homes, businesses and roadways. authorities say as of this morning, nearly 13 inches of rain fell in that county. that's more rainfall than hurricane floyd dumped on st. mary's unty in 1999. schools were closed today because so many roads were impassible. and in anne arundel county, the wet weather may be be bhind the sink way. section of the road just gave way this morning. this is one of three sinkholes reported in the area. repairs could take days. and the heavy wind and rain knocked out power to thousands of people in our area. crews were working to restore ectricity in maryville, virginia this morning. right now there a still about 7,000 people in the area without power. >> it's so nice to look outside and see this, the blue skies and calm weather. we want to get the lightest on it now. >>let's do that. meteorologist veronica johnson standing by. veronica? >> thanks a lot, guys. the rain is gone, but it's not necessarily calm because th winds have been picking up throughout the day today. we've been getting gusts throughout the area, around 25

to 30 miles per hour. i don't thi it's going to be until later tonight that we see the wind start to subside. take a look as far as temperatures go. throughout the area low 70s with a gusty wind between 25 and 30 miles per hour. and you mentioned those amazing rain totals. here is a breakdown for the counties soh and east of us. calvert county, huntingtown picking up more than 9 inches. that's county. courtney's overlook with close to 11 inches of rain. and rolling noles 8 inches in anne arundel county. we're still seeingome of the rivers rise. that's why the is a handful flood warnings, we'll talk abt where they are around rock real and little potomac falls in just a minute. we have a dry northwesterly wind. we've got more clear skies coming to us. andot a bad weekend. but i do want to tell you that we will see rain returning this weekend. temperature right now 74

degrees. it's gone up a degree there in waington, d.c. 70 hagerstown with a clear sky tonight. temperatures are going to be falling off. so by 5:00, 67. by 7:00 p.m., 63. and tn by 11:00, already down into the 50s. 58 degrees in town. probably about 54 to 55 around some of the outlying suburbs. so for tomorrow, is going to feel like fall. we'll get some sunshine back, and then rain before the weekend is over. we'll get you the details with the seven-day forecast in just a few. >> looking forward to the sunshine. tnks, veronica. >> you bet. a neighborhood of town houses in vienna, virginia got quite a surprise this afternoon when a car crashed into a backyard. take a look, this happened aout 12:30 this afternoon. t driver lost control, drove through a backyard and hit that deck. the deck had significant damage, but there was no damage to the home. nobody got hurt. a serial burglar that has been plaguing fairfax county ridents over the past few

months has apparently struck again. three more homes were broken into last night, and an attempt was made to break into a fourth. in each case, the burglar went in through an unlocked door. police believe whoever did this also is responsible for 85 other burglary, larcenies and attempted burglaries across fairfax daytoncounty. a fire boke out early wednesday morning on the busy 16th stet corridor in columbia height one man died after he jumped from his fifth floor apartment. several other people were hurt. firefighters say when they arrived, there was a high level of panic in the building. >> the gentleman had taken the coax available off of his tv, or the cable from his tv and tied to it the refrigetor door handle. and he was sitting on his window ledge, grasping it in both hands as if that was his last-ditch effort, to go out the window on his coax cable from his

television. >> investigators say a mattress on the fifth floor may have been the source of the fire. they're interviewing several people of interest. and we are following developments out of the white house today, following revelations of a shocki std study. it's been disclosed that american scientists deliberately injected guatemalan prisoners with syphilis in the 194 under the guise of public health. today the white house issued an apology for the experiment, calling it shocking, tragic, . d it is official. rahm emanuel announced his resignation today. president obama has already picked an interim replacement with a personality that is f less fiery. the question no though, how will this change affect the post midterm era of mr. obama's presidency? steve handelsman has our report. >> reporter: it was a grand sendoff.

