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newsp stories out of the tonight, sad news, the 6-year- old panda cub has died. >> you will take you to fed ex mood is muchthe festive before the game. the news at 5:00 starts right now. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- to you on this sunday evening. >> thank you for being with us evening.unday news from the national zoo. the beloved baby panda has died. it arrived six days ago and ordered national attention. the entire community and beyond.
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to sume is just e word situation, devastating. the word was used repeatedly by the nationalof zoo. baby panda did not even live named, but to be certainly live long enough be loved. today at 2:48 the zoo therinarians pronounced panda cub dead. >> the reaction to the death of the precious panda cub delivered to the zool punch f who had only recently been elated. at 9:17 this morning, keepers a distress call from the mother. they use the emergency procedures and a veterinarian retrieved the baby. >> we were able to determine no heartbeat. on the safe side we performed cpr. no external signs of trauma, critical illness, or
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disease. as visitorsnged heard the news. we came up to the area and the baby andabout felt really sad about it. mother, it gets to you. it does. you want your baby to be healthy when it comes out. so -- hopefully she will be able another one. it is very sad. the baby started -- the mother started eating later in the day. veterinarians were also worried about her health. the exhibit here at the zoo is currently closed. live, back to you. keep us posted out there. while the news at the zoo was not good, it was a beautiful day
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go there. question is, how long last.t steve? it will be a nice evening skies and clear the next hour and a half. ready, a cool start to our morning. 69 degrees, reagan national airport. satellite radar, a cold front andng through last night out very have cleared nicely. cool skies to the west of us, maryland, aern frosted advisory. here is our forecast as we move through the early evening hours. a few scattered clouds with in the 60's 70's out of the northwest. coming up, we will look at the with a betterok showers by the middle the week.
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today was certainly picture- for football. after splitting their first games on the road, the redskins cincinnati bengals this morning. atmosphere out there. it certainly was. a gorgeous day, but fanrtunately a lot of with this loss the day. many fans were excited about this home opener. wasven before the game, it redskins pandemonium. every home game. that home opener? what do they do? >> a sea of burgundy and gold, f them with a third on the back. >> more than the other teams. they certainly got a warm welcome. was a challenging
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first half. >> our defense is getting last two games. we will see. hopefully, today, it will show up. >> there is something different the air according to fans. that these were true believers team and the young quarterback. >> just being there, the way he carries himself, all him.proud of you can certainly hear the love there. hopefully they will try to come in the second half. just standing here, watching, been chanting. news channel 8. >> thank you so much, rich. sad news to share out of the camp involving corey
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smith. kevin jones has died after his motorcycle crash this morning. he sent this twitter message tell your loved ones them.ou love this is the hardest thing ever." tonight is in custody suspected of beating d robbing an elderly man. is accused of attacking the bat lasta baseball saturday. he is facing a number of including attempted murder. the victim is recovering from said to be in is condition. >> bad high schoolers, the first about to bedents literary views laureates. lisa, from will present their
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at libraries, museums, and schools throughout the year. securityent obama's compromised during the service, -- scandal. several of the agents were d of hiring prosecutes the presidentwith in colombia. an investigation had been launched and there was no t he was in danger. the campaign trail this weekend, republican and democratic politicians took to the airways to voice their opinions. has the report. sunday morning talk shows, partiesans from both off.ed is when them line asked these questions, which of these prepared tos better forward?economy overwhelmingly they say it is president obama.
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>> it will be about your bank account, not his swiss bank account. beingl be your job and afraid of losing it. >> we are not finding any jobs, iic or republican for american jobs. i am improving schools in the states, not just read states or blue states. i do not believe in just looking t for the workers, the businesses, or just 47%. i will look out for everyone. saturday in california mitt romney says that his goal is to make sure that mitt romney loses job -- make sure that loses his job. president said the he cannot fix washington from the inside.
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well, we will give him a chance to do that. youtraight ahead here, have politics without political cartoons. how are they changing as technology vances? >> one man in new york jumped a tighter exhibit at the zoo. >> we will be back with a zoo. >> we[ male announcer ] a this is america's manufacturing
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when president obama took office. this is china's. under obama, we've lost over half a million manufacturing jobs and for the first time, china's beating us. seven times obama could've stopped china's cheating. seven times he refused. it's time to stand up to the cheaters, and make sure we protect jobs for the american people. [ male announcer ] barack obama: failing to stop cheating. failing american workers. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message.
