bartlet. >> people can make things up with no bearing of the truth, completely false things, like rosco bartlet is saying about me. >> delaney's company owned nursing homes where inspectors found mistreatment of seniors. >> reporter: bartlet, the republican, has tried to turn delaney's business background against him. >> what we're doing is quoting what areas have said. >> i'm actually very proud of what my companies have done, all the jobs we've created. >> reporter: bartlet has struggled with gaffes. he said federal student loans violate the constitution and suggested that that is the kind of thing that led to the holocaust. >> the only point i was making that if you ignore the constitution and do something good [ inaudible ] >> reporter: democrats have tried to tie bartlet to missouri candidate todd akin on the issue of abortions in rape cases. >> all i said was that they were -- that rapes were a relatively small percentage of pregnancies and therefore abortions. >> he's voted historically that that exemption does not exist. >> reporter: it's probably bartlet's toughest race ever but he say

no doubt the republican incumbent rosco bartlet has the experience. he's 86 years old. he's been at this for 20 years but his democratic challenger john delaney is a successful businessman in and of his own right and no doubt this redistricting has certainly given delaney the edge. both of these candidates sat down here in our studios last night with our derek mcginty to debate the issues and to discuss why each of them are running. >> some have suggested part of the reason you're running is because the party asked you to do it because they didn't have anybody who had a chance. did that have anything to do with it? >> i reach across the aisle. i'm the legislator of the year for the humane society. i appeal to people on a broad spectrum. i have a doctorate. i'm a scientist. my first degree was in theology. i was a home builder. so i can identify with people in a lot of different areas. >> why are you running? >> listen, i think the american dream is about tomorrow being better than today. and for us to continue to fulfill that promise, we have to reverse the employment t

republican representative rosco bartlet has served ten terms in the house. however, some recent redistricting maps has expanded his territory, but they are democratic voters that are included in his district now. >> bartlet debated his democratic challenger john delaney right here on 9news now last night with derek mcginty. kristin fisher has more on what came out of the very interesting evening. good morning, kristin. >> reporter: good morning. it was an interesting evening. a lot of last night's debate focused on maryland's high stakes ballot measures. specifically question six. here's where the two candidates say they stand when it comes to same-sex marriage. >> i think it needs to stay there. i do, however, believe that it includes your health care, it includes your pension and if you want your significant other to share in your health care and get the residuals of your pension and visit you in the hospital, they certainly ought to be able to do that. >> i support marriage equality. the best thing that ever happened to me was to get married. i think when

because of restricting stern- term -- incumbent ross company bartlet -- rosco bartlet and john delaney will be discussing the issues important to you tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. >>> former south dakota senator george mcgovern will be buried here in washington. mcgovern lost the 1972 presidential election. it was a landslide to richard nixon. he died yesterday. he was 90 years old. there will be a public viewing and funeral service for mcgovern later this week in sue falls. then there will be a -- sioux falls. then there will be a private burial in washington, d.c. >>> new release guidelines for testing for cervical cancer. what you will need to know about. that story and much more coming up in our 9news now at 7:00. >> we'll be watching that closely. >>> still ahead on 9news now, the bizarre link between the murder of a pregnant bride to be in brooklyn and sniper lee boyd malvo. >> temperatures a little above average on the high side. it's just going to get warmer. here are the numbers. still behind for the month on precip and over eight and a half inches behind for the year. we'll come back

he is running against incumbent republican rosco bartlet. this campaign raises questions whether delaney is trustworthy, according to the republicans. >>> clues raised about the disappearance of a senior missing. >> police have a new clue in the search for a man who is groping women and also girls in springfield, virginia. we'll have those stories when we come back. krystal conwell : we see a lot of problems with the... number of students that we have. resources. materials. things that the children need... on a day-to-day basis. anncr: question seven will help. the department of legislative services says question seven... will mean hundreds of millions of dollars... for schools...from gaming revenues that would have... gone to other states. and independent audits will guarantee the money... goes where it's supposed to. krystal conwell: i think people should vote for question... seven because i think it will be a great benefit to children. >>> police have released a composite sketch of a man accused of fondling teenagers and women in fairfax

