DMV Zone: November 02, 2026

I'm Marina Morocco. Let's get you started here on a busy day ahead of those midterm elections. Just one day away and President Trump making one final push to help Republicans hold their control of Congress. Both parties racing to win over voters in key House and Senate battleground states with the results set to determine just how much of Trump's agenda can move forward during the final two years of his term. The $14 million renovation of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, a major focus of today's presentation as the president there highlighting the project while also making his Final pitch to voters ahead of tomorrow's midterm elections. We did 29 stops and we had big rallies, the biggest rallies ever by far. Joining us now, former Republican congressman from Ohio and House Intelligence Committee, Congressman Bob McEwen and Democrat political strategist Deep Singh Badeja with us here. Thank you both for being with us. Let's start with the former congressman here and let's talk about where things stand at this hour because what we heard, some would say was a lackluster. Others would like to hear more of the Republican side and clearly a push there. But is it enough to get to the other side? Well, as you know, whoever's in the White House always loses an average of 28 to 32 votes in the House of Representatives. Bill Clinton lost 52. Barack Obama lost 63. And so if it just went by tradition, Donald Trump would lose 25 to 30. But I don't think there's going to be anything close to that, maybe 10, maybe 12. But he only has a three-vote margin, the smallest in history, by the way. And yet, so that means if he loses four, he might as well lose 400 because he loses control of the House. But that's expected. What happens in the Senate remains to be seen. It's kind of on the dime. But either way, it's going to be a transition. The second half will be different from the first two years of his term. Well, indeed, but the president is already laying the groundwork for what could be post-midterm, saying, I will veto everything that comes to my desk. Yeah, I mean— It's going to get nomination. Go ahead. Yeah, no worries. Excited to talk about it. You know what? He's going to be a super lame duck, right? We're on—we've been talking about Donald Trump for the last 10 years, so we are on his second term, but it feels like we've had him for almost three terms at this point. So, whether... I think Democrats at this point are going to win Congress. The question is actually, are we going to win the Senate? And by what degree are we going to hold the Senate? And the key point is, whether the House or the Senate are passing pieces of legislation that he vetoes does not matter. What the key power is going to be is investigation power, is handing the gavels to these committees and having oversight over what is happening. You know, during this speech, Donald Trump was. Sort of reminiscing about what he wants his legacy to be. And he was talking about how he wants the reflecting pool to be called the Trump reflecting pool. And I think that's sort of apt is the reflecting pool was mostly fine beforehand. He came in, kind of wasted a bunch of money on it. Didn't make it much better, and now he wants his name on it, which is sort of what he's done to the country. So I think it's going to be up to the Democrats in charge, if they take over Congress and the Senate, to start doing investigations, whether it's anywhere from what happened with this pool that he wants to rename, all the way to the corruption deals we see, all the way to bringing back those powers that we saw with the Iran war. Yeah, a little bit insignificant to talk about the pool, but he did say it was a joke. So we'll see how much he promises on that. But he did, you know, it didn't really land, but he did say he was joking. But, Bob, let's talk about Ohio. You've got a special election there. The executive has obviously been a very heated and at times a vile race that we've seen in recent time here. What's happening in your state and who do you think in the end takes the wins? Well, the same applies there. Only in Ohio, we've been really successful. Whenever the Democrats have been in power, there's been a real Republican sweep. But this time, with the Republicans in power, there's expectation the Democrats will do better. And we don't expect to lose control of the legislature. But what happens in the governorship or in the Senate race remains to be seen because there are excellent candidates on both cases. Particularly in the Senate, you have a former senator who's been there, been elected first in 1974, so he spent a great deal of time in state office, but it remains, it will be a part of the tradition. Ohio often is kind of a bellwether state as to which way the country goes, and it's not expected the Democrats will do much better this time than they did two years ago. And deep in places like, for example, Michigan, which Trump carried, or Texas that has been, you could say, reliably red in recent time, now completely up for grabs. In general, I think this— Go ahead. Yeah, go ahead, Bob. Well, if I could say that, particularly, I think there's a real question for our country, and the Democrat Party is on the front line of this, is this anti-Semitism that never existed throughout our history. Certainly, something we've never seen before. But now, as we see the Jewish students in Columbia and at Harvard and at the University of Michigan, particularly, when we see the anti-Semitism