if you would like to weigh in go to our wusa 9 facebook page.ews. >> here on the weekend crew we're pulling for a beltway world series. we asked our facebook and twitter series about divided family loyalty when it comes to sports. here are some of the responses. we got a couple. joanne says, for me it's residence. i live in maryland so go o's. linda says, fair weather fans who couldn't hang in with the o's, less than .500 record all those areas, jumped over to the nats. those with heart are still o's fans. that's right, she said it. we're nats fans, most of us here. visit wusa 9.com, add your comments and see what other people think. >>> turning elsewhere a fallen power line disrupts service on metro's red line. the power line came down near the brooklyn metro station. that caused the transit agency to shut down red line service at about 4:30 this afternoon between fort taunton and rhode island avenue. red line service was resumed after a few hours. >>> they made the ultimate sacrifice. this we can questioned family and friends of the nation's f

a complete statement of wusa and gannett's position can be found at wusa9.com. there is good news.usa is available over the air on verizon, comcast, rc n, cox and other cable providers. >>> okay. other knew -- news now. the critics didn't care for it but the audience loved it. taken 2 twice as popular as the original. $50 million in receipts. it doubled the haul of the original which hit theaters in 2009. took in $24.7 million in its debut. the baseball drama pitch perfect. >>> the price is right welcomes its first ever male model. >> lady gaga gets ready to accept an award in memory of john lennon. >> reporter: lady gaga is being honored with a peace prize in memory of john lennon. for her work to promote equality for gay, lesbian and transgeneral deered people. gaga will accept the award in iceland tomorrow. >>> murder and mayhem in the new dark comedy the details starring to be did i mcguire and elizabeth banks. >> she is so out there and it is so unlike anything i have been able to do before. >> reporter: the details opens in theaters on november 2nd. >>> rob wilson come on dow

our parent company is in negotiations with dish for the right to carry wusa signal on their satellitevice. to be clear, negotiations are still underway. wusa and gwinnett are committed to continuing those negotiations right up to the sunday night deadline. dish has issued a statement saying the issues involve the use of the company's commercial skipping technology, which is found on the dvr systems it provides. a complete statement can be found at wusa9.com. there is some good news. wusa is still available over the air, on verison, comcast, rcn, cox, and other local cable providers. >> it is a shame we couldn't replicate this friday to saturday and sunday. >> i know, because this beautiful weather, you know, if we could make it last through the weekend. the holiday weekend, that would be the ideal situation. unfortunately, things start to go downhill as of tomorrow afternoon. let's take a look outside right now with the michael and son weather camera. it is 69 degrees currently. still very pleasant and comfortable out there with that dew point of 60. the dew point is starting to rise.

wusa is available over the air on verison, comcast, rcn, cox, and other local cable providers. coming up in sports, i haven't seen you in a long time. >> i've been here, i've been around, and there's lots to talk about. maryland, they open up their acc opener. can they dig in for a win? and it's the first weekend of playoffs baseball, both the nats and orioles are preparing for their games. the nats hope to make the most of being in the playoffs for the first time since 1933. stay with us. >>> and now, 9sports. >> maryland entered today's game with wake forest on a two- game losing streak, as they open the acc part of their schedule. if they can manage a win, they surpass their win total of two games. not too much to fear from the turtle lately. end of the first half, maryland with the ball. perry hill didn't play particularly well, but he got it here. that makes it 13-7 maryland. down 13-12 when hill finds freshman, stefan digs. digs made the most of this play. look at him go. taking the pass 63 yards. digs finished the day with five catches for 105 and that 63- yarder set up

a complete statement of wusa and gannett's position can be found on wusa9 9.com. wusa is available on verizon, comcast, rc n, cox and other local cable providers. >>> still ahead, firefighters who made the ultimate sacrifice to help those in need are being honored in maryland. >>> and researchers are learning more about your brain and the way it works. >> 9news is back, right after this. >>> we have a few clouds starting to roll in here to washington. partly cloudy skies overhead and certainly jacket weather this morning with readings in the mid-30s. you may even need a little rain here as showers will redevelop. 3:00 temperature 53. a high of 54 and by 6:00 showers around and 52. i'll be inside in a few minutes with the 7-day forecast. got some warmth on the way. right now inside to monika. >> reporter: northbound georgia avenue right before the beltway the right lane is blocked with police activity in the forest glenn area. on the beltway itself here at university boulevard traffic running smoothly in silver spring. back to you jess. >>> i have been combing thro

