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ask, don't tell. good evening. m doreen gensler. >> and i'm jim densch. this after the justice department was under fire for not appealing don't ask, don't tell quickly enough. darcy spencer with details on alof this. >> reporter: jim, speaking before a group of young people, the president says people are born with a certain makeup, and you shouldn't have to lie about who you are to serve in the military. since don't ask, don't tell became the law of the land in 1993, gal experts say some 14,000 gayervice members have been kicked out of the military about it appears the controversial law could be coming to an end. >> this is not a question of whether the policy will end. this policy will end. and and it will end on my watch. >> president obama reaffirmeding a promise he made on the campaign trail. the administration doesn't want

to repeal the law through the courts. the justice department filed an appeal of the california judge's ruling that orders the military to enforce the ban immediately. >> the president has been active in encouraging and employing congress to do the right thing, and end a harmful, strim tore unjustice law. >> currently gay service members have to keep their sexual orientation a secret or face removal. this gay f-16 fire pilot spoke to msnbc rachel maddow in silhouette. >> it does make adifference that the government has a policy that says are you not good enough to serve in the u.s. military. >> repter: officials are looking at wther to provide benefits to same-sex partners as well as troop living arrangements. that is to be completed by decemb 1st. and the legal direct for for service members legal defense network in the district.

they are hoping the study will pave the way for repeal when congress returns for the lame duck session. >> we hope whether it's through the course or president obama's leaderip with the senate that we'll get finality this year and don't ask, don't tell will go away oncexd and for all. >> that effectively lifts the ban on don't ask, don't tell. pentagon officials said they will not discharge thoseho violatthe policy. but it's still not safe to come out because they could be kicked out if this judge's ruling is overturned. the fbi is investigating two suspicious letters containing white powder sent to d.c. schools. the first arrived at bancroft elementary yesterday. and the second was found at adams elementary today. preliminary tests of both herself showed the powder was not harmful. shortly after police arrived at

adams ñielementary, a robo call was sent to parents to let them know about the situation. parent believe the school handled the situation properly. >> the police, fire, fbi, and haas mateople were here at the drop of a hat and were all over trying to assess what the problem was and then figure out what to do about releasing people to move around freely again. >> they were involved in a similar situation in texas. 17 schools in houston received whitepowder. a local family trying to get answers tonight after a man in his 60s died following a violent arrest. >> reporter: jim, the victim's family tells us he was diagnosed with schizophrea and was taking medication for it. he lived in lone in an apartment in this building. he died three days after a confrontation wi montgomery county police. police and the family are

looking for abcs. 56-year-old karim abdul ali. his familyalled him bubba. they said he was a kind man who didn't drink or do drugs and loved poetry. >> he was bag nature about his life, his beliebeliefs. >> reporter: he died at holy cross spital. police were called to an apartment in the 11400 block of lockwood drive, a short distance from ali's home in white oak. someone had reported an individu in apartment hallway acting suspiciously. a female officer was first on the scene. she encountered ali. >> after a short conversati, she attempted to escort him from the stairwell, he began resisting her efforts to get him to leave. >> mor officers came up on the scene and they tried to escort ali from the building. police say there was a struggle. >> at some point, he was tased analso oc spray was deployed. >> reporter: after that, the

fire department was call. standard procedure when pepper spray is used. he was later handcuffed and placed in a transport vehicle, but officers realized he wasn't breathing. >> we called fire rescue back. during thattime we called fire rescue back, officers initiated cpr. >> reporter:ali was rushed to holy cross hospil and never regained consciousness. >> it is not a pleasant feeling. it's not like we enjoy feeling as though there may be some element of subterfuge. we would much rather focus on healing our family, healing ourselves. >> the investigation into the incident started sunday night. >> if a mistake was made, we'd like to know. if ty believe they were valid, we'd like to know. the point is, we don't. >> among the questions the family has are some about the injuries they saw on ali's body

while he was in the hospital. the investigation conditions. and the officers involved are on administrative leave, d an autopsy is pending. live in montgomery couldn't. back to you. outside right now, the wind is beginning pickup. more on what we can expect out there tomorrow. doug. >> first thing you will notice tomorrow, much cooler conditions across the area. a very cool day today, and a lot of rainfall. some over an inch, some over an inch and a half. 54 degrees outsi. west-northwest at 15 miles an hour. i expect winds to jump up to 20 to 25. nothing on the radar. we're done with the rain for the most part. maybe a couple showers to the northern areas. into tomorrow morning, the main batcof rain and more cloudiness actually making its way in. clear skies right w, but by tomorrow, we'll see more clouds move into the area. overnight tonight, 46 degrees. that could be in the city. that puts some subur maybe around 40 degrees.