in Michigan, which caused the... Because the... The very successful Democrat member of Congress to endorse the Republican candidate yesterday, that's something that I think this nation needs to confront directly and abruptly, and we'll know better come Wednesday morning. Do you think that moment deep is going to be what switches potentially Michigan or keeps it red? No, absolutely not. You know, I'm a proud member of the Democratic Socialists of America, and we've seen flips all over across this nation from coast to coast for those things happening. And honestly, I think the two things you should look at as Democrats is look at what's happening in Michigan and look what's happening in Maine. In those states, you have had Democrats in charge there for a long time. There's been a wave of anti-incumbency where folks are kind of fed up with who's in charge. And in some of those states, you've had more traditional Democrats, corporate Democrats in charge. So there's this idea that maybe if we hand power to a different party, they'll be there. So that's why you see Maine actually being one of the closest flips here. Susan Collins might actually end up holding onto that seat. Meanwhile, because Abdullah Saeed has been able to distinguish himself as a new type of Democrat, As a Democrat who is willing to not just... Go with what the status quo was, but to change it. That is really leading them to increase the polls. The latest round from the New York Times-Siena poll actually had them at a plus 11. And then you saw someone like Tallarico at plus 7. Meanwhile, you saw Jackson in Maine, though, lagging behind, where we see a Democratic governor like Janet Mills, who's actually quite unpopular. So I think it's going to— You're going to see these tensions where Texas has been under Republican control for so long. It's been a trifecta of Republicans. So there's this idea of like, oh, maybe we want some change here. So Texas will have that. But Maine, because it's been under Democrat control. Can Troy Jackson, can Susan Collins, what's going to happen there? Who's going to distinguish themselves as the person who's going to be fighting for those people? Well, to your point, I'm looking at some of these pollings, right? The New York Times, CNN polling. And actually, one of these polls has Jackson up against Collins. But there's an oversampling of Democrats. And we've seen that before where the polls are completely dismissive of Republican voters. And they don't prove to be true post-mortem, after the election. Yeah, I mean, we've seen this in the past with 2020 and 2024, where Republicans were—I mean, 2016, 2020, and 2024, those were all years where Republicans were under-sampled, and those ended up not being the blue waves that we expected, and they ended up being big Trump and MAGA wins. The key point, though, is Trump does have some sort of this effect on his base that turns them out, and he is not on the ballot. You saw that he's trying to go out these places and trying to do these rallies, but he's at an all-time low. Even in 2018 when Democrats had huge wins across the board, including the first wave of progressive candidates that we saw with folks like AOC or Rashida Tlaib. This time around, Donald Trump is even less popular than he was in 2018. So I don't think it's going to be apples to apples. Democrats right now in the early voting, when you look at somewhere like Texas, where hundreds of thousands of people have turned out to early vote more than ever before. So you're looking at a big blue surge here. Will Republicans show on Election Day? Will the weather in, you know, in certain those Midwestern states affect that? It sees... It seems like we're missing out. Again, Donald Trump and Republicans were able to hold on in 2020, 2024, and 2016. And in 2020, you know, they lost the presidency. But they did hold on to a lot of gains that they thought they were going to lose because of those low-propensity voters. Those low-propensity independent voters oftentimes are actually men under the age of 45. They've also soured on the president now because he's no longer talking about affordable issues. So, this has— You know, we'll see how these polls go, but right now, unless there's a big polling error, it's going to be a good night for Democrats. However, Bob, you're in Ohio again. You've got two hugely contested races that could prove true to Deep's point, but there are people who may have soured on the president and the administration that would still prefer a Republican candidate over the alternative. That's a very, very good question, and you have to stop and think, and I encourage people to do this. Ask them, what do you think the Democrats will do? Notice they're very good at criticizing things, but they complain about the price of gasoline. But the price of gasoline is lower than it was under Biden. Biden shut down the pipeline. Biden shut down the drilling. Biden said he didn't want us driving gas cars. He wanted us to go to electricity. So they don't have any proposal. They can trash Trump on a daily basis. They can trash America as well. But you ask them, what are they going to do on the border? They won't tell you. What are you going to do on taxes? They won't tell you. What are you going to do on energy? They won't tell you. All they can do is attack, attack and The question is how will Americans who have supported Donald Trump, will they show up because they know the Democrats have the capacity to attack but not to lead as we see in New York, as we see in California, as