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you can watch the debate live on wusa 9. to our website where we will be fact checking what the candidates say. then join us for a wrap-up of the debate at 11:00. >>> vice-president joe biden says the middle class has been buried for the last four years. the republicans couldn't agree more. during a campaign stop in charlotte, the v.p. criticized mitt romney for proposing policies that biden said would cut taxes for millionaires and raise them for middle class families. >> this is deadly earnest. how they can justify, how they can justify raising taxes in the middle class that's been buried the last four years, how in lord's name can they justify raising their taxes with these tax cuts. look, folks, we've seen this movie before. >> so the romney camp jumps all over that. a spokeswoman says she couldn't agree more. she said the middle class has been buried under president obama's policies. >>> new at 11:00, a vicious game caught beating on camera and the man believed to have orchestrated the whole thing is facing up to 25 yea

9 mobile app. >>> a look at some things you can do at home using that wusa 9 mobile app. >> if you don't have power you can follow us because we are live streaming on our website. i want to first start with the outages in pepco. last time i didn't get to get to it. we talked with clay ander son with pepco. we have 7,926 outages. you can see the outage map in the orange. we're talking about the concentrated high numbers of people in the dark. we're looking at gaithersburg, parts of the district having high numbers of people in the dark. don't that number surprise you, 27,696? if you're one of the few who are under that number, it doesn't take a lot to make your nervous. when do you think you might get restoration? you can see it on their website. it says due to the magnitude of the storm estimated time of restoration has been suspended in order to assess the damage. maybe they will be able to go out today. let's go over to bge. they have the highest number of outages, which is 214,238. they have more than a million customers. they have the most outages there. lastly i'm going to go to dom

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now, if you don't have our weather app go to the app store and search for wusa radar. it's a pretty powerfullal. we have the tropical track on. you can double hit a button or a ., and that's where it shows where sandy is forecast to be and how strong. hit the information button. we scroll down. we have our tropical track object. we like that. but let's say we want to take the tropical satellite off and put water temperature of the atlantic object. now we can really see how warm the atlantic is. remember, warm water feeds the storm. so this is a pretty cool application to track the storm right along with us over the weekend and into next week. so if you don't have it, download it. it's pretty could. anita, derek, back to you. >> thank you, topper. >>> i was thinking about checking with american u to see if i've got some eligibility left. >> they need you. hey, maryland might turn to craigslist to find its next quarterback. wanted, healthy gun slinger, please. another blow to the terps. another signal caller, another man down. wow, bad. another blow to the terps. we are

it is cool do go to the app store and search for wusa radar and track this right along with us. there's the track. if you touch a dot, the information will come up. to do that hit the information button, make sure your tropical track are on right there and you are all set. you can track it right along with us all weekend and into next week. we will be back and talk about where that storm might go monday or tuesday. >> all right. thank you. >>> day three of our battleground virginia tour has brought our crew to the southwest part of the common wealth. there's a new poll out that shows the race is tight but governor romney is taking a slight lead, 50% to 47% for president obama. tonight andrea takes us to an ea with a striking contrast of opinions. >> we are in hampton road, this is the region with a huge military presence, and a local economy that is heavily dependent on defense spending. >> my name is sean, and i am a machinist and mechanic on the usa roosevelt. >> i am thomas bell, the business manager for local union 79. >> two men both with military backgrounds,. >> i am not

