. >> bob hitchcock from columbia station, ohio won. the ipad for surfing the web from his easy chair. cynthia from pascagoula, mississippi watches the show everyday and will use it to keep in touch with her grandkids. >> it's thursday and you will have a chance to win. >> we will give you the buzz word in just a bit. >> you have to be 18 years ofcp& age for your chance to win. >> stand by forxd the buzz word. good luck, everybody. >>> on this american holiday, nothing goes with turkey like football. >> they throw the football. >> that's awesome! >> the turkey geeoes to play wi it. >> that turkey can move! >> if your football team is doing bad today, you need to dress this fellow. >> is this an actual pet turkey or a turkey they will keep for -- >> they're not playing with their food. this is a pet turkey. >> this is impressive. this is a talented turkey. >> do you think the turkey thinks the football is something, though? maybe a giant egg? maybe it's feeling maternal, feeling like it needs the -- to nest on it or something? i don't kn

let's move on to columbia station, ohio. caller: i agree with senator warner that we should extend the voting. here in ohio they tried to limit the voting, but it makes it harder for everyone. it is such an honor to vote and a right to that we should make it as easy as possible. do not be afraid of extending the vote and having more people, more ideas vote. it should be your policies. -- your policies that win, not just trying to get it to your liking. host: your calling on the line for republicans. we have a tweet from bill king. he says in states where republicans have control of the state house and legislature, they are making it more difficult than not simpler to vote. caller: that is my point. it tor blackmun saimade vote. i do not agree with what is going on. host: do you think making it easier to vote would cause an advantage for one party over the other? caller: if it does, it does. how many times has ohio voted read it? many times. it should be your ideas and your policies. if we voted democratic, then obviously the

during the crack wars in columbia heights before cutting matchers station on a target. that journey from very political but our family and the legacy of my ancestors through harvard, that is the back of the boat. then there's lessons i learned along the way, how to beat a black friend. how to speak for all black people, which we are often to represent. everybody was sort of kind of baby look like. how to be the next but president bush's applicable during the season. contains those of interviews with experts identified primarily people who think like their entire lives as well who really know what they're talking about. >> when you graduate from college and your mother said we did it come and set an example of being black? >> that was an example of being both proud and probably generous. when she said that, she was talking both about her efforts as a tiny family, me, her older sister and also the people before us in this stage that was set to allow someone who is the offended the great grandfather born to slavery to graduate from acoustic harvard university, ever to the

columbia road northwest. and then he ran into the same group at the woodley park metro station on connecticut avenue. that's when his friend was robbed and beaten by the group of teens griffin was stabbed. >> the decedent and his associates encountered the subjects who had robbed him at the woodley park metro. in an altercation ensued which led to the stabbing and the assault of the other victim. >> nine maryland boys ranging from 15 to 17 years old have been charged with connection with the assault and robbery. one of them a 17-year-old has been charged with murder two. >> he was a good kid. two jobs, had his head on right. i think he was trying to hang out and have a good time with his friends. >> i would never expect this to happen to him. everyone knew him. he's always the one that's there. whenever you needed him, he's there. >> griffin lived in olney where neighbors are stunned. he was a 2012 graduate from sherwood high school, where he played football. he was working two jobs, one of them he started recently at the national institutes of health. >> he was so sensible. >> reporter: two weapons

>> yes, sir, we actually have -- we have stations that we set up prior to the storm hitting. nine of them in the ddstrict of columbia as we preplanned with utility ctomers as early as last week. neil: i understand that it takes a long time to get power back on. some of these stations were flooded and they all connect in a linked fashion. but how dowe prevent this in the future? why can't they make this more watertight, more water resistant, the stations and linkupare less dependent upon each other, we think about? >> i think the systems are designed to adequately handle what we saw except for mabe in the eye of the storm. the biggest issue that we see when these types of events happen or from the trees. the trees can't withstand that type of wind, or in the case of west virginia, you're getting eyes and snow, which you can't design for that type of an event. neil: why can't you? in japan when they built more earthquake resistant buildings, not those that can completely within it, but they can d so as time goes on. a little stronger and a little stronger. you know your business a little better. that's why i defer to

stations in swing states. he doesn't have to call the district of columbia. that is the electoral votes and so does maryland. he decided to do the traditional route and go back and try to fire up the troops in chicago. mitt romney, you can interpreter that, shawn, as either, look, i'm going for broke. i'm not going to run a third time and let's try ohio. i can't win without ohio and maybe pennsylvania's in play. look, i will go into pennsylvania. either it's an act of great strategy or quiet desperation. >> all right, let's talk more about those key swing states. we know virginia, ohio, pennsylvania, florida all key to the race. are there any scenarios where either candidate could win without winning ohio? >> there are simulations, and i won't go through all of the varieties that there are, but it's confusing and complicated and as the evening goes on, they would be more relevant. there is no way that one candidate, let's simplify it, can lose ohio and virginia and still be elected with 270 votes. i think they discounted florida winning 29 and i think the strategy they have with a mid- western firewall of wi

columbia and winds out of the northwest. >> good morning to you. >> big problems in the neighborhood in baltimore. the water main break is shutting down north charles street between penn station and 21st street. and closed at maryland avenue. you will want to stick with calvert street or 83. 83 will be your best bet to avoid the mess. this is what it looks like and nothing to get in your way as you travel to towson. megan and charlie, back to you e piling on the northeast. now a nor'easter. we'll go to statten island where the debris from the hurricane is covered in snow. but it is worse on statten island. >>> cold and flu season are here. and they're working for you helping you know the difference between the two. ♪ ♪ we were skipping stones ♪ and letting go ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley, we know nature comes together in amazing ways. that's why we bring together natural ingredients, like dark chocolate with toasted oats, or sweet golden honey. perfect combinations of nature's delicious ingredients, from nature valley. ♪ ♪ i was thinking that i hope this never ends ♪ [ female announcer ] nature valley granola bars, nature at its m

