once investigators were finished talking to him, he was able to go home. two things became very clear, he had a calm demeanor despite what he had gone through. he knew he wasn't the only victim. >> are you okay? >> yeah, i'm okay. >> the 60-year-old man was the victim of a kidnapping and robbery. police say he was the second man in three days to be forced into his car by a robber wielding a box cutter in this giant food park lot in wheaton. police believe the same man is responsible for gone crimes. >> you're the second victim. >> the victim left the giant at the west field wheaton mall around 2:00 in the afternoon. the robber told him to get in the passenger seat after getting the cash, the robber jumped out of the victim's jeep on blair road in north west dk near the takoma metro station. he went inside the bp and the attendant called 911. >> we caution people to not be on their cell phones. really look around and be caution and be aware of your surroundings. >> on wednesday, police believe the same robber kidnapped a 75-year-old man from the same parking lot, also at knife point. many shoppers had not heard of the abductions. >> i appreciate you waking me up. >> what do you think of someone doing that, targeting older folks? >> today nothing -- nothing surprises me. >> will this change your behavior? >> yeah, i think i'll be coming with my husband more. a lot of times i do come down here during the daytime and stop. i will be very cautious. >> reporter: that's what a lot of the shoppers said we spoke to this evening. since there's been a couple incidents, three days have gone by, do they have any surveillance pictures, photos they can release from any of these atm's, they say they don't have anything to release at this time. they do say they believe this is the same man, he matches the description provided by both of the victims in this case, and that person remains at large tonight. reporting live from wheaton, darcy spencer, news 4, aaron, back to you. >> thank you. four children are recovering after a metro bus collided with a car. it happened about 6:00 this evening at 18th street and independence avenue southeast, right near rfk stadium. a total of nine people sustained minor injuries. everyone is expected to be okay. it looks like basketball is coming out. don't there's word a deal could be worked out. >> i know wizard fans are going to be excited to see them back out there. the nba and its players have reached a tentative agreement that would end the lockout. as of this morning, it's just a handshake agreement. if all goes as planned, the nba season will open on christmas day. the wizards season opener is scheduled for december 26th against the nets at verizon center. it looks like basketball could be back soon. the agreement is somewhat of a surprise considering the players union disbanded a few days ago. on friday both sides' lawyers held a 15-hour secret meeting. the league plans to play a 66-game shortened season once the agreement becomes official. step one, the nba players union must reform, then both parties will hold a vote. the players union needs a majority. the nba needs 15 of its 29 owners votes. nolan smith is one of the many nba players getting ready to play on short notice. >> it tests our basketball i.q., you get to your team, listen to your vets and coaches, they'll steer you in the right direction. >> it's been a dream of mine for a long time, since my dad put the ball in my hand, to finally play my first nba game my mom, my sister -- everyone's that's been there for me since day one is excited to see me reach my dream. >> they want to play their first game, they want to get their first paycheck. remember, not everyone is kobe bryant. we'll have more on this coming up in sports. we'll talk about the caps, not a good night for them. >> thank you, amber. a developing story out of the middle east tonight. the pakistani government has ordered the u.s. to leave a critical air base within 15 days. that comes after nato air forces attacked two army posts today. killing 28 pakistani soldiers. officials are calling the incident a grave infringement on the country's sovereignty. pakistan also responded today by crossing two border crossings in garn stan, which are needed to send supplies to u.s. and nato troops. after a brief stop in our area, a georgetown student arestsed in egypt should be home in 90 minutes or so. derek sweeney had a layover in dulles. sweeney and two others were arrested on sunday. they were accused of throwing firebombs at security forces in cairo, they were released after a judge said there wasn't enough evidence to bring charges. sweeney and his mother will appear on the "today" show tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. right here on nbc 4. still to come tonight, a chilly reception for frosty the snowman. how he got arrested in maryland. the nasa mission that could prove whether there's life on mars. a new way to shop, a push to change your retail habits during the holiday season. a beautiful day outside today, it looks like we have another mild one coming our way to finish up our thanksgiving holiday. rain to your local mom-and-pop want you to shop small during the holiday season. today was small business saturday. encourage people to buy local and support business owners and their communities. those small businesses say they need the help too, especially in this tough economy. american express supporting small business saturday and say mom-and-pops have seen their market share drop 11% over the last two decades. police arrested a parade marcher dressed as frosty the snowman. kevin walsh was charged after a scuffle with an officer and for allegedly kicking a police dog. walsh says he's played the part of frosty the snowman for ten years. still ahead tonight, a mission to mars. how today's nasa launch could prove whether we are alone in the universe. chuck's watching the skies too nasa is once again exploring the final frontier. they launched a rocket carrying curiosity to mars. you see the rover's entry system cutting through the martian atmosphere. a parachute will help it drift toward the surface eight months from now. a thruster system will set it down, curiosity a fully loaded space laboratory goes to work. >> reporter: the radioactive plutonium in place just in case. the 19th story at las five rocket headed for the clouds and for mars. its launch is two years late, the delay alone costing $500 million. all seem hopeful as the big rocket pierced the clouds. the plutonium detectors ready in case of an accident would not be needed. >> and we have first pair and second pair. >> reporter: on the way to space, the on board camera caught the separation of the nose cone, no longer needed to protect the mars rover. it will be the most capable rover ever sent to another planet. it's designed to explore for two years and could last years longer. scientists hope it will give human kind its first confirmation of the building blocks outside earth. using a laser, drill, and on board lab, it will look for complex carbon based molecules, the kind you and i are made of. mars is still a long way off. a 350 million mile journey. >> we have separation. >> the pod carrying the mars rover separatesed from the rocket's upper stage, it's on its way. landing is august 6th, with $2.5 billion and a lot of dreams on the line. >> that was dan billow reporting. curiosity is scheduled to land on august 6th. i've got voices in my head and i don't know where to go. >> it's okay, it's late saturday night. >> we've had a couple really nice days. >> it's been getting better, ever since wednesday when everyone was outbound the weather's been improving. thanks giving day, nice, sunny, cool, yesterday, beautiful, sunny, warmer, today, still warmer out there, we had a little bit of extra cloud cover today, but that did not interfere with our ability to get over the 60 degree hump again. and another day in the 60s coming our way tomorrow. it's not going to last forever. there are raindrops ahead, and chilly days behind the raindrops. get outside and enjoy your sunday, everyone p.m. outside on your saturday night, mostly fair skies out there, as you look live at the kennedy center for the performing arts. beautiful evening out there, temperatures courtesy of a south breeze and a light deck of overcast clouds outside. temperatures have not done the usual tumble since sundown. 49 degrees on the hour, dewpoints are up in the low to mid-40s. as a result, overnight low temperatures are probably going to bottom out in town at about the 45, 46 degree range. even the cooler suburbs will get down into the low 40s where the dewpoints are. not much of a breeze to worry about today. tomorrow, a little more of a south-southwesterly wind component returns to the area. 37 now manassas, that's far and away one of the cold spots. annapolis reporting in at 49 degrees. and 49 in hagerstown, 37 way out in petersburg, west virginia. 39 in stanton, 49 in charlottesville. 48 in laplata. as you make plans to enjoy sunday, a decent amount of sunshine early on in the day. clouds will continue to thicken as we go through the afternoon tomorrow. another mild day courtesy of that south breeze. we should make it into the low to mid-60s for a brief time tomorrow. nothing showing up on doppler for now. we are watching the rains, though. inch ever so steadily to the east now, rain from chicago and detroit, all the way down the mississippi and much of the ohio river valleys, all the way down toward the gulf coast. eventually these raindrops will find their way into the mid-atlantic. dry tomorrow, and monday i think is the day our rain chances start to sneak up especially monday afternoon and monday night. tuesday going to be the big winner in the rainfall dement this week. we'll get a little bit in the way of clearing tonight. that will allow for a chilly, not a cold start tomorrow morning. the day will start with a little bit of sunshine, gradually become cloudy, it will be mild by 9:00 tomorrow night. eventually the rain will arrive here, and will be wet by the end of the day monday. when you get up in the morning, passing clouds for the overnight, startoff temperatures in the 40s, and then tomorrow, another mild day, clouds on the increase. should be dry tomorrow, we'll have a slight chance for showers showing up late in the day monday. tuesday will be the rainy one, wednesday we clear it out and cool it down, we stay nice and sunny, dry and chilly late next week into next weekend. >> thank you. coming up in sports, the capitols battle in buffalo. one more gift... [ gasps ] [ male announcer ] if you're giving an amazing gift, shouldn't it be given in an amazing way? ♪ ♪ the lexus december to remember sales event is here, but only for a limited time. see your lexus dealer for exclusive lease offers on the 2012 es 350 and, as a gift from lexus, we'll make your first month's payment. a lot of pressure on the capitals these days. >> i wouldn't say there's pressure to win if they're looking at what the skins are doing, the capitals do have pressure to win because there's a lot of talent on that team. the cap taxes recent benchings have been well reported. accountability the theme of bruce boudreau's season. after the cap's lost six out of their last eight games it's clear a talented group of hockey players aren't responding. you have to wonder if mcvie is going to hold boudreau accountable for what's not happening on the ice. sabers scoreless in the first period. a battle for the puck. it trickles to dennis wideman. back to luke adam who beats thomas okwu much the puck goes off the skate of one of the sabers everyo s and right to th. jason on a break, he's taken down by christian, and awarded a penalty shot. the first of his career. and he beats jonas. his ninth goal of the year, the caps are within one. 27 seconds later, buffalo on the attack, three on two, andre sakara on the attack. that puts buffalo up 3-1. his first nhl goal. and just like that, buffalo up by two. the sabers go on to win 5-1. after the game, coach boudreau spoke about the lack of effort. >> we have to get more consistent better efforts from a number of people. and it's just something that -- the consistency is definitely lacking, we have to find out the reason why. >> next up the caps will take on the blues. now, let's move to college football where virginia and virginia tech faced off in charlottesville today for the commonwealth cup. in state bragging rights on the line of course. as well as a chance to play clemson in the acc championship game. the number six hokies came in at 10-1, the cavaliers have won their last four, to say uva didn't show up is an understatement. at least this guy showed up. 93rd meeting between cavaliers and hokies. tech has won the last seven matchups. in the first quarter, first hokies possession. logan thomas keeps it on the option. takes it in 14 yards for the score. tech on top, 7-0 early. hokies up 21-0. david wilson up the gut. and open field to the end zone. he had 153 yards on the ground today. virginia tech rolling 28-0. as for michael rock and the cavaliers, they could get nothing going today. ensuing cavs drive after the wilson touchdown. picked off by collins, who returns it 22 yards to the virginia four yard line. and three plays later, the hokies cash in. thomas to marcus davis for the seven-yard touchdown. davis for five catches for 119 yards. virginia tech shuts out virginia. unbelievable. 