uspensions, reading the road 1,000 times per second. it's the rn that leads you somewhere new. introducing the new 2011 cts-v coupe. from cadillac. the new standard of the world. his montgomery county man sits behind bars this morning accused of trying to have his estranged wife killed. good morning. welcome to news 4 today. i'm aaron gilchrist. kimberly suiterss off today. it's sunday, october 10th, 2010. if you like those digits it's 10-1 10-10-10. the news is just ahead. first a check on our forecast. chuck bell is in the studio with us this morning. i should have left that for you. something you would catch on to. >> they had it in kids post. >> that's true.

>> this past week's kids post so that's how i knew. >> i'm glad you watch. >> i a here. this ear piece is working. this one over here, not so much. >> how about the forecast? >> let's quickly move on to something i am qualifi to speak on and that is how nice of a day it's going to be. skies are generally clear outside first thing this morning. temperatures have cooled generally into the 50s. 57 downtown. lower 50s, though, in the suburbs. 51 degrees in brandywine, maryland. it's 52 in bowie. 46 in frederick, maryland. a few upper 40s to damascus in upper montgomery county. low 50s out to the blue ridge. what a nice looking day today is going to be. mostly suy. highs into the upper 70s and low 80s. the broncos are up in baltimore taking on the ravens. a 1:00 kickoff today. 77 degreest kickoff. perfect weather for the game the there. warmer weather again for tomorrow around here but maybe a risk of a shower. we'll talk more about that. >> wll see you in a few

minutes. breaking news now out of maryland as police are at the scene of a deadly accident involving a car and two pedestrians. this happened about 3:00 this morning on rockville pike. one of the pedestria was killed. we don't know the condition of the other person. it is not a hit-and-run accid t accident. right now old georgetown road is closed betweenockville pike and citadel. northbound is also closed at nicholson. we'll update you with any new information as soon as it comes in this morning. also in maryland, one man in the hospital after being shot at a hol in laurel. that shooting happened around midnight at the holidainn in the 15,000 block of swisher lane in laurel. police have not released the man's identity ocondition. they are still looking for the shooter. a bizarre story now out of rockville as a man tried to hire a hitman to kill his estranged wife. police say he didn't want to wait for the divorce, but now his impatience has put him behind bars. news 4's derrick ward has the story.

i'm working with the police. the detectives have been extremely supportive. i'm thankful for at. >> reporter: particularly thankful to be ive. police say her estranged husband, 42-year-old richard boyd jr., tried to have her killed. they were in t midst of a divorc police allege he ride to circumvent the legal route. boyd reached out to an acquaintance to do the deed but the acquaintance notified the city of rockville police. >> he found what he was being asked to do shocking and to some degree unbelievable. but when herealized that he believed that the threat was real, then he did the right ing. >> reporter: cnty investigators became involved. police say boyd continued to contact the acquaintance over the next few weeks feeding him details such as the layout of the home elizabeth could be found and suggesting the gun would be a best weapon to use. down payment $5,000 and

oxycontin tablets. boyd had arranged the meeting with a so-called hitman here at the boyd household. the money and pills were exchanged and looked like the plan was a go. that was pretty much the end of it. boyd was arrested shortly after that meeting. court records show that elizabeth boyd had taken out a protective order against her husband alleging domestic violence. they were to appear in court next month. still, the murder for hire charges are hard for her to fathom. >> it's a shock for everyone, friends and family, at this point. >> reporter: likewise, neighbors are stunned that behind all e trappings of a happy family lurked a murder plot. >> out playing with his son with the basketball, his basketball hoop. he's out there a lot playi with him. >> reporter: boyd remains in custody. a bond hearings scheduled fo tuesday. derrick ward, news 4. we now know the man killed in bowie. 26-year-old kenneth lamarr prince was shot after an event at the west bowie village early saturday morning. shots rang out in the parking lot outside the hall in bowie. another 26-year-old man has not

been identified and remains in the hospital this morning in critical condition. police are still looking for the shooter and trying to establish a motive. family members of a marylan teen who was killed back in august are pleading with the public for help locating the killer. jones shot julian kelly during a robbery in the 14,000 black of castle boulevard in silve spring. kelly died two weeks late detectives have arrested three of the four suspects but are still searching for jones. yesterday kelly's relatives made a plea to the public for hp bringing jones to justice >> to anyone who is out there helping taeshawn stay a large, please find it in your heart to turn him in. you have no idea the pain that this kid has caused not just my family but to call that have known my brother. >> jones is reportedly a member of the 38 mob street gang and should be considered arm and dangerous. well, the sweet smell of savory pie once again wafting through

forestville. lito's pizza held its grand opening a year and a half after a volent explosion destroyed the restaurant. eight people were hurt and six businesses destroyed. that was back in may 2009. lito's owner rebuilt the restaurant in the same strip mall where the old one was. he even has a permanent place reserved to honor the firefighters who helped save the lis of patrons there. a nice tribute. six minutes after the hour. we're in for another beautiful day. >> i think we are. most everybody is going to have a pret good time enjoying late october or late fall sunshine and warmth. how warm and how much longer? all the details in the forecast up next. i thought it was crazy feeding in the fall.

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could have flown a kite. >> do you still like to fly a kite? >> no, no, the kids. i always tell kids to go fly a kite. never co-workers, not when they're sitting next to you. temperatures in the 80s. today i should think once again tons of sunshine and once again temperatures up close to 80 degrees. i think quite a few spots south of washington into the 80s again today. unbelievably nice for october. we'll take it. the summer that just won't end. more temperatures above average after at least one cool week here last week. right now with a clear sky outside, the temperature here in washington at 57 degrees. the dew points in the mid-s. slightly drier air on the north to northeasterly breeze. there a weather fnt that is hanging out. we're almost rightver the top of the washington area. folks to culpepper and southern fauquier county stilon one side. the other half of the front up to baltimore and the northern bay on the north side of the front.

that front will basically be washing out as we go through the course of the day today. as a result we may have a few extra clouds around. the real cool air is north of the philadelphia ea. so here we are in washington. the front is like right there but the cool air is just about anothe100 miles or so further up to the north. boston and much of upstate new york in the 30s and 40s this morning where we sit in the mid and upper 50s. so mostly clear skies for today. that front will continue to disappear as the day wears along. so as a result gradually our winds will come back around to the south by later on in the day anthat front hanging out is going to be the foe can cuss for a few clouds today and maybe the risk of a slight shower or two tomorrow, primarily up acrs portions of pennsylvania and far western maryland. rainfall amount, if anything tomorrow, will be extremely light. a little better chance for a shower in the washington area as we get into the day tuesday. but by then we're back to work and school so it won't matter. fall color, little to no color around hereust yet. good color in southern

pennsylvania. peak color in the poconos and adirondacks. keepn eye into the caribbean, the western parts of the caribbean. some signs this little wave down here is trying to get better organized. we'll keep you posted on that as the week comes ahead. nny and war once again. highs in the upper 70s to low 80s. probably one or two degrees cooler than yesterday but still pretty nice. the packer and the redskins kicking it off at 1:00. 78 degrees out at fedex field. skins. got to beat those packers. don't want to have any packer backers in the washington area. then tomorrow partly sunny, warmer again with temperatures back up into the mid 80s. mid 80s. 85 degrees tomorrow. would be 16 degrees warmer than average for the middle of october. a little chance for a shower monday and tuesday. more typical october weather arves just in time for next weekend. >> all in all looks pretty good, though. >> excellent. the yankees are in a

familiar position right now, one step closer to another world series berth after dominating performances ovethe minnesota twins. the yankees completed a three-game sweep of the twins last night 6-1. it's the 12th straight postseason loss for the twins. the scoring started early with jorgeposada driving in robinson cano in the second. the lead was padded by a two-run homery marcus thames and a solo by nick swisher in the second. the yankees will have to wait longtory find out who they'll play in thnext round. the taa bay rays avoided a sweep beating the rangers, 6-3. the rangers took the lead heading into the eighth. both carl crawford and carlos pena homered in the ninth forcing game four later today. if the rays can can win again, the teams will travel back to florida for game five on tuesday. here in washington the capitals were looking to rebound from their opening night loss with a win in their homeowner. hakem dermish has the ghlights in your sports minute.

