holly morris joins us live from middleburg with the details.had quite a week, holly. >> reporter: i know. there are worse ways to make a living than shopping every day, or at least telling you where to shop. when we want to find out like the inside scoop about what's going on at the station who do we ask? >> uhm... >> who do we ask? >> look next to you. >> oh, me? >> look next to you. >> allison. >> allison. >> i ask you but that's neither here nor there. anyway, me! >> reporter: allison, you are always in the know. somehow you always have the pulse of the newsroom. >> wow. >> reporter: when you come to middleburg, if you want to know what's really going on, gou to the search out this lady right here. this is punkin lee with the middleburg business an professional association but so much more than that. she knows everybody. even the pr person i was talking to today said when she wanted to find out something she asked you want what's going on in middleburg? >> a lot, a lot, a lot. we have big sidewalk sales coming this weekend. there are 6 annua

happy holidays. >> hello, middleburg.idays. >> reporter: we came to the back of the store because when you see the store from the front it looks small but it's anything but. so we are going to walk the whole thing and you're going to show us what makes this christmass store so unique. >> items from around the world. i have internet store. and i send out all the the world. >> so the world shops the store because you have stuff from around the world, as well. >> yes. >> reporter: let's show people what we have. back here are the clothes. >> i have here right now for the oktoberfest. >> if christmas is right around the corner, oktoberfest is at the corner. [ laughter ] >> reporter: you have wonderful sweaters. >> italy, germany of course. >> reporter: come through here and as we come through here tell me about this beautiful nativity scene. >> this is the nativity come from southern tyrol, all hand carved. >> reporter: it's gorgeous. i love this. i have a nutcracker collection myself. and so tell me a little bit about your s

indeed i am as i am live in middleburg virginia.f course it is the posh little horse town home to many famous people the kennedys had a place here, regans had a place here. even to this day, the stores on this main drag because they are cute, unique and high end draw celebrities, hillary swank, michael jackson, justin bieber they have all been here lately but, this weekend is the weekend you want to come. they are having their sixth annual sidewalk sale. this is where you can find all those unique high priced items at bargain basement prices and they make it a little festival atmosphere as well. this morning we will get a wonderful preview of all that is going on from the great deals you can find. we have someone who will come help shop the sale. to food, atmosphere going on and give you all the details as to why you need to come out and experience middleburg first hand for yourself. all i want to say sarah and wisdom, this is two days this week i have gotten to go shopping have i told you lately how much i love my job? any way. >>

and the heavy to moderate rain is back in middleburg and plains around i-66 hay market so you have to go to virginia to get in on that and again still dealing with a few lightning strikes and things dying down in terms of the thunderstorms but all in all, we still are dealing with wet weather this morning. 78 degrees right now in pasadena. and 72 in rockville. let's check the amount bc2 timesaver traffic with -- abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. we have reduced visibility. >> reporter: and a crash in mount airy shut down route 26 at unionville road. a crash to watch out for. everything is up to speed traveling through the fort mchenry tunnel as well as harbor tunnel. we have all that construction that is blocking one northbound lane of 895. right there at the steel bridge but speeds clocking in at a high of 54 miles per hour. so overall, not too bad. here's a live look at the west side of the beltway at baltimore national pike and you are looking at an 11-minute ride on the outer loop from 795 towards 95. but traffic is starting to pick up in the area. no problems on the outer

beltway you're right around 70, 72 in arlington, 65 reston and sterling and toward leesburg and middleburg and manassas. friday morning mostly sunny, warming up a little, temperatures in the 70s and 80s, winds out of the southwest at 10. by afternoon mostly sunny and hot but not that humid. that is the key. high temperatures near 95, winds west, southwest at 10. next three days, code green tomorrow. it's going to be hot but not humid, 94, isolated storm saturday, 91. we'll keep that code green. don't change your plans. sunday a little better chance of showers and storms. right now code yellow, temperatures in the upper 80s, might reduce that to green if isaac slows down. next seven days, labor day tter chance for showers and thunderstorms and maybe even a leftover thunderstorm tuesday. we should dry out wednesday and thursday, but actually i was looking at new information. we could have more showers and thunderstorms wednesday and thursday and less on sunday and monday which wouldn't be bad. >> that would be better. >> yeah. stay tuned. >> thank you, sir. >>> we'll butch up with a look at

