centreville is 34. upper 60's and sunshine today. a cold front moves in tomorrow. it will drop our temperatures to the upper 50s tomorrow with a slight chance of a shower. even colder on friday. write no metro marc, virginia roh expressed a good way to go. look at this. this is an accident on montgomery county. ridge road at brink road, 27. and looks like traffic is getting through relatively unscathed. i will have to go all around the block and do a u-turn. he will go on over to our maps with a deer accident on baltimore washington parkway. they are still there. everything moves to the shoulder. plenty of our neighbors on the road in virginia but 95, 66, the toll road, no issues but the volume. 6:01. and too close to call. we are waiting to see if there will be a recount in the senate race that could determine the balance of power and richmond. ed hoch trails the republican by 86 votes. he demanded a recount. if reeves wins, the senate would be split 20/20. the gop expanded its majority in the house of delegates. voters in two states said and no to balance the banned abortions and stripped union rights. 55% of mississippi voters rejected the personhood initiative that declared life begins at fertilization. 61% of ohio voters said and no to a new collective bargaining law that limited a union's ability to negotiate. for more election results, log on to our website wjla.com. back and forth continues between herman cain and five women that accused him of sexual harassment. >> another woman went public yesterday. at the same time, the presidential candidate made it clear he will not drop out of the race. brianne carter is live on capitol hill with the latest he said she said. >> karen kraushaar is the latest woman to come for. her identity was made known on the same day that herman cain thatspoke out on the issue. >> the charges and the accusations are absolute -- i absolutely reject. they simply did not have been pared >. herman cain denied any wrongdoing as another woman stepped forward with accusations cain sexually harassed her. she tells "the washington post" that "when you are in a work situation when you are being sexually harassed, you are in an extremely vulnerable position." one day earlier sharon bialek describe what she says happened 14 years ago. >> he put his hand on my leg, under my, and reached for my genitals. >> cain suggested he is a victim of the conspiracy. >> there is an element in this country, in our politics that does not want to see a businessman succeed at getting the nomination for the republican party. >> for the first time, cain's rivals are speaking about about the growing controversy. >> this woman's charges are disturbing and series. quite clearly, herman cain has to answer the charges. >> now csainain says he's willing to take a lie-detector test. but what he is not willing to do it is to back down. he says he is ready to move forward with his campaign. meanwhile karen kraushaar says should like to band together and hold a joint press conference with the other women. herman cain could end up a prime target at tonight's republican presidential debate in michigan. the economy sank when the auto industry went under in 2009 and has not recovered much sense. mitt romney and his opponents will likely have to explain their opposition to government bailout. the sex abuse scandal at penn state could mean the end of an era for lions football. joe paterno could step down and a matter of days. this stems from the weekend arrest of former assistant coach jerry sandusky. he's accuse ofd of molesting at least 8 boys. >> this case has stunned happy valley and the entire country. we are learning this morning that a possible ninth victim reached out to police a few days ago. while many are distancing themselves from jerry sandusky many are rallying behind head football coach joe paterno. last night you saw hundreds of students gathered outside the football coach's home demanded he stay on the job. this comes after a "the new york times" reports that says that the board of trustees was in the process of planning joe paterno's exit. his son said reports of his father being ousted by the board were premature. earlier in the day penn state's president canceled a joe paterno's weekly news conference. jerry sandusky is charged with sexually assaulting several boards over a 15-year period. joe paterno is not the target of the investigation and has not been charged, but he is facing criticism for calling university officials instead of police when he learned of the allegations. the board of trustees has a meeting scheduled on friday. it is believed joe paterno will coach the lions at their game on saturday. 