> reporter: restaurateur ashley christensen had always admired the building at the corner of south wilmington east martin streets in downtown raleigh. >> i've been living in raleigh for 17 years. i came here to go to school at north carolina state. but this was always a building that i noticed. >> reporter: and when the space, which was originally a piggly wiggly, opened up, the wheels started to turn. >> i think about food all the time. i think about restaurants all the time. i think about hospitality, entertaining, sharing things within my community. >> reporter: christensen who gained some fame competing against bobby flay on "iron chef," already owned a restaurant, poole's diner, just blocks away. but she was itching for more. >> i'm definitely one of those people who, when things are going really well, i get a little antsy and start thinking about what needs to creatively happen next. >> reporter: the building's landlord suggested it be divided into three spaces. >> within, you know, two weeks, we had decided that i would take the whole first floor. and within four weeks, we decided i wo

south. so wilmington, north carolina, getting the rain on tuesday but the rest of us stay dry.tate, florida, the chance for thunderstorms, especially in the northern tiers of the state. in jacksonville, temperatures only in the six. green for monday and tuesday, but then on wednesday because of that approaching nor'easter with the strong winds and heavy rainfall we are going to see code yellow in effect for that day. in the seven-day outlook, we are going to see more of that rainfall from wednesday into thursday, and temperatures remaining very chilly here. it is going to be windy as well, especially on wednesday. so beach erosion is a concern on wednesday. all right, bruce? have to look out for your beach house. >> got it. >> keeping an eye on it four. >>> for one northern new jersey family the memories of hurricane sandy will be bittersweet. as soon as they left for safer ground, hide dee's water broke where she was quickly taken to a hospital. that's where little jordan made her entry into the world two weeks early. >> everything is covered in the muck. everything smells of

south carolina. now trying to go up to wilmington and areas of charlot charlotte. those are the areas that need an umbrella. a nice afternoon from denver all the way to the east coast. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. temperatures today in the 40s and 50s. even areas in the deep south will be in the 60ed. nice day in dallas, 66. denver, 49. same with washington, d.c., near 50. so now it doesn't look like we have to worry about the next coastal storm. we may be, knock knock, clear all the way to thanks fwifg. >> whoa, bill, don't jinx us. let's be careful. thank you for the knocks. >>> bitter words from mitt romney about the election. >>> plus, could a chemical keep men from cheating? details on a new study are next. you're watching "early today." >> announcer: brought to you by the makers of centrum men and women. have you taken the most complete multi-vitamin today? >>> stories making news this morning. former republican presidential nominee mitt romney was on a conference call with some of his top camp

we've got maybe some showers into asheville and wilmington, and in florida, well, western florida looks good, south florida looks good, but central and north florida, could be talking some showers and storms. around here today, our high temperature will be near 50. it'll be chilly. tonight back into the 30s. mid-40s tomorrow, a glancing blow from the nor'easter, so just a few rain and snow showers, especially east of town, not expecting too much problems, breezy. sun returns thursday, 53. by friday 58, and look at your weekend, we got the heart walk saturday morning, 66, and maybe 70 on sunday. monica. >> loving that sunny forecast. can't wait for that. >>> and i don't think -- and you can wait for this, i'm sorry. there is an accident, if you're planning to head south in manassas, south of i-66, the accident blocks balls ford road at the prince william parkway. you might just want to search and rescue using sudly road as your alternate route. let's take a live look outside and show you what it looks like. first, if you're planning to head to the south side of town at st. barnabus. this is at st. b

south carolina, north carolina. today that rain has been, they've had wet conditions. atlanta, around jacksonville, florida, around columbia, wilmington, rain. now you can see where it's sitting. around the outer banks of north carolina. with big a mass of clouds, of course, the leading edge that's moving to the north through areas of virginia, coming into leesburg, gaithersburg, baltimore, annapolis. the leading edge of that cloud cover. in terms of what else is going on, this is a storm system that has a lot of dry air to overcome first. dry air outside. even when the precipitation starts showing up on radar tomorrow, i don't think it will be until we get into the early afternoon hours that we see really anything falling around here. with those storm system off the coast, right now it looks as though we've got dry air to overcome. the storm system that will be more off to the east. out to sea. our chances of seeing precip in areas right east of i-95 for wednesday. as well as thursday morning. there's the moisture. most of it off the coast of north carolina. raleigh is wet and earlier today, there is a little bit of snow trying to sh

south carolina, tennessee, and washington, d.c. you're looking at a live picture now from wilmington, delaware, where joe biden is expected to vote at any moment. the vice president then will head to chicago to watch the returns with president obama today. mitt romney is not letting up on this election day. he's added two campaign campaign stops today in cleveland, ohio, and in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. there are already legal issues that are plaguing two battleground states. state of florida, where there are more long lines yesterday, and democrats are suing to extend early voting hours, even though those early voting hours legally ended on saturday. then the state of ohio, where a hear something now set for wednesday morning to hear arguments about the rules for counting provisional ballots. final tally from the buckeye state could take weeks. >>> and in the aftermath of superstorm sandy, new jersey is allowing voting by e-mail, or by fax. new york is permitting voters in disaster areas to cast ballots at any polling place in the entire state. cnn correspondents are all across the map today, in those key battleground states. john

south carolina. we're clearing it out. heading to the coast. not a nice day for golfing around myrtle beach. wilmingtonhat, should clear out later today. it's a little chilly around the country. we're in a very quiet tranquil pattern. no big problems approaching. temperatures are going to be below average. even friday, we warm up in the middle of the country and even on the east coast but very typical november weather. we do have a little bit of a rainstorm around san francisco and north california but that's beneficial rain pip it is your rainy season. the last couple of days i mentioned the possibility of a coastal storm in those areas hit by sandy, i'm very happy to say that storm is going to stay offshore. and wednesday and thursday will be clear throughout the travel days for much of the country. speaking of the holidays coming up, the tree is now up, they're going to do the trimmings and decorate. it is the season. only a week away from thanksgiving day. you're watching "morning joe." [ male announcer ] humana and walmart have teamed up to bring you a low-priced medicare prescription drug plan. ♪