we see under Joe Biden? We talk about these polls, both the polling here, we were citing the New York Times-Siena poll, Bob, has both of the Democrats in the races, in the Senate race and the gubernatorial race in your state right now leading here. Do you trust these polls and earnestly? How do you feel? Is it going to be contested? Is it going to come down to the wire? Well, I think they oftentimes try to, at the end, they try to say, well, it's going to really be close. But they also oversimplify, or actually what they say is just simply not true. For example, the headlines in the weekend before the '24 election was that Kamala would carry Iowa by three to five points. And that was the main discussion all the Sunday shows on and on. Well, Trump carried it by 12. That means you're off by 15%. That isn't by accident. That has to be deliberate. So many of these polls, you're going to see a great deal of effort to discourage. But I think it would be appropriate for us to take a sober look come Wednesday or Thursday and look back at what the proposals were that you just proposed, you mentioned this last weekend, because invariably Republicans do much better than those who want to depress the vote and tell them that they're going to do. Both of them within the margin of error with those four points there. Deep, before we go, which race do you think is going to be the easiest or you are the most sure will be flipped in favor of the Democrats? Well, actually, North Carolina is no longer even rated as a toss-up race. Going into this, the idea that we would be just surefire that... That Governor Cooper over there is going to just lock it up is a pretty good sign for Democrats. The state that I worry about the most is actually Maine. So I think Michigan and North Carolina are going to be pretty safe Democratic pickups. And then we're going to have to look at, do we flip Iowa? Do we flip Ohio? Do we flip Texas? Do we flip Alaska? But early on the night, we're going to have some hopeful news from, you know, Georgia and North Carolina. And if we don't have hopeful news early for North Carolina and Georgia, it's going to be a long night for Democrats. And I think Republicans can breathe a sigh of relief. All right. We will see tomorrow. to talk to you both. We so appreciate it. Thank you. And remember, right here on Fox 5, we'll have election coverage all day tomorrow with our special coverage beginning at 7 p.m. and then on Fox 5 and Fox Local throughout the night, 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. We'll be alive and working all the latest numbers that are coming in. Stay with us here on the DMV Zone. We'll take a quick break. More election coverage on the other side. Workers across the country preparing for a new set of challenges as Election Day approaches from an increase in lawsuits and misinformation to intimidation and the stress of the job. Election officials facing growing pressure. So what are they doing to prepare and what should voters know about what happens after polls close? Joining us to break it all down, Allison McLaughlin, director of the University of Maryland's Election Resilience Lab. Allison, let's talk about especially why in this day and age it sounds like officials are lawyering up. What's going on? They are luring up. We're preparing for more lawsuits, we're already seeing them. And we've got the election officials are not only staffing their polling places, making sure their equipment is ready. But they're also making sure the right people are on speed dial for anything that may happen and that includes their attorneys. Okay. I know this is something that we've been talking a lot, especially since 2020, but really it's not just in this country. It's across the country. We just saw the elections in Brazil. We've seen them in Europe at times, in places. This is just what politics looks like. It's its new iteration. It really is. We're seeing an escalation of the same kinds of challenges that we've seen election after election. And really over the course of the last 20 years or so, the pressure on election officials has been increasing. The hours that they're expected to work has been going up and up in the weeks and the months leading up to an election. And then afterwards, they're not getting a lot of sleep, I'll tell you that. No, and Allison, we talk about Election Day and this, you know, especially with mail-in voting, absentee voting. We have seen how, look at Georgia, these things can run into the night and the weeks and places like Michigan where it ends up in the courts. I mean, this is something, should we get used to this being potentially the new normal? We should get used to this. In fact, it's not only the new normal, but it's been normal. Election officials are always, after the lights go down, they're counting provisional ballot. They're verifying the eligibility of voters who cast them. They're counting absentee ballots, vote-by-mail ballots as they're coming in after Election Day. The difference is that there's more races that we're watching. We've got more of a national spotlight on what's going on around the country. And so, yeah, we should not expect to know who won every contest. When we go to bed on election night, we should expect this to take some time for days and weeks for that process to unfold. That's not a sign that something's wrong. That's a sign of the process working the way it's supposed to. Yeah. And here we thought that in 2000, that would be the end of just a critical elections where we were