we had a minor incident at 66 and centerville. nothing to worry about. 395 also looks good. from the beltway we come across the 14th street bridge to our nation's capitol. good morning, d.c. to 70 so far is moving at a decent pace. maryland 95 northbound no. of 32 on the left side, just a brief distraction. if you are heading north bound near 32, keep alert. >> 5:13 and 40 degrees. >> good news for customers with a major wireless carrier. [ female announcer ] it's deliciously dark just before dawn. it's a rainy morning becoming a caramel drizzle. with folgers gourmet selections you can turn any day gourmet. new roasts, new flavors and a new look. >> you are watching abc 7 "good morning, washington" on your side. >> new information out about the u.s. soldier accused of killing 16 civilians enter afghanistan. he testified robert bayles tested positive for steroids three days after the killings. the army psychiatrist accused in the 2009 fort hood shooting rampage is fighting a court order to have his beard shaved before this trial. he filed an appeal to overturn the trial judge

traveling inbound from 28 centerville heading eastbound toward the parkway.he current sky fox still above the scene. three cars involved in this crash this have been cleared, the lanes are open but delays continuing toward centerville. traffic slows at 123. i just got off the phone with vdot. they are trying to secure the plate. that's what she said along canal road and it looks like they have just clears the way. they were having trouble trying to secure this plate where they were busy doing work. all of the activity is cleared. the lanes are open as well as leading m street out of georgetown. no problems accuse cross the key bridgew. will continue on the other side of town with lanes open. no issues reported southbound on 270 but drive starting to stack up as you work south from 85 into german town almost a 20 minute ride. >> all right. now to a traffic alert in virginia. its been five-years in the works. >> the 495 set to open tomorrow. sherry lee is live with everything you need to know. good morning. >> good morning. we have seen throughout the morning t

coming in on 66 your lanes are open from centerville to fairfax. same story in herndon, reston and right on down the line to tyson's corner. west side of town, this is what it looks like from bethesda, all your lanes on ep. this time we'll head over to the other side, no issues at all. looking good as you leave new carrollton down to the wilson bridge and we'll take a live look at the beltway down south. and beyond into alexandria. i was at national harbor yesterday, just beautiful. back to you guys. >>> an alexandria family is searching for a man missing now for two weeks. hurricane sandy hindered search and press skew operations for 69-year-old mohammed dhani, he suffers from dementia. >>> well, believe it or not, today is the last full day of campaigning for the 2012 presidential election. seems like it has gone on forever, doesn't it? both candidates will stop in swing states before heading home. today the president will stop in wisc iowa, ohio before he travels to chicago and casts his ballot. mitt romney will be campaigning in florida, virgin

san story on 66 near 28 and centerville. they have blocked the right lane. just north of 32 around the curve, just about clear. they were just about to get that truck that had overturned out of the roadway. 270 wide open for you. >> thank you. 12:-- 4:56 right now. you know her as the character alex dunphy. >> her mother has temporarily lost custody of the actress who claims she has been physically and emotionally abusive to the teenager. their mother has not been ordered to stay away and have no contact until november 20 hearing, which the sister was appointed as the temporary guardian. >>scott had gone as far out to stop filming locations. but he jumped to his death from a bridge in california. executives are considering scrapping the sequel to "top gun" all together. they do not want to be insensitive to his family members or fans. jermaine jackson wants to change his name to something a little bit brighter. >> the older brother of the late michael jackson filed a petition to changes in at -- his last name to "jacksun." he said he would do it for artistic

coming in from manassas as it usually is to centerville. and one more last live look outside, this time we're heading here in manassas and centreville as you can see the lanes are open. i'll be back at 5:24. back to you mike and andrea. >>> a local college basketball team is tested all the way to the ire. >> plus the redskins return from a bye week to face a rookie quarterback making his first nfl start. that's coming up in sports. >> let's take another look of the question -- at the question of the day. it's 5:19 if you've just waking you -- you're just waking up -- >> raven foxy rivers wrote -- >> yuck. all right, wusa9 facebook fan page is where you can leave your response. we'll have the answer to the quiz in our 6:00 hour. >> and you want to see the musical les mis? just answer the question of the day correctly to be entered into the sweepstakes and every day we'll randomly draw a name and that person will win four tickets to the fantastic tony award-winning musical. "les miserables" will be at the national theater next month. ♪ [ harr

