abc's stephanie ramos reports from alexandria, virginia. the year leading up to the general election. voters in a dozen states and a us territory will go to the polls today ?with 16-hundred and 10 delegates at stake. hours before polls open?.the candidates zig zagging across the country holding rallies trying to nab those last minute votes in order to snag their partys nomination. cruz "let me tell the men and women of texas this, i will not compromise away your religious liberty rights." ted cruz hoping to win big in his home state of texas talking about religious liberty and the supreme court nomination nats rubio rally -"you know what they say about a man with small hands..." marco rubio's barrage of insults against donald trump subsiding by the end of the day ?. but at a trump rally in virginia? tension 12:55:45 get em out of here please. a large group of student protestors?marched out of the event. and as they pass?a photographer from time magazine?thrown to the ground by a secret service agent. the secret service now investigating. so

sot senator mark warner/ virginia @ :23sen. warner: "he was trying to get governor pence to see if he really agrees with some of the outrageous comments donald trump has made." it's crowded, tense, and makes getting your job done seem like a stretch. journalists will do anything for the big shot. there are interviews to grab in there somewhere. sometimes visible only by a sign and the crowd. policastro: "how do you think the vp candidates did tonight?" sot congressman mike pompeo/ kansas @ :49rep. pompeo: "mike pence did a fantastic job. there is a huge difference between a trump/ pence ticket and a clinton/kaine ticket." like the candidates - surrogates play offense and defense at the same time. sot congressman prepared to be vp to donald trump a big change from the last 7.5 years of failed policies." jacqueline policastro/lo ngwood university/@j policastro @ 1:12 for the vp candidates - their moment in the spotlight is already fading. the attention is back on donald trump and hilly clinton - the xt presidential dete is sunday

training exercise in virginia. one iowa state senator is working on legislation to make a database that would send out notices to people who don't have car insurance. the penalty - losing your license. some in cedar rapids have been seeing dollar bills with some strange markings. now the secret service is on the case. and the kansas city royals are world series champions for the first time in 30 years. they beat the new york mets in extra innings to take the crown. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news morning news. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on a really nice monday all across eastern iowa. highs today will generally be in the 70-75 range from northeast to southwest. plan on a southwest wind of 10-15 mph. overall, it's tough to beat this in november! this pattern should continue through wednesday, with a storm system set to move across the area later thursday and especially thursday night. rain will likely accompany this

mate - democratic virginia senator and former governor tim kaine up against donald trump's number 2 - republican indiana governor and former 12- year congressman erikson we have two seasoned politicians who know how to talk in rough terrain and respond to difficult questions?. kaine - a former harvard trained trial lawyer has been in intense debate prep? this debate in overdrive? making sure he avoids the criticisms of being unprepared that dogged trump after his first debate both will have their jobs cut out for them. kaine - building up clinton in a state she needs to win? clinton spent monday in ohio,- bashing trumps taxes and rallying the state hrc: toledo is the kind of place where people work hard, look after one another, and, yes, pay their taxes. meanwhile for pence? erikson pence has a lot of defense to basically steer away from som of the things trump says tonight - that means addressing trump's current tax controversy. something the candidate addressed last night donald trump, us presidential nominee: the unfairness of unbelievable. it's something i've been talking about

nicole lovell went missing from her home in blacksburg, virginia, last week. her family believes she climbed out of her bedroom window. days later, searchers found her across the state line in north carolina. police have arrested and charged 18-year-old david eisenhauer with her abduction and murder. another student, 19 year old natalie keepers is charged with helping dispose of her body. " based on evidence collected to date, we have determined that eisenhauer and nicole were acquainted prior to her disappearance. eisenhauer used this relationship to his advantage to abduct and then kill her. " state police are searching a pond near campus but won't say what they're looking for. donald trump--the republican frontrunner-- is spending tonight in des moines. but earlier today he'll be in cedar rapids with a last month. here's a look on our citycam. kaj will be back right after the break for a look at your caucus day forecast. meteorologist kaj o'mara joins us now with your first alert forecast. we are starting off with some morning fog that may deposit a light l

