on many levels. 65 of the 67 other counties, including the panhandle -- if it happened in the panhandle, i might understand it. if 65 counties continue to get it right in florida in 2012, 2015, and 2017 -- the same players and the same nonsense and the same games. it is not fair to the rest of florida what goes on here. >> it is not. it tells you something is amiss here. 65 counties can get it right, but just about every election these two can't. she missed every deadline that was set, and everybody else met them. she comingled valid with invalid ballots and astonishing tens of thousands of ballots suddenly and magically materialized out of nowhere with no proper accounting and no chain of custody. we have no idea when the ballots were cast and by whom. you know, this has got the nefarious look of corruption written all over it. i'm not saying that fraud was perpetrated, but it does need to be investigated given her track record. >> sean: we have two different recounts going on. two different thresholds. one will be different in the governor's race because the threshold is higher in as

it happened in the panhandle, i might understand it. if 65 counties continue to get it right in florida, in 2012, 2014, '15, '16, the same players, the same nonsense, the same games, it is not fair to the rest of florida what goes on here. >> it's not. it tells you, sean, something is amiss here when 65 counties can get it right. just about every election committee's two counties, broward and palm beach can't. she missed, brenda snipes, every deadline that was set and everybody else met them. she comingled valid with invalid ballots. and astonishingly, tens and thousands of ballots suddenly and magically materialize out of nowhere with no proper accounting, no chain of custody. we have no idea when these ballots were casted and by whom. this has got the nefarious look of corruption written all over it. i'm not saying that fraud was perpetrated. but it does need to be investigated given her track record. >> sean: let's look at two specific issues moving forward. we have two different recounts going on. two difference thresholds. one will

in the panhandle, we could be looking at flooding. but strong winds and damaging rain, anywhere from 1 to 3 inches through a good portion of the country. blizzard warnings and conditions, i should say, blizzard conditions in the upper midwest and the central plains. that's the latest on that system. we'll have more coming up in a little bit. guys? >> al, we'll come back to you in a few minutes. thank you. >>> we have breaking news about a massive hotel data breach that could affect 500 million customers. marriott revealing someone hacked the guest reservation database for its starwood properties starting in 2014. it says the breach was just discovered two months ago. information disclosed had passport, phone and credit card numbers, as well as birthdays and addresses. marriott says it will start sending e-mails to affected customers today. >>> are you ready for your "boost"? >> we need a "boost." >> riley was disappointed because she wanted a new pair of basketball sneakers. she could only find her top pick, steph curry's curry 5, sol

the history of these two counties, even the panhandle, 27 days earlier, hit with one of the most severe hurricanes with so much damage, they didn't have a problem. this is unacceptable, and it looks like a banana republic. we send observers over to other countries. we need an observer in broward county. maybe we can get somebody to observe from now on, and she cannot be allowed to do this again. i hope we get to the bottom of it. we're watching, governor. we'll pay close attention. joining us now with reaction to the midterm election chaos, south carolina senator lindsey graham is with us. i'm literally watching this as the world is, we go from 57,000, i'll read it to you, then 38,000, then 30,000, then 21,000, then 15,000. i mean, you can't make this up. and -- >> no, you can't. >> florida and federal law is very clear. >> the law exists to avoid this situation. you want to account for the vote 30 minutes after the election, every 45 minutes. there have been over 90,000 votes to come in after the close of voting in clear violation of florida law. it's designed to prevent this situation

>> the panhandle was -- i keep seeing if there is out standing vote. >> i love to watch. >> panhandle was going to come in like we expected. it was going to be red. to what extent. that's a good sign for rick scott. the bigger question for rick scott, we always talk about the panhand panhandle. everybody talks about the panhandle and everybody was stunned with the turn out. in places like collier county, that changed the game and you look at what rick scott is doing and what they did. opening up a 31-point margin and that will make a huge difference in the race. to pull it back, you don't get a sense of if there is out standing votes. as it stands, the rational for doing this, the caution is merited in past races. .4%. if it sticks, that ends up triggering an automatic recount. what we have now is with the absentee ballots and could take a couple of days to come in. it could fallout and rick scott could be the winner. that caution is merited given both the history and the number it is. >> we will keep an eye on this and not something where we figure it out in the next hour or so. you

