loudoun county? guest: loudoun county, prince william county, virginia beach, hampton roads, henrico county outside of richmond. we will get a good indication of those communities and the turnout. it will be at an exciting time here in virginia. we certainly enjoying the position of being a battleground state. it is turnout. virginia voters are very informed voters. they look at the policies of both of these candidates. and we expected to be close. we made history in 2008, the first time in 44 years it helped support -- we helped support a democrat to the white house. i think we would do it again because we have the right message, the right policies. we are getting out of the fiscal ditch. host: barbara comstock, where would you be watching? guest: i will be working for the next six days, because if you come election day i will be working through 7:00 p.m., both loudoun county of fairfax county, watching closely. i have already been looking at the absentee ballot polls and getting a great response he

prince william county, fairfax county, and loudoun county. we will have all of those covered as we stay hereroughout the evening. >> if you voted today chances are you waited in a long line. some people waited three hours they told us, to cast their votes. others said they faced polling problems that nobody could predict. >> three hours seems to be the magic number today as far as weight times. take a look. people getting off of work, the line israther quickly. there was a laundry list of problems across our area. >> there is no one in there to assist you. it is terrible. >> several d.c. poll workers did not show up today, so 70 extra volunteers were sent to help. lines for so long in some places -- >> they gave up on voting. >> my feet hurt, myack hurts. >> she is nine months pregnant and was frustrated by a three- hour wait time. >> lack of machines. it is chaotic. >> at kennedy rec center, there were other problems. >> this is a special ballot referral form wind. >> you have lived in this neighborhood for how long? >> six years. >> in dist

loudoun county began operating in 1954. the robbery, as you would expect, still being cultivated, but it's our game of the week. the raiders say we must protect this house. they're all jacked up. this is brad toko. take it to me one more time. loudoun county up 7-love. can you take it to the house. yes, you can. can you take it to the house? oh, yes, you can. sweet run. 59 yards. 21-0 raiders. good for a score. and good enough to take your helmet off. shout loudoun proud, young man. so we've seen the air game. the run game. how about a little defense. michael rechro with the pick winning it 34-7, we're very pleased. the kids came out with a purpose. they worked extremely hard in practice. mistake-free football. i was very pleased with them. >> all right. virginia 3 a. how about those colors? pretty cool. they're all decked out in orange. it's a clockwork orange. osmond to the house. this was a close game, though. so you better call on langley. he's the money man. money man. langley moving on 21-14 in a close ball game tonig

loudoun county, prince william county, and fairfax county. the candidate continues to try to get out every last vote. it was the final straw for mitt romney today. of huge crowds turned out to greet him in pittsburgh. >> thank you. >> mitt romney and paul ryan have made thousands of speeches, making the case he is the candidate best suited to growing the economy. >> thank you, lynchburg. thank you so much. >> it is up to the voters. mitt romney got up early to cast his vote in it massachusetts. today, the republican nominee held for one final push, appearing in both ohio and pennsylvania. >> this campaign process lots of flights, lots of trips. the more event i did, the more energy i seem to get. >> the candidate may be energized. the campaign staff is exhausted. no one is giving up. they think it will be close. we will be watching it throughout the evening and we will bring you live coverage. >> our team coverage continues now with preparations forwind city. >> president obama and the first lady arrived in chicago early this morning. there'l

loudoun county?ginia beach, hampton roads, henrico county outside of richmond. we will get a good indication of those communities and the turnout. it will be at an exciting time here in virginia. we certainly enjoying the position of being a battleground state. it is turnout. virginia voters are very informed voters. they look at the policies of both of these candidates. and we expected to be close. we made history in 2008, the first time in 44 years it helped support -- we helped support a democrat to the white house. i think we would do it again because we have the right message, the right policies. we are getting out of the fiscal ditch. host: barbara comstock, where would you be watching? guest: i will be working for the next six days, because if you come election day i will be working through 7:00 p.m., both loudoun county of fairfax county, watching closely. i have already been looking at the absentee ballot polls and getting a great response here in loudoun and my part of fairfax county. i fee

about thearn battleground county of loudoun with brianne carter. it is no different here, we stream ofa steady voters heading into one of the nargest polling places i loudoun county. inple are trying to get their votes ahead of getting into work. we don't see any problems or long lines. lines seeing some long inside. it is like this across virginia. people are also waiting in long out of the vote. this has been a county that has been a big focus for the presidential candidates are the r so.month o yesterday, vice president loudounn was here in county. mitt romney made two stops across the commonwealth yesterday as well. president obama and mitt romney important this state be for this election. both are hoping that they will as a win butte they know how important it is. >> perhaps some of your family not yet made up -- their mind to it will vote for. asked them to look beyond the the ads and all the attacks because talk is cheap. ask them to look at the record. you have seen the gray hair on my head. that shows you what it means to fight for change.