that includes three in waverly, virginia, where this video is from. virginia state police say they found a two year old and two men, ages 50 and 26, about 300 yards from their mobile home. president obama says he will nominate someone to fill justice antonin scalia's seat on the supreme court bench. that nomination may not get verz far according to one iowa senatat. you're looking live on our camera. kaj will be back right after the break with a look at your thursday forecast. meteorologist kaj o'mara joins us now with your first alert forecast. plan on a day similar to yesterday with lots of clouds in the sky. by aftftnoon, a few more breaks may occur, but it'll be chilly regardless. plan on highs in the mid-30s. tomorrow, clouds should scattered out some more with highs rebounding back to around 40. there's no doubt some excitement about the weekend warmth, and for good reason. plan on highs to go well into the 50s both days with sunny sky on saturday and through on sunday evening, but precipitation chances are extremelylyow at this time. the takeaw

democrat tim kaine and americans at longwood university in farmville, virginia. the debate begins at 8 o'clock. you can watch it here on kcrg-tv9. donald trump is dealing with the fall out from the new york times story exposing his tax returns. the story has given hillary clinton some powerful ammo. a-b-c's maggie rulli has more from the candidates as election day rapidly approaches. donald trump? on defense this morning.. using his supporters to help him tackle his latest controversy... his tax returns the new york times says an anoym returns...they say those records show a 916 million dollar loss... a number so large the times says trump could legally have paid no federal taxes for up to eighteen years, trump's team - calling his move... quote "genius." there's no one who has shown more genius in their way to maneuver around the tax code and rightfully use the laws to do that this is a perfectly legal application of the tax code. hillary clinton's saying it "reveals the colossal nature" of his "past business failures"clinton surrogate bernie sanders calling thi

the virginia senator focused his speech on encouraging younger voters to get out on election ""donald trump has had a passion through his whole life too, but the problem is that passion is donald j. trump. nothing about anybody else. nothing about a policy that matters to him. his entire passion has been looking out for number one." kaine also talked about the democratic party's plan to try and make college more affordable by easing the process of refinancing student debt. with the election now seven weeks away, a lot of iowa counties are making sure votin state law requires a test. johnson county started testing its machines this week. the voting machines are about ten years old, but the county says it's confident the equipment will work on election day. johnson county plans to spend about one million dollars for new machines next year. all ballots in iowa still require pen and paper. a hiawatha man is considering filing a wrongful termination lawsuit against a cedar rapids sandwich shop. justin knapp says capriotti's sandwich shop doing the right thing. on september 10th, security v

someday " two virginia tech students are charged in her death. police say one of them knew, abducted and then killed her. the other is charged with concealing a dead body and accessory before and after murder. house republicans don't have the votes to override president obamas veto on a bill to repeal obamacare. they say they're not surprised, but hope it will help them come november's election. you're looking live on our camera this morning. kaj will be back right after the break with a look at your wednesday forecast. meteorologist kaj o'mara joins first alert forecast. we are still on track to see some snow move across the area during the morning commute. this will be a bit of a fluffier snow this time around and with wind increasing behind it, this will all lead to a slick commute. combine this with falling temperatures, and it may be hazardous fororeveral hours. plan wind to also gust to 35-40mph, especially during the morning hours. wind will become much lighter late tonight. thursday continues to look dry and quiet with a snow chance still

beach, virginia and greenville, north carolina. his running mate, mike pence, will make stops in missouri -- springfield and suburban st. louis. new this morning... a man is dead after he lost control of his pickup truck and crashed into a creek. the iowa state patrol responded to the crash on w-14 morning. investigators say 32-year- old omar flores from calmar was not wearing his seatbelt and died at the scene. a man is accused of murdering his girlfriend in davenport during a fight. 55-year-old thomas james lopez of davenport... now faces a first degree murder charge. police say on wednesday, lopez slapped, choked and pushed her, and at one point, she fell back and hit her head on a window sill at a home on davenport's west side. 37 year old melissa lewis died of her injuries prosecutors already charged lopez with domestic abuse and willful injury. tonight the waterloo city council is set to vote on a plan to relocate the city's dump for yard waste. they're considering whether to build a drop- off and composting facility in the 2

but rhoads will coach the season nalainst west virginia to close out his 7th and final year. kansas state 38-35, dropping the cyclones to 3-8. two iowa state fumbles in the final 90 seconds of the game led to kansas state's comeback, scoring 10 points in the final minute. three high school football teams from the tv-9 viewing area will play for the championship today. they were supposed to play on friday, but the iowa high school athletic association moved all games to today. iowa city regina plays western christian in class 1a at 11 am. mount vernon follows in 2a against spirit lake. superintendent gary o'malley tells us there isn't school today at mount vernon. they've also sold out their 800 ticket allotment. cedar rapids kennedy and west des moines dowling meet in the 4a title game at 7. kennedy activities director aaron stecker said they have are planning to have 4 busses leaving from kennedy at 4:45 pm. there will be no live t-v broadcast for the games. this morning, a university of iowa student holds one of the most prestigious scholarships in the world. iowa city nati

