>> reporter: at a maryland brick and masonry company president obama tried to build on the fact that the private sector saw jobs gains in september. >> 've now seen nine straight months of private sector job growth. in all, more than 850,000 private sector jobs gained this year. >> reporter: he admitted, those were tempered by losses in the public sector like temporary census workers, meaning a net loss of 95,000 jobs and employment steady at 9.6%. the president slammed republicans for holding up the small business bill this summer. urging the extension of tax cuts to the middle class. not the wealthy. and encouraged infrastructure investments to help spur growth. >> the only piece of econoc news that folks still looking for rk want to hear is you're hired. >> reporter: people like this person at a d.c. food bank today. she sent out over a thousand resumes. >> i think that my story is a common thread right now.

and that's sad. >> reporter: for republans like would be speaker john boehr, that is the bottom line going into the mid-term. >> without the jobs our economy should be creating but isn't creating because of the policy that's are coming out of washington. >> reporter: unemployment, still the underlying issue and one of the last major economic number before voters weigh in in three week. >> and many economists predict the latest job numbers lee the fed little choice but to pump more mey into the econy with another round of public and private bond buying when the central bank meets next month. nbcnews, washington. the expectation that the fed will step in led to a surge on wall street. the dow jones industrial average closed above 11,000 for the first time in five months. the dow jumped more than 57 points to close the day at 11,006. the nasd gained 18 points. the s&p 500 rose 7 appoints to

close at 65. the nation's largest bank is halting sale of foreclosed homes in all 50 states. bank of america announced the stoppage so it c review potential flaws in foreclosure documents. allegations have recently surface that had bank of america employees signed without verifying th accuracy. we'll have more on what some are calling the fraud scandal in 15 minutes. the suspect in the hit and run accident in dupont circle is in court this afternoon. jorida davidson turned herself into authorities early this morning. jackby bensen is live outside the court with the latest velopments. >> reporter: the suspect has been ordered released, pending ial with a couple of conditions. the prosecution unsuccessfully argued that 30-year-old jorida davidson who describes herself as an albanian translator on the

resume website, the pros,.com, a flight risk and should be held without bond. instead the judge ordered her to be placed on high intensity supervision to surrender her albanian passport and agree not to drive. davidson is charged with involuntary manslaughter in yesterday's early morning incident near dupont circle in which 24-year-old kiela ryan of columbia, maryland, out celebrating her birthday, was struck and killed as she was gettinout of the car. a witness, a man on a bicycle pursued the vehicle, a lexus suv. he was able to see the license plate and gave it to officers who respond. that vehicle, according to court documents, was traced to an apartment building in chevy chase, maryland. and jorida davidson was located in the driver's seat of the car. court documents incate when she was found, she was incapacitated and under the influence of an alcoholic beverage. the keys to the vehicle were in her hand but the engine was not running. the documents go on to say, the bicyclist was brought to the scene and positively identified

davidson as the driver of the vehicle that struck miss ryan. the witness told officers, quote, that is definitely r. davidson is currently in a holding cellhear at d.c. superior court. her husband has to go to their home, get her passport, bring it here and turn it overo the court before she can be released. back to you. >> jackie bensen. thank you. the younger brother of redskins player alber haynesworth has been killed in a motorcycle crash in nashville, tennessee twoox-year-old lance mccoy crash head on to a vehicle that pulled into his path. he was rushed to the hospital where he died. witnesses told police, the motorcycle was going about 100 miles an hour. the driver said he never saw the motorcycle coming. haynesworth had gone to nashville to be with his family. it is not clear yet whether he'll be playing in this weekend's game. police are looking for the man who allegedly tried to kidnap

the person from the park. it happened in the 8600 park of seasons way. the suspect trie to snatch a 7-year-old boy at the park. anyone with information should call police. 15 illegal immigrants nvicted of second crime have been arrested in the district and northern virginia and will be deported after their seences have bee served. they were arrested as part of operation sore. that stands for sexual offender alien removal. it is a program involving virginia state officials. they were convicted of sex crimes including several against children and teenagers. in addition, another 365 jailed illegal immigrants have been fade and will also be deported. >> that dangerous in the illegally present, they ought to be deported to their home country. >> there was a similar initiative twoears ago in virginia and it removed 171 convicted illegal immigrant sex