loudoun county? guest: loudoun county, prince william county, virginia beach, hampton roads, henrico county outside of richmond. we will get a good indication of those communities and the turnout. it will be at an exciting time here in virginia. we certainly enjoying the position of being a battleground state. it is turnout. virginia voters are very informed voters. they look at the policies of both of these candidates. and we expected to be close. we made history in 2008, the first time in 44 years it helped support -- we helped support a democrat to the white house. i think we would do it again because we have the right message, the right policies. we are getting out of the fiscal ditch. host: barbara comstock, where would you be watching? guest: i will be working for the next six days, because if you come election day i will be working through 7:00 p.m., both loudoun county of fairfax county, watching closely. i have already been looking at the absentee ballot polls and getting a great response he

warning fromeze frederick, montgomery, loudoun, the south and west. it does not include the district or southern maryland. wycombe tomorrow morning, a definite chill in the air. be in thees will 30's. sunrise will be just around 6:40 a.m. coming up, will have details of election dayfor anotherpotential for storm in just a few

prince william county and loudoun county. this state went for president obama in 2008 then voted for a republican governor. so, it is purple. how it goes, how those counties go, could determine how virginia and the 13 electoral votes go. it's why the candidates and their spouses have been here more than 90 times since june. we can also tell you that of course, this close senate race will be closely watched not only here in virginia, but around the country. you have governor cane against governor allen. two former governors. cane is up two points. could virginia decide how the white house goes and the senate? it could be a nail biter. back to you. >> thank you, tom. >>> voters get to decide on two ballot measures. question one involved immeant domain. it allows companies to take someone's home or land for public use, not private gains. question 2 is about the amount of time they can delay the start of veto sessions. if the measure passes, they can delay the start up to one week. >>> brown resigned from council back in june aft

loudoun and prince william county. at last check, in prince william county it's almost a dead heat there. romney gets 48.6 to the president's -- in loudoun with more than 97% of the precincts reporting, president obama gets 51.4% of the vote to governor romney's 47.1%. now, when we compare that to 2008, you can see that the president won loudoun by 53.6%, and then prince william county by 57.5%. what do all these numbers tell us, don? >> what's going on here is that the president is looking not comfortable, but at least perhaps well enough to win virginia, but he has lost support in some of these key swing counties compared to where he had been back in 2008. so it's a sign that he's slipping away, and he needs to hold on just enough to be able to take the state if he is going to try to win virginia's electoral votes. >> we're going to talk about the losses because part of the narrative includes big losses in white men and also independents, a big 8% drop from 2008 to now. how do you explain those losses? >> if you look

this weekend, a country lane in loudoun county will be renamed. leesburg resident christina has been pushing for this road to be named after the one-room schoolhouse she attended as a child in the 1930s. >>> tonight parents in loudoun county are outraged over proposed changes in elementary school attendance zones. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey talked to parents who feel they're being picked on. >> reporter: in loudoun county, the signs have been made, the petitions are being signed and social media is on fire. parents across the ash burn and dulles north areas are up in arms over a proposed boundary change for elementary schools. two new elementaries open next fall. seven existing buildings are overcrowded. in one of the fastest growing areas in the country, drawing new school attendance bound vis a frequent and necessary growing pain. >> we have 2,500 new students every year on average, opened 37 schools since 2000. we've more than doubled our student population since then. so inevitably somebody has to move. >> reporter: this is the

here at loudoun county they're hoping they can knock off the giants. they're riding a five-game winning streak of their own. and as you said, carol, the playoffs start tonight, this is the last game of the regular season, every team wants to go in riding a high and we'll see what both these teams bring out here tonight in loudoun county. >> it will definitely be fun to watch. thank you, zachary quiche, reporting live from leesburg. >>> the briar woods falcons, they're high powered and so is loud county. so this one's going to be major impact with fireworks. >> how great to have that happen during your senior year. >> to have two teams. they both should make the playoffs. >> that would be wonderful. >> thank you, carol. >>> when we come back, at 5:30, if people are waiting hours to vote in prince george's county to vote early, is everything going to be okay on tuesday? >>> and pets at the aquarium have just hours left before there is a real emergency. >>> i'm jackie bensen in stafford county. a dui accident lea [ earnest ] out of the blue one day, we we

