when it comes to money, george allen is way ahead of the pack.of $7.6 million raised by the republican candidates so far in the race he has about 90% of that money. he will be trying to go against former governor tim kaine, a democrat, this november. tim kaine spoke out yesterday saying virginians know that most of -- no most of these men very well and he believes he will be the clear winner this fall. george allen says that he's a better governor, and 300,000 jobs created while governor. this is a race that many across the country will be watching. political pundits say this could be one of the most watched and very expensive races this november. there are other choices on the ballot. another race is in eighth the eighth district in virginia where jim moran faces competition. and in the 11 districts where gerry connolly faces opponents. many say those two men will probably win their primaries and will head to the election later on in november. jummy olabanji reporting. >> a special election being held in arizona today for the seat vacated by gab

. >> leading the polls george allen. talked with the leading candidate. >> four candidates vying for that gop spot. if you listen to those leading the polls, this is a two-man general election race. we have a preview of what we may see from here till november. >> marking of territory george allen hopes tomorrow is nothing but a formality. he admitted there is no room for complacency on the campaign trail. >> we're taking nothing for granted including in this primary. the world is controlled by those who show up. >> polls show him coasting, 62% with the rest of the field far behind and there is the money. $7.6 million raised by all four, he takes almost 90% of that. the kind of dominance he needs in the next round. >> we're not in a political storm. no one sees anyone getting elected president without carrying virginia. >> he claimed he created 300,000 jobs. >> george allen was governor when bill clinton was president. >> this was the worst recession since the 1930's in the george bush years prater will see a dramatic dif

george allen won the republican primary with 65% of the vote. closest competitor, jamie radke won by 23%. allen will face tim kaine in the general election. kaine will join us live this morning about 7:15 to talk about the matchup. we expect to speak with george allen about the race tomorrow morning. >>> a few other races of note in virginia. jim moran easily won the democratic primary to seek his 11th term in november. in district 11, republican chris perkins won the g.o.p. nod, to challenge democratic incumbent jerry conley in the general election. >>> to arizona now. gabrielle giffords votes to help her former aide win the remainder of her term in the house. democrat ron barber defeated the republican jessy kelly in tuesday's special election, holding on to the seat has been a primary for democrats as they seek to regain control of the house in november. barber was giffords chief of staff and he was also wounded in the shooting rampage that severely injured the congress woman. >>> presidential politics now. and presumptive presidential nominee

. >> reporter: the comments were no surprise and george allen believes in private sector solutions and cane believes that americans spend more for healthcare than any other country with results that he thinks fall short members got a preview of the fall senate campaign in virginia in the form of speeches and q&a from former governors george allen and tim kaine. just outside of the meeting, cape defended the president's healthcare reform law and its effects. >> millions of kids are able to stay on their family insurance policies and that is a good thing. 23million seniors are getting medicare and that is a good thing. insurance companies can't club you over the head because you have a pre-existing condition. i want to see those important reforms continue. >> reporter: in a statement that was released after the ruling, tim kaine called for further reforms aimed at bringing down heeling care costs and noted that george allen vowed to repeel the president's plan. allen expressed disappointment at the court's ruling, upholding the mandate for health insurance. >> and they have to use judici

george allen celebrated his victory in richmond tonight and wasted little time tieg tim cane to president obama. allen levelled as much criticism at the president as he did as his opponent but democrats say they believe cane and the president are prepared to hold on to battleground virginia. >> our message is that virginians do not consider the takeover of health care as great achievement. we want obama care repealed. >> president obama continues to enjoy wide support here in virginia. he is ahead in the polls. we are going to remain vigilant and organized as we approach november. we are confident we will repeat history again and barack obama will win virginia in 2012. >> george allen narrowly lost in senate seat in 2006 to jim web. allen's last campaign was plagued by a series of gaps. he and his supporters see 2012 as a chance for redemption. >>> the suspect in the shooting that left three people dead at a party near auburn university is now in police custody. 22-year-old demont aleonard gave himself to authorities this morning. he is accused of killing three people and two victims were

. >> former governor george allen cast his ballot in today's republican pry marery. it should come as no surprise he voted for himself. something he's hoping many in virginia do as well. >> the bigger the turnout the better. i think we'll do better if more people vote. >> alan says he feels cautiously optimistic he'll win today. and polls show him earning more than 60% of the vote. >> in virginia we are blessed with several options this year. i believe george allen is the best, i supported him at 6:00 this morning. >> the highly contested senate race will be one to watch in november. democrats heading to the polls today only had one option. >> well, i'm thinking kaine. >> recent polls show the former governor has a slight lead over allen. >> he was a good candidate, good governor. >> both men are touting their experience as governor as a resume booster for job in washington. >> i think at the end of the day people know george allen very well and me very well. that's how they'll make the decision. >> other races many voters told us were important to them. the democrat