you will receive simple instructions on how to download our wusa weather app. >>> 4:54. here's a look at today's question of the morning. this has been chosen as the best candy to give out at halloween. >> we love the candy. is it pop rocks, a? b, m&ms or c, necco wafers. give it some thought and post your answer. we'll share some of the answers in the next half-hour. ♪ makes the world taste good ♪ who can take the rain bow ♪ >>> welcome bark. 4:57. your weather first. still made with upper 50s to low 60s. as we go throughout the day, we'll see the clouds lift some. still mostly cloudy if not overcast. sunshine this afternoon kind of like yesterday with the high temp in the low 70s. monika, good morning. >>> good morning. if you're planning to head over on 95 in virginia, the northbound side is normal. southbound side after backlick road as you approach lorton, watch out for the accident along the right side. stay to the left to get around t. i'll have more details on that and other area roads at 5:01. >>> a few rolling stones fans get some satisfaction after the rock ba

also, follow us on twitter at wusa 9 and at erica grove.ur meteorological team will keep you up-to-date. i'm hoping you have already stocked. we're going to go to a break. we'll be back in just a few minutes. >>> by now, i'm hoping you've already stocked up on all the batteries and bottled water you need, but there are some other things to think about if the power goes out. for example, charge your cell phone right now and dim the brightness feature on the phone. turn off any unnecessary apps. that will help conserve the digital power. find your digital camera. if you experience storm damage, your insurance company will want photos. all the halloween decorations, take them down now, even a small pumpkin can cause serious damage to your home or another person if the wind picks it up and throws it around. >> the platforms at metro center were quiet tonight as people hunkered down for sandy's arrival. tomorrow until further notice they will stay quiet because metro already decided to shut down. it is the first time in the history of this trans

wusa is available over the air on verizon, comcast, rc n, cox and other local cable providers. >>> we are going to have the answer to today's question of the morning when we come back. keep it here, you are watching 9news next. >>> welcome back to 9news. 6:93 and a chilly 46 degrees one big story this morning has been this police activity in silver spring on the northbound side of georgia avenue. it is just inside the beltway blocking the right lane. as you head north, scoot over to the left, you can exit to the beltway without a problem. we'll take a live look first inside the beltway, seems like traffic is still doing well. it is columbus day with that holiday. we'll take also a live look at the beltway, as i said, it is not affecting the beltway as well -- at all. northbound 35 usually very heavy at duke street, enjoy in this morning, it looks great at the 14th street bridge. one more live look at metro bus and metro rail. i'll be back with more traffic coming up at 6:58. >>> howard bernstein is here with your weather first. >> reporter: 30s and 40s. i had to snuggle with the dog l

stay with wusa 9. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back 6:26. sandy still a post tropical storm in pennsylvania. that's going to be moving west and north. it's still giving us lots of rain this morning. it has made it chilly. temperatures stuck in the 40s. the mid 40s this afternoon. we're at 45 now at national. that's one of the warmer spots in the region. lots of low 40s out there. rain will taper to showers. winds southwest 20 to 30, might gust 35 or a little bit more than that, especially this morning. we're in better shape than we were 12, 14 hours ago. we're looking at snow really flying in the mountains. locally we have the rain. you notice this big just upper left circulation sitting over the area. if there's a center, maybe it's up here into parts of south, central pennsylvania with the showers spinning around. no reports of mixed ed precipitation in the area. we have moderate rain showers from dc south. you can see moderate rain into fairfax, eastern county from prince william down. the showers, the rain continues. got a lot of very hi

you can e-mail them to us at wusa at webproduction@wusa.com. >> i have a friend meg began, and her husband keith in virginia, they were all sleeping in the basement, and for the first time, the cats and dogs, not exposed to each other, everybody's down in the basement. >> no. cats and dogs sleeping together? >> i'll have to find out. >> that's a headline right there. my dog say lover and a sleeper. so i don't think he'll change his routine at all. >> i think we got a little lucky here. >> so far. wind gusts are way down, except in winchester and out to the west. a 29-mile per hour wind gust at national. 36 in ocean city -- a 29 mile per hour wind gust at national. 36 in ocean city. mr. bernstein will be here shortly. great sandy stuff. >> okay. thank you for staying with us through all of this. >> the morning show will start up again at 4 a.m. be safe out there. >> goodnight, everybody.

