rescue efforts. >> reporter: everybody said it wasn't possible and they were coming up and now it is continuing. it may be wrapped up by tonight because they're moving ahead of the schedule. they thought this would take 48 hours. this started just after midnight and now we continue to see that the temperature so that improving. everyone of them is getting that same opportunity to get their loved ones coming up that shaft. >> the tears they shed after so mu time apart, expressed not only their own relief. not only their own joy but the joy of people every where. >> reporter: the capsule, 26 inches wide. the fenix 2 is working flawlessly. the engineering involved in this. the tests. all of the efforts that have gone into this. an estimated 1,000 plus people involved in preparing all aspects of this rescue. you could not have thus far a happier ending and every family member still waiting has the

confidence that it will be perfect fo all of them all the way down to miner number 33. when mayor fenty lost his reelection bid, speculation was at the chancellor michelle rhee would not be in her job for long. today she in fact resign. her interim replace many was maine today. tom sherwood has our report. >> reporter: michelle rhee is out. not many people wonder will school reform slow down. >> the thought of not being in this role anymore is heart breaking. to put it mildly. >> reporter: on her way out. the d.c. chanceor michelle rhee hugging presumptive mayor vincent gray. he felt rhee was not enged enough in communicate outreach to soften herfast paced reform. teacher firings and administrative shake-ups.

reports gray will continue but without rhee. >> it will move forward in the gray administration. we cannot and will not revert to the days of incrementalism in our school. >> reporr: gray then introduced interim chancellor kaya henders. a close deputy to rhee who has woed with city schools for 13 years and widely seen as having the people skills rhee doesn't. mark tekd of adrian fenty's wholehearted endorsement. >> i think the issue with michelle rey and she is a change agent. change agents don't tend to stay around. >> i look forward to continuing th progress and continuing to serve the families and students of the district have columbia. >> repter: gray and henderson both asked all management to stay on to ease disruptions and to ease worries of parents. >> the improvement. mushl rhee was determined to

step up the condition of the schools. >> to get better and better. >> reporter: she offered only a few modest sentens. >> i'm happy -- >> reporter: then later brush past reporters without answering questions. henderson has been rhee's deputy chancellor. she helped negotiate the new teacher's contract so there won't be a long lening can you be for her to take order. >> we don't know whathe will do next. she seemed to indicate that she will not be in an urban school district. >>eporter: there's some expectation that she might join the obama administration as a deputy secretary for education or something like that. i don't think she wants to go back to sacramento and bankrupt california. >> thanks, tom. probably not. some comment today from the white house abou michelle rhee stepping down. and mayor fenty losing his re-election bid. the white house secretary robert

gibbs said the important work of people like rhee has to continue regardless of the outcom of elections. he also said he does not think president obama has any regrets about not getting involved in the d.c. mayoralrace. a kensington man is charged with a second-degree murder outside a college park bar. police say 21-year-old leonardo ramos attack four people, including three university of maryland students early yesterday morning. a fourth person hurt was the brother of the accused attacker. some of the victim had serious injuries. police say the violence highlights an all too comm problem. >> thank goodness it was a navy a , a knife and not a gun. this was not the first time we've seen alcohol behavior leading to conflicts that in this case led to sious injuries. >> the thirst turtle bar where the fight started is now under investigation for underage drinking and overserving of

alcohol. thegunman wearing a uniform opened fe on two d.c. public employee withes. one of those people is dead and the gunman has not been caught. pat collins has more on this. >> reporter: murder in the workplace. a city workplace. and a full court press by police on this one. >> these folks twoork hard to have senseless shooting take place. >> reporter: the scene, the department of public works sanitation division in brentwood. >> nothing like this should ever happen on a district of columbia government facility. >> reporter: the time, around 6:30 a.m. a time when scores of sanitation workers are reporting to their jobs. >> you never want to come to work thinking this. only two places you think you'll be se. at home and at work. you have to declare that.