38-0. hokies take home their eighth straight commonwealth cup. they face clemson in the acc title game next saturday in charlotte. let's go to carolina quarter back, c.j. brown and the terps looking to snap their seventh game skid. browns pass complete to kevin dorsey for a 24-yard touchdown strike. the backup kicker missed an extra point. third quarter, maryland goes to the ground game. david takes it 46 yards to the house for a touchdown. 41-14 terps, things going great for maryland, right? and that's -- not so much. mike lennon the local kid. nc state down just 13 now. later in the quarter, it's a six-point game and james washington barrels it in from one yard out. nc state takes a one-point lead. their first lead of the game. edsall saying, hurry up, get this offense going. c.j. brown intercepted by c.j. wilson. 59 yards for a score. nc state scores 42 unanswered points and beats maryland 56-41. wizards fans should be getting a nice christmas present this holiday season. before we get all excited here, john wall won't be under anyone's tree, but he should be back on the court along with the rest of the nba by christmas. the nba and the players have reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement, that would end the lockout. 149 days was long enough. both parties still need to ratify the deal, if that happens, december 9th, training camps begin, free agency begins the very same day. on christmas, games will tip-off, on december 26th, the wizards open their season against the nets at the verizon center. it will be a 66-game schedule. >> squeeze it all in there. thank you, amber. that [ male announcer ] the chicken marinara melt is the featured $5 footlong of november. juicy chicken, marinara sauce, and melty cheese served toasted on freshly baked italian bread. get it pronto, cuz this november only, it joins our everyday $5 footlongs! subway. eat fresh. this is pbs. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. you know, i start every show thanking you and i don't know why. 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eremain mains had been found. tomorrow you might need something other than a coat. local retookds a the killing of a top al qaeda leader and the secret memo that authorized the strike. i'm doreen gentzler. >> and i'm wendy rieger. starting tomorrow getting caught with a cell phone while you are driving will mean a point on your license. drivers can not send or read text. it does not mean if you are in motion or stopped at a light. but there are questions about thousand thou law be enforced. let's get the latest live from darcy spencer. >> reporter: as you know, cell phones have many features now. you have your calendar and contact list. you have photographs. how does a police officer know you are texting and not using a feature on your phone? this law be virtually impossible to enforce. you see people texting everywhere you go whether walking on the sidewalk or driving a car. >> i have texted while driving at time. it is a matter of convenience and i try to get away with it. >> reporter: starting saturday will the be illegal to send or read a text message while behind a wheel or stopped at a red light in maryland. >> i believe that texting while driving is dangerous. >> reporter: cops will be allowed to pull you over if they catch you texting and hand you a fine and a point on your license. >> will the make people mindful of driving and texting at the same time. >> reporter: but will police be able to enforce the law and private their case in court? >> i think it is impossibility to enforce the law. there is virtually no way for a police officer to know whether a person who is operating a motor vehicle is texting or reading a text while driving. >> you will be able to drive and use a hand held gps device and that will create more confusion. >> i think they will just pull you over if you look like you are reading a text. sometimes i get lost and i use my gps own my phone. and i would hate to be pulled over. >> reporter: no matter how channelling, police will ticket drivers they think are breaking the law. >> it comes down to the individual officer and if he believe that the person is texting or receiving a text he would make the decision whether or not to pull someone over. >> reporter: here is one more aspect of the law, if police determine you are texting, caused an accident you will face a $110 fine and three points on your license. reporting live, darcy spencer. back to you. >> thanks, darcy. he was number one on the cia's kill or capture list. a top al qaeda leader is dead. anwar al awlaki was killed in yemen. he directed the failed underwear bombing attempt on christmas in 2009 and had a hand in the failed attempt to blow up u.s. carbo planes in 2010. u.s. officials say the strike killed one other person who is al qaeda's top saudi bomb maker. president obama called it a major blow to one of al qaeda's most dangerous affiliates. >> al qaeda and its affiliates will not find a safe haven in the world. >> anwar al awlaki was the ema'am at a mask in falls church. >> i think people need to become more knowledgeable about the variouses in each religion about the extremists and those who are just practicing to be honest individuals living a good life. >> there are concern that this drone strike sets a precedent for killing american citizens without due process of law. the washington post report that the justice department authorized the strike in advance and there was no dissent of the legal gality of killing saw alackey. there is chaos in the 2012 primary schedule. the decision sent iowa, new hampshire, nevada and south carolina scrambling to move their dates earlier. iowa is committed to having the caucus first and new hampshire said it would hold the primary in december if necessary. other states would have to give up half of their delegates. new video of casey anthony was released today from the moment she found out her daughter's remains had been found it it was shot in 2008. it shows casey appearing to double over and begin crying. a judge sealed the video in 2009 but the court said the video no longer impacted anthony's private to a fair trial. casey anthony was acquitted of murdering her daughter in july. she was found guilty on four counts of lying to the police. thieves steal copper to make a quick buck. but it is not just about the money any more. one new trend is endangering lives. >> reporter: fire officials tell us this is dangerous. the crooks are stealing coppers attached to water heaters and putting lives in danger. >> it was upsetting. >> reporter: thieves stole $1700 worth of copper piping from his house last month. >> the piping was stolen and the heater knocked over. >> reporter: he reached his boiling point. he was renovating his home and it was empty. today investigators said there have been 25 copper burglaries at vacant homes in the wood bridge areas. $14,000 worth. police say the thieves sell the copper at scrap metal yards. >> that is creating a buildup of gas which goes undetected in many cases for an amount of time and that creates not only a hazard to the citizens but also to first responders. >> it is makes me uncomfortable and worry for my mother and son's safety. >> reporter: fire officials don't have specific number bus have an increase of copper emergency calls in the last four months. >> the thyme that fire rescue devotes to these could be spent on other resources in time. >> reporter: jim had to spend $5,000 to repair the damage. he hopes police catch the copper crooks. >> they have done this to the so many others they deserve jail time. >> reporter: investigators want you to call the police wall yam county police department if you have information about the thefts or see suspicious people around vacant homes. in wood bridge, shomari stone, news4. >> you may want to get the blankets out. >> the temperatures out there right now 62 degrees. you walk outside it is a nice evening in the district. but some areas in the 50s. it feels cool especially with the wind out of the north-northwest at 14 miles per hour. we have cloud cover and a few showers throughout on the eastern shore. but look back to the west. 45 in elkins, west virginia. 46 in pittsburgh. that's the cooler air that is settling in the reonright now. how cool will it baa be and what else will you need besides the jacket? 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well, we know it's good business. because america... has always been... and always will be... a smart investment. at&t. the people who tried to save michael jackson's life took the witness stand today against the pop star's doctor. dr. conrad murray listened no court as the paramedics gave their accounts of a frantic scene. >> reporter: testimony on day four focused on what happened moments after this ambulance arrived at michael jackson's home. and the lead paramedic testified he was in full cardiac arrest. according to testimony he asked dr. murray if he had underlying medical issues and if any drugs had been given to him. >> he said nothing. he has nothing. >> did you hear dr. murray provide information regarding any medications that he had given mr. jax someone. >> no, ma'am. >> reporter: but martin blunt testified he saw three bottles of lidocaine near the bed. >> what is lidocaine? >> it is a heart drug. >> did the paramedics administer any? >> no, ma'am. >> reporter: the defense tried to offer insight into why murray didn't tell the paramedics about the propofol right away? >> you asked whether he was on recreational drugs correct? >> i don't remember. >> reporter: both paramedics described repeated attempted to resuscitate jackson before he was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. >> you can expect to see more people scaling the outside of the washington monument this weekend. these are pictures of the engineers doing the inspections for the earthquake damage today. they done looking at the tones near the top of the monument. the park service says they will be focusing on find anything loose debris. the group expects to wrap up their inspections by tuesday. they had a great day today. >> as lovely as it was to be hundred there today not that nice tomorrow. >> no. and it's really not, and not just because it will be cooler but we have a chance for shower activity tomorrow. you combine the temperatures with the clouds and with the showers and the wind and you get a day to stay inside and paint the houses. i don't know if they are going to be out there tomorrow. out there at the kennedy center tonight a nice night. a lot of people enjo joying what is going on out there. it is not that cool for this time of year. the average high is 74. we hid 76. the hoe temperature is 61 degrees. the coolest temperatures, the coolest high temperatures since april 9th. that was 58 degrees. 