reaching out to republicans today, the wte house announced grants for states to boost patient safety and reduce doctors' malpractice insurance. >> getting to a point where if an error occurs, there is just and rapid compensation and we move forward. >> reporter: appealing to democrats, president obama took his case for public health inrance to the university of maryland today. >> we've got public universities. and private universities. nobody says that we are taking over private colleges. what ware doing is giving students a choice. >> reporter: it's a choice house democrats insist on including. >> a public option will be in the bill that passes the house of representatives. >> reporter: in the senate, the big debate is whether it's fair to require everyone to buy insurance and whether a tax on expensive health plans might affect working families. >> the can't be paying an unfair chunk of that total income to health care. >> reporter: the congressional budget office says senate finance chair max baucus' plan

will cost $856 billion, less than earlier proposals, but republicans say the numbers only look good because the benefits don't start for four years. >> we really ought to be honest about what it's going to cost. we all know that when washington says it's only going to cost $5, you can count on it costing $10. >> reporter: baucu is optimistic these differences can be addressed many. >> these are noot huge. these are things we can work out. >> reporter: hearings to get ready for a vote begin next week. some interesting information today from the kaiser family foundation. they do tracking polls all the time on this issue of health care and health reform. they say most of us in the country are happy with the health insurance we have, but that there are some groups of americans who are still having problems with their insurance companies, still having problems with those medical bills, they are the young, the poor and those very sick. that's the latest from capitol hill tonight. i'm tracie potts, news4 washington. >> thank you. thousands of university of maryland students anticipated

the president's arrival today. they were up early. students started to form a line four hours before the doors opened at the comcast p center. this was mr. obama's third trip to their campus. for many it was their first time hearing his message in person. >> i feel like his health program is going to help everybody. i'm desperate to listen to him. >> to protestors who disagree with the health care plan held peaceful demonstrations. >> another person hit by the metro train today. this time it was a teenager. the train hit the teenager at the columbia heights stop this afternoon. derrick ward is in the area with more. >> reporter:e are learning a bit more. it happened about 1:55 this afternoon. we want to show you some video immediately after the incident. paramedics taking the victim out of the station. he was being resuscitated frantically. we understand he did succumb to his wounds and his injuries.

we were told this man, this young man is a tenth grader at bell lincoln education campus, which is just behind us here. the students that came out said some of the staff members at the school were visibly shaken. students were held after class for a few minutes. they weren't told what exactly for, only there was an incident here. this happened at about 1:55. when paramedics came they found the young man on the train tracks. they had to shut off the third rail to get access to him to take him to the hospital where he died from his injuries. his circumstances coming on the track, metro says officially that he was intentionally on the tracks. that covers a lot of things. interestingly enough, perhaps shockingly enough, i talked to someone who had gotten off the green line after this incident. she said at the shaw station there was a group of young people playing chicken on the tracks. when the lights would begin to flash, they would jump on to the track and jump off again before the train comes.

whether that has anything to do with this incident remains to be determined by the investigation. we do know as far as metro is concerned this person was intentionally on the track. he has died from his injuries, identified only as a tenth grader from this area. we are live in northwest. back to you. >> derrick ward, thanks. in northern virginia, guys dressed up in tactical gear they broke into a home on charleston street in annandale. tracee wilkins has more on this story. >> reporter: i just went in to talk to the family. they are cleaning up their house. they did not want to talk on camera. the grandmother who was inside the home says when these guys stormed into the house, they threw her on to her stomach, put their foot on her back and said, where's the money? she said she has no idea what they wanted inside her home or who they were. police are trying to find out. >> this sort of thing is rare in fairfax county.

we do not see this here. >> reporter: in the middle of the afternoon, police say four to five masked suspects dressed in black tactical clothing kicked in the front of this door on charleston street in annandale. a 52-year-old grandmother, her 28-year-old son and his 9-month-old baby were in the mouse. the grandmother who did not want to go on camera tells me they were tied up by the intruders who yelled they were fbi and entered. then they demanded money and began beating her son. her son talked to police outside the home while wiping blood from his face. the grandmother and baby weren't seriously hurt. at this point, investigators say they don't know if the suspects were armed or if they took anything when they left the home. officers set up a perimeter around the area looking for the suspects in a beige or gold colored cadillac escalade. one vehicle was stopped nearby. it turns out it was not the right one. neighbors say this is a quiet neighborhood where this kind of

