states senate candidates debate in the commonwealth of virginia between republican ed gillespie and democrat senator mark warner. live from a claim here is nbc "meet the press" moderator chuck todd. [applause] >> good evening. i am chuck todd welcome to the virginia senatorial debate between democratic senator mark warner and republican ed gillespie hosted by the fairfax county of chamber of commerce and of course news four. this airs on all nbc stations across the commonwealth nationally on c-span and streaming live on nbc washington.com. let's begin by quickly covering the rules of the debate. the debate will last one hour and will begin with two-minute opening statements from each candidate and then our panel is and i will pose questions directly to the candidates. the questions are determined by abc news on the panel is and has not been reviewed by the candidates or the fairfax chamber. each candidate will have one minute and 30 seconds to respond in the candidate answering first will also get an additional one minute to rebut. as moderator i do reserve the right to follow-up is

on facebook.com. in west virginia's third congressional district, the incumbent is facing evan jenkins. we will show you their debate of the moment, but first, here are some of the ads airing in the race. >> on fixed income, it's punishing. the carbon tax, skyhigh rates. cutting benefits for seniors on health care forcing some into nursing homes. for us.t the choice, evan jenkins. trusted to keep our costs down. he worked with joe manchin to get rid of the fruit tax. for west virginia, not obama. when evan jenkins voted against raising the state's minimum wage, he abandoned west virginians and sided with his wall street financial backers. they want to privatize medicare. willing toanyone work hard should be paid a decent wage and medicare should never be privatized. putting west virginia's first. >> i approve this message. >> i'm evan jenkins and i approve this message. lights on heree and across the america. but then he pulled the switch. largest epa the budget in history bankrolling the war on coal with our tax dollars. four coalonitors -- miners, he slashed benefits and he l

about care. up every day, working to try to bring accessible, virginiae care to west yans. that's what i do for a living and it's a passion of mine. the wrong recipe. our health care system is broken. a true health care system that actually does improveaccess, does access to care and reduce costs. obamacare, come on, folks. a boondoggle. prices on small businesses. it has caused coverage to decrease. the congress has, a number of make changes.o and in fact, rahall has voted provisions. of many is it not unbelievable that 2700-page bill that does not get a single republican that nancy pelosi says you've got to pass it before you it, that barack obama does of times have delayed, deferred? not even seen the tip of the negative consequences. but what we have seen is hurting our seniors. of medicare.out thank you, congressman rahall. home health care, slashed. thank you, congressman rahall. broken.e is it was not the right recipe. expand coverage and access. i hope we have a hearty discussion about a health care reform tonight, because it is critical. and i have made it perfectly that

could find out when a former day care worker will stand trial for alleged child abuse in virginia. prosecutors say kiera springs helped assault three toddlers in woodbridge. sprigg on the right and another woman sara jordan. there are the photos. they covered children's mouths with kepts. jordan's trial is expected to begin next month. >>> 4:31. the new leader of the secret service will be on capitol hill today. joseph clasp will be briefed by the senate judiciary committee about recent security incidents. he was sworn in yesterday at the interim director. clancy spent 30 years with the secret service. julia pearson resigned under pressure last week. >>> today voters will get help deciding on who they will get to choose to be the next senator. the candidates will square off in a live debate here on nbc4. "meet the press" moderator chuck todd will host the debate between mark warner and republican challenger ed gillespie. the debate starts at 7:00. that means a 30-minute edition of "news4 at 6:00" followed by "nbc nightly news" airing a half hour early. >>> this coming just as a ne

the bill of rights. while washington took the oath office, two states, new york and virginia, were agitating for convention.tutional in the words of james madison and george washington, they were at this prospect. they believed they would be infiltrated by enemies of the and the nment constitution will be scrapped and done away with and our union ever to fractured never come together again. the book goes to french and with a conflict fought between -- in the new perhapsd in europe made the first true world war we ever had between the french, the allies. and their as a result of this war, the ee ee eed -- expelled their opponent from the continent. they removed a check that kept the columnist in terror. the french, the american columnist were not so reliant on great britain. great britain tried to shoulder the cost of this on to the colonies. followed was a cycle of taxation, resistance, oppression point of no return where we ended up in a revolution against great britain. both madison and monroe played important roles. monroe was at the college of william & mary when began.ities he

. and friday at 8 on american history tv curator and director of the cia museum in virginia explains the museum's mission of preserving and presenting the agency's history. and saturday at 8 p.m. the king george's war and how it helped american collonies establish individualism. and president ford's congressional testimony on the nixon pardon. find our schedule and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. more campaign coverage. >> this debate is sponsored by arrp, the west virginia press association, the west virginia metro news and west virginia public broadcasting. here is your moderator. >> moderator: good evening, i am pleased to welcome you inside the walker theater for this 2014 united states senate debate. tonight's event is presented by the aarp and the west virginia press. during the next 60 minutes you will have an opportunity to hear from the democratic and republican candidates for the united states senate in their own words. tonight's debate includes an opportunity for you the voters to engage in the discussion on social media by using the #wvsena