sunshine here in thelorida panhandle, but that will be changing over the next 24 hours. we will get to your local forecast coming up in the next 15 -- or 30 seconds. make it 30. >>> good morning everybody. a little sliver o first thing this morning with the sun still low on the horizon here, but skies are mostly cloudy. so sunshine will be at a premium today. inrrent temperature 3 washington. still a little colder in the shenandoah valley. low-to-mid 30s for most of the western and northern suburbs. rain chances 60% today. no heavy rain. certainly a period of light rain or some sprinkles. certainly a likelihoodoo today. aftehighs in the mid-40s today. rain likely again tomorrow afternoon and evenin >> and that is your latest weather. guys. >>> we are going to check back in in a bit. >> also ahead, breaking overnight, shocking allegations against a high school that made worldwide headlines for these ivy league acceptance reactions. was it all a scam? >>> guys, from here in washington, the important cse that has us teaming up with tom hanks. our exclusive conversation abou

tomorrow evening everyon dealing with rain, unless you're in the panhandle of west virginia. this is out of here b about 6 a.m. friday morning and then after that we're looking dry for the weekend, melissa. >> thank you, amelia. that is it for "news4 midday." thank you for joining >> get news and weather updates with our ppnbc washington have a great day, everybody. >>> oh, l at that sight! the holiday season officially upon us with the crystal star mounted on the rockefeller cress tree! it has to be put up with a crane. it has to because it weighs something like 900 pounds, guys. 3 million crystals on it. n ite feet wide, huge. it's a behemoth. guys, welcome to "access live." look at this. beautiful. the holiday, doesn't it feel go

it is still early and the polls are still open in the panhandle. indiana is another one that we're watching very closely. the republican challenger, mike braun, is still ahead at this early point in the evening, ahead of -- almost 60%, joe donnelley, the incumbent democrat is trailing at 36.4%. i want to toss it over to nia and you've got some key race alert numbers on the governors races. >> that's right, dana. in florida, here's what we're looking at. andrew gillum, the democrat in this race, of course, vying to become the state's first african-american governor up over ron desantis, the republican, by about six points at this point. 69,000 votes. we've been watching this back and forth all night. andrew gillum, at this point, 70,000 votes ahead, a closely watched race in the third largest state in the country, a history on the line tonight for andrew gillum and ron desantis trying to play defense and keep this governor's race in republican hands. he was donald trump's hand-picked candidate and at this point, he's lagging in the votes at this poi

we traveled every part of the state from east texas to west texas from the panhandle to the valley. and the energy and excitement that we saw was incredible just a couple of weeks ago, the rally 2000 people coming out. in mission 2000 people coming out. in el paso 2000 people coming out. what was truly amazing at many of these events we would ask how many of you here are former democrats and we would see hands throughout the room now because texas came together behind a commonsense agenda. of low taxes, low regulations and lots and lots of jobs. securing the border and keeping our community safe and defending the constitution and the bill of rights. on that as a commonsense agenda that unites texans from every part of the state. it was your hard work. this is the victory for the single mom was been waiting tables who suddenly see her wages going up because the economy is booming. this is a victory for the oil field worker who sees now that the united states is the world's top producer of oil. this is a victory for all of the kids who are seeing their seen their parents in the last t

you've got a lot of broward out, a big county, and hard for scott to make this up in the panhandle. but it's going to be close. i went in this morning feeling almost confident, to the point of being cocky about florida. >> how you feeling about georgia tonight, james? >> well, some of these -- the vote turnaround in georgia is going so high in a place like suburban atlanta, the fultons and the mariettas and all the counties come in, they dwarf the rural counties. there's a lot of counting left to do. i'm going to be watching it really close. but, you know, we'll see. but right now, with florida senate is kind of central to what's going on, i think. >> san francisco tonight, democratic strategist james carval, a pleasure to have you. >> thank you. tell my children that. >> will do. >> he's a proper southerner, he should appreciate the honorific, 30 seconds from the next half hour, poll closings, only the state of arkansas coming in fresh at 8:30. but we're also going to use this opportunity to update folks on the other races. people are so highly interested in. and people are waiting

i want to check how much as the panhandle comes in. 75%. not as big. remember, 1.6% of the state's population. ron desantis is going to get more votes here. 25% still to come in. however, andrew gillum saying i'll see your county with miami-dade county and, again, 75% here. he's running ahead, 60%-40% pretty much like the governors race -- i mean the senate race. see more votes here. more votes here. so it's nail biting time in florida. as the overall percentage is up to 90%. pretty quick count for most of florida tonight. we've gone a lot later to try to get that high in florida. you're looking at the map, two republicans are leading. there's available math for the democrats. which is why we count them. >> yeah. big picture in the house of representatives, right now, how many democrats are leading in republican districts? they need 22 and right now, there it is, you see 16 democrats are leading in republican districts in races that are still too early to call. three republicans are leading in democratic-held districts. >> we'll see if that holds. agai