>> reporter: the crime, murder. they say someone dressed in a dpw uniform walks into the yar pulls the gun. opens fire. more than 20 shots in rapid succession. >> pow, pow, pow. then pow, pow. and silence. a dead silence. >> reporter: one man wounded. one man dead. 51-year-old larry hutchins shot to death. he has work for dpw for 25 year th say he has a stellar record. seven years ago, he married his wife. >> i know we all had to go one day but i never thought he would go this way. >> reporter: he just went off to work this morning? >> went off to work. i talked to him. i said be careful. tell me when you get to work. healled me about 5:38. i dozed back off. next thing, i know the phone richblg i had a missed call

now i don't know wch way to go. i don't know if i'm coming or going. i'll be okay. all of my support from family members. >> repter: because of what happened, no trash collection and the city grievance counsellors provided for the dwp workers. back to you. >> thank you. the maryland state police identified the woman who was killed while trying to cross 270 in gaithersburg early tuesday morning. investigats say 25-year-old natasha tobin of ft. washington was illegally walking on the freeway. no charges will beiled against the drivers of a bus and a car that hit her. the serial burglar may have struck again overnight in vienna. police say they went to several home on three streets and in every home, the burglar slit an exterior window screen to ge inside. purses in two home were stolen. this is similar to the 90 plus cases still uninvestigation in

northern virginia. last night, before lindsey began her sports report, she and doreen and i were out here talking and we decided, gilbert n't hurt. what we couldn't figure out is why he didn't play last night. we knew he was not hurt. today, sure enough, he wasn't hurt. what's up? >> just when you think he's turned the corner and matured, he kes a giant step backwards. gilbert arenas said he had a sore knee and didn't feel like he couldplay. saund hers no rent to believe gilbert wasn't telling truthful without gilbert, they played well and john wall put on a show against the hawks. in his first game at the verizon center, the number one pick w fantastic with 19 points. gilbert's replacement, nick young, was even better. scoring 24 points. arenas revealed after the game, he wasn't injured at all. he faked it because he wanted to

give nk young a chance to start. saying young was frustrated because he wasn't getting considered for a starting spot. the team fined gilbert for his actions and today both gbert and flip saunders addressed his latest poor decision. >> i mean, i was trying to be a good teammate. nick wanted to play. since we are guard loaded, i felt i would take day off. >> i said to him, i'm disappointed personally because i believe in you. and there has been a trust factor. and i told him, you have to be honest with me. it is like deal with your kids. your kids make mistakes. what do you is you're dealing with them. it doesn't mean you love them any less. you deal with the mistake and move on. >> never easy for wizards head

coach flip saunders. we'll have more coming up in sports, including why gilbert blames the media for blowing this out oproportion, and that he has learned his lesson. we together both sides of the spectrum with gill oberto this one. >> always your fault. >> unbelievable. still ahead, officials in all 50 states launched an investigationargeting mortgage company. michelle obama out on the campaign trail. plus imagine if you received an electric bill for me than a million dollars. big changes coming up in the forecast over the next couple of hours. it looks great out there. [ music throughout ] [ male announr ] looking for a complete picture of your money?

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scarlet ha lives in georgia with her husband and three children. like a lot of americans, her family budget is pretty tight right now. so imagine herurprise when she opened a utility bill for more than a billion dollars. >> this is a wrong number. $1.6 billion. now, you know if you don't pay that, that you would get cut

off. even donald tru couldn't afford this bill. last month i pawned the title on my car to pay but i think i might needto start selling organs. >> she got in touch with her utility company. she said aer they stop laughing, they apologize asked recalculated her bill down to a more reasonable $287. >>the virginia, maryland and d.c. attorneys general have joined with official in just about every other state to launch an investigation into foreclosure practices. that decision follows announcements by some of the major bank that's they are voluntarily stopping foreclosures while they conduct their own investigations into alleged robo sining, they indicate, of foreclosure papers. the bank is accused of repossessing home without verifying important details. some analysts are wored that stopping foreclosures could further hurt the already struggling housing market. flais michelle obama hit the

campaign trail today for the first time since she moved into the white house. she will campaign for several democrats facing tough races in the d-term elections. will the first lady's road trip is an indication her husband's party is in trouble. >> reporter: michelle obama into the fight. she came to wisconsin to try to keep the u.s. senate democrats. >> there is so much at stake right now. >> reporter: republicaron johnson leads in wisconsi polling. three term wisconsin democratic senator russ fine zboegold is i trouble. >> we need to you make those phone calls. >> repter: she'll campaign in seven more states. >> the democrats realize they're facing a very difficult election and the first lady can be an asset. >> reporter: today's reuters poll finds 48% of american planning to vote for republicans.

