george w. bush for the economic woes they face right now. >> you know, it's remarkable, george. three years and ten months into the obama presidency, a majority of voters, in fact by a 15-point marriagen voters blame george w. bush, not barack obama for the current state of the economy and those voters are overwhelmingly voting for obama for re-election. george w. bush is the most unpopular second-term president in the post-war era following him into the presidency is for barack obama, the gift that keeps on giving. >> nicolle wallace, you've worked for george w. bush. you saw one thing, one dynamic in the entire campaign is mitt romney did not want to be tethered to the economic policies of george w. bush and, of course, president bush did not come to the convention. >> right, you know, he really was an invisible figure and republicans i think made a bet -- certainly in 2010 it worked against barack obama to still be blaming george w. bush who would appear based on the things we're looking at

>> sure, george. listen, four years ago, when this time two days out, everybody felt we were sailing to victory. we were very concerned. because support levels don't mean anything if they don't materialize into votes. the president and first lady, former president clinton is going to be with us in new hampshire. but this really comes down to our amazing volunteers. our staff out in the field who have to make sure the people who support the president exercise their right to vote. that's our biggest task right now from a political standpoint is, to make sure we get our vote out. >> finally, even the president wins, his margins will be smaller than last time around. that doesn't that mean less of a mandate. and won't that make it harder for the president to succeed in the second term? >> as soon as the election is over, we got to move on to the pressing business. we got some fiscal and tax issues in front of us. we'll got a lot of potential to do some great things on education. so, no, i think that -- yo

george, diane?sasha and malia, you know, what is it to see your father and there they are at their ages, 11 and 14 now. >> i remember those words that malia said to her father when she went to the lincoln memorial and talked about him being the first african-american president and she said to him "you better do a good job." >> is this some vindication for the president as joe biden said, don't judge me against the almighty, judge me against the alternative. we will pound, pound, pound the alternative. >> i want to bring that to donna brazile. donna, the president and his team did take a lot of incoming in the early part of the summer when they were running those ads throughout the midwest about governor romney's experience in bain capital. you had president clinton seeming to distance himself from the ads and had newark mayor cory booker doing the same thing, a lot of top business people stayed the course. >> elections are about choices and the obama team understood from the get-go that if the voter

george, that was a bit of a surprise this final week.e're coming into this final week, both campaigns back to full speed campaigning. does either side have momentum in these 48 hours? >> if there's a momentum change, it's due to hurricane. i'm not sure people after nine months of campaigning are paying attention to this. you know the soul of both these guys. i think the country knows this is a choice not an echo collection. they're ready. >> matthew dowd you look at our poll, 48-48. today, you go back six months, almost exactly the same. >> the most interesting thing about this, which is why it's very akin to 2004, this race, there was no romney momentum after that first debate. he took back three, four points. i do believe that sandy has had an effect. monday morning, mitt romney would have won the popular vote and electoral vote. what happened during the course of this week, the president's handling on it. a slight change in his approval rating. slight change in his fay voeshlt. >> the president has been at that 50. >> that's an import

george's approach is to close it as follows.e all the bush tax cut permanent, even for the wealthiest. now it is getting bigger. then, close the tax all through cuts. if you have to have that big a gap, you will cut deeply into priorities that matter. i have a different approach. let the books -- pushed tax cuts expire. -- bush tax cuts expire. if you do that, you start to close the deductions. i had to do that as governor. i am the only governor in modern times to leave office with a smaller general fund budget and when i started. george's budget went up 45% in four years. i know how to make cuts. an all-cuts approach as he proposes, he said not $1 of revenue for $10 of cuts, the all-cuts approach that starts with extending tax cut for the wealthiest would hurt our economy, heard our priorities, and hurt virginia. >> just to make it clear, we ought to reform the entire tax code in washington. the bush tax cuts helped to create over 7 million new jobs. what i would like to see is a tax code that is more simple. i think there rea

