doing all day long today. because of the way the calendar fell we get five weekends instead of four. essentially we have lost the first one. nobody found anything usable about yesterday's winter. unless you can find something good with yesterday, you can't find anything good today either. a scary and ominous looking sky over washington thanks to all the city lights lighting up the bottom of the cloud deck. temperatures are cold. 45 in washington. 43 in germantown. 44 in manassas. so cold they didn't even send a temperature out. here's digital doppler. just like yesterday, the majority of the rain will be north and west of washington. if you turn your back on mother nature, you will get wet. be on the ready for a chilly day today. temperatures will struggle to get back into the low and mid-50s. there's a possibility of rain almost any time of day. even though it's not going to actually rain all day long. if you're headed up to the ravens, jets and ravens on nbc tonight at 8:00. 8:15 kickoff, 49 degrees at the game. that is a bundle-up factor for sure. let's make sure that favors the home team. back to work and school. 4 or 5 degrees warmer than today. sunshine is head mid week. >> thanks so much. a chaotic scene in lower manhattan. hundreds of protesters on the brooklyn bridge taking a protest to a new level. police arrested 700 of them. all part of a movement called occupy wall street. >> reporter: this cell phone video given to an nbc affiliate, shows some of the protesters along the brooklyn bridge. police taking others into custody. as many as 700 such arrests took place saturday, as demonstrators aired their grievances in a march along the bridge. they've been gathering in new york city for two weeks now. hundreds camping out in a park near wall street demonstrating against a wide variety of social ills, from corporate greed to global warming. their numbers from continued to grow. last weekend saw as many as 80 arrests and squirm issues with the nypd a youtube. by design there is no one leader of this group and no organized set of demands. >> we're doing it together. we're coming together and we're saying things need to be changed. how are we going to do this? >> reporter: movement has spawned similar protests across the country. labor experts say it's gaining the attention of high-profile activists. >> this is the liberal version of the tea party, especially with young people who are expressing their grievances. this could potentially carry over into the 2012 election. >> reporter: attention that could spread from this bridge to the political stage. on a much smaller scale that movement spread to d.c. two dozen protesters are camping out in mcpherson square. they are calling it occupy d.c. grievances are similar to those in new york. they're calling for less corporate influence on government. fear retaliation against americans, the state department issued a worldwide travel alert. the warning in response to the killing of the al qaeda cleric. smart traveler makes it easier for the government to contact travelers in case of emergency. this one will not expire until the end of november. now, the drone strike that killed him appears to have killed a key al qaeda bomb maker. intelligence shows al asiri is among the dead. accused of making the bombs in several attempted attacks, by the so-called underwear bomber christmas day 2009. new trouble from the cia contractor accused of who men while working in pakistan. he faces charges. he got into a fight over a parking spot at a colorado shopping center. he was charged with killing two men who claimed -- who he claimed were trying to rob him. he was eventually released after the u.s. settled with the families of the victims. president obama used a dinner here in washington to chastise the republican presidential candidates. last night he celebrated the repeal of don't ask, don't tell at the human rights campaign annual dinner. the president also took republican challengers to task for not defending a gay soldier booed in a recent debate. >> it's okay for a stage full of political leaders one of whom could end up being the president of the united states being silent when an american soldier is booed. we don't believe in that. >> during his speech, president obama also called for the end of the defense of marriage act which defines marriage as between one man and one woman. the redskins looking for their first road win of the season today. washington heads to st. louis to face off against the 0-3 rams. players and coaches say they're not taking the game lightly and the wynnless rams are still a tough time. it's expected to be a challenge for the burgundy and gold. but the skins's offense is expected to face the struggling ram defense. they gave up 37 points to baltimore last week. redskins and the rams kick off at 1:00 this afternoon. all right. well, after last week's loss to the cowboys, let's hope they are pumped up, ready to go. let's hope also they have a little better weather than we're experiencing in d.c. >> the beauty of that game is it's in the dome. there will be no weather-related excuses. you can blame it on anything but the weather today. for us they've been playing here in redskins -- at fedex field, there would have been trouble. but out in the dome, let's just show what we can see. they're playing sam brad tpofrpltd i i don't know about you, but i ran into the building this morning. >> you ran into the building? you weren't injured in in way? >> no, not at all. in my heels all. it was chilly. >> there was a difference from the heat in the car -- >> i saw the car up on the grass in the front lawn and i wasn't sure what had gone on. i can't runny further to the parking lot so i'll drive up to the front door and leave it there. >> call me out. >> cold, cold, cold outside for now. >> yeah. >> and this isn't going to change any time soon. so don't be expecting some beautiful, sunny warmup today. the clouds and chilliness are stuck in place for at least another 24 to 36 hours before improvement does show its face. but it might be tuesday before improvement gets here. outside on your sunday morning, cloudy, wet, and cold. whoo! it is an unusually cold october day. so cold that we may actually set a record low maximum temperature for the day. we may not get up 53 degrees, which would make it one of the coldest october 2s in 10 years, that's how cold it will be. yesterday we officially had a high in the 60s just after midnight. so today will be the day we might be able to set that record. 