62 degrees is the current temperature. the dew point is 47. fairly dry. the winds at 14 miles per hour behind the frontal boundary. now we are cooling down. 57 right now in winchester. and 55 in gaithersburg. cooler air moving in across the region. but it's not going to be all that cold when you wake up. it's just going to be cooler than what we've seen so far this season. there is rain in the delmarva but it has moved to the east after providing maryland with a good amount of rain. all the ray up in philly and new york city where the game is currently still delayed at this moment as a result ofhe rain. as for the frontal boundary that is moving out. behind it the cool and breezy conditions and the chance of showers tomorrow. the cool, breezy air continues for the day on saturday with another chance of showers. you will need the jacket and umbrella on saturday, on sunday, and probably on monday. but they will be light showers for the most part. but the area of low pressure is not going anywhere soon and could stick around all the way through tuesday. the rain moving off around the area. but tomorrow morning notice the band of showers trying to norm around the region. we could see some tomorrow morning. and tomorrow afternoon around 5:30 everybody getting in on the action. the best chance to stay dry south and east of washington. and the best chance for snow, the higher peaks of west virginia but is it not going to amount to a lot and we don't have to worry about it. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy, breezy and cooler. the temperatures in the upper 40s to lower 50s. tomorrow afternoon will the be a cool one. scattered showers and breezy and chilly. 55 to 59 degrees with winds gusting up to 20ta 25 miles per hour tomorrow afternoon. high of 60 on sunday. we keep the shower chance on monday and tuesday but starting to get better every day. by wednesday, thursday, and friday, nice may be an understatement. i think will the be beautiful. >> still kind of far off though. at bank of america, we're lending and investing in the people and communities who call greater washington, d.c. home. from supporting an organization that helps new citizens find their way... to proudly supporting our washington redskins... and partnering with a school that brings academic excellence to the anacostia community. because the more we do in greater washington, d.c., the more we help make opportunity possible. we have the highlights right after this. we have redskins' stuff? >> we have a huge game on sunday. >> that's what they're telling us. >> this is a must-win game. you can't go 2-2 into the bye week. the rams have not been tough this year. they allowed the second most yards and points in the nfl this season. should be an easy win for the redskins right? st. louis has won two of the last three games against washington. and chris cooley knows the rams won't just roll over. >> when you look at them, they play very hard. i think they are a very solid, well-coached football team. it's a challenge for us. everyone likes to say we are just saying that but that's the facts. >> my mother said you don't want to fight someone with nothing to lose. they will come out swinging. they are in a situation where you don't want to set off the own four. it makes a lot of your hopes and dreams unattainable. church chill versus gaithersburg. churchill scampers for the touchdown and takes the lead. fourth quarter, gaithersburg answers. reyes to brown. touchdown trojans. cuts the deficit to 15-13. just under three minutes to go, gaithersburg to score. races down the sidelines. knocked out of bounds at the 10 yard line. reyes, oh, man can't handle the snap. it's jacob who recovers for churchill and the bulldogs win it 15-13. churchill hands gaithersburg the first loss of the season. the capitals open up their regular season at home one week from tomorrow. tonight pre-season hockey at home against the sabres. vokoun getting the start. mike green the shot from the point. ryan miller makes the stop. game tied at 3. we go to a shootout. in the shootout, backstrom looking to put the caps on top. he does. here we go. up next for the sabres is luke adam trying to keep buffalo alive. but vokoun makes the save. the caps win 4-3 in a shootout and host chicago in their pre-season finale on sunday. after two world series titles in eight seasons, terry fran cone that is out in boston. the red sox and francona decided to part ways. the red sox are the first team to miss the playoffs after having a nine-game lead in september. the tampa bay rays came out swinging against the rangers. game one of the divisional series. this is six-year-old cooper stone. he is the son of the man who died after falling to catch a ball that was tossed into the the stands by josh hamilton. two on, two out, the fan makes the catch and throws it back. the first of two homers in the game for him. he finished with five rbis. game two is tomorrow night. the tigers-yankees game is suspended because of rain. they will try to play game one tomorrow night. a lot of fans are waiting for that series to get underway. that will ♪ ♪ [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innovation, every solution, comes together for a single purpose -- to make the world a safer place. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. teacher openjm be the martin luther king memorial lie brain will be open on sunday afternoons after all. the d.c. leaders were planning to close the library. but a last-minute reprieve will keep the doors open for readers. the mlk memorial library is the only one in the city that is open on sundays. sneez he no matter how you say it, one teacher in california wants his students to stop it. he got so sick hearing god bless you after a sneeze he god- what i said it doesn't mak sense. >> some kids said it was getting out of hand. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a pnc performance select checking account and get up to 1.75% cash back for just about every purchase. learn more and apply today at pnc.com/cashbuilder. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. . ♪ i love you baby. >> a former ucla student enlisted a flash mob to help his propose. hundreds of people assistanted dancing to the song i love you baby as he walked on campus with his girlfriend. he joined in and got down on one knee. his girlfriend was embarrassed >> announcer: it's "the tonight featuring rickey minor republican presidential
rain today and tomorrow. temperatures stuck in the 50s. be ready for the same story tomorrow. college football forecast in a few minutes. >> thank you. new from overnight d.c. police are investigating a homicide this morning. it happened just after midnight in the 5300 block of dix street northeast. when police arrived at the scene authorities found a man shot multiple times. he was pronounced dead shortly thereafter. right now they don't have a suspect or motive in this shooting. also new from overnight, police have partially identified a man found dead on the metro tracks in rockville. police tell us the man is 37 years old and from gaithersburg. he was found around 3:00 this morning just a couple of hundred feet from the rockville metro station. they say there is no evidence of foul play and no trauma to suggest the man was hit by a train. we'll bring you the updates throughout the morning as think come into news 4. one of al qaeda's most influential leaders has been killed in an air strike. anwaral-awlaki had ties to our area. he was killed yesterday in yemen. he had dual citizenship with the u.s. and yemen. he helped spread al qaeda's message through social media. he directed the failed underwear bombing attack on christmas in 2009 and was mentioned in the fort hood shootings last year. he was an imam to a mosque in falls church. members say they do not share his extremist views and people should learn more about islam before rushing to judgment. >> i think people need to be become a little more knowledgeable about the variances in each religion, about the extremists and those practicing to be honest individuals living a good life. >> members of the mosque did voice concerns that this assassination set a dangerous precedent for killing american residents without due processor. "the washington post" reports the justice department wrote a memo authorizing the attack. d.c. police believe that a george washington law student killed during an altercation outside a mcdonald's in northwest last week may have thrown the first punch. patrick casey's papers believed their son was attempting to break up a fight. now investigators say casey was involved and may have even started the altercation. police tell us at some point casey was punched. he fell to the ground and struck his head leaving him brain dead. all the suspects involved in the altercation have been interviewed. police say if it was simply an altercation only misdemeanor charges would be filed. that decision will like by be made by a grand jury. the first presidential primary isn't for a few more months there's already controversy brewing. a florida committee voted to move its primary up to january 31st. that move sparked for our states new hampshire, nevada, iowa and south carolina to move their primary dates earlier. iowa and new hampshire are vying for the first primary slot. new hampshire has said it's going to hold its primary in december if necessary. other states thinking about moving their primaries up before the march 6th date would have to give up half of their delegates. 2008 former presidential candidate and former new mexico governor bill richardson is going to give his take on the gop field. he's going to be a guest on "press pass" on sunday at 11:30. happening today put the cell phone down and law. a new texting law is in effect in maryland. the law allows police to pull drivers over if they're send organize reading messages on their phone. if you're caught, you could get a $70 fine and a point on your license. before today police needed another reason to pull you over before giving you a ticket for texting. you'll have to pay more at the dmv in the district. the agency is doubling its fees for a lot of services. the jump from $7 to $20 includes duplicate driver's licenses, duplicate learners permits, temporary licenses, i.d. cards and changes of address. the price for parking is going up as well. a residential parking permit is jumping $20 from $15 to $35. seniors will pay a bit less $25. a traffic alert for drivers around the chain bridge. the bridge will be closed this weekend between arlington and the district in both directions. crews will make repairs to the structure under the bridge. bike and pedestrian traffic will also be blocked this weekend. canal road does remain open, but drivers won't be able to turn on to the chain bridge. things should be back to normal for your monday morning commute. more major traffic news this morning. starting today drivers on the inner loop of the beltway won't be able to use the left exit to get to i-66 west. they have to use the right exit instead. the ramp is closed for a hot lanes project currently being built. v dot officials feel this move will improve safety for drivers so they don't have to switch lanes as often. today maryland homeowners who are facing foreclosures can get a helping hand. multiple housing agencies are joining together now to offer free help to those in need. derek ward is live at the event which starts in just under an hour from now. >> reporter: indeed it does. we're here at the bore ra park activity center. the activity is about helping homeowners save their homes. it can be a stressful time for homeowners when you're facing for closures. the last thing you need is to fall victims to scams. the last thing you need is to run around to get all the services you need. the department of housing will hold a day long event aimed at marshalling those services to save your home, credit services, legal counselling and more allon a one-on-one basis and free. joining me now is richard nelson director of housing and community affairs ff montgomery county. thanks for joining us today. >> in montgomery county we've seen about 25,000 families faced with potential foreclosure. and we've been trying to help them partnering with the state to provide free counselling service. we fund four counselling agencies one in rockville, one in germantown, one in gaithersburg and one in wheaton to provide the counselling help to get loan modifications. the other thing we found is that many of the families don't know that help is available. and they end up getting foreclosed upon without having asked for help. our key is to try to have as early intervention as possible. >> it's a time when people are vulnerable when they fall victim to scammers. some services people might be