we'll send it back to george and diane. george? >> a lot of big poll closings coming up.omney, 173 for president obama. so many big states to come in. ohio, virginia, and florida. so many big states not yet closing isnn just a few minutes. a lot more votes coming in. election night 2012 continues right here from times square, the crossroads of america. . >> tobt on the dmuz at 11:00 team koerj on election night. >> we are in baltimore, annapolis and beyond. . >> we're also covering the presidential race. >> and we're also tracking a storm that's going to bring wet snow across our area, wyatt everhart will have the latest on that. >> let's get to where things stand now. . >> most of incumbents are in for another round. except for roscoe bartlett. he is the only incumbent to lose. john cardin won a second term, harris won and ruppersberger won for the sect district. cummings will continue, and chris van holen will stay. and in the race for the white house, president obama has maryland's ten electoral college votes the question is what's the most controversial bill that a-lo

we already heard from george allen, a concession speech. very gracious saying, hey, our ideas must county. it's been a tough campaign but also a joyful one. we are waiting to see tim kane hopefully come from behind that curtain. there he is, the man of the hour in virginia right now. tim kane, it's been a long race. a dead heat for most of the year, and now tim kane steps to the podium victorious, the former governor, very popular, just like george allen was. both of them very popular in the state. tim kane has won the election. now ready to sort of reap the benefits and celebrate the glory. >> a very closely watched race across the nation for the u.s. senate. and as you mentioned, derek, both very popular and somewhat moderate. and even in the final hours of the campaign, some of their ads were much more positive than some we saw in other races. >> very good point, anita. they started off very negative and there were negative ads throughout but at the end both men trying to make the case that they were the moderate ones, who could reach ac

but george allen is going to be finally making his way down to richmond. that's where he's going to be watching the returning come in later tonight and that's where his opponent is right now, tim kaine. he's going to be casting his vote in richmond, and, you know, we've been saying it all along, but this race absolutely critical because it could very well determine which party is going to control the senate. this race has received more money, perhaps even more attention than any other congressional contest in this country. and for the last year, it's been statistically pretty much a dead heat. now, there was a new poll out yesterday that gave a slight edge to kaine, just three points, but it's an edge republicans could easily offset with organized, aggressive turnout. i asked george allen about that poll today. he says he's not worried about it in the least. he said he was very heartend by the amount of people that had turned up early, even before the polls opened. before the polls opened at 6:00 a., there were about 200 people lined up here. they're all n

we'll send it back to george and diane. george? >> a lot of big poll closings coming up.resident obama. so many big states to come in. ohio, virginia, and florida. so many big states not yet closing isnn just a few minutes. a lot more votes coming in. election night 2012 continues right here from times square, the crossroads of america. >> good evening, everyone, i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. the polls are closing in the next minute or so in california. large crowds in city hall tonight. people are still lining up to vote. >> and carolyn tyler joins us live now. we'll get to vote. and you're correct that lines are long down in the basement here at citywyñ hall. they snake all the way around and according to john arnst that is not indication of high voter turnout. he says in the last 10 electrics turnout in the city of san francisco was at least 7%. he doesn't think that is going to happen this time, but as you said, anyone who is in line by 8:00 in just the next minute or so is going to be live in an fran city hall, abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. >> very fe

george allen?> i thought it was amazing that the governor, the republican governor would even talk about outstanding votes who haven't come in from really very democratic jurisdictions. prince women went 58% for obama. if i were the republican governor, i wouldn't be crowing that they're still out. also, fairfax went 60%. fairfax county went 60% for obama. he mentioned that. he did mention one, which is the largest city in virginia. virginia beach, which is a republican province. but brian moran, the chairman of the democratic party's enthusiasm and optimism is justified. >> let's boil this down for a minute. mitt romney has gotten up to a point where there's not a lot of room to grow based upon what is still left to count. >> i don't know how much is left in virginia beach. i stress that virginia beach is the largest city. so we don't know how much of the vote of virginia beach is out. but in terms of fairfax, and in terms of prince william those are democratic votes. they help the president, and

mitt was the fourth and last child for george and lenore romney. born march 12, 1957, some recall him as the favorite. george wrote to the family in september 1956 -- mitt is growing like a weed, as full of ideas and energy as ever. tom mccaffrey grew up with romney. >> mitt as a child was extremely energetic, the kind of kid who could never sit down. his mind was going 100 miles an hour. >> george was much the same way. >> you know, he's just got that energy. >> phillip maxwell lived down the street from the romneys in a wealthy detroit suburb. >> george would go out on the golf course. and he had fluorescent golf balls, and he would hit the ball and he would run after the ball, jogging, hit the ball again. and that was his exercise. >> young mitt not only had his father's energy -- >> there seems to be a special bond between george and mitt. >> -- michael kranish and scott helman co-wrote the book "the real romney." >> mitt absolutely idolized his father in a way you can see drawn out in the way he's run his life, following the same footsteps of