you will receive simple instructions on how to download our wusa weather app. we'll be right back. >>> good morning. women come back. 6:41. monika here with your timesaver traffic. it's been a good ride into work. if you're planning to head on 270, let's go back to that map. no problems to report as you head if from frederick all the way down to the point where the lanes divide. traffic is moving well. the maps are all over the place but at least you're going to be okay. let's take a live look first of all on the southbound side of i- 270 at shady grove road. we're running smoothly to the point where the lanes divide. on the northbound side of i heavy rain 95 you've got your official slowdown in woodbridge and then again in springfield. let's go live there right now as you head northbound at least the lanes are open and traffic is moving well right up to 395 and the 14th street bridge. before i finish, i want to introduce a very special guest this morning. come on over. john caravan from fairfax station. your parents bought you a trip to the station and a visit

area, wusa's employees will be out with gannett employees in annandale refurbishing a play ground.o be out in several locations throughout the region. you can go on to make a difference day.com and search for a project near you or start your own project and go on and register and your project could be eligible for $10,000. >> that's pretty good. it's really easy. sandra said you just go on the website. just put in your zip code. that will help you locate a project that's in your area and some of them are fun. i was reading there's a halloween party and they need hosts to help. that's happening in arlington, virginia. but hopefully you can join us at our make a difference day project as well. sandra, thank you for being with us and thank you for making a difference, too. >> thank you for having me. >>> gl thank you. such a great program. >>> coming up i'll have the latest update on my couch to k program. we have made it easy for you to track hurricane sandy right on your smartphone. you text sandy to 25543. you will receive simple instructions. then you can download our wusa9 weathe

of course wusa is a sponsor and washington radiology associates and safeway are sponsors. and, andrea, we have some representatives here from those organizations. i'm going to ask them to come out from safeway and from washington radiology because they wanted to help you celebrate today by making a very special presentation. look what safeway did. is that gorgeous? can they see the picture of her? look at that. >> look at the survivors and people we had, karen with prevent cancer foundation. we wouldn't be doing buddy check 9 without prevent cancer and sustaining us through all of this. people like greg from safeway and washington radiology associates. >> i'm going to ask them to come forward because they have a special presentation they'd like to give you. i'm going to stand up so they can come forward. can we have a representative from the american cancer society. that representative will come and make the presentation in honor of our andrea roane. >> thank you very much, andrea. happy anniversary. we're very happy at safeway to present a check for $1,000 to making strid

out yourself on your iphone or android device or ipad, you can text sandy to 25543 and download our wusa weather app. aim going to start with sand -- i'm going to start with sandy. color enhanced the coldest cloud tops so you can see the taller storms that are wrapping around the center a little bit better as sandy is just about off shore, at least the eye of sandy just about off shore from the northern cuba coast. look at the eye. actually had category 3 winds at 115 miles per hour. eight weaken todz 105 -- it's weakened to 105. the pressure has come up to 960. this is a big storm tracking toward the central and northern bahamas as we go throughout the day and nighttime hours. as we get toward saturday morning, the hurricane center has it parallelling the coast here as we get through the weekend. there's going to be a lot of surf on the carolina coast this weekend and the wind field will expand greatly on this. the advisory by tuesday morning 5:00 a.m. still has the storm at 70 mile an hour winds south along long island, east of us. you will see something here. i want to show you the fo

the address is mailbag@wusa 9.com. and don't forget your name and where you are writing from. that is it for our report. i'll be back here at 11:00. log on to wusa9.com any time. happy halloween. ♪ "e.t." >>> will there be a celebrity telethon to help the recovery in the aftermath of superstorm sandy? >>> the devastating damage. the brave rooftop rescues. >> it's rescue, it's recovery and also, a race against time. >> diane sawyer. "e.t." with the latest video and what's next for the victims. >> here's what "e.t." viewers need to know. >>> plus -- ♪ your hometown >> i have already donated to the american red cross. >> to new jersey. >> no electricity. no internet. >> to hollywood. >> videos, pictures. it's horrific. >> how the country is coming together in the wake of the tragedy. "dancing with the stars" champ, an american hero, j.r. martinez. >> how hard is it to look at this photo? >> the shocking pictures that

