ing. right new police are questioning a person with a deadly hit-and-run accident. the person was getting out of a car when she was hit. >> president obama will campaign for maryland governor martin o'malley. we'rearking the ninth anniversary of the war in afghanistan as peace talks in that country begins. news 4 midday begins right now. good morning, everyone and welcome to news 4 midday. i'm barbara harrison. it's thursday, october 7, 2010. now to breaking news from southeast washington. police were called to ballou high school for reports of a large fight. it happened about an hour ago. a d.c. police officer was injured when he or she was sprayed with mace or pepper spray while attempting to break up the fight. police say the injury appears to be minor. no word on arrests or what started the fight. we have a reporter head to the

scene and bring it more when it becomes available. we are following a developing story out of northwest washington. a woman is dead after she was hinear dupont circle by an suv. a vehicle that took off after the accident. police say the victim of struck in the 1300 block ofonnecticut avenue at around 1:30 this morning. officers tracked down the suv that they believe s involved in the accident in chevy chase, maryland. megan mcgrath is live in northwest washington. >> reporter: police were able to track down that suv thanks to information provided to them by a very determined eyewitness. that witness had a bicycle and afr the accident happened he jumped on that bike a began to tail the suv as it fled the scene. he stuck with it long enough to get a tag number. he gav that tag number to police. police tell a lexus suv from a i had rise building in chevy

chas they believe it's involved in a deadly accident. police are questioning the woman they believe was behind the wheel. police say the victim of getting out of this parked mercedes on connectit avenue when she was struck by a black suv. the driver did not stop. the area is home to several bars and restaurants and police say there were a number of eyewitnesses. one of them had a bicycle and began to chase the suv as it fled the scene. police say the witness onhe bike was able to get a tag number. that critical piece of information ultimately led them to the suv in che chase. now police have not released the name of the victim, the woman who was killed in this hit-and-run accident. they have not released any information about the perso that they are questioning in connection with this. now we're hoping to g an update later this morning. back to you. >> and the search is on for

answers after a woman was murdered inside a northern virginia restaurant. it happened inside the 5 t bar and grill on spring garden drive in springfield while people were eating dinner. a man and woman got into an argument when the man pulled out a knife and stabbed the woman before injuring himself. the two knew each other. we're still waiting for a statement from the prince george's county police chief about an alleged cheating andal involving 30 county police officers. th chief cancelled a news conference late yesterday afternoon and then promise ad written statement later in the evening. so far, though, nothing. investigators are trying to determine whether more than 30 officer cheated on test when is they were still cadets. department records sw the cadets had perfect scores on at least 11 tests. measuring basic skills, arrest procedures and how to testify in court. and they included scores from one cadet who didn't even take

the test. let's take a look outside right now. looks like blue skies at least from this advantage. 70egrees is the temperature. veronica is here to tell us whether this is the case for all of thursday. >> it is. then a little bit beyond. so we'll do the balancing act here. a couple of days of the gray skies. noun sunshine. as you said a nice blue sky behind us. good to see it too. we're warming up. warming up quickly. we just jumped several degrees. we're at 63. now we're at 69 degrees already. yesterday's high only 63 across the area. in georgetown, takoma park, 67 degrees. good morning to you folks in prince george's couy, landover and district height 67 right now and wheaton too at 67 degrees. forecast for today, folks you can see the clouz. they are way up to the north and west of us. a few trying to sneaking in very

high clouds but no rain. 74 your high with a nice little breeze today out of the west and northwest little later on. so warmer, nice, 75 and going even higher temperures through the weekend getting close to 80 degrees. >> wow. little return to summer. >> better than last weekend. >> at least we don't have any rain drops on the forecast. very important. >> we'll see you again shortly. we'll check on the midday traffic. jerry, good morning. >> good morning to you. good morning, veryone. some slow going in several spots at this hour, live pictures of the capil beltway from the maryland sre lynn across the american legion bridge. a truck was broken down hours ago. because the truck was in the roadway r such a long time on the virginia side we're looking beltway delays as well as i-720 the lower end trying to get to the beltway hding towards tysons corner. a lot of folks not too happy.

