taking a live look in virginia, 66 at virginia visitor center is looking good. i'll be back in ten minutes at 4:41. >>> thank you. 4:33 right now. today virginia governor terry mccauliffe heads to the airport where they screen passengers for ebola. they are also given a kit that includes a thermometer, pictures outlining symptoms and information on who to call if they become sick. >>> this morning a lockdown in dover is over following a shooting that hurt one student. this happened yesterday afternoon outside a red dense hall near the main campus. the victim is expected to be okay. police are looking for the shooter now. the university leaders say even though the gunman is still out there, there is no threat to any other students at this time. >>> right now d.c. police are looking for the person who shot a man near the shaw metro station. the shooting happened near eighth and r. streets northwest. this morning traffic in the area is moving. police blocked off the area during the investigation as you see here. that victim is expected to be okay. >>> a montgomery

west virginia, virginia, maryland, delaware, in the district, a dry start this morning. dry roads all around the region. temperatures are chilly but not cold like yesterday morning. all above freezing. it's in the 40s in the shenandoah valley. the mountains of west virginia, a few spots are in the 50s. some of the mild air is pushing up to petersburg. now 57 degrees. closer to the metro area, we are generally in the 40s. but a couple spots have dipped down into the upper 30s including dulles down to ma nasa. in prince george's county, the mid-40s. montgomery county, voters are heading out early near 40 degrees. much of southern maryland and the chesapeake bay, temperatures e in the 40s to near 50 degrees. near 50 right on the warmer waters of the bay. coming up, the next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:11. a look at the election day 4x4 with chuck bell -hour break is out there with that forecast for you coming up. now, melissa, what is going on on the roads? >>> starting off looking quite good this election day. taking a look first of all at 66 just east of nutley str

out in west virginia, right along the virginia/west virginia border, so you were part of the shepb doughley, north of there, still raining. skyline dry getting wet snow. all rain east of there towards the west of there, into maryland. the snow will change from rain to snow there by 8:00 this morning. leaving in its wake an inch or so. one to three inches from northern montgomery,

we have delays in virginia. no delays to speak of in virginia or maryland on the beltway.ever, 66 eastbound heading out of gainesville, slow traffic through manassas. 66 after route 50, seeing significant delays there. no reports of incidents in the roadway. elsewhere, 270 out of frederick, seeing some delays. as you leave frederick, heading south on 270 as well. no incidents being reported there. and then here's a live look at 95 in maryland. you're slow as you approach the beltway. seeing wet conditions on the road. no incidents reported here as well. aaron and eun, back to you. >>> 5:41. your road trip for thanksgiving could be cheaper than last year. the national average for gas dropped 44 cents in the past two months. that is the longest stretch in six years. the drop of crude oil prices causing the gas prices to fall. the average of regular unloaded $3.11. in virginia, your average is $2.70. and in west virginia, the average regular unleaded $2.98. work on the silver line could slow you down today. crews are starting a year-long project on the dulles greenway. they a

virginia needs mark warner.ed someone who's going to fight, who's going to work in a bipartisan way, who's going to get things done, who's going to fight on health care, making sure we bring our money back to us to provide health care for all those virginiians, who will work on job creation and fight for education as he did, and i am so proud as governor, the largest investment in higher ed in the history of the commonwealth of virginia was mark warner, folks. and with all the cuts coming through sequestration, we need a partnership to work together at the federal level to protect our assets to grow and make virginia the greatest state in the country, and i'm proud to bring up to the podium the oer partner who's fighting to protect our assets and grow the virginia economy. he knows a thing or two about close elections as well. ladies and gentlemen, our other great senator, tim cane. >> hey, hey, virginia. so the results are in, and we won, right. with 99.1% in, senator warner had by 19,000 votes. folks, we got t

we don't have any rain in delaware, maryland, virginia or west virginia for voting today. should be dry weather. we have dry roads all around the region now. chilly start where we are just in the 40s. in the nearby suburbs in montgomery and prince george's, fairfax, arlington, the district of columbia in the upper 40s. farther south and west, a few spots hitting the 30s from loudoun and falkier. your election-day weather hour-by-hour is coming up with chuck bell. now back to you. >>> thank you. 6:02. if you are in virginia, you can vote right now. polls open just a few minutes ago at 6:00 a.m. and stay open until 7:00 tonight. polls in d.c. and maryland open at 7:00 a.m. >>> if you're heading to the polls in maryland, the race for governor is one of the closest in our area considered to be a toss-up. too close to call, but it didn't start that way. richard jordan is live in upper marlboro with more. >> reporter: elec workers here are getting ready, setting up their signs to let us know in an hour the polling location will open and we'll see the voters come in. one of the t

