as usual event in dead of night. that corridor is never empty, but tonight on two separate brief occasions it will be and for those who do not plan ahead could be in for quite a wyatt wait. have become accustomed to the daytime construction and backups as workers add a fourth lane on both sides. but out-of-town and local travelers alike may be in for a big surprise just after midnight when the entire interstate is closed down to the interchange. in trucker headed to south carolina guesses many drivers will be caught unaware. >> i think if they don't know about it in advance somef them will be late for deliveries and pickups because we don't usually hear about that stuff unless the company tells us. >> reporter: the backup could start as early as 10:30 p.m. when a but one lane is closed in each directions. then after midnight in t two 30-minute intervales the

entire interstate will be closed so crews can start. >> we have to have a widerin? place. >> reporter: cars and small trucks can detour. but not large trucks. >> any vehicle on the 13 foot, 4 inches can get off of here route 1, to route 1 and bypass the work. so that's another route. >> reporter: this i-95 evening commuter says he can't imagine the traffic jam that could be ahead. >> it's inconceivable. where is the world supposed to go? i'm trying to imagine the people trying to get to florida to new york and then heading for a detour, i don't know. it could be chaotic. >> reporter: by the way, this i-95 closure is not the only major utdown ahead this week. there's also one slated for the belt way. i'll tell you more about that coming up on "news4" at 6:00. >> julie carey,hank you.

the closures have not started yet but a traffic check right now. hey, ashley? >> as you can see out of springfield we're doing just fine here. 95, do you pick up some volume further south as you make your way out of woodbridge headed down towards dale boulevard and past quantico we have volume concerns. elsewhere around the area we're relatively in good shape as we take a trip -- if maybe headed towards the bay bridge you'll see that all travel lanes are open here. no problems on 50. as far as the belt sway concerned we have travel lanes opened. 270 at falls road. no big problems there and headed down towards shady grove you will see that lanes are opened as welt. back to you guys. >> thanks, ash. a man trapped in a fierpy crash this morning in prince george's county is fighting for his life this evening. the victim was driving a car in the 8800 block of central avenue in capital heights when he collided with an suv. the car caught fire and the driver was trapped. the man is in critical condition at an area hospital.

the driver of the suv was not seriously injured. no word yet about what caused the crash. cuts are coming to prince george's county. county executive jack johnson says as many as 125 county workers will be laid off. it's part of an effort to close a budget gap left in a nearly $23 million state-funding cut. the county will also eliminate some vacant positions and continue a hiring freeze. laid off workers will be notified in october and will have a month of paid administrative leave to start their job search. maryland's largest school district is also facing more cuts. today montgomery county public schools unveiled a plan to slash spending to help deal with the county's growing deficit. officials also met tod to assess the new impact cuts will have on education. chris gordon joins us. >> reporter: public school spending coulds for half of the montgomery county budget. reduce state aid is making cuts necessary in every department.

the montgomery county public school system is the first to step up to the challenge. >> reporter: the montgomery county public school system is planning midyear spending cuts trying to save money without sacrificing the quality of education. >> the restrictions include comprehensive hiring freeze including teachers and other employees and includes restrictions on other expeppedtures such as contractual expenditures and other operational expenses that we would encur. so they're all covered. >> reporter: the committee has overseen spending cuts in each of the past three years because of the soft economy and this year there's an added challenge, some families have chosen to enroll their students in public rather than private schools. >> every year we've been cutting textbook spding. so there's a lot of concerns. we have 2,500 more students in the school system than we even

counted for. >> reporter: kay romero is the president of the montgomery county council of ptas. it represents more than 5 very,000 members at 190 schools. >> you worry about what the restrictions are going to mean for kids and schools cause eventually everything trickles down to the classroom and affects every child and usually the things that are cut first are like building, fety, maintenance and things like that and we want that to be secured and not be cut any further because that has taken the hardest hit over the last few years. >> reporter: mcaa, the montgomery county education association, is the union that represents 12,000 teachers and other public school employees. the president of the montgomery county education association. >> it's goingo be more difficult for teachers to get the support they need from central office or from other folks in their building. the cut in the last two years likely may happen again next year. so teachers are trying to find

