already, extremely intoxicated and was alive and well when i was standing there when the police shoed p. >> right now there are questions is morning about what happened to a man outside a northwest d.c. nightclub before his death. anoer deadly pedestrian accident. a man is killed near a busy commuter lot. good traffic news. weekend closures have been ncelled. news 4 midday begins right now. good morning, everyone.

welcome to news 4 midday. i'm barbara harrison. it's friday, october 15, 2010. we begin with breaking news. a man beaten to death this morning. now five employees at a u street corridor bar are charged with his death. it happened at the intersection of 9th and u street early tis morning. tracee wilkins is live with at they've learned. good morning. >> reporr: good morning. we've been here since early this morning watching this unfold throughout the morning and now new details about what happened here last night. it all started here at the d.c. nine club that broken window there to the right is a major part of what happened here this evening. this is what we know, according to police and sources. and also an employee who works here. an employee told us early in the evening a drunk patron smashed a window who was inside the bar. while they were trying to clean that mess up after hours another man kept coming back and forth to the bar looking to get inside and get a drink. they say that the last time he came back, he had two bricks in

his hand and threw them through the window here knocking out what little bit of the window was left. after that happened the employees tell me that five employees inside of the bar chased that man down the block and an employee says they held the vandal down while calling police for help. well, something happened. something went wrong because that man later died from blunt trauma at the hospital according to police. hear now from the employees. >> you kn, one was just kind of pressing him down, the other guy was restraining his hand. i did not see a single person punch or kick anybody. the gentleman was awake. he was alive. he was being subdued but in n i no violent way. if you talk to the other people they have in custody you would know at a drop of the hat none of them have that in them. and, you kno this is all just -- it's beyond ridiculous.

>> reporter: that employee also was a witness to everything that haened lt night. now, while police have yet to confirm this information, council member jim graham who is the council member for this area says tt some of those men who were in custody, the employees here at dc9 are facing homicide charges. i'm tracee wilkins live in northwest. back to you. thank you. one man is dead this morning after being struck by a car in northern virginia. police say he was crossing dumfries road in dumfries as he was walking towards a busy commuter lot. megan mcgrath joins us from dumfries this morning with details of that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, barbara. just a short time ago police opened all of the lanes on dumfries road, the southbound lanes had been closed for hours since this accident hpened very early this morning. it was right around 6:30 in the morning. still dark. there were a lot of commuters that were here coming to this commuter lot. one of those commuters actually

cross ee eed dumfries road to g something to eat and come back. the dumfries road commuter lot is a busy spot many people park across the road to the mcdonald's and return to the lot to either get in the slug line or catch the bus. police say a 38-year-old man was doing just that. but as he crossed back over dumfries road he was struck and killed inner loop the pedestrian was crossing from mcdonald's to the commuter lot here on dumfries road. a vehicle, a dodge ram struck the pedestrian as he was crossing the road. the victim is a 38-year-old male. he was pronounced at the scene. >> reporter: john reed was headed to work and saw it happen. >> he was crossing agast the commuter light. heard a screech. he hit the pedestrian on the side. like real quick. i don't think the vehicle saw

him. >> reporter: commuters say mcdonald's is a popular spot but no crosswalk or stoplight to help pedestrians ma it across dumfries road safely. folks who use the slug line say thateeds to change. >> there needs to be a crosswalk or a light of some sort because this has always been dangerous. i've tried to cross it before and you can never time it right in any direction. it's really ary. so sad. >> reporter: the driver of that pickupruck did remain on the scene. he's noteen charged. police are also looking for the driver of a white box truck that was in the area. they think perhaps that driver may have also struck e pederian but may not have been aware of it. they would like to talk to that driver. again, someone who was in the area at e time of 6:30 in a white box truck right in fro of mcdonald's on dumfries road. we know he's 38-year-old. he lives in prince william county.