. tonight,s on c-span and live at the top of the hour at 7:00 p.m. eastern in richmond, virginia, a debate between the first-term democratic senator mark warner and his opponent. eastern, a 8:00 p.m. kentucky republican senator mitch mcconnell against his democratic challenger. you can see that live here on c-span. right now, some campaign ads from the kentucky senate race. then, we will have a preview of tonight's debate. >> you are mitch. after 30 years, who is doing better? mitch has devoted himself six pay raises and over $200,000 in special perks and and $7 million. here at home, income is down 9%. inechie has fallen to 44th jobs and has lost thousands of manufacturing jobs. -- we have fallen to 44th in jobs. >> i am mitch mcconnell, and i approve this ad. >> it is not about support for barack obama and his failed policies. >> i am not barack obama. a votebarack obama said for her is a vote for his policies. ballot thison the month, but make no mistake, these policies are on the ballot. every single one of them. >> kentucky needs mitch mcconnell. >> i approved this message. lea

u.s. senatorial debate between republican shelley moore capito and democratic west virginia secretary natalie tennant. this debate is sponsored by news,west virginia metro west virginia press association, and west virginia public broadcasting. here is your moderator. ♪ >> good evening. i am pleased to welcome you inside the walker theater for this 2014 united states senate debate. tonight's event is presented by aarp and the west virginia press association. we welcome our viewers on c-span tonight. you have an opportunity to hear from the democratic and republican candidates in their own words as we discussed many of the issues important to west virginians and their families. tonight's debate includes an opportunity for you to be involved in the discussion by social media. secretary of state natalie tennant, the democratic candidate. in as the 29th secretary of state in 2009 and reelected in 2012. she attended wb you where she earned her bachelors and masters degrees in represented the school as the first female mountaineer. she worked in west virginia television broadcast

. jenkins has served in the west virginia legislature for two decades. he was first elected to the house of delegates and in 1994 to represent rain counties. he served three terms in the body. and 2002, he was elected to the state senate, where he is now serving his third term. his committee assignments and the state senate include education, and roll bills, judiciary, military, and natural resources. in addition to serving on the legislature, mr. jenkins is executive director of the west virginia state medical association. it is a physician-based organization focused on public health issues. mr. jenkins and his wife elizabeth have three children. next i would like to talk a little bit about the format. the candidates are familiar. i want to explain it to you out there. each candidate will have three minutes for an opening statement , then i will ask the candidates a series of questions that were developed with ideas from our readers. each candidate will have two minutes for an initial response to each question, and then one minute for rebuttal or clarification to each question. we will

passing well south of the metro area here tracking across southern and south/central virginia. we'll stay dry for the morning commute and the roads will dry out throughout the morning. temperatures are on the cool side. not cold like yesterday morning. we are in the low to mid-50s in the nearby suburbs. mid-50s in prince george's, low 50s in much of montgomery. and the skies are beginning to clear out down into the mid to upper 40s. then into west virginia, shenandoah valley, we have breaks in the clouds. so for this morning, a cool morning in the 50s between now and 8:00. by noontime, into the upper 60s. a mild day midday and then the clouds quickly close in for the afternoon. a pretty good chance for passing showers for the afternoon commute down into the mid-60s after it peaks near 70 degrees by early to mid-afternoon. and melissa is here now to look at work zones and road closures. what's going on with that. >>> 95 southbound the off-ramp to 198, we have the ramp access blocked this morning because of construction. also, just below that, southbound after powder mill road the righ

they're in western maryland, west virginia. they are trarbging a off to the northeast. most of this rain will stay well to the west of much of washington and virginia and maryland for much of the day. it's not going to be arriving until late east of the blue ridge after that. so driving this morning, dry roads. temperatures in the mid-60s. cloudy sky. likely wet roads for the afternoon commute. by then back down to 60 degrees. next weather and traffic on the 1s team 4 x 4 on the road. melissa has breaking news. >>> breaking news still in frederick. talking about westbound west patrick at 15. we are still shut down. eastbound lanes are over. this is going to be probably a couple of hours. it is unfortunately a fatal crash. new crash 95 southbound at mountain view road. we have the right shoulder closed there. crews on the way to get 245 it out of the way. wider look at things, no major problems. maryland, 95 at the icc moving along. prince george's county, also looking good right now. branch avenue, pennsylvania avenue, indian head, everything rolling along quite nicely. a live picture of

. >> heated seats. that's a great idea. just in the low 40s nearby suburbs. 30s much of virginia. and county by county, high temperatures. kind of chilly. in the mid-50s in montgomery, prince george's county. highs reaching up 50s in fairfax with a partly cloudy sky. across the rest of northern virginia, making it up to 60 in spotsylvania, orange. should be reaching near 60. anne arundel upper 50s. counties north of washington, howard and frederick, washington, panhandle of west virginia, highs there just in the mid-50s. shenandoah valley this afternoon it will be rather cool. mid-50s from win chest tore shenandoah and the mountains of west virginia. highs near 50 degrees this afternoon. next weather and traffic on the 1s at 4:41. a look at the hour by hour breakdown the next 24 hours. it includes our friday night lights forecast. first four traffic with melissa. >>> good morning, tom. happy halloween to you. construction hanging around. much more than they normally see on a friday. nailer road where the two intersect. shut down because of construction. 66 eastbound, that's the only o