thing just doesn't happen. >> 47 years, i've never seen anyone or any television crews out here or this my police. >> reporter: when you hear four or five guys anti-erred through the front door, entire family home, what do you think about that? >> it's scary. people don't normally just do that without a reason. kind of makes you wonder what the underlying reason is for this to occur. >> reporter: at this point, police aren't saying anything about a motive. neighbors are concerned. they are saying this house is in theiddle of the block. doesn't make any sense to just rob it arbitrarily. also behind it is there a park. they say if anybody wanted to break in without someone seeing them, they could have parked in that park and walked into the house and back out without being seen. in annandale, tracee wilkins, news4. thank you. a woman fell into the potomac river this afternoon and was rescued by a park police officer. it happened near the kennedy center.

some officers were training in the area they saw the woman struggling to get to the shoreline. officer jeff blount jumped in and helped her on to a tree root there the fire department arrived and rescued the woman. she is expected to be okay. no word on what caused that woman to fall onto the river in the first place. >> some cloudy, rainy weather in our area today. bob's got a check on what's happening out there. >> earlier this week in the 8s. now it's almost a taste of november out there. with that low cloud we have, northeasterly wind, doppler is picking up a few sprinkles. as you can see, there is hardly any widespread rain. it is a little bit chilly, a littlen the damp side, too. springfield 64 degrees. 66 in town. we are going to continue to be seeing this cool pattern. even into tomorrow morning, maybe some lingering drizzle. the good news is i think we are going to see a big area of high pressure coming in. i'll tell you about what i think will be quite changeoming up

for the weekend. i'll join you in a little bit. >> thank you, bob. today president obama shelved the controversial bush administration plan to base a missile defense shield in eastern europe. he says the pentagon now has a better and cheaper way to guard against missile attacks. steve handelsman has our report on that. >> our new missile deent architecture in europe will provide stronger, smarter and swifter defenses. >> reporter: with that today, commander in chief obama blew up the old plan. george w. bush's, to base u.s. radars and missiles in eastern europe to detect and shoot down long-range missiles shot from iran. u.s. intelligence now believes iran's leaders are building many more shorter and medium-ran missiles. that means u.s. spy satellites and u.s. navy cruisers could use their radars to spot enemy launches. navy interceptors could shoot the missiles down with help from army patriot missiles.

pentagon systems already in use. >> our new approach will deploy technologies that are proven and cost effective. and to counter the current threat and do so sooner than the previous program. >> reporter: the new plan would please the russians who claim u.s. interceptors based in eastern europe would be a threat to them. republicans see an obama sellout. >> not since the carter administration has america looked so weak. >> iran has an open invitation to focus on longer-range missile development which it's already doing. >> reporter: defense secretary robert gates who ran the old plan for president bush is still defense secretary for president obama, and gates recommended the change. >> i believe this new approach provides a better missile defense capability than the program i recommended almost three years ago. >> reporter: gates and top generals say the new missile defense system can adapt to shoot down whatever iran or any potential enemy fires at the

u.s. or its allies. steve handelsman, news4. tonight on nbc "nightly news" ann curry will have an exclusive interview with iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad. this is the first interview since the elections in iran. >> it's important to ask you this question. did you steal this election? >> translator: any person can express his or her point of view and have their own opinions. the structures relating to elections in iran are the strongest such foundations. and the law prevails. >> you can see the entire interview with iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad coming up on "nbc nightly news" right after this broadcast. coming up immediately now, police have now charged a lab technician in the murder of a graduate student at yale university. a suicide bombing rocked

kabul today. we'll tell but that. former vice president dick cheney had elective surgery at george washington hospital today. >> we'll report on the debate between the candidates for governor in virginia. >> we are talking about the rams. a bad memory haunting the res skins. santana moss speaks up about his role in the offense. and gilbert arenas speaks out about his rehab.

