we'll call it aug-tober. it will feel more like august than early october by mid afternoon with those highs in the mid-80s. and humid conditions and partly sunny. i'm back in ten minutes with a hometown forecast. >>> let's start with metro. the red line at woodley park, all the escalators are out, but metro is reporting the elevators are working at this time. but those entrance escalator, all of them are out. 95 northbound on the roadway as you make your way to the fort mchenry tunnel toll plaza, you'll find the right lane blocked by a disabled vehicle. if you're making your commute in the district, people starting to wake up, starting to see volume increase. no accidents for you. past new york avenue at north capital street. and heading over to 395, talk about the fog. seeing some at duke. not takerable. as you make your way northbound between the beltway and 149 street bridge in both directions, no accidents to report. >>> 6:02. the road to the white house passes through denver today. the mile high city wil

one year ago we had the october 29th snowstorm snow-tober. live from alexandria, richard reeve, abc 7 news. >> now to a developing story out of alexandria. one man is dead and police are on the hunt for his killer. as roz plater reports they have one thing working in their favor. >> this is what people who live in the normally quiet neighborhood woke up to. fairfax county police everywhere. multiple evidence markers and word that a homicide had occurred. it collects a homicide? that's crazy. -- >> a homicide? that just does not happen out here. >> it happened about two in the morning. they have identified the victim as 30-year-old mark ives. >> we have not identified any possible weapons. we are not sure exactly what killed mr. ives. >> they saw a trail of blood on the sidewalk leading up to the front of the house. he had recently moved here from florida with a girlfriend and this is a bit unsettling. >> this is the first time i remember this happen. this is a great neighborhood. it's a little shocking. >> this does not mean it's not a safe p

last year, last october 29th, we had that freak october snowstorm, snow-tober. in alexandria, richard reeves, abc 7 news. >> the pharmacy and link to the form of meningitis outbreak has issued a voluntary recall. it has killed seven people including one in maryland. they say 23 states are received the contaminated injections. >> now to a developing story in fairfax county where police are investigating a possible homicide. police responded to a call in franconia and they found the body of a 30-year-old mark ives from alexandria. we have more on this at 6:30 tonight. >> yesterday, a vigil was held for a missing teenager bryan glenn. he was supposed to play in his school's football game. there are pleased from his family for his safe return. they just want him back -- there were pleas. >> i saw one of his friends during the kickoff that he usually does. it was tough. >> there are a number of people around who are likely to have seen something. you may have been with him? >> defined his disappearance unusual. they do not believe he wasould run away. >> days ahead o

convenient, and--tober--to intervene and so far he hasn't.y've received their severance panel, and it has become central to this campaign. last night the president threw mitt romney right in the middle of it. >> obama: when he talks about getting tough on china yeah, keep in mind that governor romney invested in companies that were pioneers of outsourcing to china and currently is investing in companies that are building surveillance equipment for china to spy on its own folks. governor you're the last person who is going to get tough on china. >> jennifer: it's not just that romney has personal investments in companies that outsource but his tax plan and his party's actions actually encourage companies to do so. earlier this year congress considered the "bring jobs home" act which would give companies incentives to hire workers they're instead of overseas. here is pat quinn pushing for that bill in july. >> we're not going to use the tax code of the united states of america to allow these companies to outsource jobs, ship them overseas. then

black monday 25 years ago today tober 1987. suffering when the biggest crs in history.ow plummeted 23%. if thaappened today the dow jones industal average woulsink mthanan 3,000 points. are the financial arkets a for now? we have ody's chief econom. jon, was the number one percentage loss ever n our history. whatid you make of the drop? >> i was working at moody' %-sittinin front of of my screen. as the dow jones industrial avage and the s&p 500 kept sinking and siin then there was quite a crowd of people round me staring at theame machine that was the blue-green screen ande could not getver what haened. we thought e bottom had fallen out. people immediately after said retned to the 1930's wainevitable. gerri: i wasworing my first business reporng job in virginia. the trader was talking to on the phone was cryinbecause he was scare crying. 500 8.does not sound like a lot day but we have drops all the time. much ado to technical glitch. could we lose 23% in one day ? >> never say never. remember the crash of october 87 was par of a byproduct of eltronic type of trading.

