gerry connolly zero leases upon by 981 votes.s came hours after gerry connolly was released from hospital. >>> the deadline has passed for first responders from 9/11 to accept faced settlement. more than 10,000 people involved in the cleanup of the 9/11 site filed lawsuit. they had until midnight to decide whether to except and $850 million settlement. 95% of the responders must agree for the deal to go through. >>> we are following a developing story this morning as president obama returned to indonesia where he spent four years as a child than the president will spend 24 hours in that country. we go live with more on the president's trip to. >> good morning, this is familiar territory for president obama this morning. he is in jakarta, indonesia, place he has not set foot in for more than three decades. it arrived early this. this he had an official greeting and now he is meeting with in -- the indonesian president. this is a place where he lived for four years as a boy. this is a homecoming of sorts but it is also a chance to

. >>> gerry connolly is out of the hospital now. he too is expected to make an announcement giving an update on his medical condition as well as his re-election fight. doctors treated him for a blood clot in an artery. >> -- >>> it was good discussion. we'll talk about some of the specific issues that matter most. >> that was greg wald ron talking about the road ahead now that the republicans have taken control of the house. the republicans have won 239 seats and they're leading in the races for four seats. >>> president obama enjoying a state dinner soon in indonesia. the president and first lady arrived in the capital of jakarta about an hour ago or so. the president sitting down for talks with indonesia's president. >>> other stories making headlines this morning. a shooting in the district has left one teenager dead and another in the hospital. it happened along holbrook street in northeast last night where police found the victims. their names haven't been released yet. we do know the boy who died was between 16 and 18 years ol

keith fimian is expected to concede allowing gerry connolly to serve a second term. sarah simmons is live with a closer look. >> reporter: good morning. as you know, this has been a very tight race. virginia congressman, the incumbent, gerry connolly, he has been leading in this race, leading by nearly 1,000 votes. but according to the "washington post" today, his challenger republican keith fimian is expected to concede in this race although all we have at this point from the fimian camp is that they releaseed a statement saying they will make his intentions known later on this morning. connolly meanwhile was hospitalized as you know last week after the election and has since been released. his condition was kept pretty quiet until yesterday when a campaign spokesman said that, while the congressman was visiting his doctor, he was hospitalized for a blood clot in an artery. it looks like connolly was able to hold off keith fimian once again. as you may remember, the two ran for the same seat two years ago and connolly won by 12 points. this race was much closer and

less than 1000 votes separated ham and gerry connolly. he congratulated him on the victory. gerry connolly is expected to hold a news conference later this afternoon >>> president obama is continuing his world tour. he returned today to his childhood home in indonesia. tomorrow, the world will watch as he delivers a major address. karen travers is traveling with the president in jakarta but he came to indonesia, the world's most populous muslim nation and chided the israelis and palestinians for not stepping up and doing more to pursue peace. >> we are not seeing each side makes the extra effort involved to get a break through. >> mr. obama said plans for a new israeli settlements could break the trust between both sides. the president continued his push for greater u.s. engagement with the moslem world. >> that will be good for our security but it will also be good for the larger cause of understanding between the united states and the moslem world that of the visit today was a homecoming. mr. obama was in indonesia for four years as a young boy. >> i barely recognized this

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he faced gerry connolly. fewer than 1,000 votes separate the two. connolly will be back at work. doctors treatedim over the weekend for a blood clot. >>> violence claimed another young life in the district. a gunman shot two teenagers in the 1300 block of holbrook street in northeast. both victims wre taken to the hospital. that's where police say a juvenile was pronounced dead. their names have not been released. lice also have not said whether they have a suspect or a motive. >>> also in the district, investigators will return to southeast today to search for clues after some hun remains were found. a skull and another bone were found along malcolm x avenue not far from the anacostia freeway. investigators returned to the scene to look for mo evidence. it's still too early to tell if it was a homicide and they're also not sure how long the remains have been there. >>> firefighters set a local home on fire. wait until you hear what neighbors have to say abt it. >>> middle school football team pulls off a tric

the incumbent gerry connolly is heading back to capitol hill. it was a narrow victory. he led it kenyan by just 981 votes. -- he led the fimian by 981. he says he will not pursue a recount. >>> he calls them the most that's -- a pivotal decisions. tours of the bush is speaking out in his new book and sitting down with the queen of top, oprah winfrey. we have the details. >> the former president has remained out of the limelight until now. he was to set the record straight and explain exactly what he was thinking during his most heralded and criticized decisions. >> a lot of people did not think i could read much less right. >> the former president was an open book in promoting his book, "decision points" when he sat down with oprah. he remained confident of his bank bailout to stave off the depression. >> i believe that helped save the country. i really do. >> and his defiant decision to return to the white house on 9/11. >> i overrode the national security team and said i was coming home. i was not going to give a speech from a bunker in the omaha, nebraska. >> when it

he's faced incumbent gerry connolly.her and traffic when the mome you feel run down or achy nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, with osllococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud. >>> good morning. we've got the bright sunshine. it will climb to near 60 this the next several hours by early to mid afternoon. lots of sun, a few wispy high clouds f. tomorrow sunny and not as windy. near 60. a bit cooler after that. how's traffic, jerry. >> we're still loaded up. the good news is the lanes are open but two and across the 14th street bridge and through southeast, tough times on 295, sylvan parkway. had an accident right at the 11th street bridge. eun? >> thank you, jerry. today on nbc 4, an "eln" exclusive >>> we're back now with more of "today" on this tuesday morning, it's the 9th day of november, 2010. turning into a beauty here in the northeast, be skies, a little wind, temperature about 43 degrees, or 45 degrees, it's nice now and we thank these people for sticking around. out