a yale university technician ryan clark is being held on a multimillion dollar bond. kris clacken has our report. >> reporter: the first court appearance for 24-year-old yale employee raymond clark lasted about three minutes. the judge detailing the charge of murder in the strangulation death of yale graduate student annie le. >> the bond set by judge fisher of $3 million is appropriate. >> reporter: enyeah le disappeare last week, last seen outside a research building where she and clark worked. her body was found sunday stuffed inside the wall of the lab in the building's basement. connecticut's medical examiner says she was choked to death. police collected dna samples

from clark tuesday,ut published reports say the murder charge was prompted by police tracking of computerized swipe cards that clark and le used to get around the research building, and put them in the same room at the same time with only him leaving. new haven police chief won't talk about motive, but alluded to it this way. >> this is not about urban crime of. it's not about university crime or domestic crime, but an issue of work place violence. >> reporter: yale's president echoed that and said nothing in clark's five-year employment history raised red flags. >> it says more about the dark side of the human soul than it does about anything else. >> reporter: on yale's campus, there's still more shock than relief. >> it's better now because someone is behind bars and hopefully this is the right guy. >> reporter: clark's next court date next month he could be facing more charges. kris clacken, nbc news.

annie le's body was discovered sunday, the same date she and her fiance were supposed to have been married. >> former vice president dick cheney had elective back surgery today at george washington university hospital. that surgery was aimed at treating lumbar spinal stenis. that is a condition that causes space around the spinal cord to narrow. surgeons work to widen that passage and thus relieve pressure on the nerves there. vice president cheney is now 68 years old. afghan president hamid karzai held a news conference today at the presidential palace to talk about claims of fraud in the election in that country recently. it was the first time he publically addressed reporters since voters went to the polls back on august 20th. karzai played down the allegations of election fraud. he said while such claims must be investigated, they should be investigated, in his words, fairly and without prejudice. the comments were made one day after preliminary election

results showed that karzai has enough of a lead to avoid a run-off with his closest challenger. also in afghanistan today, a deadly suicide bombing, at least 16 people were killed. six italian soldiers were among them. this is the fourth pager attack in kabul in five weeks. it happened about noon on the main road between the airport and downtown kabul. suicide bomber rammed a car filled with explosives into two nato military vehicles in a convoy. the taliban claims responsibility in a text message to the associated press. the defense minister called the attackers villainous and cowardly. he said italy's determination in the nato commission will not deter. an army sergeant who ran into the line of enemy fire to save one of his co-workers was recognized today with the nation's highest military award. sergeant first class jared monte

posthumously received the mal of honor for his inconspicuous act of bravery in afghanistan in 2006. monte's 16-man patrol was ambushed. he ran into enemy fire trying to retrieve a wounded private. on his therd attempt he was killed. president obama said his gallantly is something no amount of training can instill. his father spoke to jim miklazewski before today's ceremony and reflected on the pain of losing his son and whether the medal of honor brings any solace. >> i couldn't have expected him to do anything else because that's the way he lived in life. so solace? no. that was my boy. i wanted him back. i wanted to hug him once more. there's been no solace.

>> sergeant jared monte was 30 years old. we invite you to watch more on of the interview tonight on nbc "nightly news" after this broadcast. and we'll get another check on the forecast coming up. also in our broadcast, new information this evening in the case of a johns hopkins student who killed a man trying to break into his house. >> new evidence today of signs of life in our u.s. economy.

on a rainy, cloudy evening, bob brought comfort food. >> here is a big one. 49th annual greek festival at st. constatina. you had five or six of the lamb kebobs and people were watching you? >> that is a jim vance autograph model there. >> looks like a lot of these have been sampled already. >> here is where it is. tomorrow, saturday and sunday. it's always a lot of fun. great food and great folks over

there. a touch of greece in washington. there's dancing and also the food and a lot of camaraderie. tomorrow, saturday and sunday. outside today, our temperatures -- boy, you wanted some warm things. can you wait, vance, till i leave the desk before you start grabbing stuff? outside today, drizzly day. those are the berries from the dog wood. they are some of the first things to change. temperatures today made it up to only 67 degrees. we had a couple of days with only a degree change from the high to low today. two degrees. with those low clouds and northeasterly breeze, not much of a rain though. look the at temperatures outside with our clouds still around. we've got that still northeasterly wind. 66 degrees right now. the pollen, pollen count today was nine. not too bad, but ragweed will come back. that was the morning low temperature in northern maine. there was a freeze.

caribou got down to 28 degrees. it's still cool. you see where that cool air is. it hasn't made it down into georgia or out in memphis. around us, we've got all those clouds. there you can see some of the leftover sprinkles right around us here in washington. maybe a sprinkle or a little bit of drizzle. also out around faulkier county, you folks toward the blue ridge with that easterly wind, around bull run and further out, probably seeing a lot of the low clouds and maybe a bit of drizzle. the real action today has been once again down in the south through the carolinas into georgia, atlanta. over some spots has had over an inch of rain for the month. macon, georgia, right now, nasty showers and thunder showers. all of that will be pushed to our south because as we go through the next couple of days, high pressure will be building in on us. also at andrews only .01 inch of rain. 64. look at norcross, georgia. over three inches today and seven for the month. overnight tonight, tre is that northeasterly breeze.