nice weather to sit in the traffic. inner loop of the beltway looks pretty good. one more stop speakingf assisting in be affic, a lot of road work. 95 southbound as you head from the newington interchange towards lorton right lane closed off. traffic will slow for about a mile or two. northbound looks pretty good. we'll keep you updated. >> we have a trafficalert. the wilson bridge will be closed. the brish ship passed under the bridge last night causing long backups as the bridge was opened. the ship is more than 10 stories high. and we are less than a month away from election day now and today maryland governor martin o'malley is getting a presidential bush. the president will campaign with the governorn prince george's county. people aregathering at bowie state university. elaine reyes is live there with

a preview. good morning. >> reporter: people are very excited. they started lining up very early and the rally takes place this afternoon. it helps operation county and state of maryland are both obama friendly. calvert county native david wells is one of bowie state university students apprehensive about their futus. they hope to hear answers fro martin o'malley and a big endorser, the president of the united states. >> it's a struggle for us. a very big struggle. we're having a tough time whether to go to grad school or enter the workforce. we'rhoping the job market can open up more. >> i think it's great the president can come out and support mr. o'malley and his campaign because you don't he that type of support when it

comes to local, local politics but for the president toome out and support a local governor, i think that's a breath thing. >> campus preparations started early. president obama is expected to tell the outdoor crowd how maryland will continue to move forward under governor o'malley. it shows the incumbent with a double digit lead over republican and former governor bob ehrlich. o'malley explained why an obama endorsement makes sense. >> marylanders always choose in the face of challenge and adversity to make progress and to move forward and for that reason the president is more popular in maryland than he might be in other states. >> we believe in o'malley. i belie that's why they are coming together and oma is showing his support for o'malley.

>> again, this event is taking place at 3:15 thisfternoon outside, across from the auditorium. back to you. d.c. delegate eleanor holmes nort wants to bring all foreclosures in e district to a halt. she wants lenders to be able to prove that they have systems in place to prevent improper foreclosures. norton says her office has be flooded from calls with constituents complaining banks are refusing to modify their mortgages. the nouncement comes after three major lending companies voluntarily stopped evictions in 23 states after admitting to mistakes in foreclosure filings. nine minutes after 11:00 is to your time. coming up today is the ninth anniversary of the american invasion in afghanistan. coming up what that country's president is calling a source of hope there today. plus thousands are expected to attend th duelling rallies of john stewart and steven colbert on the national mall.

we're learning more on where they will be held. cooler weather is no excuse for it is ago round. we're going to help you get and stay in fit this fall. a principal trair will join us in

today marks nine years sie the war in afghanistan started. president obama said u.s. troops will come home next year.

afghanistan has a new peace council to help impro relations with the taliban and other insurgent kroups. president ckarzai hoste eed the inaugural session. the u.s. lost 1,200 lives since 2001. there are some brand new subpoenas involving the investigation into john edwards campaign finances. edwards attorney won't say who received the subpoenas. the investigation is focused on allegations that campaign finances were used to take ce of edwards' mistress the. edwards admitted early her this year he father ad child with hunter. thousands are expected to attend the duelling rallies of jon stewart and steven colbert on national mall at the end of the month. stewarthas announced the exact location for his rally to restore sanity. it's in the area of the mall

near the capitol between 3rd and 7th street northwest. it's not clear yet where steven colbert's rally will take place. >> we're here. mall maps. >> right. we are here on a great day in washington, d.c. veronica says it will continue. >> it will. couldn't be better for the weekend, really. it's only going to get warmer across the area, and over the last couple of hours here, the mercury has shot up. we'rclose to 70 degrees now. finally getting out of the clouds here that we've been under for so long ever since sunday. let's head onut and take a look at things. i want to talk about the rainfall we've had through the area. yesterday we picked up .300 of an inch o rain. just a little over three quarters of an inch of rain. surplus going back to the beginning ofeptember a little more than two ches, close to 2 1/2 inches. this surplus of rainfall that

