Coverage where the new governor elect wrapped up his First Press Conference. Is right. Republican larry hogan just finished his First Press Conference as governor elect. Larry hogan here in annapolis, maryland. In two short months he will move into the Governors Mansion, a few miles away from where we are standing. Much like he ran his very aggressive campaign, today he once again focused on a disconnect and frustration from due tod residents unemployment, high taxes, and zero Economic Growth in a state is ranked 49 out of 50 states. He started the press conference by thinking Maryland Voters and he says off of the bat he will start by cutting spending and rolling back tax hikes. He spoke candidly, saying he was and it said and when state troopers arrived at his residence and said we are here to protect you. Our state economy is in real trouble. Years. Sed on that for we have to roll up our sleeves and get to work trying to turn our state around. We will do that, as we have said forever, in a bipartisan fashion. It does not matter to me if someone is a republican or a democrat. I will be the governor for all marylanders. He becomes the second republican governor in 50 years and he says he received a gracious call from martin omalley, inviting him to take a tour of the Governors Mansion and get comfortable. As for anthony brown, hoping to become the states first africanamerican governor, he has been quiet since he conceded just after midnight here it midnight. Thank you. We are still waiting for results the race in Virginia Senate race between mark warner and ed gillespie too close to call. Warner holds a narrow lead of 1 , and that is apparently enough for him because he called his own victory, however ed gillespie is not ready to concede. The republican urged patients. In virginia, the trailing candidate can request a recount if the difference between the candidates is less than 1 , and in this race, that is roughly 20,000 votes. It was the complete opposite in the 10th district in virginia, Barbara Comstock celebrating a blowout win defeating john faust by 17 . To the district now, democrat Muriel Bowser is celebrating a sweeping win in the mayoral race, defeating David Catania and carol schwartz. Mayor vincent gray did not did issuewser, but he a statement congratulating her and he said is it ministration will work closely with her on the transition. Also, a resounding victory in the district for marijuana legislation advocates voters easily approved Measure Initiative 71. It is subject to review, but d. C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes overton says norton says anyone who tries to fight the measure will get the fight of their lives. The republican sweep signals a rising wave of voter discontent with democrats and especially president obama. We have more on the change of power on capitol hill. The massive republican wave tuesday night has left democrats licking their williams. Exit was a crushing defeat for the democrats they lost licking their williams. It was a crushing defeat for democrats, using in red states and blue states. These are some of the big winners joni ernst, a military veteran who ran an ad talking about castrating hogs. She put republicans over the top with her victory in iowa. We are going to make them squeal. Cory gardner is colorados newest center. Love it comes the first africanamerican republican woman to serve in the house, and mitch mcconnell, reelected in kentucky is set to take over as majority leader. Friends, this experience in did this experiment in Big Government has lasted long enough. In illinois, pat quinn went down. Went tols show voters the polls angry with president obama and took it out on his party. Now, mr. Obama must forge a new path forward working with republicans. The president took a beating last night, and the fact is he has to find the folks on the other side and say what can we agree on together . We will hear from mr. Obama this afternoon from the white house and leaders will meet with him friday. 2014r coverage of vote continues tonight a special postelection roundtable analyzing the results and the National Implications at 7 00 p. M. , and then reentering on our sister station news channel eight at 8 30 p. M. , and you can also watch it streaming on wjla. Com. Lets take you outside. We are watching the possibility of rain later on. Jacqui jeras is here. Coming sooner rather than later, actually. We are bumping up the time of the rain arriving. Just the clouds right now. 62 degrees. Dry air in place. This is live radar. It is raining out there. It just evaporates before it reaches the surface. I have been checking observations. Front royal started to report rain. A few of you might be getting like sprinkles. As we look at the dew points across the region, notice they are low. Down here in the 30s and the 40s. The ariza not saturated enough to get decent rain. A few spotty showers can be expected. We have to wait for this batch across kentucky and tennessee to arrive in the d c area later tonight. The hourly forecast will show you it is still mild. We should make it to the upper60s, but after 4 00 p. M. , temperatures will drop down to the lower50s. Rain chances increase the later in the day we get it we will let you know when the rain arrives in the futurecast from the belfort furniture weather center. Thank you. Parents are demanding more answers about alleged Sexual Assault at a Montgomery County school. A 12yearold says she was groped by a contract worker. School officials met with the parents this morning who were upset that they were not notified. Brianne carter has the details. She did not answer one question. Every question was deflected. Growing frustration for dozens of bakers middle School Parents who say they do not have answers on why it took officials more than a month to tell them about what happened. This morning, a group of more than 50 parents packed a heated meeting with the principal and other school officials. What about us, the parents why didnt we know . According to Monterey County officials, on october 6, a contractor working at the school of identified as john epps jr. , allegedly groped a 12yearold in a hallway, the parents did not get this note until monday. They handled this unacceptably. Everyone in the Community Feels this way. We are validating your concerns. That is number one. Number two, a decision was made, now we have to figure out how to Work Together to move forward. The principal told Parents School officials were trying to protect the identity of the victim and the ongoing investigation, but parents we spoke with feel they should have been told, especially when police told the parents this morning that they are looking into the possibility there may be another victim at another school. The principal told parents there were some Lessons Learned as a result of this. School Officials Say they will followup with another letter of any new developments and any answers to additional