offenders. >> the serial burglary spree in northern virginia may be growing again. a possible case popped up in loudoun county this morning. since late august, there have been nrly 90 incidents in fairfax county. and just this week, 14 in prince william county. now the case in loudoun county and they are investigating whether there is a connection. >> reporter: long winding roads flanked by tall trees and open fields are the signatures of the waterford area. friday morning, that tranquility was shoot ordered waterford lane. a burglar walked into a home while the owners were asleep. >> the dogs began barking and plertd something may have been going on. they discovered that some electronics and the purse had been taken >> reporter: the burglars got in through an unlocked door. roed in on the goods and was gone in a flash. he said this m.o. was not typical of house burglars. >> when a person goes in knowing there are people home, knowing there could be a confrontation, are they armed and willing to

defend themselves >> reporter: he has reached out to detectives in fairfax and prince william counties. >> the fact the house was unlocked. the residents weren't home. the wee hours of the morning when someone got in, it is characteristic of some of the cases in the other jurisdictions. >> since late august, fairfax has had 87 incidents, attempted break-ins and thefts. this past monday prince william police began investigating 14 similar cases. then the police chief talk to citizens in an online chat. >> they were concerned about somebody comininto their house, violating their home, especially when they're kids are home and they're sleeping during the middle of the night. >> reporter: he said this has come a top priority. even as he addresses citizens' questions, he admits there's no suspect and no telling when or where the burglar or burglars could strike again. >> we suspect this person is comfortable with the area. they're walk around during the

hours of darkness. they're probably on foot or on a bicycle covering lar areas. >> reporter: all three counties, police have the same advice. lock up your car. don't leave any valuables in plain view. as far as your house goes, lock your windows and doors. close your garage. if you have an alarm, make sure it's on. news4, loudoun county. tonight, petco is issuing a warning about their thermostats. they may be a fire hazard. the warning only affects thermostats part of the energy wise rewards program. the problem is with the batteries. if they leak, they can damage the circuit board, causing them to overheat. petco is asking customers to remove the batteries. the good news is the thermostat will work properly without them. the batteries only power the clock during a power outa. coming up, base jumpers leap off a tower that spans 1,400 feet in the air.

a horrible know turned into an amazing rescue when a stranger helped save a baby struck by a car. another white house shake-up. find out who is stepping down this time. and a tige creeped into a capital hills school today to deliver some exciting news to kids in washington. how about a weekend weather forecast. could it get any better? 76 degrees. i think they're going to go up. as we move into the weekend. i'll have my forecast for you in just a minute. albert haynesworth is dealing with tragedy. he may not play for the redskins onsunday. the redskins' defense facing another stiff test against green bay packers and one of the top quarterbacks in the league. and the capitals' quest for a stanley cup begins tonight.

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120 people jumped off malaysia's tallest tower and lived to talk about it. it happened at the tower international yesterday. the tower is nearly 1,400 feet tall. it is the8th tallest building in the world. this is the tenth year people have base jumped off the tower. last week an australian woman died practicing for this event when her parhute didn't open. the nobel peace prize has been awarded to one of china's

most prominent dissidents. back in 1989, he took part in the student pro democracy protest in tiananmen square square in beijing. he is 54 years old now and he is prison. last year he was sentenced to 11 years because he campaigned for more political team from for the chinese people. the no bell committee that he deserved arize for what they called his lo and nonviolent struggle for fundamental human rights. the chinese governmentarned the surprise could hurt that nation's ties with norway where the peace prize committee is based. one of president obama's top advisers is leaving the white house. the presidentnnounced that the retired general james jones is leaving his post as national security adviser. he will be replaced by his top deputy. tom donilon. president obama said he has worked for three presidents and has a wealth of experience that will serve him well i his new role as national security adviser. in the wake of what some are calling the foreclosure fraud scandal, the nation's biggest

bank has stopped selling foreclos home. bank of america has halted sales in all 50 states until it can review potential flaws in foreclosure documents. chris clackum has the latest. bank of america says it will actually continue to foreose on homeowners behind on mortgage payments. but just won't sell the property until it can verify foreclosure documents are accate. >> the banks do have to get their i's dotted. >> repter: it follow a week of foreclosure fraud accusations leld at not only bank of america but others like jpmorgan chase and allied gmac. and after an employee in texas admitted to robo signing. approving up to 8,000 foreclosures month without reading a majority of the paperwork. >> fears this f this practice is taking place at a couple of the

