right now, across our area, ceremonies are taking place in honor of veterans day. at arlington national cementary vice presidentidden is at a ceremony of the tomb of the unknown. and doors closing too soon. a mother gets separated from her baby, trying to board a metro train. nooud begins right now.

it is thursday, november 11th, 2010. it is veteran day, the president is oversea, he took time out of his schedule to honor those men and women who sacrificed their live for this country. the specialty in sooul. hepoke about the korean war. >> because the war ended where it began, a lot of people described it as die for a tie. as we look inhis thriving democracy, this was no tie. this was victory. this was a victory then and it is a victory today. >> the president said we remember your courage, your sacrifice and the legacy of your

seice to us. >> vice president joe biden is honoring the forces at arlington national cetery. earlier, he hosted a veterans day breakfast at the white house. thtruth s many are forgotten. those veterans homeless or disabled find independence an uphill battle. today, charities are trying to change that. >> reporter: good morning to you, barb rampt all morning long, volunteers have been loading this truck it is almost full. full of furniture headed for southeast washington. tonight, eight formerly homeless veterans will have a completely furnished place to call home. the group, a wider circle,

collected furniture and essentials for veterans. they will fully furnish four apartments in southeast washington this afrnoon. there are estimated to be 1,400 homeless veterans in the d. area. and for verans day, they wanted to remember those who sacrificed for their country. >> we have beds, kitchen tables, and microwaves and sheets and silverware and most of the items people have donated. >> the words homeless and veterans should never go together. homeless and any other word shouldn't go together, especially veterans. it makes us feel special to help those whollow us to have the freedoms w have. >> they are about to pull out of here and spend the next several hours furnishing those

apartments for the homeless veterans they want to rnl those who gave so much to our country. >> thank you very much elaine. >> that broken down carnival cruise ship is arriving to port. six tug boats pull the ship to shore. it left from long beach monday morning. an enge fire knocked out power, leaving passengers with no air conditioning, hot food or water. the navy carri supplie out to them. ice, spam, crab meat and pop tarts. >> it s scary f them. we made it out. spent most of their day in their pajamas on the deck, rolling with the punches ever since. >> we have passeers who have full service restored as far as bathroom seices, no air flow.

no electricity. >> wow. the cruise director blogs, in less than ideal conditions, everybody made it through the best they could. the bars were open, offering free drinks, and the bands were still playing. >> take a look outside. blue skies, and changing foliage out there, keeping it looking beautiful and fall-like. how much longer can we enjoy this weather? >> by popular ark claim, into the weekend. so, itill stay dry, clear, chilly nights. 56 at national airport. fairfax, arlington, montgomery, climbing into the 50s, we should make it into the 50s. subfreezing in the mountains western maryland and west virginia, in the upper 40s to near 50s, the virginia tide

water region, lower parts of the bays in the low to mid 50s ere. and the enormous rinl of high pressure in place, giving us dry weather. it will give us a gorgeous afternoon, with a lot of sunshine. a bit o a cool breeze out of the northeast, highs reaching the 60s, excellent weather for all of the events and ceremonies for this veters day, 2010. a lot different from veterans day 23 years ago. i will tell you why, coming up when i join in in a couple of minutes. >> i don't remember what it implies. a mother isreunite wide her baby after the little one made it on the train and she didn't. it happened during the wednesday morning rush hour at the west hyattville station on the green line. the mother pushed the baby stroller on to the train but

the doors closed before she could get on. passengers saw what happened, called for a train operator and got off with the baby at the next station. metro police watched the baby there until the mother arrived. inspections uncovered bad brakes on dozens of escalators now. so far, 25 brakes have been placed and 47 escalator units ha been taken out of service altogether. the inspection started after an accident at the station that injured several people. they hope to have all elevators inspected by this weekend. we will have more in the next half hour. will check on the mid day traffic. jerry is with us now. light traffic because of the holiday, jerry? >> yes, in other locations, very, very tough going. i will show you one location, 395 cmes to a grinding halt in

