. >> the man trying to take his seat is his democratic opponent john delaney. bruce leshan has more. >> reporter: rosco bartlet may be the only member of congress with the survival cabin in the west virginia woods. >> you're planning because the supermarket may not always be there. >> reporter: the ten-term congressman from frederick now finds his political future threatened. john delaney, a wealthy entrepreneur, a democrat with a big house just outside the district in potomac is running a well financed campaign to unseat bartlet. >> people can make things up with no bearing of the truth, completely false things, like rosco bartlet is saying about me. >> delaney's company owned nursing homes where inspectors found mistreatment of seniors. >> reporter: bartlet, the republican, has tried to turn delaney's business background against him. >> what we're doing is quoting what areas have said. >> i'm actually very proud of what my companies have done, all the jobs we've created. >> reporter: bartlet has struggled with gaffes. he said federal student loans violate the

he's 86 years old and he's been at this for 20 years but his democratic challenger john delaney is a successful businessman and this redistricting has certainly given him the edge. last night both of these candidates sat down in our studios and they debated the issues but also discussed why they're running. listen. >> some have suggested that part of the reason you're running is because the party asked you to do it because they didn't have anybody else that even had a chance in the new district. did that have anything to do with it? >> it probably does. i really reach across the aisle. for instance, i am the legislator of the year for the humane society. i really appeal to people on a broad spectrum. i have a doctorate. i'm a scientist. my first degree was in theology. i was a home builder. so i can identify with people in a lot of different areas. >> why are you running? >> i think the american dream is about tomorrow being better than today. and for us to continue to fulfill that promise, we have to reverse the employment trends that this country is facing. i believe i'm uniquely p

bartlett and john delaney will be live in our studio for the whole news cast and discuss the issues that are important you. that's tomorrow, 7pm. >>> let's take a live look outside right now. it is dark right now. you will remember another gorgeous fall day. how is the rest of the evening shaping up? >> very nice. a little bit above average for the next few days. let's start with the temperatures. we hit 73 today. the air mass is pretty dry. temps are falling a little bit. nothing crazy. 64 downtown. 63 in lease burg. i'm a -- leesburg. 66 in frederick county. i don't think gathersburg is colder than frederick county. i think some high clouds will come in after midnight. high clouds after midnight that are now located in ohio. high clouds by dawn. those 45 and 55. when we come back, more september temperatures and we will track tropical storm sandy. she could influence our weekend weather? >>> dc mayor vince gray, presented leo johnson with the first ever mayor's medal of honor. johnson who was a building manager took out a gunman. that suspect floyd is now behind bars facing a slew of c

. >> derrick is back on 7 with our news cast and bartlett and john delaney in studio. >>> wusa9.com is always on. have a good night.

he's been at this for 20 years but his democratic challenger john delaney is a successful businessman in and of his own right and no doubt this redistricting has certainly given delaney the edge. both of these candidates sat down here in our studios last night with our derek mcginty to debate the issues and to discuss why each of them are running. >> some have suggested part of the reason you're running is because the party asked you to do it because they didn't have anybody who had a chance. did that have anything to do with it? >> i reach across the aisle. i'm the legislator of the year for the humane society. i appeal to people on a broad spectrum. i have a doctorate. i'm a scientist. my first degree was in theology. i was a home builder. so i can identify with people in a lot of different areas. >> why are you running? >> listen, i think the american dream is about tomorrow being better than today. and for us to continue to fulfill that promise, we have to reverse the employment trends that this country is facing. i believe i'm uniquely positioned to do that as someone who started

incumbent congressman ross company bartlet and his democratic challenger john delaney will go head to head. and it's occurring at the hagerstown community college in the keppler auditorium. it begins at 7:00 p.m. >>> let's turn to the presidential campaign. president obama and mitt romney are both making a big push for women's vote in the final days of their campaign. danielle nottingham has more. >> reporter: president obama headed to man chaser, new hampshire this morning to rally supporters and sway undecided voters of the the president and republican challenger mitt romney are both making a push for women's votes in the final weeks of the campaign. >> this is a presidency that has not helped america's women. as i go across the country and ask women what can i do to help, what they speak about day in and day out is help me find a good job. >> reporter: recent polls show romney making gains with women voters, but his comment at tuesday's debate about hiring women as massachusetts governor is still drawing fire. >> they brought us whole binders full of women. >> reporter: romney appa

because of restricting stern- term -- incumbent ross company bartlet -- rosco bartlet and john delaney will be discussing the issues important to you tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. >>> former south dakota senator george mcgovern will be buried here in washington. mcgovern lost the 1972 presidential election. it was a landslide to richard nixon. he died yesterday. he was 90 years old. there will be a public viewing and funeral service for mcgovern later this week in sue falls. then there will be a -- sioux falls. then there will be a private burial in washington, d.c. >>> new release guidelines for testing for cervical cancer. what you will need to know about. that story and much more coming up in our 9news now at 7:00. >> we'll be watching that closely. >>> still ahead on 9news now, the bizarre link between the murder of a pregnant bride to be in brooklyn and sniper lee boyd malvo. >> temperatures a little above average on the high side. it's just going to get warmer. here are the numbers. still behind for the month on precip and over eight and a half inches behind for the year. we'll come back