the panhandle is normally outside of tallahassee very conservative but they definitely suffered a lot of damage a few weeks ago with the hurricane that came in a lot of people today had a hard time voting we still don't have precincts people don't know where to go so as they can tell downtown in just a minute i'm being told now that the vote in florida has actually tightened up guys we're being told that apparently gillum is now only down by one percentage point sorry well like i said it's going to be interesting to see if they continue to collect those votes but that brings us to a moment right now about what recent events and headlines larry what affected those have do you think on voter turnout as we have larger turnout today than we've had in any other midterm and what kind of effect do you think that had on just the headlines that you report on your show every day on some of these races well trump . is no doubt trump prompted all this is who's an election for or against strong. he couldn't roll the media over those two years it's been his ball game it's trump america is one his o

now, let's start with the panhandle, okay. so these two counties right here, oka okaloosa and walton obviously went republican. but as you travel down the state, you get more of a red andably and the votes mix. and you have a bit of a -- this is a bit of the throbbing purpl- ( laughter ) >> trevor: michael. i already see where this is doing. >> trevor, this is only going to take me two minutes tops. now the real area you have to pay attention to is the tip right down here, broward county. now, this is the most sensitive area of florida. >> trevor: that's because of the tense recount happening there, because of the recount. >> sure, whatever tickles your pickle, trevor. ( laughter ) here's why i disagree with ainsly on fox news. she wants to get it dope on election night, get in, get out, it's over. but if election night is so fun, take your time. make it last. recount all the votes, go up and down the state, up and down. over and over and over -- >> trevor: okay, slow your roll, jill scott. surely the counting has to stop even

for the panhandle lot of clout there sliding across texas pushing over towards the appalachians we could do with a right across the western side of the country coast with those wildfires continuing to rage in california i'm afraid there is no rain in the forecast here for the foreseeable future what disturbed weather we have will be on the other side of the rockies maybe some snow denver struggling to get around minus one celsius on sunday afternoon minus one to four minneapolis dry weather coming back into that eastern side of the u.s. as we go on through sunday mean all the time because this seven is a nice there from new york and also for d.c. good to warm a good deal drop prices right across the caribbean jalsa want to see as shallow as into the last around today's four time so you might just catch a few showers into the wind woods until a wood says well maybe pushing over towards puerto rico towards it when it can republic southern parts of cuba just catch a shower or two on saturday they should be locked in fi and tries to go on through sunday the easterly winds that pushes showers

. >> senator manchin spent much of the election day trying to wint in the state's eastern panhandle including those d.c. commuters who make the drive every day. r> social media may have played a hugee in this year's mid term election. you may have seen your family, friends, co workers posting their i voted selfies all day long. social media companies took notice. facebook included an election day message in the news feed. instagram users added an i voted sticker to post. c snt added polling locations. while some took to social media, others took time to celebrate a er.ing rights trail bl this is how voters pay visit to susan b. anthony in rochester, new york. she helped lead the movement eventually giving women the right to vote. voters left their i voted stickers on her head stone. in 1872 anthony illegally cast her vote and was arrested. she died in 1906, the 19th w amendmench guaranteed a woman's right to vote wasn't ratified until 1920. >>> now w want t check on our forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, eun. i don't know about you, i vo

there are also those in the florida panhandle, devastated last month by hurricane michael, who spent thanksgiving wondering if and when help would be on the way. newshour weekend special correspondent simon ostrovsky has our story. >> reporter: f the boutcher mily, this year, this is what thanksgiving looked like. >> dad's turk is way better. dad's tastes way better. >> reporter: the reason they didn't celebrate around the dining room table? they no longer have on turkey, cornbread dressing, sweet potatoes, everything you need for the perfect thanksgiving except for the most important thing: a home. like thousands of others in this area, the boutchers lost everythi in october in the most powerful storm to hit the florida panhandle in history: hurricane michl. michael pounded the gulf shore with 155-mile-per-hour winds that laid waste to entire cities doing billions of dollars worthd age. at least 52 people across the s. southeast were killed and up to 20,000 more were left homeless. amx weeks after the storm, james boutcher and hisy are among the thousands of people county officials