willing to pay for not knowing that they don't have to. >> the problem with the scammers you see all these signs in the roadway that offer stuff that sounds too good to be true, it is too good to be true. in many cases they ask for money up front which is illegal in the state of maryland. but usually if you pay that money, you won't hear from them again. i have the repeat the services we offer are free to the residents who are facing foreclosure. we encourage you to come out and/or to call the maryland help line. >> reporter: what will people need to bring with them if they're thinking about coming down here today? >> today is the initial screening to meet with counsel horse and attorneys. they don't have to bring the full array of paperwork. what they would do is set up a further counselling session with the individual counselors and counselling agency. at that time they will bring all the documentation related to their mortgage, the dlingsy if there is one and they will work that process with the counselor to determine what is needed for getting out of this problem. >> reporter: excellent. we want to show you a full screen of all of the times associated with this event. it starts about 10:00 and it runs until 3:00 this afternoon. and you see the location there on your screen. also if you can't make it down you can call 1-888-794-8830. that could plug you into some of the same services that are available here today. we're live in gaithersburg, back to you. >> thank you. today the wood bridge community will come together for a benefit concert to support more than 06 families left homeless by last month's floods. more than 100 homes in the community of holly acres were condemned after the flooding. the concert starts at noon today in the b. thrifty shopping center in wood bridge. the concert will go until 6:00 tonight. this week prince william county officials are expected to announce just how much damage that flooding caused. just a great example of a community really coming together to rally behind the victims. a lot of churches and organizations stepped up. >> it sure is. >> thoughts are with them. the time is 9:10. we are still at 50 degrees, folks. coming up on news 4 at 9:00 a.m. this morning, we're going to hear from the crews surveying the damage on the washington monument. too windy for them to go up today. find out what has them worried. it's not rappelling down the monument. ♪ no it's not "american idol", it's skating champion michael weiss and his daughter will help u.s. skaters bring home that gold. 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check out your favorite books on sunday's ndc. despite a tight budget martin luter king library will remain open on sunday afternoons, the only library in the entire system to do so. >> reporter: the martin luter king library in downtown washington is a distinctive, stark, black modern building first opened in 1972678 it's now on the register of historic places. d.c. resident and teacher josephine nicholson likes to come to the library to check out books for her students. >> there's nothing like holding a book in your hand. and also i work with kids and so i can't purchase every book that i'd like. >> reporter: but budget cuts for forcing the king library to start closing on sunday afternoons a time that normally draws more than 50,000 patrons to its books during the year. >> it's a cost cutting deal. it's a budget thing. and people from across the city came out to the budget hearings to say please, please, please do not shut the last library that's open on sunday. >> reporter: late friday there was good news for the king library and the sunday hours. mayor vincent gray and d.c. council library committee chairman tommy wells said the city has found the $300,000 necessary to keep the sunday hours for the king library. it won't be closing after all. the mayor has said he's changed his mind. they found money the library will stay open on sundayss. what do you think about that? >> that's great. there's a lot of people up here -- there's a lot of services offered to us and the other patrons on sundays. >> at least this library open on sunday which is a great first step and we're really pleased. >> reporter: teacher josephine nicholson agrees maybe it's a good sign for more library branchs in the future. good for the children? >> yes. it would be nice if they're all open on sundays all the time, but times are hard. some of the most famous faces in figure skating are hitting the rink tonight in northern virginia to help young athletes bring home the gold. it's all thanks to two-time olympian and three-time u.s. national figure skating champion michael weiss of northern virginia. every year the ice champions live event raises scholarship money for future skating stars. he says if it weren't for the support of strangers, he'd never be where he is today. >> i always felt like it would be a shame if somebody had a ton of talent, but they didn't reach their potential of an olympic team or medal because they just couldn't afford to be on the ice as much as they needed to. >> you can support the michael weiss foundation by enjoying tonight's spectacle on ice at the ice plex. ticket range from $20 to $50 with vip opportunities to chat with olympic champions. you can buy them at the door the show starts at 5:00. he's still got the back flips going. >> one of the highlights is sin kronized skaters. it's always really amazing. >> it will be good. go out and watch ice skating. today's weather will get you in the mood for ice skating. it won't technically be 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>> after hours. only on commercial breaks. >> youtubal moment. >> that's a big "snl" tonight. >> it sure is. it will be a good night for staying inside. you're not going to want to book your favorite sidewalk cafe anytime over the weekend. november has fallen down on us. chilly weather is here all weekend long. be ready for limited amounts of sunshine. a gusty northwesterly wind and off and on chances of sprinkles through your weekend. outside on our saturday morning cloudy out there. a little bit of light rain. a couple of rain drops on our city camera's lens. cloudy skies and chilly conditions here all weekend long. 52 degrees our current temperature at national airport. winds out of the northwest at 14 miles per hour. that gusty northwest swind going to be with us for much if not all of the day. look at all the 40s on the map. still a little milder down towards southern maryland and out on the eastern shores. here's your planner, then. for today cloudy skies. pretty much all day long. mostly cloudy temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s here for the rest of this morning. sneaking up into the mid and upper 50s for a brief time by later on this afternoon. don't stray too far from the umbrella. we will have chance for the light rain and off on through the day. the light doppler a couple of showers in and around the capital beltway. a few showers towards loudon county. some sprinkles in the panhandle of west virginia. this is going to continue off and on. if you're going to be spending any time outside especially in the higher terrain better chances of steadier showers in the high spots. all being driven by another area of low pressure which has been cut off from the jet stream. as a result it's going to meander around the mid-atlantic for the entire weekend. it will drag in the atlantic moisture. then it comes back right over washington late tonight into early tomorrow. it spins back out to the west once again. keeping us in the cloudy skies for chance for showers around here if not most if not all of the two, three days. cloudy, chilly, light rain. temperatures in tupper 50s. same story tomorrow. i think we'll have better chance for rain today as opposed to tomorrow. that doesn't mean you'll see much in the way of sunshine tomorrow. better went on tuesday, gorgeous weather for wednesday, thursday, friday. mountaineers fans in morgantown, bowling green takes on west virginia 48 degrees with a 90% chance of rain and a blazing northwest wind 20 to 30. that's going to be tough. minnesota the golden gophers are in michigan 47 degrees in ann arbor. georgia southern in burlington, north carolina sunshine, but breezy and 62. notre dame is in west lafayette taking on the boiler makers of purdue. 53 degrees there. many more college football forecast coming up for local teams. >> it feels like football. >> sure does. >> need that stadium blanket. don't forget it. >> thanks, chuck. the redskins take on the rams on the road tomorrow. >> plus, we check out the high school football game of the week. good morning everyone. your sports minute begins with football. the redskins on the road at st. louis against the 0-3 rams on sunday. st. louis has won two of the last three meetings against washington. and the redskins mooi might be without wide receiver anthony armstrong and fullback da real young. both were limited in practice because of hamstring injuries. both are game time decision. kick offset for 1:00 in st. louis. high school football game of the week churchill hosting unbeaten gaithersburg. third quarter, scampers 14 yards for the touchdown. two-point conversion good. churchill takes an 8-7 lead. end of the game gaithersburg trails by two. trojans in the red zone. the bulldogs hang on to win it 15-13 handing gaithersburg its first loss of the season. preseason hockey last night at verizon center. caps taking on the sabers. game goes to a shootout. niklas backstrom looking to put the caps on top. he does. here we go. up next for the sabers luke adam trying to keep buffalo alive. thomas vokoun makes the save. the caps win 4-3 in a shootout. they'll host chicago in their preseason finale on sunday. in the major league baseball playoffs, the raies beat the rangers 9-0. alt the tigers/yankees game was suspended last night because of rain. they'll try to play game one later this evening. that's your sports minute. have a great day. >> a busy weekend. time now 9:26. coming up next in the next half-hour of news 4 today, a new texting law goes into effect in maryland. we break down what you need to know to avoid a hefty fine. and we have a major traffic alert. we're going to show you what area you may want to avoid. plus a busy ramp is now shut [ rock playing ] ♪ and the flowers and the trees ♪ ♪ all laugh when you walk by ♪ and the neighbors' kids run and hide ♪ deep inside you, there's a person who refuses to be kept deep inside you. ♪ but you're not ♪ you're the one be true to yourself. what's healthier than 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[ male announcer ] get to a better state. text save to 7-8836. you're watching nbc 4 washington's news leader. now live in hd this is news 4 today. if you stepped outdoors you know what we're talking about. good morning. it's saturday, october 1st, 2011. as jim had mentioned you might have noticed a chill in the air if you did step outside for a moment. it's a lot cooler this morning than what we're used to. meteorologist chuck bell is here to tell us about it. >> i was out running yesterday afternoon 76 degrees and the sun was coming out. this is really nice. unfortunately we couldn't keep it around. >> i thought it was supposed to stay. >> really. >> i thought we were supposed to have more sun. >> i don't know what went wrong with doug's forecast. just teasing. what a change we had. clouds have moved back in overnight and now rainshowers are on the radar as well. temperatures are tumbling now what the rain is coming down temperatures are drifting ever downward into tupper 40s and low 50s. expect a chilly, raw day outside. here's a look at the radar. not a lot of rain today. where you're getting the drizzle it feels more miserable thanks to the wetness out there. a blustery north and northwesterly wind today. averaging 20 to 30 miles per hour at times. the flags will be flapping today. cloudy and chilly light rain, blustery temperatures will struggle to make the mid to upper 50s. the tight rers in college park taking on the terrapins. back the umbrellas. air force academy in annapolis. 50% chance of slickers there. that's a noon kickoff. windy there as well. cavalier fans heading down to charltsville for the day. 57, light rain. not as breezy. a chance of a shower, 40% chance of rain in charltsville, the hokeys a big one in blacksburg, clemson comes to town. it's a 6:00 kickoff. 