roscoe bartlett will meet democrat john delaney in their first debate tonight in hagerstown. their second debate is next wednesday in the same place. then on sunday, the 21st, they debate in rockville. that is followed by appearances in cumberland the next afternoon and one in frederick that night. the debates wrap up with a second frederick appearance sunday the 28th. so these candidates will spend a lot of time talking with each other. >>> if u plan on voting in maryland, d.c. or virginia in the upcoming election and haven't registered to vote yet, you only have a few days left. in virginia you have until monday. in maryland the deadline is next tuesday and in d.c. your only option at this point is to register in person at the election boards headquarters, but you only have until friday, october 19th, to do that. if you need more specifics on voter registration, you can find it at www.wusa9.com. look under our campaign 2012 tab. it's going to be an exciting night here tonight. again our coverage with the wusa9 team as well as usa today. we'll have it all for you. >> before

. >>> in other news, the campaign of john delaney says that he made a mistake by not voting in two elections in the last six years. delaney is a democrat. he's running for congress in maryland. his campaign admits that he did not vote in the 2006 general election or the 2010 democratic primary. he is running against incumbent republican rosco bartlet. this campaign raises questions whether delaney is trustworthy, according to the republicans. >>> clues raised about the disappearance of a senior missing. >> police have a new clue in the search for a man who is groping women and also girls in springfield, virginia. we'll have those stories when we come back. krystal conwell : we see a lot of problems with the... number of students that we have. resources. materials. things that the children need... on a day-to-day basis. anncr: question seven will help. the department of legislative services says question seven... will mean hundreds of millions of dollars... for schools...from gaming revenues that would have... gone to other states. and independent audits will guarantee the money... goes where

of the hottest races is in the sixth district between representative bartlet and his challenger john delaney. tonight on 9news now at 7:00, both mr. bartlet and mr. delaney will be in our studio. that's right here on 9news now tonight at 7:00. >>> right now here's a live look at the big board on wall street where stocks ha fallen sharply after 3-m and dupont drastically cut their third quarter earnings. dupont also said it would be cutting about 1500 jobs. the dow is waiverring between 249 -- waiverring between 249 points, the dow's biggest decline since june 1. >>> good washington go the way of new york city and ban the sale of sugary drinks? several members of the d.c. council say they'd support it. kristin fisher has more from outside of the home of the big gulp 7-left gln this is not -- 7-eleven. >> this is not right. >> reporter: just mentioning sugary drink bans enough to set off this store owner. how is it going to affect your business? >> big time. >> reporter: it's not a done deal. not even close. no action of any kind has been taken by the d.c. council but according to wtop, during

bart lee and his democratic challenger john delaney will be in the studio for the entire newscast to discuss issues important to district six marylanders. that's tonight right here on 9news now at 7:00. >>> another highly contested election day issue in maryland involves ballot question seven. it asks vote fers they wand to -- voters if they want to expand gambling. if approved it would establish a casino at national harbor in prince george's county. supporters claim it would create more jobs and potentially provide hundreds of millions of dollars for education. but the maryland public policy institute says it's not all that it seems. >> it seems to me they state one thing over and over again that there's going to be more money for schools and they hope you're going to believe it. >> as governor i can promise you that money will go to education. that's the law and that's what we'll do. >> if you read the law there's no new money going to schools as a result of question seven. it's basically going toeplace the money that was coming from other sources like the general fund. >> supporte

the campaign of john delaney admits he made a mistake by not voting in two elections in the last six years. he's a democrat running for congress in maryland. his campaign says he didn't vote in the 2006 general election or the 2010 democratic primary. he's running against incumbent republican ross company bartlet. the bartlet campaign says this issue raises questions about delaney's trustworthiness. >> reporter: a d.c. police officer is suing to police officers and the county government. richard merit was arrested in fairmont heights last saturday and he claims the arrests officers used excessive force and committed civil rights violations. the lawsuit is seeking $3 million. >>> our time is 6:37. in nine minutes we'll go into the kitchen. >> we can smell the success right now in the studio. you'll want to stay tuned for that. howard says we'll have a nice day. the showers you see now are moving out. highs in the 80s. wait till you hear about the fantastic friday and a look at the weekend ahead. keep it here. ♪ [ harry umlaut ] hey you know what, i speak european. [ sally umlaut ] eur