this was the tober surprise. and i think. hurricane sandy crashing on shore i've never seen anything like this i'm at a loss for words to describe what the storm could do but there is no loss for words on the campaign trail and on the eastern coast of our nation a lot of people are enduring some very difficult times the storm that wreaked havoc on america's east coast is wreaking confusion in the last critical days of a tight race for president so how do you run for office about seeming insensitive to a national tragedy the candidates are certainly doing all they cancel look like they are in trying to score political points but their actions tell a different story president barack obama canceled his election rallies and returned to washington to focus on the storm the election will take care of itself next week leaving vice president biden to campaign on his behalf. one of the perks of running for president while occupying the white house is being able to make high profile visits like this one america's whether we are standin

financial information firm markit said its flash purchasing managers index showed modest improvement in tober, increasing to 51.3 from 51.1 in september. a reading above 50 is considered positive. now, comes the bad news. markit said its most recent survey of roughly 600 u.s. factories found growth in new orders slowed to a modest pace this month. while hiring increased slightly it did so at the slowest pace in two years. and finally, factories said commodity costs increased sharply in this month. markit's chief economist chris williamson said, "while the consumer side of the u.s. economy appears to be nding a ne lease on life, the manufacturing sector is currently acting as a drag in terms of both economic growth and the labor market." purchasing managers told markit they think much of the weakness stems from uncertainty in europe and asia and concern about the fiscal cliff at home. diane eastabrook, "n.b.r.," chicago. >> susie: zynga, showed investors today that it's very much in the game. after the market close, shares of the video game company, most famous for farmville, jumped more than

instead of calling things snow- tober or snopocalypse. the list includes athena, brutus, draco, and magnus. >> the most important things to look out will be accumulation and the combination of wind which can produce significant impact on the public. listen differentiate -- this will differentiate the system they will be using. tom tasselmyer? >> "bob's on teh way." we start talking about snowstorms three weeks in advance. >> brutus is coming! >> e tu? [laughter] >> pretty soon we will be naming rain storms. i don't know. >> we will have to think about that one. let's see where the rain as today. >> causing flooding in low-lying areas. you have to be careful. heavy showers in parts of maryland, lower eastern shore. chars are also pretty heavy. some heavy storms crossing the delaware bay and all that activity we had here in the middle part of the day moving off to the east. only about a half inch of rain, a lot less or areas to the north and west of town. i guess that's a little bit of a surplus for a month cutting the deficit to 6.8 inches

nationals baseball stadium has brought with it a stream of fans and this year team that made it to tober it was a good football stadium but it wasn't a great baseball stadium and. playoffs we're here and it's awesome but has this sea of red brought the city out is the right in terms of paying for the stadium. and lizzie or executive director of the d.c. fiscal policy institute says not even close what we ended up with is a stadium that's about one of the most expensive stadiums ever built and one of the most heavily subsidized stadiums ever built where ninety seven percent of the. bence is being paid for by the district all future repairs are being paid for by the district eight years ago his organization fought to have the owners of the team share in the expense of the stadium in general we think it makes sense for businesses to pay for their own facilities or at least a share in the cost we were just looking for a balance as opposed to a plan where the city put up all the money and the team owner got all the game what happened instead it was a four hundred forty million dollar project