reporting. 59% of the vote goes to george allen. it wasn't thought that any of the others could provide him. only 4% reporting. that seems to have been the case. but of course, we'll have a lot more on this on 9news now at 11:00 when more results will be in. susan page, thank you so much for being here. we appreciate it. >> thank you, derek. >> let's turn to topper. there are storms out there bubbling and boiling our way. >> they are. if you're around the immediate metro area, it's pleasant. the breaks in the clouds, sun northwest. but that said, here's a look at live doppler 9,000. we have been tracking these for three hours now. right now, nothing severe. you are going to get hammered with rain fall in winchester. an inch per hour over the next 40 minutes or so. they will roll into front royal. so we're not done with the storms just yet. the front back to our west. 77 downtown. 79 in manassas and 79 in leesburg and 79 up in frederick. some of those numbers as high as it's been all day. we'll come back and talk about when the front

kaine noted his republican rival george allen vowed to repeal the president's plan. allen expressed disappointment at the ruling which upheld the mandate for health insurance. >> they had to use all sorts of judicial creativity to call a mandate a tax. of course, when they were trying to pass this, they said it wasn't a tax. the point is the american people are against this. this obama care remains a concern for seniors. the taxes they're putting on medical device manufacturers. it continues to be an impediment for small businesses to go for 50 employees. it continues to violate some people's religious freedoms. >> reporter: republican george allen said i favors market- based healthcare -- he favors market-based healthcare reforms such as allowing consumers to buy policies across state lines. virginia is likely to be a pivotal state in the presidential race and the contest to control the senate in november. be prepared. you're be to be deluged by the campaigns as allen and kaine battle over healthcare and a myriad of other issues. john henrehan, fox 5 news. >>> anothe

i mean george allen has 100% name recognition. he's a former member of the virginia house of delegates, a former one term congressman, former u.s. senator, former governor. he's well financed. he has three opponents which you showed who are splitting up the anti-allen vote and it would be a colossal upset if any of those three won and i really almost feel that they don't have any impact on the general election. these three are running to the right of george allen and they're not going to sit home when it comes to the general election in november and that general election against tim kaine who they're calling chairman kaine rather than former governor kaine could really determine the future of who has the majority in the u.s. senate, but george allen is as close to being a shoe-in just by definition. >> and in this primary anyone can vote, right? you don't have to be a registered republican? >> that's really important. unlike d.c. and maryland, there is no party registration. so if you're a registered voter, you get to participate.

november. >> he proves in the past and so i went with him. >> one of them campaigned more than george allen, i think, but i just went with allen because of his name recognition. >> i went with george allen for years. my parents have season tickets. you have an affinity. >> reporter: after he stumbled in 2006 with several well publicized campaign gaffes, they want to give him a second chance. >> i think the main thing was to see george allen have a chance to redeem himself in a way, too, that was probably the third reason, because i think his campaign against senator webb wasn't a good campaign. and i think we are expecting more from him. >> reporter: this woman wanted to send a different message and voted for lesser-nine candidate, jamie radke. >> volunteereded for jamie rad kirk i like the thing she is stands for and i like her very open, strong pro-life issue. that is the main thing for me. >> reporter: george allen is holding what he hopes to be a victory party tonight in richmond with congressman canto cantor. live from fairfax county, julie carey, news4. >>> a maryland lawmaker found g

george allen came away with 65% of the vote and that is enough to easily put him in the raine for the and tom has more. >> reporter: this is quickly shaping up to be the mar key matchup. the virginia senate race could not only decide the balance of power in the u.s. senate, but have a major impact on the presidential campaign this year. joining us now, american university political science professor, leonard steinhorn. always good to see you. >> good to see you, tom. >> one surprise is that almost since the very day tim kaine and george allen were mentioned as candidates, they have been locked in at a virtual dead heat. the latest polls indicate that 44 to 43%. >> right. >> and do you expect this to remain like this until november? >> absolutely. this is going to be a razor- thin margin one way or another for either candidate and that is as it will be for the presidential campaign as well. >> and you look at the numbers, though. the rough math tells you it's about 88%. who are the 12% that are out there that both of these candidates are going to battle over the next few months? who is

. >>> virginia's george allen getting a boost today. he is running for the virginia senate seat opening up in november. later this morning, senator mark rubio will give him a hand. they will appear together at the flour shop. the race is now between allen and democrat tim kaine. coming up, we'll be talking live with george allen in his first television interview since his big win on tuesday. >>> less than a week after the resignation of kwame brown, there is a new council leader. council members argued for the vacancy for pro tem many which is the vacancy after the chair. we sat down with the new chairman on fox 5 news over concerns over the recent drama surrounding the council. >> folks on the outside are frustrated and council members are frustrated. it was kind of unpleasant to watch. on the other hand, this is the process playing itself out. you know, in the past, this would have happened behind closed doors. we are much more faithful to open meetings now, so the public got to see the display. i had hoped that it would be more of a