65 by 2:00 and 65 by 6:00. windy and cool. what's next for the weekend senior my forecast coming up. >> thank you, doug. those 33 miners in chile who were rescued,he last one last night, gradually recovering now and returning to their families. all those men spent the day getting checked out as a hospital, where they had physical and psychological checkups. the first miner to leave the hospital went home. none in the group is suffering from shock, despite being stuck underground for more than two months. e government will monor the miners for psychological and emotional scars over the next few months. still ahead tonight, the interim school chancellor in d.c. says whether her children would go to public school her a debate over a propod mosque near ground zero that is so heated, some tv hosts walked offstage.

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this a day after a gunman killed one employee there and wounded another. armed security officers ar checking at the gate. a security review recommended those measures be in place six months ago, officials at dvw have not addressed whythose recommendations were not followed. they have not caught that gunman yet. >> dc's new interim school ancellor wants the public to know she's ready for the job. she talked about being selected. she helped negotiate the new teacher's union contract and led the effort to dismiss ineffective teachers. reform is part of her agenda. >> i didn't come here and give my blood, sweat, and tears over the last 3 1/2 years to have the reforms stop this is the subcommittee i live in. i'm going to have to have some babies sometime very quickly.

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two co-hosts of "the view" walked off the set today during a debate about a proposed music near ground zero it happened with a debate with fox news host bill o'reily. he suggested it would be inappropriate to build the mosque so close to ground zero. that's when whoopi goodberg asked why. just minutes later, o'reily clarified he was talking about

muslim extremists. a majority of amecans are against building the mosque so close to ground zero. earlier tonight "30 rock" took to the air with a live episode. the cast and crewtill have one more to go before the night is over. we are inside the real 30 rock studio with reaction to all of this. >> reporter: that's right, jim. just outside the audience entrance to studio a-h. the second performance will be coming up in about 20 minutes. we caught up with tina fae tina. she was breathing a huge sigh of relief because her show had done something that had never been done before. it was on 22 minutes of live television, but some long days to pull it off many. >> it was a late, late night last night, but it was all worth

it today so far. >> reporter: the first of two ve shows for a cast and crew not used to performing in front of others. >> it goes by so fast. so much faster than an "snl" episode. obviously. 22 minutes. >> reporter: in that time, the show managed to work in several est stars, including matt damon, as well as john hand. >> dozens of people lose a hand to a helicopte or fireworks mishap. >> and several appearances by julia louis-dreyfus. >> we though it would be more fun to have someone play liz. we chose her, because she's the best comedic actress out there with brown hair. >> reporter: now after a 2 1/2 hour break, the cast and true will perform the show again for the west coast. >> even if we totally screw up on the west ast, we did it once. what do you want from us? >> reporter: just keep the

laughs coming. and they wil get that opportunity in about 20 minutes, right behind us in studio a-h. >> thank you. >> we dour program every night. what's the big deal? i don't understand. >> every night. no problem. and we do it for the west coast too. coming up a little later. getting windy out there, huh? >> its getting windy out there. >> getting windy in here as well. >> that's what i'm thinking. >> moving rid along. show you what's happening. first off, something you haven't seen a whole lot of over the past couple of days. we were in shorts and flip-flops with temperatures near 90. now yo need the coat as you step outside. taking in the white house earlier this evening. a nice night for it. we did see the rain. it was at least on the dry side. temperatures reached a high of 61 degrees. a i have low high temperature. average ghs 69. we went from rain to sunshine in the afternoon.

rain 1.26 inches of rain. winds out of the west/northwest. and at 15 miles an hour. and those winds will continue to increase. and we'll coinue to see pretty gusty conditions by the time you wake up tomorrow morning. mperatures down to 49 in haggerstown and manassas coming in at 52 degrees. and wincheste the cool spot at 47. and no rain left across the area. live digital doppler radar, we saw this during the day today. 1.5 inches toward frederick. almost an inch toward baltimore and frederick and quantico. 1.3 inches tre. we did see a loft rain with the system. the rain continues to push up toward the north. the area continues to strengthen, look what'soing on back to the west here. another system will dip on down, bringing cloud cover with it. we're clear right now, but we'll see clouds move in, and wind will really start to pick up as the area of low pressure off the coast continues to intensify. it will intensify rather qckly