. i'm chuck todd and welcome to the virginia senatorial debate between democratic senator mark warner and republican ed gillespie hosted here by the chamber of commerce and news4. this debate is airing on all nbc stations across the commonwealth. nationally on c-span and streaming live on nbcwashington.com. thank you for watching. let's cover the rules of the debate. we'll begin with two-minute opening statements from each candidate. then we will pose questions. these questions are determined by nbc news and the panelists and have not been reviewed by the candidates or the fairfax chamber. each candidate will have 1:30 to respond and the candidate answering first will also get an additional one minute to rebut. and as moderator, i do reserve the right to follow-up as needed. finally we will conclude with one-minute closing statements. there is a device to let candidates know of their time and when it's expired. we ask the candidates, of course, to adhere to these time limits. now let's welcome our panelists aaron gilchrist. he spent 14 years reporting in richmond covering governors. j

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almost certainly -- be that as it may, when the war began and virginia ceded, johnston resigned,. those two armies combined to win the first battle of what became eventually the first battle but the battle of mannas sass on july 21, 1861. in the two months before that battle, many people in the south had expected jefferson davis to take personal command of the main confederate army. after all, davis graduated from west point, served as a regular army officer for seven years, he had commanded the mississippi volunteer regiment very well in the mexican war, from which he marriaged as an authentic and wounded war hero. and he had served as a very fine secretary of war in the frank frank -- the franklin pears administration. when the confederate government was formed, davis hoped to be appoint as general in chief of the army. instead he was elected president, which made him commander in chief, a civilian position but one that gave hem authority over his army commanders. davis at first actually intimated he might take command of troops in the field in virginia. joseph johnston himsel

virginia, oklahoma, utah and wisconsin and will apply to six other states bound by the same appellate courts as those five states. >> within just a matter of hours, the first same-sex couples began showing up to courthouses across the commonwealth, looking for marriage certificates, and some have already tied the knot. northern virginia bureau chief, julie carey, joins us live at the arlington county courthouse. julie? >> reporter: well, you know, some activists and opponents might be disappointed the high court took a pass on those pending same-sex marriage cases. but today at the arlington county courthouse, it was one celebration. at 1:00, clerks here and across the commonwealth were required to start issuing marriage licenses to all couples, including same-sex couples. and it wasn't long before two young women from centerville arrived here, determined to take advantage of this historic opportunity. 26-year-old jennifer and erika turner spent 20 minutes inside the courthouse filling out their marriage license paperwork. they emerged to find a reverend from the arlington unitarian u

i be moving through. way out in western maryland, west virginia, getting this line of showers tracking off to the north and east. won't be getting anywhere close to washington this afternoon. maybe the shenandoah valley by mid morning. mid-60s with dry roads and clouds through the morning. afternoon, have the wipers on. wet roads. in the low 60s. next weather and traffic on the roads as the storm team 4 x 4. melissa checking with breaking news. >>> breaking news, prince george's county. martin luther king blocked. two lanes inbound. just tweeted pictures of this motorcycle crash fro from @first4traffic. no major problems. wider look at things. inner and outer loop moving along. you can see 395, just a little bit slow as i was mentioning there. no major problems otherwise looking pretty good. trying the get chopper over this crash. more on that coming up. >>> holy -- >> oh, my god. >> people watching a rocket launch in virginia got a terrifying surprise when that rocket suddenly exploded just after launch. >>> this morning, crews back out to get a closer look at the debris fiel

state. i have talked about people who said they moved to virginia and got things done in 90 days that they could not have done in maryland in three years. it is the onerous tax policy >> thank you. >> an entire minute and a half. you didn't have a single proposal to improve the climate. we agree we can strengthen the climate by providing tax elief. we disagree on how. you would start with the largest corporations, the wealthy. many with headquarters outside of the state. and give them a $300 million tax giveaway. ou said it in september. in fact, you said in the spring you would try to try to eliminate the corporate income tax. that would put a gaping hole in the next governor's budget. i support tax relief for small businesses that create two out of every three middle-class jobs. that is how we are going to create a stronger business climate in maryland. >> each of you has served in an administration from each party? can you tell me a policy from the ehrlich in this ration that you disagreed -- administration that you disagree with? >> that is a tough question. i had the honor of ser