tim kaine defeated george allen by 53-47%. he'll succeed democrat jim webb, who beat george allen six years ago. megan mcgrath is live outside the kaine campaign headquarters in alexandria, virginia. >> reporter: you can see the campaign signs are still here along the side of the road. campaign headquarters very quiet here in alexandria, as you would imagine. a very late night for the folks manning that office. the republican party had hoped this was an opportunity to gain a seat in the senate, a seat george allen had previously held, but it was not to be. tim kaine last night thanked his supporters at a victory party in richmond. he thanked them for all their hard work, and he attributed his success to their grass roots efforts. kaine had just begun his victory speech when he was handed a note. he then switched gears and made a big announcement. >> in 2008 virginia made wonderful history by sending a fiscally responsible former governor to the united states senate and helping to put barack obama in the white house. the night

these were woodrow wilson, harry truman and george w. bush. these presidents experienced troubled or failed second terms. history aside, one cannot discount the possibility that obama would win not based on statistics like this, but because the electorate judges him the best alternative of the two candidates. success in a second term for obama is another matter, however. thank you. [applause] we really would welcome questions. it would be an advantage to c-span to have question and answer period. maybe some of you will reply to the questions that come from the audience, and we'd like you to participate as fully as you can. you see there's a microphone overhead that they'd like to take questions. do any of you have any questions? yes. >> al, i thought that was a remarkably objective and even-handed treatment and very insightful. thank you so much. my question is given that the president's opponents in the congress have made no bones about their goal to make him a one-term president, have you seen in your research any other situations that quite

it would mean the addition of a sixth site in prince george's county. david collins joins us live at the proposed location for that sixth sight. >> supporters are feeling more and more confident, even though the numbers are so close. 52% in favor, 48% opposed. in montgomery county, the number remains at 54% in favor. prince george's county as well as statewide, it must have 58% four, 41 cent opposed. in baltimore city there is only a 5000 boat difference between those who favor and those in opposition. baltimore county is leading against question 7. only a 9000 boat difference between them. some find it surprising that the margin is not water because of the support by mayor stephanie rawlings-blake and governor martin o'malley. >> it may not be a victory speech just yet. david collins, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the money raised by the campaign behind the ballot questions have absolutely shattered campaign fund raising efforts. >> $96 million has been spent on question 6 and question seven alone. let's go to jane miller, live in the 11 newsroom. >> i am here w

george w. bush had run this time and gotten the same margin, he would've lost in this race. everyone a can dad that was popular like he was in 2004. one thing about the president, he ran a great race, he has some e mens challenges ahead. tonight e, he won an election, the vast majority of white voters voted against him. the majority of older voters, voted against him, the majority of church goers who go regularly, voted against him there are huge divides in this country and he has not healed them. he has to heal those divides. >> as i said earlier, you said there has to be a peace treaty. >> i think a peace conference that we have within our own country because of these huge divides. > . >> in nevada, we have a projection that nevada has come through for barack obama. >> in 2004 when george w. bush won we thought we had a man dade to reform medicare. we misread that 2004 vote. i think if i could offer any advice and no one from the white house is going to call me, but my advice would be do not

george w. bush would have lost in this race even a candidate popular like he was in 2004 because the nature of the country was changed but one thing i want to say about the president he ran a great race and did a great thing -- he has immense challenges ahead. immense challenges over government but tonight he won an election, the majority, the vast majority of white voters voted against him. majority of older voters voted against him. the majority of people that go to church regularly voted against him. a whole series of voters voted against him. there's huge divides in the country and has not healed them and if he'll have a second term that's going to be successful he has to figure out a way to heal those divides. >> you said there has to be a peace treaty. >> there's got to be a camp david peace conference that we have within our own country because of these immense divides that exist. >> just want to note almost an after-thought, nevada, we have a projection, nevada has come through for bara