servicers, it may takin place at all of them. >> reporter: with one in every seven americans behind in payments or currently in reclosure, the consequences for the banks might be enormous. >> we're probably going to see borrowers awarded some form of compensating for the fact that ey were removed from their property in what amounts to an illegal foreclosure. >> reporter: banks are expected to repossess a record 1.2 million home. 1 million more than last ar. but might have to hang on to the home a lot longer than first thought. nbc news. >> now attorneys again from several states have raised concerns about possible legal violations. bank of america release ad statement saying so far all of its foreclosure decisions are accurate. coming up, the final preparations are underway to finally bring 33 trapped miners to the surface in chile. we'll go behind the scenes of a movie "secretariat" bsed

on a true story of a virginia housewife who beat the odds. and doug returns with a fantastic holiday week forecast. unfortunately we can't give you a great bill of health. we've got big delays. hears the pace. the outer loop is those headlights as you lave 270 head into tyson. inner loop drivers still have big delays as you make your way toward the bethesda area. it is jammed on the nap. it is pretty heavy. you continue toward the college parkar. there is relief in sight. fortunaty no major accidents. synctaxes 60 percent. property

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families of the trapped miners in chile, hours befo they pushed into the final section of rock tt sits above the miners. the drilling could be complete by late today or early tomorrow. after that, crews will begin the delicate process of seeing whetr the hole is stable enough for them to pull the miners up. if all goes as planned, they could be out by tuesday.

the diet drug meridia will no longer be sold in the u.s. they've voluntarily taken it off the market after rsearch shows it can increase the risk of heart attacks and stroke in heart disease patients. the study found it increased the rick by 16%. the fda is advising patients to stop taking meridia and to talk to their doctors about alrnatives. the fight against breast cancer is underway on a very visible way here in the nation's capital. thousands of people are walk in the susan g. komen three-day walk for the cure. the fund-raiser began at the washington nationals stadium. the walkers will travel 60 mails through the area ending at the washington monument on sunday. participants raised a minimum of $2,300 each. the money will be donated for brea cancer research. >> they were everywhere today. >> i saw them coming up mass and turning on to sconsin. they're a pretty colorl group. >> i think last ye it was

raining, cool. a lot of time they stay outside in tents and they had to deal with that weather. >> they do stay outside in tents. so you've got good news for them. >> they will be fine this weekend. do you have plans this weekend? >> plenty ofthem. >> guess what i'm doing? >> i'm going to get my pumpkins all set up. >> really! >> why do i mention that? let's show you why i mention that. we've got a lot of pumpkins out there. this is a little pumpkin patch in northwest. i took one of those home a little earlier today. taking the kids out to one of the local pumpkin patches and the mums are out, of course. how about this sailboat show? this one so big, last year a down year. this year they're adding a lot of different space for vendors. even a 15-duck island. that will be in the middle of the city area.

a beautifuplace to get out and about down there. plenty of sunshine and great weather no matter what you're doing. you're really going to enjoy it weatherwise. 79. that was the high temperature. the average high was around 71. once again, this was the warmest temperature we've seen so far. and i think tomorrow will be at least one, maybe two degrees warmer. curreny at 76 degrees. humidity at 31%. winds out of the west southwest at about seven miles an ho. temperaturewe, 73 in steing. 77 in winchester. 77 in culpeper, virginia, and out toward leonardtown at around 72 degrees. re's that area of high pressure. abundant sunshine. really from boston down toward atlanta. all the way back toward the rocky mountains. this area of high pressure is a monster and it is going to keep us with beautiful conditions right on through the weekend. look at the number toward the western side of that high. 89 in omaha.