44% for democrats and others saying they're certain to turn out to vote november 2. democrats could lose senate seats in pennsylvania, west virginia, illinois, wisconsin, colorado, but connecticut democrat leads republican linda mcmahan in every poll. >> you have great difficulty in always telling the truth. >> i will not be lecred on straight talk -- >> i'm not lecturing you. >> reporter: ohio poll give rob portman a big lead in his campaign to keep a senate seat republican. >> it's a tough time for ohio. >> reporter: for ohio democrat, and for michelle obama, tough times mean toughampaigning to keep democrats in power. in that new poll by reuters, 49% called the economy their number one concern. nothing else was close. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, capitol hill. >> the white house today said the don't ask don't tell policy of the military is running out.

the white house press secretary robert gates said president obama's view remains that the ban on openly gay service member in the military should be ended. meanwhile, the defense secretary robert gates said faye abruptly ending the policy would have enormous consequences for the troops. yesterday, a federal judge ordered the pentagon to stop enforcement of that policy. the justice department is consering whether to appeal that ruling. a group opposed to same sex marriage in d.c. wants to take their case to the u.s. supreme court. bishop harry jackson file a petition. he had a group that had argued the gay marriage issue should be decided by voters. a judge ruled the city could pass the law without the voter's approval if it conflicted with human rights law. washington began allowing sail sex marriages in march. jackson hopes to hear back from the supreme court by rly 2011. coming up, remembering a woman who leaves behind quite the legacy at one of the largest churches in prince george's

county and inded the country. we'll update the progress in chile as the final miners are being lifted to safety. and some sty, chili rotten weather coming our way. good afternoon. fortunately it is still a beautiful day out there. but not on the roadways. the capital beltway very heavy. the inner loop headed toward us, heavy out of tyson. this is the pace for drivers planning a trip across the american legion. here's the pace as you make your way toward river road. both inner and outer loops very slow. you will see accident activity on the clearing stages. it is along the far right side of the roadway. will for the latest continue to silver spring into college park. stay tuned. [ male announcer ] martin o'malley sworn in.

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another live picture from chile where the man in the green is the 27th miner just rescued from that collapsed mine half a mile underground. that has to be a relief to him and to the six more miners who are still trapped. we had originally heard this rescue operation might take 48 hours to complete but it started last night, just about 11:00

p.m. our time. and it looks like it could be over before 11:00 tonig. so that's good news indeed. the 27th miner just rescued from that mine in chile after almost 70 days underground. it has been amazing to watch. i'll bet a lot of people did not get much sleep last night. >> to get the live feeds we're able to get now, the one underneath twurk,000 feet underneath watching those guys get in there. >> we're just stall now so we don't have to talk about this unpleasant change. >> yeah. what else do we want to talk about? >> a beautiful day today. >> it really was. another great day today. unfortunately in the next 12 hours, things will change in a very big way. we'll see a lot of rain today. tomorrow it will be a little on the miserable side. let look at what happened earlier. a great day to get out there on the bike for a little walk out there. this shot just off the chain bridge out there a little

earlier this afternoon. it was gorgeous outside all day long. and it will stay that way throughout the next couple hours. then we've got those changes that i'm talking about. take a look at this shot across the city and making its way across the potomac into virginia. that will be about it through the evening. the clouds will continue to increase. we hit a high of 70 degrees. the average high arou 69. that's right around average. another great guy some big changes coming in just the nt w hours. 68 degrees right now. humidity at 37%. those winds are calm. we're going to see temperatures fall pretty quickly. it will be a cool night. down to 63 in harstown. 61 in baltimore. 62 in clinton. and 65 degrees in winchester. those number will fall into the 50s and eventually into the 40s by the time the rain starts tomorrow morning. here's what's happening. one little area of high pressure over our region. at's why we're so nice. and then two areas of low