an emotional sendoff. barack obama and rahm emanuel by all accounts grew closer in the trenches in two years of political combat. >> mr. presidt, i thought i was tough. but as someone who saw firsthand how close our nation came to the brink, and what you had to do to put america back on track, i want to thank you for being the toughest leader any country could ask for any the toughest times any president has ever faced. >> reporter: now one chicagoan goes home to work 24/7, yell at staffer, and run for mayor. the other chicagoan needs a chief of staff. for now, it will be mr. obama's top senate staffer, pete rouse. >> there is a saying around the white house. let's let pete fix it. >> reporter: there will be a lot to fix. obama backers agree. >> where are we going from here now? i'm looking forward to seeing what he does in the next two

years. >> i think now, particularly if obama gets a setback in t midterm, meaning his policies, republicans say take over congress, if that happened, then it will probably help the president or somebody like rouse, because he'll be a little more deal-making going on. >> reporter: what did the new white house chief of staff say today? uh, nothing. >> pete has never seen a microphone or a tv camera that he likes. >> reporter: going public is not in the job description. rouse is an interim choice. president obama is still looking for someone to take the place of rahm emanuel. i'm steve handelsm, nbc news at the white house. >> and it's not clear where rahm emanuel and his family will live in chicago. according to the chicago "sun-times," the tenants leasing their house have a contract that runs through june of next year, and they refuse to move. today elena kagan took the final step toward becoming a member of the supreme court. in the ceremony attended by

president obama, s repeated the oath of office she took privately after her confirmation. then she took the seat on the bench reserved for the junior justice. the ceremony was closed to cames, but afterwards kagan came out with chief justice john roberts. spectators greeted them with applause. the new term of the natn's highest court begins on monday. today attackers in pakistan set fire to a convoy of tankers carrying supplies to nato troops in afghanistan. the attack comes one day after pakistan closed a major border crossing. both incidents highlight the coplex challenge faced by u.s. troops and war planners in afghanistan. john yang is in kabul with the latest. >> reporter: the convoy of about two dozen oil tankers was parked at a truck stop in southern pakistan on its way to bases in afghanistan. about ten suspected militants set up on the trucks and set them on fire. hey're now all in custody. the takers appear to have been on their way to an alternate

border crossing between pistan and afghanistan. pakistani officials have closed the main border crossing in response to cross-border attacks from afghanistan by coalition troops. >> do you expect -- because the united forces keep on entering into pakistan. and getting pakistan, the only option that we have is we should stop the movement. >> reporter: coition officials say there won't be any impactof that closure for some time. but they are working to try to get that supply line reopened as quickly as possible. john yan nbc news, kabul. a state of emergency is in effect in ecuador, and it's being enforced by the military, not the police. the emergency was declared after th military rescued ecuador's president from a sndoff with police. president rafael correia was trapped in a hospital several hours yesterday by police who are angry about a cut in benefits.

correia wasnitial taken to the hospital for treatment after he was tear gassed while trying to talk toolice officers earlier in the day. at least five soldiers were wounded in the firefight at the hospital. one person w killed. when news4 at 4:00 continues this afternoon, the couple known as the white house party crashers threaten to e their castmates in e reality show "real housewives of d.c." the founder of facebook not a fan of the movie depicting the story. we'll have more on that. and haunted no more. spending for halloween this year is expected to surge. and a hands-free solution to deal with the problems of driving and

you're watching "new4 at 4." >> october is breast cancer awareness month, and people around the world are uniting behind breast cancer rvivors today. a 39 foot tall pink ribbon was unveiled in bern, switzerland this morning. the center for disease control says breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women in the united states, just behind melanoma. in 2006, about 190,000 women were diagnosed with the disease, and about 40,0 of them died. doctors say despite those statistics, though, women are living longer than ever after a diagnosis. well, halloween 2009 was a frightening time for retailers.

