thousands of loudoun county residents and their kids turned out to enjoy the time honored tradition.s appeared to be the actual float sponsored by the county republican committee. paradegoers we spoke to were unaware a national news story was brewing around them. >> no, i didn't. >> no. >> no. >> reporter: even as the halloween parade continued through downtown leesburg, outraged official responses began pouring in. virginia governor bob mcdonnell called on the loudoun gop to "apologize for their actions and to be sure such imagery is never used again." virginia gop chair pat mullen said such an image has no place in our politics ever. and before the last float had made its way down king street, the chairman of the loudoun county republican committee issued a statement saying, the depiction of the president represented a light hearted attempt to inject satire and humor into the holiday. apparently, some individuals have interpreted an image of barack obama as an attempt to show him as a victim of violent crime. that picture also contained a zombie picture of house minority leader nan

. >>> a loudoun county middle school teacher has been charged with being drunk in public. authorities say the 49-year-old man teaches physics at jay michael lunsford middle school. someone from the school called police yesterday because the suspected teacher was drunk in the classroom. at this point, authorities are not saying if he will be terminated. >>> well, this morning's commute was particularly hectic for scores of drivers in loudoun county. fortunately, now, the westbound ramp from loudoun county parkway to route 7 in ashburn is reopened. surae chinn has more on a serious crash that caused the commotion. >> reporter: chopper 9 above shows a crumpled car on the hound county parkway exit ramp to route 7 heading west. officers with the reconstruction team say the driver of the gray car came off the exit ramp at a high rate of speed, traveled across the lanes and you can see the skid marks where it hit a car, both traveled across the grassy median before landing on the exit ramp heading westbound on route 7. the 18-year-old male driver of the gray car and 47- year-old

quite a bit of cloudiness from loudoun county west to the panhandle of west virginia. much of shenandoah valley into the mountains, it's cloudy now. that bright moon is illuminating the landscape on this friday morning. right now temperatures are down into the low to mid-30s shenandoah valley and into the moun tatains and in those cloud. we're in the mid and upper 30s in arlington, fairfax, and prince george's county. we've had wind gusts as high as 30 miles an hour. locally around washington, gusts are around 20 to 25 miles an hour. they're only going to increase as the day progresses. sunrise 6:46. we'll be just near 40 by 9:00. by noontime upper 40s. may touch 50 by the afternoon. wind gusting to 30 to 35 miles an hour. clouds racing through as well. we'll look at your friday evening planner at 5:11. good morning, danella. how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> if you're taking the rails, metro is running on a weekend schedule and no service on the marc or vre train. a lot of green in our area, especially along the beltway. if you're taking i-66 along the beltway, you'

there are chairman to have loudoun republicans later issued an apology.e have interpreted the image as intending to portray the president as a victim of a violent crime. he said nothing could be further from the truth and we deeply and sincerely apologize. now leading state republicans as well as democrats and governor bob mcdonnell and gerry connolly blasted the email. >> thanks so much, ben. today in the lululemon murder trial, jurors will see brittany norwood's video taped interrogation. the judge would not allow one of their co-workers to testify. apparently will ever the murder, murray talked to another employee on the phone and said she had accused norwood of shoplifting. the judge said it was classic hearsay. a statue of ronald reagan will be unveiled at reagan national airport. it will commemorate what would have been his 100th year. it was created by sculptor chris fagin. >> still ahead here on "good morning washington," today we could learn if dr. conrad murray will take the stand at his involuntary manslaughter trial. and it was a crazy ordeal

sivaramapillai started teaching in loudoun county last year.so spent six years at schools in fairfax county. lunsford middle school students were notified of the arrest this morning. >> it's not something you come across every day in your e-mail box. but again, i have every faith if our community and this administration. >> really shocked to see something like this happen. and we've been residents in this neighborhood for more than 11 years. i've been in several schools all the way from elementary to middle. never have seen anything like this that has dawned on our horizons. >> how long this has been going on, i don't know. obviously there is concerns if someone is at this alcohol level and still able to function. >> reporter: sheriff simpson says that the drunk in public offense is punishable with a fine. report:00 from loudoun county, elaine reyes, news4. >>> the dulles rail project is expected to get a boost forward tonight. the loudoun board of supervisors has adjourned a special meeting to vote on the phase 2 financing plan. it was announc