pressure bringing some rain back here toward parts of the ohio valley. this area of low pressure and the one down to the south will combine just offshore. when they do that, typically we have a major storm on our hands. even in the mid-atntic states. this one, allow, will form a little too far to the north for us. that's some great news yes, we'll see the win and the rain. the worst by far will be well to the north and east toward new york and boston as well. very chilly, very windy conditions for thursday. frid, even saturday. our winds, i think, could gust upwards of 20 to 30 miles an hour toward northern new england. you're talking about 40, maybe 50-mile--hour nds with this storm as it really starts to strengthen. it will be far enough away from us that we'll see about half of the ill pack. rain will be a pblem during the day. some areas could pick up three quarters of an inch of rain. i'm thinking between a half inch and an inch. we're not excting any flooding but it will slow you do on those area roadways.

give yourself a little extra time. both for tomorrow's rush hour and tomorrow afternoon's rush hour as well. rain, i, will be between 7:00 and 10:00 a.m. it may start on the light side. it should start to get fairly heavy at time between 1:00 and 8:00 before it starts to wine down. becoming windy in the afternoon with winds northwest 15 to 25 miles an hour. some gusts even higher than that. a very chilly day i sto for the day tomorrow. so overnight, enjoy it. the next few hours will be nice. clear skies light winds skirk to 65 degrees. winds fairly calm and really light but maybe out of the nor at five to ten miles an hour. then tomorrow morning, i think we'll start out dry for many of us. then the rain will continue to move in here. 42 to 52. it willtart off cool and the temperature ll not rise much at all. many areas staying in the 50s all day. becoming windy, a chilly, nastyy and as jim said, a rotten day.

winds become northwest a 15 to 20 miles an hour. the four day forast showing continued windy imply saturday. those winds on friday and saturday will be upwards of 15 to 20 miles an hour, too. it will be a very windy at least half the weekend. suaynd, thing will calm down. sunday looks like a great day. right now it looks like next week starting off quite nce with a high near 70 degrees during the day on monday. >> what a dras continuing change after a beautiful day like today. >> yesterday was just gorgeous. >> we had it coming, i guess. still ahead, a local company is whelming the rescue efforts in chile and john has tha story. >> reporter: it's the large church that most redskins fan have passed on the way in. now the founder has died. i'll have a report on what she leaves behind. and bill gates was in the

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they're down to just six miners left inhile and tonight all of them could be out of there. one by one the trapped miners in chile continue to be lifted to the surface while the operation has been ming along flawless. there's word some of the freed men are showing signs of distress. >> looking at a that i can interest now, about 15 minutes ago, the 2th miner was pull out. doctors that one of the miners who has been released appears to be having a difficult ti adjusting and in fact seems depressed. all the miners will spend the next couple of days under medical supervision. the medical observion to help them deal with any physil or mental fallout from their ordeal. at the current pace, all 33 as noted should be out by midnight. it's a remarkable turn of

events that considering for two week, nobody een knew if they were alive. now reaction from the chilea embassy plus a look at how a local company has helped with the reue. >> reporter: as the number of chilean miners trapped underground continues to dwindle, people at the chilean embassy are still nervous. >> many here did not have any sleep. we were looking one to the other miner and we as president pinero that, we are prepared to do whatever it takes. >> reporter: it is still up at the embas as all 33 miners continue to be rescued throughout the day. many who pass by on massachusetts avenue have stopped to watch the spectacle that manyre calling a miracle. >> this i an example for the