heaviest rain, coming in northern baltimore county, the lighter rain around the eastern shore, centerville, greens borrow, denton, easton, federalsburg, dry for the morning, you are getting in on the wet weather this morning, the heaviest rain around keyny, mill woods walker manor, pretty boy garth, to the north, traveling that way, along in to york, or along in to emmitsville and also dallas town, shrewsberry, you are going to be running in to the heavier rainfall this morning, temperature wise, coming in at 39 degrees with the fog, 50 in chester, 40 columbia this morning. as we go through throughout the day. temperatures chilly. now a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. >> good morning, in addition to the rain and the fog, dealing with a water main break, mount vernon, it happened yesterday and impacting traffic. traffic is getting by, madison street. make a left to gillford and take that downtown, you will want to expect delays as we look here, in mount vernon, notice repairs are going to be underway, this is 30 inches it's going pact traffic for a while. it's not a problem

centerville 41. oxford 36 degrees. we are dealing with the winds, they are sustained northwest at 8 miles an hour, baltimore. we will have this throughout the day and gusts up to 15 miles an hour. once that nor'easter gets ramping, we will feel it as we go in to wednesday and thursday. today is a calm day, more of the same in to tomorrow, which is voting time, that's good news, we need to coup our blessings, here is our nor'easter threat. talking about the snow, see the tha going in to western maryland there, the models, not so much in agreement but the euro, the european model, the one that sandy, the one that really brought sandy in, so this is the one that i'm talking about through time. with this, i'm thinking that the european model will stay closer to us. the european model is a colder solution, it has the potential for snow, around here. future trend not picking up on a lot for today. you can see the model again, coming up across the area, the coastal storm, and this will be bringing us rainy conditions, snowy c

already 39 in restin. 39 in centerville as well as manassa. just dropped as we speak. the far western suburbs will be in the upper 20s. staying crisp. you'll need a jacket or a coat. looking at a chilly day tomorrow. the good news is it will not be windy or breezy. temperatures will get close to average. clear skies early and cold. high clouds come in late. 28 to 38. we're looking at 28 or so. 29 in gathersburg. maybe 36 downtown. 32 in college park. and sterling and leez burg looks like a lock even with the high clouds. by morning, partly cloudy and chilly. winds light and by afternoon, we'll keep it partly cloudy. high clouds all day. a little chilly. highs around 50. winds northeasterly at 5 to 10. the next few days keep things green. cool by nice on friday. >> mid 50s again. now, next 7 days, still watching that coastal storm. all the models are going to develop. how close to the shore will it get? we'll keep you posted. chance for light rain sunday night into monday. back in the 50s tuesday and wednesday. if that were the case might just get the game in before the

. >> reporter: no issues to report as you come in from centerville here. traffic is moving well. i'll be back with more, coming up at 4:47. >>> jessica doyle is here and we all talk about how lawmakers won't do anything. >> wall street is not going to do anything until we know the outcome of the presidential election. tuesday night, wednesday morning, thursday in a month and a half, who knows? wait and see. stocks fell friday. shares of airline and insurance companies led the sell off. the dow stands at 13118 after sinking 114 points the nasdaq was off by 30. some of the nations biggest banks have extended their waivers on season late charms for residents in states hit hard by sandy. this is all part of an effort to offer some relief to customers scheduled to make bill payments. jp morgan chase, city group, wells fargo, bank of america are among the institutions offering the waiver extension. most deadlines will remain in place until november 7th. >>> sandy is also putting a dent in the auto industry. many dealers in the northeast have been unable to reopen businesses because of