obama 1 loudoun and prince william counties and is hoping for a victory again tonight. mitt romney needs a win here as well. >> that is hard to look at four years because the landscape changes. >> donna dunham voted for obama last time. >> that was my first time to vote. >> the polls will close in virginia at 7:00 tonight. if you are in line at 7:00, you can still vote just bring your id and voter registration card. we understand that paul ryan will now hold an event this afternoon in richmond. >> thank you so much. we are getting a small sampling of the first ballot results. 12 hours agopshire. for the first time since the tradition began in 1968, voters were split in dixville 5-5. the president plans 23 votes to met ronnie's 9 votes. libertarian gary johnson got one vote. >> election day is crisp and clear outside but we are on storm watch. jacqui jeras is here now with more. >> the cold air is already in place. this is the call this morning we have had since late march. our temperatures were down below the freezing part for the most part. it is the end of the growing

the loudoun case dates back to 2001. that's when a woman was raped in her apartment. >>> investigators are now talking to a woman who was attacked by a serial groper in northern virginia. there were two incidents just a few minutes apart last week on hibbling avenue in springfield. police believe the assaulted started back in september. the victims range from 15 to 42 years old. and officers have increased patrols in the neighborhood now and investigators are also looking into similarities from a case last month in falls church where a woman was grabbed there as well. >>> now it is innocencing day for the -- financing day for the than -- sentencing day for the man behind the tragedy in tucson. edward lawrence has the latest from tucson. >> reporter: camera crews are lined up outside the courthouse for the sentencing of tucson massacre gunman jared loughner. former congresswoman gabrielle giffords is among the survivors of the rampage who are expected to attend the hearing. giffords' husband former astronaut mark kelly is

few pockets of rain from loudoun county from prince william and northern fauquier. this is traveling north and east and should be moving into the metro area over the next perhaps hour or so. we're going to have the heavier rain coming on through. a lot of leaves came down. streets and sidewalks are slippery. right now we're in the upper 30s in the shenandoah valley and near 40 degrees. out of the mountains of western maryland and parts of west virginia, it's near freezing now. closer to washington. it's in the mid-40s to upper 40s in the nearby suburbs in prince george's, arlington, fairfax, and montgomery counties. much of southern maryland near the bay hovering near 50. for the morning commute, you'll need an umbrella. rainy, chilly, by 6:00 a.m. still hovering in the upper 40s to mid-40s in the north and west. by noontime, all the rain over. should end by 9:00 or 10:00. cloudy and chilly for the lunch hour. winds still blustery, 20 miles an hour out of the north and west. we'll be holding steady in the 40s for the rest of the afternoon and down to near 40 by midn

in fact this morning you'll see in northern loudoun county, lovettsville is 28. haymarket, centreville both 35 degrees. ath warmer to the south fort belvoir. same story at andrews and toward upper mar barl -- marlboro 38. cloudy, good visibility with 41 and a slight wind out of the northeast at 6. the windchill currently 37 at reagan national. across the country, we've got some storms we're going to watch come on to the west coast. the west coast between now and tuesday looks like they'll get a couple of storms coming n. they'll get several inches of rain. be messy there. for us weak systems generally coming across the country will try to get going near the coast. but the good news for us looks like when they get going, they'll be going out to sea at the same time. we're watching this one storm system down across georgia and the carolinas with the rain. it's giving us the clouds this morning and will again give us some clouds throughout the day on and off but it does look like all the rain that's down there is going to be scooting off toward the north and itself

even out west in loudoun county, lots of lower 40s with the wind as well. so windchills in the 30s. on our michael & son weather camera, you can see a little bit of that reduced visibility with the clouds around, some showers in spots. north winds at 12 miles an hour. so our windchill 42. the humidity 83%. here's the front blasting through the region with the rain showers. we'll see it get out of here the next few hours. it's going to take the clouds with it as well. that might not happen till about lunch time. if anybody is lingering with some showers midday, it will be well south and east of us. the clouds may linger across southern maryland and the lower eastern shore but the chill is here and here to stay for the foreseeable future. no more 70s. yellow alert for the early showers. that will slow you down on the morning commute, 52. tonight 37. that's in d.c. 27 in the cold spots. 50 tomorrow but sunny. thursday 51. perhaps a couple of clouds mixing in. as we head toward the weekend, we're good friday and saturday, just cool. sunday and monday signs that a coastal storm could dev

the line will eventually run to dulles international airport and into loudoun county. here in tysons, the to ks is on changing this place from changing from parking malls to an urban downtown. a new city. >> less than 20,000 people live here now. fairfaxers would like to see 30 years from now, 25 years from now, more than 100,000 people living here. >> reporter: there won't be any parking to go along with them, and commuters will not be able to use parking lots like tysons center parking mall. >> if you were to add parking, imagine the traffic behind you now and add all the people trying to get to that parking. that won't work. >> reporter: what many drivers see going on right now in tysons, pedestrian bridges connected to the metro station, a way for future metro riders to get to the train from neighborhoods and jobs without having to cross traffic. the idea of changing this place, welcome news to some who deal with the challenges here. >> any plans that would help alleviate some of the congestion, and make it more attractive, certainly i think most of us would be onb

