District, what happened in happen in our nations capital. Good morning washington at 5 00 a. M. Starts right now. Live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. With us on this tuesday morning, october 23. I am steve chenevey. I am natasha barrett. Get to meteorologist jacqui jeras. Good morning. Are temperatures are mild. Need a jacket. Will be a beautiful october day. I did say that. Have a few clouds right now, but it will be filtered sun shine. 50degrees in the district, fredericksburg and we will about 58 with partly skies at 9 00. 71 and partly sunny and pleasant at noon. At 5 00. High temperature just shy of 80 degrees, at least 10 degrees this time of for year, a pretty incredible. How long will it last . Thats coming up, but first, whitten. Ould jamee the commute is not bad. Not much to tell you. Lanes are open in virginia. 95 looks good out of stafford. Working towards the occoquan, newington,ton and looking good. Hov lanes are open. Quite happy about that. In maryland we still have construction out of frederick alle they have been doing work from route 80 urbana, still two lanes is blocked. Volume. Eeing heavy really bunched up. Not seeing much at 109 as a result. Back to you. Thank you. New this morning, it appears the 12yearoldissing jersey girl has come to an end. A body was discovered late last recycling container preliminaryeen autumn. Ed she was last seen saturday near home riding a bicycle. Autopsy will be conducted this morning. President obama and mitt romney final debate last which focused on Foreign Policy. The men agreed on some issues on many others. Later this morning both of them will hit the road to talk to beforejust two weeks election day. Brianne carter is live outside the white house with more from the debate. Good morning. Good morning. As the candidates head back on trail, the topic shift back to the economy. Last night it was all about policy. Analysts say there was not a clearcut winner, but president obama did do well and was impressive. Meanwhile, governor romney did necessarily hurt or help his campaign. Sitting face to face a debating forum policy, president obama challenged each other on critical issues. They were quick to talk about the middle east. Your strategy previously has been one that has been all over the map and is not designed to americans safe or to build that exist ines the middle east. We are talking about how to middle east reject the seeing terrorism we are and the rising tide of confusion. Attacking me is not an agenda. Attacking me is not talking how we are going to deal that exist ins the middle east. Both agreed on iranian sanctions current policies in syria, egypt, and a tennis fan. But that did not stop the attacks. Cuts. Brought up military our navy is smaller now than anytime since 1917. Have fewer horses and bayonets, because the nature of our military. The focus was supposed to be on but the candidates shifted to talk about the economy. You were very clear that you provide government u. S. Autoe to if they wentn through bankruptcy. The idea that has been d that i would liquidate the industry, of course not. Expect them to talk about the of those same issues on in swing states today. President obama will attend a florida before meeting President Joe Biden in ohio. Mitt romney and paul ryan will nevada. Event in Brianne Carter reporting. Nowhere in our region was the debate being watched more closely than virginia. Campaigns focusing on Prince William and Loudoun County is. Thoseresidents wo strongholds in 2008, but the gop win them back. Campaign volunteers say the tight race is creating excitement. I judge by bumper stickers. Are a lot more bumper stickers around here than there were of john mccain four years ago. It may be a closer margin time, but ian last think we are going to win. The president ial candidates and spent a lot of time and in va due to a close race. Stay with abc 7 as we count down election day. Also happen updates on our website, wjla. Com. A proposal that is sure to taste in some peoples mouths. Some members of d. C. City mindil would not of sugaryg the size drinks sold in d. C. Similar to a restriction that passed in new york city. John gonzalez is live in northwest with more details. Good morning. , 64 is a supervision gulp of soft drinks, 750 super big gulp. A couple Council Members have clear they want these large drinks to be banned in the district. Council members Michael Brown debtincent orange a greek they would agree on a ban of any drinks larger than about 16 ounces. The drink im holding a 64 ounces. York city theres a restriction already. The board of health as a ban on d drinks and restaurants and Movie Theaters. Grocery and Convenience Stores are exempt. Softdrink companies will have a say, it added to file an injunction if it goes into effect in march. But want to file an injunction fact. March, in Council Member mary cheh has vocal, saying that it is a question of nutrition and. Ealth its important to mention there any movement to introduce legislation in district. It appears at least three on board ifers are introduced. Is reporting live in chinatown, news. Onzalez, abc 7 we will keep an eye on him to long it takes to empty that cup. Some parts of the country that cup. So[ male announcer ]untry if barack obama is reelected, what will the next four years be like . One the debt will grow from 1 trillion to 20 trillion. Two 20 million americans could lose their employerbased health care. Three taxes