All those youll be happy to know are now gone from the area and our skies are mostly clear. I can see orions belt over the sky early this morning as i was driving in. 52 at national airport. 50 in ashburn, virginia. 43 manassas and bristow. 47 waldorf and la plata. 48 in the panhandle of virginia. There it is on radar. Ground clutter close to us. First showers out across parts of ohio but i dont think theyll make it over the mountains. Clouds will but rain drops not too likely. Were off to a nice, clear start this morning. Well have what i like to call selfdestructive sunshine today. More sun we get the more clouds well hook up. Well start sunny and end cloudy. Well talk more about the rest of the weekend coming up. New information this morning about a deadly crash in Prince Georges County involving a metro bus. Police now say a street race caused a car to crash into the back of a bus on silver lane and sea pleasant. 9 30 last night Police Say Two drivers each in a mercedesbenz were drag racing. One hit the back of a metro bus and that car burst into flames. The driver of the car died. More than 40 people were on the bus. Rescuers took some to the hospital. None were seriously hurt. Two people inside the other mercedesbenz are accused of being drunk. One of two Prince Georges CountyPolice Officers charged with the beating of a university of maryland student is looking at several years of prison. Jurors convicted him of assault late last night but acquittede. News 4s chris gordon has more from the county courthouse in upper marlboro. Reporter the jury deliberated six and a half hours and then returned a split verdict. Corporal Reginald Baker found not guilty of seconddegree assault. He bowed his head in tears. One of his lawyers put his arm around him. Then Corporal James harrison found guilty of seconddegree assault, not guilty of misconduct in office. Harrison showed no emotion. The jury paid close attention to the video of the clash in college park after maryland beat duke in march of 2010. The jury decided that the first officer corporal Reginald Baker used legal force hitting student john mckenna but the Second Police officer who joined in Corporal James harrison used Excessive Force because the student was already on the ground and submissive. John mckenna, the student who was beaten, spoke after the verdict. Definitely glad that some justice has been done today. Its been a long two years for me and my family, but there was a broader crime committed here and it spans way further than the two cops charged in this trial, so we hope that the department of justice continues their investigation. Reporter states attorney angela brooks whose office prosecuted the two officers and Prince Georges County police chief mark mcgraw say they are partners in protecting the community. We believe tonight the citizens of Prince Georges County have spoken loudly and clearly that although we appreciate and really honor the protection that is provided to us that protection must be reasonable and that protection must respect the dignity of every human in this community. This Police Department is resolved to be constitutional and professional and ethical. The trust of the community is pa paramount. Reporter the chief says both officers remain on suspension pending a Police Administrative review. States attorney angela also brooks said she would not like to see either of the Police Officers back on the street in uniform. Corporal harrison will be sentenced here on december 14th. The conviction of seconddegree assault carries with it a maximum penalty of up to ten years. At the Prince Georges County courthouse, chris gordon, news 4. A 61yearold woman faces charges for causing a crash that killed an off duty Prince Georges CountyPolice Officer. Investigators say the accident killed officer kevin bowden thursday and the woman crossed several lanes of traffic along serac road in clinton. She allegedly cut the officer off sending his cruiser into a utility pole. The woman remains in the hospital. Police say officer bowden was speeding and not wearing a seat belt. Funeral arrangements have not been announced. New this morning a deadly bus crash involving a bus full of tourists in arizona just a half hour outside of las vegas, nevada. The driver apparently had some kind of medical issue behind the wheel causing it to go off the road near the nevada state line. The driver later died. About 45 passengers were onboard and a few of them were seriously hurt. A tragic end in the search for a young oregon woman who vanished on her way to work. Police found whitney hippels body in a wooded area near portland where she lived. They arrested the 21yearolds neighbor Jonathan Holt and charged him with her murder. She left her apartment early Tuesday Morning for the starbucks where she worked. Earlier this morning we saw that starbucks tweeted we are deeply saddened to learn of whitneys death. Whitney, your starbucks family will miss you greatly. Today more than a thousand military members will gather at Arlington National cemetery to pay tribute to women who died while serving. Military women from world war ii all the way to the present are expected to attend. As part of the tribute those who attend will also hold a candlelight march to the cemetery crossing the Memorial Bridge from the lincoln memorial. This is the 15th year for the event. It can take you a little longer than usual to get around town this morning. Several streets are closed right now for the best buddies challenge. The bike ride, foot race, and walk raises money for best Buddies International which helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It all starts at the Washington Monument. Among the streets that are closed