bartlet and his democratic challenger john delaney will be in our studio for the entire newscast to discuss issues important to district 6 residents. that's right here tonight at 7:00. >>> lawyers for the man accused of trying to firebomb an arlington shopping mall are apparently concerned about his mental state. they asked a judge yesterday to order an evaluation for leon trail, jr. the judge set up a hearing today. police say trail tossed a molotov cocktail into the food court at ballston common mall last thursday. the device did not explode and no one was hurt. hours later police arrested trail near the courthouse metro station. >>> a former c.i.a. officer accused of leaking the names of covert operatives to journalists is expected to enter a guilty plea today. he has a change of plea hearing scheduled. he initially pleaded not guilty to charges he disclosed the names of two covert c.i.a. operatives. >>> a massive electronic database detailing the burial sites of hundreds of thousands of people at national arlington cemetery is now accessible to the public. old records were kept on index

incumbent congressman ross company bartlet and democratic challenger john delaney will go head to head. that's what happened at hagerstown community college in the keppler auditorium at 7:00 p.m. >>> it's coming unon 6:35. -- up on 6:35. jessica doyle is back. >> she's watching your money and student loan debt. >> college seniors are looking at the situation where they're saying college student loan piling up at record levels. you can blame rising tuition and a tough job market for the bump in student loan debt among new grads. last year the average college student graduated with nearly $27,000 in outstanding loans. that's up 5% from the year before. the institute for college access and success projects says tuition fees, the availability of financial aid and the cost of living all factoring into the amount of debt that students are piling up. >>> you have to move fast if you want to cash in on a hot social media trend. and this one has the domain name binders full of women.com. was snapped up in less than two minutes after the phrase was uttered by mitt romney during the debate on tue

bartlet and his democratic challenger john delaney will be in studio for our entire newscast. they are going to discuss the issues important to district 6 marylanders. that's tonight right here on 9news now at 7:00 p.m. >>> tonight candidates for maryland's third and fourth congressional districts will discuss their views in a forum. it begins at 7:00 at anne arundel community college. libertarian paul drogus, republican eric knowles and john sarbanes will discuss district 3 and then at 8:15. >>> unfortunately he's still out there somewhere. the man who sexually assaulted a woman on the popular jogging trail the capital crescent. the latest attack took place last night on the stretch of the trail near massachusetts avenue in bethesda. a man came up from behind a woman, knocked her on the back of the head and assaulted her. says' receiving treatment in the hospital while police search for her attacker. they're also telling joggers to be extra careful. >>> two very different versions of the same story are emerging in the harassment trial of douglas kennedy. he's the youngest son

. >> the state legislature drew the line so they could elect one more democrat and that is john delaneymoney on his own and they put him in with roscoe bartlett. delany will knock him off by virtue of what the district is composed of. democrats wanted to do this and they'll probably succeed. >> mark tonight. >>> we invite you to tell us what you think. tweet your thoughts with the hash tag, fox35dc you decide. fox 5 will do a 30 minute political special starting monday. fox 5 news edge, you decide 2012. over you candidates and issues that will help you in the voting booth. see you monday night right after the news edge at 6:00. >> a twist in the trial of two officers accused of beating a college student. why a judge dropped some of the charges. plus, one of the biggest local road projects in decades is close to wrapping up. if you're a commuter like me, you have to be happy about that. tonight, you'll find out what it will cost you to drive the new beltway express lanes. >>> keeping us up a little bit later tonight. >> that was a doozy and we have it on viper. that rain that delayed the

congressman roscoe bartlett, john delaney and nicholas mueller welcome all [applause] over the next hour we'll be presenting questions first that were provided by league of women voters but we also have an audience here at the kepler center and and audience on facebook, twitter and e-mail that have been submitting questions as well. we will get to those questions after a short break. let's get right to it tonight. the candidates all drew numbers before the debate or before the forum began. going first tonight is john delaney and question number one for you, what specific plans would you propose to decrease health care costs? delaney: so, in terms of decreasing health care costs it is a very significant issue this country faces. what we have to do is bend the health care cost curve so we can be more competitive with other countries and provide high level of care we spend in our country. we spend twice as much on health care as other developed nations and it is not clear we're getting twice the better outcomes. what i would do, first thing i do, allow the federal government to negotiate on

delaney valley memorial gardens donated five plots to help the family. >>> anne arundel county executive john leopold is confident the lawsuit against him will be thrown out. but on the off chance he pledged to reimburse the county for his legal fees. a former employee is suing saying leopold fired her after she complained he made inappropriate commented and criticized her hair style. >>> today local clergy coming out in support of the measure. one news conference in baltimore, the other will be outside a church in silver spring. the general assembly passed the law earlier this year allowing same sex marriage in the state. voters will decide if it should take effect on november 6th. >>> you know the old rule stop drop and rule when it comes the fires. now -- the fires. now federal emergency officials want to make sure they drop, cover and hold on. those are the instructions now being given during the earthquake. people across five states including here in maryland will be practicing today. it's all part of the great southeast shakeout an earth quick response drill. last -- earthquake response