.>> chuck redding was followed home by someone after dropping off a friend he believes the person was targeting him because of the stickers on the back of his car.>> this guy was extremely jerk following too close. >> as he turned onto his sarasota street the suv was creeping closer. >> i knew something was wrong. >> he decided to park in the neighbor's house and then the other driver jumped out of his jeep and came banging on his car window. >> they yanked the door open drag me out, ripped my shirt i was on the pavement. >> his arm badly bruised and his handcuff twice its normal size. his knees scraped part of his toe ripped off, the driver had clearly taken note of his marriage equality and rainbow bumper stickers. >> he kept saying my new president said we can kill you fat get now. >> he is openly gay but has never been attacked like this. he is part of the spike in attacks against minorities nationwide. >> it is absolutely horrendous.

as you can see - pollsters give red iowa senator chuck grassley a strong chance of earning a seventh term.this is important because the party who controls the senate - can control confirmation hearings on cabinet members - and supreme court justices. cbs 2 news will have crews with candidates all day today as results trickle in - from iowa city to dubuque to cedar rapids to des moines. we'll be breaking in throughout evening giving you live updates as voting results come in. and tune in for election results tonight on cbs 2 ten at ten. developing right now across eastern iowa. iowa.many of you received an unusual text message on your phone yesterday afternoon.cbs 2 news received a number of calls from viewers who got a wireless emergency alert.iowa homeland security and was no emergency and the alert did not come from them,iowa - along with several other states - are now working to determine how the false alert got sent out to mobile carriers. iowa hospitals jumped a full letter grade over the last year. the 2016 premature birth report card gives iowa a "b". that means - only nine-pe

a great interview guest and a tough man to beat because he is definitely in the red district going, chuck grassley won. >> ron: drew speer over nick taiber an incumbent. >> amanda: a lot of people talking about this one. a 4% lead for gary kroger at this point in district 60. >> now, remember this is house district 62 which was occupied for a number of years by deborah berry and then decided to retire we have obadal and smith challenging for the race. >> amanda: and moving on to the next thing, 10% reporting up for the house. >> ron: tony thompson will win reelection. i haven't heard about tama county but the long-term pu challenged by ellenbecker and how about that with 28% coming in? >> amanda: and the race tied. nbc news is reporting the iowa race for president is so razor thin despite their assumption that it was going to be a takeaway and i can tell you right now, they are looking at so while people say your vote didn't matter, it is a 3000 vote -- or 3300? there it is, 30,000. that was hard to read. snow i am looking over at the monitor going where does it say that? >> amanda: big t

as you can see - pollsters give red iowa senator chuck grassley a strong chance of earning a seventh term.this is important because the party who controls the senate - can control confirmation hearings on cabinet members - and supreme court justices. a question on the minds of a lot of iowans - which way will our state swing this year? stephanie johnson is live where voters will be casting ballots in just two hours, stephanie? hey jenee--i'm here at my polling location--st.pius catholic church. iowa - for decades - has been a purple state. for several years - iowans normally vote for democratic presidents but usually have a good mix in other offices.if donald trump wins the hawkeye state, he would be the second g-o-p candidate to win iowa since ronald regan 1984.as of today trump was leading in the polls and experts beleive this year - our colors will run a little more red than blue. obviously we'll find out that answer here in a matter of hours - when the polls close tonight. in cedar rapids---stephanie johnson--- back to you of course - we will be here all day and night watching th

as you can see - pollsters give red iowa senator chuck grassley a strong chance of earning a seventh term.this is important because the party who controls the senate - can control confirmation hearings on cabinet members - and supreme court justices. of course - we will be here all day and night watching the results come in and sharing tonight.when they close - you can watch our live coverage of the results right here on the polls here in iowa stay open until 9 am. they open in about nine minutes. with a close you can watch live coverage on our sister station. and of course look for up throughout the day on our website at cbs2iowa.com . >>> good news for flood victims and eastern iowa. the governor extending a state disaster declaration for more than two dozen counties. state assistance is not available for those areas including cedar rapids, independence, waterloo, and cedar falls. those seeking financial assistance can reach out to the iowa department of human services. >>> developing now: many of you received an unusual text we got several calls from viewers who received a wireles