we begin with breaking news out of loudoun county this morning, where a teacher is being accused of being drunk at school. the teacher was accused of being drunk yesterday afternoon. the 46-year-old is charged with being drunk in public. he is a physics teacher at the school. we'll have more on this breaking story for you coming up at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00 this evening. >> a new report out this morning says more potential victims claim a former penn state football defensive coordinator sexually abused them. according to the new york times as many as 10 have come forward. now sandusky breaks his silence. angie is live with more on the former coach and what he has to say. >> good morning, barb raxt in an exclusive phone interview with bob costas for rock center, the former penn state coach charged in plo lesting several boys says he is innocent but has regrets. >> could say that you know, i have done some of those things, i have horsed around with kids. i have showered after workouts. i have hugged them and i have touched their leg, without intent of sexual contact. >> are you a pedophile? >>

the virginia governor called on the loudoun g.o.p. to apologize for their actions and insure that the imagery is never used again. and before the last float made its way down king street, the chairman of the loudoun county republican committee said that the depiction of the president represented a light hearted attempt to inject a sire and humor into the halloween poll day. >> reporter: the e-mail contains a zombie picture of house minority leader nancy pelosi. >> thank you, jack y. >>> the spotsylvania sheriff's office doubled the number of deputies on the streets tonight after three attempted abductions in that county in the last couple weeks. parents say the news is unsettling but it did not deter taking the kids out tonight. >> in a group with a couple neighbors and friends they are okay. i have two teens and a five-year-old. it has been unis itling but we are not going to let this damper our spirits. we are out enjoying tonight. >> the police are not sure if the adduction cases are connected. >>> police charged a couple in connec

on route 7 near the loudoun county parkway. that's in ashburn. deputies arrested 18-year-old jacob mazaras of leesburg. they tell us he was coming off route 7 eastbound, but instead of following the ramp, he allegedly kept going straight. his hyundai went airborne and landed on loudoun county parkway. a 47-year-old woman driving a toyota was hit. both drivers were taken by helicopter to the hospital. they're expected to be okay. >>> tonight montgomery county residents will be weighing in at a public hearing on a bill that would make it illegal to loiter or prowl on county property. the loitering bill targets anyone regardless of age who behaves suspiciously outdoors. it was created as an alternative to a proposed teen curfew. that curfew would require teenagers 17 and under to be off the streets by midnight on weekend, and 11:00 on week nights. a council panel is scheduled to vote on the teen curfew bill december 1st. >>> after a cloudy day, we are seeing some pockets of rain in spots. >> and guess what? there is more on the way. meteorologist ve

megan mcgrath is live in loudoun county with the latest.an, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. we're here in senate district 13. this is one of the new seats created through redistricting, and the republicans thought they could win it. indeed they did. the gop only needed two seats in order to effectively take control of the senate. when the votes were counted, republicans got that second seat. by the slimmest of margins. it looks like there's going to be some sort of a challenge. it all comes down to district 17. republican bryce reeves edged out democrat incumbent edd houck by just 86 votes. with so much at stake, it looks like we're headed for a recount. >> it is going to happen, as i've been told. i don't know all the details of what they are looking at down there in that state senate district. as you sometimes see in virginia, usually when you're ahead, when the recount starts, it's very unusual the results are overturned. we're optimistic. >> reporter: as you just heard, republicans optimistic they're going to hold on to th

the loudoun county republican committee is apologizing to the president for the picture which shows him as a zombie with a bullet in his head. laura evans now with the details. >> this controversial picture was attached to an e-mail about loudoun's halloween parade. an artist has distorted the president's famous hope poster from his campaign as you can see here, turned him into a zombie with a hole in his forehead. nancy pelosi got similar treatment, although no hole in the head there. the virginia democratic party spokesman calms it insulting and violent. rep -- calls it insulting and violent. republican governor bob mcdonnell calls it shameful and offensive. tonight the chairman of the loudoun county group responded saying apparently some individuals have interpreted the image as intending to portray the president as a victim of the violent crime. nothing could be further from the truth and we are deeply and sincerely apologizing to the president and anyone who viewed the image if that was the impression that was left. so we want to know what you think, just a joke or bad taste? you c

we're live in loudoun county, elaine reyes, news4. back to you. >> elaine, thank you. >>> one person is dead tonight after a collision with a dump truck in manassas, virginia. this truck happened around 2:30 this afternoon on lee highway here at sudally road. there were several vehicles involved. the one with the most damage was the victim's suv. the identity has not been released. investigators are looking into what caused the crash. >>> breaking news tonight. a judge has ruled against the occupy wall street protesters, ruled against them. they were evicted from a park in new york that they had been camping in. earlier today the demonstrators asked the court to decide whether the city acted illegally in evicting hundreds of the demonstrators from that park. new york city police in riot gear cleared out the park overnight. many went peacefully, but about 200 protesters resisted. they were arrested. once cleared, city crews moved in to clean the park that has been occupied since mid-september by those protesters. mayor michael bloomber

