though, that they alowed forms that were clearly false to be signed, to be submitted as evidence when they knew that it wasn't true. >> reporter: last march, d.c. police began using a device called an intoximeter to determine the blood alcohol level of drivers suspected of dwi. when the cases were taken to superior courtthe dwi numbers were accompanied by this paragraph. it says "i certify that the samples analyzed above were taken according to guidelines set forth by the district of columbia's chief toxicologist, that the equipment used was approved by the chief toxicologist. that's the way these cases were brought to court. last march, april, may, june, july, and august. the problem isthe chief

toxicologist didn't approve this equient. until september. peter nickels, the attorney general for the district says the dwi cases fo the last six months will be reviewed. some charges may be dropped. some may be reduced. he promised to be fair and accurate. d.c. police say their machines are accurate. it's the procedure that was the problem. >> there is absolutely no issues with the integrity, the reliability, the accuracy of the instruments. >> reporter: so the problem here is? >> it's protocols and procedures. >> reporter: now if the story sounds familiar, let's tke a look at some history. from march 2008 to march 2010, police had calibration problems with the intoxilizer. at's the equipment they used back thenin dwi arrests. as a result of that problem, 300 dwi convictions are now under

review. the dispute over dwi cases in d.c. is likely to go on and on for some time. barbara, back to you. >> all right, thank you, pat. now let's get a check of our weather. some places were hit with more rain than they normally get in months. during all ofthat deluge, storm drains and creeks were overwhelmed. in st. mary's county, water from swollen rivers flooded seval homes, businesses and roadways. and authorities say as of this morning, nearly 13 inches of rain fell in st. mary's county. that's more rainfall than rricane floyd dropped there in 1999. schools had to be closed today because so many of the roads were impassible. in anne arundelcounty, the wet weather may have played a role in the creation of this large sinkhole in severn, maryland. a sectionf the road that gave way this morning. it's one of the least -- at least three sinkholes reported in that area. repairs could take days. city officialin

indianapolis say almost every road that was closed because of the flooding yesterday has now reopened. but a flood warning is still in effect for the next hour or so. the city of annapolis got more than 7 inches of rain last night alone. elsewhere along the east coast, businesses, homes, and schools have been left underwater. people in western philadelphia are ill waiting for floodwaters to recede. airports in new york, new jersey, and massachusetts are still experiencing delays of 45 minutes or longer because of the weather. let's get right to chief meteorologist doug kammerer, tracking yesterday's rain totals. doug? >> simply amazing. you mentioned some areas received as much as they have in a couple of months. st. mary's county received 12 to 13 inches of rain that would normally be three to four months of rain, natural a 48-hour period. just amazing how much rain we have seen. and amazing what a day does. take a look a this. what a change out thereight now. bright blue skies. it is just gorgeous outside right now. but it is rather windy. and a little bit on the cool

side. current temperatures are int the low 70s right now. on the live digital doppler radar not a drop of rain. very good news. look at the rainfa total others the last 48 hours. five inches in the district. 4.2 in clinton, maryland. 4.7 in la plata. there is st. mai's a coming in at 12.73. annapolis at 9 inches. frederick, maryland at almost 6 inches of rain. and just to think, about two weeks ago we were talking about how much of a deficit we were in. we're still in that deficit now, but we are much closer twhere we should be for this time of year. as far as what we're dealing with for this time ofday, there goes the rain out to sea. clear skies, much cooler weather 61 by 9:00. 58 by 11:00. waking up to a temperature tomorrow of 52 degrees, with plenty of sunshine. we're going to see a nice day on saturday. but don't put those umbrellas aw just yet. yet another storm on the horizon, and that's coming up quickly. >> oh, dear. >> thanks, doug. tousands of ople are

still in the dark after yesterday's storms. dominion is reporting almost 300 customers, i should say, without power. bge has about 5200. pepco has 5700 in montgomery and prince georges county and in the district. a neighborhood in vienna, virginia got a surprise this afternoon when a car crashed into a backyard. this happened around 12:30 in the 7600 block of tysons oak circle. the driver lost control,rove through a backyard, hit a deck. the dck had significant damage, but there was no damage to the home, and there re no injuries. and in germantown, a nasty accident on great seneca highway. a car ended up trapped under a school bus. no children re on the bus at the time. the 61-year-old driver was seriously injured. a second car, a honda was also involved in this accident. the driver and a front seat passenger suffered minor injuries. and a 6-year-old child in the back seat of that car was not hurt. firefighters who rescued

