susan mcginnis reports from norfolk, virginia. >> reporter: virginia mothers andrea mcclellan and susany are targets for mitt romney and president obama. >> being a woman is not a pre-existing condition. >> this president has failed america's women. >> reporter: mcclellan who used to work for a fortune 500 company said she doesn't have a clear picture of romney. >> women's issues are very important. with regard to the economy i think obama has a better plan. >> reporter: this mother of three believes the president's affordable care act will help lower costs for women and concerned about the gop's stand on abortion. >> it's an issue out of "mad men." are we in 2012? why are we talking about these things? this is my mother's generation not my generation. >> reporter: president obama holds a comfortable lead among women in virginia but recent polls shows romney is closing the gap in battleground states susan lily is voting for romney. she believes his economic plan will mean more opportunity for women. >> i think bringing economic freedom to as many people as possible is the best way to do

want to get to norfolk, virginia.nes declared a city of emergency for his city on friday. marcus jones joins us this morning. thank you for being with us, sir. certainly appreciate it. tell me a little bit about what the situation is in norfolk right now. >> sure. this morning, basically, during the last day and a half we have witnessed flooding in low-lying areas. but those are areas that typically flood. we've had a community-wide approach basically with the public and private sector coming to the. including the army national guard and the school system. so we've been working for the last three days in preparation for this. >> how have you found people heeding the warnings that have been coming, especially since you're already declaring a state of emergency on friday? >> sure. i really have to take my hat off to the employees. especially public safety officials who have gone door to door and talked with the residents, advised them to be safe because the water will continue to rise. we've set up shelters, and in thos

take a live look at norfolk virginia.at's where the heavy rains are already coming down millions of people from north carolina to the state of maine could end up losing power. as a precaution they are stocking up on supplies. >> peter doocy is live in delaware. todd starks live elizabeth pran is live in the outer banks of forth carolina. >> good morning maria. >> national hurricane center within the next 30 minutes. i want to point out sandy will transition from a hurricane to something called a post tropical hurricane. it will move from the tropical track and does not mean that sandy will be weakening. don't let that fool you as we head into later on today. it will be something issued by the national weather service once they find that sand dee makes the transition. we head into tonight across central and southern stations of missouri. it could effect portions of the northeast as it tons to make land fall. maximum sustained winds at 74 miles an hour. could have maximum sustained winds at 80 miles per hour. the window is

he was based in norfolk, virginia. last night as he and the relative to exit their vehicle, police say they were visiting family, two men approached, firing shots. the relative that he was with was unharmed. please do not have a motive and have not identified any suspects and is asking anyone with information to call city police. crime stoppers is also offering a reward. >> meantime, city police are also investigating another light that homicide, this one in east baltimore. officers found the victim, identified as james utley. he was transported to hopkins suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to his head and torso. he died a short time later. police have no suspect in the case. if you have information on either of these cases, contact detectives. the roland park minty on edge today following two armed robberies minutes apart. now police are looking for three men. the first robbery occurred at par run 2:00 a.m. on wednesday when a woman was approached by three male suspects while she was getting out of her car. they t

another worry, with a full moon, sunday night being a difficult combination, it sent the area in norfolk, virginia, out to sea. others sought safe harbor. and along the new jersey shore, these people sought safe harbor >> i may as well take the right steps, get the boat out of the way. whatever is going to happen will happen >> reporter: this boat yard couldn't keep up with requests. >> no, i'm sorry, we can't take boats out of the water. >> reporter: they're bracing for the worst here on point pleasant beach. the workers built sandbags and built along the doors of concession stands, and up on roofs, usually they took time putting away the ride, now they're trying to get it done by sunday. >> it is all hands on deck thing. just everybody pitching in and making sure we can get everything taken care of before the storm hits >> reporter: there are also five oil refineries in the path of the storm, representing 6% of the nation's refining capacity. now fema is moving resources into the area, and the mid-atlantic region. for those of you asking if this is still hurricane season, it doesn't end until no