good morning, everyone. your sports minute begins with hockey. the capitals played their home opener last night against the new jersey devils. the caps clobbered the devils. alexander ovechkin had two goals, one of six difrent capitals to score in the game. thcaps win big, 7-2, get the first win of the season. they host ottawa on monday. talking football, the redskins cut devin thomas. he had zero receptions this s season. washington then signed running back wliams from theractice squad. also albert haynesworth will not play today. he'll be in tennessee attending a memorial for his half-brother who was recently killed in a motorcycle accident. college football, virginia tech hosting central michigan. quarterback tie rod taylor ran for two touchdowns including a 72-yarder. he also threw a touchdown. the hokies roll 45 to 21. taylor is now the winningest quarterback in hokies history. game of the day. the old ball coa, steve spurrier, and number 19 south carolina taking on number one alabama. steven garcia threw three

touchdowns and the gamecocks upset the crimson tide 35-21. elsewher virginia loses to georgia tech 33-21. navy comes back to beat wake forest 28-27 and westirginia defeats unlv 49-10. that's your sports minute. i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. all right. thank you, sir. next up is reporter notebook. a look at stories affecting our community. we're back in 15 minutes with the morning's top stories and your sunday forecast. for w, though, here is pat lawson muse. good morning. we begin this morning with with proposed cs in montgomery county ambulance service. county executive leggett has decided to lay off dozens of work, if a referendum to overturn the county's ambulance fee passes in november. the council approved the fee earlier this year. it's a fee residents would not have to pay out of pocket. rather insurance compies and federal government would be

charged. if it is overturned next mth as ike leggett appears to believe it might be, he says there would have to be immediate cuts to offset projected revenue losses totaling arly $13 million. how would these cuts that ike leggett is proposing impact the county's emergency services? >> some say that it would give ople pause perhaps particularly in the less affluent areas to dial 9111 not expectinto get the service they should. there are thoswho are on the other side of this issue who say it's strictly a matter of political retribution on the part of the cnty executive and that's something we can explore. they say he is lash iing out at the firefighters for opposing the fein the first place and that's why that's the first place you talk about there will likely be cuts and services. >> and not everybody around leggett agrees with it. phil long who is from rockville, a rockville member of the

council, says they ought to take ck payments for the county workers. ere's too much largesse for them. cut some of their extra compensation. you could save lots of money. you don't have to do what leett wants to do. how far this will get is anybody's guess. >> the thing that concerns me what you just read it's not out of pocket fees. immediately i'm thking about the story out of tennessee where the pers didn't pay the $75 fee and the house burned down. obviously this is not the case. so i don't know if people montgomery county are confused because often when you say fees it's like just another form of tax so it's not out of pocket. it's going to come from other entities and i think ike leggett is just simply ying, look, if we don't get this, then i'm going to have to start cutting and i'm going to have to cut to the bone, and i think he's really trying to challenge the people of montgomery county to say accept it. it's not out of pocket and let's

not go as deep in cuts as you think we may have to. >> the ambulance fee is very controversial in montgomery, wasn't it? >> it was. >> they wereroposing between $300 and $800 and you'd have a knee jerk reaction if i get sick i have to come up between $300 and $800 to get myhild or my loved one to the hospital. that can be scary. like joe points out, a lot of this is people operating with just a little bit -- not full knowledge of what the facts are pocket, what's the concern? >> there's an overlap and it came out earlier that the bureaucracys too bloated. there needs to be cuts there. unless that's done, a lot of the other stuff isn't really going to help the county. there's a charge the burucracy is so represented by unions and other people it's political

suicide to go against them and so when they run for office. i'm not saying this is true. this is what i'm hearing in m reporting. you have that to consider, too. >> let the town halls begin. d.c.'s democratic mayoral nomie vincent gray has begun a series of town hall meetings in neighborhoods around washington. 's doing this to win over residents who did not vote for him in the primary or the primary results showing the city basically split along racial lines. gray is facing the challenge of having to court the same voters that his supporters complai fenty. >> he's launched a heck o a charm offensive and it seems from initial reports to be pay in off. people like him inn tensely and perhaps nointensely but they may sufficiently, let's say, and they say this is not a person that i really knew before, that i didn't really kn the true personality and maybe i'll give him a second chance. >> do you think the problem is

that bridge, voters just don't know him? is that it? >> i'm thinking about that, pat. he's been the chairman of the city council for some time. he's n an unknown qntity. it's not quite faito say he's not known. but in his role coming out of a campaign, you are framed in a certain way by your opponent's opposition message. he's been framed by all the money mayor fenty had to spend on ting to keep his job which he was unsuccessful in doing. so now vincent dpra has the opportuny to meet people face-to-face, do a little palm pressing, backslapping, and it seems to be working to his favor. >> i said on this program vincent gray is not some fist pumping militant. he's -- look, here's a guy who integrated -- the first black to integrate a frernity in gw. he is very levelheaded. always has been. those of us who have met him and

known, we've know about this. they just never took the time to really learn who vincent gray was, and i think the other problem is the city was racially divided inhis campaign. so you're embraced by --let's be honest -- >> east of the river. >> they have an agenda. u're embraced by marion barry. oh, well, you must -- two of a kind. and it's a misinterpretation and so now when they see vincent gray, oh, this is a levelheaded thinking individual. >> how much of it is the fact that people who like adrian fenty just like and support adrian fenty? >> there's a lot that. there's a lot of that but there's also a concn and i picked this up in my reporting, vincent gray, nice guy, good leader in many ways, good experien, does he have the determination, the real determination to knock heads together, to take unpopular

stands, to make theunpopular decisions to move this city and of course broadly in education policies ahead. that's the concern that youave about him that i hear. there is question from his detractors on th. >> this may be less personal than that as davis alluding to because a lot of people are opposed, not because he's endorsed by barry but the component of east of the river support has some barry, but a lot of people are just happy with the way that things were going under adrian fenty. >> michelle rhee. wh he did not come out and flatly suprt michelle rhee, i think that is what turned a lot of people o because people in many wards think she walks on water. they think superoman has arrived. >> that woman has a lot of support. >> michellrhee is a central figure. >> i agree. >> michelle rhee is and will continue to be a central figure

in the whole campaign. >> to punctuate how tough it may be for gray to win over detractors there's now a write-in cpaign under way to keep fenty on the job. it's popped up on the internet on facebook. there are about 5,000 supporters, at least as of last week, urging people to write in fenty's name. a l folks don't think this is really serious or a threat to vincent gray. what do you think? >> it's very serious. let me tell you why. it's not like other elections where vincent gray has an opponent. he doesn't have an opponent so most peoplehink ty've done their civic duty by voting. i thinthis may not be serious. i think it's insidious and i think what they'reoping is that there will not be a turnout in certain wards that he carried heavily. and that you can start a write-in campaign -- it's a long shot -- but that they're hoping there won't be a turnout and i'm saying right now adrian fenty should show up at these meetings and say, look, if you write my

name in and i win, will not serve. i will not beart ofthis. do not write my name in. >> jaime says he doesn't support and he's not enkorncouraging th campaign. >> he does and he's given an endorsement of gray's candidacy, the presumptive mayor. but just looking at the numbers, this write-in -- these write-in folks believe that with 400,000 registered voters if 15% of those votersrite in the name adrian fenty and people sawith the expectation of east of the river doesn't come out then gray loses. >> the turnout east of the river would be harmful for probably gray. i think an incredible turnout on the other side of the river could help him and as far as that statement goes which is if elected i'm not running, many politicians, and i've pressed people on this on the hill, they say i really c't say. if the people really elect me, really want me, i can't say no. >> all right. >> i don't kno why jill said

that. i don't get that. >> i think it's insidious because i think politics is an insidious business. >> we've to take a break. wel be right back.

welcome back. as we continue our discussion about d.c. politics, mayor fenty has ordered a freeze in hiring and promotion across the city government andestricted discretionary spending in an effort to close $175 million budget shortfall. the order also ban most employee travel andraining as well as agency spending. both if fenty and gray are expected to work together to try balance the budget. guys, gray called the hiring freeze the rst step toward getting a handle on city finances. is the new mayor going to have any choice b to raise income taxes? >> this is going to be interesting. it speaks to what dave was talking about before, gray's ability tore determinaon to

lead because he's going to have to step on the tes of some of the constituencies who very much supported him, particularly unions, when he starts talking about freezes and cuts. and that's w he's already kind of given adrian -- mayor fenty the nod, hey, i'll support you in this but it will be interesting to see what kind of backlash there will be from the unions when he's trying to hold the line on this spending especially when it comes to jobs. >> and on the tax ing, he's a lame duck. he can can say, yeah, i think we have to raise taxes and then he hands it it off to gray and gray is stuck with the tax hike a all the political fallout. >> i'm very happy that adrian fenty did take his request to freeze this is that time of year in the budget process everybody spends all that they can with the hope they'll get a budget increase next time around or if you don't spend itou lose it. so it's a smart thing on the part of the mayor to work with