it reportedly shows a fight at centerville high school last week. the teenager's mother says she warned the school before this happened. school officials say they take incidents involving bullies seriously but they will not comment on any specific disciplinary action. >> the tenth anniversary brought back a lot of painful memories for people many in our area. that includes mill dread, muhammad. tonight, she reveals how she moved on from hardship to find hope. >> october 23rd, my daughter take me to the police station for questioning. and that is when they told me that they were going to name john as the sniper. >> that was also when they would argue that her ex-husband was out to murder her. and the 10 people that were just killed, that was just a cover. mill dread says john, allen muhammad was psychologically abusive to her. he december appeared with her three children. a judge issued a restraining order. mill dread moe hauhammad knew tf he saw her again, he would kill her. >> i think you would be surprised to know that other people have attacked y

and bel air coming in at 46 degrees and good morning to you centerville at 49. march della springs at 52. temperatures for the most part above average. as we go into the afternoonthat's going to hold and the reason why is we have high pressure to the south with that we are getting back return flow and that's why we will see mild air once again before this cold front moves in and behind that cold front we are going to be dealing with much colder air across the area. so, i hope you enjoyed the weekend get out and enjoy veteran's day because it's going to be last day before we start to have a difference in the forecast. and future trend is going to show you when the wet weather is going to work the way in here. so we are looking at overnight, we can see the wet weather back off towards the west. more of the same as we go into tuesday morning. and this moves through and then by the afternoon, looks like we are clearing out nicely and get more sunshine in the forecast for us and speak of the forecast this is how we head through the day. 60 degrees by lunchtime and th

and as we head across the eastern shore, we are looking at 44 degrees there in centerville and easton. and galena at 42 and good morning darlington. you are at 38 degrees this morning. so with the temperatures in the low 40s and upper 30s, make sure to have the heavy coat as you head out the door this morning. we won't warm up that much and we will have a wind chill for today because we do have the winds out of the west at 5 miles an hour. and all across the board here they will pick up as we go throughout the day at 5 to 15 miles an hour. so, the same scenario that we got yesterday and the day before that. we look at the satellite and radar and the remnants of sandy continue to push the way off to the north. that's what we want. the further the wake is from us the more sunshine we will see. so for today, we will have spokes of clouds moving in and we will have a few peeks of sunshine but the sunshine high pressure will begin to work its way in here going into the weekend. future trend picking up on just that. now we talk about the temperature for today. i am going with 54 degrees. we

you can see it around fox meadow right now and also centerville moving off towards the north and it will continue to do so as we go through the rest of the morning. so we will have a rain-snow mix throughout the day. more snow -- throughout the day. more snow throughout afternoon. prince frederick a wintery mx across the area. brandy wine and this is going tonight scenario as we go through the day. it's going to be a quick mover and in and out as we go into tomorrow, things are going to improve. we will see much drier times but today, very cold and emmettsburg at 33. jefferson at 34. havre de grace 37. more of the same in sparrows point annapolis and upper 30s across goldsboro and federalsburg. >>> for 20 years se served in the house of represent at this . -- representative. >> but he is no longer in the house. >> it was a huge night for the democrats in maryland. how they were celebrating. >> reporter: everything is up to speed on 97. at route 100 i will let you know what it look like on 95 and 83 coming up good morning maryland. >>> news time 4:42. for a closer look at some of the resu

shot you this -- time i showed you this at 40, across the eastern shore, we are looking at 41 in centervilleand 39 easton and aberdeen at 37 degrees monrovia at 35. so, i am hiding the rain i am going to step out so you can see where it is. it's to the south of us right now. southern maryland. this is trying to trek off towards the north but for the most part we will stay dry and it will diminish and it's tapering off going through the morning hours. so we will get sunshine in here mixing with clouds. as high pressure builds in here from the north and try to get in here. but all in all, we still are going to have a chilly day on tap this afternoon. look at future trend. as we go through the next several days, we will have another coastal disturbance try to work its way in here. but it stays away from us going through the weekend. we are looking to be dry as of now. that's good news. who wants the rain on the weekend right? 51 is my high for today. temperatures below average. partly cloudy skies as we go through tonight and more of the same a few clouds out there. and it's going to be cold ag