people from a burning apartment building in northwest d.c. are sharing their stories tonight that fire broke out early wednesday morning on 16th street in columbia heights. and one m died. several others were injured. while investigators have not determined an official cause, it appear it could be arson. news4's megan mcgrath has more on thenvestigation. >> reporter: it began with a fire in a hallway up on the fif floor of this apartment building on 16th street. as the thick, noxious smoke spread, so did the panic among residents. when firefighters began enteri apartments, they found resints at the windows, some ready to take desperate action, including one man who was up on the fifth floor. >> the gentleman had taken the coax cable off of his tv, ointerest cable from his san francisco and tied to it the refrigerator door handle. and he was sitting on the wind ledge and grasping it in both hands. that was his last-ditch effort was to gout the window on his coax cable from histelevision.

>> reporter: other residents moved out into the hallways and tried to go down the main staircase, which was on fire, you have to gather them all together and basically have them hold hands. and everybody was trying to go down the main holloway, especially when i was on the floors above. we had them, bunched them together. they tried too down the main stairwell, which was probably certain death for them. and you -- it was cattle. u had to physically get them to this back servant stairwell that only two people can go down two at a time. >> reporter: as for the investigation, chief dennis rubin says they are talking to some people of interest. >> we began to eliminate every single accidental cause. and that's going to lead us to one area. we're not quite ready to make that jump yet. but speculation would say most likely it's going to be some type of a set fire. >> reporter: one man didie as he jumped from the window of his fifth floor apartment, trying to escape the blaze. we're also learning more about a mattress that was up on the 5th

floor. it may have been the ignition source. investigators believe it may have been placed in a way so as to obstruct people who we trying to get out via that hallway. in northwest, megan mcgrath, news4. well, it's the story that has everyone lking. the skins head to philadelphia on sunday for donovan mcnabb's return against the team he led for more than a decade. >> dan hellie is live in the newsroom with the big buildup to the big game. dan. >> is there a game this weekend? >> aww. >> it's always going to be a big deal when donovan mcnabb goes back to philly. but it is never going to be as big as it is on sunday. the first time mcnabb goes back to play against his former tm. he says he thinks he should be cheered when he comes out of the tunnel for the first time. he should be. he is the greatest quarterback in the history that franchise. but you know some of those phillies fans are going to try to live up to their reputation and boo him endlessly. mcnabb took the eagles to five

nfc championship games in eight years and holds nearly passing record in franchise history after 11 seasons in philadelphia. here in washington, mcnabb has been good, but not gat. and the team sat a crossroads this week. win and they even their record at 2-2. lose and they fall to 1-3. a lot of it will have to do with how well mcnabb plays. >> just excited about this opportunity, to give us a chan of getting back on track. obviously the last two weeks have been won that we're obviously upset about. and to step back out on the field and possibly put ourselves at 2-0 in the division. that's my focus right now. for all of us last week, we kind of feel embarrassed by the way we played. and, you know, we look forward to getting out and hopefully erasing that thought in our mind of last week. >> and if they do win that game and even the record to 2-2, the world will be great.

if theyose and fall to 1-3, their next game is against the packers. and then they are the colts. so in terms of fandom, the sky will be falling. this is a very important game for the washington redskins. ladies? >> all right. we'll be watching. thankou. >> you're welcome. still ahead, bullied to death. the new push to change minds and policies at two highrofile cases involving gay students who committed suicide. hang up or pay up. the new cell phone band is just one of the new laws hitting the books in maryland. "news4 at 5" is just getng started. [ male announcer ] you can't un-smoke a cigarette.