the presumptuous mayor gray to do that. in washington, d.c., i think it was want to go remind me government is our business. we don't have a crop and we don't grow wheat. it is government. you star talking about cutting, you're impacting not only the jobs of people in government but their families, too. this is going to be a very difficult situation for gray. very difficult. >> the council and the mayor ve already made hundreds of millions in spending cuts and we've seen fees go up for parking meters, sales taxes, gas taxes go up. so where is there to go from here? well, you know, there's always been the federal payment and in tough times there have been in pastimes efforts to raise the federal payment, increase the government's funding of the city for all of the city expenses it gets as

being the nation's capital, et cetera, et cetera. it's tough on capitol hill now. i don't know if that's going to work. >> not with all this deficit, cutting the deficit. i don't see that. >> we'll be lucky to keep what we've got. >> you're right. >> jim, where is governor mcdonald in virginia going to streamline the government in order to replace the $47 million that the state might lose from privatizing liquor stores? >> well, he suggests that some employees can work four days a week, ten hours a day. he has a couple of ideas but for most of the opponents of this, the numbers don't foot. i think his idea that we're just going to do reform sounds like what some of the clinton-esque/al gore didn't ally lead to mch in the way of savings. i don't know where this goes, pat, because $47 million is a lot of money to try to recover an already tight budget. >> final truth in reporting. i am a d.c. resident so i have an interest in what the federal payment is but as a rorter, of

course, i have no position on the federal payment. you all understand that. >> well, i was going to say -- i thought you were going to talk about liqu or something like that. but, you know, the reality is, you know, i don't know why the governor of virginia is doing this. first of all, it wasn't broke. you had $47 million you were getting. that's guaranteed. it wasn't broke. and in this austere situation why he's bothering with this, if i were him, i'd leave it alone. i don't like the prif it at thisization privatization of liquor stores. it creates more problems than it solves. work on something else. >> this idea is really going to fly. >> we have to go. thanks, guys. and thank you for being with us this morning. that's "reporters notebook." stay with us. news 4 today continues.

good morning. welcome back to news 4 today. i'm aaron gilchrist. it is sunday, october 10, 2010. our news headlines in just a second. first a check on our forecast. meteorologist chuck bell is here with thus morning with all the details on another warm day. >> yes, indeed. 10-10-10 is going to be a perfect 10. good weather for outdoor activities again today. not ve october like out there with temperatures in the 50s first thing this morning. temperature now 57 at national airport under a clear sky. 51 degrees in clinton, maryland. 51 in waldorf. 54 in leonard town and californ california. over to the old dominion we go. winchester 50 degrees. 51 degrees in leesburg. bright and sunny and warm and pleasant and nice and delightful and gorgeous and scrumptious. it's a very nice day. a good day for football as well. the redskins and the ravens bth

playing at home today so perfec weather for football. a nice day coming up tomorrow but temperatures, you know, the summer that won't end is trying to reach its a deep into the month of october here. 85 tomorrow. yikes. >> you'll have to come up with a whole new word for that. >> i will go to thesaurus.com. a maryland man is behind bars after allegedly trying to hire a hitman to kill his estranged wife. police say 42-year-old richard boyd jr. and his wife, elizabeth, were in the press of get he go a divorce. richard reached out to an acquaintance and offered him $1,000 and five ycontin pills to kill her. that acquaintance though, went to rockville police instead and shortly after a final meeting to put the plan in motion police arrested boyd tting an end to this bizarre story. >> he found what he was being asked to do shocking and to some

degree unbelievable. when he realized he believed the threat was real, then he did the right thing. >> bo's soon-to-be ex-wife says she's cooperating fuy with the police and they've been extremely supportive. this morning police have released the name of the man killed in a horrific doubl homicide -- rather a double shoong, i should say, in bowie. 26-year-old kenneth lamar prince was shot after an event early saturday morning. other 26-year-old man has not been identified and remains in the hospital this morninin critical condition. police are still looking for the shooter trying to establish a motive. a recent spike in crime has residents looking for answers. more than 100 people showed up for a meeting with police. four murders and six shootings in the last few months. they hope police can step up their presence and add more surveillance cameras. for some families the most disturbi trend is the violence that's happening in broad daylight.

>> it's been disturbing activity in our nghborhood. it's been very quiet. it's been a wonderful neighborhoodo grow up in and now we have our little son, and to have gunfire and shootings three weeks in a row seems like it's really just unheard of. >> police say some of the violence may be due to competing gangs moving into the pet worth area. a police officer and another driver recovering after colliding in d.c. this happened about 3:00 yesterday afternoon at the intersecon of 18th and "e" streets in northwest. d.c. police say the officer was on duty at the time of that crash but they haven provided any other details. both the officer and young driver were taken to the hospitalnd are expected to be okay. the mysterious death of a northern virginia businessman has fairfax county police asking for the public's help. police have released this picture of gold lexus 470 suv. similar to the o that's been

missing from the home of a person found dead on thursday. the missing lexus has virginia tagsxyw-8197. they found him dead at his home. police are calling it an apparent homicide and say young died from trauma to the upper body. if you have any information or see that vehicle, you are asked to contact police immediately. quite a treat yesterday as the godfather of go-go stopped by to help celebrate a day honoring him. ♪ everybody come on out with me ♪ >> yesterday was chuck brn day and a parade was heldn his honor. the 74-year-old celebrated by hanging out with his fans and performing a couple of songs. he says while he traveled all over the country, it's always nice to come back home. >> i really appreciate it. this is my old stomping ground.

it's the first town we lived in when we first came here to washington. >> in his 40-plus-year career brown has released more than 20 albums and is still going strong. as the 2010 midterm elections near some are already looking to 2012 and the presidential election. this says the virginia tea party wrapped up its convention with a presidential straw poll. several former and current congressmen and senators spoke at the event in richmond. new jersey governor chris christie barely beat sarah palin. christie received 15% to palin's 14.6% of the votes. tea party officials say more than 2,300 registered participants attended that two-day convention making it the largest national tea party meeting yet. theintense debate over plans to build a mosque near ground zero has made its way to northern have

virgia. last night one of the developers of the project spoke at a dinner and that attract add crowd of protesters darcy spencer has more on the local debate. >> reporter: outside the marriott hotel in arlington county dozens of people protesd the council on american islamic relations banquet taking place inside. one of the banquet's speak certifices a developer of the proposed mosque at ground zero in new york. >> it is a tribute to their succesfor bringing down the towers. that is the way it will be viewed in the middle east. that's the way it will be viewed. it is their victory there. it will be their victory temple being built in new york. >> reporter: those involved in the protest did not confront those walking intohe hotel to attend the dinner. there was tight security at the hotel and additional police presence. protesters geraldine davies ughter died. >> we're suffering out here. this is awful for us. nine years later our lives are totally and completely altered and we're back fighting the same

battles that existed nne years ago. >> reporter: the developer of the new york park 5 islamic center project was one of the speakers, declined an on air interview and said he was not ava available to speak. news 4 was not allowednside to record the event which also featured journalist helen thomas. the event would also address islamaphobia. >> they're full of hate and bigotbi bigot bigotry. in my view as someone who has served, that's not our american value. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news 4today. according to polls more than 70% of americans are against building the islamic cnter and mosque so close to ground zeo. opponents are asking ground leaders to move the center to another site. 6:38 right now. 55 degrees. still ahead this hour, rescuers may have finally reached those

trapped chilean miners but when will they actually begin pulling them up to safety? and the caps look to bounce back from their opening night loss. taxes 60 percent. sy n 2 sync: let utiliterce.woman'r man 3: he worked for ak 10 bilon doanother bamillion.apseaxers 17 h bi s don't need help. middle class marylanders do.

overwhelming emotion. that's how on lookers describe the feeling when they learned a drill had reached 33 trapped miners in the chilean mine.

the drill broke through early saturday morning bringing hope to a town they thought may not see their loved ones until christmas. after days rescue is now only days away with officials planning on starting the process of bringing the miners to the surface as early as wednesday. behind the controls of the drill was an american who came to chile from afghanistan after learning the miners were trapped but alive. >> as you c imagine it erupted. we're all -- we've been here busting our butts. we've worked every day. we fought the odds. we made it into the glery. that's incredible. the ole place just exploded. it was great. >> crews plan to reinforce the first 300 feet of the hole with a steel sleeve. engineers believe the rest of the hole is stable enough to bring the rescue process to fruition. attorney genals in up to 40 states are planning a joint investigation into the use of flawed foreclosure paperwork. that's according to the associated press. an announcement of the investigation is expected as

early as tuesday. ap reports that iowa attorney general tom miller will lead the probe. there's been growing evidence banks d mortgage lenders have been using flawed court documents to evicted homeowners. bank of america halted all foreclosures in all 50 states. that happened on friday. the latest jobs report didn't make for a happy start to the weekend and, again, puts the spot the lightn the nation's ailing economy. ll it affect the business sector? cnbc's sue herera looks at the week in siness. . >> reporter: the health and direction of the economy front and center this week. the ted reserve releases minutes from its last meeting. analysts will pore over those notes to see if tey plan to j jump-start the struggling economy. also a couple of reads on inflation this week ich is expected to rise a bit. many economists see that as a good thing keeping away deflation where prices of goods collapsed. last week retailers reported a better than expected leap in sales in september this week the government issues

its reading on retail sales last month. some major companies will tell us what effect the economy is having as well. google, intel, jpmorgan chase and general electric are all expected to report higher profits. the oil exporting nations of opec meet in vienna to talk about crude production levels and ways member countries can make even more money. the latest medal of honor video game of the publisher had to take out references to the taliban when families of deceased american servicemen complained the taliban fighters could kill u.s. soldiers this that game. and pop sensation justin bieber released his autobiography. the first step to forever. detailing his rise from youtube sensation to the top of the chart. i'm sue herera. get all your business news on cnbc. >> the justin bieber autobiography. what is he 12? >> it's not war and peace but it's a good, solid effort out there. >> it will make some money.

