now ken cuccinelli has announced his plan to run for governor next year.is efforts launched a website called coochwatch.com. we are now joined by one of the directors of the organization. shelley abrams, welcome to the show. good to be here in richmond. explain what has taken place in the last few weeks. >> basically, the attorney general has strong armed the port of help, who was about to approve regulations that could possibly exempt existing clinics, like mine, who have been safely performing abortions, exempt us from having to adhere to our detection long guidelines that are essentially inserted to shut us down, they are so costly and unnecessary. ken cuccinelli, our attorney general, threatened the board a couple of days before the vote, if they were to insert this grandfather clause that would allow was to continue without the architectural guidelines, that he would potentially refused to represent them in any future legal cases that they might have related to being on the board. this did, in fact, work. the board did not entered a grandfather clause

. >>> in virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli's reversing course on claims of voter fraud. a pen pep man working in rocking -- a pennsylvania man working in rockingham county was arrested last week on charges he three away eight completed voter registration forms. that man worked for the same company already being investigated for over 200 fraud voter claims in florida. now cuccinelli's office says it will investigate the claims in virginia. >>> that virginia senate rate is heating up and our peggy fox is tracking where george allen and tim kaine stand on the issues. you can seat first installment of her story at www.wusa9.com -- see the first installment of her story at www.wusa9.com. >>> meantime in leesburg support for one of the presidential candidates burns bright on one family's front lawn and we mean that literally. >> reporter: i'm surae chinn in leesburg where the political climate has heated up literally where one resident had her sign burned to the ground. >> it was a little scary. >> reporter: a drive stopped to tell the stephens their yard sign was on fire -- a

. >>> tonight virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli is expanding an investigation into possible statewide voter fraud. a pennsylvania man faces charges in rockingham county of throwing completed registration forms into the trash. that man worked for a company hired by republicans to conduct voter registration drivers. >>> signs that the political climate is on fire, well, one leesburg couple found their romney sign actually burning in their front yard. >> reporter: i'm surae chinn in leesburg where the political climate has heated up literally where one resident had her sign burned to ground. >> it was a little scary. >> reporter: a driver stopped to tell the stevens their yard sign was on fire. >> monday morning there was a knock on the the door. there was a huge fire -- knock at the door. there was a huge fireball in my front yard. >> reporter: the stevens are romney supporters. she took a few snapshots of what was left of their 4 by 8 romney sign in their front yard. >> it is very disheartening and sad that somebody would choose to do this. shame on them, you know. freedom of speech. w

. >>> virginia attorney ken cuccinelli is reversing claims on voter fraud. a pennsylvania manual was arrested last week -- man was arrested last week on charges he threw away eight completed voter registration forms. cuccinelli's office says it will investigate the claims in the commonwealth. >>> what did a cheap -- was it a cheap setup or blatant proof of dishonest politics. a new video showing pat moran apparently giving advice on how to commit voter fraud. >> the fallout from this video has already started. pat moran stepped down as director of his father's campaign. ken molestina has more on the video from a conservative watch group which focuses on exposing government corruption. >> reporter: the hidden camera video was recorded at an arlington restaurant on october 8. the investigator disguises as a democratic supporter and tries to get advice. listen closely. >> he's looking for two guys to help him. he's got -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: after understanding the intention to scirpt the new voter i.d. -- to skirt the new voter i.d. law, they walk and t

. >> ken cuccinelli is expanding allegedtigation into to destroy voter registration applications. a pennsylvania man working for a company republicans hired to registration drives is facing charges that he several completed iner registration forms rockingham county. the maryland state board of the pageswant to know some absentee in an enemy and prince george's county. governor o'malley issued a boardent saying the less than 20 ballots were issing a page containing key as expandedch .ambling, sex marriage >> turning to the presidential day for, another busy president obama. be in tampa, florida. then denver. richmond for a then to.ent and chicago to. but first lady michelle obama in los angeles and on jimmy kimmel live tonight. mitt romney is on the road holding a campaign event in ohio today. crisscrossing that state. n the in virginia will rallies in .harlottesville and bristol >> new revelations that sniper , 10 years after the sniper shootings, he said he was sexually abused by his accomplice john allen mohammed. he said in happen from when he years old until he was arrested. t

