Circumstances, saying, hes the one who can get things cooking again. I believe this is a defining election. Defining for the nation, but also defining for your family. And i say that because, it will make a difference this election will. A difference for the nation, a difference for the families of america. And a difference for your own family. Today, romney will spend the entire day on the stump in the pivotal battleground states of ohio. Drumming up support there. If he does take ohio, takes the election, hell become the first republican challenger to didnt election without winning ohio. Obama still up by five points in ohio, encouraging to the campaign. Still so tight in so many states. A nail biter of an election everyone knows that. The way it is looking, romney is doing very well among white men. The president is doing very well among women and hispanics. Thats why you see emphasis on the ground game, getting those supporters out to the polls. Who ever gets their people out, that
And an earlymorning wakeup call for our very special guest. Good morning, oprah. And youll never guess who she booked for a surprise interview. Were rolling out the red carpet. Oprah takes over times square, live. Hello, everyone. And robin, how about that for special guest for you this morning. Oprah in her curlers. Were going to have so much fun this morning. Robin is home, recovering from her bone marrow transplant. Glad to have amy robach here. She is at home watching. So happy. You had an early start. You picked up oprah. We thought it was the right thing to do. Oprah is a special guest. Our car wasnt completely clean which isnt always a good thing. Oprah was gracious. What took you so long . Of course, we were late. Look at you. I know. Ali didnt have time to get dressed. Oprah wasnt ready, either. We have a lot to get to this morning. Really something. Youre a patient man. Im not sure my wife would agree with that. But thank you. We have a lot to get to. Both candidates in the p
Splashy book launch. The perfect evening, until one little girl clipped the camera about how she feels i hate this. How can you hate princesses . Im surrounded by princesses this morning. Oh. Really . Its true. Look at this. Robin home recovering from her bone marrow transplant. Josh was feeling a little sick. Its good to have amy and bianna here. We have a lot to get to. Hurricane sandy, already deadly. 21 killed in the caribbean so far. And sandy is now beginning its move up the east coast, set to be a historic storm. And everyone from the carolinas all the way up to maine will feel its impact. Its expected to mix with two other huge systems, over one of the most denselypopulated areas of the country. Experts are predicting at least a billion dollars in damage. Lets get right to sam, leading the coverage for our extreme weather team. Good morning, george. We want to give people a couple of days to get ready for this storm on the eastern seaboard. Thats why were talking about it so mu
Our local forecast here and beyond. See you in a few. Utility companies preparing for sandy. Baltimore gas and electric is planning for hundreds of thousands of potential outages. The company is putting workers on standby and plans to make excuse me, is already making plans to bring in at least 500 workers from other states. Utility companies learned from past storms. And keep it here with fox 5 for the next 90 minutes as we track Hurricane Sandy. Can you also follow the storms path on myfoxhurricane. Com. The website features enhanced satellite images, interactive mottos, a live chat and a lot more. And another big story, a legendary swim coach under arrest accused of sexually abusing one of the students decades ago he was the cofounder of the swim clog club that grow into one of the largest in maryland, d. C. , and virginia. This summer, a new 43yearold woman came forward and said he sexually abused her when she was 13 and later grew into a sexual relationship. Fox 5s beth parker is
The radar showing a clear sky here now, and absolutely balmy afternoon yesterday kept some of that warmth in overnight, although it has cooled down. Much of the region down into the 50s across most of maryland, virginia, and into west virginia, right at Reagan National near the bay waters, its in the low 60s this morning, but it has dipped down to just near 50, upper 40, parts of maryland and west virginia. Now the latest with sandy, it is passing over eastern cuba now with torrential rain and winds of over 100 miles an hour. It is going to continue to track off to the north. The latest track and it is now at 110 miles an hour, a category two hurricane over eastern cuba. Latest track taking you due north today, diminishing down to a category 1 storm. Friday, looks like it will be due east of daytona beach. Taking a r sunday at 8 00 p. M. Theres a wide area of uncertainty. It could be tracking as close as right off of ocean city. This would be by monday afternoon. Or as far east as 200