-five thousand in income. now, we learn, barbara comstock pushed a client's issues in the virginia legislature and didn't disclose it. barbara comstock shepherded a trio of bills through the legislature and into law, but barbara comstock never officially disclosed that all the while she was being paid thousands of dollars. no wonder she hid it. >>> oh, it's that time of the year to put on your sweaters and break out the skates. now the ice skating rink at new york city's rockefeller center opens tomorrow. the iconic rink sticks right outside the "today" show studio. the skating rink was never supposed to be part of rockefeller center. managers used a temporary rink to bring business to the area. it became so popular it's been a fixture ever since. i was actually up in new york a week or so ago and they were getting the big block ready to put the rockefeller christmas tree which we all know -- >> christmas tree. >> also aconic. >> yes, absolutely. >> jinx. >> i went ice skating for the first time recently in a long time. man, that's tough. >> recently. >> i know. >> i have little ki

states. that means earlier rulings that virginia's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional will stand. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey joins us live from the arlington county courthouse. one location that saw couples tying the knot today. julie? >> reporter: well, that's right. in virginia's marriage licenses look different tonight. earlier in the day, this form said "bride and groom." now it says "spouse and spouse." and even though the opportunity to marry is only hours old, some same-sex couples, including one that came to the arlington county courthouse stepped forward to make virginia history. these 26-year-olds from setterville wasted no time today taking advantage of the first chance for same-sex couples to get a marriage license. jennifer millsome and erika turn turner chose the arlington courthouse because they heard someone might be on hand to fish ate once their license was in hand. and once they stepped out of the courthouse, they stepped right into a marriage ceremony. >> we have gathered together to join this woman and this woman in the holy state o

last few hours. most of them now exiting virginia. just some lingering sprinkles in maryland now heading off to the north and east. just enough to make the pavement damp this morning all around the metro area. a few lingering sprinkles now from near fairfax up to great falls across the potomac and from near potomac up to gaithersburg and over near alney. through bowie and heading to northern ann arundel county, getting a few sprinkles this morning. what to wear? well, not as chilly this morning. so long sleeves, long pants. have an umbrella ready if you're leaving over the next hour or so. much of the morning rain will be exiting. for the morning commute, watch out for the damp roads. we'll be in the low 60s. then sun for the afternoon commute. dry roads. should be nice in the upper 70s later this afternoon. the next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:11. storm team 4 by 4 is hitting the road. >>> thank you. right now a water main break in beltsville could affect your morning commute. this is happening on route 1 near montgomery road. megan mcgrath is live there with what's going

that merchants in mountains of virginia offered these. the merchant in hook in bedford county virginia provided china, feather plumes, stonewares, transfer printed teapots, you name it, he had it for sale in 1772. so much for coon skin caps and deprivation on the frontier. stylish attire topped the list for southern householders. this 1750s gown was made from silk in london but belonged to elizabeth dandridge in tidewater, virginia. and this gown made of cotton from east india belonged to a woman called ann breckinridge about 1810. martha washington in these shoes in 1759 and caroline reid carried this about 20 years after the revolutionary war. despite the international origins from which all of these things were made. all of these finished goods were imported to the south from britain. that was the law of the day. >> ceramics followed a similar source coming in huge numbers. the range included cheap ware like this dish and akin to this cup excavated from the yard of the hayward washington house here in charleston. stoneware found its place to places to as rural as the piedmo

facebook richmond,ght in virginia, democratic senator mark warner debated his republican challenger, ed gillespie. polling has shown senator warner with a comfortable lead. the debate was hosted by the virginia affiliates of aarp and the league of women voters. >> welcome to the people's debate. tonight, candidates will answer questions about the issues the voters of virginia face. i'm bill fitzgerald, your moderator. some ground has been covered in prior debates. we will try to fly on new ground tonight. we may come back to some of those issues, but first, let's introduce you to the candidates. , democrat tonight mark warner, and his challenger tonight, republican ed gillespie. tonight's debate is being broadcast on television stations throughout virginia, and you can join a live conversation about the debate on twitter using #peoplesdebated. bothach question, candidates will have 90 seconds to respond. in the first candidate will have an additional 60 seconds to rebut. the candidates will alternate taking the first response with each question, and a signal will determine when their ti

directly likelocal retailers william prentice, whose williamsburg virginia store house is still standing on the duke of gloucester street today. built in 1739, its interior probably resembled the one that was re-created by colonial about 20 years ago. one of the best views into the world of early southern retail is found in this 1767 forrtising broadside another williamsburg merchant. "just imported from london and bristol," it proclaims and goes on to list literally scores of different types of textiles followed by goods such as these -- handsome wilton carpets, leather shoes, hats of all prices, table china, glass and earthenware, haberdashery of all kinds, gloves, prints, handsome looking glasses, dressing glasses, iron ware, cutlery of all sorts, handsome painted to boards, waiters and bread baskets, silverware of all sorts, jewelry, gold and silver laced, and the best of all -- a very great variety of almost every article that could be thought of suitable for this country. do not miss the visuals around the outside of this piece. the text is framed by a border bedecked with coffee p

airport as health officials in virginia map out a plan for preventing an outbreak. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang on this monday, october 27th, 2014. some parts of our area are getting a little preview of early winter. still not ready. temperatures in the 30s. there is even a frost advisory. tom is here with a check on your first forecast. >> that's a a live view over washington this morning. here's another live view from our storm team 4 tower camera. nebraska avenue, dry pavement this morning. yes, it's cold. thankfully a clear sky. don't have any winter snow or sleet or anything like that. cold morning. prepare for that. your headlines for this monday, a mild afternoon and warmer weather moves in tomorrow. big area under the frost advisory. shenandoah, eastern panhandle of west virginia, much of maryland, west of i-95 and the west of virginia, including fairfax, montgomery, prince william, all these areas. if you have any sensitive outdoor plants, bring them in now. you still have time to do that. it is just now in the low to mid-30s. farther so