temperatures this morning, coming in 42 degrees, baltimore, arnold 45 degrees, 41 degrees northville and centervilles morning. also very breezy, looking at the future trend, this rain will push out of here and you can see what we have on the backside, plenty of sunshine especially as we go in to tomorrow. by lunchtime, today, it is going to be cool, that will continue, as we go in to the 3:00 hour, in to wednesday, temperatures will drop down to 48 degrees, we will stay get low average in the 7 day term with rain coming in by next week. now a check of the traffic with loren cook. >>> good morning, we are off to a foggy start, turn on the low beams this morning, there is a lot of reduced visibility. you will want to avoid mount vernon, dealing with the effects of the water main break from yesterday. madison street is shutdown from fallsway to calvert street. gillford, closed from madison to monument streets. use the jfx, be aware the off ramp to gillford will be closed. linda so will bring you a live report in a few minutes. jfx, no delays from the beltway, all the way downtown to east fayette street

easton coming in at 39 and centerville at 41. aberdeen at 37 degrees this morning. so, again, as you head out, don't forget the big coat and you can leave the umbrella at home. keep the coat around because temperatures will stay below average as we head through the rest of the week. let's go back to megan and charley. >>> 4:38. they survived war to die at home. >> a parade honoring veterans ends in a tragic accident this morning. federal officials are getting involved. >> and taking learning outside the classroom. that's the idea behind a website created by a high school senior now a major company is recruiting maryland students to help create a mobile app. >> you probably remember digging through the cracker jack boxes looking for a prize. now there's a new version of the popular snack that might not be kid friendly. >> reporter: well, everything is up to speed on 95 in downtown baltimore. i will let you know what traffic lockets like on -- locks like on 695 and -- looks like on 695 and 8 coming up on good morning maryland. -- 83 coming up on good morningmaryland.

. >> listen for the cloak word and today's winner is stephanie chow from centerville, virginia. >> yout yourself a $500 gift card. go right now to our web site on phase book and enter the word for a chance to win. we will announce another winner at 6:45 on monday. >> good luck, everyone. >> good morning, a chilly start. this is the seven-day forecast and that includes thanksgiving. let's check in with dog hill. >> let's talk about the sunrise a couple of minutes ago. the clouds will look clear as we get through this afternoon. but temperatures are not too bad this morning lower for a pause in the metro area and colder out west. you can see little patches of green south and east of the metro area which is a little bit of rain that will move out. this afternoon, the skies will clear and it will turn partly sunny. temperatures will warm into the lower 50s. the next seven days looks pretty good. the coastal storm will stay off the coast. a little bit of a warm-up as we head through a travel day on wednesday and thanksgiving will be partly cloudy with highs in the upper 50's. >> let's go to

see that in the yellows and orange colors around henderson and also goldsboro and row price and centerville getting in on that heavier rainfall across the area. also, sliding a little bit further to the south and east you can see around mill creek and also carters plains woodland getting in on that. so we are going to be dealing with some very wet weather throughout the day and a within theory mix. around 3 or 4 -- wintery mix. around 3 or 4 it will be on the rough side. temperatures at 38 in baltimore it's cold morning. 31 in manchester. and 33 in emmettsburg and havre de grace in the upper 30s. 39 chestertown and annapolis at 37. more of the same in march della springs. winds sustained at 5 to 10 miles an hour. with that, we have a wind chill so that 39, 38 i showed you this baltimore feels like 32 this morning. we feel at freezing. look at germantown, feels like 20s like charley talked about. this is at the surface for today. we have the nor'easter that's going to be riding up along the coast. we will stay cold and windy and then we will start to see the snow moving in here as we go into