>> you know what, and with his fan base, we ought to be reading that book. we're missing something. there's no doubt about that. complete check of today's forecast coming up.

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welcome back. what's on our plate today, chuck? >> well, i like it. sunny side up. i think that's how 're going to start out the afternoon. we'll get a little bit of cloud cover later on had afternoon but certainly not going to do anything to dampen your spirits to get outside and enjoy a beautiful sunday. one day down. another day in front of us. for a lot of folks tomorrow off as well. the three-day weekend going better. outside a beautiful sunday morning for you now. clear sky over washington. temperatures have dropped back into the 50s. we're still waiting on the sun. sun rises at 7:13 this morning so we have a little bit of a wait still in front of us about 25 minutes or so. it's going to be a beauty day to get outside and enjoy a little bit of rest and relaxation or, i don't know, maybe go out and do someard work. some hard rowing or mowing. go outside a be invigorated. 57 degrees is our temperature in downtown washington, at ast it is at ronald reagan washington

airport. a light northeasterly breeze at 7 miles an hour. there is a weather front hanging up just over the top of the d.c. meo area. that's the reason we have the nd from the northeast. you can tell that the cooler air mainly up to the north and ea of washington hasn't made it into the city just yet. 58 in annapolis. 51 in la plata. 52 manassas. cooler air just up to our north. buffalo 38 degrees this morning. 30s across much of northern pennsylvia so the front is down here across the northern parts of the bay but the cooler air is bttled up 100 miles to the north and it's not going to make it down here today. a little piece of cooler air is coming our way. it may only keep us a degree or two cooler than yesterday. yesterday we made 283 here in washington. that front will wash out as the day goes along. high pressure down to our south will win the war here eventually as it washes out and will gradual gradually pick up south to southwesterly today as that

front moves on up to the north and once the winds come back around to the south and southwest, that sets the stage for another warm-up around here that comes into play for tomorrow. as far as rain chances not much of a threat today. as we go through the day tomoow especially up across southern pennsylvania and ou into far western maryland a better chance tomorrow. here in washington i think will be dry. going to put a 30% chance on the rain but most of that will be north of washington. as we get into tuesday another 30% chance of rain and that one might be basically washington northbound. you see folks down to stafford and fredericksburg may not have to worry much about rain. as far as fall color peak to very good conditions across the northeast but for us we're still waiting on it and the tropics not necessarily done with us le area of l presse down herin the western parts of the caribbean that needs to be watch carefly for the next wk or so. today sunny, warm, delightful. we're going to like it. 76 to about 81 degrees in town today. then if you're heading out to the redskins game, the green bay packers are in town.

78 degrees the kickoff. a wonderful day for football. and if you're looking for the forecast for tomorrow, the it is. partly sunny tomorrow. one or two showers. again, primarily north and west of the d.c. metro area. a better chaps for everybody to see a chanceor a shower on tuesday but mild, mild, mild around here through at least the middle of the week. temperatures not falling at or below average until probably friday. so a very warm week coming up. average highs into the upper 60s. so talking about 84 or 85 degrees it is unusually warm. >> nice to slip one or two in. thank you, chuck. the yankees one step closer to another world series berth after dominating performances over the minnesota twins. the yankees complete add three-game sweep 6-1. it's the 12th straight postseason loss with the twins. the scoring started early with jorge posada driving in robinson cano. the lead was padded by a two-run homer from marcus thames and the so low shot from nick swisher in

the second. there's no place like home for the washington capitals. hakem dermish has highlights from the home opener against the devils in this morning's sports. good morning, everyone. we're talking hockey. a division championship banner is nice. so is the presidents' trophy but, let's be honest, no one wants that in washington. this is the most powerful city in the world. the people want the stanley cup, the ultimate prize in professional hockey. last night the capitals playing their home opener against the new jersey devils. all right. here are those banners. told you. they're nice. but the caps, the fans, they want the cup. caps have won eight straight home openers. first period down 1-0. middle of your screen, john carlson, the youngster, shoots and scores. beats martin brodeur. wow. game tied 1-1. let's give a little hip-hip hooray for the folks in red. alex ovechkin with the puck. check this out. nifty move and in traffic rips it into the back of the net.

impressive. ovechkin finished with two goals an an assist. minutes later watch the bottom of your screen. jason chimera out of the penalty box. this is pretty sweet. thank you very much. off the crossbar. he was one of six different capitals to score. the caps clobbered the devils. here is ovechkin on bouncing back after friday night's loss. >> i think we'll regroup and watch video. everybody played better last night and tonight i think we'll finish our checks,lay better neutral zone, defensive zone. this is our achilles heel, i think. >> dech thomas is the tenth ranked kick returner in the nfl. for now he doesn't have a team to play for. yesterday the redskins cut the former second-round draft pick. thomas was expected to me an impact as a receiver but he apparently fell out of favor with head coach mike shanahan.

the redskins were trying to trade devin thomas but a deal never got done so they released him. washington signed running back williams from the practice squad. thomas had zero reptions but was productive averaging 28 yards per return. thomas told "the washington post," quote, i can't really say it was a surprise because you could see something was coming with me never playing. albert haynesworth will not play today against green bay. he'll be in tennessee attending a memorial f his half-brother who was killed in a motorcycle accident thursday night. haynesworth plans to be with his family for the next veral days. college football now. virginia tech's tie rod taylor is the winningest quarterback in hokies history because his hokies are winning, too. last night their fourth straight against sevcentral michigan. in blacksburg the hokies earning their swagger back. first quarter, virginia tech do 7-0. not for long. taylor called his ownumber and he answers. splits two defenders.

see you. looking like michaelick making plays with his feet. 72-yard td. taylor had three touchdowns, two rushing, one passing. fourth quarter, more hokies. handoff david wilson and he runs right by the defense. remember, no defense for speed. 68-yard score. the hokies roll 45 to 21, their fourth straight victory. all right. we're in atlanta. virginia cavaliers taking on georgia tech and former head coach as the defensive coordinator. his defense gets beat here in the second quarter. max millian up t gut. 37 yards for the touchdn. cavaliers in front 7-3. the yellow jackets buzzed right back. anthonyallen. he was solid. rushed for 5 yards and three tds. georgia tech defeats virginia 43-21. in winstonalem ricky dbs and navy against wake forest. we have drama. 33econds to play.

mids down. perfect pass to greg jones for the game-winner. dobbs had four touchdowns, two rushing, two passing, the midshipmen come back to bat the demon deacons 28-27 the final. upset alert. the old ball coach steve spurrier and number 19 south carolina hosting number one alabama. fourth quarter, crimson tide down 14 points. back to pass,throws a strike to hanks. and it's a touchdown, balabama. they cut the deficit to seven with plenty of time left. later, gamecocks on offense. they shuit down. steven garcia lofts it up down the sideline. are you kidding me? one-handed catch. thdefender holding the jersey, no problem. 45-yard gain er. it wld lead to a touchdown. spurrier and the south carolina gamecocks upset number one alabam35-21. the folks in columbia, oh, yeah, they're feeling good. also yesterday west virginia

beats unlv 49-10. that's your morning sports. i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. and we should note yesterday you called that game. you said wt virginia would beat unlv. >> i did. i didn't actually go for the actual prediction to say south carolina was going to get alabama, but i knew that would be a very high hurdle for them to ear. the old ball coach, steve spurrier, he is tricky. you give him a week to prepare, trust me, he is going to win more than he's going to lose, no doubt about that. >>ll right. thank you, chuck. >> okay. >> there is still more news 4 today after the break.