. >>> ken cuccinelli is now stepping into a politically charged investigation into possible border fraud. they authorized the investigation yesterday and asked cuccinelli to get involved. it centers around a contractor hired to register voters for the republican party, who now faces criminal charges for allegedly destroying registration forms. the contractor's parent company is already being investigated in florida for more than 200 allegations of voter fraud. >>> more ballot problems in maryland uncovered by the news4 iteam. thousands of voters may have received more than one copy of their absentee ballot. the board of elections sent out extra copies after discovering postal bar codes on some ballots may have been incorrect. it comes just days after some voters reported their ballots were missing a page. you still vote, but the board of elections says if you submit both ballots, only the one with the later date will be counted. >>> spending on maryland's most publicized ballot question is reaching new heights. more than $60 million has been spent so far on advertising for and against qu

later on today, virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli will be in alexandria to discuss how the change could impact property rights in virginia. >>> maryland has a lot on the ballot, same-sex marriage, gambling and the dream act. the dream act would allow illegal immigrants in maryland to pay in-state college tuition rates if they meet specific requirements. supports say it would be an economic boost. opponents say it encourages illegal immigration. this morning, the prince george's county executive and the state's attorney and state senator wilhold a news conference on this issue. is is . >>> next week, maryland senate candidates will debate live on fox 5 morning news. ing news. that is next wednesday, october 31st starting at 9:00 a.m. if have you a question, send it to senate debate at wttg.com. >>> ate senate candidate's comments about rape draw controversy and heat up the battle lines between president obama and mitt romney. >> and we are watching hurricane sandy. the storm slamming into jamaica and it could impact our forecast in a few days. we'll be right back. teacher: this is

meanwhile virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli is investigating a republican operative arrested forowing voter registration forms in a dumpster. operative colin small who couldn't be reached for comment had previously work for strategic allied consulting, a consulting firm fired by the republican national committee last month after employees turned in hundreds of suspicious registration forms in florida, including some with fake addresses like a shell gas station. at the time the head of the firm told nbc news he was the victim of a few bad apples that work for him. >> that was michael isikoff. in florida early voting begins tomorrow and so will a massive initiative to encourage people to vote early. reverend al sharpton will take part in the big showdown in florida. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> first let me get your reaction to that isikoff investigative piece at least one official said we're seeing more so-called dirty tricks this election cycle than they've seen before. >> i think that it is clearly a pattern of diry tricks, of intimidation, of suppression. those st

. >>> virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli is now stepping into a politically carjacked investigation into possible voter fraud. the state's republican controlled board elections authorized the investigation yesterday and asked cuccinelli to get involved. it senters arou ecenters around hired for the republican party who now faces criminal charge for allegedly destroying voter registration forms. the parent company is already being investigated in florida for more than 200 allegations of voter fraud. >>> coming up, a shooting inside a megachurch in atlanta. this morning, the ties the suspected gunman has to the d.c. area. >>> lee boyd malvo's new revelations from prison in an exclusive interview. what he has to say about his actions as a d.c. sniper and who he now wants to reach out to. >>> and another nice day on tap for today, but we have lots of changes in the ike leggett: gaming generated one hundred and eighty... million dollars for maryland schools. question seven will double it. rushern baker: question seven will add table games and... a new casino, generating millions of dolla

scene at a board of health meeting in september after govern ultrasound's administration and ken cuccinelliy engineered that board that could have the effect of shutting down almost all the abortion clinics in virginia. virginia has been in a state of political unrest and upheaval since the 2008 elections. the political landscape is changing there. we talked about this kind of political phenomenon last night. in terms of has going on in ohio. and the same is true of a number of swing states. i think it's an underappreciated phenomenon in the way that these states are being talked about and appreciated now in these final days of the presidential race. but it's not true of every battleground state. but in some of the really important ones. in ohio, in wisconsin, in virginia, we have seen very, very, very potent partisan political conflict in the last couple of years leading up to this year's presidential race. presidential elections do not just happen in a presidential partisan vacuum. the way the parties comport themselves in each individual state has an effect on the way voters in that stat

virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli would comment on any possible evidence.ll us he would prosecute voter fraud no matter where it is? >> i wouldn't say there is any particular pattern that we've observed around the commonwealth. this is a continual problem. human nature is what it is and people are going to break the law and cheat. and that tends to not know any sorts of boundaries left, right, up, down. and we're going to go after it wherever it exists. >> reporter: the state gop party fired small immediately, martha. martha: turns out, eric, one of those democratic politicians calling for the federal probe suffer an embarrassing political set back of his own, right? >> reporter: the embarassment for democratic congressman james moran. his son patrick. patrick resigned from the father's campaign after being caught on tape apparently advising how to commit voter fraud. he was secretly recorded by conservative activist james o'keefe's group, project vary taos. he eventually gives tips on how to forge i.d.'s to illegally cast ballots. >> yeah, it is against th

virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli is now investigating and says he will protect the election's integrity. >> the attorney general's going to do everything that he can to keep their vote secure, and to make sure it is not diluted by illegal voting and also to protect their ability to get in there and cast their own vote by protecting their registration which is what is at stake in the case we've been called into. >> reporter: turns out one. those democratic politician for call the federal probe, congressman james moran suffered a embarrassing political set back of his own. his son, patrick moran, resigned from the campaign after he was caught on tape apparently advising how to commit voter fraud. he was he is creately video recorded by james o'keefe's conservative group vary taos. i eventually gave tips like forge i.d.'s like utility bill to illegally cast ballots to people he was told were not going to show up to the polls last month. there will be a lot more on this case. it is being criticized by some but the associated press says that moran claims he was not taking the perso