we've gotten here in the early part of fall may have an effect on t fall color that we're going to see through the area because normally when you get the wet weather here, around october or so, what that does is allow us to have less than vivid color. we'll see. coming up by the time we get to the end of the month, october we'll see lots of at least color through the area. that's when we see the peak color. 69 your current temperature at ronald reagan washington national airport. the wind out of the wst at 14 miles per hour. look at other locations. everybody into the upper 60s, sterling there, manassas 67. 72 in culper. 67 in quantico over to leonardtown and 67 degrees right now in annapolis. just aew clouds left up to the north of the area. those drifting on through but all in all a very sunny day and very mild day for us getting up again to 74 degrees, 72in martinsburg. for today a lot of sunshine. and actually i started this just

a little ahead of things on my graphics here. your 4-day forecast 75 degrees by friday with sunshine as high pressure moves in. then foraturday and sunday we are going to get close to 80 degrees. let me show you the extended forecast and then we'll go to a little bit of tropical weather four. there is a chance of rain coming our way and it won't be until tuesday of next week, so really warming up. and a little bit of rain so finally a dry period for us. all right. let me go ahead and jump forward and show you some of the other locations. st. ma's, maryland, 1.6 inches rain. that for the month. here's a look at radar now in the southwest because they have been getting some heavy duty storms. a lot of damage yesterday with several tornadoes that tore through areas around arizona, again and this is where the severe weather will be today around salt lake city, around grand nction of western colorado. that's where there's low

pressure. for us we have high pressure through the east and so very gorgeous delightful conditions down through the caribbean now out in the atlantic now just north of puerto rico we're watching this area. it is tropical storm otto. it's expected to make its way to the north and east. pushed off the coast by some westerly winds. for u sunshine, there's a weak weather fronthat will be moving through. a little bit of a breeze. that's about it for the afternoon. your forecast then for today, warming on up and closeo 80 degrees again for the so, 75 today. here's a look at your overnight fr 50 to 51 to start the day and saturday and sunday, delightful. there's no reason why the kids should be parked in front of the tv this weekend. get them out, ge yourself out, maybe do a littleit of yard cleaning since we were cooped up sunday. >> or hike or take a run or bike. >> or workout. we got that coming up in just a minute. stick around for that because i know you're a workout girl.

>> jerry, you going to stick around and watch too? >> absolutely. of course. that's one of my favorite things to do. >> maybe you'll join in. >> that will happen. here we are along i-720 southbound. winds kicking the camera. accident on the shoulder of 270 southbound ar route 28 and rockvill lanes should be open but one more thing that we have to deal with for what has been a very difficult commute. let's head over and check things out on the beltway inorthern virginia. no picnic. inner loop of the beltway. arlington boulevard and stretch from springfield out on the inner loop running on up running very slowly through the work zone. outer loop through the springfield terchange those travel lanes are open and at e moment moving along pretty well. i'm going to get my -- >> workout clothes on? >> yes. >> still ahead we're going to help you get fit for fall.

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welcome bac eryone. as the cooler weather approaches and you know it, so many of us don't get outside to work out like we do in the summer time and welcome steve has. >> thank you. it's a pleasure to be here. >> we're so happy to have you here. you'll try to help us get fit for fall. we have two months before thanksgiving. >> seven weeks before thanksgiving and what i want to do is make sure that everyone is burning all of the excess fat so that we can eat the food that's leading up to thanksgiving and when thanksgiving rolls around we don't have to worry about that excess weight.

>> over the next seven weeks we'll help everybody slim down and get ready so you have that extra space in the nts for whatever you're having for thanksgiving and througho the holidays. you say there are some basic thing we need to do to get started. >> first we need toget a good aerobic workout. when you're outside side, if you're not at a gym, you're outside there's a way you can walk which will allow you to tighten up your abdominals. open up the palm the hands. walk like that. it makes you use the abs and tightens up the hips like the walk here. >> what are are you doing with your knees? >> when yore walking make sure that knees are coming up, get like a nice little thing because a lot of timese'll walk like this but you want to get those knees up and moving just like that and squeeze the abdominals. >> stand next to you