was there any way that george allen could have lost this primary? >> well, if you made a really fans. >>> fancy scenario where the die hard showed up, the most committed, you could make maybe possibly a theory by which allen who has been a house member, a state legislator, a senator and a governor and where money doesn't really mean that much, could have been dethroned, but in a primary i offered on sunday to eat the microphone if he lost. i actually thought his numbers would be even a little better than maybe the mid-70s. radtke does have some support. she got 25% and it shows the tea party, but those tea party people, if it's a choice in november between allen and kaine, the former governor and lieutenant governor, they're going to choose allen. there's going to be no decrease in his support. >> yet another high stakes election in a swing state to begin with and it's going to be expensive at the very least. >> i say 50 or $60 million for a u.s. senate race. that's what they're both going to end up spending aggregate and with the electoral votes, 13

that is expected to be a match up between tim kaine and former senator george allen. commerce secretary john bryson taking a medical leave of absence after police say that he was involved in two traffic accidents in california. t firsthe was found unconscious in his car. the white house says that he had a seizure. >> a proposal to allow liquor stores to sell alcohol on sundays. stores with a class a license would be allowed to sell hard liquor on sunday as well as beer and wine. the sales tax revenue generated would help to reduce the budget deficit. d.c. councilman jim gramm will hold a public roundtable today at 11:00 this morning at the wilson building in 412. d.c. council tomorrow will select an interim chair to replace kwame brown, resigned last wednesday before pleading guilty to bank fraud. at large councilmember phil m ands phil mendelsons phil mendelson and vincent orange will be considered. >> maryland congresswoman donna edwards will recognize injured firefighters in bladensburg after they were overcome with a flash fire at riverdale home. one of them is st

the entrepreneurial spirit of our country. >> reporter: you have someone to elect someone like george allen to the senate. >> he's not going to have to take the orientation course. >> thank you, guys. >> well, allen now faces former governor tim kaine in november. and senator rubio has quickly become a leader in the republican party and he's on the short list for mitt romney's possible vice presidential pick. >>> phil mendelson is the number two man in the district now. he is interim chairman of the d.c. city council. the council selected the at large democrat as its leader, and mendelson will now replace kwame brown. brown resigned last week before pleading guilty to bank fraud. mendelson will serve as interim chairman through the year and then voters will select an official new chair in november. mendelson says he plans to run in that race. >>> kwame brown and harry thomas, jr. have both resigned in disgrace if the city city council in the last six months. the entire council got a lecture yesterday from councilman marion barry. >> the majority in the community has lost confidence in this

they showing a virtually tied race between george allen and tim kaine or an indication of how close this presidential race is going to be as well across virginia tuesday, scenes like this at springfield's green spring conference center played out. the primary voting got underway. >> and i want you to keep your change. >> reporter: he's hoping to win back the senate seat he lost six years ago and dismisses the idea that he has the gop nomination locked up. >> and the world's controlled by those who she up. everyone said oh, yeah, that is the biggest worry, complacenesses. >> reporter: the leaders are radke, bob marshal and reverend e.w. jackson. almost all of his campaign rhetoric is aimed at his expected rival, former democratic governor tim kaine and president obama. >> the people will be making decisions and they're decisions in virginia, a key state as well as other states across the country. it's going to determine whether the country begins to ascend again or continues to decline. >> reporter: the latest quinnipiac university poll shows kaine and allen in a statistical dead heat. de

george allen is trying to win back the seat he lost to jim webb in 2006. he has three charges. political experts say tomorrow will likely mean low turnout numbers at the polls. >> it's not surprising that not a lot of people are paying close attention to this race. many consider that george allen is going to win and we have this interesting presidential race going on. >> republican leaders say despite the expected low turnout they believe the nominee will unite the party in the coming months. >>> a devastating loss for autism research because of a malfunction in a hospital freezer. >>> we know the cause of a wildfire that is eating up houses and land out west. >>> the salon owned by the tanning mom is facing a fine tonight. >>> woodward >>> researchers are dealing with what they call a devastating setback in the field of autism research. a freezer at the harvard brain tissue research center malfunctioned last month. that freezer contained the world's largest collection of autistic brain samples. scientists discovered 54 of the samples were damaged. some can be used in genetic r

why some voters say they want to give george allen a second chance. live from fairfax county, julie carey, news4. >>> in alexandria, 14 democrats are running to fill six seats on the city council. this is one of the most competitive races that city has seen in decades. some see it as a referendum on just how alexandria should redevelop the waterfront. challenge, are accusing current council members of ignoring their constituents' views in favor of catering to the developers. we are going to have continuing coverage of today's primary race result notice old dominion, both on nbcwashington.com and then again tonight on news4 at 11:00. >>> a guilty verdict for a maryland lawmaker after three hours of deliberation a jury found delegate tiffany alston guilty today of misdemeanor theft and misconduct in office. alston is a democrat and a freshman delegate from prince georges county. she was convicted of stealing $800 in state funds to pay an employee to manage her private law practice. she faces up to 18 months in prison and could be forced out of office. >