6:07 now. first on 7, a d.c. firefighter almost died in a line of duty is back to work. chuck ryan is returning month after suffering severe burns at a house fire. first, he spoke with us about his agonizing an amazing recovery. >> my geraar onear was on face. just because you go inside a burning structure does not mean you will always come out. >> he suffered second and third degree burns to 40% of his body while fighting a house fire in southeast. after 49 days in the hospital, he has made a full recovery. he was cleared by doctors yesterday's to head back to work. >> amazing. new this morning, all warning not to worry. today the white house will test the nationwide emergency alert system for the first time. the 30-second is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. this afternoon and will be broadcast on every tv and radio station. they are asking people not to call 911 when the alert calls out. 41 degrees. shaping up to be another nice day. >> a graceful exit. we will have reaction from last night some ballroom elimination. >> the big weather changes by the end of the work week. every time a local business opens its doors or creates another laptop bag or hires another employee, it's not just good for business. it's good for the entire community. at bank of america, we know the impact that local businesses have o on communities. that's why we extended $7.8 billion to small businesses across the country so far this year. because the more we help them, the more we help make opportunity possible. >> i'm owner of red barn in old town alexandria. visit shop local alexandra.com to learn more. good morning washington. wednesday morning. dealing with some fog in some locations, a special the south and east of the metroarea. area. we have a dense fog advisory until 10:00 a.m. as visibility will be down to 1/4 of a mile. for the most part, visibility is all right across the metro area. a lot of sunshine with high pressure over head. then a cold front approaches tomorrow morning. increases the cloud cover or night. a few little sprinkles possible around midday tomorrow with a front moving through it and the upper level energy moving in. i do not have much confidence in rain any time soon. 42 at reagan national. gaithersburg at 37. martinsburg down to 30 degrees. 34 and lexington park. upper 60s today and sunday. back to the upper 50's tomorrow. friday, even cooler. low 50's and gusty. i will take it away and zoom up to newschopper 7. they are in montgomery county at 27 and brink road. it looks like or neighbors hitting the road. this will cost you an extra 5-10 minutes. when it happened, it was not quite as bad as the backup. no we noticed more of our neighbors coming out of damascus. 27, ridge road and brink road. virginia, we love you. look at 395. moving at speed near the pentagon. 6:12 is your time. 41 degrees. >> coming up, xxx in-flight movies? flying offender skies has taken on a whole new meeting. >> democrats control of the virginia state senate hanging by a threat this morning. i will tell you what is at stake coming up. >> later disrespecting the dead at dover air force base. the disturbing reports on welcome back. president obama and portugal's president will discuss the european debt crisis when they needed the white house later today. tonight, president obama will honor women freedom writers at the annual awards dinner. today is the deadline for nba players to accept an offer that could end the lockout. the players said they will reject the current offer. it includes the 50/50 split of revenues. did d.c.? the club commission will hold a hearing on a plan to require -- the taxi cab commission will hold a hearing today. they say that more people are getting into cabs without paying for their trip. turning back to vote 2011. republicans are on the verge of taking power in va's general assembly. >> the party expanded its power in the house. one too close to call senate race could hand over power and the senate as well. what yesterday's's vote means for next year's election. >> this is not the situation democrats were hoping to be in. a close race in a single district will determine who controls the virginia state senate. republicans have a narrow lead. 86 votes separate the two candidates in spousal they. reeves is winning -- in spotsylvania. the governor has declared victory, but democrats have called the race too close to call. if republicans win this district, it will create a 20/20 split which would give them a working majority, and lieutenant governor would cast the tie- breaking vote. so they cannot dominate committees, and those committees are extremely important as they have been for years the killing ground for most conservatives bills. by law any candidate that comes within 1% of losing an election can request a recount. though houck did not respond to phone calls regarding whether he would request one. a federal jury has found maryland state senator currie not guilty of corruption charges, but they will still face an ethics investigation at the general assembly. they accuse the democrats of bribery and extortion for accepting money to advocate for a grocery store. the defense called his actions a conflict of interest but said there were not criminal because they were not secret. currie called his exoneration the greatest moment of his life. kevin at the pentagon is taking action at another scandal involving u.s. troops killed in action. yesterday, officials admitted the dover military mortuary lost track of body parts twice in 2009. leon panetta has ordered a special panel to review operations at the facility. the air force says it punished three supervisors for gross mismanagement. last year, arlington cemetery officials admitted a series of grave mixups. 