you can just text sandy to 25543 and that way you'll be able to download the wusa weather app and get important text updates. earlier today i got text messages about both the governors of maryland and virginia declaring states of emergency and that came to me right on my phone because i downloaded that app. so wherever you are during and after the storm you can turn to wusa9 on the air, on the web and on your phone for the very latest information you need to know to keep you and your family safe. >> we are going to be ready. >> yup. >> we've got much more on sandy coming up throughout our newscast. >>> but first we hit the campaign trail. >> coming up we take you to a northern virginia county that could ultimately decide who our next president will be. >> we're still digesting new information on sandy. we'll talk about where she's going to head and what you can do to prepare and the timetable for when the highest winds hit the metro area. >>> out on the campaign trail today the presidential candidates each putting their own spin on some new economic numbers. the white house says the n

you can watch it live right here on wusa 9.com. >>> well tonight in maryland, ravens linebacker brendan yo is scheduled to join governor martin o'malley supporting same sex marriage. maryland is one state considering legalizing those marriages last month. the ravens linebacker spoke out in favor of the referendum. another player, center matt burk released an internet video last week opposing the plan. >>> crews are back out today, searching for any sign of a missing high school student. brian glenn was last seen a week ago on the campus of wt woodson high school. his car was later found on picket road, more than 100 people are expected back at a park today, to see if they can find any clues about this 17-year-old. >>> a 28 year prison sentence is not keeping joran van der sloot out of the news. the dutch national confirms today he got a woman pregnant during an unsupervised visit. he first made headlines back in aruba in the disappearance of natalee holloway back in 2005. >>> lawyers for jerry sandusky are due back in court today, one day ahead of the former penn state coach's sentencin

why liking our wusa 9 facebook page. we are donating a dollar for every new like we get. >>> outside right now. doesn't look too bad. topper is along in a minute to tell you how bad it's going to be or how good it's going to be over the next few days. >> let's give you some perspective on sandy. turns out she is the largest hurricane in terms of diameter on record. 945 miles. igor in 2010 was 920 miles. olga in 2001 was 865 miles. let's kind of put this in perspective. we'll move it onshore. if it were located over the tennessee valley it would affect people in des moines down to houston all across the gulf coast, the key west and up to bangor, maine. that is a huge storm. one reason we saw so much damage north of us. okay, the show. here we go. this is a softer side of sandy. this is out in beckly, in snowshoe. they've had 22 inches of snow that. drift was four feet. this is courtesy of christy. i think they're going to see another ten inches before it's all said and done. live outside, our michael and son weather cam.

let's go, let's see how much it take me to get my wusa e-mail. the pressure is on.ot to go, 11 seconds. done. >> from the west end wusa9. >>> i'm guilty of this. >> i think we all are. just to make sure that all of you are not complaining. we do care what our facebook friends have to say. >> as a matter of fact we want to know, they are always plugged into work. laura writes i am committed to my clients. tonya says i am on maternity leave and check e-mails and john says it is not a healthy way to work or live. you need balance in life. john, do you check your e- mails, that is what you want to know. we know it is not good. by the way we want to hear. go to facebook and join the commerce station. >>> the jacksons are back tonight. jackie, tito and germane kicked off a unity tour. they paid tribute tonight to michael. >>> that is nice. >>> i like that. is this yucky rain, let's get it out of here. >> we are done with the rain, we had thunderstorms, the timing could not have been worse. right as people are heading home from work. nonsevere thunderstorms. in our immedia

just like the wusa 9 on facebook and for every one of those we will donate a dollar to the red crossdy relief fund. >>> election only a week away. how did sandy derail plans for last minute campaigning for both sides? we'll have that. >>> plus three separate bombings in northern virginia and police say they're all the work of one person. the latest on this bizarre series of crimes. >> a trio of bombings in northern virginia has investigators pretty busy tonight. the first one in fredericksburg early this morning, less than two hours later two more in stafford county. our ken molestina reports on the series of blasts all believed to be connected. >> reporter: police and fire investigators in fredericksburg responded to the 3100 block of normandy street at 4:00 in the morning on tuesday. >> we thought it was a gas explosion or something. then we found out it was a bomb. >> reporter: a pipe bomb had been thrown through the window of this house. >> single female who lives alone, said she was awakened to a loud noise and came out of her bedroom and her house was filled with smoke. >> repo