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about prescription treatment options and support. and you could be again. and make this time, your time. a fast forward through the headlin now, and the big story is still the weather. two days of heavy rain washed out roads all across the region. is likely opened a large sinkhole in severn, maryland. see that one there? we saw ate moment ago. and water from swollen rivers closed roads and schools today in st. mary's county. businesses, homes and schools up and down the east coast have also been left underwater. people in western philadelphia are stil waiting for floodwaters to recede airports in new york, new jersey, and massachusetts are experiencing delays of 45 minutes or longer because of the weather. and powerrews are working around the clock to restore electricity throughout our area. thousands of people are stl in the dark tonight. right now about 6200 people don't have power.

we do have a beautiful aftermath. >> it's great. a system like this comes through, drops a ton of rain and clears out so quickly. we have just beautiful skies out there right now. it's going to be a nice friday night, altugh it will be a little on the cool side you. are going to need maybe the sweater or light jacket. also a little on the windy side. you can see the camera shaking little bit. the flag shaking in the wind as well, as we look towards the kennedy center. a pretty nice day as far as sunshine is concerned. and say gun to the rain. at least for now. temperature-wise right w, in the low 70s. but the rain has been the big deal. live digital doppler radar showing nothing across the region. well are all clear on that front. that's the very good news. look at the rain totals again. martinsberg, west virginia. charlottesville around 3.15. you get to the east and that's where the rain really fell. 9 inches in annapolis. just some amazing rain totals. you just don't see these unless you get a trical system.

and that's exactly what we had, a tropical plume of moisture moving right through the area. 73 degrees out there right now. winds out othe north-northwest at about 23 miles an hour. gusts upwards of 30. they will diminish a little bit tonight, but not too much. it's going to be rather breezy tonight. 70 right now in frederick. 72 in manassas. 72 in quantico. once the sun goes down in about two hours, yes going to see things change and cool down considerably. there goes our storm system out to sea, and behind it clearing skies. notice the flow here. it's coming out of the north now, and that's going to mean much cooler conditions. now there goes our area of low pressure. our winds are coming out of the north. it's going to be a little bit of a cool night tonight. breezy, cool tomorrow. then we're going to watch this system. this is a upper-level low that is going to drop down from the great lakes. it is going to just sit here. very similar to what we have seen over the past couple of weeks. and more tropical moisture will move up fromhe atlantic, and we'll actually see a northeasterly flow. this is going to shape up on monday to be a little bit of a nor'ster. yeah, a nor'easter. it's not going to be a big one,

but we could be talk of winds of 20 to 30 miles per hour, especially along the coast. maybe up to 40 miles and hour, and maybe one 20 two inches of rain east of the i-95 corridor. so more storms on the way. mostly sunny skies this evening, on the windy side, turning cooler, 76 to 62 degrees. tomorrow morning wn you're waking up it will be 44 in the suburbs. 50 in the city. breezy and cool with winds out of the northwest at 10 to 20. and tomorrow afternoontill nice. morning sunshine, afternoon clouds, but still some sun. 65 to 69 degrees. as we move about through the next four day, 30% chance of showers on sunday. high of 66. and then much cooler, high of only 60 on monday and tuesday. >> wow. >> with rather windy conditions. so a little bit of nor'easter. wendy said no, not a nor'easter. it's not going to be a huge storm, but one where you wake up on monday and tuesday and think this is nasty. >> youl need a jacket? >> oh, yes, the raincoat, the jacket. the whole thing. i'll make a list for you. >> all right, thank you,doug. the man who runs schools in

prince georges county has become quite popular in the district. he is reform-minded. and despite having to slash tens of millions from the budget over the past years, he has been able to try new things for improvement. >> the surintennt of the new charter school he is so excited about, and what it's going to take to turn things around. >> good morning. everybody excited today? >> yes. >> fantastic. do you like your new school? >> reporter: for students at brand-new barack obama elementary, it's the first day of school. it's dr. william hite's second year as supentendent. he admits sometimes itets exhausting. >> whenever that happens, i visit a school. and i talk to a young peon. and then i understand why i'm here and why this work is so important. >> reporter: hite believes every student in prince georges county can learn. but his fith in theraditional approach to teaching them is shaky. >> i'm agnostic on the type of school. i think what's really important is whatever works. >> reporr: he is convinced this will.