he also was in pensacola a few nights as well up in the panhandle. so, you know, both sides have a lot riding on this and it's really going to be a game of turnout and getting their most ardent supporters to head to the polls and encourage others to head to the polls on their behalf. >> gillum's rise here have any affect on thnate race also goine state of florida? >> well, look, i think, you know, gillum is running what i think is an obama-like campaign, right? he's trying to energize new americans. and that's something that he's going to, i think, be successful at tomorrow whether he wins or loses. >> both of these candidates here, going back to gillum here and desantis, they are both very unlikely. a few months ago, six months ago, we weren't even expecting them to be in this race. what does that say about the state of politics there in the state of florida? >> well, look, it says that it's a big state. it's a diverse state. and it really, you know, both parties have really great operations down here. that's something i've noticed being here over t

if anyone will be impacted by the weather, it would most likely be the panhandle area. about 70 degrees. a chance of showers looking for absolutely beautiful fall day. 82 in phoenix is about as beautiful as it gets and we'll continue with that nice weather this week. alkboeeather waking up and having tornadoes in the middle of the night and election day morning. >> got to be prepared. no excuses tomorrow. all right, bill, thank you. >>> to the nfl now and "sunday night football" right here on nbc. this game, perhaps the two best quarterbacks ever, tom brady and aaron rodgers meeting in foxb o foxboro. it was a tight game early. they traded scores for the first three quarters, but in the fourth quarter, the patriots would pull away from the packers. that's i touchdown run by james white. then brady would seal it with one final touchdown pass to josh gordon. the pats win, 31-17. >>> down to the big easy, a shoot-out between the ints. that is todd ghe pylon for the score there. but drew brees came out firing. number 9 346 yards. 211 of those yards went to one guy, michael

less rain, panhandle of west virginia. temperatures today, about already 58 here in town. 60 right now in fredericksburg. 60 degrees in hagerstghn. today way up into the 70s. enjoy it. clouds will be on the noincreas. a big chance for rain today other than a sprinkle or two here this morning. tomorrow, 80% chance for rain and thunderstorms tomorrow evening. most of saturday's rain chances in the first part of the day could have a lingering drop or two int the afternoon.sa saturday evening looks dry. sunday looks great. melissa, how was that chilly? >> it was delicious. my mug is already empty. i had a whole mug, probably going to regret that later. >> you're going to leave some for the rest of us? >> there's a whole batch. all right. bound near or democracy, that's cleared out. laurel, southbound bw parkway, left lane getting by there. clinton, outbound 5, the ramp to woodyard still blocked. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no major issues there. and taking a look at 95, t quantico tohe beltway, nice and clear. 65

even the panhandle, which was devastated 27 days earlier? >> because republicans follow the rules, sean, and you said this has never happened before, this seems a particularly egregious, but this actually does happen, the more times at the county's ballots, the narrower this is going to get paired we have seen this when it norm coleman ran for senate in minnesota with the big, urban populations, we saw this when dana rossi ran for governor as a republican in washington, when he first ran for the senate, this happens more times than it gets coverage, and here's what i know after spending 36 days in the florida recount in 2000, the worst it is going to be for rick scott, he is doing the exact right thing. romney at the rnc is doing the exact right thing, take them to court. to shine a spotlight on this -- the fact that they are counting these ballots, as gregg side, behind closed doors without a republican observer and a democratic observer, is completely against the spirit and the law, and this must stop, or they will steal another one. >> se

for the panhandle lot of clout there sliding across texas pushing over towards the appalachians we could deal with the rain across the western side of the country because with those wildfires continuing to rage in california i'm afraid there is no rain in the forecast here for the forseeable future what disturbed weather we have will be on the other side of the rockies maybe some snow denver struggling to get around minus one celsius on sunday afternoon minus one to four minneapolis dry weather coming back into that eastern side of the u.s. as we go on through sunday when the great shakes all the time which is seven ice there for new york and also for d.c. good to warm a good deal drop brighter right across the caribbean jalsa want to see showers into the last around today's four time so you might just catch a few showers into the wind woods until a woods as well maybe pushing over towards puerto rico towards it when it can republic southern parts of cuba just catch a shower or two on saturday it should be large and fly and dry as you go on through sunday the easterly winds there pushes