counting chads and to see, you know, we added up to the numbers. But 2026, it continues to be one of these things where people want to ascertain that their vote has integrity, that the process has been fulfilled with integrity. What do we tell the voters to tell them? Yes, this is a democratic process. It's the laws being followed. And how do we How do we maintain that transparency? Yeah, you know, I get it. I completely understand voters anxieties. The rules are different from state to state. Voters are just being bombarded with messages on social media, especially. But what I would say to voters who are all concerned about the accuracy of the process, about the integrity of it, about whether the vote is going to count, is that our elections are governed by laws. We have professional staff who are managing this process, whether or not a candidate concedes, whatever a candidate has to say about the process. We know that the processes are unfolding according to the law. Anybody who's got concerns, the candidates, the parties can take that process to court. We have evidence. We have a process where it's all unfolding so that we can prove that the numbers were right. All right, Allison, we are wishing everybody luck and hopefully this all goes as smooth as possible tomorrow so that we know that everything, to your point, is done following every law there. Thank you so much. Thank you. Let's switch gears here because Loudoun County Public Schools has launched a new partnership to make health care more accessible to its students and staff. It's a school-based health program in partnership with the Health Works of Northern Virginia. It'll expand access to everything from medical to dental to as well as behavioral health services. The initiative includes new mobile health units that'll bring care directly into those school communities. Joining us to tell us all about it is Assistant Superintendent of Student Services, Tadra Richardson, with more. And you've got two mobile units coming to the schools here and an expansion of this. this program. What's the goal here? Yes, we do. Good afternoon. This is a brand new partnership between LCPS and HealthWorks of Northern Virginia, and we are so excited to be bringing medical, dental, and behavioral health services to our community schools. Are we seeing that there is obviously a need here where maybe students and staff aren't being able to access, especially behavioral health experts or doctors here who can walk them through a crisis, for example? What exactly is what you're looking to make sure happens with these mobile units? Absolutely. This program is going to remove the barriers, whether it be transportation, whether it be our uninsured population, whether it just be challenges with scheduling and working to get in to see your medical, dental, and behavioral health folks. We are going to be bringing these resources to our schools. How's this going to work? Is there going to be a calendar where these units move from school to school? Can you book it and go from one school to the next for staff? Do they have to take sick time? How's this all going to work? Sure. So we are focusing on our community schools and HealthWorks of Northern Virginia does have a rotating schedule between LCPS as well as FCPS. And so we have identified the schools for which we are starting in our Sterling area, and then we will be expanding from there. But we will work with students, we will work with families, and we will work with staff So that their school days are not impacted. Okay. If people want to. to find out more? Where can they go to find out? Who can they contact to make an appointment? Certainly. Please go to the website for Health Works of Northern Virginia. And then after our ribbon cutting ceremony and soft launch, which we expect to have later this month, you can also access our LCPS website. We appreciate it. Thank you so much. Thank you. We'll be right back. The test could offer women a less invasive way to detect endometrial cancer. One of the most common cancers affecting women and researchers are developing a simple vaginal swab that could help identify signs of cancer without immediately having to undergo a more uncomfortable uterine biopsy. The test is still being studied, but early results are promising. We've got physician associate professor Dr. Anita Patel with a closer look at how it works and what this could mean, especially for women's health. Hi, Dr. Patel. Hi, tell us about this swab and how this would work and how it changes really what has been the golden standard, if you will. Yeah, so it's actually an amazing idea in the sense that it is trying to detect cancer cells. without going into the uterus. So those fragments of cancer cells can actually fall into the cervix and the vagina. And the swab is actually detecting those DNA fragments that they're collecting on that swab. So think of it like a molecular signal associated with endometrial cancer or like finding fingerprints for endometrial cancer in your vagina. And this is a really big deal because right now women have to Do internal ultrasounds and then uterine biopsies whenever they have any concerning signs or symptoms. So this could be a real amazing step for all of us women. Right. Much more invasive. And when you talk about care and access to it, this, too, could break that barrier. So it is a major breakthrough. I guess the bigger question here is how accurate could a test like this be? Yeah. So here's where I put my researcher hat on. So right now the test