ways, they won't have as much support as they have had in the past. >> reporter: in all, three unions represent teachers, principals and uncertified school employees like cafeteria workers, janiters and bus drivers. theyope to have some input in decide wrongdoing the school spending cuts will be felt. wendy? >> chris gordon, thanks, chris. and in the district on columbia, school be officials there are dealing with a $40 million budget cut. no word on how many teachers are going to be laid off. two years ago mayor adrian fenty gained authority over those schools. coming up on a little bit later on "news4" tom sherwood will look into whether he's going to keep control. one person suffered minor injuries in a town hall fire in gaithersburg in afternoon. the fire started on the second floor of the houts on timber rock road. 50 firefighters helped put the flames out. as you can see from chopper four, there's now a hole in the roof. the man was treated outside and taken to the hospital.

and now to a developing story. deadly flooding in the southeast tonight. the scene in the atlanta, georgia, area is devastating. heavy rains and flash floods are linked toot least two deaths there. are trying to get out of flooded homes to higher ground. some parents put their children and whatever else they could carry on their backs to get to safety. two drivers died when the vehicles got caught in fast-moving waters. bob ryan joins us now with a closer look at the weather conditions there. what's the latest, bob? >> pat, it is still raining very hard and flood warnings, flood watches into georgia, alabama. about 40 miles west of atlanta. this is the last two days. 15 inches of rain. from a rain gauge there. you can get an idea of the amount of rain that is continuing to fall. look at this line after line. i will zoom right down to the atlanta area and you can see that there's more flooding.

unfortunately, very likely to come. some of that rain that moisture will be ming your way but really it's more up into the mountains and anything that we see here will be rath or the light side but look at the areas that are still under flood watches. all those areas that are red. all way from parts of missouri into alabama and georgia, under flad flash flood warnings. and we will get some rains here. from time to time we've had some very heavy rains. as always as you heard the fatalities were from folks who drove into moving water. wha whatever you do when you get these flash floodings and get really heavy rains sometimes the water can rise at a shocking and even surprising rate. so the rule is, turn around. don't drown. unfortunately more rain's there. just a few sprinkles perhaps here. i'll tell you about that as we head on into astronomical autumn. back to you. ♪ not a lot of cheering going on today. the home opener ended with a

check in the win column. however for the fans it felt more like a loss. no touchdown on home turf. >> unfortunately. indesy czarniak joins us from ashburn with the move there on the day after and lindsay, i guess we could call a bittersweet mood? >> reporter: pat, you could say it was a bittersweet victory but certainly everybody here today is focusing on the loss of starting right guard randy thom athe redskins announced today they are placing him on the injured reserve because he suffered an injury to his right tricep. a huge blow for the offensive line and now the redskins have to make a decision very quickly before they play the detroit liones on sunday. let me take you back to fedexfield. this is like i said a huge blow. he was injured in the second quarter. came out othe game. was replaced by centreville grad, will montgomery. so he's been through this before. he does have a history of injury but certainly the redskins were looking forward from a lot from

him this season. as zorn said they're going to have to figure out if they're going to bring someone from outside of the organization in or be ready to promote somebody up to that starting role. he says whomever they decide on will have to give it their all. >> i fully expect that person to rise up. now, will he be the kind of player randy's going to be? we'll see. and we'll give him -- we'll give that person some time but that person's going to have to fill some big randy thomas shoes but then that person also -- and if it was me -- that person's going to want to step in and not look back. step in and take -- and take charge and have confidence in the situation that -- i mean that's what pros are waiting for. they're waiting for their chance. >> reporter: and so zorn also added it could be a couple of guys who end up stepping in that role. much more coming up in sports. guys? >> thanks, lindsay. 4:00 is just getting started tonight. coming up, charged with no warning. fighting overdraft fees. learn about the new push to take

power away from the banks. plus, lost in the system, find out why women who are victims of domestic violence are being told to get help somewhere else. and the swine flu vaccine for your kids. how many shots does your child need for protection?