tim kaine is leading george allen 44-43% but that is within the margin of error. >> i helped lead virginia through the toughest economy in. >> reporter: tim kaine has been touring and allen wants to lock up the republican nomination this month. >> people are anxious and worried about losing their jobs. >> reporter: democrats control the u.s. senate right now, 53 seats to 47 seats for the republicans and analysts say that democrats want to hold on to the senate. virginia is going to be key. >> and that is go that is going to be a close race. >> reporter: he said the poll shows a pool of voters who still have not made up their mind. >> and we also see in those polls that they're about 10% or so of the voters undecided. and there is a lot of movement and play left in the election between now and november. a lot of things can happen between now and then. >> reporter: and with virginia paramount in the race, they will hold an uncommon center of attention. one other surprise that came out of the poll was to look at the virginia's governor's race on the republican side. it's showing the current a

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republican george allen and democrat tim kaine will be in a town hall forum in reston. this is the first time that will have appeared together since george allen won the republican nomination earlier this month. >> because of the extreme heat wave on the way trash and recycling will begin one hour earlier. the earlier hours will be in effect today, tomorrow, monday and tuesday. you can put your trash out starting at 6:00 p.m. the night before. it is relatively cool right now compared to where we're headed, 65 degrees. >> still ahead -- wildfires continued to blaze out west as temperatures rise there as well. >> will take you back behind the scenes of "good morning america." it is the jacksons. >> it was great meeting them. lisa baden will have another check of your thursday morning commute. >> i am with the ocean city beach. diving into shallow waters can be dangerous. check your death good morning, -- washington. >> people will be looking for a cold place. >> it would be nice to carry a beach around with you. >> how hot will it get? >> it will be in the mid-90s and 100

. >> republican george allen hopes that a win today could be a sign of what comes in november. yesterday, he met voters one by one, pushing them out to the polls. >> we're taking nothing for granted, including those in this primary. the world is controlled by those who show up. >> polls show him way above at 62%. he has raised a total of $6.7 million. >> we're in a political storm here in virginia. he says he is the better choice biggest he believes he was the better governor. he claims he created 300,000 jobs while tim kane, a democrat, lost 100,000. meeting with all -- meeting with business owners, he responded. >> i was governor during the bush presidency which was the worst recession during the 1930's. if you look to the time we served, there was a dramatic difference. >> two congressman currently serving north virginia both face some opposition in their primaries today, but political experts say both of them are expected to win. it opened across the state and closes at 7:00 tonight. jummy olabanji, abc 7 news. >> thank you some much. we will talk to an expert with politico

that's george allen. but i don't see where it's going to turn the latino vote around. >> it won't help him with the minority voters and particularly latino voters. i have -- george allen has a real problem when it comes to race. and has had a problem ever since he was in college. i mean, there are blogs and i don't mean blogs that are just people making things up that go way, way back with him. >> all of that is going to come out. >> it will all coming out. >> especially the name -- >> there's such an anti-latino attitude, particularly in prince -- >> that will all -- that all came out in the last moment and have it behind him? >> will he have a macaca moment? >> and prince william county, that is -- i mean, remember, that's where the immigration argument almost started besides arizona. it was prince william county. >> people's memories aren't that short. >> we have to end it there. >> happy father's day. coming up on view point this morning we have the new chairman of the d.c. council for the full half h

george allen won the republican nomination. he will face tim kaine in a battle to reclaim his old seat. other winners last night included eric cantor as house majority leader and democratic challenger jim moran. president obama back on the campaign trail. today it will not involve [unintelligible] >> he will award shimon peres the presidential medal of freedom at a ceremony at the white house. >> the former aide of former congresswoman gabrielle giffords won the election to take place in washington. tahman bradley has more on emotional victory. >> a bittersweet victory for democrats in an arizona special election to replace gabrielle giffords. democrat ron barber, her former aide defeated jesse kelly. >> life takes unexpected turns and here we are. >> it was a milestone in gabrielle giffords' journey after she resigned to focus on recover from an assassination attempt. >> thank you for everything you've done for us, gabby. >> she stayed out of a campaign for the most part. barber also wounded, gun in hand from giffords this pas

best wishes. >> thank you. >> we reached out to george allen for an interview this morning and were not successful. but he did release a statement that says, "the way to get america creating jobs again is to reinvigorate the entrepreneurial spirit of america with pro-growth policies and unleash our american energy resources and creativity." we hope to talk to him sometime in the future of our show. >> the economy will be the big issue in the fall election. congress today will hear from a banking ceo who lost $2 billion. paula faris has details. >> topping america's money an apology from wall street. what jamie dimon -- when jamie dimon testifies today, you'll say that he is sorry about the mistake that caused j.p. morgan and least $2 billion. jobs for teenagers are disappearing. fewer than three out of 10 now hold jobs from june to august, the lowest levels since world war ii. older workers are taking away many of those jobs that once went to teenagers. the cost of college is soaring. the average tuition is up 15% in two years because of state budget cuts. there are significant increase