is from preliminary results is detecting about 90% of cancers, which is wonderful or uterine cancers to be specific, but it's important to note that it also has a high false positive rate, which means that about 50% of women who have a positive result may not have cancer at all. But It's still really encouraging, right, because right now we have a step that we can do before we move to a transvaginal ultrasound or a biopsy. But we still need a larger study, which is ongoing, that's covering about 1,000, thousands of women. Thank you. The one thing I do want to say, though, is it's never going to be a replacement for a biopsy. For example, if you have a positive test, you are going to then need a uterine biopsy. But as you identified, it's really going to help, you know, target resources to those who really need it. I think that's the positive, right? But you never want to end up in a biopsy if you don't need it in the first place, which is why these false positives could also be so concerning. So let's talk about symptoms and really what we should be paying attention to as women knowing that, OK, there's a potential. We need to go see a doctor here. Yeah, so that is really the question of the hour and the thing that I want every woman to walk away from. You know, any abnormal bleeding in menopause is abnormal. And in fact, about 90% of women diagnosed with endometrial cancer actually started with an episode of abnormal bleeding. And what's also relevant is that it's not just gushes of blood, even spotting, even pink discharge in a post-menopausal women is concerning and it warrants a visit to your doctor. For premenopausal women, if they're having... usually heavy bleeding, if they're having spotting in between their menstrual periods, that's another reason to go talk to your doctor. And as I said, it's also important to know that no test in isolation is going to be perfect. So it really takes a clinical exam, talking to your doctor, and really utilizing all of these tests so that we can catch these cancers early, because Because we know that early detection saves lives. So frankly, my takeaway for this study is really simple. First of all, you as a woman, me as a woman, we know our body's the best. So if anything feels out of sorts, you call your doctor. And if you don't have a doctor you can reach, you got to get a new doctor. I'm a doctor. And also that you should never wait if you're having any abnormal symptoms, because those early symptoms, as I just said, 90% of women with endometrial cancer presented with abnormal bleeding. So we always have to go back to that. But this is a wonderful thing that we hope will work. Thank you, Dr. Patel. We'll be right back. Well hopefully you enjoyed your Halloween weekend. It was beautiful out there, but I guess the bigger question is, will this weather continue? Let's get you outside, give you a live look right now at this hour from our Reston station, Cameron. Certainly more cloud cover than we've seen over the past couple of weeks here. I guess, Caitlin, it's been weird not seeing clouds. They're back, and it's kind of like, what happened? I know. I mean, we really managed to get the best weather for the back half of October and through Halloween weekend. So it was incredible. The temperatures were perfect. Everything was great. And then the leaf colors. Oh, my goodness, amazing. I know. And the good news is even though it's like cloudy today, we are right back into marina weather. Sunny and 70s tomorrow. Yes, give it to me. It's November. Yes, it's your new favorite month. I bet you never knew you could like fall, Marina, but you can when it's this fall where we've had such nice, warm weather. And Marina's right, the fall color is incredible. This is it, guys. This is the week, and probably this weekend, as we finally get some rain around here, we'll be peak, and then after that. It's probably it. So we've got the high color that's all over D.C. Wow. Last week, I really noticed it was like we just went from green to colorful very quickly. And this weekend, things were starting to pop. It is at peak. All of our northwestern suburbs back to the Blue Ridge. We are, in fact, even past peak as you get into the mountains of West Virginia. So there is a lovely, bright, Skittles-like view of Gaithersburg. And you can really see the different trees with the different colors. We've had a great season for the leaves because A lot of years you can either have maybe not great conditions leading up to leaf season or just rough weather and the leaves come flying off the trees prematurely, but no, not the case today. And so leaf peepers, this is your moment. 62 degrees at Reagan National with mostly cloudy skies. So yeah, the cloud cover came in today. That's made it feel a little bit cooler, a little bit more seasonable for November. Temperatures elsewhere. We are in the low to mid 60s, 66 Manassas, 67 Culpeper and Fredericksburg, 61 in Leonardtown and Annapolis, 63 in Baltimore. to more satellite and radar. Shows even though we've got the cloud cover overhead we don't have any showers and we are not tracking the chance for any showers until at least Thursday. So by the time we get some rain in here it will have been almost three weeks since the last time it rained. Okay obviously the big adjustment is today. We are no longer in daylight saving time. That ended this weekend of course. Standard time is here. It always takes a few days to adjust and I know the Mondays were off. Both getting started and then leaving work and it's dark out because sunset at 5 0 6 p.m 57 degrees. Overnight tonight, yes, we have those earlier sunrises, so that definitely helps if you're more of an early bird and you're appreciating that light coming up an hour earlier. 