on the middle class will go up by 4,000. Four Energy Prices will continue to go up. And five 716 billion in medicare cuts that hurt current seniors. Five reasons we cant afford four more years of barack obama. Im mitt romney and i approve this message. We hope homeowners will see treat. A four inches fell across the cascade mountains. Another storm is expected to hit the area. A lot of people love snow. What i would like is sunshine and warm temperatures. Right . Hat done. Snow is their breadandbutter. G about speciesn and already out west. , we have almost summer like conditions. Cloudy today. Be the rule of the day. Have filtered sunshine e warm. L b showers and thundershowers to our north. High pressure will block everything out. On the coast. Theres a bubble of warm air in the nationion of headed our way. Partly cloudy and 58 at 9 00, 71 noon, 77 and partly sunny at 5 00. Shy of 80rature just degrees. The sevenday forecast in a few minutes. First, traffic would jamee whitten. Good morning. In maryland on 95 between baltimore and the beltway and 50 the john hanson highway, not much to tell you about. About 8109,nd past not seeing many delays at 109, everybody bunched up because of construction approaching and about 80 urbana. Thats what we are dealing with t of frederick. I will let you know as soon as construction barrels get cleared. Already to begin with, when you lose a lane it really slows down the commute. Across the American Legion bridge and the Woodrow Wilson not much to tell you about. All your trouble lanes are open in that area. Back to you. Thank you. 5 13, 54 degrees. Big news from apple about sa 5 13, 54 degrees. Bi[ male announcer ]about sa citibanks app for id makes it easy for anne to manage her finances when shes on the go. Even when shes not going anywhere. Citibank for ipad. Easier banking. Standard at citibank. Helps him deposit his checks. Jay also like it when Mother Nature helps him wash his car. Mother natures cool like that. Mobile check deposit. Easier banking. Standard at citibank. Penn state wants a judge to put the former assistant football coach Mike Mcquearys lawsuit against the school on hold. University lawyers filed a asking that his lawsuit forward while criminal against twopending school administrators. He testified december that he former coach jerry boy in thesault a showers. Another major blow for lance armstrong. Cycling unionnal formally stripped him of his seven Tour De France titles yesterday and gave him a lifetime ban from cycling. The list of champions from 1999 through 2005 will be looked over. Using performance enhancing drugs. And other fantastic day on tap. Its going to be beautiful. Every day icould be like this. Be another great day. Have several of these days to go. Everybody wants a great weekend. We will see some changes. Kind of a wild card in our forecast. First, look at the beautiful start. We have a few clouds helping keep temperatures warm, along wind transporting heat and moisture. 54 at reagan national, 51 at dulles, 46 in manassas. 43 in hagerstown and 54 in annapolis. Skies are a little cloudy. Think that the clouds will a little to route the day. Strong the storm that moved across the great acrossnd is stretching the northeast. This will slide to our north. Tieup brister has been controlling our weather. That is blocking everything out. So its highpressure is controlling our weather. Theres a Tropical Storm around a with winds of 45 miles an hour. It is expected to become a hurricane as it moves through caribbean and could forecast late this weekend. Sandy is out there and we will on any changes. Partly sunny today, warmer temperatures, 7580. Partly cloudy tonight, 50pst 9. Theres the sevenday forecast. Degrees on wednesday. The record is 84. Temperatures will slide down for of the week. Chance of rain by sunday. Lets check on traffic. Morning. Do0, normally we delays pushing down towards 109, but not the case this morning. Of construction. Near rte. Ate to clear 80 urbana, one lane still. Locked out of frederick, really in a crunch. Beyond, not seeing anything. On the beltway through college , normal. Ver spring across the American Legion wilson bridge, good as well. We still have construction on 210 northbound at the beltway, the left lane blocked in each direction. Back to you. Thank you. Announcementini today. Expect to see more ipads in blackberrys. Making. Big news with a. Expected to unveil the i today. Smaller tablets will complete competes in the end of the market, where it faces stiff competition. Being pushed out of blackberrys will be outnumbered apple devices bassoon in the workplace. Interest was among some web were down yesterday. Program that can control youlights add your own home. Starts at 2 under dollars and can alsoontrol other appliances. I am sunny hostin. You cant argue with nutrition you can see. Great grains. Great grains cereal starts whole and stays whole. See the seam . More processed flakes look nothing like natural grains. Im eating what i know is better nutrition. Mmmm. Great grains. Search great grains and see for yourself. Oh, please dont call me pumpkin. No, thats White Chocolate and pumpkin. Oh. Pumpkin. Ha ha youve never tasted pumpkin like this. Try new pumpkin White Chocolate or pumpkin mocha coffees and lattes today. And balanced the budget every year. And tim kaine and i both cut our own pay as governors, to lead by exaxample. Mark warner and i reached across party lines to get things done. We were a