here's a 17-year-old sarah blair who was in -- who was on fox and friends in may, watch. >> texas is the best ranked state for business and i really want to see west virginia do that because i have watched too many kids my age have to leave the state because they can't find a good paying job and i want to bring business back to the state of west virginia. >> there's no war on women in the republican party, is there? >> no, not at all. >> now that is 18-year-old west virginia state lawmaker sarah blair, keep your eye on her, she's up and coming. >> i've got a good one for you, because no one has worked harder to release our marine than greta van sus strengthtren. take a look. >> i was thinking, hopefully these guys are going to be considerate and caring, and understanding. but, you know, i startrted feelg the things just something shift there. you know, they were very helpful and then it shifted. and then it -- i knew, this could be bad. >> all right, brian? >> my thing is in this very studio, condoleezza rice came into the studio and we had to chance to talk about a bunch of things i

sarah blair is an 18-year-old freshman at west virginia university. as of last night, she's also a member elect of west virginia's house of delegates. the economic student ran her campaign out of her dorm room. she won the race in a landslide against a 44-year-old attorney. you can find realtime results where you live on our website abc7news.com. >>> we have a lot more ahead on this wednesday night. up next, we reaction to the arr of an alameda man who said was a mercy killing of his wife. >>> rarely seen images, that make the bay area what it is, surface in a new exhibit. >>> and the weather. >> looking at high clouds over the bay area. but still searching for rain. i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up in a moment. >>> the first tahoe ski area, >>> the first tahoe ski area, it's hey sweetie. okay, i'll send it. one hundred seventy-two dollars for a chemistry book. just use citi popmoney. boom. with citi popmoney it's easy to send money to just about anyone, anytime. visit your local branch or citi.com/easierbanking to learn more. ♪ [ male a

it will take more like sarah blair of west virginia to go into politics. >> i'm trying to do this for a greater purpose and to help all young people in the state of west virginia. >> at age 18 she just became the youngest state lawmaker in the nation. >> it is significant if young women are getting on the electoral ladder at a young age, that means that the pool of women sort of groomed for leadership, whether it be in the senate or the presidency, the pool just gets bigger. >> another interesting first this year for a man. republican scott brown became the first man to lose to two women in senate history. he lost in massachusetts two years ago and in new hampshire this year. john. >> roxana saberi, roxana, thank you. >>> up next why so few americans went to the polls and the surprising effect on the results. results. >> good evening, i'm meteorologist kevin corriveau. this evening i'm going to take you to the southern hemisphere, argentina, dealing with their summer right now. a frontal boundary pushed through, i want to show you what this front did. in just five days we saw five inc

sarah blair is just a college freshman, but now, she's been elected as the youngest state lawmaker in the nation. the republican defeated an attorney, in a 63% to 30% landslide. the economics major will defer her spring semies nerve order to attend session in the legislature. her dad by the way is us senator craig blair. big trouble for acdc drummer phil rud. did you hear about this? sixty year old australian rocker accused of hiring a hitman to carry out two killings? rud made brief appearance in new zealand court charged with attempting to procure murder, also charged with possession, of methamphetamine, march juan, a currently free on bail but tough times, for acdc, we know one of the members, young, has a grave illness, can't be with the group any more. now the drummer charged with hiring a hit march. >> -- hitman. >> so bizarre. >> country music awards last night. >> ♪ >> miranda lambert, and megan, sinking ♪ >> lambert also walk away with the albumn of the year award, another big winner last night, was luke bryant, who won entertainer of the year. >> all right, every year, t

sarah blair, just turned 18 in july, and this tuesday was eleshgtded to the state house of delegates. there she. the daughter of a state senator and a freshman at west virginia university. she plans to finish fall classes, then defer spring semester while she represents the state's 59th district in berkeley and morgan counties. >>> in virginia, the u.s. senate race, the vote canvassing nearing an end in fairfax. mark warner's team says the senator is gained another 700 sproeps northern virginia bureau chief julie kerry joins us live with how many votes are left to count and what gillespie is planning. >>> at the live desk following breaking news coming out of prince william count any northern virginia. prince william county police are inside a walmart there investigating a shooting. again, that's a shooting inside a walmart. we heard this happeneds near the jewelry counter of the store. an apparent robbery was going on and the suspect in this case was shot. police are investigating near potomac mills mall. the massive shopping complex off 95 in prince william county. shomari stone is

. >> for that to happen it will take more young women like sarah blair to go in politics. she just became the youngest state lawmaker in the nation. >> it is significant if young women are getting on the electoral ladder as a young age. that means that the pool of women sort of gamed for leadershi--groomed for leadership for senate or presidency, the pool gets bigger. >> an interesting first for a man. republican scott brown became the first man to lose to two women in senate history. he lost in massachusetts two years ago and in new hampshire this year. the highest number of new women elected to congress was in 1992. there were 24 of them this year so far there has been 11. >> 100 women casting votes in congress. >> that is historical. >> yes it is. david shuster and michael shure will be back with us, and we'll be joined by jim manly in just a moment here. jim, we're going to leave the other two guys in this segment, and it will be just the two of us talking. jim, the president has promised executive action on immigration reform. my first question to you, do you think he

