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Clocked going 90 miles per hour. At least one if not two Virginia State police attempted to follow the vehicle but were stopped short. The woman pulled into the Walter Read Medical Center and neighed a u turn right made a u turn right in front of the guard booth. Law personnel tried to speak with her. We were told they noticed her biting or attempting to eat a bar of soap. She took off and hit a car and headed south before turning around and heading into the medical center. At that point the military Security Officer approached her. She refused to roll down her window, the officer knocked down a window out of her car. The woman started driving away on a grassy area next to the sidewalk. We were told there was a Naval Security person here. The car was coming towards that person. I think he was on foot. He discharged his firearm once. The round struck the vehicle. Once again the woman that allegely took off this time heading northbound in the busy southbound lanes of wisconsin avenue. She drove a few miles before crashing into a fence and was quickly arrested. There were cops everywhere and making sure she was not going to get up and run or anything like that. We couldnt see anything besides the person on the ground. Thankfully nobody was seriously injured. The suspect has been identified as 27yearold angela. She is being evaluated at a local hospital and will soon be discharged . New information on the search for a serial groper. Five others took place back in september. A Woman Tells Police she was walking with a stroller in the area of south mill avenue and gibson street when a guy grabbed her buttocks. If you have information, you should Call Fairfax County Police right away. Leslie . Zena pleaded with her husband not to kill her shooting her and two other women in wisconsin this week. Every time you hear these stories, it gets you right in the gut. You know what, the experts say women still need to go get these res straining orders if they can. They still help a lot of times. In this case, a judge ordered rat cliff to turn in his guns and abusers dont always listen. Twodays later he was able to guy another gun. There you are with the big question. What else can we do to stop these guys in. For this woman here, here she is, gorgeous i dont even know her name. For 20 years here is the beginning stages of her suffering from Domestic Violence. Maryland state senator. She was burned with what looks like a cigarette lighter. Of a Domestic Violence victim. Judges grant more than a million women a year restraining orders. She wrote that her husband was going to dows her with douse her with gas and light her on fire. There have been 8 murder so far this year in Prince George alone. She was shot and killed in front of two Montgomery Police officers. He has Just Announced a new program to train Police Officers across Prince Georges to stop abusers before they kill. It is about the community wrapping themselves around victims and letting them understand and believe that there is help out there. Police officers heading to suspected Domestic Violence scenes will be handling this questionnaire. Has he or she ever threatened to kill you. Has he ever tried to choke you. If the victim says yes, the officer calls the hot line counselor and tries to get the victim to talk to the counselor right away. It is about saving the lives of women and children. At times it seems hopeless. Ben son says we need to focus on what is all too often a generationnal cycle of abuse. When children see this kind of behavior exhibited in their homes, they grow up by being the abusers and the women grow up thinking this is a way of life. The lieu tenant governor says that this questionnaire works and saves lives and doesnt cost that much. There is about 200,000 to train Police Officers in Prince Georges county. 88 departments all across maryland already use it and the hope is to get everybody on board. This is just another stark reminder during the month that we typically acknowledge Domestic Violence and ways to try to prevent it from happening that we all need to do more. Bruce, thanks . A 13yearold boy charged with beating a 2yearold foster child to death is being put into a group home. The foster child was beat to death in july. Little aniya was living with the family at the time in forth washington. He has been held since her murder . After wrapping their final debate, president obama and mitt romney jumped back on the debate trail looking for every last vote. The campaign planned to spend all of their time in a handful of Battle Ground states . The dust is still settling from last nights debate. Trying to win an election that many say is too close for comfort. The president rallied voters in florida and once again accused his republican challenger of having a selective memory. If you say you love american cars during the debate but you wrote an article that says let detroit go bankrupt you might have ronnesia. That is not leadership you can trust. You know me. You can trust that i say what i mean. The president is also targeting voters in ohio today teaming up with biden in dayton. Romney has rallies in nevada and colorado. They are spending the next few weeks in the Battle Ground states. Polls show the candidates are virtually tied. They are expected to spend around 100 million on tv ads from now until election day. Romney continues to ham near the president on voters number 1 issue, the struggling economy. We have to strengthen our economy here at home. Today, president obama reintroduced his blueprint to produce jobs over the