great team in richmond and well be a great team in washington. Im tim kaine and i approve this message. Because well Work Together to restore fiscal responsibility, grow our economy and create jobs. [ male announcer ] tim kaine. Bringing people together to tackle the challenges of tomorrow. And the giants have won the pennant. The part of of last night. The giants became the first Team Elimination games to reach the world series. There would be no comeback for the cardinals this time around. They did it on a soggy field. Theres always next season. It is detroit and San Francisco in the fall classic,. Eginning in the bay the lions were defeated 137. In the district, the redskins officials assigned fred. Cooley to replace hello. One of the big things everybody theooking towards as for the prepare steelers is santana moss. He has really picked up his productivity and r. G. Iii has him a wholeg for more with Pierre Garcon out. Moss knows what to do when he ball. S the santana knows what to do and has done it all. You want to get the ball in his hands. You try not to force it to him. If these open, i will get it to him. Its not, i will move on. Theres a look at sports. Day. A great nfl commissioner Roger Goodell says the legal dropping the pro level of play does improve. Last januarys pro bowl was he said, and its players cannot accomplish a high they willf play, game. The they would still select a pro team, but the team would , they woulde honor not actually play. Thanks for explaining that. Could you write it down for me . I will put it in shorthand. 52 degrees this morning. It will warm up quite a bit. Continues at 5 30. Want ainkers might by d. C. Council members want ainkers might bpresident obama im barack obama and i approve. This message. Anncr victims. Dependent. Thats what mitt romney called fortyseven percent. Of americans. Including people on medicare. But what about his plan for you . Romney would replace guaranteed benefits with a voucher system. Seniors could pay six thousand dollars more a year. A plan aarp says would undermine medicare. Youre no victim. You earne your benefits. Dont let mitt romney take them away. Live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. Debate ist ahead, the over now and now its all about voters out to the polls. Details on where the willdent and Mitt Romney Campaign today. Two weeks now until the election. Good morning, washington. Tuesday, october 23. I am steve chenevey. I am natasha barrett. I hear its going to be a day. Ous it is. All week long things have been nice. G very be one of the warm as week, today and tomorrow. Then a slow slide once again. We have temperatures warmer than by a good 5 degrees or 10 degrees. 54 at reagan national, 51 at dulles, 54 in winchester, 49 at bwi. Our express forecast, partly cloudy and 58 at 9 00. By noon, in the 70s. 77 by 5 00. Our High Temperature and just shy of 80 degrees. We will have filtered sunshine. Complain about. Now traffic with jamee whitten. Maryland and virginia around the beltway, nothing to tell you about. Not many delays from college park. An accident reported on 301 to Central Avenue left half. E thats before you get to the john hanson highway. 01 northbound. 270 has had problems because of G Construction beds now gone. Out of frederick. 80 urbana getting the all clear. No problems in virginia on 66. The greenway is checking out fine. 95 checks out fine, but we are cars. A number of back to you. Thank you. Our top story, two weeks to go until the election. With the debates officially obama andm, president romney are focusing on the critical swing states. The president campaigning in ohio today and mitt nevada and colorado. Brianne carter has more from last nights final debate. President obama was on the night. Last many analysts this morning say int mitt romney held his own their a third and final debate. The two were quick to talk about we expected to about, including libya, afghanistan, and other Foreign Policy issues. Brookside agreed on iranian current policies syria, egypt, and afghanistan. It did not stop the attacks. Romney several times brought up military cuts. The focus was supposed to be on just for policy, but both took liberty of taking questions domestic issues as well. In his first response, the president was quick to talk about the fact hes the chief and he has the experience. He said this while referencing past fourence in the years, talking about the it. Rnors lack of ago when you were t dealwhat is the bigges political combat, you said russia. Russia is a deal political foe. I said in the same paragraph, iran is the greatest National Security threat we face. Before this debate, the showed the this as a. Eally close race analysts say there was no clear winner, that both candidates did well. They will be talking about all as they get back on the trail in swing states today. Brianne carter, abc 7 news. Bruce springsteen will give a charlottesville behalf of president obamas reelection campaign. Become in charlottesvilles downtown mall. Tickets are required even though free. Ent is stay with abc 7 for the latest race. President ial look for updates on our website, wjla. Com. Around prince georges the Fort Washington boy who entered an alford plea in the death of his twoyearold foster sister will be in court today. He will learn his fate after entering the plea last month. The 12yearold was trust with manslaughter after girl died in july. An alford plea and acknowledged that there is enough