rest of the world. very grateful also to see the support from this country. >> reporter: company from all over the world have donated their services and equipment to this meticulous rescue operation including a heart and monitoring company from annapoli maryland. the past two weeks, a company has equipped the miners with these straps across their chests so when they exercise, doctors nearly a hlf mile up on the surface can ceck their vital signs. >> i'm tilting this back wards. you can see i moved so i got that. if i were to run around, bouncing in my seat, you'll see what happened. i'll go vertical and you'll see the tivity increase. >> reporter: the critical part of this technology is being played out on the screen today as one by one, the miners are being reunited with their families. >> as they're ascending up the drill hole, we're looking. we're watching their vital signs for various thing like panic, hyper ventilation, increased hearrate, et cetera. the folks at the top who are monitoring through video cameras

and voice communication can help talking through it or can do various things to spe up and slow down. >> reporter: the company says due to privacy reasons, it is not able to disclose the personal information it has gathered on these miners. plus theequipment and an engineer they've don't aid to the ne will stay there, it says. all 33 miners have been rescued. news4. nightly news with brian williams coming up at 7:00 will have the very latest othe mine rescue right after this broadcast. several witnesses testified today in the military hearing for the accused gunman that deadly shooting rampage last year in ft. hood, texas. major nadal hasan has been charged with 13 could you be of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder. the attack marked the worst mass shooting at an american military base ever. a mecal technician testified about dialing 911 during the gun

fewer. 40-year-old hasan has been palyzed from the chest down since he was shot by police during that incident. he is facing the death penalty if he is convicted. police in howard county are investigating a repo of sexual assault of a 7-year-old girl in columbia. the girl that she was walking home from a playground. she said four men approached her and then sexually assaulted her. the girl told police, three left on motor scooters and the other left on a bike. tough any hartley is the widow of an american m apparently murdered in mexico. she is now grieving another loss. the top investigator looking into that case has also been murdered. tiffany hartley said she and h husband dwraifd on jet skis two weeks ago. she said he was shot inhe head by pirates. she wa forced to lea him behind in order to save her own

life. the lead investigator on that case was decapitated this week. hartley that she had talked at lends with the man and believes that he was compassionate and sincere. >> he seemed like he really wanted to help. and i believe he was helping us. and he just, you know, you could just tell that he wanted to be able to serve his country and he was doing a job that isn't easy over there. >> tiffany hartley will said she's grievi for the police officer an his family. the hartleys say they have been told the search for her husband will continue. >> one of the biggest churches in the world is in prince george's county. tonight its parishioners are mourning the loss of their founder and spiritual leader. she died yesterday. >> god says, you go back.

>> reporter: she led one of the biggest chch in the world. she built jericho city of praise with her husband. the late reverend who died in 1996. it rose out of humble beginnings. the original church had just 31 members. the seat kag pass at this in the main sanctuary is for 10,000 parishioners. but every sunday morning, most everybody got up out of their seats. >> she was a very willing vessel to be used by god and she allowed the spirit of god to move through her very freely. and her position was, freely god gave it to her and freely she ought to give it out. >> reporter: jericho city of praise is located at the koempb bishop and jury co-city drives. on the road to fed-ex field. ey've since added jericho residences for senior citizens, a place where company are

locating and creating a jobs. and there is a school. jericho christian ademy which serves students from 2 years of age to eighth grade. all of this was based on the leadership and vision of past betty. >> she was not only an extraordinary minister, pastor, apostle. she was a phenomenal business woman. you can see on this caus. it was her purpose that we be k debt-free. >> they y she has now been called to fulfill her highest mission. coming up tonight, continuing in our program at 6:00, bill gates in alexandria to dedicate a new learning center. also ahead, a magazine is ranking the chesapeake bay bridge as one of the worst in the world.

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give way to storminess. yo could see it toward the west. a lot of rain making its way in and you can speck cool conditions. 60 degrees for a high tomorrow in the d.c. area. 68or annapolis. frederick, only high of about 56 degrees. and 61 down toward fredericksburg. not a very nice day at all for your thursday. the part of the weekend is looking better. the bay bridge. our bay bridge is ranked in the top ten in the list of scariest bridges in the world. travel and leisure ranks it as the ninth scariest. the magazine says the frequency of storms in our area make it tougho see on the bridge. the ariest in the u.s. is what they called the royal gorge bridge in colorado. actually, i think the royal gorge bridge is drop dead gorgeous. i've been on that bridge. >> as is the bay bridge. why would they make a list like that?

