, and i approve this message. >>> a fox 5 exclusive on fox 5 news at 10:00, virginia congressman jim moran and his son patrick sat down with me for their first interview since a voting scandal enveloped moran's reelection campaign. patrick moran resigned from his father's campaign after being caught on tape discussing a plan to cast fraudulent votes with an activist posing as a campaign worker. moran and his son acknowledge mistakes were made. >> but the fact is he made a mistake. he said stupid things. he's been held accountable by me and by the campaign and by everyone else. >> i mean it's outright stupidity, a lack of appreciation for the situation, what he was saying. this is a business in which you appreciate energy and it was trying to corral that energy, but completely lacking the ability to hear what he was saying and the magnitude of it. i didn't take it seriously. >> congressman moran said his son has learned a hard lesson and he still loves his son and stands by him. >>> we have a check list of what you need to know before you go to the polls tomorrow in maryland, virginia and d

but i think the most classic part of the story is the fact that just this week rep jim moran asked the department of justice to probe voter fraud allegations of the state of virginia i guess he should have investigated his son first folks this is a district is so disturbing on so many levels and it's an acute depiction of how distressed our electoral system really is because you and i are going up against people like pat moran people who encourage illegal methods that only serve to move us further away from the legalities that define it the democratic system and that is why pat moran is our villain of the day. ever wonder what happens to confiscated items at the airport security checkpoints well it seems that the transportation security administration or t.s.a. is once again under the spotlight but of course there are no strangers to media scrutiny you see the agency recently fired four hundred of their employees stealing from passengers we're learning about this they radically at the same time as a foil request to shine a light on the top airports where employed theft is most pervasiv

sounds familiar it's because good old patton rand is the son of democratic virginia congressman jim moran and he's also the field director of the arlington office for his father's campaign just a few weeks ago our friend pat got himself in a teensy bit of a bind when he let his guard down to a man who turned out to be an undercover reporter reporter approach moran on his way out of a restaurant and confided in him how he's incredibly nervous about the upcoming election that he fears the idea of romney winning reporter then tells him that he's a list of one hundred registered voters who just haven't voted in a long time and so that he'd like to go vote and their place under their names and this is how the congressman's son reacted. to you and that's. the way you and. killing. people need deals with something with. there's. great idea pat just forge those utility bills right. he actually proceeded to troubleshoot with the reporter about what documents could and couldn't be forged and he was asked on how to do that moran entertain the idea of finding some technically savvy person or just usi

jim moran and gerry connolly, also democrats, retained their seats in the house.nterestingly, the win by tim kaine in virginia keeps that seat in democratic hands. jim webb, a democrat, left the seat open. it is the second loss for george allen. he lost that seat to jim webb six years ago. so a big win for democrats in northern virginia. in the state of maryland, it proved to be the battleground state it always was. back to you. >> thank you. >>> in maryland, democratic incumbent ben cardin easily defeated his challengers to claim a second term. the only upset came in the house, district six, republican incumbent roscoe bartlett will not return to capitol hill. but lost to democrat john delaney. delaney. >>> as we go to break, more from president obama's speech early this morning as he thanked supporters for electing him to four more years in the white house. ite house. >> i believe we can keep the promise of our founders, the idea that if you are willing to work hard, it doesn't matter who you are or where you come from or what you look like or where you live, it

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in virginia's 8th district, jim moran beat patrick murray by an overwhelming margin. it's the second time murray challenged moran. >>> it is now 4:36. 40 degrees. still to come, lots of voters stood in line to cast their votes. coming up, we'll keep an eye on the voting problems in virginia and nationwide. >>> welcome back. at 4:39, it has been a cold start to the week and getting even colder. we've mentioned the "s" word. i had to dig out the winter coats for my kids. they said, you know what, it's november. i'm not putting on my winter coat. >> tom, seems like a big word already. >> and the "s" word is not sun. we're talking about maybe some snow later today. >>> right now storm team 4 radar showing this coastal area of low pressure we've been talking about the last couple of days. it is now a reality. it is a rapidly deepening area of low pressure. a buoy here about 50 miles northeast of ocean city. there's a gust of wind out there about 40 miles an hour. it is really beginning to intensify. right along the coast, this area of yellow and orange, they're getting mod

and gerry connolly winning re- election -- with jim moran and gerry connolly winning relection. we get more now from john henrehan in richmond this morning for us. >> reporter: good morning. this virginia senate race is going to be remembered for one thing, i think, in the long run, money. more money was spent on this senate race than any u.s. senate race in any state including larger states in u.s. history. according to the center for responsive politics, $82 million was spent on this race and $52 million of the $82 million was spent by outside groups, not the political parties, not the candidates themselves. it is just a staggering sum of money. and in his comments to the assembled democratic crowd, the oner, democrat tim kaine, addressed this point. is point. -- the winner, democrat tim kaine, addressed this point i don't so here what is it means, folks. here is what it means. our victory tonight proves that it is the number of people who stand with you, not the number of zeros behind the check. e ch that is what decides elections in the united states of america. >> r

virginia congressman jim moran and his son talk to fox 5 about the voting scandal that hit moran's re-electionampaign. >> up next, hear what both men had to say about it. now, let's hear what tucker has to say about the weather. >> it got cold outside. temperatures in the 20s and 40e -- low 30s. i'll have the details on the forecast and julie wright will have the traffic coming up. [ mitt romney ] we have to work on a collaborative basis. look, the reason i'm in this race is there are people that are really hurting today in this country. and we face this deficit -- could crush the future generations. and republicans and democrats both love america but we need to have leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a republican or a democrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. >>> everyone in the tease area waking up to election day t -- to election day t will be a cold start. the polls don't open here in our area for about another 45 minutes but election did i i