6:18 on this wednesday. making news and americans money the berlusconi boost. what impact his resignation had on markets. >> which carrier might offer porn on planes. topping america's money -- call it the berlusconi bounce. stock markets on up on news that the prime minister will resign. investors believe that will clear the way for more aggressive action on italy's debt problem. there were more job openings in september than in any other month in the past three years 3.4 million. there are four unemployed people for every opening. that is more than double the ratio off. bp is off the hook. the coast guard says the company is no longer responsible for cleaning up oil that washes up on the shoreline. the head of ryanair says he hopes to offer his customers inflight gambling, the game playing, and porn. he said it would not be available on public screens, but only on hand-held devices. moving right along. let's talk about weather. another nice day. persistent forecasting. today will be just like the last couple of days. not a big shift until tomorrow when a cold front moves into town. that will mix things up, giving us extra clouds and causing an isolated shower tomorrow. we have in talking about the slight chance of rain on thursday for a while. i still do not have much confidence in it. temperatures -- 33 at dulles. hagerstown 41. notice lexington park. thick fog. visibility only three-10 of an mile. over the bay. that is why we have a dense fog advisory until 10:00 a.m. for lo wer southern maryland, also king george county, northern neck and parts of the eastern shore. the fog will burn off and we will have nothing but sunshine. the cold front will have in tomorrow, about this time tomorrow. that will drop are temperatures. and give us that very slight chance of an isolated sprinkle probably around midday. still, i do not have a lot of confidence in seeing the rain, . i'll not bother with my umbrella. 68 is the high temperature today. upper 50's with a cold front moving in tomorrow. temperatures on the downswing. veterans day -- not only cooler, but gusty winds out of the northwest. rebound in to near 60 for the weekend. lisa, how is the commute? it looks ok across the 14th street bridge where i wanted to go because there is an accident on 395 on south capitol street. uh-oh. delays began on boundary channel drive before the bridge. crashes on the other side. the mobile unit is on the scene of the accident sorting things out. so we will give you details and next. for details in montgomery county we go live to newschopper 7. look at all those folks sutcktuck on 27 at ridge road at brink road. >> what a mess. 6:21 now. 42 degrees. nancy grace says goodbye. we will hear from the ballroom's latest castoff and tell you who made it to the semifinals. >> women who took to the internet to bad mouth their boyfriends. i do not understand the impulse to go to the site. >> i wanted to shame him. >> why is it ok for people to trust other people on your side? plus, tony braque stand -- next "anderson." it is down to the final four on "dancing with the stars". nancy grace left the ballroom for good last night. >> that judges' but the attorney at the bottom. she and her partner did have the your roads -- did not have the votes to get into the semifinals. she gave her partner the credit for getting them this far and the competition. she says she is proud of all this is accomplished. >> i wanted to learn to dance with a great teacher. and both of those dreams came 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some thick fog down and lower maryland on the eastern shore and the northern neck of virginia. you are included in a dense fog advisory until 10:00 a.m. public that the shot here. beautiful up there. beautiful skies in store and just as warm as the past couple of days. tomorrow the first day this season where the sun sets before 5:00 p.m., and temperatures, cool out there. 42 in the district. sunny, upper 60's today, increasing clouds tonight with a cold front tomorrow they will drop our temperatures and give as a slight chance for a sprinkle around midday. cooler into friday. look at that breezy, gusting winds, highs in the lower 50's. loaded for bear as far as volume, happening and out of leesburg and such a bomber. look like if your television sets. geico traffic camera reveals the delays. an accident in the district. we're going to go into maryland where we are saturated with a volume. an accident in the intersection is gone. ridge road that is slamming with delays. it will talk of a while to recover. the balance of power in richland -- richmond could be determined in a too close to call senate race. houck can demand a recount but it is not clear that he could do so. republicans would control the body's sense the the to the governor would cast the tie- breaking vote. voters in two states stopped provisions that would in the abortion rights. voters in mississippi rejected the so-called personhood amendments. ohio voters said no to a collective bargaining law that would limit public unions at negotiating. for more informational, log onto our website, wjla.com. no end in sight between herman cain and five women accusing him of sexual harassment. >> another woman went public with her story. the republican presidential candidate made clear he will not drop out of the race. the latest in the he said, see shed in all this. >> a lot of back-and-forth. karen kraushaar is the latest accuser to come forward and all of this. the germantown resident one of the women who accused came of sexual harassment when he was head of the national restaurant association back in the 1990's. kraushaar tells politico she would like to band together with the other women accusing herman cain of harassment and hold