it's one over those tiny towns that dot the weapons eastern panhandle. places that had their own elks lodge or road house where joeling anyone and hi melody playboys might play. today fewer than 400 people live there. maybe that man heard melanie sing with her friend while the watched a music video on a phone. maybe she was in the church choir. maybe she was his niece. however it happened, one day he heard her voice and thought, that could be it. this young girl might sing well enough to get some attention. and who knows what might come of that. maybe a little money. many a lot of money. plenty of girls just like her, from nothing doing towns in the far cornsers of rural states have suck their way to fame and wealth and the mon who discovered the best there was, the real joltedden jim mccoy himself is right up the mountain. why not dream. it's happened before. thank you very much. >> good afternoon, so before i begin, can everyone hear me? because i have really soft voice. okay, good. so, what an honor it is to be here this afternoon with all of you. tha

aerricane michael slammed into the panhandle five weeks ago, kig arly 30 peoplend destroying thousands of homes and businesses. recovery here has been slow. so how long have you been out here? >> about two days, off and on, because it's been really cold. >> reporter: after the storm, 20-year-old arieynna nichols lint from living in an apartment to staying in shelters. s chols suffers from a chronic condition that keeps her in a wheelchair. >> my daughter had her first teeball game five days before the hurricane hit. we wan, we were living normal lives. >> reporter: for the last few day, she's been sleeping in this cis tent city with her four- haar-old daughter, and more than 100 other hurricane survivors. more than 95,000 people in the disaster zone have asked fema for help. so far, just over 25,000 have oen approved for housing assistance. a fema official told cbs news, lither applicants are waiting rar insurance claims to be tocessed before they're approved for federal help." moma says the first mobile housing unit should arrive next week. do you kind of feel that people have forgott

by the afternoon and evening hours we expand into the carolinas and florida panhandle. temperatures by the afternoon should be 80s around central portions. 70s widespread. >> don't let the weather stop you. get out and vote. easier said than done. >> will the house split. will the gop hold the senate in the president's final pitch. and what races you should be watching. next. if these packs have the same number of bladder leak pads, i bet you think bigger is better. actually, it's bulkier. always discreet quickly turns liquid to gel, for drier protection that's a lot less bulky. always discreet. >>> midterm elections used to be boring, didn't they? they don't know what to do. they're going crazy. speaker of the house nancy pelosi. >> time to vote. polls open in a few hours. big stakes for the next two years. welcome back to early start. >> 31 minutes after the hour. the ads running non-stop of the tv. they're almost over. about to go away. we're finally here. midterm elections today across the united states. the polls open along most of the east coast in about two and a

john: florida panhandle ret residents looking to put their lives back together, ahead, one question remains what happens to an elect when part of the state is decimated by a natural disaster. reporter: tom has been through many storms. >> these hurricane that i boarded up for. 30 something years worth. reporter: none could have prepared for for michael. >> over here, gone. disappeared. reporter: barrier rode out category 4 in calla way. >> shingles gone. reporter: what is not gone is a civic duty. >> i'm still going to vote, i'm not passing it up because of a hurricane. reporter: hurricane mick michael devastating the area, it is not keeping bay county super vie sur of electses up at night. 9 sites down from 44 originally attended. >> if you want to vote, we'll have a method. >> state officialsize voting rules in hardest hit counties allowing them to extend and add sites, and allow absentee voters to have their ballot mailed to a activity locatio -- different ln than home address. >> midterms are in my mind, i want to vote, i may people have bigger things to their mind right now, survival.

so we won in the panhandle which is an hour after state closed, right now the victims of hurricane michael might determine who the winner of the race is going to be. rob: current governor rick scott who is the republican handled that hurricane very well. >> very well. he's still there. he's been helping the hurricane victims and done well with the victims from last year's storm in puerto rico, a lot of them have come to florida and they know rick scott has helped them. rob: that's interesting, one of many tight races, we are will go back to the state of indiana, this is where i'm from, we are talking about joe donnelly and businessman mike braun and there's third-party candidate, donnelly in this point got a bit of an edge according to real clear politics, but again, this is razer thin, 1.2% between the two. what do you think? >> again, comes down to final turnout but 600,000 trump voters in that state than there were clinton voters and trump won it by almost 20%, so basically donnelly being incumbent under 50 is in trouble and most races, most polls have close with libertarian candidate t

down in florida they just faced the largest ever hurricane to hit the panhandle in recorded history back to the 1850s, we are see more severe storms across the country, it affects those in agriculture and on the coast, if we don't start both here in vermont and across the country addressing this many of the ways that people are living today are going to be changed and not changed for the better. that's why we all have to take responsibility and move forward with policies that don't hurt people in their pocket books, but do change some of our habits and patterns so we can be more responsible for our planet for our children. >> let's hear from some of our viewers. gabriel is in clayton, north carolina, you are on with the vermont lieutenant governor, david zuckerman. >> caller: good morning, sir. always a pleasure to be on this show. one of the fantastic things about c-span is that it gives you an education about facts. i just want to quickly run through a timeline and then ask a question. so buckley dee vallejo, you talked about campaign finance, a 1976 case that speech is money, money is