barbara, back to you. two be traffic alerts this morning. d.c. has cancelled schuled cotruction work on the chain brge. that means the chain bridge that connects d.c. and arlington will remain open this weekend. different story however out in tysons corner route 123 chain bridge road will be shut down beginning tonight at the beltway. that's so crews can take down the old beway bridges that cross over chain bridge road. traffic will be rerouted to route 7. expect delays out of that area. road is expected to reop by monday morning's rush hour. metro riders will be dealing with a lot of delays once again this weekend. track work i being performed on four of the five lines. on the orange line trains will be single tracking between vienna and west falls church station. yellow line trains will single track between l'enfant plaza and on the green line between nape

and ana costia and on red shady grove and twin brook. members of metro board finance committee areleaning tords keeping the price at $5 a piece. the group originally suggested reducing the price of the card to 2.50 a piece but that was based onthe assumption that metro only pays 2.50 for each card which isn't the case. the company actually apparently pays $3.40 per card. also metro is worried about users buying the card not putting anything on the card and essentially cheating the system because riders can currently exit while having a negative balance. metro officials estimate they could lose $1 million a month under that scenario. let's take a look outside right now. what a beautiful friday we have right now. 64 degrees. feels like fa out there. tom has the forecast for today and the weekend.

hey, tom. notice the foliage along the banks of the potomac river. still mostly green there. but we're beginning to see some colors certainly to our west and north. some individual tees are showing some beautiful color arnd the region. we're still a ways from peak color. it's near 60 in washington and nearby suburbs and prince george's, arlington, fairfax and montgomery counties. right now around southern maryland, chesapeake bay, virginia, tide water in the low 60s. further nort and west temperatures reached the upper 50s to0 degrees. these are the latest wind gusts. we've had gusts to near 30 miles per hour on the eastern shore. generally had gusts around 20 miles per hour around the metro area but it will increase as we get into the afternoon. championship morning in the mountains of west virginia where there's go color. their temperatures are in the mid-40s. wind coming from a developing deepening area of low pressure near the gulf of maine that is affecting the weather al the way down this far away with some

blou blustery winds. rain is heading into the southern shenandoah valley. and for the rest of the afternoon partly sunny small chance of an isolated shower. blustery wind is the big story. we'll have highs reaching the mid-60s. likes it will stay blustery into the weekend. new today upset parents finally got the chance to speak their minds about a controversial test given to some middle school students in the district. last week students at hardy middle school in northwest d.c. took a health survey that contained some questions about sexual knowledge. the school says it sent an opt-out letter home with the stents but that letter went out the same day the test was given. concerned parents were invited to attend a meeting on the issue you thismorning at the school. there's no word on what action, if any, is going to be taken. the be fbi is getting

involved after letters containing white powderhowed up at two d.c. public schools. the first letter arrived at bancroft elementary school on wednesday a second letter at adams school on thursday. both schools are in northwest washington. police say preliminary tests of both letters showed the powder was not harmful. shortly after police arrived, police sent a robocall to for parents let them know about the situation. parents believe the school handled the situation properly. >> sounds like the police and fire and fbi and hazmat people were here at the drop of a hat and werell over trying assess what the problem was and then figure out what to do about releasing people to move around freely again. >> fbi is involved in a similar situation in texas. suspicious letters full of white powder was sent to 17 schools in houston. our time right now 10 minutes after 11:00. coming up what the president is saying about don't-ask,

don't-tell after the justice department filed an appeal to california judge's ruling. the official announcement on cost of livingraises. and chile minuters are heroes. one has reached rock star

the governor's race dominants decision 2010 in

maryland. the two gubernatorial candidates faced off in their second debate yesterday hosted b "the washington post." currents governor martin o'malley and former governor bob ehrlich tailored issues to montgomery and prince george's county. the two had differences on one route of transportation for those commuting into the washington region. >> pell will use rapidbus. it will be popular. not everybod as you know in this community is for flight rail alternative. we have a philosophical difference. >> this is theict of a lot of engineering studies. all of the local preferences from prince george's county, from montgomery county, county executive mike liggett was for the purple le to be light rail. >> this was the last televised debate between o'malley and ehrlich. the two will meet for a radio debate next friday. new today 48 million retirees and disabled americans will go a second straight year without a cost of living increase in their social security benefits. the announcement came in correlation with the release of

inflation numbers for september. analysts say consumer prices are still lowerhan they were two years ago. this is the second year benefits wen't automatically adjusted since the process started in 19. this morning president obama is promising that don't-ask, don't-tell will end while he's in office. speaking before a group of young people the president said you should not have to lie about who you are in order to serve in the military. the repeal of the law, however, will n happen overnight. the justice department filed a appeal of the california judge's ruling to stop the ban immediately. instead president obama wants congss to overturn the law. gay activists hope that something that will happen soon. we need finality. whether it's through the courts or president obama's leadership with the senate that we'll get finality this year and don't-ask, don't-tell will go away. >> since don't-ask, don't-tell became law legal experts say some 14,000 gay service members