it's ending moderately in loudoun county and stretching down to just west of chantilly and hay marketdvancing north and east. and that little band of moderate rain passing into the western suburbs in fairfax and montgomery county over the next half hour or so. mostly light rain across the district, southern montgomery county, all of prince george's and much of southern maryland, including prince george's county and to the western part of the northern neck. this rain is going to be with us for another couple of hours at least. behind that, all these areas in dark blue are below freezing. ohio, much of west virginia, pennsylvania, into the midwest. it's down into the 20s many of those locations. right around the metro area, we're in the 40s. we're going to hold steady in the 40s throughout the day, hour by hour. you'll need an umbrella. through 9:00 a.m., we'll have that rain and dry after that. a chilly afternoon and breezy. by dawn tomorrow, near freezing. starting off tomorrow, much of the area a freeze. we'll have a clear sky, sunny tomorrow with a high near 50. chilly mornings and

>> i think it's loudoun county?f you win or lose -- whoever wins or loses probably carries the state of virginia. is that fair? >> it all depends on turnout. that's your essential swing county and virginia has hamilton, ohio and washington and nevada, there will be some of those key counties that will be leading indicators. on how independents are behaving there will be deep counties where the turnout will be just as important. >> michael steele? >> david, in the last seven days or so we've seen the romney campaign focus for the first time on pennsylvania and there's been a tightening of the polls there. how did you size up play today particular particularly when you consider overall your firewall that you built with iowa, wisconsin and ohio? does it change the dynamics for you if, in fact, pennsylvania is in play? >> you understand pennsylvania well from 2010 which was an off year. we should just start with the facts in a presidential year. in order for mitt romney to win pennsylvania tonight, he's going to have to

of the viewing area especially some populated areas including montgomery county howard fauquier, loudounil 8:00 a.m. let's look at some other area temperatures within that freeze warning area. reston 37 degrees, leesburg 37 warrenton 38 culpeper right at the freezing point. oxon hill at 40 and bowie 41. not everybody in the warning is necessarily at freezing but some neighborhoods can still use a few more grease. today partly cloudy and a good amount of sunshine this afternoon with highs around 50 degrees. from 47 to 52. jackie will have more on the extended forecast but now let's go to jamie with a look at the commute. happy monday. >> let's get going and we can do it easy in virginia. no problems at all. 95 395, stafford up to the beltway. no troubles her across the 1st4th street bridge. i'm looking for adam caskey near the college park area and that stretch anddelays. as you pass the ikea at new hampshire avenue to university boulevard the construction crew picked up the barrels and remove the arrow board. virginia and maryland off to an easy monday morning start. back to you. >> 5:12

you said one of the key things to watch was in virginia, talking about prince william county and loudoun county. >> these counties were not even close. a big difference. president obama won them both big. a blue night in the presidential race. it took the romney campaign by surprise. they knew they were in trouble in the midwest, in wisconsin they did not know they would lose ohio. virginia -- one of the building blocks of the romney plan disappeared out from under them. they just did not see that coming. the only swing state a one is north carolina. it is a wipe out -- no two weighs about 8. >> mitt romney had the concession -- what happens next for him? does he have a political career after this? >> no. one of the suns may run for governor of utah. the republican party will move on. nobody is heating mitt romney's advice about where the party should go. there is a lot of bitterness about setbacks with hispanics and these huge gender gap for president obama. that is one of the fascinating things you see -- a huge gender gap. the obama coalition really held together and got big turnout.

same story in northern loudoun county up to point of rocks. parts of the eastern-west virginia panhandle on the border with virginia. you get back to i-81 notice we have things just breaking up. becoming more sporadic. that will be the case the next few hours. in southern maryland just some lighter showers here, spottier showers than what we're dealing with north and west but we're all dealing with a chill. this is change big time. the temps now some 25, 30 degrees colder than yesterday's highs. 43 in rockville. down to 41, those are the cold spots ashburn and leesburg and vienna in fairfax county and springfield 44. outside on our michael & son weather camera, a little bit of reduced visibility. you can see it in the light right here. you see that shining on the flag? temperature at national down to 45 with light rain and drizzle but the winds north at 20 making it feel like 37 and gusting even higher than that. so we'll take the rain. we'll push it east, stopping the clock at noon. you'll notice a few lingering showers by the northern neck.