47 degrees again with a blustery northwest wind and a 30% chance you're going to get wet. have the umbrellas and the slickers ready to go if you're going out to support your team today. >> thanks, chuck. >> thank you, chuck. flu from overnight this morning police have partially identified a man found dead on tracks near rockville. police say the man is 37 years old and from gaithersburg. he was found around 3:00 this morning a couple hundred feet from the rockville metro station. there is no evidence of foul play and no trauma to suggest the man was hit by a train. also new from overnight d.c. police were called out just after midnight to the 5300 block of dix street northeast on reports of a shooting. when they arrived on the scene authorities found a man shot multiple times. he was pronounced dead a short time later. right now they don't have a suspect or motive in the shooting. happening today, a new texting law is now in effect for drivers who live in maryland and drive in maryland. it allows police to pull over drivers they see sending or reading messages on their cell phones. if you're caught you can get a $70 fine as well as a point on your driver's license. before today police needed another reason to pull drivers over before giving a ticket for texting. another heads up for drivers. you might want to find a new route around the chain bridge this weekend. the bridge will be closed between arlington and the district in both directions. crews will make repairs to the structure under the bridge. bike and pedestrian traffic will also be blocked this weekend. canal road remains open, but drivers won't be able to turn on to the chain bridge. things should be back to normal for your monday morning commute. and starting today drivers on the inner loop of the beltway will not be able to use the left exit to get to i-66 west. they have to use the right exit instead. the ramp is closed for the hot lanes project currently being built. v dot officials feel this move will improve safety for drivers so they don't have to switch lanes as often. four of the five metro lines will see minor delays this weekend because of track work. riders on the red, orange, blue and green lines should add about 20 minutes to their travel times. the biggest change is on the blue line where trains will end on a stop early and a special shuttle will take people to springfield. all the track work should be finished by monday morning. it's the last weekend to enjoy a d.c. landmark and one of the city's oldest pubs. the famed hawk n dove and capitol hill is closing after 44 years in business. tomorrow's last call. the popular tavern has been sold and will be turned into a bee stroe. but you can own a piece of the history. they will auction off memorabilia and other items like bar stools and neon signs online starting october 2nd they've got some cool stuff there. >> sure do. we want to pass along a correction to you. the benefit concert for the flooding victims in prince william county is going to happen tomorrow. again the concert starts alt noon tomorrow that's in the b. thrifty shopping center parking lot on jefferson davis highway in wood bridge. 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very small amount of rain. >> okay. >> you're going to get wet, but it isn't going to be one of the deluges like we've had. we won't have five and seven-inch rainfall amounts. rainfall amounts are probably going to be .10 to .25 an inch of rain. but if you stretch it out over 48 hours, that's what it's going to feel like. plenty of clouds, wind out there as well and chilly. stick your nose out the window and you'll find out for sure. cloudy skies on your saturday morning with a little bit of light drain, drizzle and mist around downtown. here's the look at the u.s. capitol building. temperature at national airport has been going down steadily. i got up at 3:00 this morning it was 59 degrees at national airport. now we're back down to 52. there's that northwest wind still gusting better than 20 miles per hour at times. the sustained win now at 15 to 20 with gusts higher than that. temperatures still in the low and mid 50s into southern maryland. a chilly one today with temperatures i don't think anybody's going to get back up over the 60 degree mark on your saturday. i don't think too many people are going to get over 60 tomorrow either. here it is on doppler. sprinkles around the washington area. zoom in sprinkling on the national mall. sprinkles out here to the north side of fairfax and falls church. a little bit of light rain up towards poolsville and western montgomery county. some moderate showers southwest of mar tinsburg, west virginia. the problem another cut off area of low pressure across west virginia. notice these showers like that, they're going to be wrapping back around and coming back through here late tonight into tomorrow. this is an extended period of some cloud and rather unsettled weather as that area of low pressure cut off from the jet stream drifts southbound to virginia and central virginia today. makes the turn. goes up towards the eastern shore and the northern parts of the bay. goes back west into pennsylvania tomorrow. and comes back around here late sunday night into monday. this is really going to be an ugly stretch of cloudy weather for us. again, rainfall amounts won't be a lot. it will be a little bit of rain spread overmany, many hours. cloudy, chilly, light rain, blustery as well. northwest winds 15 to 20 miles per hour. higher than that for the high spots. here's the extended forecast today and tomorrow not a completely lost cause because it's your weekend and you probably have the days off. good book reading weather. no doubt about that. better weather begins to return on tuesday. wednesday, thursday, friday look absolutely great that good weather should stretch into next weekend. college football nebraska in wisconsin in madison taking on the badgers. 52 degrees it's an 8:00 at night kickoff. down near 39 degrees by the end of the game. that's their first entrance to the big ten. for angie north carolina. make sure they're kick it into the wind at the third quarter. jim, the florida gators. >> it's a big one. >> you've got the chomp thing going. alabama goes down to gainesville today. >> the swamp. >> 75 sunny, breezy, perfect weather for florida. oklahoma number one in the smarter oit have two polls is taking on bowling green this afternoon. i was out there for the game in norman last weekend. had a blast. that's the reason they won last week i think is because i was there. this week they have to do it without me. we'll see how that goes. >> they're on a roll. >> they are on a roll. we're hoping we can continue that roll, too. >> thanks, chuck. right now the time the 9:49. coming up on news 4 today we go back into the vault and check out when the redskins took on the rams. oh, have the times changed in there are over 200 varieties of gourmet coffee that have earned the keurig brewed seal of approval. the keurig brewed seal is our commitment that the coffee inside will deliver a delicious cup of coffee every time. keurig brewed. look for the only mark of genuine keurig quality. you're watching news 4 today. the washington redskins take on the rams this weekend. so we're taking a trip back in time to one of the most lopsided playoff games you will ever seen. and for redskins fans, it was a great memory. >> it was. way back we're going. it was one of the several big time performances for darrell green during his rookie season. we have the redskins rewind. new year's day 1984. darrell no longer green. the los angeles rams in town for an n.f.c. divisional playoff game at a beat up rfk stadium. >> there was one portion of the field gets no sun from 15 october to one march. that is the hard part. however, to make it a little bit softer, we will put some sawdust on it tomorrow morning. >> it looks like a pig pen. exactly what we thought it was going to be. it's cold and frozen. it's been tore up. been played on quite a bit. but that doesn't matter. they've got to play on it just like we do. >> nobody, and i mean nobody was playing like the skins that season. on the opening drive, john riggens carried six times. the last a three-yard plunge through a hole big enough to drive a diazle through it. skins up 7-0. next possession, joe theismann finds hall of famer art monk. a 40-yard hookup to brought the fun bunch out of hibernation. >> we're back. we've always been here. we only do it in certain situations. >> even before halftime, another theismann to monk touchdown. another fun bunch celebration. and two more t.d.s. added up to the largest margin of victory ever for the skins. a 51-7 trouncing of the rams. >> a superball club. they do things so well. they execute. they don't make mistakes. they don't throw the interceptions. they don't fumble the ball. they are a sound football team. that's all you can really say about them. >> their team is so good. i mean, i don't think they really have to key on too many people. if everyone does their job like they do, they'll beat you. they humiliated us. >> from humiliation came jubilation of rookie cornerback darrell green. on one possession he was tested over and over again. the first round pick came up big every single time. fourth quarter, and the nfl rookie to have year eric dickerson can't hold on to the pass. the rookie to have year runner up darrell green returns it 72 yards. his first touchdown off an interception. >> he had a great game recovering on routes. our receiver would beat him initially and then he'd recover to the ball real well. he'd have great recovery speed. that's one of the biggest assets. >> he has a great personality. he's a bubbly guy full of life. he gets down the field and he's a pleasure to watch. he'll overplay this and that. may not be techniquewise, but he's there. >> is this is kind of game that guys dream about as kids? >> it's the kind that i dream about. and today it was reality. i'm glad about it. i don't know how it all came out. i think he caught one pass on me. if i can do that every week, i might be going to hawaii. still looks the same. >> he does. the guy does not age. darrell green all the way. >> today the world's largest theme park is celebrating 40 years of making dreams come true. >> welcome to a little bit of florida here in california. this is where the early planning is taking place for our so-called disney world project. >> on october 1st, 1971, that project became reality when the magic kingdom at walt disney world opened to the public. 40 years later the resort now boasts four theme parks, two water parks one of the largest employers in the country and is visited by nearly 17 million people a year. >> we could use some of that florida sunshine today. don't think we're going to get it. no, no florida sunshine for us. not today. >> bundle up. >> that's it for october 1st. stay warm everyone. thanks for having us in and walking up with us today. >> we'll see you tomorrow morning starting dark and early at 6:00 a.m. [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] movie buffs! this film is tres bien, but the interest rate on your checking 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with meteorologist chuck bell. refreshing start. >> new month, new atmosphere, new everything. >> i busted out the scarf and the winter coat this morning. >> you're going to need it. you're definitely going to need it this weekend. be ready for a november like weekend in october. we skipped the whole month of october. the leaves are still green, but man, has it cooled down out there. 40s and 50s to get your weekend starleted under a mostly cloudy sky. it's blustery out there as well. i had the sunroof open on the way to work. 49 degrees in haguerstown, maryland. 55 right here in downtown washington. upper 50s along the bay side down towards chesapeake beach. mid 50s towards culpeper. here's a lock at live doppler. some light sprinkles out there don't stray too far from the rain gear as you make plans to enjoy saturday. nothing too heavy some sprinkles from haguerstown to the west side of frederick, maryland. out along interstate 81 and sprinkles to the south and west of washington. a lot of clouds around this weekend. it isn't going to rain all weekend. there will be a chance that you could get wet any almost any time for today and tomorrow as well. so cloudy, chilly, passing light rainshowers, blustery around here for today. if you're packing up the car and driving down to blacksburg, clemson and virginia tech. a big one in blacksburg tonight 6:00 kickoff. 