45 degrees at national airport. that northwest wind still blowing 12 miles per hour. won't be quite as blustery today as it was yesterday, but still any bit of a breeze with temperatures stuck in the mid-40s right now might get into the low 50s later on today for a brief time. but any breeze at all will keep the windchill factors in the 40s all afternoon. as far as rainfall right now, most of it is far north and west of town. hagerstown, martinsburg, west virginia. notice the direction of the showers. they are southbound movers. so you folks western montgomery and eastern loudon county, those will be in your backyard here in the next 30 to 45 minutes. and look at the mother lode of rainfall in central pennsylvania. that's also spinning back around that area of low pressure so we have rain chances increasing as we go through the rest of the day. temperatures today stuck in the low 50s at best. look how much colder it is out to the west. 40 now in columbus, ohio. their skies are trying to clear out a bit. for us, this area of low pressure spinning its wheels right on top of us. this is going to continue here through the rest of the day. out it goes into western pennsylvania by late this morning. south and west you can get the sense here, cold and damp. as long as that area of low pressure wobbles around the next 24 to 36 hours, nothing will improve weatherwise. for today, cloudy, chill, showers likely, on the breezy side. temperatures stuck upper 40s, low 50s today. tomorrow, cloudy, wet again. passing showers. a touch warmer tomorrow. just a little touch, though. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. here's your extended forecast. cold and wet today. mostly cold and mostly wet tomorrow. and then as we get into tuesday, any rain on tuesday i think will be in the front half of the day. we'll get sunshine back by tuesday afternoon. once we get the sun back, we may be in store for a very nice extended nice period of weather through the weekend and into next weekend. for now it's cloudy and cold outside. so be ready for that. >> a lot of people in our area looking forward to that. >> to the extended period. >> they have already put the blinders on. no. >> chuck bell, thanks a lot. next up is reporter's net book, where they're talking traffic. >> and we'll be back in 15 minutes with the top stories and your sunday forecast as well. >> good morning. welcome to reporter's notebook. i'm pat lawson muse. putting the breaks on brack. they want the pentagon to slow the transfer of thousands of workers to the mark center. senators webb, warner and members of the kopbgz delegation from written to leon panetta complaining the transfer should stop until road improvements are made. this is not a new concern. these leaders have been complaining roads and infrastructure are not adequate to handle the influx of some 5,000 workers expected this year alone. the question is will this collective appeal directly to the boss at the pentagon work? >> well, it is certainly coming from really powerful group. you have two united states senators very well positioned in armed services and spendinging matters. jim webb on the armed services committee. you have mark warner, one of the gang of six. deficit reduction. and they're saying stop the mark process now. let us know more about what you're doing. give us detailed reports. they're going directly to leon panetta. what it will achieve, as we said before, this train has left the station. it will be hard to slow it down. their best shot is what they're leveling at top brass right now. >> i think where this ends up is some marginal efforts to mitigate the impact of traffic patterns. let's face it, when we're talking about moving people to a new area as daily commuters, there's going to be an impact. if you start talking about significant impacts on 395 and other major arteries in this area, something will be done. will there be a sweeping mandate from the director's office or cabinet level? i doubt it. but we're going to see some efforts afoot to try to mitigate some of the damages caused by this. >> i think both jim and dave are absolutely correct. but you said something that caught my ear. and that is these men have some say on allocation of funds. now, that may be where the real pressure comes. can they hold up funds for this train that has left the station? and that won't be discussed publicly until later on. so even though i think dave is right, the train has left the station. you might see some temporary police assignment, controlling traffic. that might be offered. but if they get serious they may say, you know what, we'll just hold up some funding here, some funding there until you come to your senses. >> prince george's county police say their anti crime initiative is paying off. crime has fallen significantly in five neighborhoods targeted by police over the summer. police held face-to-face meetings with 67 of the worst offenders, violent offenders. they offer them social services and they warn them that they were being watched. crime rates are down all over the country. but do you believe prince george's police deserves special credit here. >> well, it was unique, audacious, amazing tactic to use. it's unheard of. you bring the guys in you suspect say, look, we can do good things for you or you can mess up and get in trouble on your own, think it over. according to the police they thought it over and crime went down. that's pretty amazing. >> i think you can't -- well, i think you better be really careful if you start touting crime statistics. because that can turn on you really quickly, unfortunately. but i'm thinking this framework is in the larger model of this $250,000 grant that was put out which governor has been talking about which covers the period in question. so is it total aly a county effort? i think it's a county to state effort. they closed 800 some odd warrants with the 250,000 grant. and it was in that same period. >> i love the question. i mean, this was an amazing thing when you think about it. wait a minute. this is 67 violent criminals. these folks had committed violent acts and murder. and to tell them we're watching you. oh, by the way, we can help you. they were all brought and made -- because of the parole officers. it was a condition of their parole. but then to say not one got re-arrested? this ought to be really examined. and i think people who study criminal justice and should be looking at this. so i think prince george's county, to answer your direct question, should be very proud, at least in these neighborhoods. now, that's not the total county. but this is an interesting model. >> murder rates remain high. so we're not out of the woods yet. >> yeah. >> but