it will continue. tomorrow it will begin to turn more into the east. as it does and high pressure begins to build in on us, we'll begin to get drier air. there you can see in the futurecast things pushing in. by saturday, a lot of sunshine. delightful day. some of the clouds will be lingering with that more of a northeasterly wind. a drier one out to the mountains. temperatures tomorrow into the mid to high 70s. for this evening, a few sprinkles. nothing too much. nothing too much in the temperatures either. 60 to 65. the clouds will be around tomorrow morning, too, when you are heading out to work and heading to school. it will be a chilly morning. temperatures in the high 50s to around 60. a few sprinkles will again to end late tomorrow afternoon. that's when we'll see some sunshine coming back. it will be spotty sunshine. a bit warmer with temperatures into the 70s. good football weather for all of the friday night lights tomorrow night. no rain tomorrow night. then as we get into the weekend, really delightful. a lot of sunshine on saturday.

good for any college games. sunday, too. some fine weather. some more showers and some rain. a rainy pattern will be coming back, but not for the weekend. >> okay. we like that. >> thank you, bob. coming up tonight, a report on today's debate between candidates for governor for virgia. >> there is new information about the case of a johns hopkins university student who killed an intruder with a samurai sword. eight people injured in a fire the at a d.c. apartment complex today. >> a new biography shedding light on the life of a member of british royal family. coming up in sports, gilbert arenas speaks out. redskins hoping it's not a repeat performance against the rams. and they are trying to get the ball to their wide receiver.

today president oma shot down the controversial plan to place a missile defense shield in eastern europe. he says the pentagon has a better plan that would be quicker and more cost effective. republican leaders called mr.

obama's move short sighted and dangerous. the president went before thousands of college students at the university of maryland today. he called reinventing health care a defining struggle of this generation. the president's push comes one day after the senate finance committee released its version of legislation to overhaul the health care system. >> a bizarre home invasion in annandale this afternoon. a family says some men claiming to fbi agents stormed into their house, tied them up and demanded money. they are also accused of attacking a young man who lives there. he is expected to be okay. it's not clear whether the suspects were armed or whether they got away with anything. baltimore police say a college student did not have the intent to kill when he used a samurai sword on an intruder in his home. thstudent is at johns hopkins university and ended up killing a man with his sword behind his campus home. investigators say the intruder lunged at the student.

49-year-old donald rice the suspected burglar was killed. the student has to the been charged. police say they are consulting with prosecutors. eight people are hurt, including two children and a fire fighter after a fire ripped through a apartment building in northwest washington. that blaze broke out about 7:00 this morning in the 5600 block of 13th street northwest. firefighters say people were hanging out of the windows of the five-story building ready to jump when they got there. the two children suffered serious injuries, but are both expected to make a full recovery. the blaze began after a mattress caught on fire. national campus fire safety week kicked off in d.c. today. college students from around the country met with law makers on capitol hill to talk about fire prevention and safety on campus. in 2005, three students at the miami university of ohio were killed after an early morning fire ripped through their offcampus house. the mother of one of the students says it never had to happen.

>> we'll never be the same. we are forever changed. we walk around with a hole in our heart and a hole in our lives. we are recovering and moving forward as best we can. one fact never changes. that fact is this was preventible and that is unbearable. >> fire offings are urging students to make sure they have working smoke detectors and sprinkler systems. the district is facing a $40 million budget shortfall in the school system, and it appears that a goodly number of teachers are going to lose their jobs. mayor fenty said the council decided on half of the cuts last month and the other half determined by enrollment and staff members. it's not known yet how many teachers will be out of a job. mayor fenty talked about the cuts this morning on nbc 4. >> in some school years, the

teachers have just kind of been left in the system. they are not assigned to any particular classroom. what is going to p happen this year because of more austere times, those teachers will have to be let go. it won't affect education in the classroom. >> the mayor is not sure how many teachers will be cut but said decisions made will be the best for the school system. more signs that our recession may be winding down. the markets have been on the upswing lately. earlier today, some encouraging reports came out about housing and unemployment. jay gray has details. >> the building rhythm is the sound of a surging economy. new data released today shows housing starts up 1.5%. new building permits climbed 2.7% over the last month, both indicators of an economic rebound. investors are taking notice the market has been on a steady