summerlong political fight between d.c. mayor adrian fenty and the d.c. council appears to be ending. sources tell "news4" when the d.c. council meets tomorrow it

will not strip the mayor of some of his authority over the school system. tom sherwood reports. >> reporter: d.c. mayor adrian fenty was all smiles on monday as he joined in the celebration with the chinese arts downtown here in the verizon center. but he also could soon be celebrating a huge political victory on school reform when the d.c. council returns from its summer recess on tuesday. agreement to not strip some of the mayor's authoty over schoo schools, fenty got only two years ago. will not override a veto to shift some power to the elected school board. fenty declined to give any details monday. >> yeah, i don't have any of the specifics on you know what the council is thinking or doing. that's obviously a question you will have to ask the council. but i have said since day one that this council has been extremely cooperative and supportive especially around

education. >> reporter: the mayor noted that the original council vote gave him five years of control to pursue school reforms, not two or three. >> objectively the chancellor has made a lot of improvements and we can document those but she's always the first to say that there's still tons of work to be done and we're excited about continuing that work. >> reporter: despite some complaints on the pace and tenor of school reform, most council members appear ready to back the mayor as they complete backroom discussions. >> certainly a lot of conversations today about that. my personal preference though is to support with the mayor's position is and, yes, i don't think a good time for the council to change what we have put in place only two years ago. >> reporter: the council takes up the school issue tuesday, when it votes on the city's $9 billion budget for the fiscal year that begins october 1st. there are several closed-door meetings still going on late today at the council. the mayor's not declaring victory yet. this looks pretty good, pat and wendy.

>> okay, still a little bit of tug-of-war going on behind the scenes. >> reporter: they're discussing it. some people want to whack the mayor but don't want to mess up the school reform effort. >> yeah and have to take the blame. >> politically whack him. >> that's the only way i talk as politics. >> okay. thank you, tom. >> it's clear. earlier this year it was credit cards, now congress is promising to crack down on banks that automatically charge big fees when you overdraw your account. lawmakers are working on a bill would that prevent banks from charging those fees without asking customers for permission. in its defense, banks say 82% of their customers are pleased that their transactions are covered. banks are expected to collect more than $38 billion in fees this year. president obama's promising better economic days to come. the president was in upstate new york today to deliver his economic address. he says investments and innovation are going to help prop an economic recovery that is sustainable. >> that if government does its modest part there's no stopping

the most powerful and generative force that america has known. >> making college for affordable and boosting the country's global standing in education and technology. well, bob, a great way to start the workweek out. >> yes, indeed. astronomical. no the official is september 1st. the official weather records and tomorrow is the astronomical beginning of summertime. >> the equinox. >> equinox. >> that's right and it will feel like summertime. nature's perverse. sometimes it does a little gotcha. with a lot of sunshine, boy it was fine. there was our sky watcher in time lapse. no just panning around the sky, i guess. well, i thought we had pictures, pretty pictures of some flowers. outside, our temperature right now is -- our current temperature is 79 degrees.

the tunnel equinox at 5:18. 24 hours from even as we speak, but the day when we have equal darkness and equal day or equal day and night that does not occur until friday because we have an atmosphere and the sunlight gets a little bit refracted in best. so we've picked up a little bit of daylight because we have atmosphere. cool up in boston it was 51. look at the morning low temperature in atlanta, 71. the current temperature, 72. the dew point, 70. all of that is part of the reason that they've had that terrible, terrible floods down there. overall jet pattern there it is to our north. that area of high pressure, having that great weather moving off. but with that jet pattern the moisture has continued to flow into the deep south. boy, it's been just terrible, terrible day after day of rain. and in a round in atlanta and especially into atlanta and now mississippi, atlanta. just in the last hour has had an inch -- almost an inch and a half of rain. yesterday louisville almost had four inches of rain.