questions parents might have. In damascus, brianne carter, abc 7 news. Brandnew developments on that abduction caught on camera in philadelphia. A desperate search for the woman intensifies. The abduction was captured on the surveillance video. The 22yearold moved to philadelphia two months ago from maryland. Overnight, Police Released this video of his person of interest, right there, buying a drink at a convenience store. Of himre also photos withdrawing cash from her account. Officials do not believe she knows the kidnapper who is believed to be driving a gray ford taurus. Ray rice is in court, of peeling his indefinite suspension that was handed down of appealing his indefinite suspension that was handed down after that video surfaced of him punching his wife. The same woman whose unconscious body he dragged out of an elevator he was initially suspended for two days, and after a public outcry and release of a second video, the nfl suspended him indefinitely. Punishedeves he was already. The second video was inconsistent with the information we had. Expected to testify, nfl commissioner roger goodell, whose admitted mishandling of the case has caused some to say he should be ejected. Another nfl star was in court yesterday. Adrian peterson entered a plea deal on child abuse charges. I truly regret this incident. A this morning, peterson is free man, as is female soccer star hope solo, accused of assaulting her nephew. She is free, leading many to decry a double standard. They are role models, and like it or not, children are watching them. They are expected to be in this manhattan law office for the next few days and it will be interesting to watch how the decisions made here will affect others trying to return to sports. Coming up, more tensions between israel and palestine an attack in jerusalem is being blamed on a palestinian man. Why it is being called a terrorist attack. We have an update on the failed rocket launch on wallops island. With the company says it is doing to prevent another blunder. Why nightly baths could be bad for your baby. Cooler weather and rain on the horizon. Are watching abc 7 news at noon on your side. This just coming into the abc 7 news room a former Baltimore Ravens cheerleader is facing charges of rape. Allegations involve a 15yearold boy. The woman you see here is also the estranged wife of the former ceo of constellation energy. We are expecting more to come so be the story today sure to tune into abc 7 news starting at 4 00 p. M. And all day on wjla. Com. New allegations against israel and its involvement in alleged War Crimes Amnesty International says it had a callous attack. Israel claims the number of militants kills was higher and accuses hamas of using civilians as human shields. A new attack to tell you about between israel and palestine jerusalem authorities call an incident involving a palestinian man running over pedestrians at a train stop terrorism. Man say the man ran his into a crowded platform and attacked officers with an iron bar. 14 were reported injured including one critically and the man was shot by police. We had we have an update on the rocket explosion in virginia could Orbital Sciences virginia last week. Orbital scices says it was likely due to the engines used. It was bound for the National Space station when it exploded seconds after takeoff on wallops island. Orbital science plans to fulfill its contract with nasa to deliver the cargo to the space station by the end of 2016. 7 is on your side with a health alert for all new parents about that time bath time. Bathing a baby every single die night might not be a good idea. Officials suggest only three batters a week and using moisturizing lotion. Ok. Prince georges county firefighters are passing out free smoke detectors. They are going door to door throughout the county, handing out 1000 spoke detectors that smokest up to detectors that can last up to 10 years and they are talking to families making sure they have an escape plan. We saw two fires yesterday. It is so important to have that spoke detectors. And the Carbon Monoxide detector. That is another important one. Hopefully you check the batteries. Maybe tomorrow while you are staying in, avoiding the rain, go around the house and check. Good idea. Ofthe brunt, or the worst this will come in overnight and early tomorrow morning. Keep that in mind you need to get on the roads early tomorrow because you know it is going to be a slow go, or you will have to wait until late morning where things have dried up a little more. Live triple doppler issuing new rain showers across the region. Most of what you see here is not hitting the ground. We were getting reports in front royal that it was reaching the ground. Winchester is not reporting it. I checked frederick. It looks like it is raining here, but a lot of this is evaporating before it hits the surface. Looking at our Weatherbug Network the temperature, 66 degrees. Cold. Been most of us see this cloud cover. Time lapse from alexandria with peaks of sunshine here and there. Overall, the wet weather will be pushing in. It is hard to believe the temperatures are as warm as they are. 60s in most spots. 66 a culpeper. Frederick, 66 degrees. A battle between High Pressure to the southeast trying to keep the dry air squeezed on the east coast, and then the moisture coming in from the south and the west. Eventually that will push in and the best chance of this moving into the metro will be after 10 00 p. M. Tonight. Here is futurecast. It shows this area of rain. It dissipates potentially over the evening rush. Now we are expecting a more significant rain to push in after the midnight hour and continue into tomorrow morning. The early rush might not be that great with some heavy downpours and then things not great and some heavy downpours then things pushing into the afternoon hours. The heaviest rain will stay north of interstate 66 and highway 50 quarter corridors. A slight chance of showers, mostly to the west today with temperatures in the upper60s. Rain will become more likely with heavy downpours at night. Rain more steady in the morning hours. A few showers as we head into the afternoon as things quiet down. Wind will pick up friday with cooler temperatures. We will have some upflow showers, snow showers potentially in the mountains. Dry. Eekend, half cool all the way around. One nice day. The last two days, even today, you cannot complain too much. It is midnovember. What can you do. Thank you. The students at falls church guestchool got a special today with Eileen Whelan stopping by with the storm chaser. They got to asked got to ask about what it takes to become a meteorologist. Very cool. I do not even know what is in the trunk. Coming up, how a videogame might help you sleep better. And gm alexa General Motors is now offering gift cards General Motors is now offering gift cards to get consumers to fix ignition switches. 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