a little bit -- we do have volume eastbound on the left side after the centerville interchange. 95 is starting to see delays as well. >> 6:02 right now. there is a showdown in the nation's capital over the fiscal cliff. the president will talk about how to avoid that. >> he could run into some trouble getting republicans to agree on a compromise. >> in his first post-election comments, president obama is expected to talk about the issue at hand -- the economy. he said he is looking for a bipartisan solution to the fiscal challenges. >> i am looking forward to reaching out and working with leaders of both parties to meet the challenges we can only solve together. reducing the deficit, reforming the tax code. >> there is still seven weeks before mandatory tax increases and spending cuts could go into effect, fears over the fiscal clifford growing. both sides are hoping to avoid another recession. at this point it does not seem they are on the same page. >> raising tax rates is unacceptable. it could not even pass the house. >> democrats think the president has a mandate to raise taxes o

just inland in centerville also hit hard. emotions are raw. >> i got nothing. everything is ruined. >> reporter: at least 2 million electric customers in new jersey are still in the dark and maybe for a while. and where there is power, gas lines run long without power and too much damage to their house. lisa and rich carried what they could as they left their point pleasant beach neighborhood maybe for a long time. how long are you expecting to have to be out of your house? the new jersey coast has been beaten up by storms before. but never quite like from the punch sandy delivered. >> we've been joined by nick nelson. very nice to see you. i actually want to start by asking phillip a question. you said off camera you wouldn't tie equities with a barge boat. why not? >> that's why i differentiate between being right and wrong and making and losing money. i've never believed strongly in the growth story out there. it's not because i don't want to. if i can't see cause, i can't believe in it. prove to me and i'll buy it. and i don't think you or anyone else at th

not a lot going on on the roads right now in centerville. you'll find height traffic volume coming in from 28. lanes are open headed eastbound on the beltway. this happens to be southbound kenilworth avenue. remember yesterday, we had to deal with construction here at eastern. not the case today. three lanes maintained both north and southbound traveling between the d.c. line and 50. southbound 270 an ease yes trip coming off of i-70. -- an easy trip coming of i-70. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> the search continues this morning for the man maryland police say robbed a wal-mart store and then shot an employee there. take a look at the suspect. this is an image here from surveillance cameras. he is described as a white male way slim build wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt. this all happened around 4:00 a.m. yesterday in laurel. police say after the suspect was given the cash, he forced the employee outside where he shot him. the suspect then took off and cops believe they found his car on fire in a nearby neighborhood. the

so far so good on 66 coming in through centerville. an easy drive headed eastbound toward fair oaks and 123. the outer loop, no trouble spots reported as we continue. overnight road work that was in place near the northwest branch has cleared. and again, go find yourself at speed in each direction at the american he john bridge. >>> all right. superstorm sandy is now blamed for more than 90 deaths. 41 of them in new york. the city is struggling to get back on its feet and we've learned amtrak service from d. c. to new york will be available today. meantime storm victims say agencies like me ma and the red cross have been slow to respond. drivers are waiting on lines miles long to fill up their gas tanks and utilities say it could take up to ten days to restore power. >>> help is on the way to get the heat and lights back on. hundreds of utility workers are being sent to help restore power in the northeast. >> they're mobilizing right now at the national harbor getting ready to leave in just a few hours. we're live there with the crews

they are joining us this morning hovering above centerville. you will find your lanes are open. no problems to report leaving manassas continuing in from business 234 headed over towards 29 and 2. so traffic volume increasing but again, no incidents in your way was you continue eastbound making your way out towards vienna. you will fine the beltway at speed traveling between annandale and merrifield. let's continue and show you what else is happening in virginia. northbound i-95 still an easy ride in the express lanes and the main line. southbound 270, one of the heaviest stretched of volume we find right now. >>> new this morning, a prince george's county map is recovering after being burned when his home caught fire. take a look at this video. the blames broke out around 7:30 last night on northern avenue in glendale. nearly 60 firefighters were called out to the scene and it took about an hour to put out the fire. the victim, in his others, was taken to the burn unit in good condition. his home is a total loss. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. igation. >>>