chuck bell. >> it didn't look like the red light was on the cameras on there. a lot of clouds this morning, not a lot of rain out there this morning. still lone some rain shafts on the eastern horizon but the things you need to know about the weather. mist and drizzle and light rain will not be much of an issue for later on this afternoon. a wet start. it will be a dry finish with afternoon clearing. there is a chance that we might thanksgiving. i'll have your thanksgiving outlook coming up at 6:51. for now, there is the rain drops along the western shore of the bay. pockets of mist and drizzle across much of the area as well. we're in the 40s to near 50. afternoon highs today, upper 50s to around 60 with a sliver twror of sunshine coming our way later this afternoon. we'll help get the kids ready in ten minutes. melissa mollet, good morning. >> a couple of problems in northern virginia we'll talk about. broken dufrp truck is blocking a lane and we're starting to see the back-ups build. if you come inbound on 66 in the morning. a warning for you there. northbou

. >> storm team4 meteorologist chuck bell in the spirit on this election day. why he says you'll be seeing both red a blue today. nd fios is not cable. we're wired differently. nd the holidays. so in the 3.7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. ...his friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song... ...his sister can live stream it... ...while his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just 79.99 per month online for the first year. >>> it is november 8th. >> from now on, it is going to be america first. to all americans i say it is time for change, it is time for leadership. >> the choice you face when you step into that voting booth could not be clearer and could not be more serious. >> but i believe with all my heart that america's best days are still ahead of us. if we reach for them together. >>> it is 5:30. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. we're about 30 minutes from the first polls opening in the area. virginia voters can cast their ballot at 6:00 a.m. d.c. and maryland have to wait longer.

. >> charles: wisconsin turned red for republicans for the first time since 1984. i talked with nbc's chuck todd with "meet the press" but the midwest blue wall. give me your sense. we're talking about the blue michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, which one sue priested you that went down? >> i would say the one that surprised me the most is wisconsin. by the way, wisconsin to me is the story of the clinton campaign and why we should say clinton lost this election as much as trump won it. the turn out for the democratic side of things was abysmal and wisconsin is probably ground zero for the abysmal. >> shannon: president-elect donald trump is changing his messagbo demonstratin across the country since the election. he sent out this message on twitter thi morning. praising the protestors passion for our country. last night trump called the professional protestorsen cited by the media. more than 500 people packed red arrow park last night before marching downtown chanting and blocking traffic local students honored the military members this veteran's day. more than 300 veterans were high schoo

red. and she's trying to drive >> chuck todd. >>> we invite you to join chuck todd for "meet the press" at 10:30 on sunday morning. and also, don't forget to set your clock back an hour or you'll show up an hour early for that show. chuck won't mind that as long as you stick around. >> you can catch news 4 today. >>> you may feel like you're getting more text messages reminding you to vote, and it turns out those text messages do nbc washington app. just search voting reminders. >> president obama noted yesterday that republicans are threatening to leave the supreme court without a ninth justice for another four years. >> some of the same who just a while back said, well, we can't have hearings and vote for the guy obama nominated because we're so close to the election, we should let the next president make the nomination. so now, they think hillary might block hers too. >> supreme court justice antonin scalia died on february 13th. a month later, president obama nominated judge merrick garland to take scalia's place. republican leaders refused to consider that nomination at the time. they

chuck. if you're catching a train out of union station today, you'll probably ask the red cap to help you with your bag. andre taylor has been with amtrak over three decades. while you're eating thanksgiving dinner he's usually keeping passengers moving. he said he loves working this time of year because it never gets boring. the train with a piano. >> piano? >> one of those baby worlitzers. i had my cart. >> had to help. >> a baby piano? i'm sure he's seen so much. >> this guy is cool. red caps can run from 5:00 in the morning until 10:00 at night. people don't know the red cap service is free. >> it is? yin that. >> you just have to ask them. yesterday when we were hanging though they weren't using them. >> that's nice. >> very nice to do that. >> i'm sure he has some stories to tell. the piano is just the beginning. a look out at the roads this thanksgiving morning, the holiday rush has calmed down for now. we'll bring you everything you need to know to keep your travel easy and safe. >> plus the big meal just hours away. that can mean holiday heartburn soon after that. >> welcome back. ah,