he is expecting to face the man who lost six years ago, george allen. we will monitor the returns of this race on wjla.com. virginia is a key battleground state and obama is using his star power . kal penn took part in two campaign events, including this one with young professionals in cafe asia. as for mitt romney. he spent the evening in atlanta saying he hopes the supreme court strikes down the health care package. he says he hopes they "do the right thing and strike this thing down." leon? >> robin roberts is battling for her life. the rare illness she contracted. >> a smartphone theft not in the metro or the street. a >> you are watching abc 7 news at 11:00. >> "godod morning america"'s" robin roberts is battling a bone marrow disease. doctors say she is likely to beat this. she will be on the air until she gets a bone marrow replacement from her sister. >> a man captured on camera at the university of maryland stole a cell phone from a student out of her hand. we have word on where the cast stands. >> we love our smart phones. they can be the gart

george allen is againstup against three other candidate. the former governor is unopposed for the democratic nomination. a special election will be held for the seat vacated by gabrielle giffords. she is stepping down to concentrate on her recovery. president obama will travel to new york city to attend fundraiser at the home of actress sarah jessica parker. the other was in california with a gay-rights group. here to look at what is in on this week for our sports teams and they come home with the games against the yankees. the team will be taking on the philadelphia union at 7:00 p.m. more on today's top stories including information about what may have caused demand to drive an suv into this building. [ male announcer ] strange things happen in the black forest... [ thunder crashes ] [ engine revs, tires screech ] ...where things aren't always what they seem... because thrills hide in the shadows... just waiting at every turn. verbolten -- a new multi-launch coaster coming to busch gardens. brave the black forest. [ male announcer ] olymp

former senator george allen is here in arlington and he is going to pick up a very big endorsement from florida's marco rubio this morning and that should give him a big boost with the voters around here. rubio, of course, a tea party favorite. allen will be here with rubio at the flower company in arlington, one of the many small businesses in this country that allen believes have been hurt by the economist policy of this democratic administration. allen is trying to recapture a seat that he lost six years ago. the former virginia senator and governor is up against another former governor in tim cain, the democratic nominee. the race is neck and neck according to polls but rubio's endorsement should give allen a boost. today, they will be talking about job creation, something that allen talked about in his blue print for america's future. >> the government imposes the highest taxes in the world on job creating businesses at 35%. i pro most to reduce it to more simple, fair and competitive 20% which would create over 500,000 new jobs a year. rest layings need to be reasonable, needs to

former governor george allen vying for the seat he lost in 2006. today's winner will face former democratic governor tim kaine in november. polls close at 7:00. look for the results on news 4 at 11:00 and on nbc washington.com. also today, arizona holding a special election to replace gabrielle giffords. the former congresswoman spent the last few days campaigning ron buscher. barber faces jesse kelly in 2010. >>> if you have a metyet to buyw smart trip card, procrastinating is paying off. starting in is september, you will get a $3 rebate. you will also be able to use a new auto reload feature coming in the fall, adding money to the card when the balance drops to a certain level. metro also says they will have smart trip vending machines at all stations by september. >>> john bryson taking time off work to focus on his health. taking a leave of absence ave involved in a pair of accidents, rear ended a car saturday afternoon in southern california. got out, spoke to the other driver and apparently took off. rammed into another vk according to polic

many people consider it's a forgone conclusion that george allen will win and we have this interestingresidential race going on, and that's a lot more fun. >> reporter: even voters who do plan to cast ballots concede the primary is not necessarily on their neighbors' radar. >> the primary is even registers, i would say mostly not. there's not been a lot of publicity about it, and unless you follow it closely, i'd say it's going to be very low turnout. >> reporter: political observers say there are two risks for front-runner allen, a smaller winning margin than expected or the impress that republicans aren't yet enthusiastic. republican leaders are confident the primary winner will have little trouble unifies republicans afterwards. the key to the contest in the fall against democrat tim kaine is winning over independent voters in places like fairfax, louden and pring william counties. in ash burn, julie kerry, news4. >>> there are several other local races. jim moran has a challenger, and two republicans are running for the right to challenge connelly in the fall. 14 democrats are runn