next few years. The Romney Campaign suggests its too little too late. A new survey shows there was no significant change in Voter Opinion for either candidate. Aneat anita, back to you. The economy as well as the deficit, in a cbs instant poll, 50 of uncommitted voters said the president won this one and 27 gave it to romney. The issue of jerry mannedderring. Voters in maryland have a historic we have little doubt that when you see the tortured map, you will understand why motivated citizens just got that issue on the ballot. Scott . There are a lot of critics who say the democrats in charge in maryland, that would be the governor and legislature have reached an all time low which is why im here at the intersection of oa kv iew home to three congressional districts and a church. Over on this side of the street, folks are on the fourth congressional district. On this side of the street they are in the 8th congressional district. They are voting with people who are farmers and what about that corner over there. This corner over there is in the third congressional district. This is the part that is in montgomery county. Looking like blood splatter at a crime scene. Nobody can represent this district nor remember the board borders of this district. Undoing this map that uses narrow corridors to baltimore and Baltimore County all to ensure safety for conning gregg man john congressman john in affect, politicians are choosing the voters rather than the voters choosing their candidates. That is what you will to do to sway people. It is not just the third district. In the fourth on this side of the street and the 8th on the other side of the street, those maps dont look a whole lot different which brings me to question 5 on marylands ballot. If a majority of voters on this question, vote no, it completely undoes, it is up to the voter, is it diversity or is it jerry man deering as a lot of the critics say. Question 5 will decide that one. Voters will have to know what to look for. Live in Silver Spring in three different congressional districts in one intersection . Thanks for bringing that to us. Because of redistricting another hot race is for marylands 6th district where ten term incumbent finds himself fighting a real battle. Both candidates will be in the news room. That is tonight right here at 9 news now at 7 00 . Apple takes its wrap over the smaller version of the i pad. We will reveal its size and cost a little later . We will track sandy. She could become a hurricane and could be headed our way over the weekend . Roan neck where voters could cast the deciding vote in the election. We will be right back. . The 2012 president ial race could come down to virginia. Obama launched an ad in the state making what he calls a Closing Argument to the voters. A virtual toss up, the state. Lets hear directly from voter tonight and tonight she reports from roanoke. No matter where you live, this is moshing. It is so close that the state of virginia could become what florida was to the 2000 election. We spent the day in franklin county. It is a small place geographically with a potentially big impact. Just off main street in rocky mound virginia up this set of stairs is the National Campaign headquarters of former six term republican congressman virgil. I know we probably doesnt have a chance to win but i will still vote for him. It was best known as the nations moon shine capitol. With moons base in virginia, the candidate could be a spoiler, impacting the states 13 electoral votes. I have heard it come up a number of times that a vote for vier virgil would be a protest vote. The normal answer is i dont like either candidate. We love the fact that this is happening here. Late in the night democratic volunteer is working the phones on obama headquarters. We do believe it will make a difference. Those votes that will go for goode were probably intended for romney. In a race this close, even if he pulse a fraction of a percent in virginia, it could affect the outcome. The third Party President ial candidates including goode have been largely ignored so far in the debates. Later today they will participate in an internet only debate monitored by larry king. Tonight, andrea will report from the richmond area for a look at the importance of the student and evangelical vote . Snow. It is warm in the east and it is more like winter in the west. 18 inches today, it is over a mile high, timber line base had about 17 inches and a place called june lake got about 14 inches. Big snow in the mount hood area. It is pretty. Come on. Crickets here on the set. We have no need on this gorgeous fall day . Lets start with a live look outside. Look at the colors around the white house. The trees are popping. Temperatures are popping too. 77. A fair amount of clouds. We have had high and mid level clouds all day. We had no complaints about the weather. Dew point in the 50s. Thats not so bad. Satellite radar, the system to the northwest will peel off to the west of us. We do have sandy. Im getting a little more confident it will stay off shore. It will hammer the southern part of florida as we get into wednesday and thursday and even into friday morning. These showers and storms into the ohio valley and midwest, should stay to the north. A chance of a spripg he will in tonight, thats about it. A sprinkle is about all that will happen. Lets talk about sandy, still a Tropical Storm. Winds 50 miles per hour. She could become a category 1 storm on wednesday as it rolls across jam may cay and there is a hurricane warning for jamaica. There are mountains in cuba and jamaica and will weaken it a bit. Almost Tropical Storm winds in florida. By sunday it will become an extra Tropical Storm. It will kick up a big surf on our coast. Right now it stays out to sea for us. 77 in old town and we are looking at 80 in college park. It is like september, folks. We stay warm through thursday. A tad warmer tomorrow. More clouds on thursday and grab your umbrella on friday and we are monitoring sandy over the next few days. Over the next threedays, 82 tomorrow, 75 on thursday. 