tim kaine defeated george allen by 6%. he will succeed jim webb, who beat allen six years ago when he was a senator. kaine told supporters that both parties have to work together to keepmerica on the right track. >> working together, we will remind virginiians and all americans that our institutions of government can actually function again. that our leaders will be satisfied with partisan politics and rise to tackle the challenges that face our nation. we know that, as a commonwealth and as a country, we've been through tough times, and we know that many of our friends and neighbors and family members are still struggling. but you know what, unlike some of the doom and gloom you see perpetrated out there, i'm not pessimistic because we've been through tough times before, and we've come out stronger for it. >> this campaign was not for us. this campaign was for the people of virginia. the people of virginia remain in our hearts. the people of virginia, until my dying breath, will have my eternal gratitude for the honor and

tim kaine versus george allen. now more on that pivotal and expensive contest. >> reporter: this is where george allen will be and tim kaine will be waiting for results at the marriott. they will lill literally not be far apart and that's fitting since that's the way it is in the polls, too. george allen will be in richmond tonight. he cast his ballot early in alexander re. a tim kaine woke up in richmond to vote and will stay put. both talked about the economy and planned defense cuts impacting virginia's military workers for months now. in the en, they wanted to make sure their name was on voters' minds going into the polls. supporter always butler short, posted signs outside a norton polling station. then she went in to vote. >> he is all about vote jobs. isn't that what this election is all about? the economy and he is about using the energy in virginia which again would create more jobs. >> reporter: voter core win long said he made his decision for tim kaine. >> he is a moderate democrat. i favor moderate rep

george wish -- george bush barely won and it was not until 9/11 happened that republican his momentum to get anything done and in 2004, you saw the same thing. bush won a narrow re-election. not a huge control on one side or the other. and i think that as soon as we're done, folks will start the next election and there is a lot of folks angling for 2014 and that is going to be very, very tough to pass anything, really, and there is little impetus on either side of the aisle. >> and sounds like we have a broken system here. that is a question for another day. >>> and what time do the polls open? we have what you need to know. the voter's guide is coming up next. pamela howze: it just seems like such an... infringement on our lives. how dare they step into my life that way. it's none of their business. he's trying to restrict us, again. he's taking us backwards. george allen is the last thing we need in washington. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising. . >>> we have what you need to know before you go to the polls tomo

speaking monday before a mitt romney at george mason, george allen predicting how voters nationwide will be the commonwealth on tuesday. >> standing strong for freedom will begin to stand once again. >> the race not only getting a attention locally, but as well.y if tim kaine wins, it could help democrats maintain their narrow majority in the united states senate. if it is george allen, it could help the republicans regained control. >> today is the final push for marriage and expanded gambling in maryland. martin o'malley spoke in favor question 6 and 7 today. both sides have spent millions ads. there are reportedly few and most people evenly split on both issues. >> we will be your all of for the election returns. coverage begins tomorrow at 7:00 have update onl eachocal races for you at hour . come, the latest on get life back to normal in the northeast following hurricane sandy. >> the gerlach -- thousands of absentee voters. how did this happen time and which one counts? explain in my report, coming up. >> the freeze warning in effect for tonight. [ mitt romney ] we have to work on

the george shirakawa community center was named after george shirakawa senior a well loved city council member who died while in office in the 1990s. now some say george junior, a supervisor who is under investigation, should step down to save the family name. >> george has been a tremendous advocate for the east side. >> reporter: political consultant was once a supervisor to george shirakawa. his advice now to the politician, step down. >> this is a repeated violation of the public trust. and once that occurs, there's no putting the jeannie back in the bottle and so it's up to george to do the right thing for his constituents and the county to resign. >> reporter: the district attorney is investigating shirakawa for violations of campaign ethics laws and misuse of funds stemming from adding abuse of a county issued -- from alleged abuse of a county issued credit card includes hotels, car rentals. in his first public statements on the allegations last tuesday, shirakawa blamed the media. >> i don't want you to be distracted by the political lynching that you read today and continue to

republican george allen cast his ballot in alexander re. a tim kaine in richmond. both men campaigned on their track records. kaine's path inspired. obama supporters to back him today. buttal voters decided to vote down party lines. the presidential race helping to dictate the rest of the ballot. i'm a diehard republican. democrats tend to push responsibility away from the states and on to the federal government. >> reporter: the powe show a tight race to the finish. >> you never know which way virginia will go. >> they are hoping to replace retiring senator jim webb. he has been out on the campaign trail with his fellow democrat, tim kaine. >>> people in areas hit hard by super storm sandy last week are still finding ways to get to the polls. election officials say turnout is heavy in parts of new york. voting machines are set up in tents. voting was delayed when workers couldn't get the generators to work. in new jersey, election officials extended the deadline for clerks to process e-mail ballots. displaced voters can now e-mail or fax their ballots as late as f