suspect so the woodly park metro station, police say there was a fight in which griffin was stabbed to death. >> originally the victim of a robbery in the area of 18th and columbia road, he and his associates encountered the subject who robbed him at the woodly park metro and an altercation ensued which lead to the stabbing and the assault. >> 17 year old male has been charged with second degree murder while armed, eight others have been charged with aggravated assault. he was a may graduate of sherwood high, a member of the football team. ken molestina reports his friends and neighbors were shaken by this. >> reporter: the reality of his death is too much to bear for those who knew him. >> we just seen him. we just saw him i'm at a loss of words. >> the 18-year-old was very popular among his friends and neighbors where he lived. those who knew him say he recently started a new job at the national institute of health. >> he was doing recycling all of the materials throughout the building. >> his loved ones say he was a funloving and motivated young man who recently graduated from sherwood high school where he was the popular kid at school and a football standout

columbia road. later, the alleged robbers and another group which included the victim encountered one another on the platform at the station. and we talked to some of his friends, and they talk about the loss. >> everyone knew him. he was always the one that was there. >> the best person you would ever know. he's funny. a crazy person, like goofy. always having you laugh. >> police were on this immediately and a massive investigation began, we're also told several weapons were recovered from the platform, we'll learn more about the circumstances here as the investigation continues. live in northwest, news 4, back to up. >> thank you, derek. >>> police trying to figure out who shot and killed a man in prince georges county. the shooting happened in the parking lot ofhe lowest price gas station on martin luther king highway. the maintain to the hospital where he later died. anyone with information is asked to call police. >>> police need your help finning a man who robbed a father with his 4-year-old daughter by his side at an afternoon tm in montgomery county. police released surveillance pictures. you can see the robber pu

columbia was shot. the man's name has not been released. >>> the csx train derailed just north of richmond after 9:00 last night. amtrak had to stop train 66 at richmond's main street station and transfer passengers to buses. passengers arrived at union station by bus after 10:00 p.m. >>> today the head of montgomery county public schools will share his vision for the future of the county school system. school superintendent joshua starr will deliver his first state of the schools address. he's calling it building the future together. starr has had a little more than a year to assess the school system. he's now in the middle of his second school year on the job. >>> nearly 300 janitors at walter reed national military center in bethesda say they haven't been paid in two weeks. the union that represents the janitors says it's filed a complaint against federal contractor fscat enterprises. the union claims it hasn't been paid by the government. the union also says the janitors have been reluctant to strike because of the patients at the hospital. >>> a curious cat in bowie, maryland, came close to losing one of her nine lives after spending days on top of a utility pole. the

talk about in columbia, maryland is fighting for his life this morning after being shot multiple times. he was working the overnight shift yesterday morning when he walked to this gas stationet away and he bought something and was walking back and police say he was ambushed by two men and shot multiple times. the men have not been arrested but police say they do not have a motive. >> pakistan plans to honor the young teen activists shot by the taliban by opening special schools in her name for poor children. the schools are planned for 16 different sites around the country. officials say they aim is to get children in that area a chance to go to school. the organization behind this idea will begin fundraisers very soon. >> thanks so much. >> the baltimore native who was the voice of sesame street's elmo is taking a leave of absence. he has been accused of having a sexual relationship with another man when he was 16 years old. >> metro rail is open until midnight but running on a saturday schedule due to the veterans day holiday. track work is in effect on parts of the red orange, and green line and metrobus will operate on saturday schedulee. >> download our abc 7 alarm ou

griffin was robbed of personal belongings at 18th street and columbia road in adams morgan, he ran into the same group at woodly park metro station on connecticut avenue. that's when his friend was robbed and beaten by the group of teens. griffin was stabbed. >> his associates had encountered his associates w robbed him at the woodley park metro and an altercation ensued which led to the stabbing and assault of the other victims. >> reporter: nine maryland boys ranging from 15 to 17 years old have been charged in connection with the assault and robbery. one of them, a 17-year-old, charged with murder 2 while armed in griffin's death. >> he was a good kid. two jobs, had his head on right. i think he was just trying to hang out and have a good time with his friends. >> i would never expect to this happen to oan. he had a big impact on everyone. always one that was there, whenever you needed limb, he was there. >> reporter: griffin lived in olney, where neighbors are stunned. he was a 2012 graduate from sherwood high school. working two jobs. one he started recently at the national institutes of health. >> so respectful. everyone at

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seven ads aired in washington television stations in 2004 in october of 2012 there were 7,746 aired in the district of columbiaso many ads when i fall asleep i dream about them. you can't get away from them when you're asleep. it's a whole different deal out there now. >> pelley: there really has been two presidential campaigns in this country. in 41 states people have watched the presidential campaign on their newscasts. in nine states, they had not been able to get away from the relentless bombardment of presidential campaign ads. >> a lot of those ads talked about were focused on the women's vote in virginia which in 20089 was 54%, according to exit polls it's 52% which is down, which is not good news for product who usually has been among women. here's something interesting that debate we had where they talked about, mitt romney talked about having binders full of women to fulfill some jobs in the massachusetts state house. immediately after that the romney team was concerned they would have a problem with women voters so he went up with an ad in virginia that said he does not oppose contraception and abor