the end to a police chase that began in gainsville, virginia. good evening, everyone. >> at this point, we know a woman was carjacked at gunpoint in virginia. police are looking for the gunman near the beltway and st. barnabus road. >> reporter: we are far away from prince valley. take a look behind me. you'll see the scene that was started. this is where the kidnapping, carjacking, high speed chase ended. a woman, the victim of the carjacking was on a cell phone with her brother. at some point, the phone goes dead. he calls back, he's unable to reach her. he gos to see her, spots her vehicle with her in it and

another guy. he calls it police. virginia state police pick up on the chase at telegraph road. around the beltway, they get off here at st. barnabus road. the car made a u-turn. >> come down in the middle. headlights. >> right now, they still in the process of looking for him. >> reporter: we understand it was a very high speed chase. violent crash. police are still looking for the suspect. he's a black male with khaki pants. they have canine units ithe apartment complex as well as a helicopter overhead. still a very active crime scene at this point.

we are live inside the beway. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. now, to the rescue of a man trapped in a van dangling off the ravine. how did rescuers get there in time? jackie spoke with him. >> reporter: hello. picture this. you are driving along and your car starts skidding on a curve. what happened next is astonishing. >> then, and then, and then, and then. >> reporter: this is how his minivan ended up after he lost control in largo this afternoon. he was trapped inside. >> half-way to the water. >> reporter: no one witnessed the accident. the van plunged 40 feet into the ravine. it could not be seen from the road. he was wear iing a hands free cl phone ear piece talking to a friend in new jersey.

>> i told my friend to call 911 for me. >> i called 911. i described where it was, where he was. then, she said she will call him and try to figure out where he was. >> prince george's fire department responded. they had a challenge. any movement could have sent the van plunging into a depth of water. >> we send a system to go down and secure the vehicle. made access to the patient. he was in good spirits. >> reporter: he's grateful to his rescuers. >> i'm going to have my stbelt on. without my seatbelt, i don't know what would have happened. >> reporter: she said she prayed all the way from howard county. her prayers were answered hen

she saw her husband only had minor injuries to his leg. >> thank you. in the district this avenue, a police officer jumped in the potom potomac. he and his partner came across a woman in trouble near the kennedy center. she fell into the river and was clinging to a root near the bank. >> just her head was out. she was oholding on to a vine. i jumped in the water. fire andres cue got here with a ladder. >> the woman is expected to be okay. the coast guard said she is lucky. there's a 30 foot drop in the river just feet from where the rescue took place.

democrats criticized republicans for a 1989 thesis in which he wrote that working women undermine the family. he ran the campaign in the past. both candidates talked about transportation issues. they promised new revenues for roads, his first year in office. they want to sell off state owned liquor stores to generate revenue. >> transportation plan, 19 pages, single spaced. here is my opponents plan. not a single thing on it. look at his website, nothing on it. >> i have a long record of getting things done. i'm confident i can get things done. >> the candidates will debate again before the election.

they tried to rally sup prt at university of maryland. president obama directed today's message at college students call ing the push for health care reform a defining struggle of this generation. >> definitely crazy. >> nobody says we're going to take over private colleges. what we're doing is giving the students it choice. on the hill, health care plan from max baucus is getting criticism from both sides. the white house says it's a good foundation on wch to build. the president shot down former president bush's plan in eastern europe. president obama says the pentagon now has a better and cheaper way to guard against miss ill attacks from iran. mr. obama stressed the united states is still committed to

protesting u.s. allies in the area. many republicans don't like the change. defense secretary robert gates agrees with the change. a soldier who risked his own life in afghanistan received the nation's top honor today. a medal of honor took place at the white house. his parents accepted the award. he died in the afghan mountains in 2006 a he tried for a third time to save a wounded soldier. his father said his son should not be remembered as a g.i. joe, but a humanitarian. following raymond clark before annie le's body was found. a student holding sword. and the question of whether the serial in your cupboard is

making promises it can't keep. >> what about weather? >> we have clouds. chilly air. change z for the weekend as it gets closer. >> the cats opening up the preseason in dramatic action. ryan zimmerman makes a gold glove worthy catch. it's swee

the suspect is behind bars but police aren't taking about a motive in the death of the yale graduate student annie le. raymond clark was arrested and charnled with her murder. he was in court this afternoon and held on $3 million bond. he killed her and stuffed her body in a wall in a research building where they both worked. police aren't saying anything

about motive. yale's president says there was nothing in clark's work history to raise red flags. >> it says more about the dark side of the human soul than anything else. >> we are learning that police began following clark on saturday, a day before they found le's body. clark was always the prime suspect. police say a college student in baltimore did not intend to kill an intruder with a sword. earlier this week, they say the intruder lunged at the student inside the garage of his house tuesday. the student picked up the swort when he heard the intruder. he was killed at the scene. that student had not bn charged. a group of guys claiming to be fbi agents burst into a home today. the masked men kicked in the

door in the 3700 block of charleston street. a husband, wife and 9-month-old were inside. they were tied up. the woman and baby were not harmed. it's not clear what was stolen except money. coming up, serial boxes filled with promises, but they don't always deliver. a new farmers market hopes in the district with quite a bit

there was a time when serial just went snap, crackle and pop. now, it reduces it risk of heart disease, controls cholesterol and offers the benefits of fruit and yogurt. >> reporter: serials can be good foods, some loaded with grains. some are loaded with promises. if it's variety you're looking for, head to the serial aisle from bran to wheat to oats, the serial aisle has it all, or maybe not. serial isn'tlways what it's milked up to be. >> serial can be excellent. the problem is, serial labels

are tricky. you have to be able to see through the tricks. >> reporter: everyone knows whole grains are good for you, but -- >> many serial boxes say made with whole grains or whole grain guarantee. it means there's some whole grains in there, but not 100%. you have to read the ingredient list very carefully. >> reporter: the serial similarities. >> sometimes there's a healthy serial like raisin bran. there's spin offs that aren't as good. >> reporter: the list of ingredients has the details. the result is raisin bran has seven grams of fiber.