they are getting snow in the panhandle. throughout the planes. the system is moving out and this will make for a system in the ohio valley and parts of the northeast. nothing for us yet. and easterly breeze coming in or a northerly reese continuing in the north. also in the east bay hills. >> that is all out of the east northeast. 30s, 40s, and 50s -- 35 berkeley and 32 in fairfield. many 30s here. if you don't have any breeze the breeze has really tailed off in the higher elevations. upper 40s and low 50s. it is running cooler. fremont is 37. >> 38 in ukiah and teens amounts. in the 20s -- everything is not breaking down yet. >> maybe next week but i will see. i will wait for the short range models to get closer. 60s and 70s -- not much of a change over the next few days. better air quality for midweek but i think it will still be hazy. >> apple and amazon has struck a deal. what it means if you want to buy apple products online. first let's begin to see what's coming up in the next hour. >>> good morning. >>> coming up -- more life coverage of

bob has been a main stay on television in southwest alabama and the florida panhandle for over three decades. bob helped create a more informed community. just as impressive is bob's contribution away from the tv station. he's dedicated countless hours to numerous service organizations and programs, including teaching journalism classes and hosting high school academic competitions. one of my fondest memories with bob was when he tagged along for a day of my town hall meetings in rural alabama. at each stop, bob was the highlight. in fact, there's no doubt more people were excited to see bob than their congressman. it was a testament to just how loved and represented bob is by so many people in southwest alabama. mr. speaker, i'm proud to call bob a friend, and i want to wish him and his wife marie all the best in their retirement and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objectio

it's panhandling for rich people. it's kind of sleazy if you can afford it to start asking people for money, strangers. mccabe has a go fund me. over $1 million. dr. ford has a go fund me. it's gotten out of hand. only homeless people should have one. he's taking panhandling to the next level. i think it's fine if you're homeless person to have a gofundme page. it's really enterprising. but he got next up with this cuckoo couple and all hell broke loose. it's fine. it's just kind of skeevy. >> dana: we just talked about that word in the makeup room. i feel like this is like the book "gone girl." when you read the book, you can't stand anybody. did you like any of the characters in the movie? >> jesse: i can't remember. >> dana: congratulations to scott. i knew that he was a prosecutor in new jersey. he worked in the bush white house and he was a prosecutor. coming up on tuesday, november 27 is called having tuesday. everyone should keep this in mind. give to organizations that you've given to before that you know do r

and temperatures stillou cold around the mason dixon line and down through the panhandle. winter this week and it's a cold one right now. teeratures 42 in gaithersburg and 46 degrees up in the urbana area. the a hig temperature tomorrow and 50. 43 for a high on wednesday and thursday we're tracking that with for a wintry mix some showers. some lingering rain out there friday morning and sunshineonor the s half of your friday. that sets us up for a chi dry weekend and more sunshine out there s onurday and 56 on saturday and 46 on sunday andxt eek mainly dry, including thanksgiving. and doing this forecast, i feel like it was a cruel joke because everyone is saying tell thundershower stop talking. everyone wants to hear doug's forecast. >> this week does not look good but doug is here to talk about the entire winter ahead. you've got a pretty track record when it comes to the seasonal weather forecast. over ve done pretty well the last couple of years, an i've been doing that for 15 years and just about eve year coming fairly close and this year if we come close means a lot

each candidate focused on the eastern panhandle of the state yesterday for last minuteai caing. voters in the district will cast ballots for several races as well. the mayor is up for re-election and there's six d.c. council contests as well. >> the news 4 team will working for you all day. tune in tonight for an nbc 4 election special. we'll have updates right through news 4 at 11. and we'll be on voting patrol tracking any problems at thell if you send any issues, send the i team a text. open the app and search i-team. >> we expect to learn the names ilof two peopled in a bad crash in woodbridge. >> this happened around 8:30 last night out of garfield senior high school. take a look at the damage hereca yo see it was just destroyed. crushed, two people inside that car died. it looksike the bus crashed into the high sc. >> new this morning, police are investigating a deadly shooting in northeast. a man was fou shot to death outside of this apartment building. no word yet on a suspect or a motive. >> an officer involved shooting is the thi in our area in just 24 hours. this was

