andrea mccarren joins us now live from richmond with more on that part of the story. andrea? >> reporter: well, lesli republicans are optimistic at this hour. that this ballroom will be hosting a victory party in the next few hours. earlier today we stopped in quantico, virginia in prince william county. a critical battleground including one for military votes. >> i have always voted all my life. i have never missed a vote. >> reporter: on a brisk legislation day morning in quantico, virginia, the main street is dotted with american flags. >> this decides the law made for our great country. >> reporter: voters in this area are passionate about casting their ballots. >> could this -- it's my american right. >> i'm very proud. you know, proud that we -- we served in iraq and afghanistan and we're fighting the war on terrorism. >> reporter: the population of quantico is just 500. but it's surrounded by the marine base on three sides. the potomac river to the east. >> soldiers are dear to my heart. i was -- i was in the military for 21 years. and soldiers are dear to my heart. i

andrea mccarren tracked down some undecideds. she said they're not apathetic or indifferent, they just haven't made up their minds. >> when is the election? [ laughter ] >> what are the names of the two people running? >>reporter: late night television has had a field day with undecided voters. >> so why are you undecided? what goes on up here? what goes on up here? >> i still can't decide who to go with. i know where i lean, but i don't -- i can't say for certainty that that's what i'm going to do come tomorrow. >>reporter: on the eve of one of the most hotly contested presidential elections in history, we met people like paul barios. >> it's more of the person that's the person i disagree with the least right now. we'll see what happens tomorrow. >>reporter: he's an educated 29-year-old professional, hispanic, christian, and now conflicted. >> it was tough because there's a lot of people that expects you to vote a certain way based on your age or what religious affiliations you have. >> i think i'm going to think it over a litt

andrea mccarren reports from prince william county tonight. >> reporter: roughly 20,000 more voters in prince william county cast their ballots in this election than in 2008 and that high turnout led to long lines and short tempers. >> it's absurd. >> reporter: this was the scene at one of the polling places where voters waited in line as long as five hours. >> this is the longest line that i've ever seen. >> reporter: one day later some old campaign signs remain, but the anger has subsided. in fact, those who waited in line earned the admiration of some neighbors to the north. >> i would never do that. i mean you should vote but not that -- i mean that's a lot of time to take out of your day to do it. those people are dedicated and i appreciate them voting, but i never would have done that, no. >> it's pretty remarkable. i have a 6-year-old daughter and she had an opportunity to experience that important privilege that we have. >> reporter: not everyone had an unpleasant experience in prince william county. >> we got there about 6:30 and we were in line for about an hour and a half in

. >> andrea mccarren has the look at the post's interview and she has more on broadwell'sed with. >> i was dumbfounded when i heard about the affair. >> reporter: vernon loeb worked with broadwell for 16 months on thing into and she did all the -- the book and she did all the reporting and he crafted the narrative. >> why general petraeus was granting paula broadwell the kind of access he granted her. >> reporter: a question among many. since broadwell had never written a book and had no journalistic experience. loeb speculates petraeus viewed her as someone he could control. >> she got a lot of face time with the general. you know, during her reporting trips to iraq. he was the commander of the war. she spent hours interviewing him, through him she obtained access to all of his commanders. >> reporter: loeb believes broadwell had no idea the affair was going public on friday. she and her husband wither in virginia celebrating her -- were in virginia celebrating her 40th birthday with a party planned saturday night in d.c.. her husband reportedly canceled it via e-mail hours before.

andrea mccarren is in our satellite center with the latest on this. this is an interesting one, andrea. >> it sure is. the military confirms those seven navy seals have been given nonjudicial punishment, letters of reprimand which can be career ending and kneel be forced to give up half -- they'll be forced to give up half their pay for the next two months. >> pakistani compounds, they'll tell you. >> the recently released video game medal of honor does not recreate the bin laden raid but does depict realistic missions. when the seven members of seal team 6 served as paid consultants, they allegedly divulged classified information. >> there's certain things you're not supposed to talk about when you're an active duty see. >> reporter: the video game debacle is just the latest public erosion of the navy seal covenant of secrecy and an act that could put our national security in peril. >> what these seven are helping the gamemaker do is understand things about navy operational secrets and seal, you know, secrets that really should be kept under wraps. >