there is atlanta and there is that next batch of torrential rains coming through in tuscaloosa, alabama and mississippi. also all of that is moving a bit up to the north but moves into the mountains of western and southwestern virginia and around here, i think all will be getting is some sprinkles perhaps. look at marietta, georgia. the last two days, 11 inches of rain. decatur, georgia, for the month now closing in at 20 inches of rain. so overnight tonight, that area of high pressure that's brought all of our great weather moves off will begin to get a little bit of the moisture coming around with southeasterly winds and then also as winds turn more into the south some humidity but as you can see the rains that have been down in the south really not coming our way. other than a lot of clouds and maybe a few sprinkles. so for the remainder of the evening partly cloudy. it's a warm, delightful evening. temperatures overnight tonight, certainly not as low as they'd been in the last few nights. we're going to see a fair.

a clouds around it tomorrow. maybe a lile bit of fog. temperatures around 60 degrees. tomorrow afternoon a lot of clouds. i think specially for you folks out towards the blue ridge, maybe a few light showers and sprinkles. really not too much. next four days, another chance of some showers and a little touch of humidity. and even though we're into astronomical and also meteorological fall on wednesday and thursday, temperatures will be in the mid 80s. >> wow. >> maybe even with a passing thundershower and drier air coming in the weekend. i'll tell you about the weekend later. >> summer weather lingers. >> that's right. >> thank you. still to come, send more troops or lose the war in afghanistan? find out who's giving the white house that confidential report. plus, where is the worst place to raise a kid? we'll tell you which cities to steer clear of.

is the recession really over? a new report out seems to indicate that the economy has finally turned a corner. joining us now to talk about today's developments is cnbc reporter scott cohan.

>> reporter: it's been an interesting and kind of difficult day for bank of america. you will remember that they're trying to get past the questions about what they disclosed about their merger with merrill lynch about a year ago, whether they told investors and taxpayers enough about the mounting losses at merrill and the bonuses paid to merrill executives. welt securities and exchange commission had tried to settle charges a week ago with bank of america. a judge threw that out. today the s.e.c. says it will vigorously go ahead and pursue a trial on that. meantime, bank of america was -- have until noon today to turn over documents to a house committee about all of this. they did not do that. citing attorney/client privilege. >> why it could indicate that the recession may finally be over. >> the index of leading economic indicators it's up again, fifths month row. forward-look measures of the economy. the problem here though is that

we still have high unemployment and by all indications even the administration admitting that unemployment is going to continue to be a problem and so that's going to put a little bit of a drag on this recovery. but there are signs pointing to, i guess, the worst of the recession being over. but still, a lot of crosscurrents there. >> okay and as far ass markets are concerned, they retreated today. are analysts concerned that the markets, which had been on a tear lately, may be rising a little too quickly? >> reporter: well that probably has something to do with why they were treateding a bit today. you start to get people talking about the dow hitting 10,000 again. we're still a little ways away from that but people are talking about it and that gets people a little bit nervous that things have gone a little bit foo fast and we see people kind of cash in. take a little bit of money off of the table to make certain that the market isn't going too far, too fast because of those crosscurrents that we talked about in the economy. >> okay, easy does it. thank you, scott. preliminary studies of the new swine flu vaccine showed that children aged 10 and older will need just one shot for protection. but younger kids will need two

shots. the shot should be given 21 days apart. the national institutes of health says it's no surprise because the older you are the easier your body can fight the virus. looking for a place to raise your family. "children's health" magazine says stay clear of florida. ranks three of florida's most popular cities is the bottom of the heap. miami 99 out of a hundred. orlando 98 and tampa 94th. researchers are basing their findings on more than 30 factocious including crime, education, housing and environment. d.c. did quite well. it was ranked 17th. >> well that's right good. >> yeah. >> florida sunshine doesn't help much, huh? >> apparently it does other issues there. >> not enough. well, we have some everyday heroes living right among us. coming up we'll shine the spotlight a few folks who made huge difference. local lives. and the solo soldier. we're going to take you to a special homecoming for a man who was serving his country all on his own.

