>> polls are showing mcauliffe ahead by 7%s, robert sarvis was not invited to participate because he was not polling high enough but he is taking support away from the other candidates, both of whom have high negative polling numbers. election day is november 5th. it is getting close. >> certainly is. and virginia voters casting absentee ballots can do the next two saturday. you have to show up in person with the proper i.d. call your local reggist rar for the exact hours. >> you needed a chart to follow all of the finger pointing after a meeting about healthcare.gov. and we've told you about the glitches. today lawmakers were drilling the private contractors who billed -- built the site. some took part of the blame and others pointed to other contractors. some said the obama administration rushed the job. >> more testing always helps thing kind of things. >> we are not excited nor are

the libertarian candidate robert sarvis has raised less on $100,000.uggest he is trying support from citizens in both parties and across the ideological spectrum. can you explain how you have not been more effective at keeping your constituents loyal to your campaigns and what method are you hearing? >> i hope on election day they will be loyal but we have 11 days to go so let's wait until everybody goes and votes but from the beginning of this campaign december 4 when i got into this race i talked about the issues that are important transportation. in northern or january dorothy and i have raised her five children we have lived there for 21 years. i can tell you as a parent just trying to go see your kids play a ballgame we have serious issues on transporttransport ation. we are stuck in traffic 67 hours a year. hampton roads are gridlocked. we have to make sure we are protecting our military assets so when i talk about transportation bipartisan how we do that's important and i was proud to support the governor. talk about education reform. i talked a

libertarian candidate, robert sarvis has 8%. a university of mary washington poll shows mcauliffe 42% of voters and cuccinelli 35% and sarvis with 10%. julie carey has been covering the race and finds government shutdown is a hot issue separating the candidates. >> really, the start date for the affordable health care act. >> a round table of doctors to talk about the shutdown, ken cuccinelli doesn't back down. >> affordable is not how most people are characterizing this. it is not doing good things. >> reporter: last week after his answers in the nbc 4 debate, some wondered whether he supported the effort of ted cruz to use a shutdown to bump obama care. he's against the shutdown. >> i have dealt with this before as a governor and legislature. i wouldn't let it happen. here, both sides have, it's like thelma and louise. they have gotten in the car together and driven off the cliff. >> reporter: they have made the shutdown the focus of new ads. cuccinelli said a governor mcauliffe would have a state shutdown if they didn't mack

the quinnipiac university poll found 8% support libertarian robert sarvis and mcauliffe received more good news today with a big endorsement. peggy fox joins us more with that perspective on this tight race. >> former virginia governor doug wilder, the nation's first elected black governor, has endorsed mcauliffe. the democrat doesn't always endorse democrats. he says he's picking mcauliffe because he's the most inclusive and forward looking of the candidates. political analyst larry savato says doug wilder is very good at endorsing the winner. >> governor wilder always has a list of things he wants from any new governor. you can't get anything if you endorse the loser. >> a negative story did come out about mcauliffe wednesday. documents in a federal fraud case list mcauliffe among scores of investors with a rhode island real estate planner who pleaded guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy last year. caramadre allegedly stole identities of terminally ill people profiting from their death benefits. there is no evidence that mcauliffe knew of efforts to defraud the terminally ill and his

libertarian robert sarvis received 8% of the vote. mcauliffe leads because he has so much support from african-american and women voters. >>> riding metro could take long er this weekend. some busy stations in d.c. are about to chose. along the red line, union station, judiciary square and farragut north will close tonight. gallery place will only serve the yellow and green lines and metro center will only serve blue and orange line trains. you can expect delays as well on the blue, yellow and green lines although all the stations on those lines are will stay open. things should be back to normal by monday morning. >>> stay with us. "news 4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. >>> gunshots ringing out just steps from the national mall as a woman leads police on a deadly high-speed chase. what we're learning about the woman behind the wheel there. >>> plus, you are looking live at the scene right now where police are still working. the impact this is having on the morning commute. >>> and congress talking about easing the financial