the loudoun county and issued an committee apology, saying it was not meant portray president obama if as the victim of a violent crime. herman cain has been riding but it could all come crashing down. >> the republican presidential front-runner still under fire hes morning over accusations harassed several women decades ago. we are live in northwest with exclusive. >> herman cain heads to capitol for meetings with republicans. backent yesterday striking of sexuallegations harassment. he ran the national restaurant the 1990's and two female employees alleged he made unwanted sexual comments and advances. the association paid the women cash settlements. at first he said he did not know payments, but he changed his tune last night on fox news. >> maybe three months salary or that, as iike recall. been two months. i don't recall. "politico" first reported the allegations. called the allegations a witch hunt. abc 7 news reporting. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton canceled a trip overseas to care for her sick mother. was supposed to fly to last nightturkey before a series of internati

megan mcgrath is in loudoun county now with more on this.rning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, joe. we're in senate district 13. this is one of the new seats created through redistricting, and a seat that republicans thought they had a shot at winning, and that is exactly what happened yesterday. the gop only needed two seats to effectively take control of the senate. when the votes were counted, republicans did it, but by the narrowest of margins, and there's expected to be a challenge. it comes down to district 17, which has parts of spotsylvania and culpeper counties. republican bryce reeves edged out democrat edd houck, but just by 86 votes, a very narrow margin. the gop has declared victory, but a recount looks very likely, and democrats haven't given up hope. >> i think this starts to set up things for next year. i think it really is a commentary on the president and what's happening north of the potomac. >> there's so much at stake. i'm hopeful, and i hope a message was sent today that virginia needs to stay on a moderate path and

. >>> a strange sight in loudoun county.ras galloping through a neighborhood. [ snoring ] [ [ under crashes ] [ snoring ] [ thunder crashes ] [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] vicks nyquil cold and flu. the nighttime, sniff ng sneezing, coughing aching, fever, best sleep you ever got with a cold... medicine. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] vicks dayquil. defeats 5 cold & flu symptoms. ♪ ♪ >>> the suspected east coast withrapist is scheduled to. appear in a courtroom this morning. thomas is linked to 17 attacks in several states, including virginia and maryland. >>> the man who tried to kill ronald reagan could soon be leading a hospital. a federal judge will begin several days of hearings on whether john hinckley can leave st. elizabeths hospital. doctors say he should be allowed to leave with or near the area near his mother and virginia. prosecutors say he is still dangerous. >>> occupy philadelphia protesters marched in the streets overnight after officers began pulling down tents near city hall. the reaction comes more than two

thousands of loudoun county residents and their kids turned out to enjoy the time honored tradition.his appeared to be the actual float sponsored by the republican committee. parade-goers we spoke to were unaware a national news story was brewing around them >> no, i didn't. >> no. >> no. >> reporter: even as the halloween parade continued through downtown leesburg, outraged official responses began pouring in. virginia governor bob mcdonnell called on the loudoun gop to "apologize for their actions and to immediately ensure that such imagery is never used again." virginia gop chair pat mullen said the image "has no place in our politics ever." and before the last float had made its way down king street, mark sell, chairman of the loudoun county republican committee, issued a statement saying the depiction of the president "represented a light hearted attempt to enjikt satire and humor into the halloween holiday. apparently, some individuals have presented an image of barack obama that appeared within the e-mail as intending to portray the president as a victim of violent crime. noth

. >>> a loudoun county middle schoolteacher has resigned amid accusations that he was drunk in class. radhakrishnan sivaramapillai was arrested yesterday while teaching at michael lunsford school. they smelled alcohol on his breath and reported it to the principal. >> it would have to be the assumption that he was under the influence while he was teaching the class. at what point this intoxication began. whether it was at lunchtime, we aren't sure. >> the school day started with that teacher being suspended with pay and it ended with him resigning. he passed a background check when hired by loudoun county public schools two years ago. >>> the rallying cry for sports is fear the turtle. there's a new kind of fear among athletes on campus this evening. they are in danger of losing their sports because of massive budget short false. scott broom is tracking the latest developments in college park. >> all 50 of the university of maryland swimming and diving team members converged on the administration building this afternoon prepared to beg to save their team. >> and to see this team be cu