all right. >> just like the military walk. >> keep the hands. >> keep the palm open. >> the palms open. >> okay. how much walking should we plan on doing? >> you should go at least three times a week, and 30 minutes a day. if you can't do 30 minutes at one time break i up into three parts of theday. morning, afternoon and evening. >> how brisk? >> a brisk walk. not running. if you run youut too much stress on the joint. if y're walking you're getting the best of both worlds. you're burning body fat and developing your cardiovascular. >> next thing? >> therkt thing is strength training. you won't get muscular. take exercise -- i developed exercises in my video, the hayes way which allows you to burn body fat. and the way we do that we take certain exercises and we combine them in such a way that you do a push and pull. so it burns the body fat.

>> canyou run those really quick? >> yes i will. here's a good example. the tricep. push it back and squeeze it. back and squeeze. >> that's one. >> that's one. >> show another one. >> you go from here, stand up and you have the weights here. bring them in. keep your arms straight called the hayes slide. slight bend in the elbow. bend the knee, you work the abs and shoulders. third one your shoulders. here bringing it to the shoulders and turning the weight as you go up and squeeze your abdominals. everything starts in the abs. i would like four to try it. >> i will. i will try it later. quickly, how much weight should each person plan on liftin >> you have to get a weight that makes you exert yourself but not strain. r perch s six throh 10 you get

maximum exertion. that allows the body to burn body fat and you can lose inches. >> what you suggested for me was five pounds to get started. i'll do this after the show and i'm so glad you came today. i know you'll be coming every week for us? >> yes, i will. every week. >> we'll have some other tips for folks. >> one nutrition tip everyone should do is the times -- try not to eat after 7:30 in the evening. if you have a hunger pain put a piece fruit in your system. the fruit will burn the excess fat in the body and drink some tea. >> that's the thing we'll do this week. no eating after 7:30 tonight and remember those exercis with the weights. all right. thank you steve hayes. the hayes way he calls it. we'll be right

right now on news 4 midday police believe they found an suv they say hit and killed a woman early this morning in dupont circle. the victim was struck around 1:30 this morning in t 1300 block of connecticut avenue. the officers tracked the vehicle down to chevy chair maryland thanks to a witness on a bycle who wrote down the tag numbers. president obama will campaign with the governor of maryland, martin o'malley at one of the afternoon even in prince george's county. right now peop are gathering at bowie state university for a get the vote out rally. parts of colorado and utah are bracing for storms that left a trail of destruction through arizona. four tornadoes tossed over paed rvs, blew big rigs off

the road and derailed a freight train. forecasters are calling the stora rare one. >> see that power line over there? >> widespreadamage throughout the area. train cars sheared off the wheels. big rigs blown off the ohio. dozens of motor homes flipped over with cars, trucks and debris scattered along interstate 40. businesses like this camping world warehouse took be a direct hit from one of the 22 tornadoes reported in northern arizona wednday. some with winds as high as 110 miles per hour. >> not unusual for a tornado or two or three this time the year. but this many is unusual. >> dozens of homes were damage >> unbelievable. >> this is what's left of a home lisa and rick hadeen renting to a family in belmont. when the storm hit that family narrowly escaped.

>> the got scad. they ran into the room and got in bed with mom and dad. next thing the roof just lifted. he saw the eye of the tornado and said he could see the lightning in the eye of the tornado. >> now the clean up begins after a devastating roundf wild weather. and that was julie martin reporting. the weather in our area has improved as you can see. we'll check with veronica johnson. >> we just talked about the exerci segment, be the hayesway.com. you do three sets. i normally do 12 t 15. that's what i do. but the opt number is about ten. with three sets. >> we do these. >> exactly. >> we'll remember. >> your traps. 69 the temperature right there in our core right in d.c.

