuild its namesake. stars of the mtv reality show will be part of a fundraising special on mtv next week. >>> in other news, a near fatal collision at a small texas airport was all caught on tape. it's amazing. watch this. a student pilot on his first solo flight was moments away from a smooth landing when the landing gear clips the passing suv. the video was capped captured by the pilot's wife as -- the teu dent is four weeks away from receiving his license but has decided to quit flying. you can imagine why. >>> seven people came close to drowning after heavy surf caused their boat to capsize. four adults and three children were stranded in the bay without any life jackets. they clung on to the boat until a

bruce! okay. now let's meet the players themselves. [cheers and applause] we need to give this guy a big round of applause. unfortunately he couldn't be here because of a family emergency but he had the winning run in game four. give it up for ryan theriot. he saved a perfect game with the greatest catch of the season and he kept doing it all through the post season, left fielder number seven. gregor blank koa. >> he did it with his bat and with his words. the guy sort of got the giants going before game through with cincinnati, hunter pens. [cheers and applause] >> in game four in detroit he knocked in the first run with a triple off the right field wall, first base man number nine. brandon belt. >> a norn california native. he joined the giants later in the year and part of the home stretch. xavier nadel. >> this guy played andlet better he got. he could play almost anywhere and murdered left hand pitching. number 13. joaquin arias. >> a young out fielder who made his debut this year and helped the giants with his arm, with his speed

i'm bruce johnson reporting from highland, new jersey, back to you. >> thank you, bruce. >>> we have an ugly start to november. a little gray, maybe a tad of rain out there. topper in the weather center. what about the rest of the night? >> it's improving, derek. but i will tell you what, sandy will not let that grip go. we have breezes on the way and a couple of sprinkles. we'll start with temperatures. 10 degrees below average. high was 53. average high is still 64, which would be kind of nice, actually. right now, 51 downtown. but in the 40s in the burbs. 46 in good faithers -- gaithersburg. generally in the 40s in manassas and winchester. so a little bit on the chilly side outside. now, here's a look at the radar. couple showers with a couple sprinkles pushing on through. nothing heavy. everything is generally light. everything is just about across from howard county about to cross i-95 and get across the bay. so we will keep it early. maybe another hour or so with sprinkles. breezy and cold. lows 34 to about 42. winds westerly at 10 to 15. we'll come back and talk about when we'

in bethesda, bruce leshan, 9news now. >> we are with you bruce. his contractor is telling him it may be just a matter of months. topper. >> my heart goes tout bruce, of course, and it's why erica and howard and i, we sound like a broken record that night, both before the storm and during the symptoms, not to sleep upstairs. that's a textbook reason why we kept saying it. 25 miles per hour wind gusts at national, 7 in gaithersburg, 17 in manassas. the good news is it will slowly diminish. temperatures chilly, 45 in frederick, 43 in leesburg. your wake-up weather, 30s to start, 7:00 still 30s, 9:00 38 to about 48. we'll come back and put the finishing touches on a very nice weekend forecast. >> thank you, top. >>> a bus driver who fell asleep behind the wheel last year on i-95 has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter. four people died and 49 others were hurt when the driver lost control of his bus last may. the tour group was off to new york city when the driver dozed off and ran into a barrier before the bus flipped over. the national transpo

everybody loves bruce springsteen? a fan of the boss learn about him you didn't know? >> i tell you what, the night before he and i actually first sat down i spent about five hours with his mother and his sister, the older of his two sisters. they filled me with so many juicy tales and stories. one of the great sort of affirming moments for me talking to him was asking him a question and going into some detail about what i knew and have him just sort of stare back at me and say, who's telling you these tales, man? i said, your mother. he's like, my mother! i guess she's talking. boom. he went on. >> you're clearly a fan. this is an icon loved around the world. so how do you balance that love for bruce with the need to be an objective journalist? >> especially talking about the band, when the band broke up. how do you both love bruce and some of the things that happened with that band that are pretty ugly. >> people are people. relationships are complicated. especially when you start working together as teenagers and yo