so most of virginia, all the roads are wet, including marylanded and eastern west virginia. the rain is beginning to taper a off a bit to your west. a few scattered sprinkles out in the mountains of west virginia. heaviest rains in the darker greens in central montgomery county, loudoun county getting light to moderate rain, as is northern fauquier, northern fairfax. light rain. enough for all the roads to be wet. with all the leaves down, they are very slippery with the wet leaves. temperatures cool. 50 shenandoah valley. mid-50s by chesapeake bay. a wet morning. then the afternoon. maybe a little sun coming up. big change tomorrow. friday turning blustery and chilly. next weather and traffic on the 1s, an hour by were hour break down. >> very, very wet roads this morning. 270 at old hundred, you can see the sheen on the roaded way. this is how it's going to be around town. definitely allow a little extra time if you can. in virginia, 95 at dale boulevard looks wet as well. 66 and 95. moving along. we have the rain over the area. prince george's, you can see into town, out

lou: let's talk about virginia. where mark warner was supposed to win, ed gillespie was behind double digits two weeks ago now it appears to be a verypit tiggt battle. >> let see how it plays out. lou: we don't need to be reminded of protocol, i need you to answer the question. >> i am not accepting the instance analysis. lou: what was that. >> too closing to call. lou: would you like to -- >> i would like to see more votes come in. lou::we have a testy democrat on set with us, it may be more of a suggestion. >> my close to call 6 out of 10 americans in exit polls are dissatisfied with the president, his approval ratings are record lows. >> and equally dissatisfied with congress too. >> there are two people will take big hits, the president, and republicans win this mitch mc-- not mitch, harry reid will take a big hit. >> as opposed to mitch mcconnell, let's keep it in perspective. lou: you are providing ample prove, it may be a difficult evening but let's relax a little bit. >> i am enjoying this evening this is 30

this video was shot in virginia beach. when he tried to vote for the republican candidate in virginia's second congressional race. he said the machine kept changing his vote, but he was eventually a lually able to vot candidate. they took 32 machines out of service because they had calibration issues. we also heard about vote flipping in maryland, but they say it was due to voter error. they did take out about 15 machines. out of 18,000 machines, the magnitude of the issue was very small. >>> we're just hearing that the associated press has called that d.c. mayor's race for muriel bowser. we're expecting to hear from her any minute now. but in the meantime, doug -- >> the only guy not involved in politics tonight. >> my side of the room is very, very calm across the area. >> it helped voter turnout today. >> temperatures today were on the nice side. 70s to upper 60s, the weather could not have been better, 61 degrees, winds out of the south about 9 miles per hour under cloudy skies. we're going to continue to see the cloud

still some of that down in towards southeastern virginia, eastern north carolina. so we're going to watch that. the stuff headed toward us, that's what we're tracking out toward the west virginia and pennsylvania and shenandoah valley. this goes back an hour. look how this area is really expanded to our south and west in the last hour. now getting even close toward hagerstown and martinsburg there, frederick can be seeing the stuff in the the next one hour, 90 minutes or so. this stuff, very heavy rains coming up here. really not seeing much in the way of lightning yet. although it wouldn't surprise me if we get that. let's see some of the activity generally east of 81 approaching skyline drive, front royal, east of strasburg and almost into fauquier county now and berryville as well. this is all moving east, northeast at 20, 25 miles an hour. so leesburg, closer to 1:30 we may be seeing that. even germantown about 2:30 in montgomery county and laytonsville 2:54. this other batch of rain between sperryville now west of culpeper, this is moving off toward the east,

west virginia, will the democrats lose in west virginia? that will be a pick up for republicans if that were to happen and we are also watching north carolina where senator kay haggan is fighting desperately. stand by. >> we could make our first projection at 7:30 p.m. eastern. we project the first republican pickup of the night and the democrat seat who used to be held by jay rockefeller, shelly moore capitto will defeat natalie tennant. that is a big win for the republicans in west virginia, and that now reduces the magic number for the republicans from that net six to net five to become the majority in the united states senate. we cannot make a projection in north carolina. between kay haggan and thom tillis. let's show you what has happened as a result of west virginia and kentucky. so far there will be 34 democrats in the united states senate, 34 republicans. still a lot of races outstanding. you need 51 to be the majority if you are a republican. you need 50 if you are a democrat because joe biden would break the 50-50 tie and with we

it is all rain across west virginia, virginia, maryland, up towards new england and all the way down the east coast towards atlanta. temperatures well above freezing. low to mid 40s. reagan national 50 degrees. a chance of snow later today. this is going to be keeping our pavement temperatures higher as well. so any snow that does get going, a lot of it will be melting on roadways. shenandoah valley around 40 degrees. most locations above freezing except oakland. they're down to 30 degrees. they're getting a little bit of wet snow there. and the storm team 4 forecast, it looks like it's been looking the last couple of days. we transition into the afternoon hours. northern montgomery, so you were frederick, central loudoun county. into the shenandoah valley, highlands of west virginia. three to six inches. the elevations above 1500 feet skyline drive and out into the mountains. another look at our radar changing minute by minute. now melissa, how are the roads. >> still quite wet is what we will see throughout the morning. all these folks headed southbound down towards the spur. rain