>> you're the first class of history that will be made in prince georges cnty. >> reporter: possibility prep is a partnership between the county, maryland's chapter of 100 black men, and edison learning, a new york-based company that helps run schools. all males, and all uniforms. >> this is what they'll become. >> reporter: the goal is for every single one of the rougy 400 sixth through eighth graders here to go to college, then become a professional. to do it, principal rodney henderson and his team teach classrooms of boys far differently than they would a room full of girls. >> we want to do more hands-on stuff, where they do get to move around a classom. we want engagement with students and staff. >> reporter: and so far parents like what they're doing. >> we wanted him to have a different experience. we saw the opportunity here. >> reporter: steve taylor's son is a seventh grader at possibility prep. last year he went to a nearby private school. >> i actually see the potential future leaders, you know,

engineers, scientists, doctors, politicians, so forth d so on. i see that and hopefully what will be instilled here is them seeing it in themselves. >> reporter: even if this experiment is successful, it's going to take more than one charter school to turn things around in prince georges county. at 500 square miles, prince georges is the state's second largest school district based on graduation rates and standardized test scores, it's also routinely one of maryland's wor performing. dr. hite insists that imrovement takes time. >> so what we have seen over the past several years is an increase, a gradual increase in the performance of our students. >> reporter: hite points specifically to his third through sixth grade reading scores. they're up about 30% over the past six years. to get them even higher, though, he says he has to solve another problem, which have found it difficult to get some of the best teachers in front of the most needy students. >> reporter: 55% of students in the county live in poverty.

per capita, that's the highest rate in maryland. dr. te is spending $18 million on a pilot program aimed at getting the most effective teachers to the classrooms that most need them. he wants to expand that program, wants more charter schools like possibility and wants everyone to be patient. and our education nation continues tonight at 7:00 when lester holt finds out if high-tech gadgets really help kids learn. you can also log on to our website to talk what you think is the future for d.c.'s public school system chime in on nbc washington.com. still ahead, he has done it again. the one-man crimewave continues in fairfax county with nearly 100 break-ins and counting. i'm liz crenshaw. does car insurance cover damage from floo

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a question about flooding and car insurance. so if your car sustained water damage during this week's flooding, are you covered? >> are you covered. well turn to the insurance information institute which told us car owners are covered ifnd only if they have comprehensive overage there are three types of car insurance -- liability, collision and comprehensive. comprehenve covers damage to your vehicle cause bade natural disaster such as flooding. however, however, you must have bought comprehensive to be covered. and there wille a deductible that will reduce the amount of damage payment you're going to get. but if you don't have it, too bad. >> our next question comes from nicole in.c. that wants to know the dfference between wle grain, multigrain, whole wheat. it is confusing. >> we turn to the food and drug administration and the center for science in the public interest forour answer. both say that whole grains are a great source of vitamins and antioxidants. whole grains have many health benefits including lowering your risk of heart disease, for example. a whole grain includes the

entire grain kernel which consists of the brand, the germ, and the endo sperm. whole wheat is a type of whole grain. other examples include oatmeal, brown rice. when pas of the kernel are removed, you end up with a refined grain which hasewer nutrients. some examples, white flour, white rice the word "multigrain" simp means that more than one grain was used in the product. however, the grains aren't necessarily whole grain. by the way, if you're tryi to add more whole grains to your diet, do look for foods that show whole grains listed first on the ingredient list. that way you know the majority of the product was made with a whole grain. >> i actually got all that. it made sense to me. the last from paul. he wants to know why harris teeter requires information such as a drivers license number when you register for a customer rewards card. >> we checked with harris teeter.

it told us the id information is part of the verification process for its vic card. vic stands for very important customer. thedd information helps target customers with personalized coupons, offers, and rewards. but ultimately it's just part of teeter harris's policy. however, the policylso states it will never sell any of that personal customer information. by the way, if you have a question you would like us to nsider, send it to ask elizabeth@nbcwashington.com. you can use this e-mail address to contact us about any story idea that you have. >> all right. have a good weekend. still ahead, police in maryland will now be cracking down on drivers who talk behind the wheel. a push to keep students from suffering in silence. how one localollege campus is banding together to stop the violence in light of the yeardley love murder at uga. the suit o.j. simpson wore when