it's looking very red now in our state missouri that monmouth poll had trump up by 14 points, chuck.> let me just ask you this, this one out question. which is i guess i feel like missouri is becoming a more reliable state on the presidential level. but clearly it still is competitive down the ballot. is that something, is that a, is that a statement about the state democratic party and the state republican party? is this simply a coincidence or a black swan type thing? what is happening below the radar here? >> chuck, it's a statement, on the missouri republican party. republicans are getting decimated cycle after cycle by these very competitive primaries we've had out here, including the one this year for governor on the republican side a four-way, very strong four candidates fighting it out in the primary here. and those primaries have been under cutting, under mining republican candidates state wide, now, going back a number of years. they've got to figure that out going forward, as has been the case in so many states, the democrats are the disciplined ones, now, suddenly in miss

one race that helped the senate stay red - came from iowa senator chuck grassley. he's been elected to his 7-th term in the senate.grassley walked away winning 60 percent of iowa's vote. the u-s house of representativ es kept republican control as well - one seat thought-to be vulnerable fo here in iowa. iowa.but congressman rod blum pulled away from his democratic challenger monica vernon.blum was up for his first re-election bid and won 54-percent of the vote compared to vernon's 46. heading into election night - this was thought to be one of the tightest races in the country. moving on to another house seat that was up for grabs - in the second congressional district in iowa - that covers the south-east part of the state including iowa city. voters re-elected democrat dave loebsack to his sixth christopher peters by a 54- percent to 46-percent. the other two house members heading ?back to washington in iowa - are both republican. outspoken congressman steve king was re-elected winning 61- percent of the vote against kim weaver.this spans much of north-west iowa.

. >>> the spotlights on the red carpet can only mean for one night only, the film is going to delight audiences. the premise here, chuck is celebrating his 25th anniversary at boston's classic rock station. you saw there i made a cameo on a fake show called beantown live. listeners won tickets to the show. and after that you'll be able our website. >>> the local social worker offering free scream therapy. >>> and coming up at 5:30. five buildings burned and dozens left homeless. the fire was the work of an arsonist and they didn't have to look far for the suspect. >>> and there are field hockey teams all over new england. and half of the final four will be teams from the boston area. you'll best. >>> and the faneuil hall holiday spectacular. that's three days away when crews are finished decorating this norway spruce. david and i host the event and we hope you'll join us for the faneuil hall holiday >>> on the bz feed tonight it's pretty easy to see that people are pretty tense and a lot of debating still about the election. >> if you are so frustrated you want to scream here's your chance. a social worker is helping p

chuck. >> good morning eun and aaron. a politically themed four things you need to know about the forecast. red coats for this morning. it is chilly outside. blue skies coming your way for the afternoon. there is a change coming, a change to rain chances as we get towards tomorrow and the weekend, make the weekend great again. yes, indeed. it does look sunny. wait until you see the extended forecast. the weekend will d chilly. at least the sun will be out. today, nothing to worry about weather wise. clouds will increase a little this afternoon but no chance for rain today. tomorrow may be a different story. we'll get into more of the details into which half of the day will be rainier. melissa mollet has new info on the 395 issue. >> we have brand new info on this. this cleared out of the way. they had a lane blocked because george's county. seeing a slow down outbound there at 210 as you're kind of headed around to the right here this morning. don't have a report of any problem there and 270 from 70 to the spur, you're on time. going to take you 26 minutes. we'll take a look at the track work that is still hanging aro

investigators are asking anyone who has seen a red 2016 mazda 3 sedan florida license plates to country. trump is putting together his new white house team. chuck: as protesters strain at the barricades surrounding his trademark tower, his power may feel more like a cage. crowds prowl the streets, raising their signs and their voices against the president-elec appointing a supreme court justice. >> democracy is about making sure your voice is heard. chuck: from coast to coast, signs of resistance to the populist president. donald trump was out of the public eye for the second day in his manhattan penthouse that now resembles a guardhouse, patrolled by heavily armed put together their administration. >> the mood is excellent. chuck: newt gingrich and former new york mayor rudy giuliani. when will we hear from president-elect trump? >> in the next couple of days. he is enjoying time with his family. he is receiving many visitors. he has been going almost nonstop. that when he is president, he will be more careful about all those tweets. >> i will be very restrained if i use it at all. chuck: jeff stephenson, -- chuck sever stood. nichole: a babso