6:37 is the morning sunrise, 49 degrees. Chilly to start. You can see those lows are mostly in the 40s out there, but not overly cold because we actually have got some real warm air moving in overnight. And look at your planner for tomorrow. We break out into sunshine and temperatures are back into the 70s. So it's November. We can usually be very chilly. and gray by this point. I know it kind of looks that way outside today but we're going to go right back. Last week, it looked like maybe it would bring us a lot of rain. Now, it's kind of looking like maybe just some showers. If we're lucky, and I do say lucky because we need the rain, we'll get a decent amount. Maybe with the front hanging up on Friday, but that's very dependent on how things go. So here's the European model, dry through Wednesday with clouds on the rise. Showers could start as early as the morning drive on Thursday. And then here's that front on the European model kind of getting hung up. And if that's the case, then you're talking about more than just showers. You may be talking about a several-hour period with some decent rainfall, which, you know, at this point, the lawns and the trees do really need it. So that would be on Friday. Looks like we clear out in time for the weekend. The weekend will really be more of our return into... I guess deep fall, meaning it won't be overly cold, but we're kind of back into the cloudier, chillier pattern that you would expect at this time of year. So the drought monitor from last week to this week really didn't show much of a change at all. I mean, it hasn't rained. And so it'll be interesting to see if this week that will start to show in terms of maybe it being drier in a larger amount of areas, the drought returning a bit. I hope not. It hasn't been that long without rain, but you never know. So a seven-day forecast shows Election Day weather is perfect, 73 and sunny, some showers towards the end of the week, back into the 60s next week. But, Marina, that's a lot of warm days right there lined up. 76, 75. I like it. Yeah. Let's keep it going. This is like literally like you could be sitting out by the pool still, if only. You're taking the words right out of my mouth. I'm just saying, by Thanksgiving, we've got these temperatures. You've found a fall fan here. Okay, then we've converted you. Got to go for a few more weeks. We'll see you at 4 o'clock. Thank you, Caitlin. The low-flying plane over D.C. that's now drawing criticism from a top Democratic senator, Senator Tammy Duckworth, questioning the Trump administration over the Halloween flyover that sent a plane making two low passes over the White House, startling residents and temporarily disrupting operations at Reagan National Airport. Duckworth calling the move a safety concern and a waste of taxpayer money. Now she is demanding answers from the Federal Aviation Service. Association as well as defense officials. We've got Washington Post reporter Liam Scott following this. So she wants answers from the FAA here. Liam, what do we know at this hour as far as who ordered this and how low this plane was flying? Yeah, thanks so much for having me. It's a little unclear still about like who actually organized this, who ordered this. The FAA has told me that the flyover was coordinated with the agency, but it's unclear really like when And the planning even... began and and why so little advance notice was given to DC residents. I checked the flight tracking data and the plane was quite low while it was flying over DC its altitude ranged from as low as around 400 feet to around a thousand feet so it was it was very low over over the city which is why I'm sure you saw on social media so many residents were alarmed by the unexpected sight of such a large aircraft flying over the city. Yeah, this is the same jet that was gifted by the Qataris intended to at some point replace Air Force One. Yes, yes. It's the same. It's the same aircraft. Okay. I understand that people were calling 911. I mean, when these things happen, when there are flyovers in the past, there's got to be some sort of alert that's given out to residents, right? Did that alert go out? How long in anticipation before this happened, did it go out? And were there calls to the emergency lines? Yeah, so Alert DC sent out notifications to people who are, you know, subscribed to that service at around 5.25 p.m. on Thursday evening. The D.C. Council said that was about 15 minutes notice, so obviously not everyone could have seen it. And 15 minutes notice, some would say maybe isn't enough advance notice for something like this. I think back to, if you remember on July 4th, there were lots of flyovers throughout the day for the 250th anniversary of the U.S., But people had lost Lots of advance notice, we knew that was coming. So a question that I have just as a reporter is why wasn't that same notice given this time around? Yeah, I mean, listen, I think with what's happened in the past, you think about September 11th and obviously what happened over at the Pentagon and people probably who had no idea were concerned about what is this jet that's flying, was 911 called at some point by residents? Yeah. Senator Duckworth, in her letter to the FAA, said that residents did call 911 out of concern over the sight of this aircraft flying so