a lot of consumers cut their cay and costume budgets to deal with the tough financial times. but as nbc's jay gray reports now, retailers are in for a not so spooky hallown this year. >> reporter: after a scare last year, when halloween spending droped significantly, early indications are this halloween season won't be quite as speaky for retailers. >> this year we think there is a little more appetite for spending, even 5 or $10 more person. but when you multiply that by 148 million people celebrating halloween, that's a lot of extra dollars going toward the holiday this yer. >> reporter: around $66 per person. the national retail federation says it break downs like this. about $20 on candy, 20 more on dorations, and the restn costumes. the most popular this halloween will include buzz lightyear, alice in wonderland, characters from hry potter and even lady gaga. vampires seem to be a popular theme. and while retailers arpleased

that the season will be a bit sweeter, they understand it won't take a huge bite out of the tou the economic environment. >> we're not seeing that rush to spending that many of us had hoped for, but crtainly there is good news in that the numbers areatcheting up just a little bit. >> a real treat for bitzs that have been dealing with the scary economy. jay gray, nbc news. it is only october, but 'tis the season to start looking for a wintertime job. dozens of retailers are starting to hire extra staff for the holidays, and stores like macy's, toys r us, pier 1, borders, they all say they're hiring more temporary workers than last year, and more optimistic since sales have steady gone up over the last few months, signaling a turnaround for the economy. one hiring firm expects retailers to add as many as 650,000 jobs this holiday season.

well, we're talking love again this week with ellen mccarthy of the "washington post." ellen, always good to see you. >> you too. >> always great to talk about love. the bre this week, our wedding couple was not in a good place, right, when she met her husband to-be. >> it is a a fascinating story. this is the story of woman named heather wishard. she lives in alexandria. she marry herd college sweetheart soon after college and were married for ten years and were trying to get pregnant for a number of those years. she finally did get pregnant with twins, then two weeks before she delivered the babies, he decided that was not the life he wanted and he left. she spent the first mont of their lives trying to save h marriage. and stave off this divorce. and finally she came around to the fact that that marriage was over. and sort of was thankful that she had the resources to do this on her own. wasn't really looking for love when she went to a first birthday party, and randomly ran

into a man named keller smith. she went home that night and told some of her girlfriends, i might marry this man after a just a few hours of conversation. they went on a 12-hour the next day and were married on labor day. >> had he been mared before? >> never. he had been looking for 40 years. >> and he got a wonderful wife and twins that's fantastic. let's talk about our date lab coupl tl me about the guy. >> this is where we set up two random people who trust us for whatever reason. and this is paul, a 32-year-old teacher. and he is really free spirit guy. he wants to throw on his backpack and travel the world, you know, and he is also really independent. he can talk to anyone. he told us h is looking for a woman that has some confidence and has her own interests in life. we kept that in mind as we set him up with sabita, a 33ear-old lawyer. she is also a big traveler and a free spirit. she loves to go to live music. she wants to explore aillion different cultures.

she has a tenncy to go for the wrong guy, maybe something who is not going to be faithful. she was hoping we could help her out with that. >> they had one dat theyad one date. they went to not a dinner date. they went wine tasting, chocolate tasting. so it was real interactive. they both liked the way each other looked, and they found that they're actually neighbors. they live in apartment buildings that are exactly right next door toeach other, right? they just felt immediately comfortable with each other and had fun the whole night. you'll have to read on sunday to find out if they had a love connection. their date lasted well into the evening, and of course he walk herd home. sure, didn't have to walk far. >> there was a kiss >> you'll have to read on sunday. >> all right. we'll read to find out. that come thumbs sunday, right? >> yes. >> you get the latest on dating and love at "wasngton post".com/on love. where ideas where you can take your special someone, check out