give me your pitch at mailbag@wusa9.com or hit up the wusa facebook page. >>> all right top. we're looking for some changes in the weather. are we going to get them? >> we're going to get them. the game forecast looks good. tomorrow morning may not look good, but by afternoon, almost perfect. let's start with the game forecast. by the time 1:00 rolls around, partly cloudy skies, temperatures mid to upper 60s. so, that's actually a pretty darn nice day for baseball considering we are in october, remember some of the games in baltimore were played in the 40s and 50s. we are getting a break. temperatures are cool. 61 downtown. 55 in gaithersburg. 59 in manassas. not as cool as last night, but still, a little below average. 57 in frederick and 59 in leesburg. satellite picture, radar combined, we could not shake these low clouds. the low clouds will stay with us all night. some fog is possible. we'll come back and let you know what that means for our morning commute tomorrow. >> coming up on 9news now, place your bets, the stakes are growing larger in the bid to expand gambling i

sorry, dave, wusa has no official position and though many are trying to say those jobless numbers are fixed, i got to see some proof beyond the fact that the numbers may benefit a president, you apparently don't support. and then, there was this e-mail from hue in virginia reacting to my remark yesterday suggesting that there was very little utility in owning a fish tank. an aquarium makes a great babysitter. they would watch for hours. we kept them at a safe distance and a close eye so they wouldn't tip it over. i'm glad it worked out for you. my brother and i had an aquarium and i can tell you, its main function, getting us both acquainted with two very important parts of life. cleaning and death. when the final tropical fish mercifully gave up, there was more celebration than sadness. the address is mailbag@wusa9.com. that's our report. i'll be right back at 11:00 along with erica. have a great night, we'll see you later. bye bye. >>> "entertainment tonight," the worldwide leader in entertainment news. >>> oprah on obama today. what she's only telling "e.t.." >> do you think that i

. >>> finally this unsatisfied customer, peter in rockville who says why doesn't wusa and usa today call your no bulls zone on the dnc obama talking point zone because that is what it will be. i'm sure that the state and the paper has decided the winner obama before the first word is spoken. really? because did you stay up and watch our coverage? my final words were these like everyone else on tv. we called this one a big win for mitt romney. and finally this from john lorton who believes that the debate was a draw. how congress is going to move their policies forward. it is a roadblock in congress is not chopped down, we'll have four more years of gridlock no matter who won. but we're a winner here in the mail bag when we get your e- mails. keep them coming. the address is mailbag@wusa9.com. well that is our report. i had be right back here at 11:00 along with anita brikman and topper shutt. don't forget to log on any time to wusa9.com. bye. >>> "entertainment tonight," the worldwide leader in entertainment news. >>> mitt shines in primetime. but was it a game changer? >> the president

well send you the link to download the wusa weather app. >>> we're not the only ones preparing for hurricane sandy. florida and states up and down the east coast are telling their residents to batten down the hatches as sandy barrels towards them. danielle nottingham has more. >> reporter: hurricane sandy is kicking up powerful waves and pounding piers along the atlantic coast. even experienced surfers know it's dangerous to go in the water. >> it can pull you all the way down. >> reporter: high winds and heavy rain knocked out power at this hotel in vero beach. what are you going to do for the rest of the day? >> i'm going to stand outside for a couple of hours. >> reporter: even though the weather is nasty today in florida, people here are being fared the worst this off shore hurricane has to offer. forecasters say residents in the northeast may not be as lucky. the storm is expected to move north and collide with two other systems. one bringing rain from the west. another bringing arctic air from the north. meteorologists are warning that a monster hybrid storm could hit the east coast ri

go to wusa today high school sports. we'll announce the winner thursday night. go to facebook and like us. now i have it all tangled. >> there we go. >> perfect. >> back where he belongs. one lucky somebody will get that. >> you can wear it for sunday's game. >>> we have some interesting weather. football/summer/-- >> don't put the shorts away just yet. temperatures more like september, upper 70s. 80 on wednesday. upper 70s thursday. mid-70s friday. maybe a sprinkle. then the weekend we're going to have showers no matter what sandy does. sandy could become a nor'easter but i think sandy is going to stay off shore far enough that we'll just have showers saturday night ending on sunday. it will turn cooler either way, back to reality. back in the 60's on sunday and monday. >> but we get the soccer in and all those projects during the day. >> yes. fantastic. that's good for us. >>> the cbs evening news is next. derek will see you at 7:00. have a great night, everyone.