. >>> george allen wins the virginia republican primary as expected. the former senator beat challenges from three other candidates. he got 65% of the vote. his closest competitor tea party favorite jamie radke won about 23%. the other two had less than 5%. allen now faces democrat tim kaine in november. the d.c. council, of course, big day for them, will take a vote on an interim chairperson. >> at least one member as the upper hand when it comes to replacing the disgraced kwame brown. sherry ly has the new developments. >> reporter: that vote for the interim chair for the d.c. council will happen at 10:00 this morning. it be filled by an at-large councilmember until the special election is held in november. right now, it seems that phil mendelsohn has the vote. the upheaval comes on the hoop dreams of two resignations. first, harry thomas rezoned, convicted on corruption charges in recent months and then kwame brown resigned and pleaded guilty to criminal charges last week. phil mendelsohn is expected to succeed brown as the interim chairman. sources

former senator and governor george allen easily won the nomination. eric cantor and jim moran won their primaries. both captured about three- quarters of the vote. in the 11th district retired army colonel chris perkins won the republican nomination for the house race. he'll face democratic incumbent jerry connolly. you can get all the results by visiting wusa9.com. >>> out west democrat ron barber will become the newest congressman from arizona. he won a special election yesterday defeating republican jesse kelly. barber will finish the term of former congresswoman gabriel giffords. he was a former aide to giffords and was also injured in the assassination attempt which killed six other people. >>> a 74-year-old man is recovering from a broken arm and bites after he was attacked by two dogs. it happened tuesday morning along 36th street near benning road in northeast. neighbors say sonny bell was walking to work when the dogs ran out of the gap of the fence of this towing company and attacked. >> the dog mauled him all over his face. one dog had him

the leader in all opinion polls is george allen. polls are open until 7:00 tonight. you can see results on abc 7 is at 11:00. >> the race for the white house. president obama has a number of fund raisers on his schedule. one in the baltimore. this evening. he will also attend day event and philadelphia. republican candidate mitt romney spent the morning blasting president obama's health care program during a rally in orlando, florida. he said as his first order of business if he is elected, he will get rid of the law. the supreme court is expected to make a ruling in the coming weeks. >> still to come, we will tell you about some of the major changes under way in one of the area of's big airports. >> is interest and facebook now what they used to be? we will see how they are facing a slowdown. >> the iteam >> we continue with something of an anomaly in our area. a judge that hears no cases. >> even those who work in local court could not believe it. ben eisler reports. >> mine name is mary walker and i am the chief administrator law judge. >> she does not actually he

. -- george allen as a comparison. >> i expect to see plenty of that super pac money in the senate race. i'm not sure that virginians will love everything they see. gregg's -- >> the obama campaign will closely coordinate with the camp -- the mccain campaign. -- with the kaine campaign. they hope to make this state of virginia blue again. >> big money for some local schools. tens of thousands of dollars in grants for the d.c. school system. >> another beautiful day in the d.c. area. we will look at how long this will last after the break. >> and the redskins conclude their mini-camp. lefty and bubba become spectators as tiger goes on the prowl at the u.s. open. i've got it all for you >> you are watching abc7 news at 6:00 p.m. with gordon peterson, maureen bunyan, chief meteorologist doug hill and tim brant's. this is abc7 news on your side. >> unemployment claims rose by 6000 since last week. that is the third increase in three weeks, the highest number in six weeks, and at the same time hiring a slowdown. that raises concerns about the pace of the recovery. the extent thousand grants

george allen and tim kane will for debate in a town hall forum at microsoft office is interesting. it is their first joint appearance since allen won the gop nomination. >> checking news around the nation, information about last month's face-chewing attack. the medical examiner says marijuana was the only drug found in the suspect's bloodstream. no traces of are already so- called basalt. the victim has undergone several surgeries and is still in the hospital. the bond has been revoked for a texas man accused of killing his roommate stock and eating it. waco police said a caller reported a man going crazy. they found a man on the porch covered in blood and holding the dead dog. he told he had -- police he had taken them synthetic marijuana and then started biting the dog. >> firefighters are struggling to contain a wildfire near colorado springs, colorado. there are being hampered by hot and windy conditions. more than 30,000 people have been evacuated. 10 acres -- that includes 10 acres of the united states air force academy. dozens of harm -- come 7 destroyed. >> coming back to m

former governor george allen won the republican nomination for the open senate seat. he will face off against tim kaine, who ran unopposed. last night, voters in arizona chose a replacement to fill gabrielle giffordss ' senate seat. she attended the celebration. the crowd began chanting "gabby." the replacement will have to run for reelection in november. >> voters will pick mitt romney or president obama. a poll shows the independent- minded voters do not think much about the president's plan for the economy. they have a negative view. political insiders say the president has to do a better job of convincing voters he will make conditions better in a second term. >> they want to be reassured of the death of the problem and he has a plan to deal with the deterioration of the middle class. >> thank you so much. great to be with you. >> the poll shows problems for romney but not as bad as the president to attack. independents are undecided and that might provide an opening for romney to win them over. >> one of the fastest-growing stations now has a new name. >> . and c