shore...blocks of ice floated down flooded streets the snow continued to build threw out the weekend in virginia, and up and down the coast, the weight of that snow too much for area roofs. even this ambulance was stuck nats this morning, the east coast will be digging-out... nats "a record amount of snow must be removed and when i say removed that doesn't mean that doesn't mean we can just push it into the street. it has to be lifted and taken away."and for many....there's at least one more snow day ahead. tag: and if you're wondering...th e snow jackpot winner was glengary, wv, with a whopping 42 inches of snow. and as we make our way out from under all that powder, air travel will continue to be impacted...airlines now need to make up for the 14- thousand flights cancelled this weekend. live in washington, lz abcn. waking up in the hospital morning. one turbulent ride turned dangerous for some heading from miami to milan. you're looking live on our camera this morning. kaj will be back right after the break with a look at your monday forecast. stay with us. us nowfirst alert forecast. plan on

the storm has already caused two deaths, a lot of damage and power outages from florida to virginia you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news morning news. plan on a breezy and warm labor day with highs well into the 80s. given the breeze, ha mugginess today. late tonight into tomorrow morning, a small chance of storms exists, with a better chance tomorrow night into wednesday. heavy rain is possible with any storms that come through the region both tuesday and wednesday. thursday, we should remain in-between system with dry sky likely. friday, a strong cold front approaches from the west and should generate some more showers and storms. going into the weekend, plan on highs to fall well down into the 70s with dry conditions and pleasant humidity. today: partly cloudy early, then turning mostly sunny. breezy and warm. wind: s 10-20 high: 87 tonight: partly cloudy. isolated storms low: 71 tomorrow: a chance of storms early, then again in the late afternoon. warm and muggy. wind: sw 10-20. high: 88 tom. night: storms become likely. heavy rain possibl

with the latest from virginia, here's a-b-c's stephanie ramos. they don't call it super tuesday for nothin? on this one day?the fate of both parties could be decided?.and how we got here has been anything but tytycal? the gop frfrntrunner? donald trump taking insults from all sides?. rubio sot - trump "doesn't sweat because his pores are clogged with the spray tan cruz sot - if we nomimite donald trump in all likelihood hillary wins and if that happens we lose this country. trump has racked up support from some of the loudest names in politics.? an endorsement from new jersey governor chris christie ?and a first senate endorsement from alabama's jeff sessions. trump is leading in most states and is now set to have more big wins on super tuesday?y? but he s snt the weekend answering questions about an endorsement he may not want?from klu klux klan former grand wizard david duke. david duke. i don't believe i've ever met him, and i just don't know anything about him. "on the democratic side - - llary clilion has more delegates and more momentum tha

jn abc news washington the city council of a small town in west virginia will appoint a new mayor after the former one resigned because of a racist post on social media. the mayor was not the one who wrote the original post. following last county employee posted about the new first lady and in part said "i'm tired of seeing an ape in heels." the mayor commented on that post saying "just made my day". former mayor beverly whaling wrote a letter to city council submitting her resignation yesterday. one woman drove for two hours to attend the city council meeting. "there was a lot of talk this election cycle about rural american not being represented, and this is not how we want to be represented...and if we want to be seen with respect, we have to earn that respect...and to what's right. " clay county has put that county employee who originally wrote the post on administrative leave. families with critically-ill children not only have to worry about that child but other day-to-day activities become a burden. and you still have one more day to help those children and their families. its he

he reinforced his idea during a nationally televised town-hall meeting in virginia last night. president obama defended his executive actions, including expanding background checks on some gun sales. he told people that he believes in the constitutiona l right to bear arms - and that he is not trying to take guns away from people. " if we could combine gun safety with sensible background checks and some other checks, we're not going to eliminate gun violence but we will lessen it. " a new cnn-orc poll shows 67 percent support president obama's executive actions he announced this week. but less than half think they will reduce gun- related deaths. those hoping to take over the president's office next year are in eastern iowa campaigning today. candidate ted cruz will be in northern iowa today. he starts his day in mason city and ends in decorah, speaking to voters at 7-45 tonight. he has been ranking in the top three in recent polls of g-o-p candidates. another g-o-p presidential candidate is starting in the opposite side of the state. senator rand paul is starting in southeast