our around the town section at our website. thanks for coming. we'll see you next week. now if you love that afternoon commute, the news4 traffic with the roads right now. ashley? >> let's dive right in. as you can see around the capital beltway, we do have delays this afternoon. outer loop of the caitbeltway. inching along, making your way towards old georgetown road. jam-packed on the inner loop. those deys do continue as you make your which through silver spring, or approaching silver spring as you can see in this shot. and making your way past connecticut avenue. the pac unwinds. but as you continuethrough college park, you do have more delays coming at you, approaching new hampshire avenue. it's still going to be slow on the inner loop. fortunately no major accidents to report. along 95 afternoon, staing you off with jam-packed delays fresh off the beltway you. are on the brakes. ose delays stretch through

newington. but nothing to really write home about. we're looking at substantial delays that continue to grow out of woodbridge, continuing all the way down solid toward quantico. back to you. >> thank you. coming up on news4, the world's biggest maker ofluxury cars announces an iportant recall. and former heavyweight champ mike tyson showing off his otwork outside the ring. ♪ right here ithis neighborhood, i grew up learning strong families and hard work means opportunity. and that starts with good schools.

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you're watching "new4 at 4." >> when you think of the world's top locations for surfing, you might want to add senegal to the list. the west african country is fast becoming one of the best places to hang ten. its location tip of the cape verde peninsula makes it prime for catching waves. it catches swells from almost every direction. young surfers fromll over the country recently came out to compete in the country's first national surfing competition. and now they'll probably get a lot of america wanting to head there too. >> the waves look nice. >> don't they? are you a surfer? >> i like the water, i like the waves. not so big a surfer, though.

>> i like it from the boat. no surf around here with the wind. >> the wind is helping to dry things out. but as we talk about water, well, we're going to see the retn of rain. but i don't think it's going to come until the end of the weekend. the other thing that is going to return this weekend, you know what, barbara, aaron? those stink bugs. >> oh, no! >> i spoke with our bug expert, and he says the warm temperatures are going to bring them back. they were hanging out kind of in the orchards and the thick vegetation when we got that heavy rain. they're going to be coming back with some of the mild temperatures and tomorrow will be close to 70 degrees. outside right now we do have sunshine, lots of it returning to the area. again, it's been a gusty wind today with winds up around 25 to 30. right now sustained out of the northwest at 18 miles per hour. 74 is the current temperature. and look at that rainfall down at the bottom of your screen, what we picked up yesterday. 4.66 inches of ra that is the most rain that we've gotten on a single day since 2006. a lot of ra for us.

during the overnight, some clear skies. early tomorrow morning, same thing. clear. the temperatures areoing to be dropping from tupper 50s to the low 50s by tomorrow morning. i think outlying areas, you folks to the north around frederick dropping to 45 to 46 degrees vernight. a tremendous amount of rain. the storm total, this is anne arundel county, annapolis. tremendous amont to 2 south and east. still a lot of rain to the north and west. hagetown there, winchester at 2 1/2 inches. that's more rain than we typically see in two and three months' time, even to the north and west. the rivers continue to rise. so for anne arundel county we do still have a flood warning in evething. the forecast is dropping to 3 feet by saturday. and mopotomac rivers at little falls. in the 70s right now. here is a look at theext 48

hours there is if next little weather system. it's going to be diving in on us for sunday, late, bringing some showers back to the area. so yr forecast, then. it's going to be dry future a while. some sunshine here. we clear out. clear skies. 72 to 66. tomorrow morning we'll be starting out between 44 and 50. might need a jacket. still breezy tomorrow, 55-69. but not win like today. the wind will return with the next weather system that is looking like it's going to act a lot like a nor'easter for us. and that means the rurn not just a little rain but a chance for a lot of rain to the area. >> thank you, veronica. well, city or washington kicked off a year of service in d.c. people pledged to make a difference in the scols. today's opening ceremoni were held at the freedom plaza in northwest. the group will join other 17 to 24-year-olds in 17 communities cross the country. those taking part have signed on

for a full year of service, working as tutors, mentors and youth camp leaders. still to me on "new4 at 4," hate charges are investigated in the case of a college student who committed suicide after a sexual encounter was broadcast on the ternet. and a family raiseuestions after police shoot their dog and leave a note to explain why. and georgetown universi ofcials explain the discovery

four years ago, bob ehrlich got fired as governor of maryland. for good reason. first, hprotected tax loopholes for giant cable cable companies. then, he let utilities jack up r rates 72%. and for the last four years, he worked as a hired gun for big corporations, even a bank that took billions from a taxpayer funded bailout. ehrlich sides with corporate executives again and again and again tell bob ehrlich big banks a billionares don't need help. middle cde do.