george allen the republican nominee. he won the primary easily winning about 65% of the vote. allen will take on democrat tim kaine for a chance to win back the senate seat he held until 2006. his resounding victory yesterday is a sign that virginiaens are ready for a change in washington. >> we have been going all over virginia and we wanted to send a message to washington and we heard from the people of virginia today and the thousands and thousands who have voted and virginians are fired up and they're ready for america's comeback. >> kaine, virginia's former governor and dnc chairman. a victory for democrats out west. ron barber beat jesse kelly to fill gabrielle giffords' seat. she retired in january. barber was one of giffords' aides. he will have to hit the campaign trail, again, soon, because he will have to run for re-election in november. >>> the ongoing middle east peace process and he'll meet with shimon perez at the white house. the president will later present the president with the medal of freedom at a white house dinner. secretary of state hillary clinton will

george allen won the republican nomination capturing about 65% of the votes. allen made it clear last night that he'll use kaine's connections to president obama against him during this election. >> our message is that virginia do not consider the government takeover of health care "great achievement" as tim kaine calls it. we want obama care repealed. >> kaine, a former governor and dnc chairman ran unopposed. he and allen are hoping to win the senate seat now held by jim webb. >>> a metro station on the red line will get a new name today. the new york avenue/florida avenue gallaudetu station is no more. new york avenue will still be shown on signs around the system for a year until riders get used to the change. the station opened in november of 2004 and serves about 7,400 riders a day. >>> this morning a 17-year-old high school valedictorian is trying to stay in the united states to go to college, but without a green card, she can't apply for basic financial aid. she graduated from wise high school in upper marlboro. her mom brought her and her sister as de

george allen and former gov. tim kane, just one percentage point separating them.ost to jim webb in 2006. >> important information tonight on to on-line security breaches. the first one affects student at the university of virginia. the university says human error cost 300 students transfers and social security numbers to appear online. the problem affects students to apply it to the summer language institute. >> a business social networks site appears to be the latest target of hackers. officials are looking into reports that more than 6 million passwords have been stolen. security experts say the encrypted passwords were posted online and and were working to correct them. users should change their passwords as soon as possible. >> a spectacular moving day for the space shuttle enterprise. it was taken up the hudson river on a barge this morning, passing the statue of liberty and the world trade center site as hundreds of spectators lined the waterfront. enterprise will be hoisted by crane onto the flight deck of the intrepid sea air and space museum, it's permane

overrule -- room was used as a graduates.e for in virginia is over and the senate race between george allencial. ended up with a 65% of the votes against three other candidates. other notable winners were house -- leaderhen there erich counter. -- eric cantor. also tonight we are waiting to gabrielleill fill giffords' seat. she is supporting ron barber. the winner will fill the seat until the november election. lose both men promised to run at that time. >> you just watched kevin durant beat the miami heat in the game won finals. he know he grew up playing prince george's county? is now center stage. roussey talks to people who can -- the new him when scored 36 points tonight. biggest reason oklahoma city 1. outside i did not think anyone was more excited about it than people in maryland. he began cutting his hair when was 7. tonight he watched as the quiet man he remembers the nba finals. >> it is the weirdest thing. >> back to durant and in for the lay up. , durante he was a star learned to play the game at activity center. will be special. >> brian help coach him. would spend 16 or more

. >>> george allen is trying to build momentum for his senate campaign in northern virginia on the evethe state's republican primary. virginia governor bob mcdonnell is among those that will be on hand for a campaign valley today. allen lost the senate seat in 2006 is up against three other gop candidates hoping to challenge democrat tim kaine in the fall. they will not need their i.d.s. the state's new voter i.d. law doesn't take effect until july 1st. >>> governor mcdonnell will head to europe to promote job creation. he will make stops in germany, britain, and sweden. he has led five similar trade missions. trips have yielded several export agreements and business deals. >>> don't you hate it when you accidentally leave something at a restaurant? britain's prime minister knows that feeling too well. >> we're not talking about a wallet. david cameron and his wife left something behind after having lunch at a london pub. their 8-year-old daughter. this happened a few months ago. nancy cameron spent 15 minutes in the pub before david cameron came back to get her. the camerons were eati

. >> george allen is campaigning, talking, hey, look at him in the -- one of his little phones there! takes pictures and that cost him his senate seat. >> exit question, does america need a national law protecting citizens' privacy from both corporate and government snooping drones? yes or no? >> we've got enough laws now. and it will -- >> we've got not laws, plus there are already 40 members of a drones caucus in the house on capitol hill. >> really? >> support these things. >> drone contractors in there! >> we don't need another law. >> name something they want to hide. quickly. >> we don't need a law. we have the 4th amendment. >> no matter what law they pass, it will be obsolete. technology is moving ahead. >> pending legislation, is inadequate. we need a law. issue three, overhauling the tsa. >> my theory is let's clean out, not have the officers look for the knives and small things. focus on bombs, toxins, things that could destroy the plane. >> he is frustrated with the tsa, the transportation security administration. the agency he oversaw from 2005 to 2009. he now says airpor