and in fairfax county, he received 59% of the vote. 71% for alexandria. 52% for loudoun county, and 57% prince william county. >> president obama is also victorious in the district and maryland. he won in a landslide in both places. in d.c., the president won by 84% there. and in maryland he won by a convincing margin of 24%. these results were not surprising at all. registered democrats outnumber registered republicans 2-1 in maryland. >>> d.c. residents will see a new face on the city council after a major upset. newcomer and independent david grosso beat at large council member michael brown. brown was surrounded by controversy after $100,000 went missing from his campaign. grosso is a former staff member of former council member sharon ambrose and touted his public policy experience during the campaign. phil mendelson is now officially chairman of the d.c. council. he won the special election for the seat with 72% of the vote. mendelson has filled in as chair for the past five months following the resignation of former chairman kwame brown due to a corruption scandal. mendelson will

the key tonight to watch these votes, loudoun county. when they first come in tonight, we're going get a better am on how that northern virginia block is going to go and that might tell you something. >> and it's been good for you as a political reporter that much of the race is playing out in our own backyard. as the night progresses and our coverage continues, we'll talk about ohio, pennsylvania, of course, and pennsylvania. tom fitzgerald, thank you. >>> craig bosswell is traveling with the obama campaign in chicago and has the latest. >> reporter: president obama wrapped up his campaign in iowa and put in time in the chicago field office. >> and can you hear me? this is barack obama, how are you? >> reporter: imagine hearing that on the other end of the phone line while president obama visited his campaign headquarters, he placed a half dozen or so phone calls to supporters and team leaders in neighboring wisconsin. he visited the state again yesterday. >> my name is barack obama, you know the president? >> hi. >> reporter: he congra

warning fromeze frederick, montgomery, loudoun, the south and west. it does not include the district or southern maryland. wycombe tomorrow morning, a definite chill in the air. be in thees will 30's. sunrise will be just around 6:40 a.m. coming up, will have details of election dayfor anotherpotential for storm in just a few minutes. in the meantime, new the new york is to. find this help missing senior? ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine the pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with qualifying pnc performance select checking account and earn 75% more than cards earning 1% cash back on almost everything. we are learning tonight about horrible tragedy at the zoo. the 2-year-old boy who died was lifted to a railing by his get a bettercould look. the boy fell into the enclosure mauled by the animals. know if hethey don't from the fallen from the attack from the animals. >> police investors can need your help finding a missing senior. show you her picture appeared she was last seen 4:30 p.m. this afternoon in northwest washington. the 72-year-old was supposed

. >>> tonight some parents in loudoun county are unhappy about a potential school shuffle for their children. julie carey tells us more about the proposed changes. >> reporter: this is one of two new elementary schools that will open in loudoun county next fall. that's the good news. the bad news for some, in this rapidly growing school district that adds 2,500 kids each year, it's also time to adjust elementary school attendance boundaries. >> we have seven elementary schools, over 1,000 schools built for 800 students. eventually that puts a strain on the building, a strain on staff and resources. and what you can do in the building curriculumwise. >> reporter: the starting point was this map drawn up by school administrators. the school board members added their own version, so now there are seven plans. and in five of them, this broadland neighborhood is one that gets split. right now, all the kids in this neighborhood go to the same elementary school. mill run. but under some of the boundary change proposals, they would be divided up. the dividing line right down the middle of the street

he has a plea hearing set for november 30 and loudoun county for a separate rate.--for a separate rape. his next court date hearing is in prince william county on january 14. after what happened here this morning it is impossible to know what is going to happen later this month. thomas's next court date set for january 13. in manassas, jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. >> 12:15. a sign of progress in the aftermath of hurricane sandy they added the gas rationing. hard to forget these photos of lines spanning four blocks. rationing will continue though in new york city and on long island. new york city council will meet today or they are expected to approve a half million dollar emergency plan. >> the cure that was ravaged by hurricane sandy will be rebuilt. -- de pier. the pier was badly damaged weeks ago during hurricane sandy. >> there's some good news there. still, folks in new jersey and new york do not have the power weeks after the storm. court's and it is going to be very cold there, here as well. there is the potential for another coastal storm. is still too early

downtown center out there loudoun county all ready for the season. what do you guys think of this, huh? >> too early. too early. >> we just got done with halloween. the kids haven't even gotten rid of their costumes yet, and they're out there putting up the christmas decorations. got to say, though, it looks pretty good. and at least it feels like it's on the fall side or rather the winter side as temperatures have been struggling to get to 50 degrees in many areas today. 50 degrees out there right now. winds out of the northwest at 14 miles an hour. somebody on my facebook page a good friend of mine said 45 days left until christmas. really? come on. at least let's get through thanksgiving first. 47 in rockville, 49 in camp springs right now and out toward annapolis coming in at 52 degrees. you know it's a cool one. and when you add all the wind it feels like the 30s and low 40s across the region. as far as the radar is concerned none of this reaching the ground. this is all ground clutter again. we tend to see that in fairly dry atmospheres though