plus, loudoun county republicans released a ghoulish picture of the president, but did it go too far? we'll talk about it. stick around. so...what do you think? i'm not crazy about these light fixtures. kitchen's too small. what's next? 607 franklin st. ♪ sea bass... ♪ ooohhh! ♪ i like it. yeah, i love the kitchen. [ male announcer ] the epa-estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. perfect for finding your way home. >>> bank of america officially giving up on plans today to charge its customers $5 a month to use their debit cards to buy things. the change of heart is from a backlash from customers. other large banks indicated they would not be charging similar fees. >>> and there's a new monument honoring the nation's 40th president. the facility was named after him 13 years ago. transportation secretary ray lahood and elizabeth dole unveiled that statue right in front of the entrance to terminal a. >>> there may be one thing that both republican and democratic leaders seem to agree on. almost nobody seems to think that halloween e-mail was a good idea. that's the one that depicts pr

it was expanded to include frederick and loudoun county. areas above 5,000 feet. gusts to 50, 55 miles per hour, southwestern virginia, parts of north carolina, high wind warnings. talking about gusts 60 or more down there behind this very strong cold front which came through a couple of hours ago. some of the winds are really have been gusting 40, 45 even. latest look at the numbers, we've got gusts to 39 here in town. also in leesburg. 37 winchester up through martinsburg. it is gusting to 33 in southern maryland. 32 in andrews. a very windy afternoon. some of us are also going to see some showers soon and then more showers over the next few hours coming in from the north and west. some sunshine mixed with clouds. upper 50s as we head toward 1:00. few more showers starting to show up. look at the winds west of 25. west at 23. northwest now at 19 at 5:00 with showers around. 53. lingering showers by 7:00 south and east of town. 50 degrees. still a northwest wind at 21. these are the sustained winds. these are not the gusts that could be 30, 35, 40 miles per hour

out of virginia, we have loudoun county.e and maryland, orchard, thomas johnson. go to dc.highschoolsports.net and vote. exciting playoff time. the culmination of everything. >> good thing they aren't playing tonight. >> i don't know, it would be cold. >> well that's it for us. have a go ahead night. >> good night, everybody. gleam tonight, bullets strike the white house. bob orr on the man in custody. elaine quijano with a rare look at the officers who

a loudoun county man admitted he killed his wife.he head after another with a sledge hammer. what he said he did it was to put her out of her misery. the jury did not buy that. they found him guilty of first- degree murder. she suffered a horrible head injury in that accident that was certain to kill her so he carried out a mercy killing. prosecutors pointed out to the jury, he had taken out two life insurance poll sis on his wife. the jury found him guilty. >>> still ahead, billions of dollars just sitting there and some could be yours. we're helping you claim your cash. see if your name comes up. >>> and after 30 years, the investigation into natalie wood's mysterious death is reopened. what sparked this new search for answers? >>> former penn state head football coach, joe paterno has a treatable form of lung cancer. that is according to his son, scott. the 84-year-old is undergoing treatment and his doctors are optimistic he can make a recovery. he lost his job last week in the wake of the child sex abuse scandal involving one of

loudoun county and briarwood for first place. crossman at largo.nally you know the eagles blew out the cowboys last night. they did everything right except this play. they tell the center don't snap it until you feel pressure on my back side. so what happens here, guys? let's check it. let's look close. jason kelty just lets it go. [ laughing ] >> why those guys do that i

this covers loudoun, fairfax and montgomery county. merrick has lived in virginia for more than two decades. 40% of the vote. 60% with favola who has been a member of the board since '97. now to district 37. we are looking at -- which includes parts of fairfax county. this is republican jason flannery against democrat dave marsden. marsden with 54% of the vote. very close there in district 37. and on to district 39 republican m miller baker against the en cumbent democrat george lincoln barker. george lincoln barker handingly winning this. 76% to 24%. again, he is the incumbent there in that area which covers parts of the city of alexandria, fairfax and prince william county. >>> all right. now to the virginia house of delegates, the district number ten republican randy minchew against democrat david butler. the republican minchew ahead 60-40%. in district number 87 it's republican david ramadan against mike kondatxtck. now, to fairfax county. school board elections were on the ballot there as well. megan mclaughlin against knell hurle

