he and his wife appeared in court. darcy spencer was in the courtroom and she has the latest from dcs second district headquarters. hey, darcy. >> reporter: according to the documents the drug bust was the result of an anonymous tip. place si they und large potted plants ofmarijuana growing in the backyard. prom negligent cbs radio journali howard aaron stooeb has been arrested and charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana after police found nearly a dozen potted marijuana plants growing in the backrd of his georgetown home. according to sources, second district vice officers received an anonymous tip that pot was being grown at aaronste's home in the 3500 block of t street northwest. the documents say about 11:30 friday night, the officers found 11 pot plants in his backyard, some in plain view. and there was a strong odor of marijuana in the air. all of the plants, the documents say, were about 8 feet high. during the execution of a search

warrant, police recovered more pot in baggies inside the house. his wife, orly katz with a possession to distribute marijuana charge. a washington correspondent for israel's largest newaper and writes under a different name. during an appearance in d.c. superior court the couple bound by shackles appeared together and were we are leased on their own recognizance. according to the cbs website, aaronstein has been with the network since 1984 and is currently a correspondt and bureau correspondent for cbs washington in washington. he's won awards for reporting. cbs news is declining comment on his arrest. during today's brief court appearance, katz's attorney said that she tested negative for any drug use. no mentionas made for drug use for her husband during today's appearance. now the cple was ordered to report back to court on october 15th, again, they were releed but one question remains.

what they plan to do with all the pot? reporting live from northwest, darcy spencer, news4. >> quick question, did either one of them say anything in court or just speak to their attorneys? >> reporter: neither one of them said anything beyond they we asked what their name was and they responded what their name was and after that the attorneys did the talking. we did request interview or comment from them through the atrney and they said, basically, no comment and asking for their privacy tonight. >> all right, darcy, thanks for the story. appreciate that report. the state department is going ahead with plans to issue a travel alert for americans in europe. the alert is expected to be issued as early as tomorrow. u.s. officials are concerned about a suspected al qaeda terrorist plothat mentions at least flee europan countries. three european countries. the white house said the americans don't have to change travel plans but urge caution in tourist spots, ansportation stations or other public pces in europe.

back here, police are searching for a gunman who robbed a gas station today. take a close look at th security camera video. the robbery happened earlier this morning on route 15 in loudoun county. no one wa hurt. police say the suspect may be driving a four-door car or perhaps a silver buick or oldsmobile. they are not saying how much money he got away with. dozen pros tested a new sex shop in manassas today. about 50 people turned out. they are upset over "401(k)'s sensations" the adult sto set to open on battle street. those opped carried green balloons with dollar signs on them to represent the money that old town merchant also lose because of the store. upset parents say old town is a family or yenltsed community and they want it to stay that way. >> it's about the children. it's their future.

you're trying to protect them or you're exposing them. >> the city council says the store has the right to open under current zoning laws and the store is set to open october 20th. more jobs, better education and immigration reform. ose were some of the demands ofoday's "one nation" rally. tens of thousands descended on the national mall today. many view it as a reaction to last month's tea party rally at the lincoln memorial. with mid-term elections about a month away organizers say today's rally was also about re-energizg their base. this time it was the left and progressives rather than the conservatives among today's speakers? the reverend al sharpton. >> and if we can get connected, blacks connected to why this, latino connected to asian, straights connected to gays, immigrants, it's all about tht. if we can connect this, we can

make it. >> what the balance of power in congress at stake in the upcoming mid-term elections more political rallies are expected on that mall over the next few weeks. immigration also dominated today's tense debate between california's gubernatorial candidates. they sparred before an audience that was mainly hispanic and it was televised on a sanish language network. jerry brown says that meg whitman knew her housekeeper of nine yrs was in the country you will legally whitman insists when she found out she fired her. the republican candidate and former ebay ceo spent $119 million oner own money on campaign ads and many ads target hispanic voters. bmw voluntarily recalling hundreds of thousands of its cars tonight. there may be a problem withhe brakes. recall involves more than 350,000 bmws worldwide. they say it's five, six and seven series' models built since

2002 may have the potential for brake fluid to leak into the hydraulic system. the company says the drivers may need to apply more pressure to the brakes but insist the brakes still wor bmw says this issue at this point, has not led to any accidents. a few moments ago we told you about the most recent threats from osama bin laden. next, an unusual humitarian appeal from the al qaeda leader. hear why bin laden is reportedly asking for help from some governments. and a city suerged. we'll show you where residents are desperately waiting for 6 foot floodwaters to recede. and some college students say theyent through withdrawal in a social networking experiment. pretty interesting. we'll tell you about it in a few moments. chuck bell, what's up with the weather? crai rain encroaching on our area on the radar. it will be here in a matter of hours. i'll tell you how long it's planning on sticking around this time. hakim, what's in sports?