you're watching nbc 4, washington's news leader. now live in hd, this is "new4 at 4." >> and welcome back to "new4 at 4." i'm aaron gilchrest. >> and i'm barbara harrison. two days of heavy rains made a mess of roads across the region. wet weather may be to blame for a large sinkhole in severn, maryland. water from the swollen rivers also closed roads and schools. today in st. mary's county, right now there i still about 7,000 people in the washington area without power. more residents in the fairfax county area woke up to find they were hit bay a serial burglar three more homes were broken into last night. and an attempt to made to break into a fourth. police believe whoever did this is also responsible for more than 80 othe burglaries, larcenies and attempted burglaries around the county. fire investigators are still trying to figure out what spaed a deadly apartment fire in northwest washington this

week. one man died and several others were hurt. officials say arson may be the cause. theye interviewing several persons of interest. and a changing of the guard at the white house. president obama's chief oftaff and fellow chicagoan rahm emanuel is going home. emanuel plans to run for mayor of chicago. the president has named senior adviser pete rouse as an interim replacement. e latest now on a series of high-pfile cases involving gay bullying. prosecutors are considering filing hate crime charges against two rutgers university freshmen. both students are accused of streaming online video of a classmate's sexual encounter with another man. that classmate later killed himself. leanne greggas more. >> reporter: rutgers university students on campus in new jersey, mourning the loss of a fellow student. >> to commemorate the life and accomplishment of tyler clementi. but also to address the issue that this brings up in terms of tolerance. >> reporter: 18-year-old tyler

clementi, a talented musician known as quiet and happy, jumped to his death last week. prosecutors say he committed suicide after his roommates streamed video on the internet of clementi having a sexual encounter with a man. rutgers freshman, dharun ravi and mali wei have been charged with invasion of privacy. more severe hate crime related to gay bashing chaes could follow. >> privacy violations are just the tip of the iceberg. we're looking at civil rights violations, wiretap, federal and stte, probably harassment and many other crimes. >> reporter: in addition to clementi, 13-year-old ashlee simpson -- 15-year-old billy lucas of indiana hanged himself three weeks ago after cssmates had bullied him for years over his sexual orientation. and 13-year-oldethelsh from california died this week, eight days after trying to hang himself from a tree.

he also is said to have endured abuse from students for being gay. >> i would lke to see more tolerance in a community for people that are different. >> for young people. >> reporter: a gay and lesbian advocate organization, the trevor group, has launched youtube campaigns to try and prevensuicides ofoung people who are victims of the same types of bullying. >> you need to know that they're not ale, especially less bee, gay, sxual transgender youth. > reporter: a voice reaching out, hoping to save lives. leanne gregg, nbc news. >> exrts say it's not clear if suicide f young gay men are up or if there is more reporting of their deaths. an assistant attorney general in michigan is under fire after targeting a gay college student on his personal blog. andrew sherville started the block. on it he accuses armstrong of being a race wisconsin a radical homosexual agenda. the student has since applied

for a personal protection order. he is on leave from the attorney general's office. he has been banned from the univerty of michigan's campus where he earned a bachelor's degree back in 2002. you remember that suit o.j. simpson wore the day he was acquitted of murder, that armani suit? it's now on display at the newseum. it's part of an exhibit on sensationalism in the news. that custom-tailored suit will be shown under the headline "sex, crime and scandal". the former football star wore it in 1995 when he was acquit to have had murders of his ex-wife nicole brown simpson and her friend ronald goldman. ther items are on display including the mute button judge lance ito used to shut off the microphone in court. a family in oakland, california are hurt and confused today. they can't understand why police had to shoot and kill their aging dog, an 11-year-old lab named gloria. it happened on tuesday. police went to the family's home after their burglar alarm went off. police say when they went into