he's the democrat that beat george allen four years ago. allen was governor from 1994 to 1998 during a time of economic growth in both the state and the nation. kaine was governor of virginia from 2006 to 2010 and guided the commonwealth through a sharp economic downturn. now, here's where both stand on key positions. kaine says he would allow the bush-era tax cuts to expire for incomes above $500,000 a year. that is twice the level proposed by the white house. he also supports taking away subsidizes for big oil companies. now, george allen favors lowering taxes for job-creating businesses. he would also like to simplify the tax code for individuals, possibly even offering a flat tax option for individual taxpayers. now right now the polls give kaine a three-point lead in virginia over allen, but that is within the margin of error, so right now it's looking like anybody's race. we are back at the election wall in 30 minutes. we're going to give you an update in the race for same-sex marriage in maryland. i'm going to send it back to you. >>

the next republican running for president in a serious way was george w. bush and his brother who was governor of florida knew that the only way george could win was of tens of thousands of democratic voters were purged from the voter rolls suggest ordered secretary of state katherine harris to produce to me to purge tens of thousands of largely african-american voters from the rolls which she did harris could nearly sixty thousand mostly african-american voters off the rolls claiming that those people who comprise three percent of the entire african-american electorate in florida had been convicted of felonies and with us ineligible to vote turns out though that was a lie the list based on a texas felon list led to tens of thousands of completely eligible african-american florida voters with names similar to texas felons being denied the right to vote thanks to republicans throwing all these mostly democratic leaning voters off the voting rolls the election stayed close enough in florida that its outcome was you know in doubt after election night the flor

in prince george's county, at it stands, stands, 59% of the voters for the casino coming to prince george's county. 41% are against. in montgomery county, piererson returns there. 46% against it. of course, folks are paying close attention to not only what's happening in prince george's county but as you said earlier, the statewide numbers as well. before the polls closed we talked to voters about question seven and here's the what they had to say. >> i voted for number seven because i believe that it will create jobs. and the local schools. >> if you gamble that's your choice but being a christian woman i voted against it. >> the bottom line, we get 100% of nothing if we don't vote to do something. >> as you mentioned, doreen, this is one of the most expensive actually the most expensive campaign that they've ever seen in maryland's history, mere expensive than the last gubernatorial campaigns, $71 million spent to convince voters to go one way or another with question seven. i believe that, yes, the county executive rashon baker is here to shi to the folks here. i'm tracy wilkins, news4.

mary's, southern prince george's county. also getting a few sprinkles across the potomac and fairfax county and down 95 to prince william and stafford and spotsylvania and parts of fauquier county. there may be a few wet snowflakes along the blue ridge just to the northwest of warrenton, and temperatures are all above freezing, though. we are in the mid and upper 30s. low 40s. it's going to be a damp and chilly morning as you head out this wednesday morning. you'll need an umbrella as we're going to have the sprinkles around for a time into the morning hours. today later and into tonight, we've got a winter weather advisory in effect for maybe as much as four inches of snow. that's going to be up into southern pennsylvania. lighter amounts farther south and closer to the metro area. i'll show you how much i think we're going to get coming up here in a few minutes. as we go forward, the storm system well enough offshore to not bring a lot of precipitation inland, but with cold air around, it could be snowing from boston to ne

. >> very fancy, george. >> a big day, election.go, we have a lot going on. >> absolutely. but first, we're going to check in with sam champion on top of all the devastation from hurricane sandy, we have a nor'easter coming in. it is going to be cold. it already is here in the northeast. >> exactly. we are live in times square as new york city gets ready for monday morning. you should know the folks have two days to get ready for another punch of rain, wind, and brutal cold coming in behind it. let's just show you as the cold air drops in. it's the coldest air of the season. this morning, the windchills are at 33 degrees but the real temperatures will be in the 30s and near the freezing mark, and in some cases, a little bit below, for all of the areas impacted by this storm. just unbelievable chill. and then on tuesday, this chill comes out of the country, gets to the carolina coast, starts to swirl around, gains some strength. and then as your garden variety nor'easter bringing 25 to 35-mile-per-hour steady winds, gust of 50 plus,