good morning. welcome back to news 4 today. i'm aaron gilchrist. kimberly is off this morning. its sunday, october 10th, 2010. we'll take a look at our headlines in just a second. first chuck bell is here with a quick look at our forecast. chuck? >> brighand sunny. that's what we're expecting for most of our sunday afternoon. mother nature's planning on cooperating with you for today. might be a few degrees cooler than yterday especially if you live north and east of washington. into howard county, frederick county, maryland, to the north

side o annapolis. might be four or fiv degrees cooler. further to the south and west, manassas, culpepper, warn ton, to the shenandoah valley not much of a change. there is a weak weather front hanging over the area that may provide usith a few extra clouds by later onhis aft afternoon. good weather for anythg you plan on doing outside today. i suspect about 80,000 or 90,000 people are planning on going up to wash the ravens and broncos mix it up. they kick off at 1:00. if you plan on being one of the 90,000 folks at fedex field, looking like great weather, too. >> thank you, chuck. taking a look at our top stories now this morning a maryland man is behind bars after hiring a hitman to kill his estranged wife. 42-year-old richard boyd jr. convinced an acquaintance to kill his wife elizabeth but that acquaint an acquaintance went to rockville police and boyd was arrested. crews in chile celebrating a breakthrough as a drill reached 33 trapped miners.

officials plan to reinforce the top 300 feet of thehole with steel but are confident the rest of the hole will remain intact. the rescue operation could begin as early as wednesday and the new york yankees complete add three-game sweep of the twins knocking them out of the playoffs and advancing to the american league championship syrupies. the bronx bombers have time off as they wait for the winners of the texas rangers/tampa bay rays series. those are some of the stories making news today. next is nbc 4's viewpoint. good morning, everyone. welcome to viewpoint. i'm jim handly. this morning we're talking about domestic violence. october is domestic violence awareness month. and our guest this is morning include katherine hull, vice president of r.a.i.n. also with us in studio a former doorways client and current doorways board member. and also with us is linda, executive director of doorways in arlington, virginia

welcome to you all to viewpoint. we appreciate you being here. for our viewers, first off, let's do a simple definition and perhaps it's not so mple, what do we mean when we say domestic violence and does that include emotional violence and threats in there as well? >> well, thank yofor having us on this morning. suchn important issue that affects so many women and men in the united states, almost every si singleousehold is affected by this. what we know from national statistics every two minutes someone in the u.s. is assaulted. if you look at the crelation between sexual violence, one in six will be sexually assaulted in her lifetime and over a quarter of those are perpetrated by an intimate partner. >> it does not not always have to be sexual assault. it can can be physical abuse in terms of someone being beaten, is that correct? >> oh, yes. domestic violence is a pattern of physical, emotional, financial, spiritual,

psychological abuse and it occurs over a period of time and usually escalates over time. and it's about power and control. >> your hotline there in arlington, the doorways, has seen an increase in the number of calls. how big an increase and what do you think is behind it,inda? >> well, let's say about three years ago we were at 600 calls a year. the next year we were at 800. last year we were at 900 and just this past year we were at 1,100 calls. and these are not just calls from arlington county where we're located. they're from northern havevirgi region as well as nationally. so it has been rising at an alarming rate. >> katherine, you have a nation hotline. what do you think is behind these numbers and the increase? >> the national hotline available 24 hours a day, free and confidential, and that number 1-800-656-hope.

we also erate an online hotline which can be accessed through the r.a.i.n. website, rain.org where you can chat with a specialist. we have additionally seen an increase in calls to the hotline. we've seen a growing number of victims and survivors calling our hotlines dealing withvery serious effects of this crime. victims of sexual assault and domestic violence suffer from a whole range of issues, depression, ptsd, eating disorders, substance abuse. >> is there a greater awareness or are there factors such as, say, the economy? we've heard about that as well as something that may be behind some of these increased casesf violence in the home. >> historilly speaking whenever you have changes in the economic climate in the country, streors are put upon the family or upon people in general and that makest less -- they

have less resources in whicto al with the stress so they take it out on your partner or your children so there's definitely a corollary between the economic climate and unemployment is a common corollary with domestic violence in the home. >> you've been helping other women for years now. i mentioned you're a doorways bod member now but you're a client. take us back to, when was it, 1995? >> in 1995 i had been married 31 years and i had left my husband many, many times only to it return. and i tried to kill myself ice. i eventually gave up trying to leave. i felt like a failure. i couldn't do it. in 1995 one my children tried to kill herself. and knowing the impact the violence was having on my

children is what made me leave. >> and did you make a call or did one day -- you had six children. one day did you just pack up the kids and go? >> i packed up the kids and left. we were living overseas at the time so it was very difficult. weame to arlington, havevirgini. i had no support system here at all. i hano plan. i left with no plan other than i am not going back this time. i'm going to change it all. >> i want to talk about the issue of this time because we hear about it so often that women do stay in abusive relationips oftentimes. why is that? what is the thinking and the psychology and maybe a feeling of need, they have nowhere else to go? >> the power and control relationship is to diminish the woman's self-esteem andense of

confidence that she can make it on other own or that anyone would really care to help her out or that she has any skills to li independently. and that she has no self-worth. and that contributes to why they don't think they have a chance of making it on their own. i think jeanne's story portrays that in many respects and then you don't know where to go. a lot ofomen live in shame that this is going on and oftentimes they're not even aware this is what domestic violence is and they don't know how to identify it and that's what we often hear in foc groups. when you start not identifying it as such and just ask the questions about how the relationship is going and how you're treated in a relationship and then you lead them to recognize that these are actually signs and symptoms of an intimate partner relationship en the light bulbs go off. >> that's a great point. so often with the survivors we work with even domestic violence

siation, dating violence, rape or sexual assault can occur with a boyfriend or a husband and the reality is that, again, so many women and men face these issues anrape can happen within a marriage, it can happen within a relationship and that's why it's so important we're talking about it today. >> i want to talk more about what r.a.n. is ding to help teenagers and the concept of violence within a dating relationship, too, when we come back. we have to take a quick break and wee going to be putting up these numbers if you need help to call throughout this after hour. stay with us.

and welcome back to viewpoint this sunday morning. again, our topic is october. preventing domestic violence.

it's domestic vience awareness. we were talking in marital relationships but a growing problem in dating relationships where we see violence enter into it. how does r.a.i.n. help women deal in those instances? >> r.a.i.n. has a grassroots program that is successful. we target college campuses and work with student organizers to not only raise awareness of xual violence but to talk about ways that students can reduce rsks d also talking about the importance of intervention. when we're talking to women about relationships knowing that if you've given consent to previous sexual activity, that's not consent to right now and knowing that those issues of power and control and consent are very important to realize that this is happening to you, it's not your fault and that help is available. speak to go men about intervention, we really talk of the importance of accepting a zero tolerance policy against

violence. and if you see something, say something. if you see a situation in which someone could be in danger, really intervening and making sure you're standing up and supporting the victim. >> if your peer or friend seems to be -- and we're talking about men -- seems to be entering that area, then you hav to step in and say something. >> really the importance of being there and supporting the victim and concting that individual support and believing her or him and reporting to police. we know this is a very serious crime and the offenders can off be repeat offenders. and that's why it's so important that if somebody is perpetrating and committing domesticviolence rape we really bring in police. >> you mention the word rape. ifhey do it once, they're going to do it again. is that something you have to coince women of, that these men will be repeat offenders? >> domestic violence is a pattern of behavior.

the likelihood of it happening again is extremely strong. and so going back and thinking that, you know, he may be apologetic and i won't do it again, i'll stop, whatever the a abuse tend to be, but the statistics are very, very clear that the recurrence is pretty expected and almost guarantd. the rehabilitation rate is really not that strong for aggressors. we don't have good programs in place for one. that's why prevention is so important and that we start young in the schools equipping our young people to- >> boys and girls. >> boys and girls arod healthy relationships knowing what the signs are, ging them the skillsets for that. it's amazing what the sta ttists are, how many of our children in school do not ha good emotional intelligence skills to be able to be compassionate, to be sensitive, to be epithetic and know how to form healthy relationships. it's all about ap classes around

here not teaching them how to relate. >> are we seeing youer victims, teenaged girls? are we seeing those numbers become younger? >> absolutely. >> and why is that? >> just like i said, theye in a world where first of all theye getting a lot of violent messages around them, not very positive, and then you have the phenomon of social networking and, you know, the electronic tethering that these kids have with each other and the communication ills they're using and the sexual objectification of women is not going down in society. it's only going up. thosare all threats. and then we have parents who didn't grow up in the same kind of environment and not having the skillsets on how to talk to their children, how to be preventive, how to identify the signs and symptoms of what's going on, to intervene in a more proactive way. >> you mentioned yur six children and that was part of the impetus for you to take that

bold step and leave and get out of that violent situation. what advice do you have to women out there who are listening now and the advice that you've shared with women for years now. >> there is help out there for them. that's what they need to know. they need it to not be silent, to find someone th trust, to talk to, to teach children. as a parent you need to teach the signs of abuse. how to recognize the abuse so ey can be empowered to protect themselves from it. can and always reach out. don't be silent about the abuse. there is help. >> and that's exactly what you did taking that core urageous s. how difficult is it for some women, though, to reach out, and is there still or maybe even more so a stigma attached to it of shame that i don't want to tell a family member? i want to hide this or keep this secret. do you sti hear that?