a joint press conference. her identity was a -- was revealed on the same day that herman cain held a press conference to deny wrongdoing. he suggests that he is the victim of conspiracy and is willing to take a lie-detector test. but he is not willing to step down from the campaign. he says he is moving forward with this. we will see him tonight at the debate. we are hearing for the first time in rivals in the campaign, other people going against him for the republican nomination. mitt romney says that these are serious allegations that will have to be addressed seriously. certainly this is not the last of what we will hear in this swelling controversy. >> herman cain could end up of a prime target at the presidential campaign. the economy has not recovered much since the auto industry was hit in 2009. candidates will likely have to explain their opposition to government bailouts. it is 6:30 view, and the sex abuse scandal could mean an end to joe paterno. he is losing board of trustees support and could step down. jerry sandusky is accused of molesting at least eight wars. live in the news room with reaction. >> the penn state board of trustees was outraged by the allegations in the grand jury report. we of her heard a possible ninth victim contacted police on sunday. many are wondering if he will be back at penn state for 47 seasons. last night legendary penn state football coach joe paterno was greeted outside his home by a massive group of students supporters. this came after a new york times article that cited two sources close to a top university officials said that -- saying that his time as head coach will soon be over. >> i was hoping that i could answer that question today. we will do it as soon as we can. >> a lawyer in the state, the penn state president abruptly canceled the the news conference where he expected questions about jerry sandusky, accused of sexually abusing children over a tent -- a 15-year period. he is facing criticism for calling university officials instead a police when he heard about the allegations. last night joe paterno told a crowd of students outside his home that he lives for penn state and all of its students. he asked everyone to pray for the victims in this case. >> we will have to see how it unfolds. first on seven, a d.c. firefighter who almost died in a line of duty has back to work. he returns to the station seven months after severe burns battling a house fire. he spoke with us about his amazing recovery. >> from the day that i woke up in intensive care, all i have been focused on is going back to work. >> he suffered seventh and third degree burns over 40% of his body. after 49 days in the hospital, he has made a full recovery. he was cleared by doctors yesterday to head back to work. >> could to see him back up at them. today the white house will test and nationwide emergency system for the first time. it is a 30-second task broadcast on every radio, every television station, and officials are asking people not to call 911 when the alarm goes up. still ahead social networks. highlighting how big a problem it really is. >> looking for a deal to end the lockout. >> another check on traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> welcome back. it is time for traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> good morning. things are looking pretty good in every area. this time around, the fog is south of the metro area. yesterday, it was west of town. the advisory is still out until 9:00 for the areas. temperatures chilly, especially north and west toward the shenandoah valley and the piedmont. 33 degrees and mark -- in washington. clear skies will be the story one more day. a cold front, you see there rainfall superimpose. that will dry up as it moves through the area. a day with sunshine today. temperatures in the upper 60's to lower 70 perry tomorrow, may be an isolated showers. right back to beautiful weather. that is the latest. lisa, your turn. >> i will talk about traffic across the american legion bridge. everything looks quite right now. we're good right why -- right now on both sides of the beltway. travel times are good on 66 out of centerville to get to the beltway. over the wilson bridge, a green light for you. both directions. 95 northbound, but more action at of dale city to the beltway. leaving the pentagon, the crash after the exit for the u.s. senate now gone. northbound 395 is stacking up traffic out of virginia. thanks so much. 6:42 groups and 40 degrees. >> the death of heavy d. how many people will remember the hip-hop pioneer. >> joe williams has a preview of tonight's debate. >> the latest deadline for a deal coming up tonight at 5:00 the city is undergoing dramatic changes. new numbers that shows who is calling washington their home these days. how what is changing the city. the d.c. divide, tonight at 5:00. all lies on herman cain heading in tonight's republican presidential debate. >> we have joe williams with this for a preview. i think it will become increasingly difficult for herman cain avoid the controversy of the five women coming out. >> there is five and they're taught that several will make their presentation together -- there is to halt that several will make their presentation together against herman cain. >> something else will come up behind that -- aside that controversy. the auto bailout. detroit is still hard hit by the