in the 8th congressional district, jim moran beat wayne murray. wolf beat cabral in district 10. don't forget, you can see all the results skroelling crole bottom of your screen throughout the morning. >>> president obama is facing high expectations from voters when it comes to the economy. voters at the polling place, 6 out of 10 say the economy is the top issue. supporters say the economy is slowly but surely improving. only 25% say they're better off than they were four years ago. half wanted to repeal president obama's health care law. and 6 of 10 agreed that taxes should be increased. >> news 4's melissa mollet at the live desk with more on the reaction from the president's re-election. >>> we have heard from france and china, britain's prime minister, and now japan all commenting and congratulating president obama on his win. yoshi spoke to supporters and said i offer president obama congratulations on his re-election. the president will head to cambodia on november 18th to attend an asian summit. this is adding to speculation he may visit nearby myanmar or burma, which is

democrat jim moran downed republican murray in the eighth district and the longest serving northern virginia congressman republican frank wolf won in the 10th district. >> in massachusetts elizabeth warren defeated scott brown. warren'sed a socksy work led to the founding of the u.s. consumer financial protection bureau. >> republican hopes evaporated months ago after the legitimate rape comments came out. mccase cast kill returned to capitol hill for another term. >>> another candidate trying to rebound from controversial comments about rape, richard mourdock. however, he too lost the indiana senate race to joe donnellly. he will replace richard hugher who lost to mourdock in the may area. >>> we go to jessica doyle with more on this. jessica? >> you've come a long way baby. the 113th congress will have at least 19 female senators. that's a record and two more than right now. kate shepherd from mother jones joins us right now andly talk about the situation --you will talk about the situation. 19% of the senate. should we if celebrating? >> obviously it's a great milestone and we should be v

. >>> he owns one of the safest seats in congress, t two weeks ago virginia congressman jim moran's campaign took major hit. his son patrick moran was caught on tape discussing a plan to cast fraudulent votes with an activist posing as campaign worker. patrick was forced to resign from his father's campaign and for the first time since the incident broke the morans agreed to sit down with us here on fox 5. thank you both. congressman, this is perhaps one of the worst instances that could happen i think when you mix politics and family. your name has been dragged through the political mud here a bit and i wonder if perhaps most importantly you got to be disappointed aa father. >> well, it's heartbreaking because i'm afraid that some of patrick's idealism is going to be replaced with a bitter taste, but the fact is he made a mistake. he said stupid things. he's been held accountable by me and by the campaign and by everyone else and, you know, these are lessons in life that have to be learned and sometimes the most important lessons are the hardest ones to experience. i know in my life i've ma

so much to get to first on this, jim, the showdown between the two senators, graham and mccain and the president. abc's terry moranalled it an obama smackdown. "the washington post" john mccain's benghazi, and some say it's about mccain being bitter about losing to obama four years ago. >> i think five names and a conflagration, and number one petraeus and broadwell and number two, benghazi, benghazi, petraeus, broadwell, military ethics, mccain obama reduction, and fifth, the susan rice story, which life imitates art. if you go back and watch the movie advise and content shall the novel then turned movie, it was a south carolina senator opposing the president's nomination as secretary of state that is the whole dynamic of the movie and i'm it willing you, find it on youtube or net flicks because it really parallels, echo out. >> and if it's a media we'll turn it into a media review. the media had an opportunity to ask hard questions and didn't get any at the news conference, why not. >> the format is not controlled to follow-up. he picks the people he's going to call on. people can't respond and say, wait a minut

so much to get to first on this, jim, the showdown between the two senators, graham and mccain and the president. abc's terry morand it an obama smackdown. "the washington post" john mccain's benghazi, and some say it's about mccain being bitter about losing to obama four years ago. >> i think five names and a conflagration, and number one petraeus and broadwell and number two, benghazi, benghazi, petraeus, broadwell, military ethics, mccain obama reduction, and fifth, the susan rice story, which life imitates art. if you go back and watch the movie advise and content shall the novel then turned movie, it was a south carolina senator opposing the president's nomination as secretary of state that is the whole dynamic of the mie and i'm it willing you, find it on youtube or net flicks because it really parallels, echo out. >> and if it's a media we'll turn it into a media review. the media had an opportunity to ask hard questions and didn't get any at the news conference, why not. >> the format is not controlled to follow-up. he picks the people he's going to call on. people can't respond and say, wait a minute, mr.

> terry moran reported earlier on the hard-hit new jersey towns where natural gas is liking out of damaged pipes. how easy is it for the gas to become a fire? >> an important question. abc's jimla went to a fire training session in virginia where they simulated a broken gas line and demonstrated how fast and hot a fire burns once it is lit. in a disaster zone, ignition sources they are everywhere. >> virtually anything can be ignition source, motors, fans, can ignite it. something cherry red, hot enough to ignite the mixture. >> the outside gas like requires a direct spark. but inside, can be explosive. look at that. so if you hear or smell gas, get out and call 911. we hear the reports about the towns where they're hearing the hissing. incredibly important advice. >> a lot of people are trying to maintain normalcy, they don't have power, may have a gas stove. trying to cook. all these things happening. >> be careful, folks, please. contaminated walter another issue. another danger of a storm like this. abc's medical editor, dr. richard besser sampled floodwaters in lower manhattan and took it to a lab. it found gasoline and two types of bacteria in sewage. any one who comes