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a fast forward through the headlines. the d.c. attorney general says if you received a dwi in the district in the past six months, it may soon be under reew. the procedural errors involved in the device used to measure blood alcohol levels mean that about 300 dwi convictions have been called into question. fire officials say arson may have caused the deadly apartment

fire this week in northwest d.c. a man died after jumping from his fifth floor apartment rather than being burned to death. several others were hurt. official says they're interviewing several persons of interest. a car crashed into the backyard of a town home in vienna, virginia after losing control and ended up hitting a deck. the deck had significant damage. there were no injuries, and now it's fast forward the our beautiful weather. doug? oh, okay. floodwaters recede, showing the damage left behind by yesterday's severe storms. from washed out roads to toppled trees and a huge sinkhole. tonight we're heading to the hardest h communities tsee the cleanup firsthand. yesterday's tropical system dumped as much rain in hoursas we normally get in months. >> derrick ward has the incredible pictures out of st. mary's county, maryland. >> reporter: it's been a while the ward has gotten this high in st. mary's county, though the folkwho live along the

tributaries and creeks are somewhat used to it. it's why william boles ties down his lawn furniture. it's a good thing he does with the recent rain and high water. >> see my first step right there? it was just to be that step. >> reporter: his workshop ooded. even his wooden back steps washed away. across route 5, ryan waits for the water to recede. hundreds of thounds of dollars of heavy machinery sits waterlogged. >> that one particular right there that says 603, the water was up above that it's been going down, obably two fee >> reporter: you think it did any damage to it or you just got to let it dry out? >> well, i want to hop it dn't do any damage to them. >> reporter: a few miles down the road in calloway, the hopes went unanswered. a big part of the problem in this part of the county washe st. mary's river. it crested its banks big time and wreaked havoc on this trailer park. the fire department got some folks out early. now those who are back are dealing with a strong smell of

diesel fuel. it lasts in the air. water floated some tanks, and some residen who didn't leave early had to make a daring espe to higher ground. >> come down and got a friend of ours' boat and got everybody out as much as possible. and they all stayed up our house. we had everybody at our house for the night. >> it was scary at that time of night. couldn't see nothing, and they had to drag news the boat, you know what i'm saying and now the car, that's all flooded. >> some time during the night, they opened the dam and let some water out. they didn't warn anyone. they didn't tell anyone. >> reporter: but county spokesperson karen everett who says the dam that creates a nearby lake was ner opened, but it was closely watched. >> we started monitoring it every hour. and it got to about 67 feet. and it would have had to rise at least three more feet before we really would have been worried. >> reporter: now it's all about drying out, assessing the damage and chronicling the tales of the flood of 2010. in st. ry's county, derrick wa, news4. >> i'm sure they'll be talking

about this flood for quite some time. but out there right now, what a difference a day makes. look at this hot. no rain out there, just bright blue ies. it is gorgeous outside right now. current temperature at 73 degrees. plenty of sunshine. most of the clouds are now out of here. wind, though, still a factor. winds out of the north northwest at 23 miles per hour. we've seen gusts upwards of 30 miles per hour during the day today that wi is going to usher in cooler temperatures. lo at the numbers, down to 44 tonight in frederick. 44 in winchester. 50 in the district. and down towards st. marys ere they saw all that rain, the temperature there around 48 degrees. tomorrow how about this? partly cloudy skies, mixture of sun and cuds. hh temperatures in the upper 60s. i think saturday is gog to b a pretty nice day. before we get yet another chance of rain coming up by sunday. ll havet for you coming up in minutes. >> thank you, doug. more than four months after the murder of university of virginia lacrosse player yeardley love, her tragic death is being used as a teachable

moment across the country. college campuses are kicking off domestic violence awareness month, urgingtudents to speak up. more from howard university. >> reporter: the death of 22-year-old lacrosse standout yeardley love shook up the university ofvirginia's campus back may. even more shocking to many uva stents, that her former boyfriend george hughley was charged with her murder. there were previous incidents of domestic abuse that went unreported. many wonder if someone had spen up about the red flags of abuse, love would still be alive today. the red flag campaign, which has spread to over 100 college campuses across the country hopes to bring awareness to the problem and prevent the tragedy from happening again. >> all the red flags, we're wondering what is this for. >> reporter: to kick off domestic violence awareness month, students at howard university spoke out about the importance of ending the abuse. >> thankfully we were able to