47 at kickoff out there. and west virginia mountaineer fans headed up to morgantown another chilly day for football. 48 degrees in morgantown. if you want your college football forecast on the air. send me the note. who's playing, when they're playing, where they're playing. we'll get as many as we can on during the 9:00 hour. >> thanks, chuck. new from overnight metro transit police tell us they are conducting a death investigation after a body was found on the tracks. a maintenance crew found the body of an adult male near the rockville metro station. police say it is not a metro worker and they're unsure how the man died and how he got on to the tracks. we'll bring you updates throughout the morning as they come into news 4. new from overnight, d.c. police were called out to the 5300 block of decision street northeast on reports of a shooting after midnight. when they alived at the scene authorities found a man shot multiple times. he was pronounced dead a short time later. right now they don't have a suspect or motive in the shooting. there's a tough new law in effect aimed at drivers putting down their points. if you're caught it's a point on your license and a fine. the new law in maryland says driver ks not accepted or read text messages. it doesn't matter if you're in motion or stopped at a light. as darcy spencer shows us, there are significant questions about how the law will be enforced. >> driving at times usually it's just a matter of convenience and i try to get away with it or sneak it. >> reporter: but starting saturday it will be illegal to send or even read a text message while you're behind the wheel or stopped at a red light in maryland. >> honestly, i believe that, you know, texting while driving is very dangerous. >> reporter: cops will be allowed to pull you over if they catch you texting and hand you a ticket that carries a fine and a point on your license. >> this will make people more mindful of how dangerous it is when you drive and text at the same time. >> reporter: but will police be able to enforce the law and prove their case in court? this defense attorney has serious doubts. >> i think it is an impossiblity to enforce this law because there's vickly no way for a police officer to know whether a person who is operating a motor vehicle is actually texting or reading a text while driving. >> reporter: under the new law you'll be able to drive and use a hand held gps device and some say that's going to create more confusion. >> i think they'll just pull you over if you look like you're reading a text. i know for me sometimes i get lost and i use my gps on my phone. >> reporter: police say no matter how challenging, they'll ticket drivers who they think are breaking the law. >> if he believes that the person is texting or receiving a text, then he would make the decision whether or not to pull someone over. >> reporter: here's one more aspect of this new law, if police determine your texting caused an accident you'll face a $110 fine, you'll get three points on your license. the number one man on the cia's kill or capture list is dead. he was a top leader for al qaeda in yemen and had ties to our area, too he was killed yesterday by u.s. drone strike. he was born in the u.s. and was influential in spreading the organization's message via social media. he had the nickname the bin laden of the internet. he directed the failed underwear bombing attack on christmas back in 2009 and was mentioned in the fort hood shootings last year. president obama called this a major blow to the al qaeda network. >> the death offal-akwaki is a blow to al qaeda. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula remains a dangerous, though weakened terrorist organization. >> the drone strike appears to have killed al qaeda's top saudi bomb maker. >> meanwhile local reaction is mixed on the death. the al qaeda leader did doctor yal work at george washington university many the early 90s and was later an imam at a church in falls church. >> i think people need to become a little bit more knowledgeable about the variances in each religion about the extremists and those practicing to be honest individuals living a good life. >> members of the mosque did voice concerns that this assassination set a dangerous precedent for killing american citizens without due process. "the washington post" reports the justice department wrote a secret memo authorizing the attack before hand and there was no dissent from american leaders. d.c. police now believe that a george washington university law student killed during an altercation outside a mcdonald's in northwest last week may have thrown the first punch. patrick casey died of his injuries after the altercation on 19th and m streets here. casey's parents believe their son was attempting to break up the fight. now investigators tell us casey was involved and may have even started the altercation. >> we believe it was mr. casey, it may have been someone that was with me. we're still ironing that out. that was the initial push. >> police say someone then punched casey. he fell to the ground and hit his head leaving him brain dead. all the suspects involved in the altercation have been interviewed. police say if it was simply an altercation only misdemeanor charges would be filed. that decision will likely be made by a grand jury. happening today, you'll now have to pay more at the dmv many the district. the agency is more than doubling its fees for several services. it is raising fees from $7 to $20 for duplicate driver's license, duplicate learners permits, temporary driver's license, identification cards, change of address and printing duplicate registration cards. the price for parking is also going up. a residential parking permit is jumping $20 from $15 up to $35. senior citizens will pay a little less they only have to pay $25. i should make that nice trip to the dmv a little more fun. we all love going. >> just what we need. that's quite a jump in all those categories. somebody's making some money. >> just for parking. take the bike. the time right now nine minutes after the 6:00 hour. coming up on news 4 today, we're going to hear from crews surveying the damage on the washington monument. found out what has them worried and it's not rappelling down that monument. ♪ name that tune. she's got a good voice. ice champions hit the rink. how skating champion michael wise and that was his daughter ther [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] movie buffs! this film is tres bien, but the interest rate on your checking account is le pew. interest on your checking? earn more with new high yield free checking at capital one bank. your interest rate will be five times the national average. five times the interest! and free atms at any bank. show's over folks. make your way to capital one bank. what's in your wallet? were you crying? yeah. we've got a major traffic alert for drivers this weekend. listen up chain bridge will be closed this weekend in both directions between arlington and the distribution fblt the closure is for structural repair under the bridge. bike and pedestrian traffic will be blocked this weekend. canal road remains open. the drivers won't be able to turn on to chain bridge. things should be back to normal for your monday morning commute. more traffic news, drivers on the inner loop of the beltway will not be able to use the left lane to get the 66 west. they must use the right exit instead. v dot officials tell us they feel this move will help improve safety for drivers so they don't have to switch lanes as often. four of the five metro lines will see minor delays this weekend because of track work. riders on the red, orange, blue and green lines should add about 20 minutes to their travel times. the biggest change is on the blue line where trains will end the spop early and a special shuttle will take people to springfield. all the track work should be finished by monday morning. engineers they're going to be busy again today inspecting the washington monument for earthquake damage. the parks service says a team has finished examining the pyramid top as well as the six level of stones just below it. they are scanning every inch of the landmark looking for any loose debris and damage and they've removed large loose stones that could have fallen possibly hitting people below. one adjustment is realizing they're d.c.'s newest tourist attention. >> the acrobatics we do to get out in the windows on the side of the building. it's a tight squeeze with all the ropes and weight behind you. trying not to make a fool out of yourself. >> the inspection should wrap up on tuesday as long as that weather cooperates. you will soon be able to check out your favorite books on sunday's again in d.c. despite a tight budget. martin luter king library will remain open on sunday afternoons. the only library in the entire system to do so. tom sherwood has the story. >> reporter: the martin luter king library in downtown washington is a distinctive, stark, black, modern building first opened in 1972. it's now on the register of historic places. d.c. resident and teacher josephine nicholson likes to come to the library to check out books for students. >> there's nothing like holding a book in your hands. i can't purchase every book that i'd like. >> reporter: but budget cuts were forcing the king library to start closing on sunday afternoons. a time that draws more than 50,000 patrons during the year to its books, computers and research materials. >> it's a cost cutting deal. it's a budget thing. people from across the city came out to the budget hearings to say please do not shut the last library that's open on sunday. >> reporter: late friday there was good news for the king library in the sunday hours. mayor vincent gray and d.c. council library committee chairman tommy wells says the city has found the $300,000 necessary to keep the sunday hours for the king library. it won't be closing after all. the mayor has changed his mind. this library will stay open on sundays. >> that's great. there's a lot of people up here -- there's a lot of services offered to us and the other patrons on sundays. >> at least this library open on sunday which is a great first step and we're really pleased. >> reporter: teacher josephine nicholson agrees maybe it's a good sign for more library branchs in the future. good for the children? >> yes. it would be nice if they were all opens on sundays all the time, but times are hard. >> some of the most famous faces in figure skating are hitting the rink tonight in northern virginia to help young athletes bring home the gold. it's all thanks to two time olympian and three time u.s. national figure skating champion michael weiss, every year his ice champions live event raises money for future skating stars. he said if it weren't for the support of strangers he wouldn't be where he was before. >> i thought it would be a shame if someone had talent but they didn't reach their potential because they couldn't afford to be on the ice. >> you can support the foundation by enjoying tonight's spectacle on ice at the ice plex. tickets range from $20 to $50 with vip opportunities to chat with olympic champions like brian boy tanno and ilya kulick. >> she's still got it. doing the back flips. >> very talented. skating weather for us outside. a little chilly. >> don't go out on the shallow ponds around the area. the ice is not thick enough. it sure does feel chilly. autumn has turned into fall many the blink of an eye around here. we'll have a complete weekend we'll have a complete weekend check of your forecast in two we'll have a complete weekend check of your forecast in two the sleep number bed. number store different? with the sleep number bed, it's not about soft or firm. it's about support where you find it most comfortable. the magic of this bed is that you're sleeping on something that conforms to your individual shape. on a traditional mattress, there is no adjustment. you get what you're buying that day. with our bed, you change the setting to something you like. this way, if you change your mind once you get home you can adjust it. if you don't like it, change it. wow! that feels really good. it's hugging my body. you can adjust it to 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"bridesmaids." >> i did, too. >> we can't say any of her quotes. they're not appropriate for morning television. especially if you haven't had breakfast. let's move it into weather. >> what a turn of seasons around here. yesterday another beauty of a day yesterday turned out to be. sunshine turned out late yesterday afternoon. mild as well. mid 70s you can forget that. that weather is now long gone and it will seem like it's just been years since you felt the sunshine. although we really didn't get much sunshine in the month of september. don't expect much this weekend, either. the clouds are going to be tough to budge out of the region. a general north to northwesterly wind is going to keep temperatures way below average. outside on your saturday morning a good way to get your weegd started a few harmless clouds in the eastern and northern skies. more clouds out to the west you folks in the blue ridge and schenn doe ya valley full overcast. 