and become a big storm what does it mean for us? we're done with the rain. now it means cool and windy conditions over the next couple of days. keep those coats ndy. you will need them. very windy conditions. winds gusting upward of 30, 35 miles an hour. and tomorrow, saturday, before the storm finally pushes out, high pressure will move in on sunday and that will go with a very nice end to what will be a 50/50 weekend. for the most part, a few clouds, breezy and chilly. 39 to 46 degrees. 10 to 20 miles an hour. some higher gusts, and as we move through the day tomorrow, winds will continue to increase. mostly cloudy, windy at times. the poibility of a shower tomoow, 64 to 67 degrees. and it's a very debt day. a quick shower. and that wind continues, during the day on satury. temperatures in the upper 60s. at least around average sunday.

very nice winds, 5 to 10 miles an hour. high of 71 on sunday. 68 on monday. and the extended forecast, not looking too bad there, but chance of showers tuesday and wednesday. we'll get one really nice day out of weekend. >> that sounds pretty good. thank you, doug. still ahead, the white house changes color for one night. >> and in sports, a [ son ] my parents have always lived ithe states.

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>> i don't know. ith kind of weird. i don't know if it's funny at this point. it's weird. gilbert arenas kes its home debut. and we've had commcial breaks that have lasted longer. two nights after faking an injury, gilbert gets a real one, 3:30 into the game. without gil, the wizards fall to milwaukee. he comes off the bench. first quarter, wizards go with the three guard backcourt. and back to gil, and gil back to john wall. that was tasty. i would have liked to have seen this for longer tonight. and gil's night did not last long. he was in the game for literally less than 3:30. he hurt his groin. second quarter, wizards again with the steal. here comes john wall. he finds nick young ahead for

the pack. nick youn 11 points in the game, and the bench is liking it too. third quarter, this is a team that will play defense. what do you call that? a blocked shot. he picks it right out of the air. >> that's awesome. >> it is. three blocks, ten points. not enough. bucks beat the wizards 96-88. redskins forced indoors because of rain this morning. they don't have an indoor practice facility, so they headed over to dull he is in an airporhangar for what mike shanahan called a jog through. albert haynesworth took part. haesworth's status will be likely a gametime decision. the defense will have a heck of a time in in game, trying t stop peyton manning and the colts. manning tied for the league lead with 11 touchdown passes. wracki up 28 points per game.

third in the nfl. they know nothing will come easy on sunday night. >> it doesn't get that easy for us. we got the week. we have great offense after great offense, and peyton manning is no different. he's a guy who has played on every stage possible. he knows whas coming before it comes. so we're going to have a -- a tough task ahead of ourselves, but we're going too out and play our kind of football and home to contain it. >> sunday night football, of course, right here on nbc 4. thursday night, love for west virginia, the 25th ranked mountaineers hosting big east foe south florida. and the vols did not provide much resistance tonight. morg morgantown, west virginia fans. coming out in full force, some of the best in the country were treated to a good performance toght. gina smith, finding brad starks. open in the end zone. mountaineers up to 10-0.

smith passed for 219 yards. that's skip holz, lou holz' son, not happy at all. mountaineers with some trickeration. geno smith to sanders. pitches out to devin. goes in for the touchdown. devine one of the fastest pla r players in the country. the final, west virginia over south florida. 20-6. they will likely be climbing up in the rankings just a bit. >> tnk you. >> tnk you. up next, bob ehrlich says he wants to fix maryland. but he increased state speing by record amounts. ehrlich raised $3 billion in taxes and fees... including property taxes... and a 40% increase in college tuition.

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the lincoln center in new york is in the process of a very big cleaning project right now. bedbugs were found in the home of the new york city ballet and metropolitan opera. the bugs were found in isolated areas. as you've proern heard by now, getting rid of the bugs can be extremely difficult. the opera fall season begins in two weeks. ground breaking here in washington today. for the first-ever national law enforcemt museum. it's a 55,000 square foot underground facility that will feature thousand of law

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took in quite a sight tonight when it turned pink. the color change was in honor of breast cancer awareness month, and the main ge to the naval obrvatory. vice president biden's residence was also pink tonight. the white house will be white again tomorrow tonight. >> wind huh? >> very windy. we may have limbs down, maybe a couple of trees down across the area. when are you waking up and driving around, watch out. i don't think it will be that windy. winds upward of 25 to 30 mil an hour tomorrow and on saturday as well. temperatures around 67 degrees. it won't feel that cold overnight. >> maybe the power will be out again. good night. >> see you tomorro