72 on friday. Temperatures go down a bit. Not a lot of activity yet. Notice, you still have showers in on saturday and sunday. Those are unrelated to sandy, okay . That is a cold front. That is unrelated and it will cool off too. Low 60s on sunday and then the 50s on monday and tuesday. Thank you for fall pictures. I encourage more fall pictures. This is the naval air station. This is the maple that is on the base. We do encourage fall pictures wusa9. Com and click on the photo tab. Thank you . Fed ex is expected to be easier than ever. We will share their Holiday Shipping forecast next . Nine tractor trailers crash at the entrance to a tunnel. We will tell you what happened. . We have an update on the bay bridge news. Both directions are open. Propane started leaking out of a tanker. On route 50 on the eastern side of the bridge right before the tolls. Shortly before 5 00 oclock, they towed the truck away from the scene. Westbound and eastbound traffic moving. Things are clearing up on the bay bridge. A crash involving nine trucks caused massive headaches for drivers outside of los angeles tonight. Thats about 25 miles north of downtown la. Investigators say the trucks collided when a dump truck spun out. At least one trucker ended up at the hospital. Hundreds of gallons of diesel fuels spilled all over the road way. The tunnel was closed for nine hours . A historic flight suit is being donated to the national air and space museum. It was worn by late Navy Commander william over cuba during the crisis. Ecker and his wing man took the first soviet bases in cuba. One of the most decorated mayor reins is getting marines is getting a new honor. A statute was installed today outside the National Museum of the marine corp. He is the only marine to have five . Why do president ial watchers say obama was more aggressive than romney . We will have the story of apple unveiling their smaller version of the i pad. That coming up . A fed ex Holiday Shipping surge and a brown ie recall. Apple unveiled its i pad. For the first look . Apple shrinks the screen to just under 8 inches. That is about two inches smaller than previous models. This isnt just a shrunken down i pad. It is an entirelily new design. With the starting price of 329, it is more expensive than either of those . It is an i pad mini. He described it as thin as a pencil and as light as a piece of paper. We were already so far ahead of the competition, this just i cant even see them in the rearview mirror. Apples big announcement comes after a month when they unveiled a line of gadgets including the i phone 5. She says there is a reason for the back to back announcements. Because the Holiday Season is coming up. You want to get in before the november period starts. Apple has already sold 100 million i pads since they unveiled it two years ago. Apple also introduced a new i mac and an updated i mac pro. Check your pantry, you want to see if you have any wegma ns gluten free brownie mix. They want you to return the product to the store for a full refund . Fed i can will be busy this season. The Company Forecasts it will ship 280 million packages. Fed ex expects to hire an additional extra 20,000 seasonal workers. They already employee 300,000 permanent workers around the world . Two weeks from today voters will be going to the polls to elect the next president. Last night was our last chance to compare these guys side by side before election day. Our partners spent the day and joining me now what was said. , ray. It was a busy night. In many of the cases it seemed like romney was echoing some agreement with the current policy. Absolutely, he was almost like he was endorsing the president s. During the debate, the president said earlier governor romney said he is ready to give heavy arms to the syrian rebels. Governor romney has suggested that giving hesp see weapons to the Syrian Opposition would lead us to be safer over the longterm. Did mr. Romney say that earlier . Is there gl yes, he said that on october 8th. He suggested they needed arms to go the rebels to fight syrian tanks. He did seem to back off of that. Thats right. Thats why the president pushed him on that. Lets also talk about the apology to a very pointed exchange when mitt romney accused the president on the beginning of his presidency and almost apologizing for previous policy. From the very beginning the president and his campaign some four years ago and said he will meet with all the worlds first actors in his first year, with and he thought that is an unusual honor to receive when the president of the United States and the president began what i call an apology tour of going to various nations in the middle east and criticizing america. I think they looked at that and saw weakness. Did the president advice sit various nations in the middle east and omit israel and apology for previous us policy. He acknowledged flaws in us policies. He never said he was sorry for anything. Not just us, numerous Fact Checkers labeled this as clearly false. That apology tour, not true. Yes. Lets talk about lib i cant and whether libya and whether governor romney flip