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clouds from loudoun county moving into frederick county. these may make their way farther east.ut right now farther east it's all clear. we do have the blustery wind accompanying the chilly temperatures just in the mid and upper 30s throughout most of the region from the mountains all the way to the bay. right near the bay waters, it's a bit milder. it's in the 40s. gusts have been up to 20 to 25 miles an hour commonly. it's only going to be increasing as we get into the afternoon. gusts of 30 to 35 miles an hour this afternoon. a lot of leaves coming down. sunrise 6:46. sunset 4:58. before then, those gusty winds and a few clouds racing through with highs only in the low 50s this afternoon. here's your evening planner, heading to a friday night football game. it's going to be blustery and chilly in the 40s under a clear sky. the winds should diminish later in the evening by midnight. in the upper 30s. by dawn saturday, may hit upper 20s. in the rural areas and the cities, low to mid-30s. highs saturday afternoon should rebound to near 60 with sunshine. a bit milder sunday. sund

and he has been teaching at lundsford middle school in loudoun county.terday somebody smelled alcohol on his breath. they reported it and the school resource officer pulled the teacher right out of class and administered a breathalyzer. >> over the limit. actually over the legal limit which would have been a dui had this person been driving. >> officers arrested, jailed and charged the teacher with being drunk in public. the school called parents and the teacher resigned. >>> store owners in southeast dc say they're sick and tired of staring down the barrel of a gun. they have been hit by a string of armed robberies and they're asking where are the police. a camera captured this robbery. three men with guns barge in and hold up the place. this is exactly the kind of crime that has merchants pleading for more police presence. the mayor says it is already happening. >> we've got bicycle controls. we've increased the midnight tours of duties. we've increased the lighting. and we're asking the officers now to stop in every one of the businesses in the 2900-b

the deal could ease loudoun county's financial burden in the project.hase 2 of the dulles rail project will extend metro's new silver line from reston to ashburn. >>> today the small business administration will open office ins fairfax and prince william counties for anyone who suffered property damage from tropical storm lee. homeowners can get up to $200,000 in loans to repair or replace damaged or destroyed real estate. renters can get up to $40,000 in loans. those offices will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. monday through friday. and from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on saturdays from now through november 22nd. >>> it is a baby sitter's worst fear. the parents of the child you're watching never return, and this happened this weekend in bowie. elena harper was watching the 4-year-old daughter of sandy beltran. the single mother worked at tgifriday's. when beltran was supposed to pick up the little girl on sunday, she never showed up. the 23-year-old had been killed on an accident on route 3. but harper, who had only known beltran for about a month,

loudoun county and briarwood for first place. crossman at largo.w the eagles blew out the cowboys last night. they did everything right except this play. they tell the center don't snap it until you feel pressure on my back side. so what happens here, guys? let's check it. let's look close. jason kelty just lets it go. [ laughing ] >> why those guys do that i never know. >> we'll be right back. [ man ] i got this citi thank you card and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes, i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ keep on going in this direction. take this bridge over here. there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. ♪ [ male announcer ] write your story with the citi thankyou premier card, with no point caps, and points that don't expire. get started at thankyoucard.citi.com. >>> so we couldn't leave you without a little bit of halloween fun. i got the peacock mask. >> we were all normal until we ate those whoppers. >> happy halloween and have a good night. [ laughi

. >>> new tonight the communications directeddor for the loudoun county republican -- director for the loudoun county republican come team is resigning for this image showing president obama with a bullet in his head. a similar figure showed house minority leader nancy pelosi. >>> one of the women who accused gop presidential candidate herman cain of sexual harassment wants to talk. a lawyer for the woman says he's trying to get around a confidentiality agreement in the case so the unnamed woman can tell her side of the story. word of accusations from two women came over the weekend. yesterday cain insisted it was unfounded and said he was not aware of any settlement in either case. last notepad mitted to fox news channel there was a settlement -- last night he admitted to fox news channel there was a settlement in one of the cases. >> we ended up settling for what would have been a termination settlement, quite frankly. >> what would that be about? >> maybe three months salary or something like that. >> so cain says dow nations have flooded in from supporters this -- donations have fl

fairfax and loudoun will also be able to use federal credit assistance to build parking facilities for all of this, and the air force authority will also be able to tap into as much as 250 million in funding which will help bring down tolls at the start. >> it's easy for different people to throw stones and make us the people who are raising the tolls. we didn't set this formula in place. we are committed to continue to get funds and we will through the project. we are committed to bring down the tolls. >> the fairfax county board of supervisors is scheduled to vote on the agreement december 6th, and it is expected to pass since the county's executive has already given his thumbs up. >>> the transportation security administration has just turned ten, and what did tsa get? a nasty birthday card from republicans on the hill. a status report that calls it an ineffective loaded bureaucracy and taxpayers are footing the bill. >> americans have spent nearly $60 billion funding tsa and they are no safer today than they were before 9/11. >> the report says that in the past ten years, the tsa h