and west virginia has elected the nation's youngest state lawmaker, sarah blair first made headlines when she ousted a two-term republican incumbent in the primary when she was only 17. too young to even vote. now she is 18 years old and the freshman at west virginia university ran her campaign out of her dorm room. she won handily last night with 63% of the vote. blair says she plans to take a break from her studies as an economics major next semester to attend the legislature's 60-day session. >>> and with the election of democrat mark tekkai to congress, his colleague served in iraq. and her reserve unit was called to active duty to help hawaii deal with the lava flow from that volcano. they're still after me. get to the terminal across town. are all the green lights you? no. it's called grid iq. the 4:51 is leaving at 4:51. ♪ they cut the power. it'll fix itself. power's back on. quick thinking traffic lights and self correcting power grids make the world predictable. thrillingly predictable. i have $40,ney do you have in your pocket right now? $21. could something that small m

this is sarah blair, college freshman, but now she's been elected as the youngest state lawmaker in the country. the republican defeated an attorney in a 63% to 30% landslide. the economics major will defer her spring semester in order to attend sessions with the legislature. her dad, by the way. is us senator craig blair. >> how could you not get along with her? >> i don't know how that would be a possibility. >> 5:50 right now. former baltimore ravens cheerleader facing charges of having sexual relationship with a 15 year old boy. so, this is 47 year old molly shadock. this related culminated with sexual active any bethany beach delaware over labor day weekends. charges include rape and providing alcohol to minors, she by the way is the estranged wife of a prominent maryland energy executive. >>> thanksgiving hasn't even arrived yet, but cities will be preparing their holiday decoration. >> to that ends, huge spruce spree cut down in central pennsylvania then sent to up new york city, of course on display at rockefeller center. ceremony set for december 3rd, to light up that spruce. i

we'll kick it off with sarah blair, who has become the country's youngest state law make. what she plans to do in state office. >> my number one goal in january when session starts, creating jobs in west virginia. i would like to do that by restructuring tax system. we have a business franchise tax i like to eliminate. bring the corporate net tax below national average. i would like to eliminate tax we have on equipment an machinery. i like to make west virginia right to work and i like to create a fair judicial system because currently west system is rated as number one judicial hell hole in the world or country and think that is problem for businesses to want to move here. >> that 800,000 barrels a day coming down from canada would help the american consumer. it would create jobs in the united states. and it puts pressure on opec, which most of us think is a food thing. >> gasoline doesn't actually affect the cost of energy or very rarely does it affect it. maybe one state like hawaii it will have small effect but it doesn't. coal and natural gas does but even then has l

sarah blair, good luck to you and congratulations. >> thank you very much. have a good day. >> all right. 29 minutes after the hour. a company found the perfect picture of a hairy man to use four its ad campaign. it's too bad he's the master mind of the 9-11 terrorist attacks. >>> plus, do you remember this "fox & friends" moment? >> she was a good sport, you know, condoleeza rice, i did the whole thing, the difference between the two, the tale of two people, condy and dally is a. condy is employee of the month and dally is a is the one saying, i know you took my ink pen. >> we remember that and he's back. cedric the entertainer is coming in the studio. they're next. ♪ ♪ introducing nexium 24hr finally, the purple pill, the #1 prescribed acid blocking brand, comes without a prescription for frequent heartburn. get complete protection. nexium level protection™ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> commercial breaks are very long. we have to keep ourselves entertained. that's what happens when news anchors think the cameras are turned off. this anchor caught breaking it do

sarah blair is a freshman studying economics and spanish at west virginia university. while some states are looking ahead to the 2016 presidential race, politico reports that kentucky is looking at a primary change that would help senator paul. senator rand paul and kentucky republicans are exploring the possibility of turning the state 's presidential primary into a caucus instead. a move that could allow him to run for both his senate seat and president in 2016. host: back to her calls. the question we are asking, what is the message to washington? little elm, texas. republican line. caller: good morning. the only way we can actually get the jobs back to all of america of put people on a basis better than $50 an hour -- $15 an hour is to get the wto out of this country. a -- they charged 25% on our goods in those countries. look at any department. you see any american-made products? no. .ery little some countries chastise people for buying american goods. the wto is not our friend and never has been. bill clinton should never have put that into the works. every perso

the engineer starts to blair the horn continuously. three seconds before impact, it's too late to get the bed off the tracks. on impact, the bed becomes a deadly weapon. >> sarah was the first person i s saw. she was lying on the side of the tracks dead. i didn't know it was her. >> reporter: the wayne county d.a. has charged randall miller and three other members of the "midnight rider" team with involuntary manslaughter. they've each pleaded not guilty. a statement from the lawyer of randall miller and his wife, producer jody savin says they believe they had permission to be on the tracks from rayonier and csx. they had no reason to believe that anyone would be placed in danger. they will live with the sorrow of sarah's death for the rest of their lives. >> such a sad story and thanks to chris connelly for bringing it to us. >>> we want to take another look at the morning headlines and for that we get it back over to ron. >> good morning, again. dan and paula, sara, good morning and rob. good morning, everyone. >>> we begin in califo