87 in minneapolis. 89 in wichita. and our weather along the east coast, still nie. if you're thinking about doing a little traveling, it is looking a-okay for you. very warm. plenty of sunshine. into the day tomorrow work into the day on sunday as well. monday, we had a little system th will try to come through and maybe give us a slight chance of a shower. that will be about it. think about maybe going toward the skyline. skyline drive. moderate color along the blue ridge mountains. color around our area as well. starting to see more color and we'll see more and more as we move through the mon. nbc washington.com. you can search to see if you want to check out one of these places. and something else going on. hurricane ott 75-mile-an-hour winds continues to spin just to the south of bermuda. i haven't really shown you this because it is moving out to the open waters. no concern for us. this evening, clear skies. nice and mild.

a perfect friday evening. it is looking very nice to have dinner outside. if anybody knows anyone that wants to go out -- >> do you want us to have you over? >> that would be great. i'm by myself tonight. zi 74 degrees tomorrow morning. looking very nice. clear skies, seasonable temperatures into the upper 40s in most locations. into the 50s around the city. as we move through the day, mostly sunny. nice and warm. just about perfect. 76 to 80 degrees. some areas into the low 80s. 78 on sunday. 78 on monday. that's columbus day. mayba shower or two. i'm not expecting much rain. 76 degrees on tuesday. as we move through the extended tlook, the temperatures are still above erage. avage hey is 69 degrees as we move into next week with another chance of rain. probably a better chance of rain as we move into the day on thursday. as i mentioned that, i said i was alone and don't have any dinner plans. neither one of you were like, yeah, come on over, doug. we would love to see you. >> it's good to be the weather man on a weekendlike this.

i bet you'll get men of offers. >> thank you for coming in. >> we aren't too worried about you. >> okay. doreen is grilling. >> i'm not cooking. that's why i'm not offering. >> we've got a lot more. a stranger who saw a baby get hit by a car is now being called a hero. for saving that child's life. >>olice now say a local businessman found dead in his home i murdered. >> a candidate has been charged with passing out fake electn fliers during last month's primaries. >> and tiger woods put golf on hold to talk about science and mathwith some d.c. students. coming up, the bus drops on the capitals' regular season. the senior players' championship. on the redins' front, we'll have the plank status of albert haynesworth who is dealing with tragedy.

a businessman was attacked in his own home and the killer may have taken off with the victim's car. it w a family member had a found the body of 61-year-old yung. >> police say he was killed last night. his murderer is still onhe loose and his gold lexus is missing tonight. derrick ward reports. >> reporter: police say a family member discovered the body of 61-year-old inside his home at about 4:00 p.m. thursday. while investigators are now calling his death an apparent homicide, less is being said about the cause of death. >> at this point we know he died of trauma to the upper body. we're waiting for confirmation on the exact cause and we haven't received that yet. >> reporter: the victim, a local sinessman, owned or had interest in a number local establishments. but according to neighbors, he and his wife kept mainly to themselves.

>> we used to talk to each other. go very regularly. apart from that, that's it. they're busy with their lives. we're busy with ours. >> reporter: now there's a serve of angst because there has been a murder. >> their midst. >> the police cars, so much rush. i didn't know what to make of it. >> based on what we've investigated, it do seem random. at thipoint the homicide detectives haven't connected to it any other robberies or homicides so we believe it is isolated. >> reporter: police are searchg for the victim's vehicle. a gold lexus 270 suv with virginia tag xyw 8197. >> if anyone sees it, don't approach the vehicle. be very cautious and let us ow. we'll check it out.

>> seeing if annoying was taken from the home. [ inaudibl]. >> the motheras pushing the stroller across the street in the crosswalk when they were sideswiped by an suv. a nurse happened to be close by. >> laying in the middle of the intersection. being attended to by a citizen. >> the baby wasn't moving. i started giving cpr chest compressions. >> after a few seconds we stard to get a pulse back. it became stronger we continued cpr. >> she is taken to the hospital. she is expected to survive. no charge have been filed againsthe driver. the maryland attorney general, the charges have been filed against the council candidate jerry mathis. he is charged with distributing

reel campaign material during the primary election. some of the challenges complained mathis handed out fliers that gave the appearance that he was endorsed by an opponent. i'm bob ehrlich. i'm not theind of guy who likes to hang on the sidelines. today maryland's in trouble. we're worse off than we were four years ago: dangerous debt, highetaxes, not enough jobs. we need real leadership to turn this state around. fix the budget -- honestly. grow all bunesses -- really. excellent schls -- everywhere. protect the bay -- final. it's why i'm running -- to make the state we love not just good, but great. now let's get down to work.