we are committed to bring down the tolls. >> loudoun county's board approved the plan last night. the fairfax county board of supervisors is scheduled to vote december 6. it is expected to pass there as well since their county executive has given his thumb's up. lesli. >> encouraging news for people who want to get to dulles via rail. >>> paper or plastic? either way, it's about to cost you more in montgomery county. consumers will have to fork over another 5 cents for every new bag they require. executive says the county is following the district's lead. >> the question is, does this really reduce waste? if you look at what happened in the district of columbia right next door to montgomery county, they had some amazing results as a result of this particular loss. it is working and working very well there. >> montgomery county's new tax takes effect january 1. plastic bags are one of the top four items found in county streams and storm drains. >>> supporters of an organic farmer who may be losing his land took their message to the county executive there today. the owners of nick's

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the picture was attached ton e- mail about loudoun's halloween parade. the pre's image from the famous hope poster. nancy pelosi got similar treatment. the virginia democratic party calls it insulting and violent. republican governor bob mcdonnell says it is quote, shameful an offensive. the chairman of the loudoun county gop issued a statement saying ying : >>> gop frontrunner herman cain remains on damage control actually report from politico claims sexual harassment lawsuits against cain were settled out of court. cain snow up having to explain the story when he showed up at the national press club identify peach on his 999 tax plan. he denies everything. >> i never sexually harassed anyone and yes, i was falsely accused while i was at the national restaurant association and you say falsely because it turned out after the investigation to be baseless. >> cain went to say he didn't know of any legal settlement in the case because of group's privacy rules. politico did not identify the woman involved in the suit. the paper said it did review documentati

the loudoun county republican committee sent out the picture to promote its participation in yesterday's halloween parade in lise best of your recollection. the republican governor calls the image shameful and offensive. in response to the outrage, the loudoun county republican committee says, quote: , quote: >>> gop contender herman cain responding to allegations of sexual harassment. a recent report in politico says lawsuits against cain stemming from his days as head of the national restaurant association were settled out of court. cain was at the national press club yesterday to talk about his 999 plan but there was no avoiding the headline. he denies everything. >> of a neve -- i've never sexually harried anyone and i was falsely accused while i was at the national restaurant association and i say falsely because it turned out after the investigation to be baseless. >> cain went to say that he did not know of any legal settlement in the case because of the group's privacy rules. politico did not identify the women involved in the suit. >>> next, why thousands of federal prisoners be

the loudoun county republican committee sent the image in an e-mail.ge also asked for help decorating a float for last night's leesburg halloween parade. governor obama called the video shameful and offensive and called on the group to apologize. the chairman of the loudoun gop committee said the statement was a light hearted attempt to inject satire humor into the halloween holiday. he sent apologies to the president and anyone who found it offensive. the secret service says it's also aware of the controversial graphic but did not say whether it was taking any further action. >>> this morning presidential hopeful herman cain is denying harassment allegations. two women accused cain of inappropriate conduct while he was ceo of national restaurant association. and nbc news has confirmed that one of them received a settlement payment after making the allegations. cain says he did nothing wrong. >> i have never sexually harassed anyone. as far as a settlement, i am unaware i any sort of settlement. i hope it wasn't for much because i didn't do anything. >

all disfigured a throng of flesh hungry zombie obama supporters and they the people who have the loudoun county g.o.p. chairman mark cells apologize he said it was just a light hearted attempt to inject satire humor into the hallway and holiday when you guys think i i mean i was i think anytime that you're saying g.o.p. . semi southern state obama bullet hole in the ad. that's going to raise. is going to accept people i mean it's like a flyer campaign is basically just a series of red flags photoshop together really really well maybe have more for the bolt hole and have been more comfortable i mean obviously they're not inciting like an assassination attempt or anything it was sort of in keeping with the season you seem skeptical like the radio is the funniest thing ever yes i do write about maybe's on the radio because he was actually me by the time he died but i don't know i just i feel like and again if this had been a white politician i probably wouldn't feel uncomfortable with it but yeah i don't know you know the i guess i guess the race angle bothers me a little bit and i think it