including the more populated states of georgia, massachusett s, virginia and xas. both political parties are reorting some of the highest caucus turnouts ever for last night. kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders is live in des moines. forrest, it was a busy night at the ecincts. huge. there were reports that some had a hard time fitting everyone in the doors. four out of ten who caucused, did it for the first time this year. the republicans are the big story here. let's talk numbers. more than 180-thousand registered republicans voted last night. that's the new benchmark. for perspective, in 2012 republicans had roughgh 122 thousand registered voters turn out. that's was about 20 . gop leaders say they attribute the boom to the diversity of the candidates this cycle. but, also the commitment the candidates hafor iowa. ""i think it's been one of the most incredible campaigns that iowa has ever sese. it's been going on for a year. it's been going on year. it's been really enthusiastic among the candidates, among the people here. they've come to many events here. they've trave

abc's megan hughes has details script: justice antonin scalia's body-transported to virginia after his final vacation. a quail hunting trip at this west texas ranch was cut short. the legal giaat died in his sleep. sot john poindexter / owner, cibolo creek ranch "he was totally peaceful. he's a man who went to sleep and just didn't less than peaceful. within an hour of thehe supreme court confirming scalia's death senate majority leader mitch mcconnell declared "this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president." president ama made it clear he's ready to move. sot obama: "i plan to fulfill my constitutional responsibilities to nominate a successor..." both parties have reason to fight for who gets to make the minations, because of how it could shift balance on the supreme court, which, without scalia, is split 4 and 4. sot kerry haynie / duke prof of political science "...so now this next coming down the pike" that abortion, affirmative action, and immigration. and that adds a new dimension to this year's presidential race. sot hillary clinton "it is outrageous that repub

donald trump is campaigning in florida, and his running mate, mike pence, is in north carolina and virginia. cedar rapids will start to collect sandbags this morning. the city used 250,000 sandbags to protect buildings from flooding last month. originally, crews were supposed to start to pick them it should take 3 weeks to collect all of the bags. now, one last look at this morning's weather, kaj... plan on a much cooler day than yesterday. while some spots are starting off in the 60s, it won't last, and readings will settle back into the 50-55 range for much of the day. while moisture is limited, there will still be a chance of light rain as well, though all areas will stay well below a quarter of an inch. tonight, plan on temperatures to go into the 30s, however, the wind will not calm down entirely, which will prevent a hard freeze. patchy frost is likely, with widespread frost possible over northern sections of the state. temperatures will be in the upper 50 rebound in temperature likely for the weekend. today: light rain possible, mainly through early afternoon. slowly falling temperat

the former virginia education secretary was in the city yesterday. clinton's campaign has taken heat recently for waiting to tell the public about her battle with pneumonia. holton said politicians should have to release their medical records. " absolutely, the public is entitled to know what a candidate's health is holton served as education secretary in virgina from 2014 to 2016. two top aides for ron paul's 2012 presidential campaign will not go to prison for trying to cover up payments to a former iowa state senator. a judge sentenced campaign chair jesse benton and manager john tate to 2 years probation and 6 months of home confinement. manager dimitri kesari, were convicted of conspiracy and false campaign reporting. kesari will find out his sentence today. the men say they don't believe they broke any laws when they paid $73,000 dollars to former state senator kent sorenson, who endorsed paul 6 days before the 2012 iowa caucuses. prosecutors say it became illegal when they tried to hide the payment in financial disclosure reports. all 3 are ex

the water, found by virginia te researchers through service lines made of lead, carrying the noxious element into homes. the water source was swithced back in october, but the damage to the pipes was done. ...with the state now using the national guard to hand out clean water. president obama declared a federal emergency saturday... ...but flint city counciman wantwaz davis, says much more is needed and available. "the state of emergrgcy only gives us a $5million cap, which the president has already signed for. if they were to submitted for a saster declaration, we could have got the $96 million dollars, or more..."the crisis is sparking widespread outrage....among... celebrities... activists... and presidential candidates... "what i did, which i think is also right, is demanded the resignation of the governor. man who acts that irrisponsibly should not stay in power."snyder , responded tweeting quote: "finger pointing from political candidates only distract from solving the flint water crisis." this, as state officials face lawsuits alleging they knew about the contamination risk...