the backyard the dog growled d barked at them. they felt threaten and fired three rounds. >> i mean, my dad had called and asked if they had taser, mace, orepper spray or a baton. they had all those things. and i don't get why they had to reach for the gun and shoot thretimes. >> i was pretty much screaming in the driveway like asking why this happened,nd why did it need to happen. and just crying all night. i couldn't sleep or eat or do anything. >> the family was notome during the investigation or shooting. so officers left a handwritten note on the front door explaining what happened. they took the dog's remains to the city's animalshelter. oakland police defended the shooting as a necessary action. the officer who fired the shots is still on the job. georgetown university officials say what they originally believed to be a

noose on school grounds was just the climbing rope. employees found it in a utility room earlier this wk. the area is restricted to students, but kit be accessed through a series of underground tunnels. officials believe the rope was once used to climb down one of those tunnels. the investigation also revealed racist graffiti and other vandalism in e underground area. officials do not believe the graffiti is recent. there is more to come on news4. up next, new rules on the road for drivers in maryland. >> i'm liz crenshaw. how do you safely clean up a broken or burned out compact

ar renters covered by flood damage? anhow do you clean up a broken fluorescent bulb. >> this is our first ask liz. you good? >> i'm ready. somebody else came up with the question. so no sweat. >> just go for it, man. >> let's start off with the weather. people who rent their homes right now want to know are they covered foramage that is caused by flooding, like we had over the past couple days. >> it's a good question for renters. if your apartment is damaged by floodwaters, say, from a crek overflowing its banks and soaking your apartment, that kind of damage is not covered, even if you have renter

insurance. just like homeowners insurance, renters can buy a separate policy from the national flood insurance program and from a f private insurer but there typically a 30-day waiting period before thatew policy goes into effect. so we like renters insurance, but it's not going to cover flood damage. >> read the fine print. all right. next question from a viewer asking about white wall tires. and i wondered about this. the viewer wants to know why car manufacturers are no longer putting white wall tires on cars. >> i remember white wall tires. it was harder to keep them clean, which a toothbrush almost. >> we turned to bridgestone's tire america operations for this answer. it says that the move fromhite wall tires to black wall tires began many years ago. vehicle manufacturers choose a specific tire style as part of an overall look of the car. the current styling trend is a high-rim diameter tire with black side walls. and since the car manufacturers

also drive replacement tire sales, the demand for white wall tires is decreasing every single year. so no more toothbrush, just black walls out there. >> you see them on the classic cars. >> we could try to make a comeback for them. >> maybe we can do that. >> you and i. all right. >> our last question comes from carol in silver spring. she started using the compact fluorescent light bulbs to save some energy. she wants tknow how tolean up a broken cfl bulb. and how to dispose of it. >> the environmental protection agencyave us this answer. the epa says since cfls contain a small amount mercury, there are important guidines to follow for correct disposal. before cleaning up a brok bulb, you're supposed to air out the room for 15 minutes as a precaution. next, you carefully scoop up the glass fragments using stiff paper or cardboard and place them in a glass jar or sealed

plastic bag. you pla all those materials outdoors in the trash. for a burned out bulb that isn't broken, they recommend you take advantage of the local recycling centers for those. if your state does permit putting cfls in the crash, seal the bulb into two plastic bags and put it outse in the track. for more information about cfls and how to find recycling centers near you, go to nbc washington.com. you can also use this e-mail aress to contact us about any story idea that you have. coming up on "news4 at 5" with ask liz, does car insurance cover water damage from that flooding? what is the difference between whole grain, multigrain and whole wheat? and why does harris teeter require customer information for rewards cards? we're going to answer those questions at 5:00. >> a lot of interesting questions. >> you'll ne in because you