ohio, north carolina, and west virginia. republicans could pick up senate seats in the last two and are hoping to take control of the senate. they have an early win, the associated press called the kentucky for mitch mcconnell. let's go to stephanie sy at the returns desk for more. >> this will be a sigh of relief for the republican senator mitch mcconnell, the minority leader, the most powerful republican senator has beaten his challenger alison lundergan grimes. taking a look at the early returns with 20% reporting mitch mcconnell. 56 grimes. if the g.o.p. gains control of the senate, as many suspect they will, he will be a majority leader, a life-long dream. let's look at another key race in new orleans, between democratic incumbent, kay hagan, and her competitor, republican thom tillis, another very tight race. thom tillis is the speaker of the north carolina house. he has forced through a lot of conservative agenda its. this is a toss up race, according to several polls. turning to west virginia now, this is the seat va

that's been driving turnout across northern virginia.irginia voters also faced a first at the polls today, the first time they had to present photo i.d. to cast a ballot. >>> it's the marquis race on the virginia ballot. democratic senator mark warner cast his ballot in oldtown this morning. the poll showing him ahead in his bid for a second term. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: warner's challenger, ed gillespie, voted in person absentee last month, so today he was working the polls. >> if there's any questions i can answer to help you decide,

an inch to an inch and a half of rain in virginia. half inch on the lower eastern shore, out in the mountains by the time this tapers and ends. temperatures right now cold. in the upper 30s to near 40 degrees but above freezing. we'll be into the mid-50s this afternoon. the 30s tuesday, wed. back into the 40s thursday, friday, saturday. back into the 50s sunday. with the rain ending, we will have the sky clearing. partly cloudy and breezy tomorrow. it may only get to a little above freezing. mid-30s on wednesday. high 40s with sunshine thursday, frid. highs into the mid-50s. alexis davies in for melissa checking on road conditions. >>> so far on the beltway, we have no major incidents to report. you want to watch your speed from maryland, virginia. towards the beltway at route 212, volume on the road. no major delays. 270 at montrose, looking good as well. watch your speed and watch for ponding on the roadway headlights coming at you are the northbound lanes. we're not seeing any major delays there. more volume on the roadway. river r

. >> man accused of abducting her will be extradited to virginia. . minutes ago police in virginia gave us our most recent photo of delven barnes taken after he was arrested in july of this year in an unrelated case. tonight, we have live team coverage with reporters covering barnes' court appearance in maryland and his violent history. >> well, it could be a while before philadelphia police get their hands, though, on delven barnes. as we mentioned, barnes will head first to virginia where nbc 10 got this mugshot today. it was taken after he was arrested in july in an unrelated case. we have the wanted poster for barnes authorities were using in virginia, where he'll face charges of the attempted kidnapping and rape of a teenager last month. they'll pick barnes up in maryland by saturday. >> all right. we'll be extradited from maryland to virginia to face charges in that case. he appeared in court today via video link. nbc 10's tim furlong is live at the jail where barnings is held tonight in maryland. you were in court today. did barnes say anything

we are following the big race for senate in virginia. right now democratic senator mark warner getting ready for several stops in the commonwealth. you can see him in alexandria at market square. ed gillespie will be in sterling. romney will be stumping for gillespie there. >>> check this ou this is a rare sight. gasoline selling in d.c. for less than three bucks a gallon. we found this overnight on sherman avenue in columbia heights. don't all rush in there now. bertha, we just hit a big benchmark in gas prices, right? >> reporter: it is. three handle. whenever something is at that particular number. so to be under a three handle is psychologically a big deal for a consumer. the flaonardiert. but it has been amazing this year. the average for a gallon of price nationally is now below $3 a gallon, according to aaa. that happenethis e. that's the lowest we have seen in four years. and we have seen prices come down an average of a penny a day over the last month. in d.c. it is still around $3.22. but generally most anywhere we are going to

leading edge in southwestern pennsylvania, western west virginia. that stretches all the way down to central kentucky. it is tracking as part of a cool front. getting closer to the metro area. but not until perhaps late this evening. the leading edge will move in after sunset this morning. most of the day will be dry. temperatures off to a cool start. mild generally speaking. mid-50s in prince george's county. fairfax, mid and upper 50s. the district in the mid-50s. across northern virginia, most locations in the mid-50s from loudoun, prince william, fauquier, stafford and spotsylvania. dress for a cool morning. we're going stay in the 50s between now and 8:00 this morning. a little bit of sunshine through the high clouds and remaining rather chilly. warming up to around 60 and rather cool with sunshine in the high clouds. a look at the hour by hour breakdown for the rest of the clouds at 4:41. melissa has work zones to talk about. >> new hampshire avenue northbound between 495 and overlook drive, another 45 minutes and then we expect it to be clear

as is the rest of northern virginia. and into the mountains this morning it's at or a little below freezing there. there's a view of the mall this morning. a live view.