upward march, the dow approaching the 10,000 plateau many analysts consider an important benchmark. adding to the confidence on wall street, first-time claims for jobless benefits fell unexpectedly last week. a sign that the labor market is not crumbling as quickly as it once was. and while the numbers across the board are trending positive, there's also a painful reality. more than 6 million americans are still collecting unemployment benefits. >> haven't had any leads, interviews or anything. >> reporter: for virginia wilson, the job search lasted more an year. >> where i have asked for jobs, looked up on the computer mainly, there are no jobs available for my type work. >> reporter: rolen hall understands that frustration. >> i had to receive food stamps first time ever in my life. >> reporter: he lost his auto industry job since last october. since then he submitted 80

resumes, but still hasn't found his next job. >> it's been relatively dark. just really trying to hang in there. >> reporter: hanging on, and like so many, hoping to catch on with a new employer as the economy continues to slowly make its way out of the recession. jay gray, nbc news. the winning streak for the stock market is over today. stocks slipped in the last hour of trading. the dow fell six points. so did the nasdaq and s&p fell about three points. the markets gave up gains from earlier in the day as traders found little insight on how the economy is doing based on weekly reports on housing, employment and manufacturing. re-establishing direct mail service between the u.s. and cuba. >> a new book reveals one member of the british royal family secretly battled cancer. >> why the mayor of one town in holland is ordering cafes to shut down.

good evening. bob ryan, storm center 4. our temperature about what it was this morning and was this afternoon. 66 degrees. you can see that weather front that is draped over us down to the south. with it those northeasterly winds. that's been the story throughout the day. that will be the story, too. there's been a little bit more rain down around the virginia/north carolina border. there are a lot of dry areas across western maryland and panhandle of virginia. for you folks out there, there is nothing much going on. little sprinkles we have are

just around us. the heavier rains remain well to the south, as you can see through georgia. overnight tonight, we are going to see more of the same. that is clouds. tomorrow morning also. it will be a cool morning. tempature only about 60 to 61 degrees. by later on in the afternoon, i think we begin to see breaks in the clouds. it's still a generally cloudy day. saturday, high pressure, drier air comes in. delightful day on saturday. some of those leaves beginning to change. next shot of moisture will come our way from the south, but not until late monday or tuesday. even into wednesday, there is a chance of showers, too. maybe a little more humidity. nothing too bad. about 80 degrees. clouds cool in the morning, sunshine by later in the afternoon. back to you. >> thank you, bob. people in britain are devouring the new biography of britain's late queen mum. she died in 2002 at the age of 101. queen elizabeth commissioned the biography that contains previously unconfirmed details such as the fact the queen mum battled cancer.

>> she beat cancer and took it just in her stride. she went into hospital without telling anybody and it was just reported she had gone in for some routine observation and had an operation for cancer and told very few people about it and carried on as usual. she said the great secret of happiness in life was to keep once busy. >> the royal biographer added people forget the queen mum 50 years afr her husband's death. a mayor in a town in holland ordered coffee shops that sell marijuana to shut down. marijuana is legal in the netherlands. but the cafes were loaded every weekend with drug tourists. many of them came from belgium and france. the locals, some of them any how, got tired up putting up with the pot-smoking outsiders. many of the cafe regulars are just finding out they can't get their caffeine fix and whatever else at their favorite place. they are not happy about this.

officials from the u.s. and canada today tried to re-establish direct mail service between the two kucountries. the first time since 2002, state department officials went to cuba for the meeting. direct mail service between the two nations stopp in 1963, four years after fidel castro took power. mail between the u.s. and cuba currently has to go through a third country. snap, crackle and pop make all kinds of health claims. do the cereal promises hold water? >> liz crenshaw tonight at 11:00, goes to turn a critical eye on what is inside that box. >> they used to have prizes. >> now it's going to solve every problem we've got. cereals can be good food. some are loaded with whole grains and lots of fiber and just a few calories. some are loaded with just promises.