economy. the republicans did not support that. >> mitt romney, whose father was governor of michigan, he was absolutely against the bailout. that will inevitably,. herman cain has a lot of problems on the personal side, but the policy side, he has to get things back on track. for rick perry, the same thing. he got off track. free falling in the polls ever -- after entering as a front running. he needs to make his claim for the nomination. >> highlight the way that you're looking at this. this is an opportunity. it seems like a lot of these campaigns are unraveling right now. >> all the way in the way they handle the questions. we appreciated. >> taking a look at the day ahead. occupy wall street will be marching to d.c. it will be called occupy the highway. nba players have until noon today to end the lockout. they say that they will reject the offer. the owners say the offer -- the next offer will be less generous. jonathan is expected to appear on preliminary charges to escape from the county jail back in september. it is 6:47 on wednesday. the pentagon takes action after another is called -- after another scandal for u.s. troops killed in action. one group lost track of body parts back in 2009. leon panetta has ordered a special panel to investigate operations. last year, arlington cemetery officials admitted a series of great missteps at the military burial ground. seven on your side with the new study that finds 90% of teens have witnessed bullying on social network. other team say they have joined in to that harassment. 30% of girls aged 12-13 experience mostly unkind treatment on social networks. high numbers there. >> disturbing. let's check back in with doug. >> we are off to a fine start. sunshine and warm temperatures. and i stay here on november. in reality, one more day until cooler temperatures. 46 degrees right now. no indications of a northern calvert county for fog. the fog advisory is well south to the rest of southern maryland. temperatures around the area, and chilly start to the morning. 28 degrees and in would. closer to the metro area, milder temperatures. 30 degrees in stafford. 32 degrees near downtown. the fog advisory until 9:00 a.m. well south and east of the metro area. we're watching on satellite this cold front. that energy is translating into rain. at the southern extent of the cold front most of the moisture is pushing up. the only thing left is that moves through tomorrow may be clouds or an isolated shower. this will push through and you will see much cooler air coming into the area. it will remind us that we are in november. it will be chilly in very cold, like veterans day and 68 degrees at least today with the sunshine. of paramount of cloudiness throughout the day. upper 50's tomorrow. as far as the rest of the week, i'll come back with a seven-day and a few minutes. lisa is keeping an eye on the roads. >> we will go directly to newschopper 7. ridge road delays southbound begin here. the crash on ridge road at brinker road is completely clear from the intersection. now it is just a recovery. beautiful little town, damascus. leslie germantown and go over to 395. northbound delays on 395 unusual, from the pentagon. now back to the news desk. 6:50 in sad news from the music world. heavy d has died. ♪ heavy d's real name is dwight myers. he was in an l.a. hospital after he was found unconscious in the driveway of his beverly hills home. he was a rapper during the 1990's but was still performing as a last month. his last words were from his twitter pages before he died. d inspired. he was 44 years old. his movie is still to come. it is 6:51. >> a good wednesday morning to all of you. herman cain on the attack out as another accuser goes public. he remains defiant but our his denials of harassment enough? we ask that of the republican strategist md. -- mary matalin who joins us. one of the jurors in the trial of michael jackson's doctor speaks up. why they chose to convey. -- why they chose to convey. nancy grace and her partner joins us live. it is next on "good morning america." virginia republicans celebrating. voters gave them an expanded majority in the house of delegates. a gop victory in a close senate race would give them control of that body. >> of germantown woman one of five accusing herman cain of sexual harassment. karen kraushaar says she is ready to speak out. cain denies the allegations. >> this spend -- the penn state sex abuse scandal could mean the end of the line for joe paterno. he is losing reported support reported late from the board of trustees and could step down in a matter of days. a former assistant is accused of of the origin of molesting several boys. a last look of traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> plenty of traffic northbound on the springfield side. the 14th street bridge, are rick in the district on 295 years south capitol street but it is now gone. now all around -- marilyn, you're delays are normal. still dense fog and lower in southern maryland. a lot of sunshine throughout the day today. especially -- i can say that today -- when we turn off the fog. comfortable and the upper 50's. cooling down by friday. really back to reality here. shocking as back into reality like doug said. but a pleasant weekend. enjoy today while at last. that is set for "good morning washington." >> tune 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