it's an interesting model for this neighborhood. >> to pick up on your point, dave, every day, every night there are shootings in various neighborhoods. if you live where the bullets are flying, do these crime statistics really matter? >> well, obviously they don't. >> but they do matter to these five nakeds. >> you have to compare it, the neighborhoods and the tactics police used, which they say really work. >> d.c. police is planning to hire 300 new police officers. mayor gray says training of the newest recruits will begin shortly october 4th. they will have 25 to 35 recruits in them, but the force is losing 15 to 30 officers every month because of retirement. so the union is complaining that the department is dangerously understaffed and even if training, this hiring plan won't be enough to stem the tide. >> well, the argument for them would be to have to start somewhere. people are leaving faster than they can hire, they better hire and fire quickly and get them incentives and get the best people for the job. the mayor apparent live he has the money to do it, which is interesting in a straightened city -- >> where did he get the money? >> there's been talk about new tax revenues, economically while things are still in the doldrums they have been getting more than they expected. they found money on other programs that hadn't been spent. that's always the case. and they're desperate. they need to hire these police officers. >> what's the worst scenario? having too few cops by a few hundred or having more poorly trained cops? in the ranks. i'm wondering. i think it's very dangerous to consider trying to rush people into service. >> well, they assure us they will be trained. they always say that. but, you know. >> we've had these conversations before about the qualifications for d.c. police officers. cap a tan -- chief lear came in, there was talk of even raising the standards. if you're talking about people moving in quickly you can't be talking about raising the standards of who qualifies. >> joe, 3,900 are currently on the force. 3,800 rather. the goal is 3,900 by the end of next year. so at this pace, would it be enough to offset the losses? >> no. you have this natural attrition that take place. so that won't be the case. and jim has a point, too. however, when i hear all of this it simply lets me know this is more of a budget battle. i'm battling for my position in the budget. i want 300 now. but at some point in time we're going to look at this budget and down the road and it's going to come sooner than later. i want more police officers and i'm getting the public ready for a budget battle. >> we've got to take a break. we'll be right back. stay with us. welcome back. a disturbing story now. d.c. schools chancellor henderson that 1 in 10 children have tried to commit suicide over the last year. 1 in 5 missed classes because they don't feel safe traveling to school nearly 14% have feared being beaten up at school. what is going on in d.c. middle schools? >> well, school is a difficult experience for many children. it's certainly challenging. it's a bittersweet memory for most. yet when kids are afraid to go to school because of violence, when they're afraid once they get to school they won't be in a safe haven, that's pretty bad. and most children get through it somehow. they find a way. but there's that core that really gets through to them. there have been a lot of concern about young people committing suicide one reason or another. and here we have another example. >> well, my eldest son is 30. and my youngest son will be 2 this year. and two in between. i have several generations within my own household. and things are definitely different now. it's a different dynamic for children. but 13, 14, 15 are difficult years for all kids. >> sure. >> everywhere. you're in between being a child and an adult or teenager. you're going into those years. peer pressure is probably more dynamic in those years than any other time in your life perhaps. and i will say one other thing, chancellor henderson, maybe she doesn't take those figures on face value. they got the information from the kids. it's not like a scientific group studied a group over time. there was a questionnaire. kids have anxiety. they have concerns. >> i had anxiety when i was a kid but i didn't think about killing myself. this is one of the most disturbing stories i think of the week, quite honestly. and let me talk solutions. we've got parents who are to get out on the street monday morning. and with or without children in their household. and be on those corners so a kid you can go to school and learn and succeed. we need to have the city look at this. and if necessary, with these 300 new cops we talked about. >> yeah. >> then put the trainees and their brown shirts on the corners where they're having these problems. if the kids can fill out surveys and talk about who is killing each other or who is thinking about committing suicide, i'm sure they could tell you what corner it is. >> sure they could. >> this is different than when we were in school. and i say there are solutions to this. it lies with parents. get up out of bed, go out on the street, take your coffee with you. i don't care if you wear your bedroom slippers. and then the city should respond and put the necessary law enforcement on these corners so young people know we care. >> when you say parents should get more involved, you're absolutely right. not just walking the corners, but mormon tors in schools, pta meetings, watching who your children's friends are, what they're studying, what's happening. >> and i wonder if these statistics -- well, i wonder if they apply just to middle school students in the district. take a survey in prince george's county or montgomery county or fairfax. >> i'll go further. if, in fact, can we lay all of this on the doorstep of the school process? or the gang process. or is this study scientific enough to indicate that there are underlying issues that have nothing to do with the pressures of gangs or homework. i'm not sure the study gives us all of that. >> it's a very disturbing issue. >> it's real. >> but it is 1 in 6? >> 1 in 8. but it's very real. if you don't join a gang your life is threatened. >> is that what this study is about? >> it should be. >> i'm not so sure it is. >> whether it is or is not, i'm telling you there is a solution. there is a solution. it's not just within the board of education. >> and solution will be multipronged. >> yes. >> another interesting story, the tea party, this is a wtop radio story, but it showed that significant -- there are signific