we'd love to hear from you folks in western maryland, west virginia. this goes toward romney and moorefield. i snow it's snowing there from one of my twitter friends. this is going to be tracking toward northern virginia over the next little while so we'll watch that. you can see one of the ski areas there in west virginia, south of garrett county, snowing to beat the band right now. allison, we're talking about temperatures which are just starting to cool down this morning out west. >> one thing to note is we are seeing that snow fall. look at the temperatures. we have snow reports. we're not at freezing. we may be able to support snow even though the temperature is at 40 degrees for martinsburg and petersburg. so we'll see the snow continue to fall for areas around 81. once you head east of 81 right along in between just west of 95, we're continuing to see the temperature drop significantly. gaithersburg is now at 39 degrees. so that rain is going to quickly turn to snow. once you head east of 95, even if you see some mix, it's going to be hard to se

from here in virginia.y're getting more hopeful now you that their candidate, gillespie will come out on top and take warner's seat in the commonwealth. we're watching it. we can tell you, gillespie is in the building. >>> in the maryland governor's race, larry hogan, the republican, is leading anthony brown, the lieutenant governor. a lot of votes sti >>> they're hungry for new leadership. they want a reason to be hopeful. above all, they want some reassurance that people who run the government are actually on their side. >> that is mitch mcconnell, who tonight has been returned to the u.s. senate by the people of kentucky. unclear, of course, the republicans what percentage of the senate they will occupy. will he be re-elected as their leader. we are happy to be joined by the other senator from kentucky, the other republican senator, and that is rand paul. senator, thank you very much for being with us tonight. is anything you've seen so far tonight a mandate, you think, for the gop? >> well, you know, i

second quarter virginia up 10-6. to get hit, intercepted by david dean ends up into the end zone, touchdown there, virginia up 13-10. same score in the third. brewer finds a wide open cam phillip, 36 yard touchdown right now hoekys lead 17-13 in the fourth quarter. >>> maryland will host rutgers tomorrow in college park. final home game of the season for terps. >>> to hockey, the capitals against islanders. lost to islanders in ot just two nights ago. up the ice strong snuck past chad johnson, caps up 2-0. tom wilson near the board passes to alex ovechkin who fires, three islanders around wilson no one paying attention to alex ovechkin there, that's his 12th goal of the season, the caps win big, 5-2. they'll be back at tomorrow night in toronto. >> they look primed for a better year. >> let's hope so. >>> the holidays are about to get a lot brighter from now until the new year, 500,000 bulbs will transform the zoo into a winter wonderland after dark. can also go tubing, watch a holiday light show, and it is all free.

dale city, virginia, is slow as well.ow wilson bridge, nothing happening there, which is good. overall, we are looking good as we take a look at the beltway inner loop and outer loop. we do have a crash to remind you of still in the way. this is the tractor-trailer crash from earlier this morning, outbound south dakota avenue is shut down at bladensburg with your alternate eastern avenue this morning. and 95 near the bw parkway looking good. i'm back in ten minutes. >>> thank you. 5:55. airlines asking you to consider changing your thanksgiving travel plans because of tomorrow's impending storm. american, delta, united all waiving change fees if you were supposed to fly out tomorrow. most airlines say they will allow you to change your flight to thursday or friday at no charge. >>> right now flooding fears are starting to ease a bit this morning in buffalo, new york. rivers and streams continue to move there which is crucial to prevent them from overflowing their banks. there is still a chance for problems following last

and in virginia the senate race is too close to call. they are separated by 12,000 votes. >>> the stunning upset in maryland. you're talking about the victory on facebook and twitter. we're learning more about how larry hogan won the state of maryland. just the seventh republican governor or will be since 1776. polls said that he trailed anthony brown by double digits. we caught up with him at his victory party in annapolis where the race was called. the first thing hogan said was wow. >> i know we surpassed every single county and precinct. every county was important. >> a ton of time in prince george's and montgomery county. i think it had a lot of impact. a lot of folks crossed over and voted for us. and i think it had a big part of our whip. >> hogan will hold a news conference on his victory in annapolis later this morning. >> hogan swept a big part of the state. he won all but three counties. they are all in our area where hogan's democratic rival won by a large amount. brown received 60,000 more votes in montgomery county and more

inemy, or i virginia. it looks at the war of 1812 through a different lens. his groundbreaking work in scholarship which highlights of 1812,rstudied story the runaway slaves who sought their freedom by joining with the british forces -- it's something that is very intriguing. learn so much more, so please come forward and let's hear about this new story of war. [applause] >> i want to introduce some characters who tend to be players and the story of 1812 and try to make a case that they were much more than bit players. i want to begin with one of them, a man named willis. we do not know his last name. denied lastple were names and the public record. he was 14 years old when he first escaped from his master's plantation. escaped down in where you would find virginia beach today. it is july 1807. he was 14 years old. he stole a boat and he rode out to a british pork anchored in nearby little heaven bay -- lynn haven bay. he expected a warm welcome from the british because war seemed imminent. this was in the