d.c. residents living overseas will not be able to cast election. they were hired to test the security of the internet voting system. in only 36 hours, they were able to hack into the server, find out how everne voted, and change all of the votes. >> the danger of internet voting is that we just don't know how to make a system like this that is secure, given the limitations of today's technology. >> d.c. residents living overseas can sti download ballots online but they'll have to mail them in. 33 states currently allow internet voting. some of them allow voting fax. a if he had vague of tea party groups across virginia is coming together for the first time this week at a coention in richmond. more than 2,000 people are signed up to attend what they're calling the largest gathering of tea party members to date. they represent more than 2 dozen tea party groups fromcross virginia. the state's form he governor and

senator george allen will speak, i know what the group's home town hero, state attorney general ken cuccinelli who was challenging the president's reform law. a group of maryland residents opposed to adding slot machines at anne arundel mills mall spoke out about miscould beceptions. they say a race track is a more appropriate caseor a casino than a shopping area. >> we're not a bunch of nimby people who don't want it in our backyard. we want the citizens to have the choice of where they want to put the slots, the slots casino. >> in november, votersill decide whether to overturn zoning for the casino next to the rund mills mall. >> doug is here with the weather. >> i'm bored. with the weather out the so nice, i'm like, what can i do? okay. a little more sunshine.

more nice temperatures. that's exactly what you'll be looking like over the next cole days. at least what you'll be looking . plenty of sunshine out there. and really, a nice night. temperature will begin to drop here but not too much. it is really going to be a nice evening to get out and about. temperature right now about 76 degrees under men of sun. the sun go down in the next uple minutes. at about seven miles per hour. all due to high pressure that is dominating the entire eastern portion of the country from washingtonll the way ck toward denver. just a huge area of high pressure bringing us the fantastic conditions that will remain through the weekend. now tonight, lows to about 55 in the istrict. 46 up toward frederick. some of the cooler suburbs into the middle 40s but most everyone around that 50-degree mark. a nice night, a great day tomorrow. a lot of activities going on. a lot of game should be perk. 82 in warrenton, 80 in upper marlboro. friends fwreds with a temperature around 81 degrees. if you're going to the redskins

game on sunday, beautiful weather there, too. 78 degrees with men of sun. 78 on monday. a chance of a shower during the day monday, that's columbus day. most of us should remain there. 76 degrees as we move through the day on tuesday. once again, the extended outlook. i'll have that for you coming up in a little bit. >> al right. thank you. southeast washington is getting the brand new $22 million affordable housing complex. city officials broke ground day at the future site of matthews memorial terrace. the five-story building is being built in the 2,600 block of martin luther king boulevard. it will have one, two, and three bedroom apartments and a 52-space underground parking garage. theaffordable housing complex is available for seniors an working families with incomes up to 60% of the area's media income. >> after a difficul year, tiger woods had something to sile about today. his foundation opened two new

tiger woods learning centers in washington. the centers are part of the cesar chavez pun charter school system for public policy. there's one on 12th street southeast on capitol hill and anotr on haynes street. tom sherwood has more. >> the ninth grade class at the charter school on capitol hill broke into the school chant after their friday afternoon assembly. letting off some pent-up energy after tiger woods publicly selected their school and her sister campus east of the anacostia river to become a tiger woods learning center for math, ience and technology. >> you haven't experiend what we have to offer yet. that's the cool thing. to let us come in here and share with all of you what we think we can do for you. and for your lives and your careers. whatever direction you may choose. >> i know for certain that you'll be able to do it. >> the principal says there has been no mention that tiger woods' marital scandal. >> we haven't talked about that.

it hasn't come up at all. and i think the bottom line for me we're all human beings. >> as is typical of tiger's event, th students had questions prepared in advance. >> it was delayed from earlier this week because tiger was playing monday in the extended ryder cup. but his mesge that in golf and life you don't always win, but you always try, hit home with students. >> i think there have been time, sometime i don't tnk i can make it. >> athletes don't ually come to school. and we have this role model. like athletic role model. >> i will take part of it. i think it will help to us succeed in life to go to different colleges that we may normally not be able to go to. >> tom sherwood, news4, washington. >> students from other city schools can take part in the

tiger woods programs here. >> dan hellie ishere. what's coming up? >> hockey. the season is underway. the regular season starting for the capitols in atlanta tonight. the big question is, for the redskins, will albert haynesworth play agait the packers? he has suffered a tragedy in his family. plus aaron rodgers will keep that redskins' defense on its i was driving in northern california. my son was asleep. i really didn't see it coming.

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dan joins us now with a sad start to sports tonight.