catch and change the lives of some of the students. >> reporter: the flags will have to serve as more than just a wake-up call. it's onthing for students to know that domestic violence exists. it's another for them to speak up and save a friend. >> we know that one in four women will experience domestic violen in their lifetime. what we're understanding now is that women in the age range of 16 to 34 are the wom that are being impacted by mestic violence the most. >> reporter: senior rodney hawkins says he knows friends who are part of that statistic. have you said anything to the authorities or anyone about it? >> honestly, no. just being honest, i probably should have. to me it's an issue that that person needs to solve themselves. >> reporter: but the red flag campaign hopes toet out the message that domestic abuse will only come to an end if people have the courage to report it. john sriffen, news4. >> and for more information about t red flag campaign, go to our website, nbcwashington.com and search the key word "red flag". georgetown university officials sy what they originally believed to be a possible noose was likely a

climbing rope. a school employee found the rope, which had a knotted loop in a utily room earlier this week. the area is restricted to students, and officials now believe the rope may have been used to climb down a utility tuel. they also found graffiti in the area, but do not believe that it was recent. a serial burglar that has been targeting firfax county residents in the last few monhs 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 some 85 other burglaries, thefts, or attempted burglaries across fairfax county. starting today it sill legal to hold your cell phone up to your ear whileou are driving in maryland. drivers have to use a hands-free device or get off the phone. but this law does not apply if you are stopped at a light. and keep in mind it a secondary offense, which means youhave to be pulled over for something else to get a ticket

for this. the first offense? $40. $100 after that. maryland is also adding some tougher penalties for convicted sex offenders, including a mandatory 15-year sentence for the most rious offenders. drivers could face up $500 in fines if they don't give bicyclists at least three feet of space when they pass them on the road. maryland also has new fines for people who make false health claims to help recover some $20 million in medicaid. the suit o.j. simpson wore when he was acquitted of murr is now on display at the newseum. it marks the anniversary of simpson's acquittal. the tan italian suit was custom tailored to fit the football star. it will be shown under the headline sex crime scandal. simpson was acquitted in 1995 forhe murder of his ex-wife nicole brown simpson and her friend ronald goldman. still ahead, the crucial clue left behind that could lead police straight to a spected burglar. school sells out.

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police in jacksonville, florida have a great photo of a suspected burglar. this was taken by a resident who was suspicious after seeing the guy peek in his neighbor's window. he asked the guy if he could take his picture. the suspect not only posed f it, he was allegedly wearing a hat stolen from the home and snacking on the family's cheese it's. a digitalcamera, jewelry and money were also taken. the homeowner says she hopes to get it back but he can keep the snack. the district has decided to place ads on notices and permission slips for kids to take home. the official says nearly 3,000 elementary school students go home with 10,000 notices a year. that's potentially an extra 15 to $25,000 a year for that district. all the adds they say will be family-based. and someone needs to find out what farmer white is feeding his crops. see in rochester, minnesota. he has melons that approach the

600 pound mark. a few years ago he set a minnesota state record after weighing in at 225 pounds. it's a big story in the sports world. here is tom sherwood. >> i'm tom sherwood on to the streets of washinon. what do the fans think about the big redskins-eagles game coming up sunday? i'll have the story coming up. in sports, hakem dermish has the story about one of the top high school students in the

we're going to fast forward through the headlines now. if you were on the campus of

howard university today, you may have seen all the red flags planted in the ground there. it's part of howard's initiative to raise awareness about domestic violence. the red fla campaign urges students to take action if they see any of their friends involved in an a abusive relationship. more residents in the fairfax county area woke up to find they were hit by a serial burglar. three more homes were broken into last night, and an attempt was made to break into a fourth home. police believe whoever did this is responsible for 80 other burglaries or attempted burglaries in that county. and starting today, it is illegal to hold your cell phone up to yo ear while driving in maryland. drivers have to use a hands-free device or get off the phone. the law do not apply if stopped at a line. the fine is $40 for if first offense. $100 after that. and some areas yesterday saw anywhere between three and 12 inch of rain. but you wouldn't know it by looking outside right now. plenty of sunshine, 73 degrees.