elizabeth is in germantown and will be driving to virginia beach.ou are going to see mainly rain for your travels, at least by the time you get to virginia beach again. all rain. we want to answer your questions whether you have snowfall to relation or you are wondering what your travel will be like tomorrow. we have you covered through 6:30. we will be here through 6:30. eileen andblem is, lauren are the most cheery peop le. they could tell you it will be hail on the way to grandma's house. who cares? [laughter] >> a big smile. >> the redskins did their part today to put food on the table for hundreds of families. >> tim brant is here with a look at the turkey giveaway. >> it is the 12th annual harvest feast at fedex feald, where players and alumni join volunteers with a mission to put inles on the faces of those need. tot here about. quite turkeys, whatever else they have in there that we can get. >> on the receiving end, 3000 prince george's county families in need. >> it is a blessing to have this, a good thanksgiving dinner. >> current and form

poll in west virginia close at 7:30 tonight. aaron gilchrist breaks down which ones could change the balance in congress. >> there are 36 seats in 33 states up for grabs. seven in states where democrats are retiring and president obama lost in 2012. wf is the one closest to us. shelly is the favorite to win there and become that state's first republican senator many more than 50 years. in order for democrats to win, they'll have to hold off republicans in new hampshire, north carolina and a majority of the other eight battleground states you see in purple. if it's close, they have a built-in advantage, too. the two independents in congress, currently caucus with democrats and that could tip the balance. if the republicans gain five seats t senate is tied. with vice president joe biden, the tie breaker, in favor of democrats. no matter what happens today, it could be months before we hear the final results. if no candidates win 50% of louisiana and georgia here, well, then those states could go to run-off elections. louisiana's i

and the mountains of virginia, something we'll watch, too.ur region, just cool and very breezy. seeing winds gusting 20 to maybe 25 miles p hour with high temperatures in the up are 40s to lower 50s. it is definitely going to feel like a much cooler they dan the past couple of days. you'll need the jackets when you step outside during the afternoon tomorrow, but put the umbrellas away. next couple of days. 55 friday. 56 saturday. 58 sunday. a cool weekend but a nice weekend. 62 degrees coming up on saturday. rather on monday. and then notice what happens next week. we've got one cold day on saturday and then the bottom drops out next thursday. veronica johnson and i have been looking at the cold period and v.j., have that cold morning on saturday. that's nothing compared to what we think is moving in next week. >> true. the atmosphere, jut getting ready to, you know, get going. preparing itself. not all at once. let us show you here this saturday morning's temperatures. areas like damascus and burtonsville, 33, 34 degrees. early saturday morn

we can't forget that virginia is a purple state. it is not a safe blue state. >> that's true. >> another state that's not very safe, and we're looking at some interesting exit polls michael from wisconsin, which tells us what we've within watching all night everywhere else. >> exactly. it look like the percentages of men compared the women in that race are exact mirrors of one another. so these are just estimates, but 57-42 walker winning men. 57-42 burke winning women. it's like the boys versus the girls. >> but women make up a slightly bigger percentage. >> that would seem to be, but it just indicates that this enduring divide in american politics. >> woodruff: what is it about the way men and women see politics? stu and amy, we've been talking about gender, but what else are you seeing here in terms of income and in terms of race or any other issue or any other demographic i should say that helps us understand what's going on? >> democrats showing good jobs in terms of getting out the african american vote. most of the demographi

west virginia -- those territories mason was involved with. and he was serving for part of that period he was the state legislator from right here. he was in the state legislature. so they would talk about that and they would be very much involved and they realized that their future was out on the frontier, but it wasn't just them. all americans, even americans like ben franklin realized that the future of the country was on the frontier. and that's where american future and greatness lie. it made franklin a self made man and he was able to go to philadelphia or a pittsburgh or cincinnati or somewhere working into the future. the very name cincinnati tells us how tight it was with washington because that obviously was named for washington. they were closely connected. that was part of the inspiration, one of those things that built up toward realizing that we needed a stronger union if we were going to have prosperity at home, respect abroad. a future did lie in a stronger union. those were the three. you could say future and they shared those

virginia, 66 eastbound, slow around root 50.thbound 95 really bad. 50 minutes to the beltway. >>> a man held a knife to a university of maryland student's throat. how she got away. >>> and the pope's first visit to the u.s. ahead of the catholic church. we are learning about his plans for a stay here in america. >>> facebook hopes you will use its service. >>> throughout the break you can watch storm team 4 radar along with the storm team 4 x 4 on 95 north in virginia and a >>> 16 before the hour. right now rain stretches across our area. you can see it on storm team 4 radar and how it is making the sky gray from tower camera. we're in for a plunge of temperatures. how long they will stick around on your weather and traffic on the 1s. >>> a developing story in college park. a university of maryland student said she was attacked getting out of her car off route 1 on hartwick road. the student said a plan pulled out a knife, put it to her .hroat, and trie she fought him off. she's okay. police are still looking for the suspec >>>