>> obviously very expected. albert haynesworth's half brother was killed in a motorcycle know. haynesworth inform mike shanahan of the accident thursday night and left to be with his family in nashvil. shanahan does not know if he will be available for the game on sun. his weigh the-year-old lance mccoy -- his 23-year-old half brother was on a motorcycle when he was hit by a car. it was estimated he was going 100 miles an hour and weaving in and out of traffic best crashed around 9:00 last night. shaenz coming off his best game of the year and it is not clear holong he will be in nashville with his family. >> i talk to him last night. he gave me a call. what he's going through right now is paramount. and obviously, wish his family, giving them our prayers and thoughts. and i think that's the main concern. i would never ask somebody to play when a tragedy like that

just happened. we'll let time take care of it and we'll find out what is going on. >> with haynesworth in the lineup, for a season high 30 plays, the defense played very well against the eagles this week. the packers' offense poses an even greater threat. green bay lacks in the running game they make u for in the passing game with aaron rodgers. it will be another stiff test for deangelo hall and the secondary. >> we're not looking forward to anybody but whois in front of us. that will be the green bay packers. >> good. i won't tell you you have them coming up. we'll just focus on the green bay packers. aaron rodgers seems to be by all accounts, one of the top three or four quarterbacks in the nfl. they have some weapons at wide receiver. they have a very good tight end. what do you have to do? >> yeah. we have to bring the same intensity we brought the phillies.

they were real good. back whei was a rookie, you know, i definitely, i know that guy very well. i know him very well. i played in the pro bowl with him. trained in the off-season. so it's a group of guys that i know. a group of guys i know. i've been knowing aaron rodgers since the draft. played against him in congress. he is a good quarterback. he is a good quarterback. when you have time to sit back and resxllax and learn it from guy like brett favre, he'll be great. >> i would like to thank deangelo hall. he started looking around. what's wrong? he goes, where's lunch? what are you talking about? >> you're not listening. >> all right. i'm used to it. it's okay. >> i should have brought that. i've been lking around. >> this is ridicous. >> william expected to be back in the lineup for the first time in three weeks.

that's very good news. also good news, hockey season has arrived. the capitals open up in atlanta in a few minutes. the home opener tomorrow night against new jersey. the guys rolled trough the preseason with the 5-1 record. now it counts. the caps are in pretty good shape returning almost every player from last year's team that had the best record in the nhl. three straight division titles have netted the caps exactly one playoff series win. it is put upr shut up time and it starttonight. he said the first game just never gets old. >> every ar the first game, you feel like a rookie sort of. you're excited just to get going. you haven't played a game. you don't have a goalie. nothing. you just want to get going. and then you've got guys playing their firs nhl game, too. so that's fun. you try to help a young guy and you see the excitement on his face playing the nhl. also having a very good hockey team. a team that we can contend to

the stanley cup. very exciting. >> the puck drops down at 7:30. the wizards in preseason action. they are in chicago. tiger woods in town, not to play golf but to open his new learning center in southeast d.c. coming off a disappointing ryder cup in wales. the americans blew the big lead and then lost it all. it was the end of the area to forget for tiger. but he was all smile today when i caught up with him after the grand opening of his learning center. >> you're walking down the aisle and these kids just erupt. what is that like for you? you're used to the cheers. to have it be all ki. >> different. it's certainly much more special. this is an opportunity for these kids. they don't know what they're in for yet themselves don't blank is in store for them. >> can you put into wor the difference between arriveder cup and playing in a major.

>> it's just different. one you're playing not for yourself. you're playing for a team. if you fail, it is the people around you. whether it be your family, your friends or that's about it. the ryder cup is different. you're playing for teammates. a totally different deal. >> sinceou've come back, have you discovered anything about your game? do you think you can do it by yourself or get to where you want to be? or do you need another voice? >> i've been working with shawn. we've been working since the pga and thing are starting to come together. >> that's tiger woods talking about his new learning center. tom sherwood was out there. he did a story about this as well. tiger has come into town numerous time but he's been playing golf. this is the first time he's really been in the city as far as we ow, publicly. and we've been able to talk to him there in the learning center. >> the kids loved hum. >> for being involved. he said it is very important for his father and that's something he wanted to do. >> tiger apparently going to be

sticking with his new swin coach. the next time we will se him playing golf in d.c. is next year's u.s. open. then his tournament returns to congressional in 2012. if you ask tiger's buddy, the next door neighbors in orlando, perhaps he cou host tiger's tourney one day. mira is one of several golfers receiving about this week's senior players championship. we start on 15 with him. he is on that long putter and working the perfection. he finished at four over par. he is ten shots back. olin brown the tee shot re. from about 184 yards back. watch closely. he actually hit the pin. almost goes in the hole. brown at two over. essay shots back. >> his second shot. he puts in it on the fly.