flopped in his statements. Lets listen to this from president obama. You supported us going into libya and the coalition that we organized. But when it came time to making sure that gadhafi was captured, your suggestion was that this was mission metal. Mission creep, mission mud del. Did romney accuse the government of not being straightforward in their plan for libya gl are gl thats exactly the words that governor romney called, Mission Creep and mission mowed del. That was a correct statement by the president. When it comes to peace talks the president took a lot of heat from mitt romney of the lack of progress in the peace talks and he said israel and the palestinians havent met in two years. Are they closer to reaching a Virginia State<\/a> police attempted to follow the vehicle but were stopped short. The woman pulled into the Walter Read Medical Center<\/a> and neighed a u turn right made a u turn right in front of the guard booth. Law personnel tried to speak with her. We were told they noticed her biting or attempting to eat a bar of soap. She took off and hit a car and headed south before turning around and heading into the medical center. At that point the military Security Officer<\/a> approached her. She refused to roll down her window, the officer knocked down a window out of her car. The woman started driving away on a grassy area next to the sidewalk. We were told there was a Naval Security<\/a> person here. The car was coming towards that person. I think he was on foot. He discharged his firearm once. The round struck the vehicle. Once again the woman that allegely took off this time heading northbound in the busy southbound lanes of wisconsin avenue. She drove a few miles before crashing into a fence and was quickly arrested. There were cops everywhere and making sure she was not going to get up and run or anything like that. We couldnt see anything besides the person on the ground. Thankfully nobody was seriously injured. The suspect has been identified as 27yearold angela. She is being evaluated at a local hospital and will soon be discharged . New information on the search for a serial groper. Five others took place back in september. A Woman Tells Police<\/a> she was walking with a stroller in the area of south mill avenue and gibson street when a guy grabbed her buttocks. If you have information, you should Call Fairfax County Police<\/a> right away. Leslie . Zena pleaded with her husband not to kill her shooting her and two other women in wisconsin this week. Every time you hear these stories, it gets you right in the gut. You know what, the experts say women still need to go get these res straining orders if they can. They still help a lot of times. In this case, a judge ordered rat cliff to turn in his guns and abusers dont always listen. Twodays later he was able to guy another gun. There you are with the big question. What else can we do to stop these guys in. For this woman here, here she is, gorgeous i dont even know her name. For 20 years here is the beginning stages of her suffering from Domestic Violence<\/a>. Maryland state senator. She was burned with what looks like a cigarette lighter. Of a Domestic Violence<\/a> victim. Judges grant more than a million women a year restraining orders. She wrote that her husband was going to dows her with douse her with gas and light her on fire. There have been 8 murder so far this year in Prince George<\/a> alone. She was shot and killed in front of two Montgomery Police<\/a> officers. He has Just Announced<\/a> a new program to train Police Officers<\/a> across Prince George<\/a>s to stop abusers before they kill. It is about the community wrapping themselves around victims and letting them understand and believe that there is help out there. Police officers heading to suspected Domestic Violence<\/a> scenes will be handling this questionnaire. Has he or she ever threatened to kill you. Has he ever tried to choke you. If the victim says yes, the officer calls the hot line counselor and tries to get the victim to talk to the counselor right away. It is about saving the lives of women and children. At times it seems hopeless. Ben son says we need to focus on what is all too often a generationnal cycle of abuse. When children see this kind of behavior exhibited in their homes, they grow up by being the abusers and the women grow up thinking this is a way of life. The lieu tenant governor says that this questionnaire works and saves lives and doesnt cost that much. There is about 200,000 to train Police Officers<\/a> in Prince George<\/a>s county. 88 departments all across maryland already use it and the hope is to get everybody on board. This is just another stark reminder during the month that we typically acknowledge Domestic Violence<\/a> and ways to try to prevent it from happening that we all need to do more. Bruce, thanks . A 13yearold boy charged with beating a 2yearold foster child to death is being put into a group home. The foster child was beat to death in july. Little aniya was living with the family at the time in forth washington. He has been held since her murder . After wrapping their final debate, president obama and mitt romney jumped back on the debate trail looking for every last vote. The campaign planned to spend all of their time in a handful of Battle Ground<\/a> states . The dust is still settling from last nights debate. Trying to win an election that many say is too close for comfort. The president rallied voters in florida and once again accused his republican challenger of having a selective memory. If you say you love american cars during the debate