ken cuccinelli has 35% and robert sarvis has 10%.t three hours one of those candidates, ken cuccinelli will speak about the proposed by county parkway. the attorney general doesn't support the roadway which will link prince william and lou den county. >> reporter: more than 150 years after the civil war the battle is still raging on paige snyder's historic property. >> this is the tenth battle for us. it's constant. >> reporter: she is fighting to save her land from falling victim to the buy county parkway. it would cut through the western part of the national battlefield park, including part of paige's land. >> about right there in this area is a mass burial. >> she pointed out where union and con federal soldiers are buried and where a railroad is still presevened. >> it's clear where most people stand when it comes to the by county parkway. you can't miss signs like this one. >> standing by paige, her former nemesis turned fellow advocate, a developer. >> this is a huge negative impact for prince william county. >> but at a public

robert sarvis has 8% and the poll has margin of error of 4.5%. >> and tonight a stump for votes in herndon> we are defending virginia against an overzealous government, i give you the next governor of virginia. >> that would be ken cuccinelli and rand paul stumping for him. but mr. clinton did say he knows how to bring more jobs to virginia. in the meantime ken kutchin yell i was -- cuccinelli was also in virginia, supported by rand paul and this afternoon they spoke to a packed ground at the fairfax firehouse. >> and both cuccinelli and paul did blast the affordable care act tonight as well. >> okay. controversial comments all around today and we are just getting started. >> still ahead. wait until you hear the comments from brandon meriweather as he was talking to reporters as he comes back from the one-game suspension. >> so what did he mean by that? redskins hall of famer darrell green weighs in on meriweathers comeback. >> but first, meet the catch player that has no problem throwing punches. he is the baby of the team. not even old enough to have a baird. andrea mccarran sits down wi

ken cuccinelli 35% and the libertarian candidate, robert sarvis 10%. mcauliffe does well in northern virginia and cuccinelli in the northern region. an interesting finding for another poll. >>> a move to purge voters voter roles. people who registered in other states is causing concern in our area tonight. it's prompted democrats to file suit. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey checked in with two registrars, one who did the purge and one who resisted until she was ordered to start right away. >> reporter: this is not the work they normally do in this lauden county office a month before election day. it's usually about registering voters, adding names to the roles. they are purging and cannesling registrations. after sharing data with 21 other states, created a list of 80,000 virginia voters registered in another state. 2200 names were sent to loudoun and registrars across the state were asked to check names. judy brown decided to hold off on the purge until after election day. >> immaterialed to make sure everything was being done for the best

the libertarian candidate, robert sarvis has 12% of the vote. >>> hundreds of people demonstrating for immigration reform. they are on the national mall before they moved to the u.s. capitol. >>> furloughed workers are forced to sacrifice. will is a perk still available to members of congress. el salvador for this report. >>> a lot of their staffers are furloughed and tours are canceled but some members of congress are still enjoying one private work perk. the news4's i-team scott mack farland joins us with local reaction. >> reporter: the u.s. house members only private gym is still open. even though leaders publicly announced last wednesday that it was to be closed. house staffers tipped us off and we brought our cameras outside the front doors this afternoon and watched a parade of house members walk in and out. cameras aren't allowed inside. the i-team told us there is more than just fitness equipment in there, a basketball court and pool. it is called a creature comfort inappropriate at a time of mass furloughs. it is a comfort at a time so many people are not comfortable. >> it i

last week the same poll put mcauliffe head by seven points. 9% support libertarian candidate robert sarvis. >>> jessica is in the newsroom with the headlines. good morning, jess. >> good morning, mike, andrea. good morning to everybody at home. it could be an interesting day on wall street. the stock market dropped from an all time high after the federal reserve said the economy still needs help from its stimulus program. later today we're going to see just how soft the economy is when new economic and earnings reports are released. checking the numbers the dow dropped 61 points in trade yesterday. the s&p 500 fell eight points and the nasdaq lost 21. >>> facebook reported earnings after the bell that wall street -- that beat wall street expectations. revenue was up 60% on strong mobile ad sales. the stocks spiked in after hours trading and then headed lower. that's because facebook's finance chief says younger teenagers are using the site a little bit less nowadays. >>> you are about to get dumped and you have no idea but facebook does. a new study by cornel university and facebook sugges