>> even to echo what you just outlined, it's so important in letting these men know tis is not their fault. that what happened to thems a crime and they did nothing to deserve it. so really supporting that individual, believing them, encouraging them, being with them every step of the way an getting help, whether it's calling a national hotline to know they don't have to go through this alone. >> all right. we want to put up some numbers as we throw to ather break here on viewpoint and, again, october is domestic violence awareness month and we'll be right back.

good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. here are some of the headlines this morning. we're continuing to follow a deadly accident maryland involving a car and two pedestrians. it happened about 3:00 this morning on rockville pike. one of the pedestrians is dead. we don't know the condition of the other person. police say it is not a hit-and-run accident.

right now old georgetown road is closed between rockville pike and citadel. northbound rockville pike is also closed at nicholson. a maryland man behind bars after allegedly trying to hire a hit man to kill his estranged wife. richard boyd jr. reached out to an uansance and offered him $1,000 and five oxycontin pills. that acquaintance turned boyd in. and the capitals offense was on display last night as the caps smashed the new jersey devils 7-2 in their home opener at the verizon center. now back to "viewpoint." and welcome back to "viewpoint." our topic is domestic violence. linda with doorways foromen and families, we want to talk a little bit about what your organization in arlington does. it doesn't just provide shelter for women and children in need. >> that'right. well, our mission is to end domestic violence and end family homelessness. we have a dual mission. wee been around for 30 years and our primary domestic

violence intervention program is a safe house. we've been operating for nearly 30 years and within that safe house we also offer a 24-hour hotline where we field 1,100 calls. we offer services down at the courthouse to help women naviga getting the legal protection, like protection orders which are so vital for safety planning, restining orders, protective orders, and child custody and support in order for them to beble to make this move away to safety. >> i want to come back a little bit later on restraining orders. let's talk about we've raised the word safety and you talk about a safety plan that need to be put in place. what do you mean by that? >> it's critical when looking at ongoing abuse, ongoing rape, ongoing violence and looking at the situation, agai realizing it's not your fault and taking steps to get out of tha situation. and with the victims we work with talking about how can you make a plan to get out of that

situation, gathering important documents, gathering important phone numbers, having all those important things like medication go back that you could hide somewhere within the home, makingure that you have a transportation method out, making sure that your gas tank has enough gas in it and really having a network of support whether it be an organization like doorways or friends and family and other organizations that exist and knowing that there is a wayut of this. >> is it critical to tell as many people as you can in your circle of family and friends or just a select few? do you want people to know aut this? is there -- and i talk about coming back to restraining order. we hear from -- we've seen instances where a reraining order has not worked or set off e abuser. what do you tell women there who are aprayed to go for a refraining order? >> i know jeanne can speak to

this as well, very compassionately and about the fear that comes along with making a change. anytime you make a change to change the relationship and intimate partner olence and change meaning trying to leave or trying to change the terms of the relationship, you escalate the risk for violence ando that's why safety planning is one of the very first things we do when someone calls our hotline or we encounter someone down at the courthouse. it's what is theirafety plan and guiding them on what that means in order to keep themselves safe because the risk is that much greater now because they have taken that step to acally change the terms of the relationship. >> jeanne, how important a role does fear play in you staying in your situation and how difficult was it to overcome that fear of risk? >> it was so great. i waso afraid to leav he had always told me that he

would kill me if i left. and i believed him after all the ings he had done to me. i was very afra of that. he told me i'd never get the children. he'd take the children. i'd never get a dime. so he made it very clear early on that i was in big trouble if i left him. and each time i did leave, he promised that things were going to be different this time. we'd go through that honeymoon stage. i was back and then it all happens again. and the fear is constantly there. it was there when i left him. i jst knew i had to go to a new place, somehow make a new start, find help and i was very desperate for help. by the time i found a flier about doorways forming a support group and that's what turned my life around, joining that group.

>> we talked earlier about your chirp and children in general are often caught in the middle inhis. you talk about children and brainwashing. address that if you would. >> well, i mean, the children are the sort of secondary victims of this violen in a relationship. and sometimes they're in the shadows of it. sometimes they are the actual victims themselves as well. there's a high correlation between child abuse and domestic violence in a home setting. but yet here if you have two parents, even ifne of them is the aggressor, the abuser, he still has rights to being a parent. how you handle theeparation and co-penting takes a lot of support and professional intervention to sort of help these two parents co-parent and address the emotional needs and the mental health needs of these children to help navigate the changes in their pareal home. oftentimes the women who come to our safeouse with their

children are not fully aware of how the violence has been affecting their children and we have complete children's program that works on the needs of the children and then helping the women and the mothers to develop the awareness and the skill sets to how to talk to their children, how to portray the fathers so that we're not creating a more unsafe scenar. oftentimes it gets so bad that you might have toave supervised visitation and exchanges of custody anthat's not the norm but it can get to that place often. >> we have to take another pause and we'll come right back. we're going to put up the number, again, for doorways for men and families and also r.a.i.n. as well. we'll be right back. r.a.i.n. again, the rape, abuse and synctaxes 60 percent. pr perty

woman 1 syi didn't owatrnor man 3: he worked for ak 10 billn doanother bamillion.apsed.axers7 h big s don't need help. middle class marylders do. andelcome back to "viewpoint." october is dmestic violence awareness month.

on the front lines helping women out there who are victims of domestic eye a bus, you were talking not all women,n ct, there's a startling figure that you just shared with us, the age of some of these victims. >> it's startling. 80% of victims are under the age of 30 but half of the victims are under the age of 18. we're talking about children and teens who are among the most at-risk and we're talking even about partner violence. college aged women are four times more likely to becoma woman of sexual assault than any other age group. so when we're working with women and men not only supporting the victims and survivors, there's an opportuni to get involved and help. even with r.a.i.n. we haveome really innovative opportunities to volunteer in the d.c. area, to become a national sexual assault online hotline volunteer. we have training claes almost every month and even if you don't think yohave the time to

help volunteering there are other incredible ways to get involved online and to donate. >> if you know someone be it a sister, a friend, a colleague, a mother who you suspect is has maybe shared with you that they are a victim of domestic abuse, what do you do? >> first of all, you be nonjudgmental. you listen. you be supportive and you make sure they have the resources that they need to make a change if they want but don't be judgmental. they need to make the decision on their own but they need -- they probably need to have an expert be able to help guide them on what those choices are and that's why we put out this insert every year and it's on our website and it provides information of how to be -- how to respond to a friend, a family member, a co-worker, how to identify the science of teen dating violence and tips for parents and gives you information about how do you know if you're in an abusive

relationship so i highly recommend people go to our website an they can download this and call our hotline. that's the safest thing todo. it's confidential. it just gives guidan. >> how important was it for you to be able to pick up a phone and turn to somebody who you know would be nonjudgmental and who would provide tools for you to get out of your situation? >> it was the best thing that could have happened to me when i made that call and from the very first meeting i knew that i was on to something good and i felt confident that i would be able to turn my life around. and we did with strong advocates for doorways for women. >> and your message to all women, don't be silent. >> don't be silent about abuse. >> thank you for your courage and all that you do. katherine, linda, all that you do every day, too. we appreciate it. you've been so insightful on such an important topic. wehank you for watching. enjoy the rest of your weekend.