chuck schumer tomorrow. >>> president obama is in germany on the next leg of his l red carpet leading to air force one as the president left greece. and just before he did, the president left some parting words for that audience in athens. >> you may have noticed the next american president and i could not be more different. [ [ applause ] >> we are -- we have very different points of view but american democracy is bigger we have -- >> president obama says his administration will do everything it can to ensure a smooth transition to the trump white house. >>> was anybody monitoring the registered sex offender who is now charged with sexually assaulting two young girls at the sterling restaurant where he worked? the virginia bureau chief peggy fox has been asking virginia officials that question but e sh has run into a brick wall. >> reporter: we have learned from court documents that the two girls sexually assaulted were both un because luis horry was a juvenile, only 16 years old when he was convicted of his first sexual assault, he has no record and the restaurant may not have known about his past. 20-year

red carpet and backstage. >> we'll have all of that for the butterburger is made of just three cuts of fresh midwest beef. nothing more, nothing less. so we got the sirloin, the chuck and the plate. no fillers; that's it. all prized cuts, all well-marbled for richness and flavor. wonderful cuts of beef come together. you can just tell that blend is working in there. and we sear them, and that seals in the juices of the burger. it doesn't get any better than that. and that's the culver's butterburger. oh! kevin's lunch! jimmy john's previously on macgyver... can i help you? i'm a friend of macgyver's. is he home? boze, that's not my friend. (whispering): put the phone down, wilt. macgyver: where is he? get down! mac! what the hell is going on?! (grunts) (glass shatters) you see him? who the hell are you? riley: i wanted to tell you, but they would've sent me back to prison. so, you lied to me, too. and mac's been lying to me for years. he's supposed to be my best friend. he's still your friend. you've all been lying to me. why should i believe you now? hey, man, you talking to me yet? i've always told you everything. i'm just sorry you didn't feel you could do the s

chuck schumer and senator bernie sanders. >> i believe hillary clinton was a criminal. >> i talk to voters who turned blue states red about what they expect now from the president they voted for. joining me for insight and analysis are tom friedman, kathleen parker, neera tanden and robert costa. welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. president-elect trump spent the weekend at his bedminister, new jersey, club meeting with possible members of his administration including one-time rival and critic mitt romney who is reportedly being considered for secretary of state as well as michelle reed, a democrat who ran the school system in washington, d.c. she could be the next education secretary. but mr. trump has made one thing clear it's that he's not tacking or liberals had hoped. mike flynn says militant islam posed a threat to the united states. for jeff sessions of alabama, tireless opponent of illegal immigration and has been accused of making racially insensitive statements. and for cia chief, representative mike pompeo of kansas, critic of hillary cl

chuck bell to find out more about our forecast. yesterday. look at these reports. the blue circles are reports of large hail and all these red circles are tornado reports from the last 24 hours. they go really from knoxville, tennessee, through huntsville, alabama, down to jackson, mississippi. so a lot of severe weather yesterday. mostly focused in the northwest corner of alabama. so a very energized storm system. that's what's coming our way. we even have overnight rumbles of thunder near charlottesville. thunderstorm here early this morning. temperatures are in the 50s to near 60. rain drops are coming in. it is going to be a foggy start this morning. reduced visibility now with rain moving in. keep a close eye out. the kids will be hard to spot at the bus stop. again, it will be mild. we're in the 50s. we'll be near 70 degrees for a high temperature today. if you're exercising outside, you may want to wait until tomorrow. it's been a very busy morning in first 4 traffic. we've be t rockville pike. we have troubles everywhere. >> we have it temporarily stopped right now. they're opening a left lane in just a minute. a cou