but you wrote an article that says let detroit go bankrupt you might have ronnesia. That is not leadership you can trust. You know me. You can trust that i say what i mean. The president is also targeting voters in ohio today teaming up with biden in dayton. Romney has rallies in nevada and colorado. They are spending the next few weeks in the Battle Ground<\/a> states. Polls show the candidates are virtually tied. They are expected to spend around 100 million on tv ads from now until election day. Romney continues to ham near the president on voters number 1 issue, the struggling economy. We have to strengthen our economy here at home. Today, president obama reintroduced his blueprint to produce jobs over the next few years. The Romney Campaign<\/a> suggests its too little too late. A new survey shows there was no significant change in Voter Opinion<\/a> for either candidate. Aneat anita, back to you. The economy as well as the deficit, in a cbs instant poll, 50 of uncommitted voters said the president won this one and 27 gave it to romney. The issue of jerry mannedderring. Voters in maryland have a historic we have little doubt that when you see the tortured map, you will understand why motivated citizens just got that issue on the ballot. Scott . There are a lot of critics who say the democrats in charge in maryland, that would be the governor and legislature have reached an all time low which is why im here at the intersection of oa kv iew home to three congressional districts and a church. Over on this side of the street, folks are on the fourth congressional district. On this side of the street they are in the 8th congressional district. They are voting with people who are farmers and what about that corner over there. This corner over there is in the third congressional district. This is the part that is in montgomery county. Looking like blood splatter at a crime scene. Nobody can represent this district nor remember the board borders of this district. Undoing this map that uses narrow corridors to baltimore and Baltimore County<\/a> all to ensure safety for conning gregg man john congressman john in affect, politicians are choosing the voters rather than the voters choosing their candidates. That is what you will to do to sway people. It is not just the third district. In the fourth on this side of the street and the 8th on the other side of the street, those maps dont look a whole lot different which brings me to question 5 on marylands ballot. If a majority of voters on this question, vote no, it completely undoes, it is up to the voter, is it diversity or is it jerry man deering as a lot of the critics say. Question 5 will decide that one. Voters will have to know what to look for. Live in Silver Spring<\/a> in three different congressional districts in one intersection . Thanks for bringing that to us. Because of redistricting another hot race is for marylands 6th district where ten term incumbent finds himself fighting a real battle. Both candidates will be in the news room. That is tonight right here at 9 news now at 7 00 . Apple takes its wrap over the smaller version of the i pad. We will reveal its size and cost a little later . We will track sandy. She could become a hurricane and could be headed our way over the weekend . Roan neck where voters could cast the deciding vote in the election. We will be right back. . The 2012 president ial race could come down to virginia. Obama launched an ad in the state making what he calls a Closing Argument<\/a> to the voters. A virtual toss up, the state. Lets hear directly from voter tonight and tonight she reports from roanoke. No matter where you live, this is moshing. It is so close that the state of virginia could become what florida was to the 2000 election. We spent the day in franklin county. It is a small place geographically with a potentially big impact. Just off main street in rocky mound virginia up this set of stairs is the National Campaign<\/a> headquarters of former six term republican congressman virgil. I know we probably doesnt have a chance to win but i will still vote for him. It was best known as the nations moon shine capitol. With moons base in virginia, the candidate could be a spoiler, impacting the states 13 electoral votes. I have heard it come up a number of times that a vote for vier virgil would be a protest vote. The normal answer is i dont like either candidate. We love the fact that this is happening here. Late in the night democratic volunteer is working the phones on obama headquarters. We do believe it will make a difference. Those votes that will go for goode were probably intended for romney. In a race this close, even if he pulse a fraction of a percent in virginia, it could affect the outcome. The third Party President<\/a> ial candidates including goode have been largely ignored so far in the debates. Later today they will participate in an internet only debate monitored by larry king. Tonight, andrea will report from the richmond area for a look at the importance of the student and evangelical vote . Snow. It is warm in the east and it is more like winter in the west. 18 inches today, it is over a mile high, timber line base had about 17 inches and a place called june lake got about 14 inches. Big snow in the mount hood area. It is pretty. Come on. Crickets here on the set. We have no need on this gorgeous fall day . Lets start with a live look outside. Look at the colors around the white house. The trees are popping. Temperatures are popping too. 77. A fair amount of clouds. We have had high and mid level clouds all day. We had no complaints about