>> i know a friend, a family member. you have to drug him and hold him down. somebody get on either side of him to get him on that bridge. >> i know somebody ke that. that's why i wonder why they make a list like that to scare people even further. we're talking about gilbert. the fake injury. you already knew that. you knew before i knew. >> really. >> you know what? >> very disappointing. >> i think he disappointed a lot of people. we thought he was moving on. we'll talk about that again. the texas rangers accompsh a franchise first. and anthony armstrong is making everybody happy. equals chili's $20 dinner for two. share one of five appetizers, like our famous texas cheese fries. then choose two freshly prepared entrees from 14 chili's favorites, like our chicken crispers

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a friend, a lady that works and eans onwisconsin avenue. she is the most miserable person on earth. she is a dallas fan. >> that's okay. >> i go in there with the biggest grin on my face. and she's like, shut up, shut up. >> the nfc really is crazy right now. if you had to fick playoff team now, you couldn't do it. the redskins are 3-2. and we really still don't know if they're any good. the defense still ranks dead last in terms of yards allowed. and offensively, 24th in the nfl, averaging less than 18 points per game. that may pick upsooner rather than later thanks to the breakout play of anthony armstrong from tiny west tex a &

m. coming offhe best game of his career. he had three catches for 84 yards against green bay. including e biggest catch. probably the biggest catch of the season at 48-yard touchdown that ignited the offse. armstrong is starting to come into his own. the 26-year-old is making the most of his first season playing. i love that dance. chris cooley and santana moss. he said it doesn't bother him. >> i can't say it fires me up. i know what we have here. if i was on the outside looking in, i would say the same thing. people understand at we do have some good miles an hour. we have to get the opportunity to make the play. >> with anthony in there, it is not like it is a drop-off. anthony has the great speed to get down field. with the ball in his hands, you never know what can happen.

he does a great job. the guys really know about anthony. they have the utmost confidence in him. >> donava mcnb on anthony article strong. he caught e attention of some professional teams when he was playing in arena ball after playing flag football. he ran a 4.25.40. we'll be talking about him a lot. the redskins injury news. he took a beating against green bay. jamal brown and trent williams suffered knee injuries. both are expected to be okay after negative mchb results. brown practiced, william did not. mike shanahan said both will go tomorrow. on the other side, rocky mcintosh did not practice because of a minor could not can you go. and albert haynesworth who left the team after the death of his younger brother is expected to return tomorrow laron landry received some pretty big honors. the man who has been the most

impressive member of the defense named nfc defensive player of the week. if he keeps playing at this level, he will soon be touted as the defensive player of the year. here's laron and all the attention he's been given lately. >> the best is yet to come. i feel i can do more. i've still got a lot out there. i'm my toughest critic. i should have been more than one fumble. >> he isn't playing less hard than he did last year. the difference is the scheme. this aows him to use that aggressiveness all the time. >> it will be the place to make the case. going out and making plays. we put him in position and he's making the plays. >> that's deangelo hall.

we went to a barber shop in anacostia where he gets his hair kuflt he was walk in. you know, the barber pulled -- his arm is about as big. >> as the barber pole. for a guy who goes to the weight room at midnight, he was the paper the other day. you have to expect that. don't you? >> if he is going to do that pose, you know. he has to have his article pumped up. >> not only does he go at midnight but he works out in his room. he said that's what gets him going. that's fine with me. talking basketba. all arenas has to do, i'm talking about gilbert arenas, keep his mouth shut, play basketball. he doesn't even have to play well. just play and he will make $80 million oh the next four years. so far four game into the preseason, he has alread said he will be moving on from the wizards. last night he faked an injury because he wanted to give nick