low. Yes. Okay. Do we know if this is entirely illegal? I can't speak to that. I think I would have to do a little bit more reporting on that. But, you know, I think it's worth noting that D.C. has the most restricted airspace in the country for obvious reasons. Right. So this is an exceedingly rare sight to see something like this happen over the city. Mm-hmm. You would expect that probably about two people, maybe the Secretary of Defense and the... Commander-in-Chief would have authority to order this. We'll see if we get to the bottom of that. We appreciate it. Liam Scott there with The Washington Post with that exclusive. Thank you so much, Liam. Thank you. We'll be right back. Fans who woke up on cloud nine this morning after the team defeated divisional rival Philadelphia Eagles last night. The commanders needed this one, and much of the credit for the win goes to the defense. Jaden Daniels finishing 16 of 29 for the 217 yards and a touchdown, helping Washington climb out of an early hole to find a score 27 to 10. Sports analyst Cam Rogers joining us now. They needed this win because that division, I mean, now they've picked up a spot in the division. They're third. They're right there, and listen, they're only plus 560 in the betting markets right now to win the NFC East Marina, which is not as bad as the Philadelphia Eagles, the losers last night, and this was pretty much as advertised between two teams with losing records right now. It was a little bit ugly in the early going, especially for the commanders, and then you have a situation where they score 27 unanswered against... An Eagles team without Jalen Hurts and of course a somewhat banged up Saquon Barkley who was relatively ineffective in that matchup last night. So very encouraging to see. The front seven was solid. Sonny Styles, the rookie linebacker, I'm liking what I'm seeing from him. He has been every bit as to what we expected when the commanders drafted him in the first round. And listen, we joke about it. Does anybody at all want to win the NFC East? I mean, for goodness sakes, the Cowboys, lost outright at home to the Cardinals So, listen, this could go down to the wire. Well, we're going to skip next week and look at the next divisional game, which is up against the Giants, who are leading the pack. I don't know how that happens, but it did. They're 4-2 right now. You've got a 2-4-1 Commanders, and that game is do or die for the Commanders because if they win it, they've got a chance at actually winning this division. Hey, no ties, okay? We cannot have another tie the rest of the way on this schedule. Really, Marina, the margin for error in all seriousness for the Commanders is extremely small, right? They got to rip off quite a few wins. And listen, I know you want to skip next week with the Rams. They looked pretty solid against the Chargers, but they are beatable too. And then you have Cincinnati who struggled against... One-win Titans team yesterday. You have Arizona coming up, Tennessee again as well. So they could go on a bit of a win stretch here. The question is, are the Giants going to fall back? Because the Giants are the leader in the clubhouse right now to win the NFC East. But they have instability at the quarterback position. They can't decide between Jameis Winston and J.J. McCarthy, who they recently picked up a couple of weeks ago. So, yeah, going to be a really interesting stretch here for the Commanders coming up. But I will say, every game that Jaden Daniels has played in, The Commanders have been competitive in a way. You know, winning fashion or losing fashion. Definitely. It seems like he's looking good. The bigger question here is being his offense. And Terry McLaurin's out for the season. You've got, does he have receivers at this point? But White? Traylon Burke showed up pretty nicely at the wide receiver position yesterday. And Rashad White, listen, relatively effective. 11 carries, 55 yards. There's not going to be a bell cow back situation at running back for the Commanders. It's going to be success by committee. And that includes JD5, all right? You got to let him run wild a little bit as well to create some deception because Austin Eckler obviously is getting up there in age and what have you. So it's going to be a collective effort on the offensive side. I think everyone's just making sure that he stays healthy for the remainder of the season or else, you know, what could happen. Cam, always good to talk to you. Thank you for the breakdown. Strathmore's artists and residents class of 2027 getting ready to make their official debut with a special performance. The program supporting the incredible talent of the DMV area and often becoming a major stepping stone for their careers. Gwen Talbert at the Strathmore with more. Hey, Gwen. Hi there. Well, you know, the seats behind me are empty now, but not for long. I want to tell you, this is an amazing program of these artists and residents being mentored, and many get opportunities that they never imagined. With me now is Rachelle Rice, and she is director of this program. This is exciting. How long has Strathmore been doing this, and why did they think there was a need Absolutely. Strathmore has had the Strathmore Artists in Residence program for over 20 years. We've served more than 130 emerging artists, and it's because artists deserve support, institutional support, financial support, and structured means to develop their craft. Now, this is an annual recruitment, so to speak, but I know people just really are anxious