this out of loudoun county this morning. rescue crews are searching right now for a missing canoeist. loudoun county sheriff's deputies say an adult and child were reportedly in a canoe that capsized. the child was helped ashore by witnesses. he was taken to a local hospital as a precaution. and the adult male has not been located. rescue crews are searching the area of the beaver dam creek reservoir. fairfax county crews are also helping in this search. >>> right now, capitol hill, crews are setting up the capital christmas tree. it has been on a cross-country journey this month and arrived at the west front of the capital an hour ago. this year's tree is a 65-foot sierra white fir from california. made its final stop just the other day in alexandria. it was over the weekend. once set up it will be decorated with 3,000 ornaments handcrafted by californians and reflect this year's theme which is california shines. lighting ceremony is set for next tuesday, december 6 at 5:00 p.m. the capital christmas tree light sing a tradi

jerry sandusky is charged with abusing eight boys over a 15- year period. >>> a loudoun county teacherenied allegations that he was drunk on the job. radhakrishnan sivaramapillai resigned from loans for middle school in chantilly yesterday, a day after being arrested. he was a physics teacher. on monday the school officials called police after staff members detected the smell of alcohol. he said he was not drinking, but police say that it failed a sobriety test. >>> the nba canceled more games as negotiations appeared to be going nowhere. the league canceled all games through december 15. anthony and durant have filed class-action lawsuits against the nba league, claiming that the nba league is violating antitrust laws. >>> 57 degrees outside. >> holiday traffic around tyson's corner could be even harder to navigate. >> newt gingrich takes center stage. some conservatives are not happy. >>> welcome back. 6:40 is the time. traffic and weather every ten minutes. >> good morning, doug hill. >> the weather is going to improve in about 24 hours when we get the rain fall out of here. let's l

still to come on news 4, a teacher in loudoun county defends himself after being arrested >>> a schoolty in loudoun county is shocked by allegations that a middle schoolteacher was drunk at school. the physics teacher was arrested after failing breathalyzer test on school grounds. in an exclusive interview with shomari stone, the teacher says he plans to fight the charge. >> i saw a clip. >> reporter: an exclusive interview, he is tired after an emotional 24 hours. deputies arrested him for public drunkenness on school property on monday. >> were you drinking at the school at any point during the day? >> no. >> were you teaching while you were intoxicated at the school? >> no. for me, i had last night. i don't know what happened. >> reporter: he says he drank alcohol sunday night and drove to school monday morning. a member of the school staff smelled alcohol on his breath and called the sheriff's office believing he was drunk at work. >> did you drive while intoxicated at school? >> no. >> why were you arrested for public intoxication? >> reporter: they used a portable breathalyzer te

areas north of frederick, montgomery county and loudoun county.e going to fill in and become more widespread over the next couple hours. for tomorrow, rain is likely throughout the entire area. temperature 56 to 59 degrees down to the south around fredericksburg. here is a look at the seven day forecast. upper 50s tomorrow. yes, it's going to be wet throughout the day. very wet by the time we get to tuesday late afternoon and tuesday evening and overnight. wednesday morning, soggy, too. 65 is the high temperature. take a look at thanksgiving day. sunshine and in the upper 50s, again. if you are doing shopping and plan on standing in line, mid to upper 30s for the early morning hours with a high of 65 degrees on friday. sunshine around the area. the weekend now, saturday looks like the best day with sunshine and highs in the low 60s. >> we have it off. we are glad. thank you, veronica. >>> investigators are searching for a florida mother of three who vanished last thursday. >> that same day she appeared on a taped episode of "the people's court" wi

i think windchills in some of the extreme suburbs like frederick county, loudoun county, maybe princeilliam county could be around the upper teens. 18 or 19 for windchills. you know you are going to be cold when you step out the door. mostly sunny. temperatures climbing to the upper 50s to 60 degrees. i think the warm up will continue. 61 on sunday. 64 on monday. 65 on tuesday. that's when we see a good chance of rain come in. the next storm system moves in, too. this is the coldest air we see in the 7-day period. >> stay under the covers if you can. >> good call. >> thank you, doug. >>> coming up, a school bus driver arrested for driving drunk on the job. >> so, ah, your seat good? got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don't want you texting. >> daddy... ok! ok, here you go. be careful. >> thanks dad. >> and call me--but not while you're driving. we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru. to do in light of yesterday's violence. >>>