won't be asking me the questions at 5:00. >> i'm going to watch. >> good job, eric. barbara? >> okay. one of the most recognizable faces and bodies of victoria secret is hanging up her wing supermodel heidi klum announced that she won't be appearing in thevictoria secret fashion show this ear. klum has been an angel in the annual event for at least 12 years. the 37-year-old has quite a few other roles to keep her busy. among her jobs hosting "project runway" and being a mom to four kids. she is also set to shoot a new reality sho with her husband, the british singer seal. and when "new4 at 4" continues, find out why the couple known as the white house party crashers are threatening to sue castmates from the reality show "real housewives of d.c." and hollywood takes a shot at telling the story of facebook's founding.

youe watching "new4 at 4." mikael and tareq salahi are reportedly at it again. tmz reporting that the couple has threatened to sue the women of "the realousewives of d.c." if they refer to them as the white house party crashers. the salahis reportedly hired a lawyer to notify the cast in an e-mail. the e-mail allegedly state that's an investigative study shows the couple did not crash the white house or the black cautious diers. the lawyer says calling the salahis party crashers is a false, defamaty statement.

let's take a look at the weather. let's find out what is going on out there this weekend. can't wait. >> we're talking fall lor right now because it's october, right? and we do have now some cool nights coming our way. 40s, 40s for the next cole of nights. in fact, let's take a look, see what is going on across the area. we do have some mostly clear skies. we've got shaky cam all over the place. you can see as we look toward the kenne center there, the flags real whipping in the wind. now let's talabout the fall color. you don't have to go too far, just head to the blueridge highlands. there patchy color showing up or being revealed. because that's what actually happens with theleaves. you can head up to pennsylvania to the poconos and take a look at maine, new hampshire, and areas of new york, the northern adirondacks. high tpeak color already. so over the next couple of weeks, we'll be updating you on this. and over the next couple of weeks, we'll be showing you some

of our fall picks from somof you. our weather watchers i see it@washington.com. take a look at this one. this is the top of allegheny, west virginia. you can see some of the color we were talking about just off to the west. send them on in, and we'll get them on. there is our baby blue sky right now. it's shaky cam across the area. camera still bouncing up and down. but our sky will be clear for the overnight. in fact, i think the next two nights we'll be doing just fine. this is international space station viewing weather, saturday and sunday morning. tomorrow morning you want to look in the southeastern sky f out one minute as it fades to the east. you'll be abl to catch it at high elevation at about 45 degrees. then it's the west northwestern sky for sunday morning. temperatures right in the 70s. we drop to the 50s by tomorrow morning. we'll hit a high tomorrow of 68 degrees. it's still going to be breezy guy tomorrow. we'll lose that wind for sunday,

but the clouds roll in. we have a slight chance of rain. 60 for monday and tuesday. back to umbrella weather. could pick up another inch of rain for here eay october now. >> when fall gets here, it gets here. >> we do't have to worry about a deficit in our rain this year. >> no, we won't. we're make up for it. >> okay, thanks, veronica. coming up on news4, a major recall from luxury automaker bmw. we'll have details for you. and it's boxer mike tyson like s fans have never seen him before.