>> i'm liz crenshaw, the food says it comes from one country, but does it really? the unan

welcome back to our second half hour. i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm pat lawson muse. coming up in this half hour, vandalizing urinals. how to catch a crook.

a law enforcement surveillance camera catches a recovery. but we begin this half hour with the war in afghanistan. provide more troops or this mission is doomed to failure, that's the blunt assessment from top u.s. and nato commander general stanley mcchrystal. "washington post" published experts today from mcchrystal's report that was sent to defense secretary robert gates last month. president obama is now reviewing it. joining us us to talk about these findings is nbc news pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. he's live at the pentagon. how many more troops do they say they need and what will they do with them different? is there any change in strategy that could put one in the win column? >> reporter: well, you know, wendy, this report from general mcchrystal is pretty grim and not unexpected. and it's believed that the general already has his request for additional troops, up to 40,000 additional forces in afghanistan over the next year.

that's in addition to the 65,000 that are already there. so as you can tell it's getting close to doubling the number of american forces there. and the reason stan mcchrystal says he needs those additional forces is because of his no-strategy. in which he wants to spend more time and military effort on protecting individual afghans where they live while at the same time training additional afghan forces to eventually take over that fight. but as you can probably guess, that will take many, many years and even more troops in at least the short term, wendy. >> what about president obama? is he likely to go along with that and assign more troops. >> reporter: i think that senior military officials were pretty confident that president obama would sign on to that request but lately that's really not the case. they're growing ever more skeptical if not concern that president obama is backing off his pledge to support whatever the commanders on the ground

need. and in fact, president obama's now saying that he wants, still another strategy review before he makes any decisions on committing additional troops. secretary gates here at the pentagon says that's only reasonable because after all it's the president's responsibility whenever he sends young men and women into harm's way and make sure they have exactly the right strategy. some military officials are concerned, however, that the longer the delay, the more entrenched those taliban enemy forces become in afghanistan and the bigger the risk eventually to all u.s. forces there. >> all right, jim miklaszewski. thanks. >> reporter: you bet, wendy. a colorado man allegly trained by al qaeda will stay in custody after a federal court appearance today. zajibullah zazi and his father mohammed zazi were arrested in denver over the weekend. investigators say the younger zazi played a direct role in an alleged terror plot believed to have targeted new york city.

ringconnect 1200 >> reporter: all alone coming off of a commercial flight at dulles, national guard major t.j. law was smothered with hugs from his wife and two small kids. he's just back from a seven-month deployment to iraq. >> the hardest part was not being able to see anybody and be with them but it's great to be back. >> reporter: how much dumiss them. >> so much. >> reporter: law's wife monica

is a national guard reservist who wants to bring attention to soldiers like her husband who deploy by themselves. t.j. law was sent on a special mission and had to link up with units not knowing a soul. there's no big deployment ceremony or homecoming se celebration. >> he didn't get the fanfare waving their flags and the bands playing. the support has been there but i wanted him to have a nice welcome when he got back like the other soldiers do that deploy with their unit. >> reporter: that also meant having some neighbors waiting for major law whene returned to his home in leesburg. and written messages on this big "welcome home"in? we love him very much. >> we're very proud of him. >> reporter: major law appreciates all the attention from his family and neighbors, but says they didn't have to do it. >> i don't need all of the big fanfare or anything else. there are fks -- a lot of other folks over there that really deserve all of the credit for the things that they're doing. so i'm just glad to be back. >> i'm so happy to have him

home. he completes me and i know that's so corny, it's jerry magic gwire but it's very true. >> reporter: law's wife you just saw says what you just saw is happening all across the country when these individual deployment soldiers come home. after about two weeks together the laws head to disney world. >> thanks, michael. some everyday people were hailed as here nos montgomery county today. many of them found themselves in scary situations and they did not hesitate to act. county officials honored three residents who helped save the life of a jogger in june when she collapsed before her daily run. they also thanked a teenager who happened upon a horrific accident and put his cpr training to use. >> first thing without saying without hesitation this high school sophomore quickly assess the situation and jumped in to help. thom attempted to stop the hemorrhaging from the victim's badly injured legs and when the victim suddenly transitioned

into sudden cardiac arrest heed he began bystander cpr until first responders arrived on the scene. >> my goodness. former montgomery county fire rescue firighter pete was also honored for his eight years of service in the department. and in northeast, washington, today, volunteers delivered thousands of meals to the sick. september is hunger action month and about 50 volunteers from fedex helped prepare meals here at food & friends. the meals were then delivered to people with hiv/aids, cancer and other illnesses. it's the fichgt year fedex employees took part in the event with united way. food & friends serves more than 1,400 people suffering from life-challenging illness. still to come we've had a nice couple of days but, ooh, could be some changes in the forecast. bob's back with the details. >> reporter: a nonprofit group that's been serving victims of

domestic violence for more than a decade getting ready to close its doors.