coming up, navy puts its winning streak on the line against air force. the hokies run with the wolf. and maryland trying to protect the house agains

you're looking at the town of windsor,orth carolina. in a state of emergency tonight. half of the town is underwater in some places it's as much as 6 feet deep. dozens have been forced from their homes because of the drives rns from the tropical storm that pushed across the eastern part of the state earlier this week. fortunately, no injuries reported in windsor. al qaeda leader osama bin laden, has issued a humanitarian

appeal now. bin laden ha urged muslim governments to do more to help pakistan's flood victims and shared his worried answer the effect of climatechange. he says the muslim nations have not done enough to help pakistan that was hit by the devastating floods that killed hundreds and affected about 20 million people this summer and he's accusing the media of not covering the floods enough. bin laden went on to say that journalists should increase their coverage of climate change. there was a moment of silence at rutgers university homecoming game tonight to remember tyler clemente. he jumped to his death last week after his roomma allegedly used a webcam to videotape him having a sexual encounter with another man. so far, police have charged two rutgers freshman with invasion of privacy and police are still deciding to add hate crimes charges against them. the parents say their hope is

that our family's personal tragedy will is serve as a could for compassion welcome empathy and human dignity. at least five young man have killed themselves after being bullied over teir sexual orientation. coming up,erious competition for the iphone and we'll tell you who's making an aggressive jump into the smartphone market. chuck bell is about to jump aggressively in the seat right next to me and he'll tell us about some rough, wet weather

microsoft is trying to claw

its way into the phone market. they have stware designed to catch up with apple's eye phone and droid's smartphone. meanwhile, microsoft is suing motorola for infringing on its smartphone paten. the company says motorola license some of its mobile technology from 2003 to 2007 but did not renew t license even as the phonemaker continued to use the technology. speaking of technology, officials at the harrisburg university of science and technogy recently taught students a new lesson in computers and life. they pulled the plug for an entire week on access to social networking sites. no facebook, no twitter, no instant messaging as well. some students found that life can be better with face-to-face interactions. others say they suffered through withdrawal for a week. >> introduce yourself. hey, a can't friend you o facebook. i'm josh, how you doing? >> whole lack of instant message

just killed me. >> you might remember earlier this year the university of maryland went on a total tech blackout banning all electronics for 24 hours. afterwards many students at the university of maryland described the periment as, quote, unbearable. >> wow! >> that's what we've come to, chuck bell. >> back in theday, you know, you used to get in trouble for passing notes. >> not. today was great, tomorrow, not so much? >> yeah, today was the better half of the weekend. in any relationship, there's the better half and the not as better half and tomorrow's going to be the not as better half outside. clouds back on the way in and unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on h you look at it we still need a little bit of rain but after thursday, i think we could wait a little while longer before we hav to worry about more rain. outside on satury night, skies are mostly clear for now. but there are some high clouds just back out on to the western side of the mountains and they'll be arrivingere during the course of the overnight hours and we might start out

with a couple of breaks of sunshine first thing on sunday morning but the clouds will win the day tomorrow and rain back into the picture. 72, filled with sunshine for a high temperature this afternoon, 52degrees, that was our low this morning and anverage october, you get just over three inches of rain. last year we had nearly double that with almost six inches of ra but right now, at 11:00, 61 the current temperature under a beautifully clear sky. dew point is remain in the mid 40s so a lot of the colder weern suburbs out here, manassas, argue withton, leesburg, you know who you are, you'll be back down to the mid-to-upper 40s tomorrow mourning arod town, closer to the 50-degree mar here's a check of radar. upper level low pressure and near the city of cleveland in ohio, it's drifting ever so slowly now back down to the south and west. this little train of rainfall out here in southeastern ohio, is making oh so slow progress towards us and it will take a long time to get here. as a result, most of the front half of your sunday will be dry.

but that area of low pressure will hook up with the one down ofthe carolina coastline and between the two of them the clouds will really thicken up. there's a risk for rain in here bif mid to late afternoon. shouldn't see anything heavy but it might be enough to get you wet and make you mad. this low becoming the secondary one. the storm off the coast becoming the primary concern and the primary weather maker for us for the next couple of days so by tomorrow night into the rush hourn monday morning, cloudy skies with light to, perhaps, moderate rain back in the picture but the storm doesn't look as intense as it was looking. now, maybe not quite a half inc of rain. becoming cloudy earlier in the day tomorrow. cooler than it's been the last couple of mornings. 45 to 50 and then tomorrow, cloudy with showers possible by the afternoon but maybe not sunset before you see the rain. up in philly, handg4:00, rain l at almost any time for the ravens and steelers in

pittsburgh. that's a 1:00. here's hour four-day forecast. once the rain comes in it sticks. monday, breezy, chilly and not even making 60 degrees. but there's good news. materi the early lean for next weekend. >> thanks, appreciate it, chu. up next in sports, navy putting the winning streak against the service academy on the line. also, trying to because of one word, imagination and reality have merged. becausof one word, a new generation-- a fifth generation-- of fighter aircraft has been born.