norfolk democrat. on behalf of virginia democrats from lorton to norfolk, we are proud to welcome the gotta vote bus tour. they are in virginia because it is the battleground commonwealth. it is so important to get out the vote. so goes virginia, so goes the nation. the radical romney-ryan team cannot win without virginia. we must get the turnout for barack obama. why is that so very important? in 2008, three out of the four virginians voted. when virginians vote, democrats win. it was the first time in 44 years that virginia helped elect a democrat to the white house. i am so proud to be a part of the party that believes in full voter participation. we believe that in people having the right to vote. we do not pass laws that puts up unnecessary barriers to voting. we encourage everybody to get out and vote. democrats and republicans. if you are a democrat, bring 10 friends with you to the polls. 71% of you voted in norfolk. you delivered 70% of the vote for barack obama. our message today is to get out the vote for barack obama over the next 24 days. the deadline is october 15 for registering. we have g

navy ordered all ships in the norfolk, virginia, area sent out to sea to ride out the storm there.e've got a team of correspondents alone the east coast, including the "today" show's al roker, weather channel's stephanie abrams. they're in rehoboth beach. also the weather channel's julie martin we heard there her in nags head, north carolina. they're going to be joining us throughout today. all throughout the day with coverage of sandy. meantime, nbc meteorologist dialen dryer is back with the very latest of the forecast track. dylan, another good morning to you. >> thanks, alex. good morning. we are looking at this storm as a weakening storm system right now, but that does not change the characteristics. it is still a very strong tropical storm, and there's a good chance it is going to strengthen back into a category 1 hurricane as we go into monday. right now it has sustained winds at 70 miles per hour. it is still moving to the north/northeast. and it is going to follow this path, parallel to the eastern seaboard. all the way until monday. monday night, in fact. that's when it i

charleston, norfolk, virginia, atlantic city, you're all seeing some of this stuff.could reach the northeast as early as monday. >>> the company at the center of the deadly meningitis outbreak ignored warnings from its own environmental monitors. that's the finding from an fda report. it says monitors detected nearly 90 instances of mold and bacteria overgrowth in the new england compounding center clean room since january. well, 25 deaths have been blamed on the fungal meningitis outbreak linked to tainted medications produced by the company. >>> in south carolina, social security information for millions of residents has been stolen in an international cyberattack, it seems. 3.6 million social secur

by monday morning at 8:00, it's even with norfolk, virginia beach still with winds at 80 miles an hour. the wind field expanding. this is what's new. if you were with me just 20 minutes ago or so, we showed you the track was more atlantic city. now it's down toward the delaware bay. so cape may would be just to the right. cape may, the delaware bay, atlantic city would be getting the on shore waves, the storm surge. this continues to trend closer to us and it has me a little more concerned that next week we could have some issues. let's show you deerfield beach, florida right now where the surf is being thrown up a little bit. you see this. this is not the most impressive looking surf. maybe in the distance you can see it a little bit. i think the surf around here is going to be a lot worse than what we're looking at in deerfield beach right now. by wednesday morning, this is a slow move, it's up toward harrisburg. wrap around rains and winds. could be a long duration rainstorm for us along with the winds we'll be dealing with and maybe snow in the highest elevations out west if enough

. >> reporter: at the naval station in norfolk, virginia, it was all hands on deck. for now the ships are staying in port. at this marina in new jersey, started taking boats out of the water at the crack of dawn. >> just getting as many as we can. don't want to turn any down and leave them in the water. >> reporter: meanwhile, everyone is watching the forecast. in new york city, as early as tomorrow morning officials will decide whether to shut down the subways, tunnels and bridges. near philadelphia, concern about six oil refineries, 7% of the nation's capacity. in atlantic city, the casinos will be shut down tomorrow and the list of cities and towns calling for evacuations will likely grow. but despite the warnings to leave, some still plan to stay. >> we have been able to get through all of the storms without any problem. we just anticipate that we'll be able to do the same thing now. >> reporter: to give you an idea of the scale of things, if the storm turns out to be as bad as predicted, the ocean, the water here along this entire beach, mile after mile in each