i hope you enjoyed today. >> yes, a little bit of dampness moving in, bob. >> sprinkle, clouds, certainly not as much sunshine in our future as we've seen over the weekend today. beautiful weekend. temperatures too, mighty fine,

79 degrees on doppler. surprise, surprise, nothing going on. nor will there be tonight. later on tonight, we're going to be seeing some clouds coming in. and there might be even a little patchy fog, especially folk, southern maryland, down around frids and st. mary's county. temperatures around 60 degrees. a fair amount of clouds around and there might be a few sprinkles. any of those drops, i think, will be really few and part in between. at that, a little bit more likely for you folks out towards winchester and the blue ridge and western parts of fauquier count and spotsylvania. more increasing chance of showers and maybe a thunderstorm of our own as wednesday because of a bit of humidity but drier air comes in time for part of the weekend the way that i see it now. back to you. >> thanks, bob. still ahead, vanishing golf balls. one couple caught a thief in the act. a look at candid camera. >> reporter: i'm liz crenshaw. if you care your food com

well, here's a question for you, is the product made in thailand? if the product says product of thailand? the answer is, maybe thailand, maybe china, maybe somewhere else. liz crenshaw has an interesting story tonight where anyone wants to know where their food is coming from. >> reporter: sometimes defies common sense. the food label clearly says product of one country. but when you dig a little deeper you end up in a different place.

>> two complaints from the same consumer against two different stores. >> reporter: eric friedman is taking me to two montgomery county grocery stores. friedman runs the montgomery county consumer protection office which handles consumer complaints. >> our complaint was that she went into the store. she purchased a product. on the outside of the product it has a label that it came from one country and pealed back that label, it turned out that the product had come from another country? this country of origin is becoming more of a problem. chile, new zealand or canada. beef comes from the usa, canada, mexico or australia or new zealand. juice comes from the usa but a lot of orange juice comes from brazil. and apple juice comes primarily from argentina or chile or china. but at least the label tells you the country of origin. except for when it doesn't. >> in her complaintne product

said it came from thailand but when you peale back the label it said that it was made in china and other product said it came from japan and pealed back the label it says it came from china as well and i think that she felt she was dvd ieceived, misled and upset. >> reporter: clearly states product of thailand but if you peel off the label -- >> underneath it says "product of china." >> reporter: so that must be a violation, right? >> it depends in violation of what? in violation of common sense, maybe. in violation of a federal regulation, perhaps not. >> reporter: that's because federal law can be very complicated. if a food is grown in concountry but processed in another, the second country can become the country of origin for labeling purposes. and sometimes the label that says "product of japan" in english for example, has an underlying label that you cannot read leaving you clueless.

>> if a consumer wanted to avoid for some reason products grown in china, thinking that they were buying something that was a product of japan -- >> they're getting chinese c cucumbers and radishes. >> that's correct. >> reporter: chris wald officer thinks that consume verse a right of disclosure to know where the food they eat comes from. >> this is good information, information that consumers told us they wanted so we would encourage them to look for this information on the product. >> reporter: or as eric friedman puts, it country of origin is really about disclosure but still needs a large dose of everyday common sense. >> if a parent says to a teenager, where were you last night? and the teenager only tells the parent theast place they were at, i don't think the parent would be very happy. >> clever, right? now both grocery stores we visited referred montgomery county investigators to their wholesalers. one said its products were mislabeled by mistake. the other said it followed federal regulations regarding food processed in a second