the weather. Dew point in the 50s. Thats not so bad. Satellite radar, the system to the northwest will peel off to the west of us. We do have sandy. Im getting a little more confident it will stay off shore. It will hammer the southern part of florida as we get into wednesday and thursday and even into friday morning. These showers and storms into the ohio valley and midwest, should stay to the north. A chance of a spripg he will in tonight, thats about it. A sprinkle is about all that will happen. Lets talk about sandy, still a Tropical Storm<\/a>. Winds 50 miles per hour. She could become a category 1 storm on wednesday as it rolls across jam may cay and there is a hurricane warning for jamaica. There are mountains in cuba and jamaica and will weaken it a bit. Almost Tropical Storm<\/a> winds in florida. By sunday it will become an extra Tropical Storm<\/a>. It will kick up a big surf on our coast. Right now it stays out to sea for us. 77 in old town and we are looking at 80 in college park. It is like september, folks. We stay warm through thursday. A tad warmer tomorrow. More clouds on thursday and grab your umbrella on friday and we are monitoring sandy over the next few days. Over the next threedays, 82 tomorrow, 75 on thursday. 72 on friday. Temperatures go down a bit. Not a lot of activity yet. Notice, you still have showers in on saturday and sunday. Those are unrelated to sandy, okay . That is a cold front. That is unrelated and it will cool off too. Low 60s on sunday and then the 50s on monday and tuesday. Thank you for fall pictures. I encourage more fall pictures. This is the naval air station. This is the maple that is on the base. We do encourage fall pictures wusa9. Com and click on the photo tab. Thank you . Fed ex is expected to be easier than ever. We will share their Holiday Shipping<\/a> forecast next . Nine tractor trailers crash at the entrance to a tunnel. We will tell you what happened. . We have an update on the bay bridge news. Both directions are open. Propane started leaking out of a tanker. On route 50 on the eastern side of the bridge right before the tolls. Shortly before 5 00 oclock, they towed the truck away from the scene. Westbound and eastbound traffic moving. Things are clearing up on the bay bridge. A crash involving nine trucks caused massive headaches for drivers outside of los angeles tonight. Thats about 25 miles north of downtown la. Investigators say the trucks collided when a dump truck spun out. At least one trucker ended up at the hospital. Hundreds of gallons of diesel fuels spilled all over the road way. The tunnel was closed for nine hours . A historic flight suit is being donated to the national air and space museum. It was worn by late Navy Commander<\/a> william over cuba during the crisis. Ecker and his wing man took the first soviet bases in cuba. One of the most decorated mayor reins is getting marines is getting a new honor. A statute was installed today outside the National Museum<\/a> of the marine corp. He is the only marine to have five . Why do president ial watchers say obama was more aggressive than romney . We will have the story of apple unveiling their smaller version of the i pad. That coming up . A fed ex Holiday Shipping<\/a> surge and a brown ie recall. Apple unveiled its i pad. For the first look . Apple shrinks the screen to just under 8 inches. That is about two inches smaller than previous models. This isnt just a shrunken down i pad. It is an entirelily new design. With the starting price of 329, it is more expensive than either of those . It is an i pad mini. He described it as thin as a pencil and as light as a piece of paper. We were already so far ahead of the competition, this just i cant even see them in the rearview mirror. Apples big announcement comes after a month when they unveiled a line of gadgets including the i phone 5. She says there is a reason for the back to back announcements. Because the Holiday Season<\/a> is coming up. You want to get in before the november period starts. Apple has already sold 100 million i pads since they unveiled it two years ago. Apple also introduced a new i mac and an updated i mac pro. Check your pantry, you want to see if you have any wegma ns gluten free brownie mix. They want you to return the product to the store for a full refund . Fed i can will be busy this season. The Company Forecasts<\/a> it will ship 280 million packages. Fed ex expects to hire an additional extra 20,000 seasonal workers. They already employee 300,000 permanent workers around the world . Two weeks from today voters will be going to the polls to elect the next president. Last night was our last chance to compare these guys side by side before election day. Our partners spent the day and joining me now what was said. , ray. It was a busy night. In many of the cases it seemed like romney was echoing some agreement with the current policy. Absolutely, he was almost like he was endorsing the president s. During the debate, the president said earlier governor romney said he is ready to give heavy arms to the syrian rebels. Governor romney has suggested that giving hesp see weapons to the Syrian Opposition<\/a> would lead us to be safer over the longterm. Did mr. Romney say that earlier . Is there gl yes, he said that on october 8th. He suggested they needed arms to go the rebels to fight syrian tanks. He did seem to back off of that. Thats right. Thats why the president pushed him on that. Lets also talk about the apology to a very pointed exchange when mitt romney accused the president on the beginning of his presidency and almost apologizing for