that did not happen as well. 65 of the 67 florida counties included the panhandle, 37 of those counties, or 35 of them, they were ravaged after the hurricane. they all got the job done. how is it that this keeps happening in broward county? >> that is what we are looking into, and that is what i can't go to in detail. what you said was clearly laid out in a letter that i sent to the florida department of law enforcement saying why we need to open a criminal investigation and that has now been done. there is an active criminal investigation. at the same time, you know there are countless, at least seven civil lawsuits filed by the dnc, by the aclu, i believe, and all these civil lawsuits. they are basically trying to as you know throw out deadlines so it would be the wild, wild west. without deadlines, how do you manage elections? they also don't want to requirel signatures for provisional and vote by mail ballots. and let me make this very clear. >> sean: go ahead. >> florida law -- florida law expressly and unambiguously states that you must have signature verification. they want to ch

however, we do haveome winter storm warnings up through western maryland and the eastern panhandle. that's where they hold on to the cold air the we'll have to watch toward hagerstown to hold on to the cold air. as we go through the day, some heavy rain possible throughout the afternoon. this should be out of here. 7:00, 8:00, christmas tree lightings later. we are going to be watching that out.e start to dry we'll be drying tomorrow. plenty of sunshine tomorrow. mid to 7 upper -- i wish. mid to upper 50s. rain on monday morning. look at nexweek. we are dry. could have some rain toward the enek of next d. right now it's out of the forecast. we have more news on the other side of >>> welcome back. we are dealing with a winter weather alert. >> it's an alert for good reason. it's cold out there. in fact, lauryn rickets is tracking what could be some pretty messytoeather later y. >> yes, messy weather and dicey at that. you're going to want to take a listen and maybe download the msnbc washington app. >> the app will keep y up to date throughout the day. we'll be back with much more ne

watch results coming in late in the panhandle. remember a governor has not been elected on democratic side in state of florida, minutes since '94 when jeb bush ran and he lost the race. maybe this governor's race is where more energy lies, right? >> it is incredible the energy we're seeing for the governor's race. it is not just about that but you have the senate race. we were talking to voters all day long, we went to five different polling stations. it was busy in the morning but not in the afternoon. so many records made in the counties of florida. orange county, more than 50% of registered voters went out to the polls, this is by lunchtime. same thing for seminole as well. you're seeing a lot of ep-- enthusiastic voters. you're seeing i am at ron desantis headquarters in orlando, florida. there is lots of talk around andrew gillum. it is not just about the governors race. you have the senate race. ha is what surprised me the most today. a lot of people going to the polls, how they want things changed in washington or not. list

look at the snow -- the panhandle of texas and oklahoma and coming out of the gulf a strong system. that is what they are dealing with. we are dealing with high pressure coming up and over the ridge and there is a northerly component for just about everybody. it's not as strong wind gusts to 20 miles an hour. this means we have the offshore breeze and the smoke continues. 30s, 40s, 50s. 87 at berkeley. there is the easterly breeze. el cerrito and berkeley everyone. 82 in morgan hill. 46 santa cruz. 50 in cupertino. 37 in santa clara and 34 in campbell. cold readings. 12 in truckee and 28 in ukiah. with the smoky hazy skies we are hard-pressed -- half-moon they will be as warm as anyone. look at the hazy conditions. 60s and 70s. not much is changing. this depends on breaks in the smoke. i don't see much change the rest of the week. >> >>> still ahead, backpacks. how a veteran is helping others get back on their feet and how you can help as well. >> and many years ago pabst blue ribbon was one of the most popular beers in the america. some say the end is near. what will happen later t

except for part of the panhandle where they close at 8 p.m. polls in pennsylvania, new england, and southern states like mississippi and texas closed at 8 p.m. , oklahoma and new york close at nine eastern. montana, nevada, utah and i will post a 10:00 p.m. california and hawaii close at 11 p.m. eastern. there are no polling sites in washington state. ballots are due by 11 p.m. alaska closes at 10 p.m. eastern. announcer: which party will control the house and senate? watch c-span live coverage starting at 8 p.m. eastern as a results command from house, senate and governor races across the country. here victory and concession speeches. wednesday morning 7 a.m. eastern we get your election responses during washington journal. foran, your primary source campaign 2018. announcer: former california governor arnold schwarzenegger hosted and returning celebrity -- civility to politics. this is an hour and 20 minutes. [applause] i have a great pleasure of introducing for luminaries. they will deliver the lecture. a lot of people in this room need no