right now constitution avenue from 3rd street to 23rd street. Pennsylvania avenue between 3rd and 15th streets and independence avenue from 14th to 23rd streets. You can also be in for some frustrations if you take metro this weekend. Expect delays on the red, orange, and green lines all because of track work. On the red line buses will replace trains between grovener and friendship heights. The bethesda and Medical Center stations will be closed. On the orange line no trains between east and west false church. On the green lines trains will single track between green belt and college park. Were just getting started. Good morning, everyone. Could one state fair be jinxed . How unfortunate events seem to be a streak of bad luck. Peeping tom. How a hidden camera footage led to one mans arrest. Tale of two regional home comings today. Next how maryland hopes to erase the past and howard celebrates decades of tradition. What are your weekend plans . Let us know. Maybe send us a message. We are back in a moment. [ minto ] you know, those ads saying mitt romney would ban all abortions and contraception seemed a bit extreme. So i looked into it. Turns out, romney doesnt oppose contraception at all. In fact, he thinks abortion should be an option in cases of rape, incest, or to save a mothers life. This issues important to me, but im more concerned about the debt our children will be left with. I voted for president obama last time, but we just cant afford four more years. [ romney ] im mitt romney and i approve this message. Breaking news in the district now. Police are on the scene of a stabbing near howard university. Officers say a man was stabbed in the stomach. He was apparently attending home coming activities near the school on georgia avenue. Rescuers took him to the hospital. Police have not said if the victim was a student. Well keep you updated. One of our crews found itself in the middle of a police chase. This all went down yesterday. Police say it began when a maryland state trooper noticed a stolen car on the beltway. That chase wound through the streets of southeast d. C. And finally ended when the driver crashed on south capital street and mississippi avenue. Officers arrested ron l. Blakeney from the baltimore area. They charged him with assaulting a Police Officer and reckless driving. Now to a news 4 exclusive. Three teenage girls in Prince William county are asking for your help this morning. They hope you can help find the man who robbed them at gun point and sexually assaulted one of them. This is the man police are looking for. The girls were walking home late thursday night near the Quantico Marine base when he attacked them. They say he dragged the youngest girl who is just 14 into the woods and assaulted her. The other two got away and called for help. I just think it is ridiculous that i have to walk outside at night and be scared or be terrified to come out by my self. This area is more ridiculous by the day and people think it is cute to go ahead and start robbing people. Its not. Police have gone door to door and neighborhoods near where the assault took place. They arent saying whether they turned up any leads. This Morning Police believe they found the man who broke in and secretly videotaped two women in their homes. Michael mckinney of columbia, maryland is suspected of accidently videotaping himself as he set up the camera inside his victims Ellicott City condo. According to police mckinney knew the women and said he took their key and made a copy. He went into the apartment back in june to set up the camera and went back several tim to move it. At one point he accidently recorded himself. Two more victims have also been identified. Police in bangladesh are looking into whether a bangladeshi man charged with trying to blow up the Federal Reserve building in new york has ties to radical groups in their country. Officers arrested him this week. The u. S. Attorneys office called him one of the most dangerous terrorists the u. S. Has seen since 9 11. Prosecutors say he had already reached out to others about building a terror cell and nothing was going to stop him. Court documents show he considered attacking a military base near baltimore but then he changed his mind because he wanted a target that would cause more devastation. This morning attorneys for the man accused of killing Trayvon Martin can get a better look at the teens life before he died. A florida judge says George Zimmermans attorneys can review his phone, school, and other records to learn if he had violent tendencies. Zimmerman, who was serving as a Neighborhood Watch volunteer, shot and killed the unarmed teen and maintains he shot him in selfdefense. Some fair goers in texas got to ride one popular ride a little longer than expected. Two dozen people were stranded on one of the tallest rides at the texas state fair last night. The stratus sphere lost power leaving riders in the air for more than two hours. Workers eventually manually lowered people to the ground. No one was hurt. The ride will remain closed. It just wasnt a good day at the texas state fair. Just hours before that a popular fair icon went up in flames. Someone shot this video of the giant statue called big tex on fire. Its known to greet people as they come into the fair. Firefighters say an electrical issue started the fire and organizers promised to rebuild it for next year. Not a lot of fun at the fair. Not a good year. Time right now 6 14. Attention target shoppers. The recall alert that may have you cleaning out your closet this morning. Also ahead those annoying robocalls. How 50,000 could put an end to them. Sweater weather, maybe a coat. Chucks forecast can help you prepare for the