that's a slam-dunk. >> that was a no doubter. your second round leader at six under out. when that bounces in there and you dot see the ball anywhere else, you know you're in good shape. it's free if you want to watch golf this weak. >> it is the over 50 crew. the guys who are experience sewed to speak. tom was the leader after the first round. exactly. >> no lunch for him either. >> our director says there's a dinner with dan. >> we'll to have wait and see. >> all right. thank you. coming up, lindsay czarniak traveled down navy to virginia's horse

>>today movie "secretariat" opens. the first horse to be the triple crown winner in 25 years. >> about an extraordinary horse and an industry that would never be the same. this legendary tale really began right in our own backyard.

>> the leader. he leads it by a length. have the story of the triple crown winner secretariat is ll known but people don't know that he was a virginia horse. the director wanted to convey the story. this is where he found it. meadow farm. 100 miles from washington, d.c. >> are we all in agreement? >> reporter: by losing a coin toss to derrell who got first choice about two foals about to be born, she lost the chan everyone wanted. she was left with the horse she believed could win it all. the native wallace tells the tale of the 1973 triple crown winner by focusing on the woman who took over her father's horse

business in a time when only men were owners. >> she was one of the first to stand up and say, in a very polite but unmistakable manner. that's not going to work. >> excuse me. this is meadow farm. the real playground. 0 sprawling acres in virginia. she sold it back in 1978 and moved to denver. there are signs of secretaria everywhere. >> have you ever seethat? >> what? >> a colt stand up that fast. >> the shed where secretariat cause born in 1970 still stands, as does the training barn. the jockey's wardrobe remains in the pangs that replaced the original home that burned down in 1984. those who know the real story know secretariat may have never run had it not been for its

owner. he is sure it will stir up emotions. >> we looked at it and said that was an amazing performance. when you see it in the movie and it sinks in, you realize, no horse has even come close to doing this. i'm talking about in the world. not just in virginia. it inspired me even toee it again. it inspire me to go out and say, you know, maybe i could pull this off. in a certain way, i fe that in making the movie, i needed to be penny's voice and i needed to be secretariat's voice. i know that sounds horribly pretentious and i'm sure i'm the first director ever to have his ego out of control. >> we should probably ground you a little bit. very funny. >> reporter: lindsay czarniak, news4. >> in 2004 interesting state fair bought meadow farm for about $5.6 million. another side note, penny chenery

tweet helped hand pick that horse that played secretariat in the movie. >> the horse wilbe a big star. >> i'm looking forward to seeing that movie. >> me, too. that's one of the many movies i'm going to see. you don't need to spend time indoors because it will be so nice. temperature in the upper 70s to around 80 degrees. we'll show you what's happening. we saw a high of 79 degrees. the warmest day we've seen. the average hey should be about 71. 73 degrees. winds out of the southwest at 73 miles an hour. it is just a pekt night. by the way, the sun went down. it went down 12 minutes ago. 's going down quicker and quicker. 73 in washington. 73 down toward andrews air force base. quantico and fredericksburg at around 74 degrees. the forecast, 80 degrees tomorrow. 78 on sunday. 78 on monday. that is columbus day. i think we could see a shower or two but not much the way of

rain. 76 on tuesday. d then a better chance of rain as we head into the day on thursday. but really no, cold air out there. and even lookg at the extended pattern pa the next ten days, i don't see any cold air making its way in. >> we like the sound of that. thank you. sergeant phillip clark is an army medic. he has served three tours in iraq and he is stationed at ft. mead. he wanted a creative way to propose to his girlfriend. he found it and set it up. he took her to the will cirque drms show. he and his girlfriend were selected for a regular part of the show that requires audience participation. up on stage they went, act out their parts which included a death scene for clark. when it was finished, he went down on one knee and proposed. there he is. she said yes. good thing, huh? and talk about attention to detail. he even flew in her parents from oklahoma to watch the whole