you see unusual delays between the bypass as you head to centerville. then you get a break.right around 50, you're slow again and unusual delays as you head towards the beltway. i-270. nice here. from father hurley boulevard and over to the beltway in both directions, travel lanes are open. no delays. >>> you should expect some delays on metro this long veterans day weekend. on the orange line, buses will replace trains between east falls church and clarendon. the ballston and virginia square stations will be closed. trains will single track between vienna and east falls church. same thing between grosvenor and friendship heights on the red line and greenbelt and college park on the green line. work starts at 10:00 p.m. tonight. it will last through the day on monday. >>> don't expect to park your car at the new silver line stations in tysons corner. metro is not planning to build any parking lots. there's a move to turn tyson into a walkable downtown based on public transportation. and the urban planner believes parking lots would not fit into that plan with commutersed flo

starting to slow east of 28 out of the centerville. crash involving yoafort turned vehicle still in play. stay to the right in order to work your way around the scene. outer loop of the beltway, crash at 450 has been moved over to the shoulder. now, on the inner loop of the beltway head over towards van dorn street, v-d.o.t. says they are checking for an accident headed toward the right side of the highway. southbound 270, your doe lay down to 45 miles per hour headed south of i-70. traffic remains slow headed into a hyattstown. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> president obama gets back to his regular routine at this white house today. he and the first family returned last night. the president will have his daily briefing later on this morning aand one of the biggest issues he is facing is the so- called fiscal cliff. both sides of the aisle must agree on a plan to avoid deep spending cuts and tax increases that many fear will send the economy back into a recession. meantime, president obama will make his again later o

this morning your temperatures on the chilly side. 44 in ashburn. 41 in centerville this morning and 42 at andrews and as we look outside on our michael & son weather camera. good visibility and cloudy skies. windchill only 43 because thankfully our winds are relatively light at 6 miles an hour. sandy will slowly unwind and see slowly improving sky conditions. in the going to warm ill all that much. -- not going to warm up all that much with nighttime temperatures generally in the upper 30s to low 40s. to the weekend, terms are home saturday. football weather 54. clocks back saturday night so we get an extra hour of sleep. that's always a good thing. and then sunday for the skins, we have temperatures in the mid 50s. it's 6:16. here comes monika samtani. timesaver traffic. >>> lorton road at furnace road. you want to watch out for fallen power lines. and also we've been telling you all morning about a big fire in northeast at fourth and morse. that's east of gallaudet university. you want to watch out for the closures in and around that area and avoid it if you can. northbound 95 not

delays continue to centerville road. good news in montgomery county. if you're traveling along 29 in montgomery county, making your way southbound and northbound nice and clear. as you head in between east randolph road and the beltway, no issues to report. aaron and eun, back over to you. >>> 6:22. 36 degrees. ahead, where and when local voters may bump into maryland's governor. >>> next a minor miscalculation. "and what's your name?" "oh, it's flo." "and what do you do?" "oh, i sell insurance like no one else." "oh, that's nice." "thank you." now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> d.c. police say they caught a suspect who left his cell phone at the scene. they arrested demarco myles on sunday. he wrote his cell phone number down for a student to call him later. he also admitted to acan ttacki woman at the rhode island row complex last month. >>> metro is apologizing for a little snafu. when they set their clocks back over the weekend, trains stopped running an hour earlier than they were supposed to because of a time change for daylight sa

no problems out of manassas into centerville and fairfax. this time to the north side of town. 32 out of columbia and a live lookout the beltway in college park also nodallies yet. and i'll be back with more coming up at 5:24. back to you guys. >>> thank you monika. this year the district was marred by two resignations from the d.c. city council. >> and it appears campaign finance questions surrounding a long time d.c. politician cost him a council seat. we'll have more on that coming up. we'll be back. >>> welcome back. 5:22. we've got lots of clouds out there this morning,. thes in the 30s to low -- temperatures in the 30s to low 40s. a wind out there, windchills are even in the 20s and 30s. we're going to watch moisture south and east of town. could be a few sprinkles in spots here and some cold ones here by 9:00. by noon even a few sprinkles getting closer to us. better chances will be east of town throughout the day and that is snow you see into delaware and the eastern shore. with some late afternoon temps down in the upper 30s. andrea