55 degrees our temperature at national airport. winds out of the northwest at 13 miles per hour. you should expect a very blustery north and northwest wind all day, all night and all tomorrow as well. very fall like around here. temperatures now upper 40s in northern most maryland. upper 40s and low 50st in northern montgomery county. mid 50st for southern parts of prince george's county. as you make our plans to get outside and attempt to enjoy your saturday clouds, clouds, and clouds today. going to have a chance for a light passing sprinkles from time to time. rainfall amounts are going to be very, very light this weekend. however, sometimes it just doesn't take much to get you wet and make you mad. a little bit of sprinkle activity to the west of i-95. this is all generally lifting up to the north. you folks in the panhandle of west virginia if it's not wet where you live right now you'll get more showers later. another area of low pressure cut off from the jet stream spinning its wheels to our west. that's going to keep the clouds and chilly temperatures in place for all of the weekend. the temperatures in the low to mid 40s out to our west. be ready for a chilly day today and more of the same coming tomorrow. this same area of low pressure, watch this, it's going to sit here and spin around. a little loop over the eastern shore back into parts of southern pennsylvania. back out to west virginia. this story is going to be repeated all weekend long, as long as the low pressure hangs around, you'll have a chance of getting a spit of rain. cloudy and chilly. light rain from time to time. blustery today highs in the upper 50s to near 60. same story for tomorrow. not much of a sunshine filled weekend, i'm afraid. breezy, cool, damp today and tomorrow. the bulk of the rain will be either today or monday, but still shower chances are off and on through sunday as well. sunny and nice and gorgeous and wonderful middle of the week coming up so be ready for that. you're headed out to annapolis, 59 degrees there at kickoff. 58 in college park. towson playing maryland. 58 chance of showers. pack your slickers to be on the safe side. cool college football weather in the east. >> pack your slickers and a positive attitude. maryland needs it this weekend. let's talking some profootball. the redskins take on the rams on the road tomorrow. >> plus we check out the high school football game of the week. good morning everyone. your sports minute begins with football. the redskins on the road at st. louis against the 0-3 rams on sunday in st. louis has won two of the last three meetings against washington. the redskins might be without wide receiver anthony armstrong and fullback young. beau were limited in practice this week because of hamstring injuries. both are game time dis. kick off is set for 1:00 in st. louis. high school football game of the week, churchill hosting unbeaten gaithersburg. third quarter churchill 7-0, 14 yards for the touchdown. two-point conversion good. churchill takes an 8-7 lead. end of the game, gaithersburg trails by two. trojans in the red zone. lincoln reyes can't handle the snap. the bulldogs hang on to win it 15-13 handing gaithersburg the first loss of the season. preseason hockey last night at verizon center. caps taking on the sabers. game goes to a shootout. backstrom looking to put the caps on top and he does. up next for the sabers, luke adam trying to keep buffalo alive. vokoun says i don't think so. makes the save. the caps win 4-3 in a shootout. they'll host chicago in a preseason finally on sunday. in the major league baseball playoffs, it be raies beat the rangers 9-0. the tigers/yankees game was suspended last night because of rain they'll try to play game one later this evening. that's your sports minute, have a great day. today the world's largest theme park is celebrating 40 years in making dreams come true. >> welcome to a little bit of florida here in california. this is where the early planning is taking place for our so-called disney world project. >> in october -- on october 1st, 1971, that project became a reality when the magic kingdom at walt disney world opened to the public. 40 years later the resort now boasts four theme parks, two water parks and is one of the largest employers in the country and is visited by nearly 17 million people a year. a new theme park hasn't opened there in 13 years, but disney world officials say a larger fantasy land at the magic kingdom will open next year to mark the anniversary. >> it's like a different country. >> i was down there. i got to visit one of my favorite evens, one of my favorite parks, where it's a small world where it shows the dolls from all the countries. they can always have room to expand. it doesn't matter when you go, it seems like it's always quite the crowd. >> so true. they've got about 30 degrees on us today. it is still 54 degrees. time now 6:27. coming up in our next half-hour of news 4 touchdown ark new texting law goes into effect in 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[ male announcer ] get to a better state. you're watching nbc 4. washington's news leader. now live in hd this is news 4 today. drama in the courtroom. the first paramedic to treat michael jackson on the day of his death testifies in the trial of dr. conrad murray. good morning, everyone. it's saturday, october 1st, 2011. we're going to get a look at our first forecast with meteorologist chuck bell who says, bust out the sweater. you're going to need it. >> you brought in your winter coat. >> i did. i had my scarf swaddled around my head. i actually laid it out last night i knew it was coming. boy, was it nippy out there. >> very chilly outside this morning. be ready for a very november weekend. that old song "the winds of november" have come early. you'll have that song stuck in your head all day now. that's what it's going to feel like. we skipped the month of october almost completely as far as the weather is concerned. yesterday was 75 degrees september afternoon. today it's barely going to make 60 degrees in any neighborhoods. temperatures to get your saturday and weekend underway mostly many the low to mid 50st around town, there are some upper 40s northern and western maryland barely into the 50s now. here's a look at the radar. some of that isn't reaching the ground there are sprinkles to be found. temperatures will stay in the upper 50s to nearly 60s. a blustery day. in fact winds 15 to 25 miles per hour. if you're headed down to charlesville only 57 degrees at kickoff and a 40% chance of sprinkles as they take on idaho. if you want your college football send it to me. we'll get it on in the 9:00 hour. >> you put mine in? >> yes. florida and carolina. >> thanks, chuck. new from overnight. metro transit police say they are conducting a death investigation after a body was found on the tracks. a maintenance crew discovered the body of an adult male near the rockville metro station. police say it's not a metro worker and they are unsure how the man died and how he got on the tracks. we'll bring you updates throughout the morning as they become available. also new from overnight, d.c. police were called out to the 5300 block of dix street northeast on reports of a shooting after midnight. when they arrived at the scene authorities found a man shot multiple times. he was pronounced dead shortly thereafter. they don't have a suspect or motive in the shooting. day four of the conrad murray manslaughter trial. the men who tried to save michael jackson's life took the stand to give their account of the moments leading up to jackson's death. they say murray's story simply doesn't add up. stephanie stanton has the latest. >> reporter: testimony on day four focused on what happened just moments after this ambulance arrived at michael jackson's home. the lead paramedic testified that jackson was in full cardiac arrest. >> his skin was very cool to the touch. >> reporter: according to testimony he asked dr. murray repeatedly if jackson had any underlying medical issues and if any drugs had been given to the pop singer. >> he said nothing. he has nothing. >> did you hear dr. murray provide information regarding any medications that he had given mr. jackson? >> no, ma'am. >> reporter: but fellow paramedic martin blunt testified that he saw three bottles of a drug near jackson's bed. >> what is it? >> it's a heart drug. >> did the paramedics administer it to mr. jackson during the resuscitative efforts? >> no, ma'am. >> reporter: the defense tried to offer insight into why murray didn't tell the paramedics about the propofol and other drugs right away. >> you asked dr. murray if mr. jackson was on recreational drugs. >> i don't remember if i asked that or not. >> reporter: both paramedics described repeated attempts to resuscitate jackson before he was take on the the hospital where he was officially pronounced dead. lawyer ifser the man accused of shooting congresswoman gabrielle giffords have filed a motion trying to stop his treatment. they want to keep layoff ner from being sent back to a missouri prison where therapists want him to stand trial. on wednesday a federal judge extended the treatments saying it appears to be working. layoff ner is accused of the shooting that injured six including giffords. the husband of giffords will get to spend more time with his wife. mark kelly is officially retiring today from nasa and the u.s. navy. he commanded the next to the last flight of the space shuttle program taking endeavour on its final mission. kelly and giffords have a book deal for a joint memoir. they are working on it as she recuperat recuperates. drivers in maryland will want to leave their phones alone behind the wheel. a new texting law went into effect this morning. it allows police to pull over drivers reading or sending messages on their cell phone. if you're caught you can get a $70 fine and a point on your driver's license. before today police needed another reason to pull drivers over before giving a texting citation. today the wood bridge community will come together for a benefit concert to support more than 60 families left homeless by last month's floods. more than 100 homes in the community of holly acres within condemned after the flooding. the concert starts at noon today in the b. thifty shopping center parking lot. the concert will go until 6:00 this evening. this week prince william county officials are expected to announce just how much damage that flooding caused. communities around the country affected by a string of natural disasters will be eligible for aid again. president obama signed a short-term spending stopgap measure yesterday that keeps the government running through tuesday and replenishes disaster assistance funds. fema was quickly running out of money after a summer of hurricanes, floods, fires and tornados. lawmakers will have to vote on another measure this week that will fund the government through mid november. a potentially huge shake up in the 2012 presidential primary schedule. a florida committee voted to move its primary up to january 31st. that move sparked four other states, iowa, new hampshire, nevada and south