have been kicked out of the military. this afternoon former secretary of state condoleezza rice will talk with president obama in the oval office. she was the national security adviser under the bush administration. the president has been critical of ricin her role to the run up to the iraq war. les turn our attention to the weather outside. beautiful day outside and hopefully a beautiful weekend. >> a lot of people have plans. a lot of things going on. alot of high school football games this evening as well as tomorrow and big college games tomorrow around the region. looks like the weather will be cooperating except there will be a blustery wind that will develop into the afternoon and in place tonight. around our region we got that sunshine, some cloudiness. few individual trees in northwest washington starting to show some very nice autumn color but for the most part we're still well below the peak color time. we're still going to be a couple

of weeks away. right now 62 at national airport. october so fa finally getting a surplus of rain thanks to yesterday's inch and a quarter that fell at national airport. now we're about 0.6 of an inch. we have reports of good color in the mountains of west virginia and western maryland. not quite peak there but likely over the next four or five days. this is a good weekend to see some nice autumn color in western maryland, westvirginia. peak color in northern pennsylvania. upstate new york and northern new england far northern new england is now past peakand many of the leaves have come down off the trees there thanks to that big storm that's whipping that region now with strong winds. we're feeling a little bit of theffects here. we got a northwesterly flow. prince george's county and mog and arlington and fairfax upper 50s to near 60. gusts to around 25 miles per hour. at ronald reagan washington national airport on the eastern

shore we've had gusts of up to nearly 30 miles per hour in a few locations. for theost part gusts have been around 25 to around 30 miles per hour. it's going to stay that way. temperatures out in the mountains are chilly. just in the 40s right now. and over the last several hours we had this big storm system continuing to deepen ov new england. continuing to develop and as a result it's going to just really get to be quite a powerful storm and we're close enough to get wind whip. upper level diurbance is triggering showers in west virginia. also a band of showers developing northern pennsylvania. that may hold together and make its way down here. just a small chance of that. one of the great spectacles we n see in our size is the aurora borealis. northern lights seminar will talk all about the you a error ra on this coming monday in the evening at the smithsonian national museum of theamerican indian, 6:45 to 9:00.

should be some wonderful video and photos. as we take a look what's happening in the last 12 hours, we do have high pressure moving into the midwest. that will be in he for the weekend and settling things down. we got to get this storm out of here first. it will continue to spin away here for another 24 hours. as it does pull away we'll see our within diminishing by tomorrow afternoon. a bit blustery tomorrow. this high pressure will give us delightful weather for sunday. here's how it wll look for friday. partly sunny sky. small chance of a passing shower. temperatures around the region reaching the mid-60s. winds gusting 30 to 35 miles per hour. winds blustery tonight. 50s through the evening under a clear sky and by dawn tomorrow shld be just near 40. chilly start saturday morning. during the day tomorrow mostly sunny, afternoon highs reaching the low to mid-60s and the winds will diminish by the afternoon, sunny sunday, afternoon highs 70. good weather for the skins-colts game sunday night p.m. back to

work and school on monday. in the 60s. chance of a shower next tuesday and wednesday. > we'll get a check with jerry now for t midday traffic. how is it looking? >> good morning. looking much better than earlier today. a lot of trouble on the roads. fortunately midday pretty quiet. new york avenue was hard hit with a series of problems including accident earlier involving a police vehicle. the dent i gone and there was another accident involving a truck. everything has reopened but as you make the trip in on new york avenue from the anacostia through northwest washington traffic running slowly. at the moment you should find all travel lanes open. one more stop traveling along connecticut avenue outbound near bradley boulevard, bradley lane, have what appears to be utility work tying up the left side of the roadway. heads for that coming out of the district. inbound your lanes are open. barbara?

thank you. we're going to take a lok now -- actually we'll take a break. still ahead, is gel bitter real hurt this time around? a preview of this weekend's redskin game. can they win their third game in a row. first here's a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com. mmmm. you don't love me anymore do you billy? what?