up the beltway on 66 eastbound, up the bypass, just past centerville road. from fairfax county parkway, though, nice ride. picking up a little bit of volume but not bad. your travel speed 61 miles per hour. aaron and eun? >> thank you, danella. >>> right after this, the very controversial vote that is all beep-bop-boop-bop boop-beep. [monotone] she says, "switch to progressive and you could save hundreds." call or click today. >>> welcome back. 6:25. this election will be remembered for more than just the two candidates who won. voters in washington state and colorado became the first states to approve measures allowing adults to use marijuana for any purpose. both laws could face court challenges, though, because it's still a federal crime to possess marijuana. the justice department has not reacted yet to the vote. >>> now that the election is behind us, it's time to start planning for the inauguration. it's going to be a two-day celebration next year because january 20th, inauguration day, is a sunday. that means the ceremony is being pushed back to monda

eastbound along 66, lanes are open but'll notice the slowdown coming in from manassas and centerville down to about 35 miles per hour here. now checking for the stalled car reported. definitely something here. we're down to 24 miles per hour before the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> all right. in wake of superstorm sandy help is on the way from our area to get the lights and heat back on for the storm victims in the northeast. dominion virginia is sending hundreds of utility workers and trucks to restore power in new jersey. they're getting ready to leave in just about an hour. >>> the fair fax county search and rescue team is also helping hurricane victims. these videos show them rescuing people in new jersey tuesday night. it's unclear how long they will stay in new jersey. members are now waiting for their next assignment and i'm sure they will be busy for a while. >>> we are just four days out from the election now. >> and to ensure voting can continue in places that still don't have power, new jersey is rolling out military trucks to polling places nex

we haven't beaten chantilly, centerville or oakland in the play-offs ever. we want to make that a first this week. >> my initial goal was to get a home field game the first round. now the goal is state championship. >> reporter: coach kyle simmons said the vibe this week at practice, hoping the beat rolls on for them tonight in the play-offs. you know, carol, it is a beautiful facility out here. i had an opportunity to talk to a couple of the folks running around here. this is all they're talking about. but do you think i could get away with one of those mohawks? >> you would look good. a fohawk. we'll find out if the blonds have more fun. >> don't do it, zach. >> these guys say don't do it. we'll have highlights for this game coming up at 11:00 tonight. >> highlights of the game, no highlights of the hair. >> thank you, carol. >>> coming up next on news4 at 5:30, a worker strike causes a massive shutdown of hostess factories. could this be the end of the twinkie and ho ho? >>> how long could the thanksgiving leftovers last in the fridge? >>> letters written

that closes off central as a direct route over to 880, a lot of folks centerville and other parts of fremont do take that, fremont boulevard to thorton, a bigger road watch as the school gets in there, a junior high school in thorton, an issue for folks getting on to or off of the freeway. track that a smooth flow westbound but starting to pick up that volume out of the altamonte past, slow down livermore, westbound commute, guys, back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. >>> it was a beautiful thing, everybody enjoying the good vibrations, the giants with that world title. for the san jose earthquakes, the postseason has only just begun. the earthquakes winning that first game of their western conference semifinal series last night. they beat the l.a. galaxy, final score, 1-0. two teams play again wednesday night at santa clara university. if you are planning on going, you better have some juice because that game is already sold out. now, if the earthquakes win or tie, san jose advances to the western conference final. >>> 5:08, most controversial proposition on tomorrow's ballots.

eastbound 66 trouble with delays through centerville. fair oaks to 123 but route 7. all the accident activity been pulled over but still in play causing rubber necking. that's cleared. delays quickly form from gw parkway headed north. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> still ahead, we're headed to a sheep farm in virginia. here's holly. >> reporter: perhaps shopping for your next sweater or scarf. we are live this morning at a place called solitude wool. they are doing something here that's not happening almost anywhere else in the country. all has to do with these sheeps and the specific wool that comes out of it. we'll introduce you to the two lovely ladies live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us.  >>> back now on fox 5 morning news. today we say hello and good morning to our facebook fan of the day. it is pastor jerome bell. he says he has been a fan before facebook even existed. i like that reasoning. have a great day. thanks for watching. >> you've heard of eating local. but how about knitting local? the woman who run solit