now back to news 4 today. and goodmorning. thanks for starting your day with news 4 today. i'm aaron gilchrist. kimber kimberly suiters is off today. sunday, october 10th, 2010. the news is just ahead. first a quick check on our forecast. chuck bell is here with us this morning and, chuck, throw it our way. >> i think you will appreciate a little extra sunshine today compared to the last couple of days that we had. yesterday was a nice one. much of last week,e suffered with some cloud cover and as a result we've earned little sunshine for o weekend. yesterday was spectacular with a high of 83 and all that

sunshine. today plenty of sunshine once again. probably going to be a couple of ticks cooler but certainly not anything to really write home to mom about. 56 right now is the downtown temperature. 50 degrees falls church. 50 in manassas. 46 in frederick, maryland. 47 up into baltimore city so there is some slightly cooler air mainly from washington to points north and east. but t really a whole lot cooler especially when you figure 79, 80 degrees. still ten degrees warmer this time of year. the broncos and ravens kicking it off at 1:00 this afternoon up there in baltimore. great weather for the game up there and good weather for the redskins here in washington today, too. a detailed check of the four-day and the rest of the workweek coming up. in our headlines now we are continng to follow breaking news out of maryland as police are at the scene of a deadly accident involving a car and two pedestrians. this happened about 3:00 this morning on rockville pike. one of the pedestrians was

killed. we don't know the condition of the other person. police say it is not a hit-and-run acdent and the road is closed at old georgetown road between 355 and citadel as well as north 355 at nichoon. we will update you with new information as it becomes available this morning. also in maryland one man in the hospital after being shot at a hotel in laurel. that shooting happened around midnight at the holiday inn in the 15,000 block of swisher lane. police have not released the man's identity or condition. they are still look iing for th shooter. after being trapped for 67 days, 33 miners are now just days away from rescue in chile. a drill broke through early saturday morning bringing hope to a town who thought they might not see loved ones until christmas. officials plan on starting the process of bringing the miners to the surface as early as wednesday. behind the controls of the drill was an american who came to chile from afghanistan after learning the miners were trapped but still alive. >> as you can mamg imagine it

erupted. we've busted our butts ery day. we fought the odds. held hope until the very end. we made it into the gallery. the whole place exploded. it was gat. >> crews will reinforce the first 300 feet of the hole with the steel sleeve but engineers believe the rest of the hole is stable enough to bring the rescue -- to begin the rescu process. this morning police have released the name of a man killed in a double shooting in bowie. 26-year-old kenneth lamar prince of oxonill was shot after an event at the west bowie village hall. another 26-year-old man was also shot. he has not been identified, though. he remains in the hospital this morning in critical condition. police are still looking for the shooter and trying to establish a motive. a maryland man is behind bars after trying to hire a hit man to kill his estranged wife. he didn't want to waitor the divorce so he tried to bribe an acquaint anance with money and

drugs. derrick ward has the story. >> i'm working with the police. the detectives have been extremely supportive and so i'm thankful for that. >> reporter: particularly thankful to be alive. policeay her estranged sband, 42-year-old richard boyd jr., tried to have her killed. they were in the midst of a divorce. police allege boyd tried to circumvent the legal route. boyd reached o to an acquaintance to do the deed but the acquaintance notified the city of rockville police. >> he found what he was being asked to do shocking and to some degree unbelievable. but when he realized that he believed that the threat was realthen he did the right thing. >> reporter: county investigators became involved. police say boyd continued to contact the acquaintance over the next few weeks feeng him details such as the layout of the home elizabeth could be found and suggesting the gun would be a best weapon to use. down payment $1,000 and five oxycontin tablets.

boyd had arranged the meeting with a so-called hitman here at the boyd household. the money and pills were changed and looked like the plan was a go. that was pretty much the end of it. boyd was arrested shortly after that meeting. court records show that elizabeth boyd hadaken out a protective order against her husband alleging domestic violence. they were to appear in court next month. still, the murder for hire charges are hard for her to fathom. >> it's a shock for everyone, friends and family, at this point. >> reporte likewise, neighbors are stunned that behind all the trappings of a happy family lurked a murder plot. >> out playing with his son with the basketball, his basketball hoop. he's out there a lot playing with him. >> reporter: boyd remains in custody. a bond hearings scheduled for tuday. derrick ward, news 4. the miysterious death of a northern virginia businessman has fairfax county police asking for the public's help. police have released this picture of a gold lexus 470 suv s similar to the one that's been missing from the home of young eun found dead thursday.

the missing lexus has tags xyw-8197. a family member found the 61-year-old dead in his home. poli say he died from trauma to the upper body. if you have any formation or see the vehicle, you are asked to contact police immediately. the family of a maryland teen killed ba in august is pleading with the public for help in finding his killer. police say that jones shot julian kelly during a robbery in the 14,000 block of cassel boulevard in silver spring. kelly died two weeks later. detectivesrrested three of the four suspects but they're still searching for jones d yesterday lly's relatives made a plea to the public for help bringing jones to justice. >> anyone out there helping tayshauntay at-large, please find it in your heart to turn him in. you have no ide the pain this kid has caused not just my family but to all that have known my brother.

>> jones is reportedly a member of the mob street gang and should be coidered armed and dangerous. on a much lighter note this morning, the sweet smell of savory pie. once again wafting through forestville. lito's pizza held its grand opening -- the reopening, i should say, a year and a half after a violent explosion destroyed the restrant. eight people werehurt and six businesses destroyed in the shopping center in may 2009 explosion. lito's owner rebuild in the same strip mall where the old one stood. he even has a permanent place reserved to honor the firefighters who helped save the lives of patrons and workers there. here in washington the capitals were looking to rebound from their opening night loss with a win in thr homepener. hakem dermishas the highlights in sports in a minute. good morning, everyone. your sports minute begins wh hockey. the capitals playing their home opener last night against the new jersey devils. the caps clobbered the devils.

alex ovechkin had two goals. he wasone of six different capitals to score inhe game. the caps win big, 7-2. get their first win of the season. they host otta. talking football, the redskins cut devin thomas yesterday. the former second-round draft pick it h zero receptions this season. washington thesigned running back williams from the practice squad. also albert haynesworth will not play today. he'll be in tennessee attending a memorial for his half-brother who was recely killed in a motorcycle accident. college football, virginia tech hosting central michigan quarterback tyrod taylor ran for two touchdowns including a 72-yarder. he also threw a touchdown. the hokies roll 45 to 21. taylor is now the winningest quarterback in hokies history. game of the day. the old ball coach steve spurrier and number 19 south carolina taking on number one alabama. steven garcia threw three touchdowns and the gamecocks upset the crimson tide 35-21. elsewhere virginia loses to

george george tech. navy comes back to beat wake forest. and west virginia defeats unlv 49-10. that's your sports minute. i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. coming up on 7:40. at what point can you officially be called a grumpy old man? a new study may help answer that question. wel explain it for you. also ahead, the battle over plans to build a mosque near ground zero in new york

the intense debate over plans to build a mosque near ground zero has made its way to northern virginia. one of the developerspoke at a

dinner and that attracted a crowd of protesters. darcy spencer has more on the local debate. mosque at ground zero. >> reporr: outside the marriott hotel in arlington county dozens of people protested the council on american islamic relations banquet taking place inside. one of the banquet's speakers is a developer of the proposed mosque at ground zero in new york. >> it is a tribute to their success for bringing down the towers. that is thway it will be viewed in the middle east. that's the way it will be viewed with the terrorists. it is their victory there. it wilbe their victory temple being built in new york. >> reporter: thosenvolved in the protest did not confront those walking into the hotel to attend the dinner. there was tight security at the hotel and additional pole presence. protesters geraldine davies daughter died in the world trade centern 9/11. >>e're suffering out here. this is awful for us. nine years later our lives are totally and completely altered and we're back fighting the same battles that existed nine years ago.

>> reporter: the developer of the new york park 51 islamic ceer project was one of the speakers, declined an on air inteiew and said he was not available to speak. news 4 was not allowed inside to record the event which also featured journalist helen thomas. the event would also address islamaphobia. >> the people here protesting are full of hate and botry. in my view as someone who has servedn the united states army, as a u.s. citizen, that's not our american value. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news 4 today. according to pollsore than 70% of americans are against building t islamic center and mosque so close to ground zero. opponents are asking project leaders to move the center to another site. the "today" show starts at

8:00. lester holt joins us live from new york with that. good mning, lester. >> aaron, good morning. coming up on "today" bringing them up. the dangerous mission to free the 33 minerstrapped 2,300 feet below ground is set to begin. when actually will it be raised and how? we're live from the mine and we'll get a late update. the latest on the alleged pirate attackhat claimed the life of an american tourist. there are reports this morning that mexican authorities have identified two suspects in the case. we will speak th the victim's wife live. plus a date to remember. weddings are way up today. 500 times more than the same sunday one yeaago. what's the reason? well, it has a lot to do with the number ten. we'll explain. and identity revealed. he's the cigar chomping mystery man who stole the thupder from this amazing photograph and now it's gone viral. who is the cigar guy? the answer may surprise you. those stories and much more when we see you later here on "today." >> amazing how people get that 15 minutes of fame. >> got to be in the right part

of the pram. >> lester holt thank you. 7:45 right now. we have a great day coming up. get outside and enjoy it. >> i agree. it's a perfect day for anything you'd like to do eve if that includes a nap. sometimes a nap on a sunday is not a bad idea. >> open the windows. >> right. a littleresh breeze coming our way. plenty of sunshine, too. althe details are next. wearing shirts ♪