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lastnight's 30 rock is getting raef reviews today. the cast of the hit nbc show performed not one but two live episode last night. the first aired on the east coast, then the west coassaw the second. producers say the week leading up to it was hectic with several rehearsals but it paid off last night with no major hiccups. one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time travels through fedex field as the skins ce off against the colts on sunday night football. the skins are coming off a thrilling overtime win over the green bay packers where they gave up more than 400 yards of total offense yet still won the game. the colts prolific offense promises to be a much tougher challenge for washington's defense. the skins defense certainly know they are facing one of the

tter offenses in the league. >> we got great offense. payton manning is no different. he's a guy who has played on every stage possible. he knows what's coming before it comes. we're going have a tough task ahead of oursees. we'll go out there and play our football and hope to contain. >> you can catch the skins game onunday night football right here on nbc 4. earlier this week gilbert arenas took a lot of heat for faking an injury. last night's game, a shot at redemption, right? not really. arenas played all of three minutes in the wizards loss to thbucks bfore asking to get out of the game with a real injury. no faking this time. the team said it's a strained right grow in and heill be re-evaluated soon. our time is 11:25. coming up in the next half hour it appears the 33 men rescued

from a mine in chile are managing their fame as well as they managed their entrapment. plus how metro plans to fix the se late tore problem. tom kiein will be back with the latest on the w

police are investigating a deadly pedestrian accident in prince william county. officers say a man was struck by a car and killed as he tried to

cross dumfries road in dumfries near a popular commuter lot. the driver of the vehicle that struck the man did remain on the scene. also right now we're following breaking news out of northwest washington. a man was beaten to death this morning. five employees at a u street corner bar are charged with his death. it happened at the intersection of 9th and u streets in northwest d.c. tracee wilkins has been on the scene l morning and joins us live with the latest for us now. >> reporter: good morning. as you said, we have been here all morning long and watched what's happened here change over and over again. the bottom line is now five of those employees who work here for dc9 are facing charges and are being held in connection to what happened to this man last night. it centered around the windows here actually at the dc9 bar and club. we're told by an employee that early in the evening a drunk patron sparked the wdow out

and while they were trying to make repairs a second man comes back and forth to the bar. he said he believed he also was inxicated. he said that the last time the man showed up at the bar he came with two bricks in his hands and threw them through the window, breaking what was left of it. now he says that five of the employees inside chased this man down the block and he said that they were holding the vandal down while calling police and waiting for help but something went wng and this man later died at the hospital from blunt trauma. now those five employees who were down there holding that man down are now in custody at the d.c. police department and are being questioned and held in connection to what happened here. the investigation is continuing. but you have tw sides of this story. police are trying to figure out how this man ended up with blunt trauma, a wound that killed him and the people here that bar who were thinkinwhen this man left thecene he was living, he breathing, he got put into a police car, they thought he was taken away in custody and then

iturnsut later at the hospital he died. the investigation is continuing. we're expecting a press conference to start shortly from chief lanier. tracee wilkins live in northwest. back to you. home bound, some of the chilean miners he left the hospital for home. doctors say all 33 have no major health problems. more can be released from the hospital today. now gins the task of adjusting to life outside the mine. this was elaine reyes joining us now live to tell us more what's going on with those miners. >> their moments have been followed by the world for two months now and now above ground the spotlight on the miners is becoming laser hot. all 33 mine gathered for a group photo inside hospital where doctors evaluated them. outside, though, cwds and cameras from all over the world waited to capture a glimpse including some teenage girls waiting to see a new teen idol.

19-year-old jimmy sanchez the youngest miner quickly becoming a teen star in chile. there's been talk of book and movie als. the group says theywill do something but only all together. and, they are asking to be paid for their story, a figure inthe millions. as far as their imdiate futures, they just want some time with their loved ones. >> i think they are more anxious to get out of the hospital than they were from the mine. >> amazingly doctors say no one in the group is suffering from shock, despite being stuck underground for two months. the chilean government will monitor the miners for the next few months for emotional and psychological scars. barbara, back to you. and let's talk a little bit about the weather now as we're going into a weekend that looks like it will a pretty nice one. >> many have plans for outdoor activities. looks like the weather will cooperate. as i mentioned before a lot of big high school football games tonight and the wind may play a

factor because it's beginning to increase. there's the national cathedral in the middle distrans. the potomac river reflecting the beautiful blue sky. in the upper 50s to near 60. 62 at national airport. winds are getng blustery. wind gusts 2 to 25 miles per hour to nearly 30 miles per hour here over the last few minutes. this is going to just stay steady likthis through the rest of the afternoon. we do ha a few passing showers now just to our south on radar and. satellite imagery is showing some clouds. a few sprinkles in west virginia and band of some showers in western pennsylvania that may make its way this far south here by later this afternoon so there's a small chanc of a passing shower. otherwise the big story today will be that blustery wind. increasing and gusting to 30 miles per hour over the afternoon and into tonight. highs mid-60s and hold steady. chilly tonight. in fact with that blustery wind in the 50s through the evening.