pilage took over at norfolk, virginia, heading along the coast, all the way up to atlantic city. they saw washed out bridges and flooding in almost every seaside community, homes completely is covered in sand and beachfront mansions that were completely destroyed. >>> the eye of the storm made landfall around atlantic city, new jersey. and take a look at some of the damage left behind there. the boardwalk is ripped apart. some pieces blown as far away as two, even three blocks away. >> it's really, really devastating because i live in the city and it was becoming a beautiful place to live. they was doing a lot of work here and now this is what we have, nothing left. >> some people are saying sandy was the worst storm ever they'd seen strike atlantic city. >>> power outages, evacuations, closed roads, as you would expect. >> we're going to show you how this family, they got a police escort right out of town. >>> we're seeing the rain and wind, but other places in our state, this is what they're waking up to, the other side of sandy, some pretty heavy snow. >>> our storm shield app

military has ordered 24 warships based in norfolk, virginia, out to sea to ride out the storm and, scott, here in ocean city some businesses are trying to squeeze every last dollar out of the tourists before they have to board up and get out of town. >> pelley: so we watch and we wait. chip, thanks very much. the dark skies over the economic recovery brightened a bit today. the government told us the economy grew at a 2% annual rate in the third quarter. that's better than expected and up 1.3% in the second quarter. where's the economy cooking? we asked anthony mason to show us. >> reporter: from its store front in plainfield, new jersey, e & a restaurant supply ships out everything from stoves to plates and silverware. owner joel green says restaurants are opening again and that's been good for business. >> things definitely have picked up but it's been fairly strong all the way since april up until this point. >> reporter: green says the uncertainty surrounding the election is making business owners more cautious, but he likes the direction his business is headed. >> if it keeps rollin

this is a live look outside right now at norfolk, virginia where they are experiencing some very hard rain like many parts of the area will be experiencing throughout the day. if it is not there yet, tucker barnes says it is on the way so get ready for it. meanwhile, in annapolis. >> let's take a look at that now. this is a live picture there. you can see it kind of there on the right, the streetlights kind of illuminating the road there. you can see the rain is starting to come down. it will only continue to come down harder. issues of flooding over there close to the bay as well, don't you think, tucker. >> not today. the winds are out of the north appear northwest. the water will get blown out of the bay today. tomorrow, the winds will shift and they will have a big problem with flooding in annapolis. >> look like everybody is in the path no matter what. >> not just locally. never mind what is going on in new york city and along the coastal areas of new jersey where they will have the direct landfall here maybe atlantic city, perhaps cape may, that part of the world, later today. t

jennifer davis is in norfolk, virginia.fer, norfolk officials have closed the floodgates and opened shelters. what's the weather like there? >> you know, i think the big story here right now is the rain. the winds really aren't much to contend with at this moment. although they have been strong earlier in the day, but it's just this unrelenting rain. it's not going anywhere. and it's been coming down since yesterday midday. i think the surf is another big issue as well. you can see we have a few sight sighers up on a mound of -- sight seers up on a mound of sand there. this size surf is really unusual -- unusual, those are tremendous waves. the water and sea foam being pushed up to the board walk here is not something you typically see here. the concern is what's going to happen to all this water? there are a lot of low-lying areas that flood easily. at this point we are approaching 24 hours of non-stop rain. there's concern about what that's going to do to this area. charles: be safe out there. jennifer, thank you very muc

