. >>> 14 months after the east coast earthquake, and louisa county virginia is moving forward with new plans to build an elementary school. last august's 5.8 magnitude earthquake destroyed the elementary school and the high school. since then, classes have been held in mobile units on other county school sites. school administrators say the new elementary school should be finished for the beginning of the 2014-2015 school year. >> looking at some of that video from the flooding, from isabel, reminds me that people who were bracing for sandy are getting a little fer vonervous. what's it looking like now? >> it's diminished a little bit in strength overnight, but still tracking our way, unfortunately, maybe as early as sunday we may begin to feel the effects from it. i want to stress the word "may." there's still a lot of uncertainty with the storm. the important thing for all of us is to just pay close attention to the forecast. right now, don't have any travel problems weather-wise around the region. we do have just a few clouds north and east of the metro area. elsewhere, it is clear,

mcdonald said many people didn't know about earthquake safety when the magnitude 5.8 quake hit louisa county, virginia, in august of last year. it cost tens of millions of dollars in damages. several states including maryland, virginia and the district will join together for the great southeast shakeout. it's scheduled for 10:18 a.m. on the 18th. at that time, you're supposed to drop, cover and hold on as if there were a major earthquake happening at that moment. >>> another round of protest ads popping up in metro stations today. >>> a record free-fall jump that has even the people at nasa excited. >>> the controversy over cross bows. >>> also, we take a look at rg3. yesterday cdid you see that run? >>> we'll have the controversy over cross bows that you mentioned. why fairfax county workers say they ought to be able to bring their bows with them to work. take away his toys and he'll play with a stick. take away their bikes and they'll still find a way to get where they're going. but if take you away early childhood education... slash k-12 funding... and cut college aid for middle class families ...

. >>> 14 months after the east coast earthquake, louisa county, virginia, moving forward with plans to build a new elementary school. teachers and parents will be on site for the ground breaking ceremony. the 5. magnitude earthquake destroyed the elementary and high school. classes have been held on mobile units. the new elementary school should be ready to open in 2014. >>> the "today" show is coming up next at 7:00. let's check in with matt lauer to see what they're working on for today this morning. good morning to you. nice to see you. >> good to see you as well. coming up on a thursday here on "today," hurricane sandy lashing cuba as a strong category 2 storm this morning. is a dangerous ceremony now shaping up for east coast of the united states in the coming days? al will have the latest on what to expect. >>> also ahead, a "today" exclusive that will be particularly interesting to people in your area. ten years after his arrest, lee boyd malvo, one of the d.c. snipers, speaks out from behind bars. what he's now revealing for the first time in what he says will be his last inter

louisa county chamber commerce. we think all of them for partnering with us. the state chamber represents about 15,000 businesses directly and our local chambers represent about 50,000 businesses across the commonwealth of virginia. we care about those issues that impact virginia's competitiveness, and more in one of those issues not only come from richmond, our capital, but they also come from washington dc. so this is an important topic for us this evening and the businesses and citizens of the commonwealth of virginia. i also want to thank some of our local delegates and state senators for being here today. we appreciate ken peterson as well. the state chamber is strong because we have strong leaders. we are very fortunate that in 2012 our chairman is here this evening to bringing his greetings and encouragement and he is the champion of free enterprise. private sector, currently, for the last several years, he has been serving as the vice president of corporate affairs, another virginia based corporation. and he has been serving this year and he has been championing the idea of citizen participation in the idea of free enterprise. i would like you to join me in welcoming him for serving as chair on the state