the most celebrated man in america, if not the world. the master of one of virginia's largest plantations and both deeply committed to and profoundly concerned about the future of his newly independent country. to retire means to rest. he knew that would not be the case. first, he had plenty to do on the plantation. "an almost entire suspension of everything which related to my own estate for nearly nine years has accumulated an abundance of work for me." washington observed in 1784. he was a hands on manager by nature. but conditions at mount vernon accented this trait. "i made no money from my estate during the nine years away from it," washington explained and he needed to write this unsustainable situation. he rode the circuit of his fine farms. he rode those around here and they're now all subdivisions around here every morning, monday through saturday, observing his some 200 workers, most of them black slaves. after noons were spent planning ways to improve his livestock. he anti-e entertained a steady stream of visitors who arrived, often unannounced, to greet the celeb

virginia student hannah graham. emergency management officials say there will be no search today, but it will pick up thursday. hundreds of law enforcement officials will also be looking for her this weekend. graham is from fairfax county and disappeared in charlottesville a month ago. jesse matthew is charged with abduction in her disappearance >> this morning a former fairfax county school bus driver is accused of abusing a student with special needs. johnny miller is accused of inappropriately touching a girl as he buckled her in her seat. a search warrant showed an adult attendant reported her suspicions and told administrators to watch the bus video. he is expected in court in two weeks. miller retired soon after the investigation began when he was put on leave. we reached out to miller, but we have not heard back. >>> a school in new york is closed after a school came down with enterovirus. the student did not have the severe strain of that virus. he is currently seeking treatment. an outside cleaning company has been called in to disinfect the school building. they will use an ant

also participating in that debate. now, to a debate for west virginia's third congressional district seat, with democratic incumbent representative nick l, and challenger evan jenkins. the race is rated as a tossup. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> so much for that instruction. as we get to our opening statements and questions, please try to control that. thank you. i would first like to tell you a little bit about the candidates. on my right is nick joe rahal, the democratic candidate. he is serving his 19th term in the house. he was elected to the position first in 1976. he is the ranking member of the house transportation and infrastructure committee, which has jurisdiction over highways, railways, airports, seaports, and bus lines, as well as the economic development them astray should, coast guard, army corps of engineers, and federal emergency management agency. before his election to congress, nick rahall was a businessman who served as a staff aide for robert c byrd. he is married and has three children and three grandchildren. on my left is state senator evan jenkins, the

you for your time. moment, we will take you to last night's u.s. senate debate in virginia between incumbent democrat mark warner seeking a second term and his republican juncker ed gillespie, the former head of the republican national committee and counselor to president george w. bush. is his first time running for elected office. the debate is coming up next after some of the campaign ads that virginia voters are seeing. >> i [video clip] am mark warner and i approve this message. >> enron, the largest -- industry. enron paid gillespie and his firm $700,000 to raise utility rates and then it got even worse. >> thousands lost their jobs and life savings. enron, ed gillespie, the million-dollar lobbyist to put enron ahead of you. that either directly through a carbon tax or carbon trade, we will put a tax on coal. >> mark warner and obama want to tax coal which will kill thousands of good paying virginia jobs in our communities. coale obama-warner directive will kill thousands of virginia jobs. my plan will grow our economy and create good paying jobs. i am ed gillespie. i approve

you can see in west virginia. ment isearch and develop tremendous. i will be that senator and i am proud to have the united mine workers supporting that. do you still hold the position that you are not a scientist, do you believe that we should even be discussing climate change? scientistse up until who feel that this is a problem and maybe we can do something about co2 emissions. wrote in the 1970's scientists felt we were moving toward an ice age. the main thing to understand is the job of the united states senator from kentucky is to fight for coal jobs and this administration has destroyed 7000 of them. not surprising that the secretary has the support of the umwa. afl-cio.dent is the the senator fails to see he has a role in the jobs that have been lost and you you've been there 30 years and you don't want to take any responsibility if for loss of the jobs here in the state or the lack of the benefits that our minors an their families are having to work for. it's wrong. >> secretary grimes, if i may, congress didn't pass. we defeated it. when your party volumed the both and th

marriage and be a part of virginia history. >> i, erika turner, take you jennifer millson. >>. >> reporter: this 26-year-old wasted no time to take advantage of the first chance for virginia's same-sex couples to get a marriage license. jennifer and erika chose the arlington courthouse because they heard someone might be on hand to officiate once their license was in hand. so they stepped out of the courthouse and right into a marriage ceremony. >> you joined in marriage as wife and wife. you may kiss your bride. >> the marriage was made possible when the u.s. supreme court declined to hear an appeal that sought to ban same-sex marriages in five states, including virginia. erika turner says when the couple got the news this morning, they decided right away to act. >> she came up to me crying and said i think we can get married today. >> we had plans for august. we were going to come to d.c. but the opportunity presented itself a little sooner, so we wanted to take advantage of that. >> reporter: earlier on the same plaza, virginia attorney general mark herring celebrated t