chuck bell. i can't see the temperature there. i was looking -- >> it looks like it says election 2016. >> that is about the temperature. >> it is either red hot or ice cold depending on how your team is doing. we have the sun up here this morning. that is a nice change from the last couple of weeks where we've had the fading sunsets or sunrises so late into the in northwest. it is a cold start but that is a change compared to where we've been every day so far in the month of november has been warmer than average for the month. six and a half degrees above average. northerly winds set-up shop. off to a considerably cooler start than the course of the weekend. down near freezing in front royal. below freezing in manassas. noticeable chill this morning. temperatures will be in the 40s and 30s for the next hour or so but a big rise in temperatures. mid-50s by lunch time and afternoon temperatures around 60 degrees. another clear sky and a light wind tonight means tomorrow morning, getting up early to go vote tomorrow morning, temperatures will be in the 30s for montgomery, fairfax, loudoun and prince william county. down freezing near culpepe

chuck bell for morning. >>> good morning. the intrepid aaron gilchrist dealing with rain drops this morning bringing us the latest from downtown washington. the outdoor outlook, we'll give you the red light for early this morning because of steady period of light rain moving into the area. for later this afternoon, passing showers, turning breezy this evening as the rain comes to an end. we'll be back to sunshine tomorrow. here's the rain coming right into the heart of the city right now, so it will be a wet start to your wednesday morning. what about the weekend? more on that coming up in ten minutes. it's melissa mollet's turn here to get you out the door and get going. >>> as chuck has been saying with the rain falling across the area, you can see all of that green there showing you that we do have rain falling all around the beltway. the inner loop at connecticut avenue, the work zone is blocking the right lane. speaking of the beltway at forestville road, maybe a little sheen on the roadway. the green showith traffic alternating through the paving project. a look at 66 and 95 coming up. >>> melissa, thank you. 5:14 as we turn to decision 2016, we'll look at virginia this morni

chuck schumer and with senator bernie voters who went for obama and then trump. >> well, maybe it's the fact that i believe that hillary clinton was a criminal. >> i talk to voters who turned blue states red about what they expect now from the president. joining me are tom friedman, columnist for the "new york times." kathleen parker, columnist for the "washington post." neera tanden, president of the center for american progress. robert costa of the "washington post." welcome to sunday. >>> good sunday morning. president-elect trump spent the weekend at his bedminster, new jersey, club, meeting with possible members of his administration including one time rival and critic mitt romney who is reportedly being considered for secretary of state, as well as michelle rhee, a democrat who ran the school system in washington, d.c. could be the next education secretary. thing clear with his choices for national security post it's that he's not yet tacking to the middle as many conservatives perhaps feared or liberals hope. for national security advisor general mike flynn who says militant islam poses an existential threat to the united states. attorney general jeff sessions of alabama, tireless

because chuck schumer is going to be look at a liberal caucus but these five or six democrats in redtes that trump won by double digits and he can't move too far to the left or else republicans will be stairing at the 54, 55 seat majority in a couple years if trump plays his cards right and schumer has to worry about that very angry liberal base that it wants to get some o of their policy preferences enacted. it is not going happen but it is really going to be a very ugly divide within a democratic party. we thought it was republican side -- >> scott, in the blue wall states, there were no big senate races. no big governor's races. there wasn't a lot of reason for hillary clinton to go and visit those states. she spent a ton of time in new hampshire and north carolina and florida trying to help those guys. and i think in some of the post medical report rms are thinking why didn't she go up there a little more often. >> they just misjudged how in danger the states were and never really understood they didn't have much connectivity with the base democrats they needed in places like wis

chuck voters who went for obama and then trump. >> well, maybe it's the fact that i believe that hillary clinton was a criminal. >> i talk to voters who turned blue states red about what they expect now from the president. joining me are tom friedman, columnist for the "new york times." kathleen parker, columnist for the "washington post." neera tanden, president of the center for american progress. robert costa of the "washington it's "meet the press." >>> good sunday morning. president-elect trump spent the weekend at his bedminster, new jersey, club, meeting with possible members of his administration including one time rival and critic mitt romney who is reportedly being considered for secretary of state, as well as michelle rhee, a democrat who ran the school system in washington, d.c. could thing clear with his choices for national security post it's that he's not yet tacking to the middle as many conservatives perhaps feared or liberals hope. for national security advisor general mike flynn who says militant islam poses an existential threat to the united states. attorney general jeff sessions of alabama, tireless opponent of illegal immigration and