raisin bran crunch only four grams. >> beta care teen, sounds wonderful. there's no evidence it will reduce your risk of heart disease. it's not 100% whole grain. >> reporter: sometimes they make claims about healthy sounding ingredients. fruit and yogurt looks like a good idea. >> all you are getting is a very flavored oat cluster with a little bit of strawberry flavor, apple. nonfat yogurt powder treated with heat. if there were active cultures in there, they are killed. >> if youant to crunch the serial claims, check the ingredient list. the first two grains should be whole. look for three grams of fiber

per 100 calories. buy serial that is free of as pertain, which causes cancer in some animal studies. when serials boast about energy, they mean calories, not power. >> there's some evidence whole grains may lower your risk of obesity. at least half of your grains should be whole. >> so, you want to look for 100% whole grains as one of the first two ingredients. no more than one gram of saturated fat per serving. reduce the risk of advertising hype. we'd like to believe everything on the box. >> i have a 78-year-old aunt who lived a wonderful life on quaker oats. >> quaker oats has tons of fiber. >> good stuff. >> she's not paying attention to

yogurt and berry cluster things. so, what is the weather going to be doing in the morning? >> 100% cloud cover. >> okay. >> then we are breaking out through the afternoon and tomorrow. outside tonight, a nice night. a cool night. a hint of more october-november, looking out toward the beautiful skyline. we have a little drizzle out there. a few spots. not much to worry about. the high or low temperature exactly average, if this were the middle of october. look at the morning low temperatures early this morning. northern new england, the first freeze. record low temperature, 38 degrees. here we are at 65 degrees. you can see since early this morning, we had the cool front. remember, it came through a couple days ago. still, the northeasterly wind. the result has been the clouds

here and there, sprinkles. all that's left really now are the clouds. rain, boy there have been heavy rains in georgia today and into birmingham. some spots getting localized heavy rain and flooding. look at the amount of rain. birmingham, today, a bit over an inch. for the month, over seven inches. tomorrow, we'll see more clouds around. we'll still have the northeasterly breeze. late tomorrow and especially saturday, high pressure begins coming in. that means drier air. i think it's coming saturday and delightful air. tomorrow, milder and into the mid-70s. there have been a few sprinkles and overnight, the clouds will be holding. when you get up tomorrow morning, it will not be bright

and sunny, but a few sprinkles. some of the clouds begin to break up, but not until later on tomorrow afternoon, maybe tomorrow evening. temperatures in the mid to high 70s. tomorrow evening, good football weather for the friday night light. saturday, a lot of sunshine. sunday, a lot of sunshine. sometimes the first home game in the 80s. hot and humid. not this weekend. sunday morning, temperatures in the mid to low 50s. next batch of rain monday and tuesday with temperatures near 80 degrees. some nice weather coming in. >> good timing for the weekend. thank you, bob. still ahead, we know cats have nine lives. what about kittens with seven toes.

one in seven or one in 11. >> yes, they are, i think three in 15 at this point. the phillies pitchers must love playing the nationals. tonight, coal hammel took a perfect game into the sixth. 4-2 is the final this time. let's go to philly. he's facing the rookie. desmond doesn't have a chance. a perfect game through five. retired the first 15 guys he faced. he breaks up the no-no. hammel still has a great night.

went eight innings, gave up one run. bottom of the sixth. tyler clifford pitching to utley. check out ryan zimmerman. tracking, tracking, nothing is going to stop him. up and over. disease he make the catch? i think he did. look at this. fearless. lucky his head didn't hit the bar. bases loaded, full count. clipper, oh, no. the wild pitch. the phillys complete a three-game sweep. it's loss number 96 for the nats. playoffs arrived. the series started with indiana at the comcast center. we're in college park. judy plank leading the playoffs

for the first time in three years. third quarter, mystics in white. spinderella. mystic trails 79-70. she knocks down. cuts the lead to six. coleman off the bench. she was slick with the rock tonight. a game, 26 points. indiana wins game one, 88-79. game two is saturday night. redskins offensive tacking set out practice as a precaution for his surgically repaired knee. the cowboys expect over 100,000 fans for their home opener against the giants sunday night. everything big in texas. in florida, howard on the floor in tallahassee.

things not going well. a & m gets blocked. counsel scoops it up. it's a 30-yard touchdown. they trail 24-7. third quarter. punting. leroy is waiting for it. this is usually trouble. he fumbles with it and scoops it up. a 66-yard punt return. he's 5'9" takes it to the house. 48-10 is the final. caps up in buffalo for the preseason opener. he made 20 saves. they beat buffalo 4-3 in overtime. passes to chris. gives it back. baxter marched to brian. that's the game winner. they win the first preseason game of the year, 4-3.

>> he needed this game. >> glad they got the chance.

farmers market opened today in the shadow of the white house. michelle obama's office helped secure a permit to close down the busy street at the height of rush hour. she was there to celebrate the opening. the market will be open every

thursday through october. the street will be shut down during that time. with a summer full of political events, "saturday night live" returns this weekend. we got a taste of what's ahead wráh "snl" prime time weekend update. despite the wealth, some cast members say their creative cast is spontaneous. >> we have about as much planned this season as last season, which is nutting. >> i can say nothing on a thursday night, by saturday, something. >> creative rags to riches. >> yep. >> megan

from our unusual animal files, how about kittens with seven toes? two kittens from the same litter came out with more toes than usual. one had seven toes on the front paws. four is normal for a cat. show with conan o'brie