bruce. >> reporter: hey, derek. it's actually ocean grove. and this small town like the other jersey towns that we've been talking about all evening long steel reeling from the effects of the -- still reeling from the effects of the hurricane that blew through here. those lights are ours because this place is still in the dark. no heat. no cell phone service. there is somebody up there that has a candle burning. it's almost a sign of hope. because they're hoping this doesn't last that long and they're being told right now tonight this could go on for months. you know, we don't know where that family was when the storm came on board on monday night, but we did run into one couple in another jersey shore town who ro out the store and it could have cost them their lives. >> we look around and you feel like you're coming out of a disaster. >> reporter: they should have been part of the evacuation of the jersey shore this week. >> i guess i wasn't smart enough this time. this time it wasn't about winds. it was about ocean. >> reporter: this couple

you see bruce springsteen talking there.litical campaign of his career where it all began. first lady michelle obama is also in des moines with them. the president is expected to speak any moment. he just arrived at the event. romney has a rally of his own tonight as well. we're going to bring you both as they happen. michelle obama's comments. both candidates have been racking up frequent flyer miles. john king is going to break it down for us. >> you see these disks, they're in certain places, nevada, colorado, iowa, wisconsin, ohio, in here, you can't see it. there's so many visits here. let me stretch it out and make it easy to read. you see this is where all the candidates, they break them down by candidate. this is the state of ohio, the blue dot, he's been all around the state of ohio. what about governor romney? he too in the rural areas of ohio. also in the cities, but mostly outside. let's move the map a little bit, we'll come back out, come back in. where you see the springsteen rally tonight. this is paul ryan ov

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in d.c., bruce leshan, 9news now. >>> d.c. schools chancellor henderson says closing 20 schools across the city after the current school year will save some money. according to henderson the schools on the list were chosen in part because of low enrollment, the percentage of the buildings actually being used and the condition of those structures. if the proposal goes through it would be the second major consolidation of d.c. schools in the past five years. >> if we reduce the number of our facilities we'll be able to improve the programs that we offer. we'll be able to utilize our staff more efficiently. so that we can concentrate on the things that we know move things for kids. >> you can see the full list of schools and where those students would be sent the coming years at wusa9.com. >>> the former chairman of the d.c. council learned his fate from not one, but two judges today. >> this is bruce johnson, late this afternoon kwame brown was here in court to respond to a misdemeanor campaign finance conviction. he was in the

our -- live in the area, our bruce johnson is live tonight. bruce? [ no audio ] >> reporter: the food trucks outside federal office buildings in southwest. that's where you can find federal workers at lunchtime. who's best for federal workers, obama or romney? obama or romney? their jobs and careers could be affected by who occupies the white house for the next four years, what time you sir, who's better? >> patch act, i can't speak to that. >> what about you? obama or romney? >> i would say from a military's perspective. i'm a spouse, michelle obama has done great things for military families. >> reporter: romney has promised to reduce the federal work force by 10%, cutting two jobs for every one that's filled. who's better romney or obama for fedel workers? >> it's a question contains a logical fallacy. i'm not going to answer that. >> i'd have to say obama might be the better. >> reporter: because? >> it seems romney might want to slash some jobs and cut unnecessary spending. >> reporter: romney would eliminate some departments and cap government

in bethesda, 9news now. >> we are so happy that bruce and his family, they are okay. >>> bruce also talked to us today about the difficulties that the crew was having getting the tree out of their house. the challenges on what to do with all the other trees that they once removed. you can hear them talk about it, all of those on our website. wusa9.com. >> and that is for everybody at bruce's house is fine. >> yes. everyone is home. >> it is just a thing. >> yes, absolutely. they are safe and well. and that is the biggest blessing for all of them. >> yes, they may have a place to live in the next couple of days. >> just down the street. >>> all right, we are looking at sandy with clouds on our way. we still have breezes. but i think that tomorrow will be the sunniest day of the week. right now they look okay. it's a little cool, but it will be okay. we'll start with a live look outside. we'll be looking at temperatures in the50s. and in fact the temperatures, they have been well below average now. it looks like for the last little bit. temperatures right now, 52. the dew point is 35. winds