if it's variety you are looking for, head for the cereal aisle. from bran to wheat to little round oats, the cereal aisle has it all. or maybe not. bonnie lieberman of theenter for science and the public interest says cereal isn't always what it's milked up to be. >> cereal can be anxcellent food. the problem is that cereal labels are very tricky and you have to know how to see through those tricks to get a good cereal. >> reporter: tonight on news4 at 11:00, how to determine which is filled with good food and which is just filleded with claims. we'll crunch the claims. that is my story tonight at news4 at 11:00. i would tell you i'm going to eat a bowl of cereal a come back at 11:00, but i'll eat something else. >> i often eat cereal at midnight. it's a wonderful midnight snack. corn flakes, cream of wheat, good stuff. coming up, first lady michelle obama paid a visit to a d.c. farmer's market today. we'll have a report on that. >> what you got, dan? >> gilbert arenas.

he's broken his silence and spoken the first time in a long time. a little good, a little bad. coach jim zorn has a plan to get offense spiced up a little bit. an unpleasant memory from last season serves as motivation against the rams. free. and it's o

it was awful. absolutely awful what happened last year when we came up on the rams game. what were we 4-2 at this point? >> 4-1. everybody said, here we go. >> my goodness, the wheels came

off. >> that was the beginning of a downward spiral on the season. they won the next two, but things weren't the same. if you do remember last year, you'll remember that 4-1 record. they weren't just talking playoffs, there was super bowl talk everywhere. jason campbell, santana moss and clinton portis were among the league leaders in their respective positions. rams came to town and redskins did what we thought was impossible. they lost due to mainly three costly turnovers. it's been a hot topic of conversation all week. one play etched in the mind is late in the first half last year's game. pete kendall gets it and pete fumbles it. the rams go 75 yards for the touchdown. they took the lead and gain momentum going into the second half. a freak play that goes to show you anything can happen in the nfl. in the ends, rams get a game-winning field goal and delivered a gut punch to the redskins they can still feel today, especially greg blosh.

>> this football team beat us here last year. we were 6-1. they came in and beat us in our house. we should remember that and recognize that we can't just assume this is going to be easier than the giants game was last week because it's not. different problems, but at the same time, problems just the same. >> i think a problem for us last year is when we tried to play at the level of every team we played. not to say the rams are bad football team, but it seems like we had to play close with everybody. we need to play hard and play at our level. we need to forget about anyone else's tempo and talking about the other team and just establish our own game in our own tempo. >> it brings to mind fa famous herm edwards quote, "that's why we play the game." they beat the cowboys last year, beat the cardinals who were in the super bowl and eagles twice last year. then you lose to the rams? one thing redskins would like to do against the rams is get more

people involved in the passing game. giants took away everything except chris cooley and antoine randle el. those two combined for 14 out of jason campbell's 19 completions. nothing wrong with them, but to open things up, jim zorn knows they need to get the ball to santana moss. moss had two catches for a scant six yards. he was a nonfactor against the giants. generally, when moss gets rolling, so does the offense. you can say he's like the redskins' cold medicine. >> sure i would like to have the ball earlier, once or twice here and there. that builds your morale and were confidence. you can go out and be a complete player. what i do most of the time when i'm not getting the ball is find something to do. make sure i'm doing my job, get in the right area make sure i'm the key guy when it comes to somebody else getting open. >> part of getting all these guys open is to get them in

better positions and then try to compete for that single coverage. sometimes we get it and sometimes we don't. >> that was jim zorn. coming up saturday night at 7:00, right here on nbc 4, week two of redskins showtime. doc walker and mike wise join lindsay and me to talk everything redskins. that's coming up saturday night at 7:00. agent zero has broken his silence. gilbert arenas told "the washington times" and said nobody could guard me before and nobody can guard me now. gilbert has been in chicago working out with tim grover who is most famous for being michael jordan's trainer. gilbert trying to return from three knee surgeries over the last 1 1/2 years. he only played in two games last season, spending most of the year rehabbing. he credits grover with saving his career. in the process of doing that, gilbert bashes the training staff for not handling his rehab

properly. this is what he said, "if you have a kidhat loves basketball, that eats, sleeps, drinks and thinks basketball, and all he knows is basketball and he gets hurt and he is your franchise player, you need to hold him back from himself." >> oh, my goodness. >> gilbert saying that about the wizards. it's a tough situation for them, for him. he wants toplay. they want him to play. what do you do? >> i think the most interesting part of all of that that gilbert said and the trainer was that his knee is not as good as it's ever been. they insist that it's better than it's ever been. that is what will be interesting to see. >> let's hope they are right. gilbert is the man when he's on his game. i don't care what gilbert says, by the way. gi h theall, put him on the court and let's see some

ball. who cares what gilbert says? play ball, gilbert. >> that's what he is saying is the problem. >> i texted him today to try to get a comment. he said, i'm done talking. i'm never talking to the media ever again. do you believe that? >> no. >> probably not. i just want to s him put up 36 a night. you. >> and win. exactly. it's a matter of when the nationals get to 100 losses for the second straight year. last night the nats lost to philadelphia 6-1, putting them at 95 losses with 17 games to go. here is how it went down last night. we start in the bottom first. livan hernandez facing raul ibanez with runners on the corner. phills call a double steal. gutsy call. that's not the problem. it's home plate that's the problem. phillies taking a 1-0 lead when chase utley steals home.