country. so country of origin, it's a good law, it's got some quirky bits to it but i kind of like that. maybe it should say, grown in, processed in, i don't know. >> one more line. >> one more line. >> so keep peeling back t labels. >> yeah, if you can understand the language below it. >> thanks, liz. tom and sally hawk leave in steamboat springs colorado. the town's known for skiing. tom however loves golf, a bit of a golf fanatic. installed a putting green in the front yard for the times that he cannot be at course. he practiced putting every night in thsummer and time to quit he left the golf balls there on his grown and every morning when he got up they were gone and after he lost 70 balls the hawks stayed up one night to watch the putting green and that's when they found out the ball thief was a hairless fox. >> oh, no. just amazed. i was laughing so hard. >> we just couldn't believe it. >> he has a mission. he's going somewhere and taking them and returning quickly. >> i think he's thinking they're going to hatch.

and he just is giving them a little time. >> actually hs selling them to the golfers up the road at the course. he's a sly fox. whether the fox thinks the balls are chicken eggs or not the question remains what is he doing with him? the colorado wildlife say foxes are very smart with a playful streak. he could be messing with guy. >> he'll be smart when he could learn to take two at a time if not. police are not playing around with a local man. he's wanted for vandalizing urinals. it's already happened at several restaurants including crackle barrel p fredericksburg police believed tried to get the restaurants to fix him. he bade banks to fix it and the repairs were no good. >> all right. >> well, how about that? >> there we go. >> let's see what's coming up on "news4" at 6:00 tonight. >>ou can top that. >> no iwouldn't want to try i don't think. we do have a lot coming up

at "news4" at 6:00. a report on those three men accused lying to federal authorities in that terrorism investigation. the fbi says one suspect had notes about bombmaking. remember that gigantic water main break in a maryland neighborhood on friday? well, people who live there are still cleaning up. and we'll check it out. we'll also tell you how authorities say a school bus carrying more than a dozen children ended up in a pond this morning. those stories and more tonight on "news4" at 6:00. see you then. the good news is it was a swim team on the school bus. >> excellent. >> okay. >> yeah, everybody okay. >> thanks, doreen. >> sure. let's head out to lindsay at redskins park. okay no touchdown and then you had that whole tailgating thing going on. not a lot of happy fans there this weekend. a rough day. >> no, they're not, you guys and the biggest issue right now is an injury. that's a devastating blow to to this team. redskins found out that starting right guard randy thomas now placed on injured reserve. sufered a torn right tricep in the game yesterday and you can go out on a limb and say that

this guy shows the most perseverance over anybody else on this team because he has really dealt with lingering issues and now is obviously devastated that just two games in he has to call it a season. his teammates especially on the offensive line say this is more than just a huge loss. >> randy's a warrior. he's worked really hard to come back from the injuries that he's come back from already and to get hit like this again it's tough to see that. a guy that's so passionate about the game and loves playing the game so much and then this comes, it happens. it's part of the game. we've been through this before. somebody's going to ve to step up and fill those shoes, awfully big shoes, but will have to fill his shoes and he can't miss a beat. >> that's a big loss. he's the leader. he's got us pumped up before the games in the locker room. the guy who gives all of the speeches and definitely a leader over there and to have that thon him a second time it's kind of sad, you know? randy's a guy who works hard, trained hard all off-season.

my heart goes out to him. >> devastating blow. randy's an outstanding team leader. awesome football player. he's the guy who we definitely want fighting with us. >> reporter: starting tackle chris samuels knows just how big of a loss this is and so now the redskins have to make a quick decision. got to find somebody to fill that starting role. it could be either chad rinehart or the guy who went in for the game, will montgomery or the redskins could choose to go outsisted organization and bring somebody in but have it before this team face the lions. >> and it sounds like they want want of these young guys to step in. the ideal scenar. >> yes it will be but as we talk about them facing the lions not the only thing that they're concerned about, dan. >> well, red zone issues. the main thing that we took from this last game in terms of finding something to build on. it was almost like there was a force field there at the goal line. four trips inside the 10 yard line, not one single touchdown for the redskins. that being said, there were two dropped passes that should had been and could have been sure