and we e warming up rapidly, high temperature today 74 degrees. 73 in winchester. 72 in fredericksburg. a little bit of an afternoon eeze but, again, i see no reason why we normally do our exercises inside but a lot of folks have dumbbells at home take them outdoors on your deck. look at the weekend. 79 degrees on saturday. 78 degrees onsunday. a cool morning coming up tomorrow but then staying pretty mild, seasonably mild throughout the area and a little bit of rain comes our way on tuesday. doesn't look le a storm that will stick around at all inner loop that's good to here. thanks. we'll have to workout together. so how bad was the gulf o disaster? a new report said the white house blocked efforts by scientists to disclose facts. the administration consistently underestimated how much oil was spilling and overestimated how much oil was leaking before it

was covered up. tonight d.c. voters in ward 3 can parentally ask questions of vincent gray, the dmocratic mayoral candidate is making himself available at several town hall meetings. he held his first gathering tuesday in ward 5. attendees heard him describe his goals as mayor and got some questions answered too. tonight's town hall meeting arts at 6:00 at saint columbia episcopal can church. we have sme new information about what's believed to be a serial burglar who is targeting homes in northern virgia. number of cases in prince william county is growing. we now know of 14 incidents that happened on monday night into tuesday morning. that's up from the fur that we had reported earlier. police say they investigated seven burglaries, two attpted burglaries and five thefts from vehicles. that on top of the 90 cases already reported in fairfax county. the burglars getting in through unlocked doors and windows. remember to lock your doors and

your windows at night. investigators are trying to figure out who put what appeared to be two pipe bombs in a foreclosed prince george's county home. a real eate agent found the devices in a vacant house in district heights yesterday. a bomb squad spent about four hours making sure they weren't a threat to public. the agent who discovered them said he didn't even realize how dangerous the situation really was. >> mean, when i found it, i didn't even -- it didn't register to me i was in a dangerous situation, really. i was more concerned about whoever might be looking for them wouldn't find it. i didn't know, you know, if somebody might be watching me or that kind of thing. >> investigators set a substance side the devices to a crime lab to determine if those bombs were real orfake. there's aew controversy stemming from last month's standoff at the discovery headquarters in silver spring. some of discovery's neighbors are upset that the company has now closed its public garden.

it closed the garden days after the hostage situation back on september 1st. according to scovers agreement withontgomery county the garden must be open to the public during the day because it's the only green public space in downtown silver spring. a company spokeswoman said discovery is conducting a security review and will try to work with county officials when the smepts is complete. and we're going to check with jerry edwards and see how things are moving on the roads. >> good morning, everyone. generally speaking, it's not so bad if you're getting ready to head on out. a couple of construction zones. inbound and outbound alongew york avenue at bladensburg road in washington. struck crews in the middle of the roadway. before bladensburg roadwaythe right lane is tied up. tween bladensburg headed on down towards south dakota avenue might be sluggish during the midday. 395 northbound, this is

beautiful thing. lanes are open to the 14th street bridge. still have the configuration mid-spap but no additional travel lanes are closed and as a result coming up from the pentagon to and across the 14th street bridge and down zipping right along. that's good news. roy holliy is the talk of the sports world today. >> in time! roy holliday has thwn a no-hitte >> the phlies pitcher threw a no-hitter yesterday in the opening game of the national league division series. holliday allowed just one walk in philadelphia, 4-0 win over the cincinnati reds. second no-hitter in post-season history. it was holliday's second no-hitter of this season. attention baseball card collectors. your missing hundreds of cards from your collection? someone found more than 500

baseball cards in a grassy area near east potomac park near the tennis center. it includes cards from the early '80s. the person that made the discover was honest enough to hand over thosecards to police. 11:40 is our time. still ahead, a surprise drop in first time unemployment claims could move stocks higher today. we'll have the latest numbers for you. plus, pumpkin patches are not just about picking pumpkins any more, stay with us, we'l

the struggling real estate market has led to some uncomfortable situations for a growing nuer of americans. their dream houses have turned

into nightmares. that's especially the case for divorcing couples who are still living in places they need to leave behind. kevin tibbles has our report. >> reporter: this family built thisouse outside of st. louis 13 years ago. but kathy never imagined she would be so eager to sell and get out. >> we're stuck here and we're stuck here unti we can sell the home. >> repter: not one offer since march and that's a problem. because after 29 years of marriage, kathy and her husband divorced. but months later they are still living under the same roof. >> i can't afford to buy him out and he can't afford to buy me out. so we are here until we sell the home. >> reporter: her ex-husband declined to speak to us. they sleep in separate homes and they communicate by texting. it's tough on everyone including their 19-year-old son. >> come on. buy it. sell it. >> reporter: unemployment in st.