middleburg, just to the west of mount airy and damascus, all seeing the showers. in loudoun county, lub -- leesburg, heads up for you folks. this making its way to the southeast. if you live in mount airy, 25 minutes for you. germantown in 25 minutes. this line of storms continues to move on across the region. it's going to continue to do so right on down toward the chess peer before quickly dying off in the evening hours. this area of low pressure to the south. staying south tomorrow. but still a slight chance of a shower. better chance into the day on our wednesday. this evening, partly cloudy, scattered showers and a few thunderstorms. temperatures 68 to 76 degrees. you will see that rain-cooled air and if you do see some rain again, it's a pretty good bet from just about all of us. you could see some fog tomorrow morning. temperatures starting off 56 in the cooler suburbs to 69 in the city. temperatures staying in the 80s. 84 on your wednesday. better chance of showers. 87 on thursday. 89 on friday. and a beautiful nice weekend with plenty of sunshine and high

very heavy rain, middleburg, dulles, getting heavy rain at the moment.his is pushing to the east and to the north. i think we'll see some heavy rain here inside the beltway shortly and points east, prince george's county, anne arundel county to the north. you door getting some rain before long. here is the bigger picture. let's go to the next map and let me show you the rain shower activity spreading across the area. it is generally oriented west of washington at the moment. i think if your morning commute, pretty much a guarantee you will see some rain showers and perhaps some strong thunderstorms too. as we get into the midday period, a bit of a break before some showers and storms redevelop late this afternoon. 80 in washington. that is not very comfortable. 72 at dulles. 77 this morning at bwi marshall. lots of clouds around today. could be a few peeks of sunshine midday. cooler than yesterday. 87degrees. with the clouds and rain, cooler temperatures, we'll take it. >> and the rain too. >> here comes the rain again. >> let's check in with lauren dema

gaithersburg and rockville, upper 60s reston and fairfax and maybe 68 toward leesburg and manassas and middleburg. tomorrow morning mostly sunny, breezy, warm, 70s and 80s, very nice, winds northwest 10 to 15. by afternoon partly cloudy, almost hot, just an isolated shower or storm, high temperatures around 90, winds northwest at 10. so we'll keep tomorrow code green, just isolated storm, not enough to disrupt your plans, 91, but then we'll go code yellow sunday and labor day and increasing chance of storms sunday primarily in the afternoon. we have hanging out on the right side of the icon there 86 and on labor day a better chance for showers and storms, 88, kind of on and off all day. next seven days isolated storm tuesday, wednesday what's left of isaac won't leaf us alone, low 90s -- leave also loan, low 90s, more storms thursday, a cold front and spectacular next friday with highs in the mid- 80s. so hot now but not humid. you can go outside and eat at your favorite restaurant as long as russ hasn't reported on it or take a walk. i'm just saying. >> he's not going to be very popular around t

. >> woodruff: not far away, in middleburg, lisa patterson, who usually votes democratic says she leansard obama but believes neither candidate understands small business, like the sandwich shop she used to run. >> neither of them, you know, i'm talking about a restaurant that grossed $250,000 a year. we're talking small. but i employed ten people. and that's important. they weren't high paying jobs, but those are jobs and in a community of 700, those are really important jobs. and i don't think either of them have got a grasp on that at all. i wish they'd come out and work >> woodruff: to try to sway these fence-sitters, both campaigns have upped their ground game. obama got the earlier start but both have now opened offices all across northern virginia-- by phone, via social media and in person. while it tries to overcome what some recent polls show is a double-digit lead for president obama among women here, the romney camp is separately making a big push for voters with ties to northern virginia's defense industry. >> and when you look at issues like sequestration they have a crippl