to be a part of it. How many applicants do you normally get, and what is the process? On average, we get about 40 to 56 applicants. Actually, our application for the 2028 class begins next Wednesday, so be sure to check the website. It's a pretty... Simple process. Once they apply, a selection are invited to audition and then we adjudicate and decide who will be those next six artists in residence. I would not want to be on the judging panel for all of that. There's a lot of talent in the DMV, isn't there? Absolutely. So tell me a little bit about the different types of applicants that come through the door. Well, we really have such a wide range of artists. We're talking folk, classical, jazz, pop. And this year represents that beautifully. We have a dream grunge artist, Appalachian old-time folk, jazz. gospel even. It's just everything that this region has to offer. So rich. All right. Well, we want to look at this richness now behind us and they're doing a bit of rehearsal. So let's take a little bit of listen to what they're all about. Sound fabulous, Rochelle. While we're listening to them, tell me Mark Meadows. Now he is the artist in residence alum. That's their music director. Tell me about that and about alum coming back. Absolutely. So Mark G. Meadows is our guest music director for this wonderful show. Fresh off of touring with Cynthia Erivo and being on Broadway, so many of our artists and residents come right back and invest into this community that's been so rich for them. This year alone, we have Christy Dashiell, who's a two-time Grammy nominee and NAACP Image Award winner as one of our mentors, along with Chelsea Green, who's doing amazing things over at the Grammy Institution. So many of our artists come back. All right, they sound great. All right, so now tell me, what can people expect, and when is this performance happening, and how do they get tickets? That's important. Yes, it is. The concert happens tomorrow evening, November 3rd, at 8 p.m. here in Strathmore Concert Hall. Folks can go to strathmore.org to get tickets. Expect traditional folk, gospel, dream grunge, pop songs that you love and have been reimagined. It is truly an extraordinary show. Well, what we're hearing now... If this is a sample of what we're going to get, it definitely, definitely is going to be worth it. So make sure you go to the website. Get their tickets. Tell me, before we close out here, how many different performers are we talking about this year in the class of 27? We have six artists in residence accompanied by two of our artists in residence alum and Mark G. Meadows as the music director. All right. Well, there you have it. You can hear them. Definitely worth getting your ticket. Don't miss it because you know what? You never know when you're going to be saying, Marina, I remember hearing them when their very first onstage performance when they all become very successful artists. Back to you. They already do. They already sound successful. Thank you so much, Gwen. We'll see you then. This magical moment brought to you by your local McDonald's. Some of the tiniest athletes in the DMV testing their speed. Children's National and Washington Spirit hosting a baby crawl race during the match at Audi Field yesterday. Ten little competitors taking to the pitch. This guy's stealing the show. This was halftime. They were all between 5 and 13 months old. There's the winner, Washington Spirit forward Ashley Hatch's son, Leo. Oh, man, he smoked them. The Spirit ended up winning the match 2-0 over the Chicago Stars. Try the all-new Red Bull Dragonberry Energizer, only at participating McDonald's. So in between all the other news of the day, the midterm elections, the president speaking at the reflecting pool, they also announced the new class for the Kennedy Center honorees. I don't know if you saw today. I did not. Even though the Kennedy Center itself will no longer be home to the actual event. It's going to be a Capital One Arena for the first time. Okay, so I'll start with maybe one you've heard of before. Andy Garcia. Oh, yes, of course. She knows Andy Garcia. Beloved from Key Biscayne, Florida. Key Biscayne, Florida. That's a place in Miami. Okay, interesting. I saw him in a remake of, like, Father of the Bride most recently. But, you know, Andy Garcia, he was the bad guy in some of the Oceans movies. If you don't, Paul Anka. Do you know Paul Anka? Yes, he's, like, old-time... Yeah, he's a musician. Musician, yeah. So he's also, in case you didn't know... Jason Bateman, who I think you do know, right? Yes, yes, Ozarks. He's his father-in-law. He's married to Bianca's daughter. Okay, yeah, I'm following, I'm following. David Foster? Of course. Famous musician? Well, not all of them, but a lot of them. He wrote a lot of famous songs. Celine Dion songs, yep. Grammy Award winner, has a young wife. I think she was like Catherine McPhee? Catherine, yep. Yeah, exactly. Sarah Foster, Aaron Foster, they wrote Nobody Wants Us. There you go. Also, David Mamet, he's a playwright. He's had some famous plays back in the day. Yeah, and then Barbara Mandrell. There's usually, like, a dancer or, like, a Broadway star. So I think she's that. All right, well, now we know. There you go. There's your class. Thank you for that. Do you like it? Do you not? We'll see you in the zoo room. All right, happy November. Yeah, so Paul Anka getting a Kennedy Center honor, not to be mistaken from Paul Anka, which I think is how you pronounce it the first time. Leave me alone. I now know who he is.