virginia, $2.64. west virginia, $2.92. people get a break in terms of what they are going to pay for gas out there. we are expecting a very busy day on the roadway. take it easy and pack your patience. >>> thank you, megan. >> 6:04. now to the latest developments in missouri following the decision in the michael brown case. a live look at ferguson. still violence overnight thousands of national guard troops keeping the peace. >> ferguson police ready ordered the protesters off the streets. a police car was torched outside ciy hall. 44 people arrested overnight. it was a far different feel than the previous night. that is the latest from the live desk. aaron. >> for the fitter time since the grand jury decision, officer darren wilson is speaking about his decision to pull the trigger and shoot michael brown. wilson said michael brown punched him several times and tried to grab his gun. wilson said he is confident he did the right thing. >> is mr. anything you could have done differently that would have prevented that fillin

today, i'm tracking showers, light ones generally in west virginia, northern virginia. steadier rains will be arriving probably after dark for most of us, although doppler 9000 to the north and west, lot showing up. not a lot reaching the ground. the air is still dry. you see the yellow here going in toward jefferson county, northwest louder, southwestern frederick. there's showers here slowly working toward us here in dc into the late afternoon and evening. i'll come back in a few minutes and we'll talk all about the timetable for the rain tonight and thursday. i'll let you know about the weekend. for now, we'll take a short . >>> why weren't we told? parents at a montgomery county middle school are furious they were not notified by school leaders that a student was allegedly groped at school by a contract worker, a worker who was not employed by the school system. a meeting was held this morning at the school to ease parents' concerns, but as nikki burdine found out, it did anything but. >> reporter: eric and amy both have kids who attend john t baker middle school in

, the mainland shores of virginia.s pretty secure from attack. but it's close enough and it's right in the center of the black population of virginia, which is in the tide water, both on the eastern shore and to the west on the western shore. and coburn's words, the island was surrounded by the districts from which the negros always come, end quote. this is a modern artist's attempt to imagine the drilling of colonial marines. colonial marines was the special unit formed for american blacks, former slaves, to august meant british forces in the chesapeake. we have no images from that time of colonial marines so it requires an artist informed by knowing what the uniforms of regular marines looked like and knowing something about the structures that would be built in virginia at that time. so this is showing the refugee camp at tangree island and it's showing the drilling by a white officer who is the man gesturing with his hand of three new recruits of the colonial marines. initially, admiral coburn has a pretty low expe

most of virginia, west virginia, western maryland, a cold 3 in oakland. east of there generally in the 40s. quite a chill in the air this morning. next weather and traffic at 5:11. amelia siegel joins us in the storm team 4 x 4 with your event forecast. >>> talking about the beltway at river road, moving along. all these folks headed out to the outer loop. woodrow wilson bridge moving alongment beltway at colesville looking good quite good. everybody needs to take a deep breath. driving slowly, driving calmly. we'll all make it. taking a look at 95 in virginia, headed up from stafford, we are looking good as well. northbound lanes completely open. southbound as well. no more construction in the way. i feel this is a good commute. if we can keep it going, everybody will be very, very happy. i'll be back in 10 minutes with a live picture of 270. >>> a developing story. the man accused of kidnapping a philadelphia woman and charge indeed a separate abduction case in richmond is in a virginia jail is. this is new video of sheriff's deputies taking barnes to j

right now, 34 in hagerstown. 52 in washington. 73, virginia beach. it would be great if the air was coming from the south and east but it's not. look at this. the wind chill, 5 degrees in columbus, ohio. 25 in elkins, west virginia. that's the cold air we've got coming in. yes, we are talking about some record-breaking numbers. i'll go over those with you and show just how cold we're going to get and how long the cold air sticks around comingel noup. >>> falling temperatures don't have to mean skyrocketing heati heating f you home. new details on staying warm and safe indoors. richard? >> reporter: it sure is getting cold. you can feel the temperatures dropping and the wind is picking up. and that means people will want to be indoors and heat their homes, make sure they have a nice, warm, place to stay. that doesn't always go as planned. take a look up on the second floor. that is damage caused by a fire started by a space heater, a brand-new space heater. it was not being used properly. and whether you use a heater, portable heater or a furnace, the

western virginia, still part of virginia at the time, was the first significant campaign of the war. the overall union commander there was george b mcclellan. the first major battle of consequence was the battle of rich mountain. that is near beverly west virginia. or move, that's where you -- it was to be a pincher move, that's where you approach the opposing army from both sides. he would go up the mountain and make a flank attack. the aim was to strike that in me from the front. the cleland didn't do his part, didn't participate in the battle. rosecrans did, and he won. the beneficiary of this immediately was george b mcclellan. he is called to washington to head the armies of the potomac in the wake of the union defeat at manassas, first bull run. so george b mcclellan gets command of the union army of the potomac without having actually participated in combat in the civil war. rosecrans now becomes the union commander in that department of the war. he fights another battle in september 1861 in central west virginia. small battle, but important. then later in the fall he faces no