a nice afternoon. but look at the winds, still gusting upwards of 23 miles per hour and even gusts upwards of 30 miles per hour. the wind will die down a little bit overnight tonight. you can see the rain associated with our tropical system, making its way off to the north and east. that's the good news. the bad news is it will be a little on the cool side ght. 50 degrees in some location. but lor 40s in others, and even more bad news. well, we need some mo rain, but we're going to get it as early as sund afternoon. 30% chance on sunday. and then possible nor'easter coming in on monday and tuesday. i'll talk more about that coming up in the 6:00 hour. but don't put those umbrellas away just yet. >> all right. thanks, doug. well, excitement and worry building. which way are you feeling? >> i'm not feeling which one yet. >> this is all over the washington redskins as the team travels to philadelphia to play the eagles this weekend. >> it will be the first time that quarterback donovan mcnabb faces the am where he was the star for 11 yea before he was traded last spring. tom sherwood asked the fans what

they're expecting. >> reporter: last year, the donovanmcnabb eagles clipped the redskins twice. now mcnabb is heading to philadelphia sunday for the first time in his redskins uniform, an underdog to the eagles. what do fans think? so you're a big redskins fan, right? >> no, i'm not a redsks fan. >> reporter: downtown friday, where skins memorabilia dots the wall, this fan was all philly. >> can't the redskins have some hope? >> they can have some hope. y'all do have a good offense. y'all need to work on your defense. >> reporter: a few seats down, a customer was talking to his friend on a celphone. ask him what he thinks aut the redskins and the eagles. >> a redskin fan. >> reporter: what is the score going tbe? >> what is the score of the game going to be, matt? he say we're going lose. the reds are going to lose. >> reporter: what kind of fan is that? and out on seventh street, passe passersby were anxious for game.

>> i'd have to say redskins because michael vick is o inconsistent. >> reporter: ooh. >> but again it depends if mcnabb is going to have a chip on his shoulder. >> reporter: what do you think? >> michael vick is what i think. yeah, i'm going with that. but i go faith in my skins. >> it's just a normaday. > reporter: and the big question, will mcnabb be booed in philly? >> oh, yeah, he is going to get booed off the field in a second. >> reporter:om sherwood, news4, washington. well, the eagles are favored by six points to win ball. lot of fans say emotion is going to play a bigger pt than usual in this game. a now to high school football. hakem joins us live for our game of the week. hey, hakem. >> hello, barbara and wendy. a huge rivalry game tonight. last year robinson beat lake braddock and then lake braddock beat robinson in the play-offs. this year the teams are just as good. lake braddock is unbeaten so far

thanks in part to quarterback micha michael. he is already committed to the university of coecticut. an his head coach says he is one of the best quarterbacks he has ever seen. he also had this to say about his big-time qv. thinking skid a certified weirdo. all athletes have their pregame rituals. i have mine and it takes your mind off the game. in a way it helps me at let. >> reporter: behold the power of peanut butter? michael's pregame rial includes eating six ritz peanut butter crackers. but that's not all. >> a certain mouthpiece every single week. so we have a dentist on the staff. so we made him eight mouthpieces because last week god forbid one fell out and he couldn't find it. so he was freakng out. the game that matters doesn't matter at all. it's just the mouthpiece, right? or the ritz cracker.

i mean, he might be -- sometimes these greatplayers, they're a little weird, righ >> reporter: weird? maybe. but it's working. the lake braock senior is the top ranked quarterback in the area. last season he dominated. rushing for 24 touchdowns and throwing 22. his 4,520 total yards is third best in state history. >> it's tough to put up the nice stats and be a good player without your offensive line, without your wide receivers. so of course all the credit has to be to my teammates. without them, i couldn't have made anything happen. they've been great, and these past few years have been a lot of fun. >> reporter: what wasn't fun? losing the state championship. niebrick led lake braddock to the first title game ever last year, but they lost. an experience that helped niebck develop into a better quarterback and a better leader. >> i learned a lot, especially in the state title game, i was a

little nervous didn't exactly stay calm like i wanted to. it's just a full understanding of the offense is where i'm at now. and towards the end of the year, i was kind of getting there, but wasn't quite there yet. so this year just having a nice understanding of how everything nes to be run is really helping me out. >> he is so good, all ght, that the kids around him rise up. and they know he brings a confidence. he doesn't need to yell and scream. makes move on the football field. the other kids see that so their confidence goes up. and then we're something to deal with when that happens. >> rorter: off the field, michael is an avid outdoorsman, spending time with his four sisters at his family's cabin in upstate new york. his favorite outdoor activity? hunting. >> last year actually my first buck i ever caught, a nice eight-pointer. close to getting the record books, but didn't quite make it. that's definitely the best hunt i've ever had. >> reporter: michael niebrick, a one-of-a-kind high school