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♪ tell everybody ee so they say your memory is the first thing to go when you get older and cross your arms for no reason. your sense of humor follows shortly after that a. new study out of britain finds a lot of people say they start becoming grumpy at around age 52. researchers say they polled 2,000 people, most of them over the age of 50, and they they laugh far less than they did.

they complain more. and listen to this, babies laugh about 300 times a day. that number falls to six laughs a day when u're a teenager. by the time you're overhe age of 60, you usually laugh about two or three times a day. things just aren't that funny. you've heard it all after a ile. >> you think that's funny, what about a broken elbow? how funny is that? whatever you need to do. mae they just need -- i think sometimes it's all about your frame of mind. you have to kind of just make a little effort sometimes to find something to be a little funny. >> it's an individual thing. >> i do. once you're stuck in a rut, that's hard to get out of. >> we get a good laugh going. >> every once in while. but not today. >> not today? >> nothing funny about this. sunshine. sunshine. good weather outside. fleas one. there's two. we're going to havehim up to three before the 10:00 hour

rolls around. outside on your sunday morning, good morng, everybody. nice looking day outside today. almost as nice as yesterday. but nicer than tomorrow. there you go. right there in the middle. outside with all the sunshine getting through. temperatures are starting to inch their way back up a little bit. dropown into the low 50s early this morning here in washington. now the temperature at reagan national airport at 56 degrees. dew point 48. humidity 75%. northeast breeze at three miles per hour. it's not a strong northeasterly wind but it is indicative of the fact there's a weak weather front laying across the area generally an east to northeasterly breeze from about washington northbound. once you get down across the virginia piedmont winds are light but from the south. this front will be washing out and the south winds are going to win the war as we go through the second half of the day today. as a result of this little hint of a northeast breeze, if you folks up into montgomery county over to annapolis and baltimore just a little bit cool today than what we saw yesterday

afternoon from washington southbound it's going to be ju about a dead even tie with yesterday. notice how much cooler it is. the real cool air is bottled up about halfway up the new jersey turnpike. buffalo, new york, 37. boston, 46. caribou, may main, 39 degrees. that back door front is just about on top of us now. as it washes out later today, it will lift back up to the north as a warm front and as a result tomorrow we're going to be back into the 80s. a long w into the 80s tomorr. not near records but still it is going to be unseasonably warm around here today and even warmer still tomorrow. so the front's on its way off the p as high pressure builds on in. this front will hang around here the next couple of days but gradually that south and southwesterly flow increases, the warmer air in the middle of the country comes our way so i think today will be up right around 80 degrees here in washington. we were 83 yesterday but tomorrow i think closer to 85 and for you folks down towards culpepper and spotsylvania might even be in the 87-88 degree

range for tomorrow. ep that in mind. feeling a little bit more like late summer. leaf walk, leaf peepers, you have to go north central pennsylvania up into the adirondacks. that's where most of the good leaf viewing is. our turn is still a couple weeks away. and the trocs aren't completely done yet. an area of low prsure across the caribbean needs to be watched carefully. so for today sunny, wa, delightful. no problems whatsoeve with the weather. highs today upper 70s and low 80s. the packer backers are in town to take on our beloved redskins. go skins, everybody. we need every win we canget. our forecast are for tomorrow even warmer. highs in the low to mid-80s. a little better chance of a shower or two late in the day tomorrow especially across pennsylvania and northern maryland. scattered shower can't be completely ruled out on tuesday arnd here but, man, is it going to stay warm for the next couple of days. >>chuck, appreciate it. we've got some new details on the breaking news we've been following all morning for you. the secd person who was hit by

a car in rocklle early this morning has died. both pedestrians were struck about 3:00 this morning on rockville pike. police say the driver did remain on the scene but they do suspect alcohol was a factor in this accident. we'll have much more on this story coming up in a live report on news 4 today 9:00 a.m. the yankees are the first team to move on to the next round in the mlb playoffs after a dominating sweep of the minnesota twins. theankees beat the twins 6-1 to complete the three-game rout. it's the 12th straight postseason loss for the twins. the scoring started early with jorge posada driving in robinson cano in the second. the lead was padded by a two-run homer from marcus thames and swisher in the seventh. the yankees will have to wait longer, though, to find out who they'll play in the next round. the tampa bay rays avoided the sweep beating the texas rangers 6-3. the rangers took the lead heading into the eighth but the bats got hot.

both carl crawford and pena homered in the ninth forcing game four later today. if the rays can win again, the teams wi travel back to florida for game five on tuday. well, there is no place like home for the washington capitals. hakem dermish has highlights from their home opener in this morning's sports. good morning, everyone. we're talking hoey. a division championship banner is nice. so is the presidents' trophy but, let's be honest, no one wants that in washington. this is the most powerful city in the world. the people want the stanley cup, the ultimate prize in professional hockey. last night the capitals playin their home opener against the new jersey devils. all right. here are those banners. told you. they're nice. but the caps, the fans, they want the cup. caps have won eight straight home openers. first riod down 1-0. middle of your screen, john carlson, the youngster, shoots and scores. beats martin brodeur. wow. game tied 1-1. let's give a little hip-hip hooray for the folks in red. second period, game knotted at 2-2.

alex ovechkin with the puck. check this out. nifty move and in traffic rips it into the back of the net. impressive. ovechkin finished with two goals and an assist. minutes later watch the bottom of your screen. jason chimera out of the penalty box. this is pretty sweet. thank you very much. off the crossbar he was one of six different capitals to score. the caps clobbered the devils. 7-2. here is ovechkin on bouncing back after friday night's loss. >> i think we'll regroup and watch video. everybody played better last night and tonight i think we'll move our legs, finish our checks, play better neutral zone, defensive zone. this is our achilles heel, i think. talking football now. den thomas is thtenth ranked kick returner in the nfl. for now he doesn't have a team to play for. yesterday the redskins cut the former second-round draft pick. thomas was expected to make an

imct as a receiver but he apparently fell out of favor with head coach mike shanahan. the redskins were trying to trade devin thomas but a deal never got done so ey released him. washington signed running back williams from the practice squad. thomas had zero receptions b was productive averaging 28 rds per return. thomas told "the washington post," quote, i can't really s it was a surprise because you could see something wacoming with me never playing. albert haynesworth will not play today against green bay. he'll be in tennessee attending a memorial for his half-brother who was killed in a motorcycle accident thursday night. haynesworth plans to be with his family for the next several days. college football now. virginia tech's tyrod taylor is the winningest quarterback in hokies history becse his hokies are winning, too. last night their fourth straight against central michigan. in blacksburg the hokies earning their swagger back. first quarter, virginia tech down 7-0. not for long. taylor called his own mber and

he answers. splits two defenders. see you. looking like michael vick making plays th his feet. 72-yard td. taylor had three touchdowns, two rushing, one passing. fourth quarter, more hokies. handoff to david wilson d he runs right by the defense. remember, no defense for speed. 68-yard score. the hokies roll 45 to 21, their fourth straight victory. all right. we're in atlanta. virginia cavaliers taking on georgia tech and former head coach as the defensive coordinator. his defense gets beat here in the second quarter. max millian up the gut. 37 yards for the touchdown. cavaliers in front 7-3. the yellow jackets buzzed right back. anthony allen. he was solid. rushed for 195 yards and three tds. georgia tech defeats virginia 43-21.

in winston-salem ricky dobbs and navygainst wake forest. we have drama. 33 seconds to play. mids down. dobbs rolls out. he's a playmaker. perfect pass to greg jones for the game-winner. dobbs had four touchdowns, two rushing, two passing, the midshipmen come ba to beat the demon deacons 28-27 the final. upset alert. the old ball coach steve spurrier and number 19 south carolina hosting number one alabama. fourth quarter, crimson tide down 14 points. back to pass, throws a strike to hanks. and it's a touchdown, alabama. they cut the deficit to seven with plenty of time left. later, gamecocks on offense. they shut it down. steven garcia lofts it up down the sideline. are you kidding me? one-handed catch. the defender holding the jersey, no problem. 45-yard gainer. it would lead to a touchdown. spurrier and the south carolina gamecocks upset number one alabama 35-21.

the folks in columbia, oh, yeah, they're feeling good. also yesterday west virginia beats unlv 410. that's your morning sports. i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. and you put 50 cents on that west virginia game. >> i did indeed and now i have a buck. i have to figure out what i'm going to do with it. i'm not really a betting person. i don't bother wastingy time betting on other people's teams. i ver bet on my own because if we lose, i'm broke and depressed. >> take your chances on the weather, though. >> weather is tricky ough. that is it for news 4 oday. we're back in 25 minutes with a local news update. join us for a full hour of news. much more on the breaking news out of rockville. two pedestrians hit and killed by a car.