mitt was the fourth and last child for george and lenore romney. born march 12th, 1947, some recall him as the favorite. george wrote to the family in september 1956 -- mitt is growing like a weed, as full of ideas and energy as ever. tom mccaffrey grew up with romney. >> mitt as a child was extremely energetic, the kind of kid who could never sit down. his mind was going 100 miles an hour. >> george was much the same way. >> you know, he's just got that energy. >> phillip maxwell lived down the street from the romneys in a wealthy detroit suburb. >> george would go out on the golf course. and he had fluorescent golf balls, and he would hit the ball and he would run after the ball, jogging, hit the ball again. and that was his exercise. >> young mitt not only had his father's energy -- >> there seems to be a special bond between george and mitt. >> -- michael kranish and scott helman co-wrote the book "the real romney." >> mitt absolutely idolized his father in a way you can see drawn out in the way he's run his life, following the same footsteps o

it's a great day for prince george's county. and a great day for the state of maryland. >> reporter: it's going to be about three to four years before prince george's county actually sees a casino open. and that was by design. coming up on news4 at 6:00, i'm going to explain exactly why there's a wait and what to expect in the meantime. tracee wilkins, reporting live, news4. >>> the search is on for a man wanted in connection with theft, for forgery and fraud incidents. they're looking for a 28-year-old from prince george's county. he stole a truck and u-haul trailer from the parking lot of two hotels. police believe he's also responsible for several other vehicle thefts dating back to at least 2009. once he's arrested, he's expected to face several charges in several different counties across northern virginia. >>> and take a look at this guy in these photos. police in arlington say he's been stealing credit cards from the gym lockers in the area. robert brockington has been spotted in several north arlington gyms. investigator

not chanted with of the war and iraq when george w. bush ran for the reelection against john kerry for the voters by a small margin seemed to believe bush would be the better leader. it cannot be said that the vote reflected the favorable referendum on george of the bush's first term. the importance of the communication skill of the candidate cannot be discounted as a factor, however. but all of this misses a different evaluation that merits being taken into account in the incumbent barack obama and his challenger mitt romney. that is the jinx of the second term on so many presidents. only seven of 19 presidents elected to a second term avoided having a troubled or failed second term. that would give the country's 38% chance of obama and the nation experiencing the economic climate if obama is reelected. do not suggest the gamble shouldn't be taken. rather it is playing with politics might give us cause. what is the history project about a second term for barack obama were he free elective with so few presidents having success in that

george allen did have a primary. he ran against two or three people who ran to the right of him. >> he had a tea party candidate, who was not initially the shoe in candidate. quickly dispensed of it. >> when i was down at the convention, i said where is george allen? he didn't go to the convention. >> hold that thought. here comes the senator elect for the state of virginia. this is tim kaine. it appears to introduce tim kaine. >> hello virginia! you know what? we did it again! [ cheers and applause ] >> and as mark warner speaks, i want to bring managing editor of the hill, bob cusack into the mix here. how much has george allen's macaca moment really affected his loss tonight? >> it's the reason he lost six years ago to senator jim web who obviously now is retiring. it was always mentioned in the race here. it seem like allen ran a very cautious campaign with this loss. you've got to think it's probably the end of his political career. he was once considered a presidential contender, they were talking about him run

george, let's start with you. i last spoke to you you found some incredible deals for all sorts of things. they're all still in place i take it? >> you mentioned that tv. i'll try to save that for you. there are a lot of deals. but let's talk about the high items. when people come in for black friday you start to get a sense of what people want. this is definitely in demand. the ipad. people looking at this. and you know, obviously good time to get it here on black friday. the tablets are in big demand, as well. and this is what the stores are doing. they're trying to get as many people in as possible, especially best buy. now at this best buy, excuse me, when you look at what happened this morning, some 600 people wrapped around the store waiting to get inside as it opened at midnight. a lot of people excited about the deals they could get here. important for best buy, keep in mind, this is a company that had disappointing third quarter earnings, so they're determined to make sure they get as many people in as po