young a start. he told the head coach that his knee was sore. he revealed after the game that he lied to saunders because he wanted nick young to start since yog wasrustrated he wasn't getting a chance to start in the three-guard lineup. so not only does he throw hill under the bus by going public with his frustration, he steals what should have been a great feing after john wall made an impressive verizon center debut. arenas received an undisclosed fine from the organization for his actions. here is his explanatn today. >> i wasn't really thinking that this would be another media outburst. everything i do now is just someone, tit for tat. trying blow it out of pro pouring. and nick is happy. he got to sh that he can play. i'm out here taking all the heat again. to make one teammate happy. >> i didn't know nothing about

it. i heard it this morning. i seen on it tv. >> i messed up again. i will 97 do it again. i practice, i play hard. i thought it would be great to see him out there enjoying the game. >> i said i'm mst disappointed personally because ielieve in you. and there is been a trust factor. and i told him, you have to be honest with me. >> all right. that's flip sau ordeers and the still have some decisions to make with that guy. capitals 35-6 at verizon center. they are playing there again tonight. hosting the islanders. but not everything is perfect. they want to work this power play. bruce boudreau thinks it will get better. >> it will get better. you look at the trends the lst

three years. for whatever reason in october, it hasn't been solid. then it starts picking up in november and gets better once the familiarity, and there should be familiarity. it seem we're out of sync a little bit. when we get chances, we're not taking them. >> that's bruce boudreau. the alcs is set. it will be the rangers and the yankees. the rangers playing in the american league championship for the first time in franchise history. to make it even more spicy, their best pitcher going up against yankees, the yankees want to get him next year. >> i'll bet you before the series is over, they'll play in snow. >> do you think? coming up, a bur

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coming up tonight, we'll hear from a father who know all too well the pain of losing a baby. at 100, the report of a baby device they bought to keep their girl safe instead led to her death. liz crenshaw has their story and a report on how you can proct your child. that's tonight at 11:00. the world's richest man was in northern virginia to dedicate a learning center named for his late mother. bill gates, his father and sister were on hand for the opening of the mary gates center at the united way worldwide

headquarters in alandria. >> reporter: microsoft founder bill gates takes in the grounds of the n center dedicated to his late mother. the mary m. gates learning center sits on the banks of the potomac. the facility that will train united way saffers from all over the world. >> she would be thrilled that the united way is adapting to the time and as important as ever. both she a i came to this building as members of the united way board. so she believed in th a lot. >> reporter: the gates fily has had long relationship with united way. mary gates was the first woman to chair the united way board in the seattle area. >> until then, the board has been reserved for corporate leaders who could raise money thugh their businesses which men it had been reserve for men. but my mom earned her way on that board because she was diligentnd extremely smart.

>> reporter: the learning center will feature high definition video conferencing at web cast technology that will link united way workers and volunteers from 45 countries. >> this center will be both a face to face exchange in terms of learning on social issues, and it will be a virtual exchange. >> reporter: virtual learnin has been a passion of bill gates whose foundation just launched a $20 million grant program to improve college graduation rates by onli technology. >> education in the united states isn't working as well a it needs to. and having more effective teachers is the key thing there. but particularly as kids get older, the online piece can ay a major role. a child is behind, learning more, being able to have community college lectures whenever you want. >> reporter: the learning center will have its first participants on thursday when i hosts united

way leaders from latin american countries. news4. one last check on the weather one more time. thatfour-day forecast showing a miserable day tomorrow. 60, chilly and nasty conditions during the afternoon tomorrow with some of that rain coming down fairly heavily. friday and saturday, on the windside. highs in the lowo middle 60s. much better on sunday. >> good news. thank you. there is a fancy restaurant out in bellevue, washington. it is called john howie steak. they serve custom age beef there. it costs at least $50for the cheapest stake on the dinner menu but if you go for lunch, you can order a bacon cheese burger, sort of. they wanted toall it the triple bypass. or cardiac killing kaup buicapa. but that has already been trade marked s what do you call this thing? it starts out with a 12-ounce patty of ground prime chuck. topped with two kinds of