in fairfax county, he received 59% of the vote. 71% for alexandria. 52% for loudoun county, and 57% for prince william county. >> there was some speculation the candidates could split the electoral and popular vote, but at 6:35 now it is clear that president obama has both firmly in hand. heerds here's a look at the popular vote. with 95% of precincts reporting now, the president has about 58.5 million votes. you see there on the screen. romney trails with more than 56 million. percentage-wise, that gives the president 50-48% is the advantage. >>> election day is barely over, and some people are already talking about the next presidential election. hillary 2016 was trending across the world on twitter early just this morning after a few minutes after mitt romney delivered his concession speech. the secretary of state is regularly asked whether she might consider another bid for the white house. she lost the democratic nomination to president obama in 2008. the former first lady says she does not plan to stay on as secretary of state in the president's second term. >>> 6:36 our time now.

he'll have a plea hearing later this month in loudoun country. he's accused of raping and sodommizing a woman. police believe thomas is responsible for raping or attacking 17 women up and down the east coast since 1997. he could be sentenced to life in prison if he's convicted. >>> coming up on news4 at 6:00, top officials are targeted in a new onslaught of attacks in syria. gambling expansion passed in maryland, so when are all those new jobs coming to prince george's county? a couple of states made history legalizing the sale of marijuana for recreational use. it could set up a big governmen >>> the president of syria survived an attack on his palace today. it hit nearby homes instead. three people died and seven others were hurt. syrian media called it a terrorist attack. they said it was retaliation for syrian violence. syrian tv also reports a judge died today when a bomb exploded in his car. >>> wall street had its worst day of 2012, tumbling more than 300 points today. the dow fell below 13,000 for the first time since september. the nasda

out back towards leesburg, loudoun county, through fauquier county and western portions of prince williamong 66 and 50. you'll continue to see that rain. most of this will be on the light to moderate side. it's moving right on up the blue ridge over towards frederick, in the next hour. the rest of us will get in on the rain very soon. here's the frontal boundary. the cold front just back to the west with a lot of rain associated with it. right now i'm expecting to see half an inch to about 3/4 of an inch of rain total for this event. not going to be all that much in the way of rain. tomorrow morning, wind, not going to be a very good morning. 47 degrees to start off your morning. 37 in leesburg. 37 in martinsburg. windchills tomorrow morning with the rain coming down will be in the upper 20s to lower 30s, as winds will be gusting 20 to 30 miles per hour. temperatures tomorrow afternoon, struggling to get to 50 degrees in many locations. i think 49 is all we're going to get to in washington. although i think we'll start to see some sunshine by late tomorrow afternoon. through midnight toni

all this tonight and the one place she's going to be watching to see how the race is shaping up, loudounounty, virginia. it's the swing county in the swing state and who does well there may just be our next president. >> certainly bears watching. here's topper with our forecast. >>> the nor'easter does appear to be a glancing blow. clouds are on the way in, chilly 43. winds out of the north- northeast at nine. they will pick up overnight, pressure steady 0.37 inches of mercury. not a direct hit. breezy and cold tonight. i think tomorrow morning's commute will be dry and rain, possibly mixed with wet snow late tomorrow and especially tomorrow night. higher impact at the shore where we could see winds upwards of 50 miles per hour and there are advisories from essentially cape hatteras all the way to nan tukt. farther north you go into the long island sound, you may see winds 55 to 60 miles per hour. i don't see any heavy rain for us. the winds will be increasing as we go through tomorrow and thursday. mostly cloudy tonight, 32 to about 40. tomorrow morning, a lot of clouds, should be dry,

this time in loudoun county. one last chance to rally the voters and get people out to the polls. beth parker was following the vice president today. [ cheering ] >> reporter: joe biden emerging from a sea of glue is no accident. >> how are you all? >> reporter: how are you and, more important, will you be going to the polls tomorrow and who are you bringing with you. that is what joe biden wants to know. in sterling, virginia, the vice president talked about the stark differences between the democratic and republican ticket saying that romney and ryan never stick to request any one position. >> they're like a kid trying to outrun their shadow, you know, but they don't know. the only time their shadow catches up with them is when the sun goes down. it's going down tomorrow night for them. it's going down! >> reporter: very, very hopeful and optimistic. >> reporter: she is here because of issues like women's rights and education. >> barack and i believe that my daughter and his two daughters, my four granddaughters, are entitled to every single opportunity my sons have and every si