carolina to work on moving their primary dates even earlier. iowa is in a battle with new hampshire for having the first primary date. new hampshire says it will hold its primary in december if necessary. other states thinking about moving their primaries before march 6th would have to give up half of their delegates come convention time. 2008 presidential candidate and former new mexico governor bill richardson will give his take on the gop field this sunday morning. he'll be a guest on "press pass with david gregory" on sunday morning at 11:30. a traffic afor drivers along the chain bridge. the bridge is going to be closed between arlington and the district in both directions. crews will make repairs to the structure under the bridge and take note. bike and pedestrian traffic will also be blocked this weekend. canal road remains open, but drivers won't be able to turn on to the chain bridge. things should be back to normal for your monday morning commute. more major traffic news. starting today drivers on tiner loop of the beltway will not be able to use the left exit to get to 66 west. they must use the right lane exit instead. v dot officials feel this move is going to improve safety for drivers so they don't have to switch lanes as often. so at least there is an option. >> yep. >> stay a to the right. >> options. we like it. the time right now is 6:39. coming up on news 4 today, there's a new trend in copper thfts and it's endangering lives. find out what neighborhood the copper thieves are now targeting. coming up in sports this morning we have an upset special from friday night football as a local unbeaten team is taken at bank of america, we're lending and investing in the people and communities who call greater washington, d.c. home. from supporting an organization that helps new citizens find their way... to proudly supporting our washington redskins... and partnering with a school that brings academic excellence to the anacostia community. because the more we do in greater washington, d.c., the more we help make opportunity possible. police in northern virginia are trying to get the word out about a dangerous trend in the area. they say thieves are targeting vacant homes in search of copper. james says his wood bridge home which is under renovation was a target. he said it cost him $5,000 to repair the damage after they stole piping from his house. prince william county police say at least 25 vacant homes have been targeted in the dale city and wood bridge area. they warn that that's put a lot of people's lives at risk. >> when they leave that is potentially creating a build up of gas, which goes undetected in many cases for an amount of time and that creates not only a hazard to the citizens, but also to first responders. >> prince william county police are asking anyone with information about these thefts or if you see suspicious people walking around vacant homes to give them a call. an office manager for a sterling based landscaping company is accused of embezzling a half million dollars from her employers. the 48-year-old worked at great falls landscapes. prosecutors say between 2004 and 2010 she add ed fake names to the company payroll. then deposited her paychecks into her personal bank account. she's accused of using company credit cards to buy concert tickets and electronic. she was indicted on 15 counts of wire, bank and mail fraud. the "today kwtsds show is next. >> amy joins us from new york. >> coming up this morning, a special edition. we are live in italy covering the amanda knox appeals case. will the american be freed from prison. the verdict is expected on monday. we'll have the latest and talk with amanda's friends. we're also following the trial of dr. conrad murray. did he kill michael jackson in the trial began with explosive testimony from those inside the room when the singer died. we'll take a look back at the week in court. plus, just released the jailhouse videotape showing casey anthony at the moment she learned her daughter's remains were found. why were they released and what do they reveal? and then supermarket science, what some stores are doing to get you to spend more munch we're going to share some of their secrets with you. we'll have that and more coming up. >> a busy morning. >> how to make me spend more money at the grocery store, lower the price. everything's two for one. i'll take it. >> i need ten tubes of tooth paste. >> that's what you always end up getting. for us, enjoy whatever teeny, tiny sliver of sunshine you may see this weekend. it's going to be hard to come [ agent ] so your policy looks good, is there anything else? why did you buy my husband a falcon? thanks for the falcon. i didn't buy anyone a falcon. sure, you did. you saved us a lot of money on auto 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[ falcon screeches ] you're watching news 4 today. feeling like fall. finally. >> oh, yeah. it feels like summer for so long. now it's the hard left turn outside the atmosphere has really just gone totally crazy. >> wakes you up fast. everybody has an extra pep that their step. >> you open the door to let the dog out and get the paper, what happened to october? beautiful weather has come to an abrupt turn around here. and it is really going to feel far more like early november than the first day of october today, that's going to be true again for tomorrow. there are brighter, milder days on the seven-day forecast. they're just not going to get here in time for your weekend. outside right now a mostly cloudy sky awaits you to get your weekend underway. for those of us that do enjoy getting outside and spending time bike riding or walking or jogging, not a terrible loss of a weekend, but you just need to be ready. it's going to be about 18 or 20 degrees cooler that afternoon than it was yesterday afternoon. 55 right now at national airport with a northwest wind at 13 miles per hour. that's the other half of the weekend forecast. that west to northwesterly wind is going to be zipping for most of today, tonight and tomorrow. so temperatures which are in the low to mid 50s has a little bit of a feels like factor into the 40s. your day planner sun's up at 7:04. temperatures hover in the upper 50s to near 60 degrees. there's been a chance of off and on patches of light rain as well. dry to our east. showery weather sprinkles out to the south and southwest of town. a few springsles south of i-95. more light rainshowers lifting up into the panhandle of we've. be ready for springly weather. a little break in the weather and chance for rainshowers tomorrow. this real pocket of very chilly air out to our west. this area of low pressure is going to wrap the cool air and moisture into the area. sunshine a break of to of sunshine from time to time. by and large most of us are going to have a cloudy weekend filled with spotty showers from time to time. today, cloudy, chilly, light rain. blustery. highs today in the upper 50s and low 6 0z. tomorrow same story. cloudy, chilly, passing showers. breezy tomorrow as well with highs 55 to 60. with all that talk of gray and gloomiliness where's that sunshine? it comes back late monday into tuesday. tuesday is our transition day back to nicer weather. sunny and gorgeous weather all the way through wednesday, thursday, friday. hokeys fans headed to blacksburg. clemson and virginia tech kick off is at 6:00. 48 degrees with a northwest wind at 15 to 20 miles per hour. hold on to your hands. if your headed out to navy marine corp. memorial field. the air force academy coming in to try to beat our u.s. naval academy. i don't think so. navy's only loss was to your carolina gamecocks. pack the slickers and umbrellas. >> that was a close one. >> if you want your game on send it to me. >> thanks, chuck. the time right now is 6:52. coming up, the upset win in high school football. it's our game of the week after this short break. this short break. so stick around. oh, i see. a throne for the tv... room for movies... your workout gear... non-stop football... it's a man cave! the boys next door will never leave. who says we want them to? you're watching news 4 today. all right. we previewed the redskins game against those rams. >> it's going to be a biggie tomorrow. we check out the action on the diamond. we have your morning sports. good morning, everyone. the rams have not been tough this year. in fact, they've allowed the second most yards and second most points in the nfl this season. should be an easy win for the redskins, right? not so fast. consider this, st. louis has won two of the last three games against washington. and tight end chris cooley knows the rams won't just roll over. >> when you look at them, they play very hard. i think they're very solid, well coached football team. so it's a challenge for us. everyone likes to say that we're just saying that because that's what we're supposed to say, but that's the facts. >> i remember my mother used to tell me don't fight someone that has nothing to lose. they have nothing to lose. they're in a situation where you don't want to set them off. you dent want to put yourself in a predictment. it makes your hopes and dreams unattainable. >> redskins rams 1:00 on sunday. high school football game of the week. churchill hosting unbeaten g-8ersburg. third quarter churchill trails 7-0. 14 yards for the touchdown. two-point conversion. churchill takes an 8-7 lead. fourth quarter 15-7 churchill. but gaithersburg answers. reyes to billy brown. cut the deficit to 15-13. gaithersburg with the ball, the lion king roars. races coin the sideline knocked at the ten yard line. trojans in business. very next play reyes, can't handle the snap. it's recovered for churchill. go crazy. the bulldogs hang on to win it 15-13 handing gaithersburg its first loss of the season. hometown hockey. the capitals open up their regular season at home one week from tonight. last night preseason hockey at home against the sabers. thomas vo vokoun getting the start in net against washington. third period caps down 3-2. caps win the face-off. mike greene the shot from the point. matt hendrix scores on the rebound. 3-3. we go to a shootout in. the shootout, niklas backstrom looking to put the caps on top and he does. here we go. up next for the sabers. luke adam trying to keep buffalo alive. thomas vokoun says i don't think so. makes the save the caps win 4-3 in a shootout. they'll host chicago in their preseason finale on sunday. talking baseball. after two word series titles in eight seasons manager terry francona is out in boston. yesterday the red sox and francona decided to part ways after boston's historic collapse. the red sox are the first team to miss the playoffs after holding a nine-game lead in september. meanwhile the team that won the wild card the tampa bay raies came out swinging yesterday against the rangers. game one of the divisional series in arlington, texas. this is 6-year-old cooper stone throwing out the ceremonial first pitch. he's the son of the man who tragically died after falling to catch a ball that was tossed into the stands by josh hamilton. nice moment there. top three, 3-0 raies. crushes one to center. check out the fan here. makes the catch and then he throws it back. i don't know if that was a good idea. a good souvenir. a three-run homer for him. the raies blank the rangers 9-0. also the tigers/yankees game was suspended because of rain. they'll try to play game one later this evening. that's your morning sports. have a great day. it's the last weekend to enjoy a d.c. landmark. the famed hawk n dove on capitol hill is closing after 44 years in business. tomorrow is last call. the popular tavern has been sold and will be turned into a bee stroe. you can own a piece of history. hawk n dove will auction off memorabilia and other items like bar stools and neon signs starting october th. >> something to remember it by. a sad day. they can drown their sorrows and maybe wash the redskins game. >> the harris mortuary clock that would be a good souvenir. >> or the disco ball. >> i've already got one. i don't want to have that whole thing going on in the house. >> as for weather if you're headed out today, you want to bundle up. >> you're going to need something with a lining and some sort of headgear protection with the possibility of a light rain. >> ear muffs? >> not ear muff weather quite