we have to get everybody out to vote" also on the trail for clinton in virginia, the father of army captain was killed in iraq in 2004. trump attacked khan's parents after they spoke at the dnc. in an exclusive interview with george stephanopoulos for gma, trump said he has great respect for the khan family but.... sot trump "had if i were president at that time, captain khan would be alive today." comments cruel. sot khizr khan "there's no sincerity in those remarks" trump has several rallies on the books in ohio. clinton will campaign for the first time with her not- so-secret weapon first lady michelle obama in north carolina. kenneth moton, abc news washington. after growing tired of a particular campaign ad, one woman says she is leveling the billboard she drove past every day in dubuque. so, she raised 600 dollars to buy her own ad on the same digital billboard. parks says the display was up along highway 20 near h & r block for more than a year. she says she doesn't care for trump, but had issues with the lack of representation of other parties. her billboard doesn't mention trump or

they include facilities in maryland, colorado, north carolina, connecticut, and west virginia. the u-s-d-a says the the safety of its workers and buildings. authorities have not released any other details. all of those locations will stay closed as a precaution until further notice. the u-s-d-a says it's working with local and federal law enforcement, including the f-b-i, to determine whether the threats are credible. the first scheduled commercial flight from the u-s to cuba in more than half a century takes off this morning. jetblue flight 387 is taking off from fort lauderdale- hollywood international airport at 8:45 iowa time. clara just more than an hour later. most of the people on board are media members, airline executives, and other v-i- ps. but 60 people are regular travelers. before leaving, the plane will get a water cannon salute 2 hurricanes are circling in the pacific ocean right now headed for hawaii. with hurricane-like conditions to hit the island soon, crews are hard at work preparing for the worst. its here is a live look at stay with kcrg-tv9. us now with y

shooting in virginia rally with a moment candidates tweeted out messages of thoughts and prayers for the victims and their r milies .... languaua that democratic senator senator chris murphy seemed to take issue with ...a staunch advocate of gun control ever since the sandy hook massacre in his home state of connecticut, he tweeted: "your 'thoughts' should be about steps to take to stop this carnage. your 'prayers' should be for forgiveness if you do nothing -- again," i'm reid binion, reporting with the shootingsn the state, california governrn jerry brown cancncled the annual capitol christmas tree lighting ceremony. crews still lit the tree without the ceremony. those gathered held a moment of silence for the victims in san bernadino as flags flew at half-staff. the tree at the u-s capitol in d-c is now lit. this year's tree comes from a national forest in a aska. the 74 foot tree trreled four thousand miles by land and sea to make it there. speaker of the house, paul ryan hopes the tree will lift srits during the holidays. " we have raised up this tree or all of the countrtrto se

the virginia senator told iowans the attack on des moines area officers speaks to the challenges ahead. "if we don't endeavor to learn, we make a huge mistake. our hearts are with you here in iowa as you grapple with this tragedy. " former president bill clinton did cancel a stop in d center for the arts yesterday afternoon. as he is campaigning for hillary clinton, the 42nd president talked about "rules that we all agree to follow" in business. in recent days, attacks between the clinton and trump campaigns have centered on character and whether the other side follows the rules. " we believe that competition works well in a free market. in all three of those cases the only reason it works is there are rules we all agree to follow. at least most of us do. like if you sign a contract to pay a guy, you need to pay him, not stiff hillary clinton says the deadly shooting of the two police officers is "horrifying" and "heartbreaking." speaking at a campaign rally in las vegas, clinton says she called the mayors of urbandale and des moines "i certainly expressed our condolence and told them

virginia senator tim kaine makes a speech at iowa state university in ames. part of a major road in iowa mormon trek boulevard will only have one lane between hawkeye park road and the overhead railroad tracks. the city says crews are installing fiber optic lines in the area. now, one last look at this morning's weather, justin... another fairly warm day is ahead with many of us climbing well into the 80s. the day starts with plentiful sunshine but storms are possible late today as a cold front moves in. the highest chance of from about 5 through 9, and there is the turn strong. they won't waste time getting out of here, though. tuesday is looking dry, but occasional storm chances are with us for the second half of the week into the weekend as a front dangles nearby. it probably won't rain each day, however, and we will fine- tune who has the highest and lowest odds as the time draws closer. today: turning partly sunny with a chance of storms late. wind: sw 10-15. high: 85 alo: 84 dbq: 83 iow: 86 tonight: chance of storms early, low: 57 alo: 56 dbq: 57 iow: 5

navy f-18 fighter jet, two seater, crashing in virginia beach, virginia, area. and in a residential community. at least five buildings that were impacted by this. you can see the smoke, much of the fire has been put out by this crash. we know that two people were carried away from the scene. one of them being a pilot. one of them with an injury on the ground. just speaking to the spokesperson from the fire department saying they anticipate there could be more injuries and something much more serious on the ground as they're able to get into the buildings once they're able to see. one of the buildings we have been told is a residence where senior citizens were housed. one of the people who we talked to is zach zapatero. he's one of the first people to actually see that plane crash in the immediate aftermath. here's how he described what occurred. >> the plane -- when i saw a huge plume of just black smoke coming off. so i dropped my racket, ran over to my bag and started running. when which came up on the scene there's the large fireballs coming up. there's ambul