bottomg out the low 40s tomorrow morning. saturday still a bit windy. gusts 25 to 30. bright sunshine. afternoon highs in the low 60s. winds should diminish saturday afternoon and evening. mostly sunny sunday. good weather for the since a colts sunday night. monday partly cloudy into the mid-60s. next week a shower possible on tuesday and wednesday. that's the way it loo. a maryland man is dead three days aft a violent encounter with police and now his family wants to know what happened. last sunday police were duld an apartment building in white oak, maryland for a report of a man acting suspiciously. when officers arrived they said 65-year-old kareem ali was standing in a stairwell. police use ad taser and pepper sprayed him. heas then tine the hospital suffering cardiac arrest. he died three days later. >> if a mistake was ma we would like to know.

if ty believe they were valid woe like to know. the point is we don't. >> family members say ali was diagnosed withes schizophrenia. metro has an action plan to deal with its broken case lators. th plan to ad 11 new mechans and create rapid response tm to deal with break downs that happen during rush hour. new escalators will be installed at foggy bottom and dupont stations. metro says the changes are the result of an independent audit that uncovered problems wit the way metro maintainsnterests case lay tors and elevators. we're going check the traffic four. now. jerry edwards standing by with the latest. >> good morning. traveling i-95 southbound in virginia traffic running very slowly from dumfries most of the way down to triangle.

some road wo going on. right lane is taken away leaving two to the left and pretty good size back up. elsewhere we'll headn over and check the wilson bridge, outer loop and inner loop between alexandria and oxon hill moving along very nicy. one in every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. october is domestic violence awareness month and joining us to talk about preventsing domestic violence, glenn ivy. he's the state attorney for prince george's county. i know this is an issue that you've talked about a lot. >> s. >> you have something coming up this weekend called project safe sunday. >> actually, it's throughout the month. we're reacng throughout the faith community to get churches to talk about domestic violence, and make sure that people understand the church is a place that members of their congregation can turn to if they need assistance and in the middle of a domestic violence situation. >> let's talk about the laws that protect domestic violence

victs. do you think they are strong enough? what are the laws that problem text them? >> there's a range of them. i mean, you know, the regular assault in some instances murder unfortunately, or lawshat we use in domestic violence cases. there's stalking in some of the protectiverder laws that have been strengthened. my sense is that really prosecutors, police officers and judges really have to do more to make sure we don't get sort of des desen decen decen desensiti ziced. in addition to that i think you know an expanded network of support services and better funding for the services we have now would be critical.

>> speaking of funding, you presented a check of $5,000 to the prince george's hospital sexual abuse center. how are you hoping that will be useled? >> it will be used for educational purposes and verizon provided the money initially. we just put the two of them together to make sure they got there. but isolation is a huge issue. verizon has done an outstanding job over the years of providing used cell phones to people who need them so they are not isolated and can call for assistance if needed. >> what about the crime victims fund r? i thought it would be fun but it's a fund run. >> we do that every year too. that's for -- it does hel domestic violence survivors but proudly speaking it helps victims across the board. maybe they need services. people come out obviously to support the funding for it but also to support victims of crime

in general. frequently there are survivors of homicide and wea the shirt of their loved one. >> we saw the date of that. i want begins at 8:30. >> 8:30. >> tomorrow morning. >> tomorrow morning. we'll be out early. >> 8001 shriff's road in landover. >> sports and learning center. >> how much does it cost? >> it's a donation. i mean i think they have an amount if you're going run. the idea is, you know, give what you can. >> all right. >>it's a worthy cause. >> great to see you. glen ivy state's attorney in prince george's county. still ahead on news 4 midday we'll take a look at how inveors are reacting to comments from federal reserve chairman ben bern. plus fertility questio