landmark. the issue, an accident with an overturned car. right now, police tell us only the far right lane is getting by. that's it, there. the back up extends almost back to to shirrlington. we will see how we are doing over the american lesion bridge here. moving along nicely. between tyson's corner, rockville pike, we will keep an eye on the wreck for you. d.c. drivers starting tomorrow, getting caught on camera running a red light will cost you some green. tomorrow, police will start mailing out $75 tickets for getting caught on one of the three red light cameras installed. all three are in northwest. all inhe corner of connecticut avenue and porter street. 14th and k. street and third and new york avenue. until now, drivers caught on

camera only got warnings at those locations. >> the man accused of killin chandra levy is facing less charges. prosecutors dropped one count of murder and sexual assault. he faces a kidnapping and robbery charge and two other murder charges. a forensics expert said that gary condit's dna was found on her underwear. police no longer believe he was involved. >> an exchange of gunfire, police say it happened when a thief tried to rob an off duty police officer. the suect fired at the officer but missed. the officer returned fire and the suspect took off it. is not clear if that spect was hit.

meanwhile, police in the district are looking for the gunman who shot a 16-year-old boy in the back. they say he and a girl were walking when he was shot. the victim was able to run a block to giant super market parking lot where he collapsed. police say his injuries aren't serious but they do -- injuries are serious but they expect him to survive. we will show y how the federal government is trying to scare you to stop smoking. getting fit for fall. today, alternatives to ruing and walking. plus the benefits of exercise. we will be right back.

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phoenix. u.s. airways says it can't confirm that call it a case of icker shock. the federal government is looking to change the warning labels on cigarette packs to show you ju what smoking can do to you. some images are graphic. all cigarette pages will have graphic images on the front and back. it is part of the initiative passed by congress. some groups are saying, the government has not done its job to make people qut. >> sarah palin could be running for president in 2012. she can vice presiden candidate favorably, 49% see her

unfavorably. 5% don't know enough about her to form an opinion. as for other potential republican white house hopefuls, mike huckabee receives the highest favorability rating at 49%. former massachusetts governor romney got a 46 favorability rang. >> of the more than than 19,000 write-in votes, lisa murkowi was on 89% of the ballots, there are thousands to count, there is a long way to go before the winner declared between murkowski and joe miller. what it was like 23 years ag on this date. >> ankfully it is not like that today.

it was totally different 23 years ago. take a look at our what we have he now. a beautiful blue sky. this i looking out to the west. there is dece color, mostly, the browns of november. yes, 23 years ago, we had a snowstorm here. very unusual, early season snowstorm in 1987, we had almost a foot of snow at national airport. that was a heavy, wet snow, i remember, i was here. november the 11th, 1987. the eastern suburbs, prince george's county, many lotions there, got 17 inches of snow. this morning, it was cold enough for snow. we didn't have any. a clear start to the day. down to freezing in many

locations, dulles, 33, into howard county and frederick county, prince george's county and many locations got below freezing this morning. west virginia, and much of the valley near the bay. milder. bay waters are around 50 degrees or so. it was milder there. it has rebounded from the cold lows, it is in the mid 50s throughout the region. southeastern virginia, and out of the mountains, down into the 20s, west virginia near 50 degrees. all of this sunshine coming courtesyf a large areaf high pressure. it stretches from eastern canada, all the way downhe atlantic sea board, back to the midwest, all the way to the gulf coast. it has been locked in place. the upper level flow, not tting it get away. no complaints. we are luck tow have this

gorgeous, crisp autumn weather, great for observing the stars, it has been great star gazing with the pressure in place it will still keep us dry here all the way into the weekend. a front with an area of low pressure in the upper mwest. it does appear that that front will come through here dry on sunday. looking for this veterans day, 2010, afternoon highs in the low 60s, no snow anywhere. a lot of sunshine and a light breeze out of the northeast. overnight tonight, a kres dent sent moon, setting after 10:00. a clear night tonight, and cold tomorrow, in the mid 30s on iday morning. then for friday, tomorrow, another bright and sunny day after that cold start, making it into the low 60s tomorrow afternoon. on saturday, chilly again in the

morning. afternoon in the mid 60s. high school and college games, outdoor recreation, ideal hiking weather as well. morning lows near 40 on sunday. the d western front on sunday. may have clouds, highs in the low 60s. here is a look at next week. big game, skins and eagles, looks like it will be dry. just in time. it looks like perhaps after midnight and into tuesday, rain will be moving through. cooler next week as well. >> the next few days look great. get out there. thanks, tom. out to the roads, jerry. >> update folkos the accident. tough going, no doubt. 395 southbound inside the belt way, from landmark towardancele road. one far right lane getting by. an overturned vehicle. police have been out there for 30 minutes, making progress.