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>> gas prices are starting to fall. the average price for regular unleaded in the washington, d.c. area is down four cents from one ago. prices are still higher than last week at this time. the average price was $3 per gallon through the end of the year. theolitical cartoons, old as american politics. the campaigns are capping -- to 21st century technology, but sore cartoonists. black-2012 campaign in and-white, with some shading. the editorial cartoonist has hit his prime season. >> we have covered up the back- forth. watching the commentary has been part of the american politics before
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day.ion in 2012, the landscape is different. more pixels, less ink. even for young cartoonist, things have changed. >> before someone would have to letter. now someone is fired up, the fire it out. the feedback gets more intense along with the rate. >> people making a decision and do get more fun -- defensive. >> cartoonists saw gatherings this, the annual association of editorial cartoonists convention. social media and other outlets p withim a way to keep u their work. , buteadership has evolved his work hasto
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not. >> that was -- that is what i do actual drawing. what better job could have? >> the story about the guy that inclosureo the tiger getting more strange. we now know why he did it. he wanted to be one with the tiger, reportedly. >> it shocked everyone. unthinkable chop -- jump off of this monorail right into the tiger tank. was not a suicide attempt. police say that the 25-year-old did it on purpose so that he with a 400 pound tiger, much like one, the largest big cap in the world. capable of killing a man in a matter of seconds. >> this is new york and strange things can sometimes happen.
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>> he told police that he landed a cat. like it dragged him around the pen, his ankle, crushing it. >> [unintelligible] >> a former classmate confirmed his odd behavior of late. >> the stuff that he had written on facebook seems strange. in becomingcceed with the tiger while in its jaws for almost 10 minutes. officials say that the tiger did dead, or he would .ave been >> they instructed him to roll over. he said he would be able to go
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underneath. >> he also told police that everyone in life makes choices and that destroyed nearly killed him. was john reporting for us. today was absolutely gorgeous. people out at fedex field. enjoying the weather, if not the game. 85 degrees for a daytime high. always struggling to make it 70's, looking outside now, a few clouds in store you as we move through the hours.ht temperatures falling into the 30's. about 50iful, just hour.per the daytime high today, making it into the 60's. 70 over at ocean city. of 67, now 64.
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upper northwest d.c., the wind coming out at 5 miles per hour. 65 degrees, no rain to speak of. we are not looking for any lates our area until tuesday into early wednesday. temperatures outside right now quite nice. look at the cooler, drier air. tonight it will be cold. out to the west have a frost effect extending all ohio intoross michigan. even some freeze warnings across central ohio. metrog for the immediate overnight hours. we are going to look for these frost the advisories and freeze with temperature drops below 32.
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frost for tonight, looking at skies and a beautiful .ay tomorrow e a couple of degrees , cooler for the rest of in the mountains. projected daytime high, 3:00 in afternoon. in the overnight hours, monday tuesday, temperatures will begin to build. along with those, clouds will thicken out to the west become showers on wednesday, cooling things off thursday into friday. cooler temperatures, opera 30's .40'se -- upper 30's to the 40's. tomorrow looks great, around 74 high with lots of sunshine in the extended outlook. partly cloudy skies on thursday
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and friday. we will see temperatures in the lower 70's. overall today, a nice change if not like the heat and humidity. overnightrazy temperatures, are you talking about the city? just the mountains? 39? i was scared. >> prepare yourself. >> fall, certainly. coming up right here, straight ahead. this message. experiences classrooms. sizes don't matter... by 20%. teaching to some test... he personally nnot relate to. education,
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>> tonight we have the prime- at 10:00s at abc -- abc 7.ere on >> the continued possible of the small screen? have a preview. the red carpet is rolled up. the emmys are in place. the greenroom is dressed to perfection. for this. is ready and the emmy goes to -- tonight the awards feature a showdown between newbies and vets. >> the only thing worse than getting what you want is not getting it. men" hold out for
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when, squaring off with sofia bergara. >> please put your ears on. >> i love that show. show that is up for several tonight, "breaking bad." >> a lot of unique artwork inspired by the show is on display in los angeles. >> now you see the path of the cool show the your watching and it is amazing. to honor that and
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thank the fans. we have debuted over 20 original pieces inspired by "breaking bad." these are done by artists or fans, top designers from around the world. we are about to get started. >> we wanted>> well, obviously s inspired by "breaking bad." i love the walt character so much. >> this is my piece. walt.called i love the idea of taking something that is not for children and switching it around and making it kit friendly. turning into a retro children's album. watching it from beginning and it is awesome. the characters are so well with their unique personalities, so well created. did you just use the word ethically in a sentence? are a two bit lawyer. bought this?who the creator of "breaking bad"