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. the whe house joins the fight against breast cancer, october is breast cancer awareness month. for one night onlythe white house turned pinking last night and drew some big crowds to see it. president obama made the announcement earlier in the day via twitter. october is breast cancer awareness month and today we sit down with a fertility expert to talk about options for women who are fighting breast cancer who still want to become moms. some may have already had children. some are first time hopeful moms. you say the options have definitely increased in the last

18 to 24 months? >> options have definitely increased. i just want to say i'm so passionate about this topic because i've helped so many women who have heard that drastic cancer diagnosis build options for treatment intoheir plans before and after cancer treaent. and some of these options include egg banking, freezing their own eggs so they can use after cancer treatment. maybe freezing embryos before they start treatment so they can use those for transfer after trtment. surrogacy, egg donation. with so many options it's so important to be educated upfront before you start cancer treatment. >> when a woman gets this diagnosis of breast cancer, although it may be in the back of her mind, is there anybody there? are doctors generally there to say to them but, since you're the age to have childr or you haven't had children yet, here are some of your options. is this something women generally have to think about themselves? >> that's an excellent question.

a recent study showed less than 25% of doctors talk about option. the onus is on the cancer patient to empower herself with education, information and questions, specific questions to ask her doctor so that she can increase her opportunities for possibilities before and after treatment. >> well, i'm just wondering how much time does a person have? i'm sure that when a woman gets a breast cancer diagnosis the very first thing she wants to do is to get rid of that cancer. so how much time does she have then to organize treatment to be able to remove eggs oro remove a fertilized egg to be saved as you were talking about by freezing? >> right. and that really depends on her individual situation. but the most critical question that a cancer victim can ask their doctor at that time is how much time can i delay treatment

so that i can explore fertility treatment options before i start caer treatment? so i don't know this is a hard and fa answer tore that. it's very specific to each individual situation. >> what are the success rates for live births for cancer patient who in remission? >> the success rates really depend on the quality of the egg or the embryo that they preserved before using or afterwards. success rates always increase when we use eggs from younger people. so, if -- depending othe age when the woman had her eggs frozen or if she's using an egg donor. and sometimes successrates even increase if we're using a surrogate. again, depending on individual situations and what treatments they've been through. >> women out there listening now and they want more information on how they can handle the situation if they are cancer survivors, cancer victims or just learning they might have a cancer where should they call?

>> well, there's information on my website, lotus blossom consulting.com and also the komen organization, komen.org is fabulous amount of information. they've done a wonderful job raising awareness, finding resources and helping hundreds and thousands and millions of women and their families all across the world to go through this process. and i'm just so proud and honored to be able to b a sponsor at their event honoring theromise this weekend at the kennedy center tomorrow evening. >> that's coming up tomorrow saturday at the eisenhower theater. and that's w wmpb wmpwww.komen.. nancy brinker is so amazing what she has done in memory of h sister. let's tell you a little bit about that. it's celebrating 30 years of honoring the promise as you just said a among those being honored for her work to help

fine a cure for breast cancer is former first lady laura bush. again, thank you so much fo coming in and to bring this to our attention. it's something women should be thinking about especially if they are facing a diagnosis. >> thank you for having me again. >> thanks for coming. >> this morning ben bernanke said the fed is ready to provide more aid to then economy. les check in with consider nbc's courtney regan. >> reporter: good morning. right now the dow is down about 27 points but the nasdaq and the s&p are up. we have a mixed trading session here today. same situation overnight in asia and also in europe. just closed. we're seeing mixed results around t world. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke did speak at a conference in boston and caured investors ears. he was able to move futures higher ahead of the opening bell saying there's a case to be made to take action sooner than later. retail sales rose 0.6%.

the increase was led by big ticket items. consumer price index edged higher. that core rate was unchanged. and general electric beat analyst asstimates by two cents. consumer confidence is a bit lower. walmart looking at opening some small stores in urban markets. they are trying to fightoff challenges from dollar stores and similar rivals. the stores will be about a third and largely sellgroceries. walmart plans to open 30 to 40 stores to test the concept. video game sales dropped in september. mt which track sales say gamers e not buying as many physical