isy out with a likely poll of the new voters, it shows mcauliffe with 42%, compared to 34%, the robert sarvis got 8%. >>> it has been a rough week in the nation's capital as we in the casementioned earlier. this morning we figured people would need a pickup. >> if you stood there and was your enthusiastic self, it might help people but you got more than that. good morning. >> reporter: i don't know i about that,do but we are having good fellowship here this this morning at dupont circle. i have to be honest, we haven't had furloughed workers stop by,o but we have had a couple of of people stop by.p everybody needs a cup of coffee no better way to start the day. and tell me your name. >> brenda. >> reporter: you're not a furloughed worker, but it has affected your family. >> my son. i was just saying that my son s was coming in the house, he jusu started work, and mom, they furloughed me. why are you smiling? because i'm a government worker now. now he don't want to be furloughed no more. >> reporter: it was okay toy have first day off, but it starts to get extended and then it gets more diffi

host: robert sarvis, who ran unsuccessfully a few years ago, seems to be a big drag for mr. cuccinielli. the polls again are really curiosities, and they suggest that he is running in low double digits. he is presenting problems for mr. cuccinelli in terms of drawing away libertarian republican votes. he has not had a chance to participate in any of these debates because he has not really maintained a double-digit standing in the polls. we are expecting to see him tonight in blacksburg where he may be live tweeting from virginia tech. host: how will the government shutdown play out in tonight's debate? guest: virginia has a substantial portion of its economy, about 26% of its economy, that is directly derived from federal spending, military, and civilian. the beneficence of uncle sam touches the lives of many virginians. as a result, there are many virginians who were very upset over this shutdown. it is not just those who work for the federal government or federal contractors, largely concentrated in northern virginia, but all along the i-95 interstate 64 corridor, down the

>> guest: robert sarvis who ran unsuccess friday several -- unis success friday several years ago forhe legislature, seems to be a bit of a drag for mr. cucinelli. the polls, again can, they are really curiosities, suggest that he's running in the low double digits. he is clearly presenting some problems for mr. cucinelli in terms of drawing away lib libertarian votes. he has not had a chance to participate many any of these debates because he hasn't really maintained a double-digit standing in the polls. but we're expecting to see him tonight in blacksburg. word is he may be live tweeting from virginia tech. [laughter] >> host: and what do you suspect the government shutdown, how are that play -- how will that play out in tonight's debate? >> guest: it has been an enormous factor. please keep in mind that virginia has a very substantial -- [inaudible] economy, about 26% of its economy that is drawn directly or derived directly from federal spending, military and civilian. so the beenough sense of uncle sam touches the lives of many virginians. as a result, there are many virginians w

robert sarvis is polling 9%. for women, mcauliffe has opened up a 20% lead.ely voters blame republicans for the shutdown, likely contributing factor to mcauliffe's lead. will we see a ripple effect like this across the board? >> this race has felt over for some time. every single poll nationally, privately and nationally eight to ten points for mcauliffe. it feels like a race that's over. once again you see this pattern that we saw in 2012 where republicans are having a hard time winning over women voters. more republicans they won't win any race until they can fix that problem. if you're in washington you can't turn on wtop without hearing an ad linking cuccinelli to ted cruz. there's a cruz effect playing out in virginia. there's a cruz effect playing out in house races. there's a cruz effect with donors. republican donors are going to say we'll sit out or start spending money against people like ted cruz because they want to recalibrate the party. it wasn't a two week fight over government shutdown this will have real ramifications for the party and force

robert sarvis polling at 8%.atistically deadlocked but there is a big gap among women. mccauliffe leads cuccinelli. i understand the president is going into virginia this weekend. >> if i were the president, that's what i would do. up by 12%, no chance democrats aren't going to win the seat, then i would go in there and be able to help claim part of the victory. mccauliffe is a little nervous and wants turnout from the groups that helped obama in the state. i don't think there's any mystery to the outcome of this race. i think probably inside the white house, a little worried that the clintons are getting all the attention for spending so much time on this race in the state, building up their political operation, and will they get the credit for the victory, you know, partially, at the end of the day this was probably a superior candidate in an environment that very much favored democrats. >> jim, i'm going to ask you this. from outside virginia, not following the race closely, makes no sense to me that a liberta