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what this piece. been a fan of his four .ears >> secrets, speaking from experience. this is the only show on ofevision that is a piece itself. each small detail is there for a which is rare and inspires creativity. it is easy to take something artistic and create something artistic based on it, which is what you see. many emmys could they possibly win tonight? clock. you will find out -- at 8:00 you find out. >> the political talk shows, what was said about this year's enormous campaign spending? >>
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our top stories this evening, baby giant panda born last week at the national zoo has despite the best zoorts of the staff of the to save it. >> a bit of a festive mood for evening. time this got to see the action right home. more coming up in just a bit. >> first, let's take a look at how things are shaping up in the
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weather department. >> lots of sunshine, take a look temperatures. 69 degrees, a reagan national -- reagan national airport. satellite radar, not much going on across the mid-atlantic. pressure making for a cold morning in western maryland. allegheny county, if ross of advisory early monday morning, early metrofor the area. temperatures will fall through the 60's. are you ready? 30's in the northwestern suburbs. you what to expect upcoming work week in a few minutes. >> a sad day at the national the one week old panda cub morning. the staff first announced when excitement grew as the cub
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was born earlier this week. didstaff took a hard, as the visitors. everyone who loves the panda bears, all of these stories over years, the miracle of the then the surprise birth and this passing? the panda house, as you can see, closed. ands now marking the death the mother, to make sure that she is ok. the mother elicited some distressed this morning, making sound.ng veterinarian was able to the cub. not able to be revived dead shortlyunced after 10:00 a.m.. the director is devastated. why the cubknow
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died. there are no obvious signs of trauma. they will have to perform tests these should have results early tomorrow morning. right now they're focusing on that sher to make sure ok. very disappointing news. back to you. >> what a sad story. stacy, thank you so much. prince george's county police at maryland care of campus, not too far from metro station,k told that the student was on dartmouth ave. he was not injured during the incident. from theget the latest trail.n is a relatively quiet day in campaign politics. despite, -- despite that, lots of talk from both sides of the morning talk shows. bill clinton said he is
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that obama will win a second turn. >> this is the only time i can a lot of the polls were closer than polls in the so-called swing states. that is because the obama not been able -- has been able to concentrate in states and we are well.pretty >> mr. clinton said that spending could triple between nowpending election day. scott walker was on fox news morning, saying that he needed an opportunity to get his there.t >> you have got to get off of the hill and charge forward. americans want a fighter, not fighting over politics, but shows that mitt fight for theg to .merican people >> mitt romney continues to go to swing states. be in colorado this
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evening. todd a can has been slowly rebuilding his senate campaign in missouri after apologizing for those inflammatory remarks about rape. taking a critical route, a his democratic challenger. he has apologized repeatedly the interview where he that women's bodies have a natural defense against in cases of legitimate rape. >> harsh words for cnn after it on christopher siegel. the reported that they broke a pledge to the family. the state department called it indefensible. that theree fact
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issues raised called for period >> some democracy protesters are taking to the street, pushing extremist militias. we have more on those flights. >> the events in been gauzy, at this point in time, were having effect. road-democracy demonstrators streets and demanded the armedance of militias, demanding that the government forces, army and authority one only the country.f that at night we have of individual standing r of unknown american group established in been gauzy. initially said to be peaceful, they set their sights on to a second area. this happened to be a tie in in
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endorsed by the government. the army in the early hours of in to secure e weapons depots that existed. looters, however had managed to witho the next level rocket-propelled grenades. we saw a number of detainee is n takenople said had bee custody in conjunction the government assault. certainly with this volatile situation, many we have been g to say in this is part population being fed up the government and their inability to stop these , causing people to their situations and to hands.wn two more known militant have been shuts
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well to the east. this is an area that the u.s. itself has been monitoring for time.some the people there saying they to seewanted a chance theirative action from government. up with the that militias are g under. they wanted to see this city and country moving towards the path that the original -- revolution for.nally intended it coming up right here, do you lot of time sitting at at work? could pose a risk to your health. will explain. we could not have a better [ romney ] my plan is to help the middle class. trade has to work for america. that means crack down on cheaters like china, it means open up new markets. next, we've got to balance the budget. you've got to cut the deficit. you've got to stop spending more money than we take in. and finally, champion small business.
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have tax policies, regulations, and healthcare policies that help small business. we put those in place; we'll add twelve million new jobs in four years. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. i just finished a bowl of your new light chicken pot pie soupe and it's so rich and creamy... is it really 100 calories? yes, ma'am. 100 calories. yea...i'm gonna need some proof. we get that a lot... let me put you on webcan... earty vegetables...