showing interstate 66 shot in fairfax county. it's 66 and 50 northern virginia that are seeing the bulk of the light rain showers. we'll start out with clouds and a few showers here. by noon 72. isolated shower here and there this afternoon. mid- to upper 70s. we're in the 6 also now. on doppler 9000, we were looking at this area of rain in northern virginia moving in toward d.c. it's gotten into northwest d.c. as well. going to slip into southern montgomery here. loudoun county generally south of leesburg is seeing the rain. as i zoom in, i want to show you on the beltway here not far from tysons over toward mclean approaching arlington, we have some showers now. this extends back again almost to about winchester and berryville. andrea and mike, back to you. >> thank you, howard. >>> here's what's in the news right now. the secret service has suffered another embarrassment. cbs news confirms the security contractor who was convicted three times on charges of assault and battery was allowed on an elevator with president obama earlier this month in atlanta. >>> doctors at a dallas hospit

virginia. it is heading off to the south and east. light rain across fairfax county, southern montgomery, the , into northern prince do. the back end of the rain is here at winchester. we'll have this with us between now and 8:00 this morning. right now it's a cool morning, just in the low 60s around the metro area. mid-60s by the bay and right downtown. thers the capital under a cloudy sky with a few sprinkles falling. you can barely see them on the camera, they're so light. have an umbrella for the morning with the sprinkles coming through. mi, chance of showers west of the metro area during the afternoon. coming up next, weather and traffic on the ones at 6:11. i'll have your morning bus stop forecast. melissa, what's going on on the road? >> overall looking pretty good. i have a couple trouble spots here. big picture looking good. 66 at gejermanto road. stafford county, slow as you head through triangle. it opens up. as you cross into woodbridge, it gets slow once again. prince george's county side of . a little bit slow, running 45 miles per hour running into the beltway. this our b

from mississippi and johnson from virginia were fellow cadets at west point in 1820s. they graduated one year apart. they knew each other they are but they were not close. the rumor later circulated that they had a fight over a girl but that story is almost certainly apocryphal. be that as it may when the war began and virginia seceded johnson resigned from united states army and davis appointed him as general commanding one of the two largest field armies in virginia. beauregard commanded the other. those to armies combined to win the first battle in what became eventually the first battle of manassas on july 21, 1861. in the two months before that battle many people in the south had expected jefferson davis to take personal command of the main confederate army. after all davis graduated from west point. he had served as a regular army officer for seven years. he commanded the mississippi volunteer regiment very well in the mexican war for which he emerged as a wounded were here io -- hero. he had served as a fine secretary of war in the franklin pierce of administration in the midd

, towards win shechesterwin just rain, but heavier rain for frederick county, virginia, toward the martinsburg area and morgan county. still more rain to come and this pattern is going to remain with more rain coming from the south. what does that mean for your commute? i have that for you, plus the next couple days in my forecast. >> thank you, doug. >>> right now, dozens of couples in virginia are celebrating their first night legally married in their home state. today the u.s. supreme court said it would not hear appeals from five states, including virginia, that had banned same-sex marriage. that means the appeals court ruling stands, and gay and lesbian couples will be able to marry now in 30 states and d.c. news 4 jackie bensen is live in alexandria where one couple's been waiting for this for years. hi, jackie. >> reporter: hello, doreen. up with groom to be told me this means virginia is for lovers. all of them. >> this is the little island that overlooks the water. >> reporter: like any other couple with a wedding date just a few weeks away, jim and justin are working thei

airing its concerns in one of the country's top experts has a specific warning for what virginia should and should not do. a senior u.s. official says the obama administration has contacted the governors of new york, new jersey, florida, and illinois, about unintended consequences in procedures. they have mandatory quarantines for workers coming back to the u.s. after treating ebola patients in africa. a top health official says the aggressive quarantines could back fire. coming from dr. anthony fauci at the national institutes of health. today on "meet the press," dr. fauci said other states with international airports like virginia and dulles should not follow suit. >> go with the science. >> the science says? >> the science tells us that people who are not sick, if you do not come into contact with body fluid, if someone comes back from wherever, liberia and they're well, they are no danger to anyone. >> fauci says it is important to treat health workers with respect. especially when coming back from areas in africa that have been hit by ebola. new jersey has isolated one nurse under

and the economy. much of the dwailt revolving around the coal industry in west virginia has to deal with jobs. preserving jobs this that industry will not move west to any great nomy degree. what initiatives or policies do you think should be implemented to promote job growth in west virginia as well as across the nation. mr. yenchingins. >> the progressive budget cut the military $900 billion. we ought to keep talking about this. you know what? the best jobs bill in west virginia, the best jobs action in west virginia would again to get this administration off of our backs. ery time a question like was asked, well, what's the future after coal? it makes me think i'm not going to get baited into the idea that coal is over. nick rahall may think it's a slump, which is when he turned his back on a a coal miner in logan when the coal miner said why did you support obama twice and nick rahall said he is a democrat and turned and walked away from him. i'm telling you, what we need to do is get west virginia back to work. we need to get our coal miners back to work. i'm bringing the hatfi