in bethesda, bruce la shan, 9 news now. >> we're happy that bruce is in the recovery process there. my inlaws are on long island. they took a lot of tall trees down from the property several years ago and one of the things we talked about when sandy was coming or past storms, if you have tall trees, we want you to stay down stair, sleep in the lowest level. it is the safest spot in your house. no problems today. lots of sunshine. a gorgeous afternoon. a little breezy. the winds are starting to relax. temperatures are going to make a run toward 60. average high is 61. so that's right where they should be. and this evening, with lighter winds, we will fall quickly into the low 50s by 7:00. upper 40s by 9:00. if you're going to the high school football games tonight, dress for the 40s. at least the winds won't be cutting through you. clear skies. the nor'easter pulling away. out to the west, there is nothing headed our way. maybe until tuesday. let's enjoy it. a a in dc. 51 hagerstown. winchester, 54. and eastham is 50. i did not load the weather camera. sorry. it is a beautiful sky ou

after wisconsin, bruce and the president hopped on air force one and touched down in ohio where bruceo vote for the president and move forward. and this is where it gets good. the other jersey guy getting attention and praise these days for his handling of sandy is governor chris christie. but there's one person that really matters to the governor. the atlantic recently reported that the governor has been to 129 bruce springsteen shows. he knows every word to every springsteen song and dreams of playing drums in the e street band but springsteen ignores christie at shows because of a major difference in politics. so the governor of jersey gets snubbed and ignored by his own new jersey idol. but those days are over. governor christie took a call from president obama today and here's what he said happened on that call. >> he was calling from air force one and he told me that in times of real difficulty he thought that the only thing better than one jersey guy were two jersey guys and he put bruce springsteen on the phone. we had a good conversation today and it was great to talk to the

bruce springsteen and barack obama they are congratulating each other and people in new jersey, close to two weeks without power. i'm wondering why they are congratulating. >> paul: including your household. >> i don't think it's the government's job to provide power but to make a public show of take the credit i think he ought to be politically accountable. i don't see the great results. i see a lot of private people doing the relief effort. >> this is myth to the news, even as hurricane sandy raged new york governor steven kerr was diverting workers from his own driveway to remove a tree. so as the governor spent the last ten days promising taking a

one of the things bruce did that was powerful for me was bruce also said to me it is important to understand how your neighbors are living because you can do something about it. and after you graduated from high school. didn't say you could do something about this after you graduated college. or after you turn 30. the message bruce gave me at the time is you can do something about it right now. part of the message i wanted to give an "the warrior's heart" is they have the ability to make a difference in their school and have the ability to make a difference in their communities and an ability for their strengths and talents to make a difference. i know from the experience i had doing internationally humanitarian work the incredible difference people can make in their world. one of the stories i write about in "the warrior's heart" was my experience working with bosnian refugees. the photograph i took here, and as they step off of the bus into the refugee camp. and what they ever owned. and the material position they lost friends. and what it would be like if you have lost your home. and if y

did bruce bochy and these 25 guys quick when they lost the first two games against cincinnati? no. did they accept the inevitable with st. louis? no. they carried on with determination and experts and pundits predicted that this san francisco giants was going to the world series and team work means everyone contributes and we saw those plays and three home runs for pablo sandoval right here in san francisco. [cheers and applause] . buster posey grand slam. [cheers and applause] outside there, yes! we saw the magic of the wonderful catch he did to save the out and jer nee affeldt and come up through the season and crow -- crawford saving the ball and all the pitchers and pitching their hearts out to zito to a felt and in comes romo . [cheers and applause] we needed everybody. we needed every skill. we needed that great team work so today in recognition of their second world series championship in three years i am proud to present the highest honor we have in this city, the key to the city and county of san francisco to the whole team of the san francisco giants. [cheers and applause

now, one of the other things that bruce did that was really powerful for me was that bruce also said to me, he said it's important for you to understand how your neighbors are living because you can do something about it. what was so nice is bruce didn't say you can do something about this after you've graduated from high school. he didn't say you can do something about this after you've graduated from college, not after you turn 30. the message bruce gave to me at the time was you can do something about it right now. and part of the message i want to give to kids in "the warrior's heart" is also that they have the ability right now to make a difference in their schools, they have the ability right now to make a difference in their communities, and they have an ability right now to use their strengths and talents to make a difference in the world. and i know from the experience that i had doing international humanitarian work the incredible difference young people can make in their world. one of the stories that i write about in "the warrior's heart" was my experience working with bo