listen to adam dunne here. >> got the ball, right? >> jason worth at the plate. bases loaded. crushes this one. a grand slam, his 34th homer of the year. his third career grand slam. phillies go on to win it 6-1. they hand the nationals their 95th loss of the season. not a lot you can do about that. >> can they do it again? >> win the whole world series again? yeah, they are good. >> thank you, dan. with the race for governor tightening in virginia, the two candidates, democratic creigh deeds and republican robert mcdonnell debated the first time in northern virginia. fairfax chamber of commerce sponsored the debate. >> reporter: with the opening handshake out of the way, both candidates went on the offensive. bob mcdonnell criticized creigh deeds on his controversial 1989 masters thesis.

in it mcdonnell wrote working women undermine the family. >> my opponent spent most of his time running, i believe, a backwards-looking and negative campaign. >> i didn't write when what is 34 years old working women were a detriment to the family. i didn't write when i was 34 years old roev. wade ought to be overturned. i didn't write the state ought to be involved in contraception decisions for married adults. >> reporter: mcdonnell countered pointing to his wife and daughter. >> i'm frankly insulted you would say my daughter that i supported and loved for 28 years to go fight in iraq, that i don't support working women. >> reporter: this crowd of business leaders came to hear about economic development and transportation fixes. deeds promises new revenue for roads the first year if elected, though he wouldn't say where the money would come from. >> i've been in the legislator 18 years. i've got a long record of getting things done. i'm confident i can bring people

together and get transportation fixed neck year. >> reporter: mcdonnell's plan includes selling off state-owned liquor stores to generate millions of dollar. >> my plan is 19 pages single space. here is my opponent's plan, nothing on it. >> reporter: this voter came to hear more about transportation. >> i like what bob mcdonnell said about transportation and having a an. i would like to see a plan from creigh deeds on transportation. >> reporter: this voter says all the talk about social issues really doesn't interest him. >> i think it makes great sound bites for theeeds' campaign. i get a sense it's not completely what mcdonnell is about today. >> that was julie carey reporting. candidates will participate in two more debates before the polls in november. neither debate will be held in northern virginia. coming up tonight, first lady michelle obama at a

farmer's market in the district.

some celebration and controversy at the farmer's market near the white house had its grand opening today. the market is on vermont avenue near the white house. it opened with the support of first lady michelle obama whose office helped the market to get a permit. to close off that busy street at the height of rush hour. tom sherwood has more.

>> reporter: it was a fancy arrival just to go food shopping. with the ringing of a cow bell, the farmer's market in the shadow of the white house was open on vermont avenue. vendors and customers happy to have it. and the first lady. >> definitely here for the first lady. first lady first, food second. >> having a local farmer's market or food from local farmers here available in the city is just a superb opportunity for people. >> reporter: white house security forces and police were everywhere, slowing traffic and checking customers, putting a dam per on the otherwise festive air. >> it's a great idea. it's a great idea to have it centrally located. all these people who work downtown or live downtown can come over thursday and get fresh produce. >> reporter: first lady obama said she had to learn good food is better than fast food for everyone in the family. >> takeout food was a primary

part of our diet. it was quick. it was easy. we did what was easiest and what kids like because you didn't want to hear them whining, so, all right? we are just trying to end the whining. >> reporter: this market on vermont avenue is one of five markets in the city. they'll be here every thursday afternoon through october. tom sherwood, news4, washington. the first lady did a little shopping at the farmer's market today. here is what she got. among the items, cheese, eggs, fingerling potatoes and black kale. i guess she hands that stuff over to the chef who takes care of it for her. >> whether the kids like it or not. maybe they do that and takeout. what pain it must be to have somebody reporting on what you buy. >> i know. >> that's part of the job, i guess. that's our broadcast for tonight.