copies in stores. instead their games are delivered digitally online. important to note some of the free games that's offered on facebook or other mobile apps are hurting the casual gamer becausthey are not going out to buy those games wn they can get them for free and right at their hand-held devices. thank you. >> have a terrific weekend. thank you. >> see you monday. >> see you then. >> you're not going without me. >> well -- >> a group of long time cia operatives are taking over the box office this weekend. brews wiis, morgan freeman and helen mirren starn new movie called "red." they break into cia headquarters to find out who set them up. it is rated pg-13. a man was beaten to death

this morning happening at the intersection of 9th and u streetnorthwest. a press conference is about to gin. >> around 2:30 and was denied entry. as it was closing time for the club. he was denied entry he returned to the club and threw a rock or brick or something through the club window. at that time management employees, employees and associates of the club chased mr. mohammad, chased him down the block, tackled him and assaulted him severely. as a result of that assault mr. mohammad was later pronounced dead at howard university hospital. at this time, there are five suspects that are in custody and are now charged with murder two. those five suspects are 20-year-old darrell carter, 22-year-old reginald phillips, 28-year-old he van prowler, 46-year-old william byler and 5-year-old arthur dalcoa.

all five defendants are in our custody d will be arraigned later today. any question >> chief,er with talked to a witness who said that those five just held them until police arrived. >> that's not correct. >>s what's your understanding of what happened? >> the decedent in th case sustained severe injuries. in fact, was critically injured when the officers arrived on the scene and was pronounced a short time later. there were severe injuries that are not consistent with simply being tackled. >> was he beaten? >> yes. >> was he kicked? >> yes. >> to death. >> yes. >> how many people were participating in this beating and kicking? >> five. thsame five we now hve charged. >> was there anything said about the victim's ethnicity or any allegations of a hate crime? >> no.

not at this time. it appears that the assault was predicated by the fact that he threw a rock through the window, broke the window and was pursued by employees of the establishments. >> w mr. mohammad conscious when police arrived? >> it was my understanding barely. >> was he kick out earlier from the club. >> i don't have any information to confirm that. there was an earlier incident at the club around 1:30 involving a different person. there was nancy dent where there was some property damage from a person who waseing put out of the club. that person was arrested and charged and taken into custody. we don't know if those two incidents were connected. we have nothing to suggest that they are connected. >> no evidence that this guy was in the club earlier that sneeng. >> i don't have any evince at this point. >> all five suspects were on the scene when the officers arrived? >> all five were on the scene. >> any indication they knew this

mohammad prior to this. >> they meaning the employees? >> yes. >> don't have that information. >>. [ inaudible ] >> yes i do and that's my intention. we had two iidents involved there last night. one including the death of an individual. i do intend to shut the club down. >> will it happen today? >> it will happentoday. >> can you tell me about the brutality? [ inaudible ] >> you know, in my opinion, you know, you talk about a beating like this as a result of a property damage. someone has st their life from a savage beating wch appears to be vigilante justice. it's ridiculous. i have no information there was anybody else with him. it looks like he was by himself. >> did it happen in the alley?

>> a block away from the club. >> on the strt? >> yes. >> can you tell me on the five suspects, black males, white males. >> variety. there's both black and bhils. we'll ve a release for additional information four. >> they are employees of the club? >> yes. >> one is the own center. >> that's correct. >> any hispanics. >> i don't think so. all right. >> thank you. >> thank you. [ inaudible ] we've been listening to a press confence with police chief cathy lanier here in the district where she said five people all employees of a u street area bar are under arrest for second-degree muer in the death of a 27-year-old man she identified as a mr.

time for a final check on our forecast. tom? >> allyes on the weekend. we havehe sunshine now and it's blustery and cool day under way. around 60 degrees. latest wind gusts have been around 25 to 30 miles per hour all coming from a storm system that's spinning over new england. might give us a passing shower this afternoon. small chance of that. high mid-60s. winds gusting to 30 miles per ho as well as tonight into saturday and highs on saturday only in the low 60s pap cool day

tomorrow. sunny sunday with a high 70. mid-60s on monday and partly cloudy as we get into next week chance for a passing shower on tuesday and wednesday. highs 20i67bs. that's the way it looks. have a gre weekend. we'll see you monday morning. >> still getting out on the water? >> yeah. >> this weekend is this. >> maybe so. >> the wind might help move that boat along. >> that's news for midday. join us at 4:00, 5, 6:00 and 11:00 and all through the weekend. i'll be back on monday. we hope you'll join us for midday at 11:00. have a great weekend. hi there, i'm ian wright

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