quarterback focud on keeping the bruins in the hunt for a state championship. >> and michael also told me that having four sisters helps him keep pretty grounded, seeing that he has all this talent. but having his four sisters helps him stay grounded when he has all these people saying he is so good. pretty cool. coming up our game of the night, robinson against lake braddock. should it be a good one. >> it's always good to ve a woman to keep your ego in che. >> exactly. have i my wife. s that all i need. >> okay, hakem, thank you. and we'l

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hello, everybody, and welcome back. i'm meteorologist doug kammerer in wth you. after a very rainy couple of day, we get this. plenty of sunshine and what i think is going to be a pretty nice evening. if you're going out and about tonight, know you wil need a jacket, maybe a sweater if you're thinking of going out. temperatures are going to cool down quickly. still breezy conditions. t our storm system is out of here. that's the good news. the frontal boundary in the tropical system, all of that rain is now well off to the east. and behind it we're dealing with pretty nice conditions out there. 73 right w in the district. 71 in sterling. 70 in manassas, down toward quantico around 72 degrees. the next couple days, tomorrow i think a pretty nice day. a little on the cool side, a little breezy on your saturday, a high of 68. and tn mostly cloudy skies on

sunday. a chae of afternon showers. temperatures around 66 degrees. and then cooler, windy, rainy, monday and tuesday as a little nor'easter moves in to the area during the day on monday. winds could gust upwards of 20 to 30 miles per hour. i'm going to break it down a little more coming up at 6:00 in just a couple of minutes. so you don't want to leave. you want to stay right where you are. >> okay, doug, thank you. prosecutors in communities coast-to-coast are taking another look at bullying based on sexual orientation. just last week a middle schooler committed suicide after being taunted at school. and a college student jumped off a bridge when his his roommate posted a intimate video on the website. >> reporter: officials say tyler clementi jumped off the bridge last wednesday. after he learned his roommate,

dharun ravi left his computer on in his dorm room while he was allegedly having sex with a man. >> tyler had asked pour the room until midnight or something like that. and was okay, and he actually opens his laptop or something and skyped. >> reporter: police say ravi went to another student's room to watch and upload the encounter to the internet. someone alerted police. but within 24 hours, clementi jumped to his death. ravi and the female student have been charged with invasion of privacy with secretly placing a camera inenti's room and reaming the images. across the country in calornia, another family is in mourning. >> ourchool district has not been enforng the education code. and as a result i lost a grandson. >> reporter: 13-year-old seth walsh died this week after years of bullying for being gay. friends say that's what led him to take his own life. his family says he wouldn't tell them who bullied him. he would rather feel pain than blame anyone. now the community and his family arpushing to chae minds and policies.

>> they have to treat people like people, because everybody is still a human being. they just hve to treat them like people. >> i believe that people should come to an agreement as a community work on a no-bullying campaign. >> reporter: the walsh family is leading the effort to talk about how to stop relentless school bullying. in the meanti, two commities a continent apart dealing with the same grief over dead students who were different. aaron gilchrest, news4. >> and that's news4 at 5:00. "news4 at 6" starts now. >> you're watching nbc 4, washington's news leader. now live hd, this is "news4 at 6." >> parts of maryland still dealing with severe flooding. >> firefighters are investigating whether somebody started at deadly fire at an apartment in the district. and the chief of staff leaves the white house, and the president announces his

replacement. but first, dwi arrests in the past six months in d.c. a now in jeopardy. good evening. i wendy rieger. >> the machines used to test drivers' alcohol in the district have not been certified as accurate. pat collins joins us now with more on the story. pat? >> reporter: jim, this little paragraph on this court document could cause a l of dwi cases to get tossed out. >> all t people that plead guilty or were found guilty of dwi based on these scores were wrongfully 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 specialist in dwi cases. he says hundreds of recent dwi arrests made by d.c. police are flawed because of procedural errors.