timing. accusations now coming out about a candidate running for virginia senate. >> and a close call when the roof of a building suddenly came crashing down. 9:06. trading-in or selling your car, truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, book an appointment. and three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. ♪ find out how much your car is worth ♪ ♪ at webuyanycar.com >>> in decision 2014, this is a busy weekend for the candidates with the election less than a month away. independent candidate for d.c. mayor david catania will head on over to columbia heights day and meet with potential voters at 11:00 this morning. democratic candidate muriel bowser will stop by columbia heights day. earlier this week, president obama endorsed bowser for d.c. mayor. this is a close race in the district. a poll found bowser's lead over catania is down to a single digit. >> mark warner is accused of trying to bribe a former state senator. according to the washington post, warner discussed the possibility o

virginia. for many, today's narrow loss on the football field was magnified by the loss of hannah graham. news came late that remains found one week ago today were those of the 18-year-old uva student from fairfax county. bruce leshan reports tonight from the uva campus. >> how is it going? >> homecoming is supposed to be a time of unfiltered joy. but melancholy hangs over. >> it has been just a day since the medical examiner positively identified the body found behind a remote vacant home as hannah graham, the second year student from fairfax county, who was allegedly abducted from the downtown mall by jesse matthew. >> i can't let him break us. >> the hardest thing for me is they forget about the parents and your daughters remains being found somewhere. i can't imagine that all that hope is gone. >> ladies and gentlemen, please rise. >> there was just the briefest pause. >> please join now in a moment of silence and remembrance. >> to remember hannah. >> we ask that you keep your family and friends in your thoughts and prayers. >> before an intense game between uva and unc that

it is a critical night tonight in that critical race. debate night in the campaign for virginia senate. >> republican mark warner faces republican challenger ed gillespie and a new poll is out. news4's pat lawson muse will join us with more from the site of tonight's big debate in mclean in a few minutes. >>> first at 4:00 tonight, two girls hit by a car on their way to school. it happened in morning in germantown, maryland. investigators tell us the girls were in the crosswalk when a car drove right into them. the driver stayed on the scene and was cited for the accident. paramedics rushed both girls to the hospital. doctors tell us they'll be okay. >>> and there's now a crackdown in montgomery county to keep accidents like that from happening again. news4 has learned there lab has been an explosion of tickets. mark segraves is live to explain. mark? >> reporter: that's right, barbara. while those two girls will be okay on copper road, it underscores the safety issue in crossing the street. montgomery county police list this stretch of connecticut avenue here in aspen hill as o

underway in virginia. >> if there are any other victims out there that have made contact, my client obviously would like them to do the brave thing and come forward. >> reporter: are you concerned of other victims coming forward? >> i think with the amount of media coverage this case has gotten i think that is always a potential. i worry about. >> reporter: even his own attorney is worried more women will come forward. about as for the two women that have done -- as for the two women that have done, so an attorney for the second woman told me she tested negative for the virus, but it will be several months before they know for certains. as for the first victim, her -- for certain. as for the first victim, her condition is still unknown. >>> tonight new jersey governor chris christie defending his position to protect the people of his state with new strict guidelines for anyone traveling to new jersey who had contact with ebola patients in west africa. a nurse returning from sierra leone friday became the first person to experience those new rules in jersey. kaci hickok was threateni

virginia, anyone who arrives from liberia, sierra leone, or guinea, will have to sign an agreement they will monitor themselves for 21 days. everyone will be asked to take their temperature twice a day. some will have to call the local health department while others will get daily visits from health officials. anyone who refuses could be involuntary the plan is largely the same in maryland, except travelers will have to take their temperature four times a day. those who are high-risk will be required to stay home. and they'll be asked to avoid public transportation and avoid large public gathering. >>> a 5-year-old boy has tested negative for the deadly disease, he's still in isolation in new york right now, because more negative tests are required. meanwhile the new york doctor who tested positive last week is in serious but stable condition right now. the doctors say he is improving. the nurse who was forcibly quarantined in new jersey last week has been released now. she called her treatment inhumane. >> there are screams in court today as a white house fence jumper fought against th

. we'll watch it here in northern virginia. just a little bit of this, a little bit of that right now. the concern is as we go throughout the afternoon, an upper level storm gets closer to us, it's going to be producing more showers. so spotty to scattered showers, especially northern virginia and areas north ever washington, but here we are at 6:00 p.m. if you're going to be up in frederick and leesburg, even fairfax county, they'll have enough showers to slow you down. we'll watch that for you carefully. back in a few with the rest of the weekend forecast. nick? >> thank you. >>> when we return, blowing air. not hot air per say but another debate delayed because one politician didn't think his opponent should be allowed to have a -- [indiscernible] this year's world series is running through >>> the actor actor rudd at the stadium to see the royals make history. it's the first time baltimore has ever been swept out of the post-season. now the royals await the winner of the nlds. game five tonight. some baseball fans i know are holding on to hope to a show mer series or i-70 series.