if he does not it will be up -- >> former virginia governor and current congressional candidate george allen received an endorsement today from the man some have mentioned as a possible republican pick for vice president. marco rubio made the announcement that he is supporting him in arlington this morning. >> coming up on abc 7 news at noon more trouble for lance armstrong. he is accused of -- what he is accused of not and what it could cost him. >> in virginia mother accepted a diploma for a son she lost too soon. >> incredible video out of texas. a hail storm you've got to see to believe. >> nothing like that in our forecast. >> a high-school graduation ceremony this week was bittersweet for a virginia mother. >> she accepted the diploma for her son less than two weeks after he was killed in a car crash. >> antonio was the passenger in a car that was hit by a pickup truck. at the ceremony, she thing to the students and faculty of the high school for all of their support and she said the graduation ceremony certainly helped her with a loss. >> president obama is visiting the world trade ce

many people consider it's a foregone conclusion that george allen is going to win, and, by the way, we have an interesting presidential race going on and that's a lot more fun. >> and john mo everyboran is fio keep his seat. and many who are running are focused on the waterfront development plan. >>> arizona is holding a special election to fill the seat by congressman gabrielle giffords. she is backing a former aide. he is facing jesse kelly. gifford resigned in january to focus on recovery. >>> time to look at the weather. pouring rain, just like that. >> isn't it amazing how that happens? you have to be prepared, pay attention to the forecast and this morning, you will need ab umbrella. we look at storm 4 radar, the wide view, showing all of this moving color. those are some generally light showers and most of the brief passing showers are leaving less generally than a tenth of an inch of rain. one moderate band comes through and that area of dark green in central prince georges county into montgomery county and west to northern loudoun county. heavier rain in the areas of yellow. a

george allen is the front-runner and is poised to run the gop nomination in the senate rhys. up for three lesser known challengers for the seat he lost in 2006. if he

tim cain, george allen, former senator. right across the river from washington. it matches up perfectly with the national presidential campaign. that is going to be the test case for the whole country. chris: i think you're right. and you think it will go the way after? >> yes, i think whoever wins the senate wins the presidency, etc. >> if the supreme court strikes down obama care, this could be a silver lining for obama because small businesses may see it as a reason to start hiring and it may improve the economy. >> the politics of the olympics. mitt romney is associated with the olympics, wants to get some of that magic. a big question for his campaign is do you unveil your vice president selection before or after? chris: when does the olympics start? >> end of jacksonville. it's before or after. chris: john sflune just guessing. >> chris, i just got off a plane from cairo and people, including u.s. officials are highly anxious this weekend as the presidential election comes to its conclusion about the place blowing up again. the u.s. has been meeting with si

. >> you had a chance to elect someone like george allen that will be a leader from day one. he's not going to have to take the orientation course. >> allen is a former senator as well as the former governor. >>> do you remember obama girl making headlines back in 2007 for her online song about the presidential nominee. now, right in time for the next election, obama boy. ♪ [ music ] ♪ [ music ] >> the video was released on youtube earlier this week. and it was the same tune as the original obama girl. the creators would like to show their support for the president's announcement earlier this year. oh my, shaking with feelings. >>> coming up next, surviving cancer. a new report says that the number of cancer survivors will grow significantly over the next decade. we'll take a look at some of the reasons why coming up at 7:00. >> see you then, lesli. >>> still to come in this half hour of 9news, some changes on the horizon for metro and the people that ride it. what you need to know about rush flex. topper? >>> another fantastic day. temperatures are a little below average, whi

thank you very much, good seeing you. >> thank you, keel. >> neil: george allen.r side that democrats are not in this election in their own right. north carolina democrat mike mcintyre dodging a question whether he's even going to endorse the president and democrats who don't want to be seen campaigning with the president and others who have regrets to the convention, and you have to wonder whether any of this is a concern to the president. presidential historian doris kaerns good win say a lot of the democrats will be concerned if the president wins in the poll. i guess the message is be careful if he wins because he won't forget you spotting out of him, right? >> absolutely. i think it's not unusual in history for local politicians who have a different point of view from the president to want to run on their own and distance themselves from the president, but when that president wins then they will be not rewarded to put it the most mildly. >> what happens-- >> the president understands this. >> and harry truman in 1948, doris, i know you weren't born of course,

former senator and governor george allen is seen as the favorite. but he is facing a challenge from prince william county's bob marshal along with jamie radke and e. w. jackson. the winner will face democrat tim kaine. there are also several house races including a challenge to incumbent jim moran in the eighth descrictd and also to -- district and also to republican eric cantor in virginia's seventh district. on the local level, voters will be selecting democratic candidates for the alexandria city council. statewide the polls close at 7:00 p.m. >> go to our virginia voters guide at wusa9.com. at the top of the home page you can click on campaign 2012. >>> a u.s. navy spokesperson says no one on the ground was injured when drone aircraft crashed on maryland's eastern shore yesterday. the unmanned plane went down and burst into flames near bloodsworth island. authorities say the drone was on a routine maintenance flight when it crashed. >>> the maryland man charged with driving a stolen jeep into a downtown washington, d.c. office and attempting to