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there is a severe weather threat from the storm prediction center out of oklahoma for the entire wusarea. if you're going up toward philly you get out of it. this is mainly for late tonight and tonight with damaging wind gusts in some of the stronger storms. they're the primary threat. let's show you futurecast. we believe it will be fine through midday. even much of the afternoon. as we get into the late afternoon, now we're talking about 6:00 p.m. we've got some showers potentially developing southeastern virginia headed this way with the front coming in from the west. then we get into tonight. midnight. showers and thunderstorms scattered about with us overnight. by tomorrow morning, potentially this will all be east of us with some luck. we'll get through both rush hours late tonight and tonight -- late tonight and tomorrow morning i should say dry with the rain in between. tomorrow turns out to be a decent day. could be a lingering shower south and east but all in all not a bad friday out there. then the weekend, that looks pretty good, too. here's a look at the forecast. we've g

and with that you will receive simple instructions on how to download our wusa weather app. >>> a couple out enjoying a pass in charles county maryland has apparently been gunned down. they were both rushed to the hospital and we just learned the woman has died. the shooter still on the loose. we know very little about this. it happened around 7:00 on hampshire circle in waldorf. >>> still ahead, andrea mccarren continues her travels through the battle ground state of virginia. we'll hear what some moms have to say about this upcoming election. >>> and we'll take a look at where the president and governor romney stand in those polls. >>> all week long we've had a news crew crisscrossing the state of virginia taking the polls of voters in the key battle grounds. the latest poll out just today shows romney with a slight lead there. he's got 50% support compared to president obama's 48%. tonight andrea mccarren wraps up our battle ground virginia coverage closer to home in loudoun county. >> reporter: loudoun is the wealthiest county in the nation in terms of its household income. and polit

and wusa 9 is the place to be. join us at 9:00 for the debate itself.an watch it streamed live as well on wusa9.com. stick around for 9 news at 11:00 as we talk to usa today fact checkers about who's telling the truth, who's exaggerating and who's walking that fine line. >>> today was the last day for virginia voters to get registered. they're working to get president obama re-elected one door at a time, is lizzie. she and other campaign volunteers have already registered more than 120,000 new virginia voters. four years ago the obama campaign saw an 80% voter tourout in arlington. volunteers want to make a repeat of that. >> virginia went blue. the denothinggraphy is -- demography is good for going blue again. >> it was the first time in 44 years voters backed a democrat. volunteers are working foo to put the state back in the g.o.p.'s column. >> we got our clocks cleaned in virginia four years ago. republicans didn't put up much of a fight. they took virginia for granted. that's not happening now. >> this campaign season, romney volunteers hitting the

you can also track the storm on your smart phone using our wusa weather app and we're going to be right back. >>> nationwide rolled up their sleeves to make a difference day, the single largest day of volunteering in the country. it began more than two decades ago. our surae chinn stopped by a day care center in annandale, virginia, today that's getting a face-lift from volunteers. >> we're going to take all the old sand and replace it with new sand. >> reporter: back breaking work, smoothing out, peeling back, digging deep, and nailing in the point of doing good. >> we're going to have a playground the way we dreamed about. >> reporter: at the child development center in annandale, virginia, is getting a complete makeover, inside and out. >> many of the families that we serve come from low income families. i don't think i can express how much this means to children. >> it has grown into the largest day of volunteering in this country. >> reporter: a mission to improve the lives of others. to think it all started as a challenge to usa weekend magazine readers with 70,000 responses. 20-p