. >>> ten-term republican incusm bent rosco bartlet finds himself in the fight of his life thanks to redistricting. one of the hottest races is in the sixth district between representative bartlet and his challenger john delaney. tonight on 9news now at 7:00, both mr. bartlet and mr. delaney will be in our studio. that's right here on 9news now tonight at 7:00. >>> right now here's a live look at the big board on wall street where stocks ha fallen sharply after 3-m and dupont drastically cut their third quarter earnings. dupont also said it would be cutting about 1500 jobs. the dow is waiverring between 249 -- waiverring between 249 points, the dow's biggest decline since june 1. >>> good washington go the way of new york city and ban the sale of sugary drinks? several members of the d.c. council say they'd support it. kristin fisher has more from outside of the home of the big gulp 7-left gln this is not -- 7-eleven. >> this is not right. >> reporter: just mentioning sugary drink bans enough to set off this store owner. how is it going to affect your business? >> big time. >> report

rosco bartlet finds himself in a fight to maintain his seat. tonight on 9news now at 7:00 p.m., both mr. bart lee and his democratic challenger john delaney will be in the studio for the entire newscast to discuss issues important to district six marylanders. that's tonight right here on 9news now at 7:00. >>> another highly contested election day issue in maryland involves ballot question seven. it asks vote fers they wand to -- voters if they want to expand gambling. if approved it would establish a casino at national harbor in prince george's county. supporters claim it would create more jobs and potentially provide hundreds of millions of dollars for education. but the maryland public policy institute says it's not all that it seems. >> it seems to me they state one thing over and over again that there's going to be more money for schools and they hope you're going to believe it. >> as governor i can promise you that money will go to education. that's the law and that's what we'll do. >> if you read the law there's no new money going to sch

ten-term republican rosco bartlet finds himself in a real battle this time around. 9 news now at 7:00 p.m., both mr. bartlet and his democratic challenger john delaney will be in studio for our entire newscast. they are going to discuss the issues important to district 6 marylanders. that's tonight right here on 9news now at 7:00 p.m. >>> tonight candidates for maryland's third and fourth congressional districts will discuss their views in a forum. it begins at 7:00 at anne arundel community college. libertarian paul drogus, republican eric knowles and john sarbanes will discuss district 3 and then at 8:15. >>> unfortunately he's still out there somewhere. the man who sexually assaulted a woman on the popular jogging trail the capital crescent. the latest attack took place last night on the stretch of the trail near massachusetts avenue in bethesda. a man came up from behind a woman, knocked her on the back of the head and assaulted her. says' receiving treatment in the hospital while police search for her attacker. they're also telling joggers to be extra careful. >>> two very differ

ten-term republican incumbent rosco bartlet finds himself fighting a real battle. both mr. bartlet and his democratic challenger john delaney will be in our studio for the entire newscast to discuss issues important to district 6 residents. that's right here tonight at 7:00. >>> lawyers for the man accused of trying to firebomb an arlington shopping mall are apparently concerned about his mental state. they asked a judge yesterday to order an evaluation for leon trail, jr. the judge set up a hearing today. police say trail tossed a molotov cocktail into the food court at ballston common mall last thursday. the device did not explode and no one was hurt. hours later police arrested trail near the courthouse metro station. >>> a former c.i.a. officer accused of leaking the names of covert operatives to journalists is expected to enter a guilty plea today. he has a change of plea hearing scheduled. he initially pleaded not guilty to charges he disclosed the names of two covert c.i.a. operatives. >>> a massive electronic database detailing the burial sites of hundreds of thousa

. >>> up next the race for maryland's 6th congressional district debate between roscoe bartlet and challenger, democrat john delaney and libertarian candidate nick miller. it is the second of six debates. it was held at the theater in hagerstown community college. hour long debate was hosted by the league of women voters, whhh-tv and hagerstown community college. >> welcome to the newly renovated kepler center at hagerstown community college. on behalf of the league of women voters we're looking forward to a spirited discussion over the next hour hopefully not quite as spirited as last night's presidential debate. the league's mission is to educate the public about the candidates before the elections. so let's introduce the candidates now. congressman roscoe bartlett, john delaney and nicholas mueller welcome all [applause] over the next hour we'll be presenting questions first that were provided by league of women voters but we also have an audience here at the kepler center and and audience on facebook, twitter and e-mail that have been submitting questions as well. we will get to those que