previous policy. From the very beginning the president and his campaign some four years ago and said he will meet with all the worlds first actors in his first year, with and he thought that is an unusual honor to receive when the president of the United States<\/a> and the president began what i call an apology tour of going to various nations in the middle east and criticizing america. I think they looked at that and saw weakness. Did the president advice sit various nations in the middle east and omit israel and apology for previous us policy. He acknowledged flaws in us policies. He never said he was sorry for anything. Not just us, numerous Fact Checkers<\/a> labeled this as clearly false. That apology tour, not true. Yes. Lets talk about lib i cant and whether libya and whether governor romney flip flopped in his statements. Lets listen to this from president obama. You supported us going into libya and the coalition that we organized. But when it came time to making sure that gadhafi was captured, your suggestion was that this was mission metal. Mission creep, mission mud del. Did romney accuse the government of not being straightforward in their plan for libya gl are gl thats exactly the words that governor romney called, Mission Creep<\/a> and mission mowed del. That was a correct statement by the president. When it comes to peace talks the president took a lot of heat from mitt romney of the lack of progress in the peace talks and he said israel and the palestinians havent met in two years. Are they closer to reaching a Peace Agreement<\/a> . No, they have not had talks in the last two years. We have not seen progress we need to have. Is that misleading or has the president failed to show leadership in pushing the process forward. It is true they have not had meetings in two years. They were suspended after the the i see rallies he would mud dle through durings his first term if elected. Thank you for being with us and for being our partner as usa today through all of these debates. Leslie . There is a bit of a lighter note here too, right . Some funny tweets that came out. There certainly are and i think one of them, the very first one was governor both candidates use of the numbers 1 through 5 under scores the importance of sesame street. These were some of the fun fun nier tweets. Americans predicting retirement age is older and older. Surveillance cameras are rolling when a pair of suspected car thieves smash a truck through a convenience store. We will be back. . This is Surveillance Video<\/a> from the wishing well station. He then gets back in the truck and they back out again, run over the pump and they go back inside a store and take off with more booze and cigarettes. Tonight the driver, an 18year old, is in custody and the passenger is still on the run. Police are looking for the person behind a savage attack. This time in california. We need to warn you about this video. This shows a man being set on fire after someone through a molitov cocktail on him. Witnesses managed to extinguish that victim who was literally running and engulfed in flames. He is in critical but stable condition at a local burn center . We are tracking the push for the new companies at the center of the deadly men guy ties out beak. We will talk about that in a minute. Men . Topping tonights health alerts, revoke the medical license at the center of the deadly meningitis out break. Governor announced state officials found unclean conditions at a compound center. Vials of stray roads ended 23 people have died and more than 300 people are ill from this out break . Fatty breast tissue versus dense breast tissue, they are at higher risk for developing Breast Cancer<\/a>. They were also believed to be that their diagnosis for death or it coming back was poor. Now surprising results for women in both categories . A majority of women have dense breasts. It has nothing to do with breast size, shape or firmness. It has to do with the type of tissue that makes up the breasts. We depend on maim graph fee to separate out the structures. Dense tissues come out white but so does cancer. In a fatty breast, we can find the white spots much more redly. This womans risk for Breast Cancer<\/a> is still as high. In a new study by the National Cancer<\/a> Institute Offers<\/a> encouraging news for women with dense breasts. It concluded that higher breast density had no impact on the mortality risk once the disease had developed. Surprisingly that wasnt the case for some women to be at lower risk. Obese women with fatty breasts were fond to die more easily in Breast Cancer<\/a>s. Doctor believes that the issue of dense versus fatty breasts has been over blown. Having one over the other is not better. Every woman can can benefit from high digital mammogra ph y. By making [ inaudible ] that they are safe is a bad message to send. Bottom line, the studies authors say we have a lot to learn about breast dense tissue. It is important to talk to your doctor about all of that . To see this story again click on the home page on wusa9. Com . Researchers at ohio state heat generating cells into the stomachs of mice and they lost 20 of their body fat in days. Like the elderly. Under a proposed settlement to a class action lawsuit, thousands of medicare patients with severe chronic illness can have continuing access. Patients have to show improvement to keep getting the benefits. A new study shows that retirement just isnt within our reach, at least not any time soon. Incomes under 100,000 when they plan to stop working. 