this will allow for faster trips from virginia to downtown.his smithsonian station will be closed as it's in the concert security zone. and nine nations near the nation mall mall including metro station will be open past midnight for concert attendees. riders must be in line to enter the station by midnight. on top of the concert, there will be big crowds headed to the caps game tonight starting at the same time as the concert. 7:00 p.m. the caps fans may want to leave extra early to make sure you get to the verizon center in time for the puck drop. we'll be working to keep you ahead of the closures and delays. >>> before the big concert tonight, there will be more traditional veterans day ceremonies across the area. defense secretary chuck hagel will pay service to members at the vietnam veterans memorial marking 30 years since the dedication of the three servicemen statue at the memorial. the event begins at 1:00 p.m. and is open to the public. >>> angie goff at the live desk where we want to take you to beijing, china. where day two of the

martinsburg, west virginia at 33 degrees. hometown forecast, beautiful anacostia temperatures 42 first thing this morning. 46 by lunchtime. can't rule out a few drops rolling in by about 6:00 this evening. what should you expect today? a dry start this morning, but chilly. 30s and 40s. clouds really thicken up this afternoon. again, rain chances coming in later in the day. what should you wear today? i don't think you're really going to need the umbrella because rain chances are fairly low, but a nice fall coat. look at that pretty girl with her coat on. she's ready to go. don't need the hats and gloves today. it won't be as windy or as cold as yesterday. a whole lot of mess coming in our direction for tomorrow. this is our little sprinkle chance today. this is what will be a solid chance for rain tomorrow cg right up the spine of the apalacha. this is moving to the north and east. most of that is going to stay away from the metro area. there's trailing area, light showers here, southern west virginia. that light gray is the

tennessee state and virginia. virginia to anthony gill in transition. , on. time winding down in the first half, virginia leading big. justin anderson buries a three ball. cavaliers beat tennessee state 79-36. northern iowa smoked for genentech tonight. how about this? check it out. .ravity defying, highflying trying to build a program at blacksburg, but they lose tonight. islanders play the caps tomorrow night. beforeechkin left practice even began with an upper body injury. questionable for tomorrow. >> we will check it out tomorrow at traffic. >> thank you. these g silent night not so silent? with sleep number, now there's an adjustment for that. give the gift of amazing sleep, only at a sleep number store. this week only, save 50% on the ultimate limited edition bed. know better sleep with sleep number. >> two turkeys will not make it to the dinner table on thursday. the most famous turkeys in america. [laughter] >> wait! one of them will serve as the national thanksgiving turkey and will be pardoned by the president wednesday. his alternate will also be

for eric cantor's seat in virginia in the wake of his stung primary loss. they are republican party candidate dave bratt and democrat jack trammell. both are procedures. >>> crossing the border into the district who will be the mayor? the race is much closer than years past. >> reporter: hello, i'm bruce johnson. key to the d.c. mayoral race is now the turnout. bowser is the overwhelming favorite in a town where eight of ten registered voters are democrat. she's got close to a half million dollars in the bank to move campaign workers around where they need to be. david ketanya is counting on independent voters and needs a third of the democrats to look his way. he is trying to become the first openly gay and the first white mayor in d.c. home rule history. as for carol schwartz she has practically no money left, no strategy, and according to most observers almost no chance of winning. >>> now, in addition to the mayor's race voters in the district will be deciding whether or not to legalize possession of small amounts of pot. if approved, d.c. would follow

to vote in virginia. here's a long list of what's accepted, including passports, and employee i.d.s. so viewers today told us when they tried to use those two types of i.d.s, they were asked for second i.d.s with their home addresses on it. fairfax county office of elections says you do not need to provide a second i.d. with an address on it, and this should not have happened. also, in virginia, chris tells us he shot this video when he tried to pick a republican candidate for the virginia second district house seat. instead, he says the machine selected the democrat candidate. he tells me he was told it was a calibration issue, and he needed to touch above the box to make his selection. in a statement to the news4 i-team, the virginia department of elections say the issues appear related to the touch-screen calibrations and any machines with issues are immediately taken out of supervise. the voters should notify an officer of elections prior to casting their ballot. maryland has a different type of machi

he's awaiting extradition to virginia on other violent crimes. tonight, we are hearing a first-hand account of how the atf took him down. delvon barnes went before federal judge in maryland thursday on video conference from a baltimore jail. the 37 year old is being held on a slew of rape and kidnapping charges in two states. wednesday, federal agents in virginia got a gps hit on a car he had recently purchased there and tracked him to maryland. >> as we approached the car, he -- he looked -- he was totally shocked, surprised to see atf agents coming at him. >> reporter: special agent jeffrey matthews got the call. the forward for taurus was parked in jessup maryland shopping plaza. agents moved in and saw a man and a woman in the back seat. >> we noticed he was moving in the car that indicated he would possibly be pulling out. there was a plastic bag had been placed over the rear passenger side window which we knew fit the description of the vehicle from the philadelphia abduction. >> reporter: agents block in the car and ordered barnes to the g