the pace remains heavy and slow over towards 28 and centerville. slow traffic 50 to 123. down to 16 miles an hour headed close into the beltway. tied up leaving springfield. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> all right. thank you much. coming up, presidential campaign all about friendship, fun and happiness. >> can we live in that world? >> i wish we could. >> take us there. >> i totally live in that world. what candidate is promoting that? hello kitty of course. she is indeed running for president this year and her campaign headquarters are right here at the living social building where we are live this morning in the final election day push is on. it does support a good cause. we're going to talk about that and how you and your family can get in on this presidential party all live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. charlie rose: will you endorse president obama? colin powell: yes. when he took over we were in one of the... worst recessions we had seen in recent times... close to a depression. and i saw, over the next several years, stabilization...

host: mike, centerville, massachusetts. a democrat. caller: hi. i am wondering why since our healthcare system is one of the biggest drivers on our national debt what we never hear cbo numbers comparing single payer to the private situation have in place now. guest: mike, cbo is generally requested to do work. frankly, they have a huge supply and demand imbalance. they're getting a lot more requests than resources -- then they have resources to deal with. you have to ask cbo why they have not done that. let's understand this about health care. we spend twice as much per person as every other major industrialized country. we get below average results. it is estimated the affordable care act will cost $12 trillion more than the politicians claim. based upon reasonable, sustainable assumptions, medicare is underfunded $37 trillion and growing a couple trillion a year by doing nothing. we have promised to much in healthcare. we need a universal health care system in this country that focuses on broadbased needs, not unlimited individual ones. preventa

host: republican in centerville, virginia. well compared which wellcome. -- welcome.aller: thank you for your service. you mentioned the people reelected the president. i am one of the 58 million people that voted for governor romney my question is do you hear our voices? the democratic party speaks about compromise. do you hear the voices that we have put across to you guys? at this point we need real compromise. do you see anything happening on the horizon that will take our voices, the people that voted against raising taxes into account, is this something we will see some, or will the fiscal fiasco drag on forever? guest: we are hearing your voice. we are hearing everybody's voice. we have looking at this in balanced way. in order to have balance, you have to make sure that the scales are not to it. in terms of the tax policy, the truth of the matter is scales have been tipped in favor of the wealthy. we really want balance. a report showed that over 90% going back to 2010 show that 90% of the income -- 90% of the income growth went to the upper 1%. people favor a

host: mike, centerville, massachusetts. a democrat. caller: hi.ndering why since our healthcare system is one of the biggest drivers on our national debt what we never hear cbo numbers comparing single payer to the private situation have in place now. guest: mike, cbo is generally requested to do work. frankly, they have a huge supply and demand imbalance. they're getting a lot more requests than resources -- then they have resources to deal with. you have to ask cbo why they have not done that. let's understand this about health care. we spend twice as much per person as every other major industrialized country. we get below average results. it is estimated the affordable care act will cost $12 trillion more than the politicians claim. based upon reasonable, sustainable assumptions, medicare is underfunded $37 trillion and growing a couple trillion a year by doing nothing. we have promised to much in healthcare. we need a universal health care system in this country that focuses on broadbased needs, not unlimited individual ones. preventative, ca

host: mike, centerville, massachusetts. a democrat. caller: hi. i am wondering why since our healthcare system is one of the biggest drivers on our national debt what we never hear cbo numbers comparing single payer to the private situation have in place now. guest: mike, cbo is generally requested to do work. frankly, they have a huge supply and demand imbalance. they're getting a lot more requests than resources -- then they have resources to deal with. you have to ask cbo why they have not done that. let's understand this about health care. we spend twice as much per person as every other major industrialized country. we get below average results. it is estimated the affordable care act will cost $12 trillion more than the politicians claim. based upon reasonable, sustainable assumptions, medicare is underfunded $37 trillion and growing a couple trillion a year by doing nothing. we have promised to much in healthcare. we need a universal health care system in this country that focuses on broadbased needs, not unlimited individual ones. preventa