News & Sports

Chris Matthews talks to Colin Goddard, a Virginia Tech shooting survivor and a member of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, and Mark Glaze, director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, about President Obama's new executive orders and proposals to curb gun violence in America. (Hardball)

NBC's John Yang gets the pulse of Virginia voters at the Richmond Folk Festival. (msnbc)

NBC's Peter Alexander reports from Virginia, where GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney held a campaign event Wednesday. (msnbc)

Our nationwide roundup of over-the-top Christmas lights turns its sunglasses toward Virginia. NBC's Brian Williams reports.  (Nightly News)

A gunman shot and killed a Virginia Tech University police officer Thursday, and a second person was later found dead. Police said they couldn't officially comment on whether the second person was the gunman, but authorities told NBC's Pete Williams they believed the second victim was the shooter.  (Nightly News)

A lost bear cub turns up in Portsmouth, Virginia, but eludes police by running off into the woods. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports. (TODAY)

President Obama continued his jobs tour through North Carolina and Virginia, two traditionally Republican states he managed to win over in 2008. NBC's Kristen Welker reports.  (Nightly News)

An appeals court ruling found that as many as 85,000 U.S. veterans who needed mental health care were stuck on waiting lists for weeks before seeing a doctor. NBC's Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)

High winds whipped up wildfires across central Virginia. Msnbc's Alex Witt reports. (msnbc tv)

A robbery suspect flees a Virginian convenience store after pulling a gun on an employee and demanding money. TODAYshow.com's Dara Brown reports.