we're here at the prince georges county board of elections. you can see a number of people have com to fill out absentee ballots today. many more though will be going to their traditional polling places beginning at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. because of the long lines that are expected, election officials are asking voters to do some research. a flurry of activity at the county board of elections as voters turn in their absentee ballots looking to avoid the crowds tomorrow. when marylanders held to the polls on tuesday, they will not only cast their votes in the presidential race, they will also have their say on a number of ballot questions. there's a lot of information and voters are asked to be familiar with those questions before they arrive. >> the sample ballots were mailed to each household in prince georges county and i encourage voters to take a look at those sample ballots. and maybe mark them up. so when they get to the polls, they're prepared to know how they're going to vote. >> reporter: question seven deals with gambling and ha

in prince george's county there are 568,000 registered voters. and they have 20 voting machines at most of their early voting locations resulting in three to four-hour waits. in montgomery county there are 616,000 registered voters and they have 35 voting machines at all but one of their locations. and waits are 45 minutes or less. >> we did use a state-prescribed formula to allocate voting units at each early voting site. >> reporter: the state means that each county plans for 20% of its voters to participate in early voting, averaging 200 machines per voter. but in prince george's, where about 10% of its voters have used early voting, that was clearly not enough machines. in montgomery county they asked for more than the state mandates. prince george's election officials say there was limited space for how many machines they could have at polling locations. >> we are going to have to look at moving forward in the possibility of changing the laws to either getting larger sites, arena-type stadiums, sites, or adding additional sites. >> our folks

mitt was the fourth and last child for george and lenore romney. born march 12th, 1947, some recall him as the favorite. george wrote to the family in september 1956 -- mitt is growing like a weed, as full of ideas and energy as ever. tom mccaffrey grew up with romney. >> mitt as a child was extremely energetic, the kind of kid who could never sit down. his mind was going 100 miles an hour. >> george was much the same way. >> you know, he's just got that energy. >> phillip maxwell lived down the street from the romneys in a wealthy detroit suburb. >> george would go out on the golf course. and he had fluorescent golf balls, and he would hit the ball and he would run after the ball, jogging, hit the ball again. and that was his exercise. >> young mitt not only had his father's energy -- >> there seems to be a special bond between george and mitt. >> -- michael kranish and scott helman co-wrote the book "the real romney." >> mitt absolutely idolized his father in a way you can see drawn out in the way he's run his life, following the same footsteps o

alley -- george allen support. guest: why didn't you run for reelection in massachusetts? they can run for reelection. why is he losing by double digits, i think 15% in massachusetts? i have heard several times what a fine job he did in massachusetts. the singular achievement he had with respect to mandatory health care, the president adopted nationally and a nail president obama -- president obama adopted it nationally as part of his affordable care act and governor romney ran away from it as soon as he started running for president. he is losing massachusetts overwhelming need. he chose not to run for reelection. guest: at you never wanted to be a lifetime politician -- i know it is a typical politician response. but he also has done a lot of things in the private sector. he did not feel he needed to run again. host: we will leave the discussion and move on to mike on the independent line. our guests are barbara comstock and and brian moran. caller: i am a strong democrat area and the last six to eight months, ev

for now, back to george. >> thank you, josh.to be a long road to recovery for so many hit by sandy. but that recovery has begun. you see juju again there in rockaways. she has a story about how neighbors are helping neighbors and how the community is coming back together. juju? >> hey, george, i'm with the google group and they're giving out coffee to people who spent the night in cold apartments but just up the way, suffered in biblical proportions. first there was a flood, then a massive fire that burned homes to the ground. breezy point is a tight community of cops, police officers and teachers, they're banding together to lend a helping hand. >> reporter: it's what americans do best in times of tragedy, pull together to help one another. >> you need help with the house? >> reporter: as we bear witness to the aftermath of hurricane sandy amidst the devastating community there is inspiration. >> this is a neighborhood that sticks together. >> this is a very strong community and it will be again some day. >> reporter: in breezy

democrat tim kaine and republican george allen. allen previously held the seat, but he lost jim webb back in 2006. webb is retiring, and actually we're expecting george allen to come here later on this morning to cast a ballot here at this location in alexandria. the polls open in virginia at 6:00. you can see there's quite a bit of interest here. folks wanting to get to the polls early to cast their ballot before they went off to work. we're expecting a steady stream of people all day long. the polls in virginia stay open until 7:00 tonight. reporting live in alexandria, megan mcgrath, news 4. >>> there are other interesting senate races around the country. in missouri, democrat claire mcaskill looking to stay in office ahead of republican todd akin. republican scott brown hopes to hold his seat against challenger elizabeth warren. and rick mann is battling chris murphy for a senate seat in connecticut. tens of thousands of people are still without power because of hurricane sandy. >>> here's what you need to know before you head