we'll see some tropical storm force winds buffet hatteras and norfolk virginia beach sunday evening and also buffet much of the delmarva sunday night and mound essentially back to i-90 -- monday essentially back to i- 95. shenandoah, probably no big wins for you until monday -- winds for you until monday night and especially on tuesday, but for us we'll feel the effects sunday night into monday and the real big time effects monday night into tuesday. sandy prep, check your batteries and flashlights, charge your electronic devices, fill your prescriptions and twitter updates. follow us at wusa9.com. our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son, nice shot, cloudy but very nice. 68 is a bargain, upper 50s for the dew point. so it's a bit humid. that will keep it warmer tonight. in fact, for tonight -- well, currently 66 bethesda, 68 rockville, 66 fairfax. for the football games tonight it will be fine. monitoring sandy, threat monday night and tuesday. mild tonight. keep your tee time saturday, a few more showers sunday, but even sunday looks okay. you can clean out your gutters

live pictures of norfolk, virginia.cid right now as hurricane sandy is still quite a few hundred miles away. much further south, but there in the town of norfolk and along the virginia coast they're bracing for what it might bring. it's expected, sandy could bring a lot of flooding along the coast. let's go now to athena jones in alexandria, virginia. you know with flooding a big concern there, what kind of measures can be taken especially from your vantage point just outside washington, d.c., area? >> hi, fred. that's right. we're here in old towne, just across the potomac river from washington, d.c. we've heard a lot about estimates of $3 billion or more damage from this storm but that's just wind damage, not even counting the flooding. of course old towne is an area that floods very, very easily. let's take a look over here. these are some flood lines, nine feet, ten feet, 11 feet showing how high the water can go here. people are taking it very, very seriously. we've spoken to some police officers around here that t

we expect the wind to increase down in cape cod and norfolk, virginia and cape pattersis. winds are 25 to 50 miles per hour and you can get strongers and monday when the storm is expected to push inland we'll continue to so more heavy rain and strong winds and coastal flooding. this will be a prolonged event. >> and concerns about power out ages. >> thank you very much. >> we are awaiting governor romney in the huge campaign rally in pensacola, florida. and senator marco rubio is slated to introduce the governor and right now he is ahead by three percentage points. early votersing begins there today. we'll take you live to the event when the governor hits the stage, stay with us. oh the kids would love this hot wheels wall tracks with monster jumper. i think there gonna love this, leapfrog leappad2 with games and apps. i say we flip a coin. y mean with your doue-headed coin? you knoyou could put both those things on layaway and pay a little at a time. awesome!! awesome!! high-five? [om ] mmm, you and your trick coin... shop now. get the hottest toys on your list today, lik

in norfolk virginia front yards completely destroyed by the fire. some of the hardest hit areas the jersey shore where strong winds really whip around these traffic lights in see side heights. atlantic city sunder water. >> we have live team coverage for you. kelly wright is in delaware, todd starnes in new york city. maria molina in our weather center tracking the storm telling us where it is going. we are going to start in new york with todd. good morning. >> good morning. i have to tell you the big story is the fire in queens new york. it is a section called far rockaway over by the atlantic ocean. this was in the evacuation zone some 50 homes caught fire. that fire started around 11:00 last night. a very tragic scene. we understand firefighters had difficulty reaching those homes because there's 3 feet of water in the street. 200 firefighters battling by the gusty winds that are still blowing. you might remember we have a taste of what happened early afternoon when a giant crane snapped on top of a guy p ant high rise. 90 stories tall. it was da

in norfolk virginia front yards completely flooded there.ne of the hard ets hit areas jersey shore. atlantic city is now under water. >> we live team coverage for you this morning. todd is live and marine awe molina in the weather center kelly wright in virginia beach. >> i am being told we are going to start with you, maria. we need to find out where this storm is and where it is heading. >> it made land fall yesterday outside of the atlantic city area. not so much because of the rainfall mostly because of the storm surge. that is also a record that we set across the area. motor manhattan and the hudson river. we heard about significant damage to subway lines through tunnels during some flooding right now even water on runways. we have been talking about how large sandy is 800 miles wide so we are seeing damage as well further off to the south where it made land fall across new jersey. blizzard conditions across western parts of the state of virginia, actually west virginia. snowfall simulations as well a foot of it being recorded. we can s