this is central virginia. when police arrived, they found deeds was not alone in that home. >> troopers and bath county deputies arrived to find senator deeds stabbed multiple times about the head and upper torso. he was flown from the scene to the university of virginia hospital in charlottesville, where he is right now. he's being treated for serious injuries. senator deeds' son, gus deeds, aged 24, was found inside the residence suffering from life-threatening injuries associated with a gunshot wound. despite efforts by troopers and first responders there at the residence, he died at the scene. >> joining me now, mark preston, our cnn political director. it is tragic and sad all the way around. when we were watching that news conference with police, they're saying there is no suspect. so what do we know? what happened that we know of in that home between this father and son? >> well, brooke, police are being very careful about what they're saying at this moment in time. it's only been about seven hours sinc

from virginia to canada. dave, really quickly, hometown sites here, 72 miles an hour, 68 in waldorf, alexandria, 43 mile per hour gusts and 55 measured in the district. another location in the district, 44. here's the highest rainfall total updated for you, annapolis, 7.29. >>s of rain at the naval academy. impressive. >> it really is. that's a great deal of rain. >> imagine if it was cold enough. 70 inches of snow. >> do i have to? >> no, no. cut me off. >> okay. a true snow lover giving us that comparison right now. jummy olabanji has been aggregating the great video and pictures you've been second to us and sharing them. they're wonderful. along with great views we're seeing from other places, a lot of folks around here continue to send us their pictures, jummy. >> absolutely, dave. i feel like people are starting to wake up, speaking with our producer, cara. we are getting more pictures as the morning goes on. people are starting to wake up and assessing what's going on around them. we're getting pictures

richmond, virginia, 50 miles away. there's a central area up the james river, west of henrico county, west of richmond, up to charlottesville, that's where most of the earthquakes will occur. louisa county, into richmond and virginia, felt an awful lot of shaking and quite a bit of damage in some spots we're assuming. >>> we want to go live to new york where our richard roth is standing by. richard, give us a sense of what's happening there in manhattan. >> basically here, this is lower manhattan in new york city. and certainly, a jittery place. ten-year anniversary of 9/11 coming up. everyone very sensitive. there are subway lines, underground trains running. when i felt this, i felt that's a little bit shaky for the number 6, 5, 4 running up the lexington avenue line. when other people said did you feel that, i think it was a quake. it was a much wider scope. we've had a major evacuation of all of these buildings here. we've talked to several people who described what they felt. >> bunch of people from the office, ta

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that is not the kind that we need to virginia and america today. [ applause ] virginia has a history of getting it right, solving governors that rolled up their sleeves. you know so well that both mark and tim reached across the aisle, focused on getting answers to the questions that virginians had. that is the kind of leader terry is and how he will be. for example, when governor mcdonnell worked with the legislature to make historic changes to transportation that are vital to our future, terry was there supporting him and the legislature every step of the way. now, some would say, well, why did you do that? he's a republican governor, it's a republican legislature. real simple answer. it was the right thing to do and terry mccauliffe did it. [ applause ] and terry has focused his campaign on policies that will make virginia the most welcoming place in america for people who want to live, work, and raise a family. not just for some but for all. for women, for immigrants, for people of every race, religion, and sexual orientation. terry will work to extend pre-k for our kids because

. >>> want to take you now to beckley, west virginia. you see the president of the united states there. he's at this memorial service. also west virginia governor joe manchin there. a number of other dignitaries. what's happening right now there in beckley is family members of the 29 victims of this month's coal mine explosion are filing in. you see the white crosses there just in the backdrop. what we understand will happen is a number of the family members, one representative of each of the 29 families, will actually have a helmet and place the helmet on each of the 29 crosses that represent the 29 men who were killed in that underground explosion. we also understand maybe roughly about 15 minutes after the hour, president obama will deliver the eulogy. we understand it might be about ten minutes long. of course, he'll talk about the collective grief that people are feeling as a result of this explosion and the lives lost, and he will also try to offer some assurances that some measures of safety will be put into place for future coal

then prince william county in virginia. he goes on throughout the week to do colorado springs, colorado, green bay, wisconsin, cincinnati, ohio, akron, ohio. you need a lot of jet fuel to pull this thing. two seconds for you. is that it? they're not going to the other states? >>