touchdowns. so the players almost to a man just glad that they got the win but they do know that they do need to improve in the red zone. >> we have so much momentum once we get down there and all of a sudden it's like we'll do one play that doesn't work and it's almost like the momentum doesn't -- just dies down and we can't capitalize on it. >> honestly man i'm all for the players, yes, true we want to score. you can't sit there and say you didn't do what you had to do. if we had a turnover, none of that, we'd be talking about that too. we gave our kicker a chance to get his feet a little warmed up and hopefully next week we could sit him down and let him kick extra points. >> yeah, we won but we won in such an ugly fashion that you don't even take pride in that win. this is a great team, hats off to them. everybody knows that. this wasn't the same theme we saw last week on film but at the same time when you play the way that we played and keep giving the team the opportunity to get back in the game -- >> i have a different look.

i will take it any way that we can get it. yeah would like to run for 300 yards and pass for 600 yards and win by 50, but we moved the ball effectively. we just didn't produce in the red zone. and a win's a win. i'm going to take this one and be happy with it. >> we just couldn't get in the end zone and gave up too many third downs. you try to take away positives away that we held thom low points and we got the win but at the same time we have to figure out we need to score some points and get off of the field on third down so it's kind of a balancing act. we're happy but we got to get better. >> so the redskins 1-1. and then two games this year, they have scored exactly one touchdown. the rams, one worst teams in the league, coming up this sunday. the detroit lions, who are the worst team in the league. lindsay, they've lost 19 straight games dating back to '07. >> they have and the biggest thing that people want to see from the redskins out there is throw the ball more when you are in those critical situations so we'll see that they do that against the detroit lions. the loss of starting right guard, randy thomas.

we'll have much more coming up in sports. out of money and

local nonprofit groups have been taking a hit in this tough economy. one d.c.-based group that helps domestic violence victims could close in just a few days. >> officials there are hoping someone will extend a lifeline to keep the doors opened. darcy spencer has our report. >> i knew that my situation was dangerous. >> reporter: this victim was domestic violence who does not want to be identified received free legal and counseling services from weave, a district-based, nonprofit organization that's now facing

closure. >> i do credit this organization with supporting me through a very tough decision and giving me the strength to value myself again. >> reporter: the woman and other victims are saddened by the prospect that weave, which stands for women empowered against violence is going away. interim executive director says much of the funding had been from the district office from victim's services. >> a few weeks ago they told us they would not be giving us any new grants for the year beginning october 1 so w really don't have the funds to pay our staff after september 30th. >> reporter: weave has had thousands of battered women over the last 12 years through some the most difficult times of their lives. w-e-a-v-e officials are hoping will pick up the slack once this organization goes away. >> sadly, tragicdy with the domestic violence it could mean a loss of life. >> reporter: is not aflown its

financial prickameedicament. >> giving from all levels is down, individuals foundation, governments. >> ann garcia has counseled countless clients. she says she's the only bilingual counselor in the district. >> particularly to serve spanish-speaking clients because there aren't a lot of places that offer free services and the impact will be that these women will probably have nowhere else to go to seek counseling. >> we're hoping that someone who sees this newscast will step forward and say this is too important to allow to lapse. >> reporter: darcy spencer, "news4" washington. >> weave says it would take hundreds and thousands of dollars to keep their organization afloat. >> last day will be september 30th. coming up facing failure. a stern warning about the war in afghanistan.

criminal charges have been filed against three men accused of lying to federal investigators in a terrorism investigation. deadly flooding in the southeastern u.s. has forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes. interstate 95 will be completely shut down in both directions for a time overnight for construction. the top u.s. commanding general in afghanistan warns that without more resources, the united states' mission in afghanistan faces "failure." good evening. i'm doreen gentzler. >> and i'm jim handly. jim vance has the night off. that startling assessment comes from a memo sent from washington to from the war zone. steve handelsman is live from capitol hill with more on this. >> reporter: thanks. good ovning. like so much in our town this issue dividing pretty much along party lines with both sides now