george? >> alex marquardt, thanks very much. >>> here at home, it is game on for the more than 43 million americans hitting the road this holiday. tomorrow could be the busiest travel day of the year, but the thanksgiving migration has already begun. americans scrambling into planes, trains and automobiles to make it home for the holiday. our travel team is tracking it all, and abc's senior national correspondent jim avila starts us off. >> reporter: good evening, george. tomorrow is supposed to be the busiest travel day of the year but airlines have cut the number of flights down 3%, and that means that if the weather holds, it actually could be a pleasant week to travel everywhere but in a couple of spots. a twin threat to air travel on the west coast. airport workers scheduled to demonstrate at los angeles international tomorrow afternoon, prompting warnings for passengers to give themselves a three-hour cushion at l.a.x. and an extra 90 minutes to get there. >> this is part of the fun of

the headliners were george w. bush's secretary of state, george w.bor, george w. bush's homeland security director, george w. bush's budget director. and last but not least, the current republican speaker of the house! mitt romney, change you can believe in, if you really like george w. bush, and if you like the current republican congress. then we're the kind of real change you're looking for. who cast this thing? the democrats? one of the reasons that the message of real change resonated so much back in 2008, one of the reasons that that actually worked for barack obama in that election, is because the country writ large had ceased to be delighted by the george w. bush administration. and it was not just the war in iraq. or the great recession. or warrantless wiretapping. or torture, or, or, or, or, or. it was also stuff like this. this is the u.s. state department's annual report on global terrorism from 2003. every year the state department will put together a report like this detailing incidents of terrorism around the world. and the next report

. >> people in prince george's county are gambling. the difference is, they take their money outside of the state. but their problems come back to prince george's county in a state of maryland. and we don't have the resources to deal with it. >> reporter: now maryland elections officials say that they are looking into the kind of hanky-panky that you see almost every election day including an internet posting that suggested to democrats that turnout had been so strong that the president had extended voting for a day and the democrats could come back tomorrow and vote as well which is obviously not true. back to you. >> yeah, it doesn't work that way. thank you bruce. >>> virginia considered one of the key battleground states in the presidential race but voters are also heading to the polls there to choose between two popular former governors. to represent the commonwealth in the u.s. senate. and we have seen plenty of lines as people are in the case. two statewide referendums and all their local races. our peggy fox started her day in

the measure was struck down in prince george's by 485 votes. expectations are high following the vote to expand gambling in maryland, which passed 52-48%. and by a much wider margin in prince george's. it was an expensive fight, as we all know. casinos are already ordering table games. a license still has to be awarded and the baltimore casino has to be built first before the prince george's casino can be opened in 2016. what do you think it was that convinced prince george's county? >> money. pure money. they need to pay the bills and the sell was that this is going to help you. this is going to give you extra revenue and they went for it. even though critics say it's a spotty record, gambling has not always provided as much funding and revenue has been promised. that the people who do it take too much of a cut. the state doesn't get enough. i've heard that criticism. and then there's the moral argument against it, that that didn't prevail, that it brings in the wrong kind of people and that it's a tax on the poor. and these tough economic tim

now i want to bring in the co-anchor, george stephanopoulos, right here, so, george, we have the first window on to what people are saying as they come out of the polls. >> i saw a surprise in the first window. when we asked people where they think the country is going on the right track or in the wrong direction, a year ago 77% thought we were on the wrong track even as late as august it was 69%. today, down to 52%. pretty dramatic increase in optimism over the last several weeks and asked them about the candidates and the economy. president obama has a small advantage, you see it right down in front of us, 52-44% on empathy being in touch but overall trust to handle the economy it flips a little and governor romney has a slight advantage over president obama, 50%-47%. different views on the candidates and the economy. >> so i'm calculating, your first campaign, 1988. >> that's right. a little over 25 years ago. >> so what's the most important thing you'll be watching? >> i'm looking at three things, the first one is a number, 74%. that was the share of the electorate four years ago i