in big swing states like virginia? >> i think people try to ascribe all kinds of conclusions to these races. one of the things that happened in this race is he was severely outspent. in most races i've ever seen. if a candidate is outspent by that much, they'll struggle to win. secondly, he didn't have the resources to answer some of the negative attacks that were levied against him. that created a caricature of him that he was unable to undo. tests did pyatt that, he came within a handful of points of winning a race that up to last week people said would be a blowout. i certainly think a lot of people now need to look back at the race and wonder, would we not have won, had he had just a few more resources to set the record straight about his own record. and also to talk about what he stood for and what he really would have done for the people of virginia. >> so there's a lot of second-guessing today because the race was a little bit closer than the polls had suggested going in. second-guessing about republicans nation

but virginia isn't your grandfather's virginia. virginia is a moderate, mid-atlantic state. it's no longer of the south, i would call it bluish tinged purple, that is democratic leaning competitive state. so that's what you saw last night, in fact as i went through the returns, i thought i was looking at the 2012 race in virginia between obama and romney. mcauliffe carried almost the very same localities by about the same margins. >> interesting. so obama care came very much into play, larry, at the end of the virginia race and it almost cost the democrat the election, so you have to ask yourself, how will that play into 2014, into 2016? >> well i wish i knew, carol, because we don't know how soon the website will be fixed, and we don't know whether people will be satisfied once it is fixed but i can tell you one thing, had the tea party house caucus and the u.s. house of representatives not shut down the government for 17 days, there would have been an additional several weeks' worth of focus on obama care, and look, it is not imp

we're talking about virginia. this event is taking place in norfolk, virginia. i don't know if you got the 2008 virginia numbers up there. but president obama carried virginia. he wants to carry it desperately this time as well. he needs to do well not only in northern virginia but southern virginia, around norfolk he has to do well there if he has a chance. >> he did well in that area. barack obama carried it well. african-american population he won that quite well. norfolk city, go out to the virginia beach area. john mccain won it. if you go to the map. virginia is absolutely critical. i want to make this go away to see it. republicans look at the map and say this is how mitt romney has to win. they call it the 3-2-1 strategy. they have to win the three republican states carried by president obama in 2008. virginia, north carolina and indiana. given the history in the last 100 years or so. three first then two. florida and ohio. if mitt romney can win those five, then he needs one more. now you're making the bet, paul ryan can help them not only in wisconsin

so let's start in virginia. mitt romney making a campaign stop at the military aviation museum in virginia beach. the event has already gotten under way. bob mcdonnell giving the introductions so what appears to an pretty it full house. paul steinhauser is there, as well. we know president obama the first democrat in a very long time to win and take virginia in the last election, but romney has become kind of a resident so as to speak of virginia. this is his seventh stop there. >> reporter: and remember when he introduced and announced paul ryan as his running mate, he did it just a couple miles from here in norfolk. both president obama and mitt romney have been here accept times now since the start of the general election. both campaigns and super pacs putting up a lot of tv commercials in the state. a big battle for the 13 electoral votes. as you you mentioned, president obama the first democrat to win virginia since 1964. when mitt romney comes out here, you'll hear a lot about the defense cuts and military

virginia is one of the three big swing states, florida, virginia, ohio, the path of the battleground bus that we have been on. virginia is fascinating, because president obama was the first democrat to win it since lyndon johnson, in 1964. the population is growing, more diverse now. now the population growth, frankly well to the north of virginia was to his benefit in 2008. right now, the economy here in virginia, pretty good compared to the rest of the country, 8% national. so this is a place democrats hope they could win again. it is tight, they have a very competitive senate race. every vote counts. it is really about the ground game. >> they were going after every single demographic that they can get. young people, old people, women, hispanics. african-american, everybody. they have a pitch for everyone. so you're at washington and lee university in lexington. you're going to be talking to students tonight. talk to me a little bit about the divide between younger and older voters, because i noticed in the mtv interview that the president did, there are differences in what people

i have a great past and very passionate, as you said, about virginia and virginia agriculture, virginia tourism, and i'm very focused about winning this race. >> let's talk about virginia and some of the real issues that the voters are going to be looking and turning to you if, in fact, you became the governor. first and foremost is tobacco and there's basically a stipend here to support farmers, subsidies for not growing tobacco. is that something you would support as governor? >> you know, actually it is, because in virginia we wanted to do a lot of things with the virginia tobacco farms that are there and convert them into vineyard space, vineyard land. thomas jefferson is the founder of the american wine industry in virginia, most people don't know that. that would be a great thing to convert some of this land and print vines there. the more wine we make the more taxes that benefit the coffers, that helps teachers, help pave roads. that's a very positive thing. absolutely. >> let's talk a little bit about something that's rather controversial. it was two years ago governor bob mccon