there are many places like norfolk, virginia, where low-lying streets are already flooded.f customers without power. 89-mile-per-hour winds are already churning the surf. sandy's winds could be up to 90 miles an hour this afternoon, just short of a category 2. and a daring coast guard rescue is currently under way. the "hms bounty" is takes on water. 17 people are being hoisted from lifeboats on to jayhawk helicopter it's. all of this power, all of this damage and sandy are still well offshore. what makes sandy special? this time of year, most tropical storms move east out to sea. sandy's traveling north and will turn west so its effects will be felt over a large land area. and this storm is monster size. clouds stretching over 2,000 miles. tropical storm force wind, more than 1,000 miles. and as sandy makes its way up the eastern seaboard it's colliding with an arctic colt front from the west. add in 150-mile-per-hour witnds from the west, it's a superstorm. >> this storm is going to be destructive and essentially life threatening. >> the waves crashing onshore in new jers

number two, norfolk, virginia.nd for the top market for presidential campaign ads this week, orlando, florida. you see where the action is. we'll be right back. >>> i had a different reaction to that first debate than a lot of people did. i mean, i thought -- i thought, wow, here's old moderate mitt. where you been, boy? i missed you all these last two years. >> we're back. and that was, of course, bill clinton last night in las vegas, giving president obama a helping hand. ever since the democratic convention last month, the former president has shown while politicians of all stripes consider him the best president obama -- the best president obama out there. obama doesn't have a better ally out there working the trail for him. in fact, let's listen to more of what the big dog, as we have to say, had to say about romney's debate performance. take a look. >> it was like one of these bain capital deals where he's the closer. so he shows up, tell me what i'm supposed to say the close. now, the problem with this deal

i'm not sure that there were people in norfolk, virginia, who he needs that is happy to hear that they is obsolete and shrink it at will. >> romney was playing not to lose the debate. i don't think he lost it. obama played seriously to win the debate. we go in with two questions of the outcome of the debate. does the president's condescending and disrespectful treatm of romney hurt him with independents? there is a chance it could. the mocking that you played there. he said governor i'm glad to think you think al-qaeda is a threat. faz there's an indication that romney doesn't think it's a threat. will romney's attempt to be above the fray end up making him look weak and that he doesn't have strong convictions or views on these things given the number of times he agreed with the president. >> bret: i want to play a long section, back and forth and we heard about it on the apology tour. just see the interaction between the two. >> the president began what i called the apology tour of going to various nations in the middle east and criticizing america. >> this has been the biggest whopp

high impact areas, richmond, norfolk, virginia beach on monday, right through our area, and tuesday, too. again, a slower moving storm system, philadelphia, new york, areas of boston could be impacted a great deal and affect millions. we'll talk more about the marine corps marathon forecast in a couple of minutes. >> and stay with news4 and nbcwashington.com for continuing coverage of hurricane sandy. and get the latest information down to the minute on facebook and twitter. and still ahead, we'll have more on the major preparations now under way. >>> an update now on a crime that is shocking new york city, and the nation. two young children in manhattan allegedly killed by someone their family trusted to protect them. nbc's chris clackum has more. >> reporter: late thursday afternoon, 6-year-old lucia krim and her 2-year-old brother leo were found stabbed to death in their family's manhattan apartment. the killer, according to police, their nanny. they say the gruesome discovery was made by the children's mother after returning to the apartment with her 3-year-old daughter, whom she

just north of here in norfolk, virginia, the entire navy fleet, 23 ships, are setting sail out of harm's. and an army of line workers is being deployed, trying to shore up the lines across the area. everybody seems to be bracing themselves for days of blackouts. and of course, people are taking this seriously. they're out in stores. we're hearing runs on generators. even bottled water. >> it's good that people are taking this seriously. matt, we appreciate your reporting this morning. >>> moving on, now, they are a staple of halloween parties everywhere. bounce houses. kids love them. but take a look at how things can go horribly wrong. this is a largely unregulatetho injuries every day. abc's mark greenblatt is on the story. >> reporter: an inflatable bounce house at this new york soccer field starts floating away. the wind tosses it like a rag doll. taking it and several children inside up in the air. the unexpected and frightening ride then comes crashing down on top of several people. >> i actually took a hit in the back with a balloon. it bounced off me, hit my wife on the shoulders