louis is hovering around 10%. fewer people are looking for a new flfs. it's uphill for sellers like kathy. this troubled market isn't just affecting divorced couples. for others it's affecting their tire retirement plan. he's in double trouble. laid off from his executive job 2009 he can't find another. so he needs to move. >> house has been on the market for 12 months and not one person has come to s it. >> reporter: they realize it may be years before both the job and housing markets recover. he now thinks he'll be forced to retire years before they are financially ready. >> it wasn't planned to be living this way. i'm worri about growing old with dignity. >> reporter: worries that an unsold house simply compound. kevin tibbles, nbc news, so dr. hill, missouri. recent surveys suing gaeft

lot of people hope to head off similar divorce horror stories. interests growing in pre-marital agreements to protect assets. weekly application for one employment benefits fell to the lowest level in three months. let's check in withourtney regan. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. right now i'm looking over the markets and i'm seeing opposite of what we saw yesterday. yesterday we saw the dow was up and the nasdaq was down. today it's the opposite. the dow is down the nasdaq super. we ended the day mixed. asian markets fell overnight. europe is in the red. we'll have to see what happens today with a couple of hours to go. gold rises bringing in another record. oil prices also moving higher today. like you mentioned, jobless claims fell by 11,000 to 445,000. that's the lowest level in nearly three months. surprised economists, they had

been expecting an increase. nice little surprise for us to have today. pepsico reported a jump. also retailers reporting their september sales numbers throughout the day and so far positively surprising analysts with an average increase of 2.8%. here are just some of the highlights, macy sales were up 8%. tar bet sales up 1.3%. abercrombie & fitch up. the gap struggled reporting a decline of 2%. and apple is making a version of its popular iphone for verizon wireless network. the "wall street journal" said it will antibiotic available early xt year. this end apple's exclusive relationship with at & t. apple is developing a fifth generation iphone th will differ significantly from

existing models. we have a lot of mac hea excited and people interested in the iphone but not interested in the at & t network. so now they've choice. >> sounds like aood thing. thank you. we'll see you tomorrow. wednesday's child is a young man that is hoping a little haggic might make his wish come true. he spent most of his life in foster care movingrom one home to other. he'soping to find a permanent home. hi. >> hi. >> how are you. >> good. excited. >> so, you were excited. i'm happy to hear that. i'm excited to meet you and be with you at six flags. >> six flags is all decked out in cobwebs for it's be october fright fest. we found a host of spooky characters ready to greet us.

cow wow. >> you're scared yet? >> no. >> we left the monsters behin for the kinder face that was waiting for us. >> were you a magician. >> that's awesome snipe heard would you like to do some magic. >> yes. >> check you want out. it's a book. ? j.d. is 14 years old and if he could do a real magic trick he woul probably like to change some things about his life so far. like so many of our kids in virgin just didn't have parents that could provide him th love and support that he needed, quite possibly because they didn't get the love and support that they needed. >> you ready? >> he's just a jovial kid. bright and funny. >> resilient having spent so many years in foste care moving from home to home. >> how many times have you ved? can you count? >> about 17 times.

>> the six flights fest show featured some crazy characters and being a good sport j.d. jumped right in. >> do you think you would like to be a dancer? actor? sier? >> yes. >> magician? >> yes, yes, yes. designee says he would also like to invent video gas some day like one where a kid could create the perfect life and family. >> if you create ad mom and d for your game, tell me what they would be like? >> loving, caring. >> a magic tip from joe and tickets to come back here from batman were a nice surpre for j.d. but e biggesturprise was the crowd we ran into at the bumper cars. it capped off a day of laughter for a kid who deserves a ttle magic. and if you have room in your home and heart for j.d. or another child who is waiting, please call our special adoptn hotline. the number is 1-88-20-adopt-me

or log oo our website, nbcwashington.co 11:49 is our time. coming up a curb side cookout but meteorologist veronica johnson will be back with another check of the forecast. later, nate berkus has confessions. on 3:00 ellen sits down with one of the stars of "community."