evidence for a conviction. A local businesses may not go h excitement over an idea being tossed around in d. C. City council. Some Council Members are ofressing support of sugaryg the size drinks sold in. The in John Gonzalez is live in northwest. You had 64 ounces before. It looks a little smaller now. That is a different one. Free refills at mcdonalds. It will ask if you want to super size. Can to a 42ounce. At the Movie Theater you can refill these for free. A couple Council Members in the theyict have made it clear sodas to bearge the district. Council member Michael Brown and orange agreed they would favor of a ban of any drinks larger than about 16 inches. In new york city theres already a similar restriction in the works. Helped the new york has a ban on super sized drinks restaurants and movie. Groceries and Convenience Stores exempt. Drink companies will have their say. To file anady injunction before this goes into effect in march. Here in the district, even though there appeared to be at four councilr members on board for a ban like this, theres no movement currently to introduce legislation. Reporting live in chinatown, gonzalez. Thanks so much. Its 54 degrees outside. Im worried about him. Thats two big drinks. Thats all. Slowdown, buddy. Estranged discover in the case of a woman murdered one day before her wedding. In the case of a woman murdered one day before her wedding. More on a note i put them in cookies, cereal, salads, and this is my famous cranberry baked brie. Mmm, craisins make this so yummy. You doubledipped. I know its so good. Look, the reason im in this race is there are people that are really hurting today in this country. And we face this deficit could crush the future gerations. And republicans and democrats both love america but we need to have leadership leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if its a republican or a democrat. Ive done it before, ill do it again. Im mitt romney, and i approve this message. I am with the capital area food bank. Always looking for food, donations, and volunteers. Visit us at our website. Good morning, washington. Good morning, washington. I am meteorologist jacqui jeras. 54 degrees. Be a great day. You will want to get outside and do something outside. Be one of the warm week. F the satellite pictures shows crowd clouds across the area. To highhave midlevel clouds building the sunshine today. Dulles, 54 in d. C. , 50 in cumberland. Partly sunny and warmer today, High Temperature between 75 and 80 degrees, which is 10 or 15 degrees above average. The sevenday forecast coming up. First, traffic would jamee whitten. Virginia 495 and 395, no problems. 95 through stafford and dale city, normal. On theheck out 395 from an easy ride the beltway. Good morning to the nations capital. 5 in d. C. On 29 southeast southwest freeway is open. Is open. Beltway bethesda. Od in 270 looks fine. Theres a crash at central the northbound 201. Tion of its 53 degrees. A disturbing case in louisiana. The woman managed to tell police louisiana. The woman managed to tell police was sent her well, inside the brewer, theres a giant staircase. And the room is filled with all these different kinds of coffee. Actually, i just press this button. Brew what you love, simply. Keurig. Every room deserves to look us what our great. Te color is . And every footstep should tell us we made the right decision. 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And which president ial grab the edge in. He final budget there were some zingers last night. Well talk about that at 6 00 with jonathan allen. Lets look at news around the nation. The mystery surrounding the of a pregnant the york is deepening. Investigators say that vindalee smiths fiancee was still married to obama in new jersey. She was supposed to marry her fiance the next day and give birth in about two weeks. Police questioned her fiance and then released him. Police also discovered a typed smiths apartment which pregnantd to kill a month until d. C. Malvo is setyd free. To seegators are trying if the notes is legitimate something mental the offtrack. The first person to be the quarter in amazing depth to avoid jail time. Brian jones toed of Community Supervision followed by two years of probation. To perform 200 hours of community service. The judge said his goal was a limited. Y but the mother of victim robert champion lashed out at jones in court. You can call in different degrees of murder. The bottom line is it is murder. I want the world to know im son. For the death of your am. Uly 11 other defendants will face the death of robert champion. The florida a m drum major died last november after being beaten members during a hazing. A disturbing case in northeastern louisiana. Old black woman tells fire byhe was set on white hoods. Ring and that the men wrote to the and a racial slur on her car. Kkk. It makes me mad. It was wrong. Shes upset about what happened to her coworker and moffitt. Armeka she was a sweet girl ive grown close to talking on the phone. She never heard anybody. She never did anything to harm anybody. According to police, someone harm her. If around 8 00 aborted received the victimsom saying she was set on fire. An officer got to her within one minute of the call. Got there she was but managed to put the fire out. There were no eyewitnesses to crime and the officers that not report any suspicious activity. She said there were three was not able to get a race. They set her on fire