i'll be looking at loudoun county in northern virginia outside of washington, d.c. hamilton county in cincinnati, ohio. hillsboro county in florida. what are you going to be specifically looking for? >> well, there ar key counties that people lock in on. we're hearing great results in the panhandle of florida where turnout is through the roof. virginia, southwest virginia, virginia, southwest virginia, also coal'ej is through the roof, as well as virginia beach, chesapeake, heavily republican areas, they're bringing in additional poll workers to accommodate the turnout in those areas. so as you know, there are attorney bellwethers that you watch for, and what we're seeing is very positive for governor romney today. >> you heard the obama folks say you decided to contest -- try to contest pennsylvania because you were losing in ohio and this was in their words an act of desperation. what do you say to that? >> i say that the map has expanded very much in governor romney's favor. we were fully funded in ohio and we were looking at other areas where we could go into be

you got as over 60% here in loudoun county. they have been on a roll since then.his is the big one. it is not like to be four more years. it declined to be two more days. i have to apologize. tag and mitt romney were supposed to be with me. they have been up for other stocks. they have just gotten on a plane are heading out to southern virginia for a couple of events. i have the new. and iran will be back here at 245 -- mitt romney will be back here to 40 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. -- 2:45 p.m. tomorrow. governor romney was here on thursday for three stops. paul ryan was here yesterday. itt tonight.th mat they know how important virginia is. president obama said that if he does not win virginia he's not going to be the next president of the united states. will you help us keep that promise ta? i know for you to be missing the washington redskins, let me tell you how much i love you. my wife is a former redskins cheerleader. she actually cheered at the halftime show today. she is cheering for the redskins at halftime. i am here because i love you and it romney. this is a

tomorrow he will reportedly plead guilty to attacks in prince william and loudoun counties. he attacked three teenage trick or treaters in '09. >>> and a 9th woman now says she has been a victim of the serial groper. there were two incidents within 30 minutes of each other last thursday in springfield. police say that suspect has fondled women between the ages of 15 and 42 since september. officers have increased patrols in that neighborhood but a woman in falls church says a man matching that same description grabbed her last month, and now police are looking into a possible link. >>> the director of the massachusetts pharmacy board has been fired for ignoring a complaint about the company that's now been linked to the deadly meningitis outbreak. back in july the colorado pharmacy board complained that the new england pharmacy center was shipping drugs there in bulk. it is not supposed to do that. the corrector said he would respond but nothing was ever done. the men ingait ties outbreak -- the meningitis outbreak has sickened and killed many people. >>> want to stay fit? w

loudoun county, fairfax county, arlington, prince william -- of those four, where is it most critical for either one of these candidates to lock up a victory to, in essence, bring northern virginia into the column and bell weather for the state? >> reporter: i said it early on and it bears repeating. there are two counties, they are key. prince william four years ago president obama got 58% of the vote there and how den four years ago he won. governor mcdonnell won them and in 2010, the at races, they went republican. is it going to be a tale of 2009 or the tale of 2008? the whole country is concentrating and if he wins ohio and not virginia, he's in trouble in terms of that magic number of 270. >> and let's talk to the gateway. you have similar voting patterns in ohio that you have in virginia. you have heavily concentrated urban areas situated nearby in rural areas. how has that mirrored itself between what has been going on in this campaign in ohio and in the common wealth of virginia? >> four years ago, president obama won ohio by 5 percentage points, 260,000 votes. he won hamilto

. >> playoff time high school football our toyota game of the week, good drove at loudoun county, courtesy of 20,000 total votes yesterday and last evening. highlights of this one leads our coverage tonight. >>> all right. finally it's the wusa9 game on jersey give-away from now till the end of the football season. we're giving away a jersey to our facebook fans. go to our facebook page and like us. tell us why you deserve the jersey and you'll be entered to win. the winner is randomly selected and announced on game on saturdays at 7:00 this week, ray rice jersey. so good luck. ravens taking on the raiders this week. ray rice, great guy, great engineers. >> i we're just so happy we don't have to put -- great jersey. >> we're just so happy we don't have to put that on you today. >> that's it for us. the cbs evening news is next. >> derek is back with our area's only local newscast at 7:00. have a great weekend. >> good night, everybody.

assaults up and down the east coast will reportedly plead guilty to attacks in prince william county and loudoun county. he attacked three teenagers trick-or-treating on halloween in 2009 and he raped a woman in her apartment back in 2001. >>> nine women, nine attacks and police think the same guy is responsible for all these incidents in northern virginia. >> reporter: i'm surae chinn in springfield, virginia, where now a ninth case has been link to the serial groper in fairfax county. nearby residents are on high alert after the latest attack on hibbling avenue near dunwoody street in springfield. >> i'm going to walk home in a few minutes and i'm a little scared now. >> reporter: the 42-year-old victim was disturbed by the incident but delayed telling anyone because she didn't know the process of reporting a crime. >> she was talking to a friend. the friend urged her that the time to call police. were a woman who doesn't want to be identified said her mother is one of the nine victims attacked back in september also on hibbling avenue. >> scared, yes. >> reporter: she was scared? >> yes. >> r