watch the panhandle. i was down there a few weeks ago for hurricane michael, it is red, red trump country up in the florida panhandle. is turnout going to be a factor there? we'll see. where kristina is you have a more democratic area in the southern part of the state. kristina, we have another race, governor's race, watching, listening to your reporting today, seems like, correct me if i'm wrong, seems like there is almost more focus for people in florida on the governor's race than the senate race? reporter: you're 100% right on that. literally the people outside of the building, lined up at 7:30 a.m., the vast majority were supporting blue t-shirts that said gillum on the front. i didn't see anybody that wore a t-shirt bill nelson, incumbent for the senate race. everyone is talking about andrew gillum, 39-year-old. mayor of tallahassee. that he is energic, a people person. they can relate to him. focus on health care. based off people i spoke to here, that is the priority, number one concern. another b

picking up a little strength down there in the panhandle. this is the map you're looking at. let's go back to the presidential year. that's there. presidential election results so you can watch. for andrew gillum, run it up here. democratic base voters down here. how does he do, not only in orlando, tampa but the suburbs around him? can he, an african-american candidate, create a coalition? does he do well with college educated women in the suburbs? florida is becoming increasingly suburban. that's another big play. for ron desantis -- again this is the trump/clinton map. panhandle. this is the south, if you will, georgia and alabama up here. this is trump country. and the senate race. we're looking at the governor race now. we'll see what happens in this race as he tries to run statewi statewide, as you know, wolf, they're always close. always close. the question for the democrats is in this environment, can andrew gillum turn out those magic voters, if you will, get more younger voters to come out, after rrican-american voters cot at a presidential level? it's always a late

. >> ninan: more than five weeks after hurricane michael slammed the florida panhandle, some people are still living in tents and under tarp. s can vill was there when the storm hit, and he returned this past week to give us an update. >> reporter: when hurricane michael made landfall in mexico beach, florida, last month, the 155-mile-per-hour winds and more than 10-foot storm surge destroyed the resort town. this is what mexico beach looked like after the storm hit. and these pictures are from this week. just up the coast in panama city, cleanup is still under way. mayor greg brudniki says less than half of the debris has been picked up. do you still need help? >> you betcha we need help. >> how many, just one? >> reporter: even the city workers helping with recovery are still rebuilding their own lives. >> well, water leaks, and the whole roof fell. >> reporter: jorge del valle, adrien latorre, and alan forbes are all working for the city while living in a hotel. their homes were destroyed. jorge lost all of his possessions in hurricane michael. but his family barely survived. jorge,

. >> reporte senator manchin spent the day before the election trying to win voters on the eastern panhandle, including those d.c. area commuters who make the long drive or train commute from martinsburg. t bayou. >> thank you, scott. in montgomery county, democrat markelrich will be the new county executive. >> elrich took 65% of the vote in a race split three ways d.anks to nancy floreen's independent chris gordon joins us live. chris? >> reporter: there's a celebration going on mark elrich saying his opponent said he's anti-development and anti-business. he says he is not and he can lead. nancy floreen split withhim, challenged him as an independent race.ate running in this he said after a bruising primary, this victory is very, very sweet. >> going from a 77-vote landslide to 200,000 votes and 65% of the vote. my opponent claimed she was going to unify the county. she probably d. she unified the county behind me. >> reporter: he said there is an emergency he wants to address as top priority and he said that is the achievement gap in education fing minority students. he says it is unaccep

we have flood warnings aoss e area and coming down into the eastern panhandling ofin we vi and portions around nassas so be careful there are flood flooded roadways out there. we're warming up today. it will be a nice warmup as well. get your decorating done today. much cooler on tueay and all sunshine into wednesday with temperatures in the low0s? spots so i am worried about flash fleesing. take it easy on bridges, r and overpasses. temperatures will warm into40 t through the morning headed into the mid to upper 50s. tomorrow mid-50s but we have rain showers possible throughout the day and you can see we're ty tonight but tain arrives overnight. you may have a wet commute tomorrow morning and the rain gets out of here through the early afternoon. anything we see will be rain and light. temperatures will be in the 50s not only today but tomorrow. we are dry wednesday and thursday. >> still question marks on friday and saturday. . right now we're keeping it dry. >> 6:15 which means itor time for "rrs notebook." >> we'll be back in 15inutes with more of today's top stories. >>> good morni