both the uss montpelier and the uss san jacinto are based in norfolk, virginia, although the pentagon is not saying where the collision took place. no one was hurt in the saturday afternoon collision. it's not yet known how badly the vessels were ge damaged. >>> this morning police in florida trying to figure out how a woman crashed into a scrap metal business. the speeding car slammed sideways into the building saturday morning. fortunately, no one was inside the building at the time. the woman behind the wheel was taken to the hospital. at this point, no charges have been filed. >>> a new study shows the controversial hpv vaccine does not have an effect on girls' sexual activity. the study from kaiser permanente looked at medical records from close to 1,400 vaccinated and unvaccinated girls. it revealed no difference in the sexual activity from the ages of 11 to 18. the cdc recommends the girls get the vaccine at the age of 11 or 12 to prevent cervical cancer. >>> a new study shows even a little more sleep could make a big difference in behavior. researchers in canada studied studen

. >>> keeping watch right now on hurricane sandy, a live picture from norfolk, virginia, well, we'llat satellite. we don't have a live picture -- it is setting up to be a monster of a storm's category 1, expected to make landfall monday night. as you can imagine, getting pictures up may be tough because there is so much wind. states of emergencies are declared in some areas. they're prepping for the worst. the hurricane killed at least 45 people in the caribbean and central america before moving up the eastern seaboard. the concern is that the eye of the storm, and rather what is happening around it. you get the makings of a really super storm, cnn's george howell is at the outer banks where folks are are watching and waiting. >> reporter: the storm here gets worse and worse, in fact, we're feeling the side ways rain coming in, as the storm pushes in. there is an indication it is getting closer to us. the winds have picked up. that is evidenced by what you see out there on the water. the water is getting rougher and rougher as the day goes on. when you talk to people on the island he

the brunts of that in the northwestern side, feeling it from wilmington, north carolina, to norfolk, virginia. we know there's a possible storm surge in this area, four to six feet. we know that highway 12, which is the only way in and out here from the outer banks, part of it has washed over south of where we are now. so there were a lot of people who decided to ride the storm out. they are in for the ride now, especially in those areas where they've been cut off. we're watching and monitoring as the storm comes through. >> george, give me some idea as far as how many people are in kill devil hills or in the outer banks area. a great summer destination. i'm curious how many prem-- poum premthe -- how many people are there this weekend. >> yesterday, it was business as usual. a lot of people decided to stay, monitor the situation, ride the storm out. fair to say a lot of premon the island. one story -- people are on the island. one story, a party here for a wedding, people dressed to the nines going to an event. you have the tropical system, hurricane coming in. an odd situation there. people

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that brand that stretches from wilmington, north carolina, all the way up to norfolk, virginia.pening right now along the outer banks, a good indication of what is to come. the storm system hooks around us and goes into those metro areas into washington d.c., new york, philadelphia where we understand that they will see those hurricane force winds. real quick, want to show you what's happening out out here on the atlantic. take a look at the very choppy surf out there where there was a beach, brook. the beach is gone. we're expecting a storm surge -- yeah. storm surge yaej anywhere from four to six feet on this side of the outer banks, and then on the sound side of the outer banks anywhere from three to five feet of flooding is expected as this storm churnz northward on. we're on the northwestern side of it getting a lot of rain and strong winds, brook. >> george howell, thank you. we're going to come back to you, i'm sure. they will throughout the rest of the day as our coverage continues on hurricane sandy. george, thanks. >>> to bonnie schneider here. bonnie, let's just take