saturday outings. Hes up next. We went around the country asking women to speak frankly about something no one wants to talk about. Its time to get real about what happens in the bathroom. Stop all the cutesy stuff and Start Talking about what you really want from your toilet paper. Its time to talk about clean. Feeling clean is so important. Quilted northern soft and strong is stronger than the leading value brand, to help protect against breakthrough. For myself, for my family, it keeps us clean. I use quilted northern. Quilted northern soft and strong, protection for a confident clean or your money back. Marywe invest in them. Umber one in america because but we can do even more. Every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty Million Dollars at casinos in other states. Question 7 keeps that maryland money in maryland through expansion of gaming in maryland. It will mean hundreds of millions of dollars for our schools. As governor, i can promise you, that money will go to education. Thats the law and thats what well do. Vote for question seven. Weve been keeping our eyes so to speak on the mystery surrounding this enormous eyeball which washed ashore in florida. We can now tell you it came from a large swordfish. Marine biologists say a fisherman probably cut it out and threw it into the water and someone walking along the beach spotted it about a week and a half ago. It took a while for scientists to figure out exactly where it came from. Here you go. Big swordfish. Too bad. Thats not nice. How is he supposed to see . Swimming around the rest of the ocean with the sword pointing at, you know. I have an idea that the fisherman probably kept the fish. That is scary. Yeah. Big eye looking back at you. We had a really dreary friday. You did. I did. There were some storms last night. There were. Yeah. If you had gone to bed nice and early like me youd have missed all the rain. I went to sleep at 7 00. Then you missed most of it. Yeah but yesterday morning was yucky, too. I must have missed all the bad weather yesterday. All i saw yesterday was sunshine. I did see the Building Clouds out on the weekly grocery run yesterday afternoon. But managed to get the ever so clean car home before all the rain drops started. Hope you had the same good luck i did. Outside for now if youre planning on getting the car washed today not a bad day to do it. Although we will have some fairly ominous looking clouds i think building up this afternoon. I dont think theyll do anything in the way of rain production around town. They will look awfully scary at times. Some scary great clouds coming our way this afternoon. Nothing really to worry about. Rain chances are gone everybody. Could still see a few sprinkles way up in the high spots west of the blue ridge later on this afternoon but i think around town today nothing to worry about. 52 now with a mostly clear sky here in washington. Winds have gone calm for now. Theyll come back around to the west and northwest 8 to 18 miles an hour later this afternoon. Mostly in the 40s to the west of washington this morning and mostly in the upper 40s and low 50s to the east out to the chesapeake bay. 47 now in fredericksburg and stafford. 48 in warndsville, West Virginia. Here is your saturday planner. We have a mostly clear sky for now but this is selfdestructive sunshine today. The more sun we get the more clouds we will build up. So we will have a partly cloudy to mostly cloudy, kind of breezy afternoon today. Noticeably cooler than yesterday. Todays high temperatures will stay in the mid to upper 60s unlike the mid and upper 70s yesterday. So storm 4 radar, there you go. No rain drops too terribly close to us. Nearest droms appear across parts of ohio going northwest bound or northeast bound into parts of western pennsylvania. This main area of low pressure is going to move into portions of southern canada. As it pulls away it will allow the drier air to come on in so partly cloudy to mostly cloudy coming up for today. Noticeably cooler than yesterday as well. Skies will clear out again overnight tonight into tomorrow and set us up for a nice cool start on your sunday morning and then bright sunshine tomorrow. High pressure building in means great weather coming for the entire upcoming week i think. Today morning sunshine but afternoon clouds. Kind of breezy at times. Temperatures in the 60s. Not really much of a rain threat. Then for your sunday mostly sunny. A much prettier day to be outside tomorrow. Great fall color. Highs in the 60s. Heres the all important sevenday forecast. 67 today. 68 tomorrow. 66 is an average high temperature. Each and every one of those seven high temperatures is at or well above average. So a very mild finish to october coming up. The hokies are on the road in death valley, South Carolina taking on the clemson tigers. 65 degrees down there in tiger land today. If you want to see your game featured, you just need to send the request. Who is playing, when theyre playing, and where to chuck. Bell nbc uni. Com. 15 games. Holy cow. Home coming today. Big game. Thanks, chuck. Speaking of sports Robert Griffin iii has recovered from his concussion but the injury is hurting the redskins. The nfl fined the team 20,000 for not properly updating the media on rg iiis status during the october 7th game. He left after this hit in the Third Quarter and doctors later diagnosed him with a mild concussion. Head coach Mike Shanahan had described griffin as being shaken up. Also in sports the National LeagueDivision Series isnt over just yet. The terps tried to erase last years big loss to nc state. Here is Carol Maloney with this mornings Sports Minute. Good saturday morning. Your Sports Minute begins with baseball.