. >> congressman gerry connolly says this will not affect his approach to the job. >> i was elected to exercise my good judgment. >> he says it is the economy that turned voters against him. the voters saying that it was him of. >> he, like many members of congress, have their own agendas and they will pursue them come hell or high water. >> he was the tone deaf. i wrote his office. >> connolly will remain a u.s. congressman despite losing by a hair. fimian says he will not pursue a recount. there are some ballots that have not been counted, fimian wrote on tuesday. it is not enough to change the outcome of the contest. according to the latest numbers, connolly led by 981 votes, 0.4% of all votes cast making this one of the tightest congressional races in the entire country. >> he will have to pursue a very moderate approach. questar the campaign, connolly hit fimian on social issues. he made controversial remarks about gun control. fimian tried to nail connolly on the economy. the 11th district is the richest in the country. connolly was hospitalized with a blood clot after the campai

republican keith famian conceding the reese race to gerry connolly.ike fimian lost by about 900 votes. that is still a narrow enough margin to request a recount. >>> millions of dollars that was supposed to go to holocaust survivors has been stolen. up next, details of the alleged heist. >>> fired for bashing her boss on facebook. but not so fast. the latest on the first of its kind legal battle. >>> let's take a look at what happened up on wall street. dow and nasdaq both down. overseas, the nikkei hay p retty -- had a pretty good jump in tokyo. [ female announcer ] introducing splenda® no calorie sweetener granulated with fiber. sweet! [ female announcer ] tastes like sugar and has 3 grams of fiber per tablespoon. use it almost anywhere you use sugar. even in cooking and baking. sweet! [ female announcer ] splenda® granulated with fiber. we helped keep your skin clear. now we have a solution for wrinkles. neutrogena anti wrinkle with retinol sa smoothes even deep wrinkles. it works...beautifully. neutrogena. i mean, that's why i like it. but, like m

keith fimian conceded the race to gerry connolly. >>> we have the latest in that alleged plot to bomb the d.c. metro system. virginia man believed to be involved has had his day in court. farooque ahmed pleaded not guilty to charges that he provided material support to terrorists and helped plan an tax -- an attack on four metro station. he waived his right it a speedy trial. it is now set to begin in april. he is facing up to 50 years in prison if convicted. >>> we have an update on the shooting death of a tamper tam -- a teenager in the district. joseph sharp was killed. his friend was shot in the leg and survived. both were students at spingarn high school. >>> in >>> investigators say a woman went out to a dumpster behind her apartment building on scenic meadow drive on monday night and she says a man approached her and grabbed her and threatened her way well on and sexually assaulted her before he got away. >>> a potentially dangerous drink that is becoming the rage on college campuses all across the country. washington state will take up a possible ban of the drink known as four

and congressman gerry connolly out in virginia and the washington, d.c., suburbs has won as well as rick larson from washington state. both of those races are now over after republican candidates conceded. out in california's 20th district, congressman jim costa in a very tight contest against a first-time candidate named adam. the republican candidate leads by 145 votes at the moment. but there are still 50,000 absentee ballots left to be counted. the fresno area doesn't count their ballots fast. it looks like jim costa will be safe in the long term. turn then to illinois' eighth congressional scrict. start to get bad news for democrats. melissa bean, sort of off-the-radar campaign. not a lot of people expected her to be challenged this coming year or in the 2010 mid terms. now she trails our opponent, joe walsh, by a couple hundred votes. if melissa bean does not take the lead, the republican ballots will come in later this month from other more republican parts of that district. that's going to be real bad news for her if she can't take the lead today, she's probably not coming back t

let us begin with virginia 11th race, where gerry connolly, democratic incumbent, 49%, and keith fimian, tied, with 99% reporting. that was akentucky 6, another br that is too close to call this morning. chandler, the democrat, 50 percent, and andy barr, 50%. arizona's eighth, gifford, who had to fight hard for perceived both times. kelly, a republican, 48%. arizona seventh, the incumbent is fighting to return to congress against mcclellan's -- mclung, the republican. i just want to end on the texas 17th race, it is one you talked about a little bit. but chet edwards, the longtime democratic incumbent didn't beaten by bill flores, the republican. this district was redrawn in 2004. republicans were hoping to get rid of chet edwards back then. he has battled since then but it looks like bill flores was a republican able to do what others were not. john mccain won this district in 2008 with 67% of the vote. of a result, go to our website, c-span.org. host: carrie budoff brown, i want to ask you about those last two races. arizona's seventh. guest: he was a big supporter of comprehensive im

gerry connolly, the seat previously held by tom davis, another freshman democrat -- it is another indicator for where tonight is going. >> all of those congressional races in virginia will be good indicators. 11th district, certainly, because congressman connolly has positioned his republican opponent as too extreme, as many democratic incumbents have done in this election year. he has the virginia -- northern virginia suburbs in that district. it will be telling to see whether or not that message works and helps him keep his seat. the fifth district race is a huge for democrats and congressman perriello. president obama coming in there to campaign for perriello is not really surprising. if there is one embattled congressional democrat who it would make the most sense for president obama to go in and campaign for, and on the part of the democratic incumbent to embrace the president, it would be tom perriello. he has not run from the core parts of president obama's agenda. he voted for health care, the stimulus. he has not run from president obama. they stood next to each other just ahead of