chuck bell is talking about a little rain already falling in our area. >>> that's right, eun. it's raining across most of the news4 nation this morning. if you're planning to step outside, i'll give you the red light. steady light rain through the remainder of the morning commute. coming up this afternoon, could get a peek or two of sunshine, but there's also going to be afternoon. then as the rain ends this evening, turning breezy. here's good news for you, sunshine back in the picture for tomorrow. but right now it is raining outside with temperatures in the 50s and temperatures to stay in the 50s all day long. we'll show you the hour-by-hour resolution model coming up. we'll let you know when the next burst of heavy rain comes in. of course, the weekend outlook is just in ten minutes. >>> looking ahead to the weekend for sure. the outer loop of the beltway approaching colesville, we have messy. we have four miles worth of backups approaching this here this morning. debris is still on the roadway there. as for travel times, take a look at the top of the beltway going 18 miles per hour. we'll see it take you 30 minutes instead of 12. and 66 and 95 are looking pretty typical, especially when

red arizona while donald trump focuses on blue michigan. are you ready for this? not just on the phone, host of "meet the press," the one and only, chuckodd is in the house. >> stephanie, nice to be in the house. >> charles -- >> we share this house for the next week. >> for the next week. >> i think so. i think this is also -- i'm leasing. >> all right. well, the game is on. you tell me. look at this map. what's the most important thing? >> this is our new battleground map. we still have her over 270. so we're saying here -- so the most important thing to know about this map is right now this is where we see the battleground, which means that if you watch donald trump's numbers here, he can win florida, he can win north carolina and he can win ohio and still be short. that's important. he can win arizona and still be short. he can win utah and still be short. so, he's in michigan. why? he's got to break the big blue wall. pennsylvania, michigan or wisconsin. one of these three he's got to put into play. that's why he's trying something. wisconsin yesterday, michigan today. the numbers as you can see, they don't add up. new hampshire i

red banners at the airfield when the nixon's arrived. we have used those as a backdrop to be able to the elements on and tell the story of the trip. >> chuck is humble about his own skills. >> i want to point out, if you're looking at a photo of this thing that happened, it would never occur to me to take those banners and use them to create a space. to create kind of the structural forms that organize that space and allow us to organize the information within it. it's just a really beautiful thing that he took this historical photo and turned it into, you know, the thing that i can put my text on and ruin it. [laughter] >> now i'm red, thank you. that's great. >> one of the things that we're, again, for the visitor, that we're so happy about, is that the visitor gets transported in this museum to many places. and this is one of the places that they go. that one of the spaces that they get to visit. >> yeah, literally a portal. >> and take the picture on the great wall of china.

chuck schumer. he's someone who already has a relationship with donald trump. the president-elect is a long- time donoro to his campaigns. in washington, i'm alex schuman. a high school student in redding is in trouble -- for handing out fake deportation letters on campus - one day after the election. >> reporter: party had a relationship with the crow for many years and all longtime builder for his campaign. >> pam: clive to the atlanta georgette's my you can see in these live pictures protests continue their and those against the election of trump as president-elect are still demonstrating you concede police and emergency crews on seen at no violence reported there nonetheless the trees appeared to be blocking this particular area we monitor developments and other cities across the nation. catherine heenan is here with details - and reaction from an angry parent. >> catherine:the boy passed out the phony deportation letters to several fellow students wednesday -- and recorded it. these are screen shots from that video. he was giving them to people of various ethnicities - not just hispanic - and it was apparently his idea of a joke. he's not necessarily a trump fan. it happened at sh

chuck, too close to call. georgia is considered a deep red state. >> well it has been. the clinton campaign talked about investing it, they said "well you, know what, we need to put more, takes more time to make georgia competitive." obama flirted with it. now looks like firmly battleground. talked to republicans they were surprised in the last weekend, surprised the clinton campaign didn't make more play for georgia early, the same way the democrats talked about michigan. trump discovered that michigan side. but here's what we are, i am going to keep an eye on. outside of atlanta, kalb county, romney won by double digits. college education split in this electorate. if she carries georgia, we'll see the evidence in kalb, doesn't have to carry kalb, but has the to be a swing. to win georgia. we'll find out out. >> fascinating watching where the campaigns go, what they're side makes them think they should be worried about. thinking of the to do list that has so many things left off of it. >> absolutely. you are going to hear chuck talk about the suburbs all night long. th