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-- >> here is rich in need to know, the food and drug administration the trader joe's t butter is the source for a salmonella outbreak. the agencies are investigating whether any of the items sold at the store could be contaminated. the government has not released list of states with reported cases. we have important health you.mation to share with for many of us, going to work means sitting at her desk for a
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long time. many doctors do not recommend this. >> even though we are always on not goten you do anywhere. many jobs require sitting at our us to beusing many of sedentary 55% of our day. most of the back pain in this in the lower back. that is where most of the is when we sit in a chair. >> doctors are also finding the can decrease chances cancers, diabetes, even of the city. betterinsulin works 40% do this. it allows for a protein that cholesterol into good cholesterol. they say that this factor alone increase the risk of heart disease. >> you might live a couple years
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if you sit too much or do too little. how can you stand more if you day at a desk? organize a standing meeting. use a timer on the computer that can lead to know when to get up and move. if the phone rings, stand up to answer it. take a five minute walk every hour in the office. >> going from two hours per day to five hours friday, you can off 1 pound per month. why should we stand? >> i am thinking about how much stood around to that. it was amazing, the festival mall, the redskins game. >> and a beautiful evening ahead. going out this evening? no problems at all. clouds with the sky will clear during the overnight hours.
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at the airport, 69 degrees. of the north at 14 miles per hour. 60's a lower 70's. a high over in quantico. george washington university, 67 degrees. the wind is settling down. our final stop takes us to maryland, 70 degrees of 72.igh today a big cool off to the north and west of us. only 50 degrees in maryland. the cooler the colder air off to west, moving to hours with a nice, trend has removed next couple of days. 80's in atlanta and wilmington.
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the frosted advisory fromching all the way maryland into ohio and michigan. temperatures to the west falling the 30's for the overnight hours. nothing like that closer to the district, where temperatures hover at around 48 degrees to 49 degrees. satellite radar, high pressure over had looking at the cold through.ing well off to the coast it continues its track to the east. the futurecast looks like this. temperatures in the 40's. tomorrow, similar to the day. 70 degrees with more sunshine by morning. then the high starts to decrease west with jumping into the 70's.e- here is our forecast, starting off with the night. keep the cold temperatures away
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from the city. the daytime high is around 70 degrees. the expected outlook shows temperatures going back into the mid to upper 70's by wednesday. so, the days have turned into autumn and we will continue that chris turn over the next week. >> it looks like we're going from one season right into the transition. you, steve. we are nervous about anything at a rock and roll show, right? >> it that was not the case when in las vegasformed e the lead singer became out even for him. you have got to be kidding me. me a break.
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going off out of nowhere, filled into a rage- tirade. [bleep]not >> smashing his guitar before going off stage. shocking the fans who moments earlier were rocking out with of the biggest bands in the world. so, how did they go from this to this? left? one minute e minute? now i have got nothing left? out it was a minute -- time.er of a monitor keeping the n time. look at that sign. their entire set was cut in usher could have time. i have been around since 1988. it came just days after the band rocked on the roof of "good
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morning america." to singer is not the first destroy the stage. the piano man went off the rails a late night concert. billy joel, flipping over his keyboard, smashing his microphone all because the route the lighting was wrong. s his washington of the lighting. job -- elton john with a microphone in new york. all in all, this tirade might take the cake. [laughter] >> football, maybe? >> wrapping it up. oh, well. it was nice to have a home game. more than 80,000 fans.
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total. this year there is no controversy. leading the offense 68 points, in with a lot of options. here we go. first place in a scrimmage, then over the wildcats. going 73 yards for the touchdown, getting started on the boat line, andrew dalton end n in the end zone. still in the first, he finds wilson, missing the tackle. was ugly. you saw it. late in the second, fifth on the with the bengals covering and leading to another touchdown. the skins did rally in the third quarter, offering more and blowing it up. 24-7, in the third they rolled
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>> not really. tomorrow it will get better. andurray takes off the hand down 4 and 11 yard score, 7-7. returning forod, 44 yards. cowboys adding another field hanging on to win. they have already won the division. they came into the game against brewers with the best record in baseball. the brewers had a two run lead,
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score was 2-1 in the period and grabbing one middle, they could not make the play. the brewers to not look back. in two today.me one game ahead of oakland for card, they left for boston today, two-one, and miami lost. >> that is so sad. i am always depressed and there when we switched to fios, we got better tv,
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>> just a gorgeous day. you like to that, there of it yesterday. tomorrow. clouds increasing during the day tuesday, and by wednesday better chance of showers. will be no washout on thursday or friday. nighttime lows in the 50's. temperatures dropping a lot faster, we are looking at a frost of advisory for garrett county in western maryland. in the district and surrounding counties. enjoy this fall weather. [ male announcer ] this is america's manufacturing
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when president obama took cfice. this is china's. under obama, we've lost over half a million manufacturing jobs and for the first time, china's beating us. seven times obama could've stopped china's cheating. seven times he refused. it's time to stand up to the cheaters, and make sure we protect jobs for the american people. [ male announcer ] barack obama: failing to stop cheating. failing american workers. i'm mittomney and i approve this message.
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