. >> patterson park was the place to be for one of baltimore's biggest dog events, bark tober fest, with the goal of raising $65,000. packed with a 5-k run, a scavenger hunt, it raises money for bark's animal services. >> we have an excellent turnout. people have come from all over, people have driven from an hour, two hours away, people from far north. there are several thousand people. >> what's an october dog festival without a costume contest. best in show went to a family of four with two dogs all dressed up as angry birds. looks like the witch costume is popular. impressive that the dogs kept the hats on. >> what a great day for that event. how will the presidential election shape the stock market? our financial analyst will explain. >> first, a look at events around town. >> welcome back, the time is 9:18, and time for our sunday business report with jonathan murray. >> good to see you again. >> you, as well. you're here a couple of days after the 25th anniversary of the 1987 stock market crash. >> that was a bad one. >> you remember experiencing that through your father. >> my fa

like noveer than tober. temperatures region.he 5 degrees in bowie, 3434 in arlington here.es those cold readings t this morning, we havee warninings out for areas to west. and the city, including prince g georgs county we have a also until 9:00 a.m. improve start to t there.y ou high pressure sitting directly overhead, lo of sunshine today, l light wind. and you can n see out in the upr of a the beginnings front. be getting ll us late tomorrow into monday. and inin the weekend clear sailing. cool,easonal for the is 69 deges avaverage high. only be around 60 degrees. in the temperatures 50's. ♪ we are never, ever, ever getting back together ♪ ♪ you will talk to your friends ♪ >>> there it is. taylor swift's latest hit. "we are never, ever, ever getting back together." i've been taking guff from my friends here. swift normally only talks about her romantic life in her songs. now, she's actually talking about it in a revealing interview. some say it may be her most revealing interview yet. including denying cla

we'll call it fog-tober 3. about a third of a mile at reagan national, so not too bad at the surface. and in montgomery, arlington, fairfax and prince georges county, most visibilitieses are about a half a mile. so not too bad. and the visibilities are much better southern maryland, around the bay and eastern shore. farther west and north, a few areas down to a third of a mile. some of the areas in central shenandoah valley. but the pfog is patchy. so you can be visibility, and then, boom, you hit a wall of fog. so watch out. a mild and humid start. pavement still wet from overnight showers. by 7:00 a.m., still that fog around. and in the 60s to near 70. and then by noon, sun breaking out and feeling like august in october. by midafternoon, the mid-80s. warm and humid and partly sunny. i'm back in ten minutes. now a look at traffic. >>> first 4 traffic report, let's talk about a disabled vehicle. inner loop of the beltway at 50. still seeing a report of a disabled vehicle in that area, but your travel lanes loo

the red wheel making its way across london for the beginning of stop-tober.england's department of health to get people to stop smoking. and this is china's red beach. you can see why. the beach gets its color from a seaweed that turns red as it matures as its brightest. it is at the end of september. hindus in india are celebrating the festival of ganash. she dance, pray, and celebrate for ten days to honor ganasha, a god who is often depicted as an elephant. >> i'm suzanne malveaux. comedian steve harvey is now a stalk show host, tv talk show host who is joining us live to share his interview with the first lady. plus, actor hitting twitter hitting universities with a special message just for young folks. let's get straight to it. he is being called -- it is being called the most critical moment in the 2012 campaign. president barack obama and former massachusetts governor mitt romney just 56 hours away from the first debate taking place at the university of denver. it is the same city that hosted the 2008 democratic convention. same state that president ob

barks tober fest, the organization's largest fundraiser, packed with a 5-k run, holiday scavenger huntsed to provide vaccines, spay and neuter and find foster homes. >> i heard people have driven an hour, two hours away and people from far north. it's amazing. there are several thousand people. >> and what's an october dog festival without a costume contest? stan stoval was a celebrity judge. the best in show went to a family that had two dogs. pet expert charlotte reed says october is a good time to create a healthy pet strategy you can afford. good morning. rone is back, a celebrity here. >> she is wearing her lion costume. she's sleeping. >> so cute. speaking of pet costumes -- let's talk about taking care of your pet. >> taking care of your pet is so important and october is health and wellness month. let's start with vet care. americans are estimated to spend $12 million -- can you believe it -- $12 billion and as more expansive treatments come about, the cost of vet care goes up. according to a 2011 survey, it said americans are not taking pets to the vet so don't let the price o

complaints across those areas and the sirens went off anonymously we've still got the balance about toberdle of november and december to go through. we have received my guess is through october 1,198,607 complaint. 22 for this year, thus far of 22,000 of those are complaints about prerecorded calls to rede

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