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you're watching "new4t 4." >> more than half a billion people around the world use facebook. now the movie that talks about the man who created it and the controversy surrounding the website's origin finally opens this weekend. "the social network" resolves around mark zuckerberg, how he came up with the idea and the legal battle that followed the creation. the movie tells three different versions. zuckerberg did not cooperate with the making of the film. he says, quote, a lot of it is fiction. wayne brady and mike tyson are not t names you would expect to hear in the same sentence. ♪ every little step i take, you will be there ♪ >> the duo joined forces to recreate the music video for

bobby brown's smash hit "every little step." wayne brady sings and mimics brown's original moves while tyson does his own version. bobby brown himself even turns up in the cameo. they made the video for comedy weite comedy or die. if nothing else, it serves as a reminder of just how cheesy some of the old mus videos were. >> sometimes you just needo leave the 80s in the '80s. >> probably the same thing said about the videos made now in another 20 years. >> good point. still ahead on news4, how to send and receive text messages without touching or looking at your phone. and fears that a produc designed to keep inf

a major recall tonight by automaker bmw. the german car company recalling 350,000 cars across the globe because of a potential brake problem. the company says the car's brake fluid leaks into the hydraulics, preventing pressure from building up. they say drivers can noticethe problem when they need to apply more pressure to the brake, although the brake still works. the bmw 5 series, 6 series, and 7 series powered by v-8 and v-12 engines are affected here along with 6,000 rolls-royce phantoms. starting oday, you can no longer legally hold a cell phone

up to your earf your car is in motion in maryland. dvers need to use a handsree device or get off the phone. keep in mind this is a secondary offense. so you have to be pulled over for something else in order for police to give you a tket for being on the phone. if you're caught, though, the first offense will cost you $40, and $100 after that. there is new voice-controlled texting application to help you abide by the new hands-free law and still send that text message. it's cled start talking. adela voice, the company behind the app says all you have to do is talk to your phone and your message will be sent as a text. other texting apps require you to look down at the screen and touch the keypad. start talking also lets you listen to incoming messages and send out tweets all without taking your hands off the wheel or your eyes off the road. if you're using a crib positioner when you put your baby to sleep, safety expert says stop using it. while the product is designed to protect babies from sudden

infant death syndrome,here are fear news it may actually do more harm than good. greg bledsoe has the details. >> reporter: it's a fear for many parents and infants, sudden infant death syndrome. sids is th leading cause of death for infants under six months old, and the reason doctors say babies should sleep on their back, which is what infant sleep positioners with the soft side cushions claim to help do. >> if they are using it, they should be concerned:00 it. >> reporter:ed a rady children's hospital, dr. henry krouse says the devices do not keep a baby safer while sleeping turkey, the contry, they look like something that the baby could roll over. and then the baby could get itself in a dangerous position. >> which is exactly what this warning from the fda and consumer product safety commission is warning parents about, following the deaths of a dozennfants over a 13-year span, and many more complaints. the warning says, quote, using a positioner to hold an infant on

his or her back or side for sleep is dangerous and unnecessary. and to date there is no is effectcally sound evidence that infant sleep positioners prevent sids. >> it's a pity they don't get tested in some real way. i'm sure these are not the last ones. i can't igine that new ones wot be designed and put on the market in the future. >> reporter: dr. krouse says babies should sleep on their back on a firm surface without any overuffed materials. the best advice he says is the easiest to follow. >> the simple thing is don't use the devices at all. that's the safest thing. its the cheapest thing, and it's the most effective thing. >> that was greg bledsoe reporting. the government has asked all 18 manufacturers of these positioners to stop selling thm. and that is "new4 at 4" p.m. "news4 at 5" starts right now. >> you're watching nbc 4, washington's news leader. now live in hd, this is ews4 at 5." >> and welcome to "news4 at 5."

i'm wendy rieger. >> an i'm barbara harrison. scores of dui arrests in the district are under question tonight because the equipment used by police was not properly certified >> pat collins is live with an update to a story you saw first on news4. pat? >> reporr: indeed, wendy. scores of dwi arrests in the last months in question because of improper police procedures. >> all the people that plead guilty or were found guilty of dwi based on these scores were wrongfly convicted. every single one of them since march of this year. >> reporter: how many people? >> hundreds. hundreds of people. reporter: tom key is an experienced defense attorney, a special in dwi cases. he says hundreds of recent dwi arrests made by d.c. police are flawed because of procedural errors.