we want to welcome you to wusa 9. if you have any story ideas, you can send her a tweet or find us at wusa9.com. >> looking forward to hearing from you. >> looking forward to working with you guys. >> let me add my welcome as well. >>> meantime the washington nationals didn't have it so good. they blew an opportunity to take a two-game lead over the defending champs. we're here with more on everything that went wrong tonight. kristen berset. >> reporter: a lot went wrong tonight. it started on the mound. jordan zimmerman got the start and in five regular season games he has yet to win one of them against the cardinals. not the greatest of stats to take into today's playoff game. jordan zimmerman lasted a season-low three innings. he gave up seven hits and three runs in the process. zimmerman wasn't the only problem on the mound. the nats shuffled out seven different pitchers today and in all they gave up 12 runs. the cardinals crushed the nats 12-4. our dave owens has been in st. louis the past few days covering the n

wusa is tracking sandy. howard is here. he's been tracking it all weekend long. what's the progress of the storm right now? >> still on track to make a devastating landfall in southern new jersey here 10:00, 11:00 tonight. for us our conditions will go downhill. if you follow me on twitter, we've just tweeted out all of the high tide times or a lot of high tide times for the chesapeake, the potomac and atlantic beaches. i put them in separately. find your area of concern and you'll know when the next high tides because coastal flooding will be a problem also. one thing jessica was talking about were the winds. when the winds turn around more from the northwest as the storm passes us tomorrow, that's when we could have more water coming into the bay. those high tides tomorrow morning potentially could be the highest we're looking at with this particular storm system. look at the day planner for the afternoon. it's going to get uglier as the day progresses. we're going to have rain heavy at times. if not heavy, it will be moderate more than likely as temperatures s

of course, you can watch it here on wusa at 9:00. >>> tonight at 11:00, american university studentseing warned about a man fondling women near campus. in the last week this happened four times. all of the incidents happening in the 4200 block of massachusetts avenue between the berkshire apartments and the ward circle building. the description of the suspect we have is still really vague, between 20 and 30 years old, 5'7" to 5'10", always wearing a dark hoody and jeans. >>> did an undercover fbi agent buy prostitutes for gun smuggling suspect then ask the taxpayers to foot the bill for thousands of dollars? and could some of those prostitutes have been children? these are the disturbing allegations uncovered by the washington guardian. the news outlet says senator charles grassily is demanding answers from fbi director robert mueller. the allegations were raised in a california court case involving those gun smuggling suspects. the alleged trips to brothels were with prostitutes in the philippines. to read the washington guardian's complete story on this, go to our website, wusa9.co

starting this morning all of our news from wusa will be live streaming on our mobile state. it's a good one. m.wusa9.com. so if you lose power, you can watch 9 nuts 9news -- watch 9news on your tablet and get the most up to date information. >> topper is here with information on our weather. we need to hear what he has to say. >> and give how we a break for just a -- howie a break for just a minute. >> a well deserved break. >> well deserved. the central pressure is a way of measuring the storm's strength. it's way lower than the models thought. that's bad. that means it's stronger. >> oh, wow. >> because of that, the wind field that howard showed you about half an hour ago has actually become a little more -- well threatening to the metro area bringing higher winds directly overhead. let's -- we'll start with the track. the track hasn't changed that much. it's still going to go into southern new jersey and they'll have hurricane force winds there as we get into later tonight and it will become extra tropical. tropical systems feed on the warm sea surface temperatures. when

conversation via facebook and twitter and then at 11:00, we will fact check the candidate statements with the wusa fact checking team. >>> early voting begins today and you can vote between 8:30 a.m. and 7:00 at night. for the exact locations go to our website. >>> trial for adrian johnson begins in prince george's county today. 37-year-old is charged with reckless driving. he was allegedly driving drunk when his vehicle hit 18-year- old lawrence garner jr. jury selection will begin in the morning with openings to follow sometime late morning or early afternoon. meanwhile services have been set for former south dakota senator george mcgovern. george mcgovern has died. funeral services are friday at the washington pavilion of arts and sciences in sioux falls. a private burial will take place at a later date at rock creek cemetery. >>> nearly 20% of those providing care for an adult over the age of 50 are hispanic. when we come back a special campaign and resource center to assist the challenges of the caregivers. >>> the work week is shaping up to be absolutely spectacular. monika has your timesave