point but we know the fire department took her to the virginia hospital center and we're waiting to find out if this is ebola or not. the woman was from aftercarks one of the ebola affected countries. there was a lockdown of this area in the south parking lot here at the pentagon. back to you. >> thank you. keep us updated. >> the world health organization admitted today it botched the response to the spiraling outbreak. president obama appointed juan deal with la czar to the outbreak here. one of the nurses infected with the virus is now in the d.c. area. our cameras were there as she landed in maryland early this morning. she is now at the national institutes of health. n.i.h. just provided abc7 with an update on that patient. >> what did doctors have to say? >> that press conference wrapped up about an hour ago, doctors saying she's in fair condition. she's in good spirits but is very tired after that long flight from dallas last night. take a look at the images. abc7 news was there when she landed less than 24 hours ago. she was transported by ambulance into the hands of some of

meteorologist tom kierein. >> a rather cool start. we have that rain in west virginia. a few sprinkles east of the central shenandoah valley. east of the blue ridge getting a a few sprinkles on the fauquier and culpepper line. this is passing south of the metro area. it is rather cool now. low to mid-60s in washington. nearby suburbs, prince george's county in the upper 50s. mid-50s montgomery county. most locations there in the low to mid locations in the mid-60s. we'll have dry roads. temperatures staying generally in the upper 50s between now to 8:00, 9:00. then for the afternoon commute, a whole different story. wet roads likely with showers coming through. by then temperatures hovering in the mid-60s. coming up next, weather and traffic on the 1s. look at the timing for later today, into tonight. melissa is looking at work zones. >> get them out of the way for me. outer loop at the bridge over the parkway, lanes blocked there. alternating until 5:00 a.m. state highway doing some work there. southbound, we just spoke with police, only southbound lanes are closed. northbound lanes o

west virginia. and east of there they are showing up in the central shenandoah valley, loray, harrisonburg. they are tracking due east. this is the all tracking due east. getting a few sprinkles along the blue ridge, fauquier and western loud on where temperatures are in the 50s. mid-50s in montgomery. upper 50s near 60 in prince georges. students waiting for the bus, you might need an umbrella. later in the morning, a chance of a sprinkle, 8:00 to 9:00. so a cool morning. coming up on weather and traffic on the 1s we will be going to a pumpkin patch. >>> breaking news. this is crosston southbound crane highway, 450 completely shut down. police still out there on the scene. also, blade especialliesburg at landover, two lanes blocked from early morning construction. 270 into and out of town looking quite good. same thing with 66 and 95 in virginia is. no major problems. branch avenue is moving along. see you back here at 5:11. weather and traffic on the 1s. . >>> 5:02. another data breach this time at a popular fast food restaurant. that payment system has been infected with m

. we have new information on same-sex marriages in virginia. >>> we begin with breaking news on the ebola crisis. news 4 richard jordan is at the lime desk. >> the president has named an ebola czar. ron klain will hold that position. so as the ebola czar, he will help to coordinate the federal response in the u.s. to these ebola cases. he'll likely be dealing with a lot critic to hospitals. also this talk among lawmaker, about a travel ban in west africa. he has not worked in the health care industry but he does have a lot of administrative experience and the administration says that that is what this position will entail. th the latest from the live desk. >>> we continue with the ebola crisis. cases in the u.s., including one victim now moved to our region. the latest nur d with ebola is now at emory hospital in atlanta. the family of amber vinson says she's in stable condition. vinson treated thomas duncan, the ebola patient who died. the first nurse to get ebola in dallas is now in bethesda. doctors are treating her at the national institutes of health. news 4's megan mcgrath joi

include. >> the guidelines are going into place in virginia and maryland. maryland says they don't have anyone in the state that all the into the high to medium risk of having returned from western africa but nonetheless, the new guidelines will be going into effect immediately. >> surrounded by marilyn's top health officials, martin o'malley says it is the flu that poses the biggest health challenge to maryland residents. but that could contribute to ebola fears. >> given the fact that this is lou season, there will be cases where people early on wonder if lou symptoms might be related to ebola. >> to tamp down affairs, the governor announced all travelers returning from western africa will be monitored from 21 days. anyone reporting they were directly exposed to ebola fluids will be placed in home quarantines. anyone who treated ebola patients will be told to avoid public transportation and public gatherings. >> the abilities we need to for a public worker. >> dulles is one of the five airports that serve as a travel point four those coming from west africa. the governor announced the

charlottesville partners and virginia state police partners. as we have been doing since the beginning. virginia state police bureau criminal investigations field office continues to be heavily involved in this case. and has also been from the very beginning, to remind everyone they are also the lead agency on the morgan harrington investigation. we would ask anyone who lives in the area of old lynchburg road or is familiar with that area and recalls seeing any suspicious activity or vehicles following hannah's disappearance on september 13th, or seeing an individual fitting jesse matthew's description in that area about that time to please contact the albemarle county police department. today's discovery is a significant development. and we have a great deal of work ahead of us. we cannot and we will not jump to any conclusions regarding today's discovery, so i ask for the public's patience as we move forward and pursue what is now a new ongoing death investigation. thank you very much. >> charlottesville, virginia, given by the charlottesville, virginia, police chief, timothy longo.