. >> we're looking at these right around the forces of frederick county into loudoun county.his is the line right here going to continue to move off the east fairly quickly at about 20-30 miles per hour. you can expect 30-40 mile an hour winds, maybe upwards around 50. over towards gaithersburg and eventually moving into fairfax county. this is all part of a cold front that is moving across the region. as it does, you will see some strong showers -- rather some strong thunderstorms with some strong winds and something else that will greet you tomorrow morning. >> next up, a surprise on the campus of montgomery campus tonight after a student accused of making threats. this is video of a 19-year-old being taken to a police car. police say the man was upset about a failed relationship and he told friends he felt like shooting people just for fun. friends told campus security and police officers tracked down the student while he was eating lunch. >> two students accused of murdering a cab driver were out for money. police say 17-year-old linda berry and 17 joshua mevin had been d

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in fairfax county, he received 59% of the vote. 71% for alexandria, 52% for loudoun county, and 57% for prince william county. >>> and from virginia to maryland now, you will soon be able to get the feel of a vegas casino without having to leave the region. question seven passed, paving the way for casinos in maryland. just a few hours ago at national harbor, there was quite a celebration going on, tony. >> reporter: just a few hours ago, you're right. quiet here now, aaron, but county executive baker was on hand with former executive wayne curry all down here having a celebration, fireworks going off. an unprecedented amount of money spent on this ballot measure. over $90 million spent by both supporters and those that oppose it. guys, you will not be celebrating new year's here. you won't even be celebrating a birthday any time soon. we will not see this casino until 2016, but we can see table games as soon as next year. as for the numbers, 52-48 statewide, and here in prince george's county, 59-41. prince george's county executive rashern baker was on hand giving a victory speech. >>

if you're out in loudoun county by the way you may not see any rain from the system and if you're west of the divide it will be sunny tomorrow. west of 81 nothing. >>> turning back to election day now. the presidential candidates are getting ready to celebrate or concede. once tonight's returns start to come in. >> governor romney's camp is set up in massachusetts while president obama is in illinois. and our team coverage from their headquarters begins with danielle nottingham in chicago. and danielle, what's going on so far? >> reporter: well, lesli right now we're waiting for the president's supporters to start arriving here. a couple of thousand supporters. it will be quite different than what it was in 2008 when hundreds of thousands of people gathered in chicago's grant park for the president's victory celebration. but right now, they're just doing sound checks getting the stage ready. the president today he conducted interviews with tv and radio stations in battleground states and even played a game of basketball a tradition on election day. his team won and he was joined by for

. >>> a loudoun county sheriff's detective on the wrong side of the law. he's been charged with dwi after hitting two parked cars over the weekend. investigators are not releasing the man's name because he's an undercover member of the sheriff's department. he's a ten-year veteran. he remains on paid leave. >>> going to be a high price on a dulles toll road come the new year. airports authority voted today to raise the cost for the next two years beginning on january 1st. the toll at the main plaza will go up 50 cents to $2.75. then the year after that, the main toll had rise again to $3.50. most of that money will be used to help pay for the silver line metro rail extension to dulles airport. >>> we now have a clearer picture of how the passage of question 7 will impact maryland's newest casino. maryland live plans to add 125 tables for blackjack and roulette. that will bring 1200 new dealer jobs to the casino. only slots and electronic games were allowed before the gambling expansion passed. they expect all of the new games to be in place by early spring

we have a few of those in western fairfax county, southern loudoun, as well as prince george's and the northern neck of virginia, just a few scattered sprinkles there. it is cold in the mountains off to our west below freezing. all the areas in the lighter blue are in the mid to upper 30s to 40 degrees. for the morning hours, clouds around, just a small chance of a scattered flurry. the winds will begin to pick up a bit and start gusting to around 25, 30 miles an hour by later this afternoon. now let's go to danella with our first 4 traffic. >> thanks, tom. still checking on that accident along northbound i-95 just north of 32. an update for you. it involves an overturned box truck. you are able to get by but you have to stick to the right to get past it. i-270 at montrose road, in both directions north and south between clarksburg and the beltway. outside and inside the beltdway, accident-free as well as no more construction. cones if you're traveling westbound approaching the beltway. that work zone is clear and your lanes are open. back over to you. >>> news4 at the news desk with b