30 of them plan to work until they are 80 or older. That is a 5 jump from last year. A spokesperson for the bank says americans are working longer because it is tougher to save money. Could you imagine us sitting here at 80 . If i could, i will. I have three girls. College tuition . They want to go to college. I dont know why all three of them want to go to college but they do . Warm here. It is a snow theme this evening. We will show you more video. This time from around boise. This place is called the bogus basin mountain. They didnt get inches but it is their first snow of the first snow of the season. The other side of the coin for us. It is warm. We are 10, almost 15degrees above average. Nice fall colors now around the white house. 77, dew point is in the mid 50s. Winds with the pressures rising 30. 05inches of mer cure rei. Sandy is a Tropical Storm<\/a>. Gusts are 65. It will roll over jamaica and possibly become a category 1 and then goes into a Tropical Storm<\/a> and then into the about bahamas. The models take it out to sea. If it follows the track, we will have some in terms of rain and wind, it will not affect us. Not set in stone yet, each day that goes by, more and more models are favoring its track that kind of brings it and merges it with that system out in the midwest. 77 in great falls. 76 in fairfax. 75 in old town. 78 in college park and 74 in late tense ville. We stay warm through thursday. Even a tad bit warmer tomorrow. More clouds on thursday. Might want to grab your umbrella on friday. We are monitoring sandy in the next couple days in case she turns to the north or to the west. Warm tomorrow, 82. 75 on thursday. More clouds but a perfectly decent day. Friday maybe a sprinkle and mild. Temperatures low 70s. Now, again saturday and sunday we still have the showers in there because of a cold front. I think the northeast which will be sandy will stay afrom us. Showers are still possible saturday and sunday and then back to reality and then some. Highs on monday and tuesday in the 50s. Colder air is on the way but lets enjoy the rest of the week. With that warning, we sure will . If you love sports, you are probably familiar with the subject of our next story. You probably didnt know it was made right here in the dmv. Diane roberts has the product . I black is a wellknown, well worn staple of athletes everywhere, professionals and student athletes and week end wear years. It is the stuff you see under athletes eyes to keep off the glare. They do something nobody else does. They have a patent to put logo, advertising on the black patches. I think it was the st. Louis cardinals baseball and i was looking at the patch and i said wow, that is pretty cool, what would be the value of that be if you can put the nike swoosh on it. From petes mouth to under your eye and those are some of your favorite players. The redskins Robert Griffin<\/a> the third. I wear the eye black strips on my eyes whether it is the nighttime game. I dont know if there are any affects because i dont play without them. Several of his nfl colleagues have official relationships with the company most famously Brian Urlacher<\/a> with the chicago bears. You can get your own with any logo, design or saying that you want. Just about any. We have a lot of jay glia things crazy things that people want. I cant tell you the crazy ones because they cant make it on tv. Thinker printing is done in atlanta. For many fans having ought then particular eye black is like having an authentic jersey. For nine sports im Diane Roberts<\/a> . They really do have it all. I black estimates they ship about 8 and a half million pairs around the world this year . Still ahead tonight, a big win for clients of women eases clinics relying on medicaid. Nonprofits likes this one say they will believe it when they see it. There are thousands of cab drivers across the country but the best cab driver is from right here in our area. We will introduce you to him and tell you his connection to arlington schools. . There are thousands of tax key cab drivers taxicab drivers across the country. Taxtaxicab top billing . On any given day there are plenty of cabs on the road but this one, red top cab number 281 is no ordinary cab because of its driver. There is a lot more to it than just driving. Jerome green has been on it if more than 40 years recently selected him as the best taxicab driver of the year. Probably one of the highlights of my life. Part of the reason that green is being honored is because he is sacrificing his cab fairs to make sure that school get to children on time. We make sure they are able to make greater progress. Four days a week for the past seven years green has picked up and dropped off kids whose parents cant for one reason or another. I feel like im helping parents help their kids. He has turned his cab into the mobile classroom of sorts. In here he is not teaching reading, writing or math. He is teaching them about kindness and respect. Every morning he wont move unless we say good morning and he talks to us about school and how it is important. Green is making a difference for these kids and he also hopes for his profession. As opposed to just being the guy out there who ripped you off. There are some good guys out here. Thank you. If you see red top cab number 281, you might be lucky and catch a ride with the best cab in the country. Green heads to las vegas to collect his honor . This is 9 news now. We have an update on the breaking news we have been updating you all afternoon. The bridge is back open. A truck carrying 9000 pounds of propane began leaking at about 3 15 this afternoon. 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