and there hoods oning white their heads. Police are not calling it a hate crime yet, but members of says it is. Love does not act out this. We ask in the name of jesus to comfort to them during this hour. In the wake of this highly contested president ial race, at her memorial to offer prayers for her healing and for the nation. Us likey is a threat to we are to ourselves. Motherka moffitts says she has burns to more than 60 of her body. Police are dusting the car for fingerprints. Disturbing revelations about an thats at the center of a lawsuit. Drugfood and says monstern drink has been cited in five deaths in the past year. The agency is considering new to make Energy Drinks safer. The parents of a 14yearold girl claimed two monster drinks that she consumed contributed to where death in december of last year. In business knows, dominos its newnts you to try peaks of four free. Looking to hire thousands of workers. Pizza. Linda bell has more. Fedex delivering good news the job market. Looking to hire 20,000 workers. Delivery is expected to surge 13 from last year. Expected to is biggest shipping day this year. Solyndra, which received a loan from the Energy Department bankrupt, has won approval of its plan to exit protection despite the irs objecting to the bankruptcy plan. The irs says the plan should not approved because its allowpal purpose was to taxes. Estors to avoid ambitious new plan, it wants to rely solely on the sun and wind to produce the power that it uses and stores by the year 2020. Participating dominoes restaurants are giving away 100 free slices of its new homemade n pizza from 12 00 p. M. To 2 00 p. M. Halloween is one of its biggest year. Ng dates of the thats business news. Live at bloomberg headquarters bellw york, linda reporting for abc 7 news. We are starving. Deliver it right here. Thank you. Jacqui jeras is back with us. A lot of people will be eating outside for lunch today. Cold pizza in the morning is good. Absolutely. The weather is warm. It is a really nice start. We have a few scattered clouds helping keep our temperate reformer in the morning. To be a greatup day. Temperatures are five degrees to 15 degrees warmer than yesterday morning. Its 45 in manassas, 46 in frederick. 51 in quantico. 53 degrees in fredericksburg. Off to our west, a bubble of warm air. Morning, 68 this degrees. Air will be sliding our way. N better will be eve than today. In our forecast today, a little cloudiness. Is writing up and over this ridge of high pressure. Will move in, but the showers will stay at bay. You have trouble plans in philadelphia and new york city, travel a rainfall plans. Maybe there will be a shower of west, but thats all. Keeping an eye on the tropics. Developed just south of jamaica yesterday. Pretty incredible this late in season to still have quite a bit of action going on. Its getting close to the east coast. By the end of the weekend it could play a factor in our. Orecast we will keep you posted on that front thata cold will be approaching. Today, partly sunny skies, temperatures, 7580 degrees. You have to get outdoors. Partly cloudy tonight, 5059. The sevenday forecast, topping degrees tomorrow. Temperatures slowly falling the 70s and 60s back weekend along with a chance of rain. Looks great progress of the week. Traffic looks good too,. Pretty uneventful on 95 in virginia, out of stanford, just volume passed a client, oh, dumphries, and woodbrige. A potato chip trucks has been in an accident. Lot ofund 301, a activity. As you comearyland 214 central ave. This is prior to the john hanson highway, prior to 50. One lane getting by. Im on my way. We are starting to get a little volume in that area. We will keep a close watch on that. Back to you. Thank you. Pizza and potato chips. We are hungry. You have anything . No. Its 53 degrees. Coming up, a look at a version of dancing with stars. You will hear what melissa had to say about dancing through a neck injury. She did it. Coming up at 4 00 p. M. Today, singer rod stewart celebrates book. Lease of a brand new how does he handle fame and what and whateepest regrets about his wild hairdos . Thats coming up at 4 00 p. M. Couric. Ie that is someone who can never look. His n katie. Ee that o last nights president ial dancing producers to split the the performance. Last night featured four to theirancing favorite guilty pleasure song while the other four did our Freestyle Team dance. Marini and his d the rumba and to perfection with 29 points. She brings so much happiness me, so gradually it will keep up. G up and she has the perfect recipe to make anybody dance incredibly. Emmitt smith just a half a doing the samba successfully. I know some dances are difficult me, but i have the attitude knowing that i will have to to, and putly hard others andours than have to do to try to good. He dance look. Her best had individual dance of the allstar season. She was excited to talk about style member you will see on tuesday night. I think the president ial this. Ates should be doing it. Heres something about come on down. With 24. 5 points for the samba, kelly monaco get the thoughtcore, but she they did a great job. I think the final product was amazing. The judgese with this time around. There are no excuses. The other four and danced to that got eachmber them 29. 5 points. Their good fortune came after rycroft herniated disk neck during drizzle on sunday. During rehearsal. I was juspp
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