athena jones is in a really beautiful part of virginia, northern virginia now, old town alexandria where it looks great. people are out shopping, doing the cafes, enjoying the fall weather. it's what could potentially happen next that they're also bracing for, right? >> that's right, fredricka. it looks pretty nice out here, but people are still taking this seriously. they're stocking up on supplies, and here in old town, which is just along the banks of the potomac river, across from washington, d.c., this is an area that floods really, really easily, even in a typical rain storm. for some contact, this is about 9 foot above sea level, 10, 11, and we have spoken to local police who told us back in 2003 with hurricane isabel, the flooding went all the way up to where you see that trolley up there. you can see all of the businesses that could be affected if there is as much flooding and as much rain as we expect to get. let me show you what one business here is doing to prepare. they're stocking up on sand bags here. i'll show you. this is a thai restaurant. here are the sand bags they ha

campus of virginia tech. we have on the line with us brian walz, a full-time employee at virginia tech. a video producer in the athletic department. brian, can you tell us what you are seeing there on campus, any sign of injuries or shooting victims? >> no, i'm not really seeing anything right now. we're on lockdown so i'm in my office in the department here. >> have -- did you go outside at all? were you able to see anything before the lockdown? >> i did. i was in the studio and heard probably between 10 and 15 different sirens go by and just out of curiosity i walk outside and saw big -- large group of officers gathered and some other people from the department here in the parking lot just looking to see what was going on, wasn't sure if it was a traffic accident or something. then i ended up seeing an individual on the ground being attempted -- rescue workers attempting resuscitation. then the alarm, the campus al m alarm, i alert alarm went off and i just got back to the building as quickly as i could. >>

and yeah, listen, this area, this part of virginia is a big swing part of virginia. this is the virginia beach/norfolk/tidewater area and there are a lot of military and defense industry jobs here and you'll hear mitt romney attack the president over there. plus, romney's campaign has gone up with a bunch of ads in recent days in virginia. take a look at one playing in this area. >> this president can ask us to be patient. this president can tell us it was someone else's fault. but this president cannot tell us that you're better off today than when he took office. >> here in virginia, we're not better off under president obama. his defense cuts will weaken national security and threaten over 130,000 jobs. >> reporter: i think you can hear a lot more of that when mitt romney comes to this podium right behind us here. and randi, virginia, just like florida, remember, four years ago barack obama became the first democrat to win virginia since 1964. both campaigns spending a lot here on ads, both campaigns spending a lot of time on the ground with visits by the candidat

history month and i'm surprised about in virginia because in virginia, up until the days of the war, those men and the legislatures of virginia were working hard to try to figure out a way to -- white folks knew that a man was not free unless he had anable to take care of himself, unless he had land, a home for shelter and some money and possibly some slaves of his own. you know, i resent the fact that this man like -- i don't know whether mr. martin is from the north but it's the same virtuosity that they give to the north that it doesn't belong in the north. >> i believe roland is from the south. i don't want you to take it too literally. what he went was had the south won african-americans would not be in the same position that they are now, at least when it comes to -- hang on. let me finish. i let you talk. at least when it comes to civil rights, because that's what the civil war was about. the south, let's just be honest, did not want slavery to end and that was their main focus for the civil war. and that's what secession came about. they wanted to succeed to succeed from the

the ad wars focused in the virginia beach, norfolk, tidewater area, virginia, noern virginia outside of d.c. those are the big markets in virginia and those are the big swing areas in virginia. victor. >> they are spending a lot on the ads and gas to get there. they are going to virginia over and over and over this season. >> they sure are. overall the president made seven trips or swings through virginia just recently on tuesday. remember, when he kicked off his first rallies in may he started in ohio, the second rally right here in virginia. romney, this will be the seventh trip, six swings since the general election started. remember, where did he announce his running mate paul ryan, just down the street here in norfolk, virginia. yeah, it's an important state for both these men. >> they will be back. we yesterday got the numbers from the labor day about the unemployment rate. each campaign, how are they responding to these numbers? >> the republicans, romney campaign and republicans are quick to attack saying, listen, if the convention in charlotte was the party these numbers tha