his mother and father live in virginia. and the uncle today told me that both parents were actually taken in for questioning when delven was being accused of the crime that occurred in virginia from early in october. he says that he is leaving philadelphia tomorrow for virginia to comfort them. live in the northeast, cydney long, nbc 10 news. >>> nbc 10 and nbc10.com will keep following developments here at home and in maryland in the abduction investigation. our live team coverage continues tonight on nbc 10 news. >>> now, your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> more rain is moving through parts of the area right now. >> nbc 10 first alert meteorologist sheena parveen has been all over it tonight. where is the rain heaviest now? >> mainly in parts of south jersey, like atlantic, cape may counties where the heaviest rain is at this moment. moving closer to the shore, a lot of our shore points starting to see the heavy rain. it's moving very quickly, so it won't be around long. it's moving about 50 miles an hour. so it will be t

snowshoe, west virginia, opening their doors in two weeks.eeks from yesterday, as a matter of fact. amazing to see that opening up so early. 27 in leesburg. 27 in culpeper. these are the overnight lows. these will be the temperatures when you wake up tomorrow morning. we will start our weekend on a very cold note. the good news tomorrow is, we will see plenty of sun. temperatures warmer thanned today and with less wind, slightly more comfortable than your saturday. saturday looking very cold early. so if you've got those games early, just make sure you bundle the kids up too. temperatures the next few days, up to 50 sunday for the redskins game. sunday looking like the best day out of the next seven. 48 on monday with a good chance of rain. the snow will not cause any problems. mostly rain. the problems come tuesday and wednesday. 36 on tuesday. 39 degrees on wednesday. so, yeah, we have one cold forecast out there for sure. guys, i can't believe you don't remember. you'll see it, though. the specials. happy birthday! >> it's been a while, do

this is snowshoe, west virginia. they picked up about 5 inches of snow yesterday.hey have been making snow for the past couple of weeks. and they actually predict one of their earliest openings in the last decade that they are officially opening on the 26th. so they will be open for thanksgiving weekend. how about that? yeah, they've been cold, they have been getting some snow, and boy, i'll tell you, skiing conditions are going to be pretty good early this season. 40 degrees the current temperature outside our area right now. and that does feel much more like a winter situation for sure. winds out of the northwest at 12 miles per hour. and that makes it feel even colder. look at the wind chills. 34 in d.c. 26 -- the wind chill, 26 in leesburg. 24 in winchester. 28 towards the culpeper area. so again, a very cold evening. if you're out tonight, it's friday. everybody has got to be out and about somewhere. make sure you bundle up. nothing on the radar. as we look at the wider view here, one thing you notice. notice all the snow, first off, still snowing down around

of west virginia. that's going to be at 8:00 tomorrow morning. and then by around noontime it will change over to all snow, shenandoah valley and the blue ridge to the counties east of the blue ridge. the pink zone is an area where we may get wet snow mixing in with rain around the metro area and northern virginia and north-central maryland. then it will change over to all mixing around much of the metro area by late afternoon and early evening. then it will quickly end tomorrow night. then it is all gone. so we do have a big area under this winter storm watch. all these areas in blue along the blue ridge and points west including frederick and loudoun county, northern falkier and p rapahanic county. we have snow off to our west that will move in the heavier accumulations and roads will likely be slippery. it will mostly be all snow there with about three to six inches. the highest amounts will be right along the blue ridge. perhaps the south mountain and closer to washington, maybe an inch or so near

we have the best -- virginia walls white house. she was -- virginia woolf was one of the great pioneers of the modern if not along with james joyce. this novel was published in 1927. this is in her own binding by the way. she bound her own books. it's not meant to be pretty. she could do that kind of thing in her private press. here you can see names to be used. she has names of characters, some of which don't appear in the published version. she always wrote, she always drew a blue crayon line on the left and margin so she could write little notes to herself as she went along. in this particular case she has a couple of diary entries. down here march 9, 1926 she writes i answered today that i'm writing exactly opposite from other books. very loosely at first. will have to tighten up a finally. most overdrafts, grammatical sentences are complete, very tight, formal productions. in this case the sentences are often ungrammatical, unfinished. it was an experiment for her. she was writing about her child, her adolescence, her past. >>

and into west virginia, all dry roads this morning.ld start in the suburbs in the upper 30s for northern montgomery county. much of fairfax county and the eastern part of the county, we are near 40. as is the district and the nearby suburbs in prince george's county and southern montgomery. southern maryland right near the bay, most locations there in the 40s. later this afternoon, a few of the clouds coming through. mostly sunny with highs reaching 68. that's going to be right around 3:00 this afternoon. that's mid-afternoon temperatures. and then this evening, by 8:00 p.m., we are back down to the upper 50s. mostly cloudy through the evening with temperatures by dawn. this time tomorrow morning in the low 50s starting off early on wednesday morning as we get back to work and school tomorrow. we'll have the winds pick up during the day. gusty winds during the day with afternoon highs reaching the low 60s and partly cloudy. much colder weather moves in on thursday. morning lows in the upper 30s. afternoon highs only near 50. might get