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it's time to checkut the weekend scene. good to see you. we got a few things to talk about today. beginning with the pumpkin pah. what's going. >> that's right. in virginia it's so much more about the whole fall festival. there are lots of oppornities to get out and see corn mazes, take a hey ride and of course take a pumpkin while you're out there. there are two farms that are good at doing this. cox farm in centreville, actually offers a corn maze, there's an opportunity to pick pumpkins and at nightnridays and saturdays through november 7th there are offering scary

walks in time for halloween. another great on is high hill farm in wchester. they are offering sort of really old experience, 100-year-old farm. you gate vintage feel while o there. they are having a cornaze and also haunted house. >> that sounds terrific. lo at those pictures. those are beautiful. can't wait to see what will happen this time around. something new in an old space in arlington, is that right? >> that's right. the old museum building which has been vacant for eight years. right in rosslyn has been taken over beginning this weekend, arliton county is moving within a brand new art space called artist sphere. this is a party from last year. they introduce the complex last fall and o 10-10-10 they will open up to the public with a big open house. this will be a place to go ballroom dancing,o see theater, and -- >> a collection of art being

shown? >> via saul art. it's on wilson boulevard right near the rosslyn metro which, of course, if you go give yourself little time because there will be someetro problems. sunday and monday. >> cooff today in the district what's that about? >> this is your chance, if you have heard about those great food truck craze that's going on right now. this is your chance to get out and taste from as many of the food trucks as you want. it's called curb side cookoff. it's being sponsored by the city right in downtown washington in the old city center convention space. g parking lot, 20 food trucks will be parked out there, everything from indian food to korean tacos and hot dogs, frenchfries. >> that's going on rht now. >> right now. >> until 9:00 tonight. >> also if you don't have a chance to go today it's continuing tomorrow. >> fantastic. thank you. i'm hungry right now.

for more ideas for your weekend logon to around the town section at nbcwashington.com oroing out guide on "the washington post".com. thanks again. we'll take a look at some of the stories we're following on news 4 this afternoon. pat lawson joins us in the newsroom with a preview of things to come. >> repter: good morning. coming up later at 4:00 another sex scandal at duke university. we'll tell you how one female student graded her partners. th tonight on news 4 a 5:00 hidden dangers in the dog bowl. how are you pet's food can make your family sick. those stories plus your forecast tonit on news 4 starting at 4:00. barbara? >> thank you very much. we'll be watching. it's time for a final check on our forecast now. veronica johnson joinss again with one last look at our weather. >> we're looking great, barbara. 69 degrees. sunshine right now across the area.

46 your dew point temperature. dry air. a little bit of a light wnd out of the west now at 14 miles per hour. high temperature today around calverton, 74 degrees, down south, st. mary's 73. annapolis at 71 degrees. much warmer than yesterday by as much as ten degrees. i said nice but i can think of a lot of other words for today. how about stupendous. calm winds. wild drop down to 45 to 50. range of temperatures during the overnight period. there's a look at your thursday and friday up to 75 and then weekend close to 80 degrees. sunshine. our next chance of rain right now will be after columbus day a little bit of rain doesn't look like a major weather system at all for us. >> thanks very much. i'm gog to try to get out. it's pretty steve y that slif pretty good right now for justin

bever. at least one of them. let's have a look. >> hard to sleep at night wh the phone is ringing constantly. >> that's not the justin bever that you know. not teen idol. this is a 35-year-old guy who lives in a suburb of jacksonville, florida. he doesn't play any instruments. he gets tons of fan mail and hate mail. he even got kicked off facebook for having a fake name. that's not fair. that's it for news at midday. tune in for news at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 and tonight at 11:00 and i'll be back tomorrow morning at 11:00. have a great day and i'll see you in the morning.

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