because of one word, america's air dominance for the next fortyears is assured. that one word... is how.

let me tell you what. when and if you play duke, it doesn't matter what you're playing, you want to beat them. >> yeah, you do. >> we must protect the house! >> you like that, right? >> you know the line made fay moose in an under armor commercial that featured the maryland tks. this year maryland protects the house and football. last year they did neither losing 5-7 at home and turning the ball over 24 times. through ur games this season, maryland has been stingy with the football giving it up just four times. maryland trying to protect the house against duke, one of the teams in the nation, protecting the football. duke turned the ball over ten times and they are looking to take advantage. second quarter, duke leads 9-0 in the red zone, awn renfree to the end zone and it's intersented by antwaan perez and first time all season duke has not scored in the red zone. at least they have that going

for him the touchdown and here comes maryland and it's 9-7 at halftime. third quarter, still 9-7, duke, punting it away. tony logan, the nber-one ranked punt returner in the nation, takes it to the 16. he's a talented young man. he wants to work for the fbi one day. yes, he does. 84 yard td and maryland takes a 14-9 lead. they need to start investigating ways to stop him, sorry. fourth quarter, same story. kierks b., danny o'brian, throws to durrell scott and he does the rest. slips a few tackles, see ya. 71-yard touchdown. maryland beats duke, 21-16, the turks had no turnovers and they improved to 4-1, 3-0 at byrd adium. beamer and the kies on the road in raleigh taking on nc state. wolf pack up, opening kickoff of

th second half, virginia tech, david wilson, fields it at the 8-yard line and he gets to the outside and -- there' no defense for speed. none. 92 yards for the touchdown. virginia tech down 17-1 queu the comeback. later hokies trail 24-13. and then check this out. dude, umm, ankle tackles? they don't work. virginia tech cuts the lead to three. fourthuarter now, less than two minutes to play and nc state up 30-28. here comes tie rod taylor. pass over the middle. boykin bounces away and nc state, having a tough time. into the end zone for a 39-yard touchdown. the hokies added one more td and thepset nc state 41-30. let's go to charlottesville.

mike london and virginia hosting florida state in their conference opener. first quarter, where we start seminoles up 3-0. fsu on offense. germane thomas gets the handoff and slips a few tackles and teams all day having problem making tackles. i think everyone needs to logon to how to make a tackle.com. 70 yards for the touchdown and florida state takes a 10-0 lead. i'm sorry. kpom on, kids. come on. first play of the second quarter, fsu, christian ponder, perfect pass. 15 yards for the score and florida state defeats virginia, 34-14. next up for mike london and uva, a trip to georgia tech. navy owns the commander-in-chief trophy. they've had the trophy for th last four years but after today's outcome against air force navy might hand it over. in colorado springs, navy riding a service academy record, 15-game wing streak. first quarter, air force with the ball, qb tim jiperson calls

his own number and this is impressive. 50 yards, td's busting all over the field. the guy is gone and nobody can tackle him. his first of two rushing tackles. air force in front, 7-0. the fourth quarter. navy punting it away. check outumber 46, freshman, jamaal cook. he blocks it. it's recovered by air force and that leaves jferson's second td. heirs force wins, 14-6, snaps a seven-game losing streak. and the nationals lose to the mets. they play their season finale tomorrow at 1:00. and in golf, at the ryder cup in wales, the americans have a two-pointlead over the europeans. far from over. place was suspended because of darkness so that means competition will resume tomorrow. bright and early. see it on your scrn. you can watch it live here on news4 beginning at 4:00 a.m. that's bright and early. thank you, brother. appreciate that.

hopefully some redskins highlights tomorrow. bri brian cranston. have a great night! my dad is the supervisor of a train station and my mom's a teacher. my dad's an auto technician. my mom's a receptionist. i'm not sure i would have been able to afford college without the tuition freeze. while tuition in other states is rising out of reach... governor o'malley made the tough choice to freeze tuition. he made my dream of going to college into a reality. i'm the first in my family to go to college. my brother and i never would have been able to afford college. even though times re tou... governor o'malley kept his promise. there's never a doubt... there's never a doubt whose side he's on. martin o'malley... moving maryland forward.

and not what you get? like electricity for gadget power at ur seat. room to stretch your legs, and your wingspan,

food when you're hungry, d taking off your shoes, only if you feel like it. these aren't luxuries, they're basics. get them back on acela. next on c-span, yesterday at a special ceremony, rahm emanuel officially stepped down as white house chief of staff. > thank you. thank you. hello. good morning. today my administration says good-bye to a friend, a fighter, a warrior, a man you want in your corner when the going gets rough. a man who won't take no for an answer. a man who has twisted a few arms and poked a few chests.