arlington, fairfax, loudoun county, prince william county as well asd bowie andand gaithersburg. invite you to log on to our wjla.com.or details, >>> the 2012 election is one year away. that most finds americans are fed and up with leaders.cted 80% of people surveyed are with the federal government. angry. 35% blame congressional republicans. 32% blame president obama. 26% say that both are equally to blame. >>> now to the controversy gop presidential candidate herman cain. bipartisan vigil for him and be today outside republican national headquarters on capitol hill. he is facing allegations that he sexually harassed three women. the movement is organizing vigil to urge forgiveness. be held from 12:00 until 2:30 this afternoon. 42 degrees on this monday. national poll weighs in on the occupy wall street movement. what americans really think about the protesters. >> nfl player terrell owens, an issuedwarrant has been the >>> monday morning, " you had a great weekend. starting the work week off on the right note. of sunshine through the with very dryays conditions for the most par

along with loudoun county. fairfax right now, you're quiet. to your south and west, we've got more showers down coming out of culpepper, almost to warrenton. east of town, annapolis, route 50. you're seeing the showers also down in calvert, st. mary's, southern prince george's county, all dealing with the showers down to colonial beach as well as it all moves north and east. tappahannock airport, jan was 51 in reedville. only 43 in catlett. wind chills, they're down in the 30st and 20s in the mountains. feels like 45 here in washington right now. winds have relaxed a little bit out of the north-northwest at 7. the actual air temperature, a brisk 48. while it is 48 here. 30s in pittsburgh. 20s in chicago. the cold air will be moving in. we just gotta get rid of the system first. the showers you see back here, that's going to take several hours before that happens. grab a coat. grab some rain gear. and hope we get this stuff out of here early. but it will be clearing late today. 48. chilly tomorrow. we start in the 20s and 30s. we get to 48. mil

the region tonight, temperatures going down to 31 in some of the cooler areas around leesburg and loudouny near frederick. temperatures in the upper 20s tonight. fredericksburg, a temperature of 35. a cold night tonight and cold start to the day tomorrow. temperatures in the upper 40s to the north and west and lower 50s. 52 to 55 degrees in southern maryland. we will see plenty of sunshine, but still on the cool side. a couple things going on this weekend. we have to fall back. it's the end of daylight savings time. set the clocks back one hour as you head to bed and change the batteries in the smoke detectors. i heard liz crenshaw mention that a few moments ago. we all get one more hour of sleep. the redskins taking on the 49ers. forecast looking good. 54 degrees at 1:00. sunshine and winds variable at 5 to 10 miles per hour. they cannot use weather as an excuse. >> no. no. >> that's right. that's going to be a butte of a day. thanks a lot. >>> ready for football friday night style? >> we have a big rivalry, stone bridge and fairfax. hakeem is out there with a look at friday night lights

obama withpresident head.et hole in his was greeted by the loudoun republican committee. >> is started as an innocent e- mail intended to stir up support for local republican candidates. it shows president obama's to look like a bleeding a up convert --ring controversy. painting the president as a ghoulish zombie. the brainlet through go too far? thes a montage of democratic leader sent out urging supporters to at the halloween parade to help "vanquish the zombie." >> that is terrible. is the president. >> it is distasteful. >> within hours many were the character. the chair of the committee some individuals have interpreted -- >> it is already out there. you cannot take it back. >> the attempt to reject -- humor is not a problem bleeding president obama not a cave. >> you should have more respect. >> democratic congressman gerry connolly, and also governor bob mcdonnell called it offensive and shameful. the image will circulated any more. >> this story has produced a variety of comments honor wjla facebook page. far withd they go too this a photo? rebecca her share this with us -- --s

of that now, we're under a wind advise or for parts of the area until about 10:00 and this is in loudoun county and frederick county and most points to the west and south of there and to zaneva. the winds are gusting 50 to 55 miles an hour and can you see we have 26 at reagan and that is real cold and up to 30 miles per hour. the highest one we're finding. they're going to get better and that is blustery this evening. and especially the next few hours. check out some of the peek wind gusts. reagan national had a peek gust at 39 -- peak gust at 39 miles per hour and leesburg, 50 miles per hour with that wind gust and dulles had a gust of 43. this is definitely with an impact on flights and especially because of the storm with the bigger cities. we have quite a bit of cloud cover and just a few sprinkles here and there. the temperature is a big deal and a bike -- from everywhere today. >> and that is right. thank goodness that all of that rain we had, even very heavy rain early this morning and that is moved on. sue mentioned a few showers. prince georges county is getting rain it and to a