we will switch gears, catching a lot of people by surprise. that is thbackup. duke street. back up, it is a parking lot all the wayown southbound 395. avoid that if you can. southbound, really taking it on the chin on this veran's day. >> i am sure folks weren't expecting that. we will see you shortly. >> our time right now, 11:20, still ahead on "news4 midday," getting fit for fall. walking and running, we have options. >> i would say to -- be quiet for a second. >> an interview with kanye west that was unfort gettable and uncomftable. here is what is hot on nbcwashington.com. i love to eat. i love hanging out with my friends.

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course. we have done running, stepping, a bit of everything. new itemsor cardio today. >> yes, for the last week, running with hands in plampts now we are going to do what is known as the hand sprint. >> okay. >> get you down on the floor. palms out. bring your legs n here, moving like this. you are working hips, abdominals and not only that you are getting an incredible cardio workout and burning a lot of calories. >> for people who are more physically challenged than you, is there an easier way to do that? >> yes, bring your arms out here and move it up easy and slow. brg it up easy and slow. >> until you can move that into a jump. >> yes. >> you are going talk about band exercises. we don't need weights today. >> as a matter of fact, one of the greatest workouts can you

get to work the tendons would be working the bands. as a matter fact, i want to show you one. i will do a super set with the bands. >> all right. >> take these. put it under your foot. >> shall i start this with you? all right. under both feet. elbows to the side. curlt up. curl up. now, the super set, i will curl it to the front. working the front of the chest, the dominals and squeezing the neck. because again, we are tightening up the neck. >> that is quite a workout. how many of those do you need to do? >> ten reps of each. from there, we will go another exercise for the super set. super setting, you are trying to do three different exercises and taking each exercise and running

through them nonstop. >> see the next one. >> theext one is a squat thrust. this one, go down to the floor push out, come out, working the burning calorie >> how many of those do you need to do? >> you want to do, ten of those, but work up to ten. it is really taxing. >> it looks like it is. you would start with the bands. >> go back to the band exercise. were, we are super setting. again. see. here. to the shoulders, push up and tu. up and turn. you are working the shoulders, as you notice, the angles i am moving, using the abdominals d the top part of the shoulders. >> so, you start with the ones

we did first. thw in the floor exercises, and come back. >> that is known as a super set. >> you can get a lot more on the haynes way.com. processing your system. power bars are great for nutrition and energy. >> breakfast, lunch and dinner? >> i would say, many one of those meals would work well. >> i know a lot of folks get hungry.

make it your light meal. >> the bands, for those who travel, greatest workout you can do. >> a good way to leave it. >> the hayes way.com. it is 11:27. coming up, more on veterans day activities taking place across our area. and the latest on metro escalators and what recent inspections found. and rapper kanye west west apologizes to president bush about comments after hurricane ka 

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vice president joe biden is expected to speak to veterans d their families. secretary of state gates is also attending the ceremony. the vice president participated in annual wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier. and the vice president hosted a breakfast at the white house. and the bken cruise ship arriving in port. these are pictures from san diego. six tug boats pulled it to shore. an engine problem left it

without air conditioning or hot food. the navy and the coast guard ferried supplies to the passengers and crew. losing my voice here. following new information about the metro escalator debacle. bad bres on dozens of them in the system. in response to an accident that injured people at a station. >> after the accident at the lawn fall plaza station, metro ordered that every escalator be inspected. that work is underway, that inspectors are finding raise concerns about safety. metro riders have been frustrated by broken escalators, now there is another concern, safety. following the lawn plaza station

accident, an inspection was ordered that found wide spread problems, disturbing news to people using the system. >> people are afraid to use the escalators, i used the park station at occasion. people line up for the elevator. >> it makes you wonder how serious they take this. >> they replaced 25 faulty brakes and 47 escalators have been taken out of service for repairs, the general manager said it is due to years of poor maintenance, and should have been identified and fixed sooner. riders agree. >> i have seen people slip and fall. i have seen them sp it, is absurd it. frtrates me. >> inspecting the 580 escalators in the system,hey hope to complete the work by the end of the week. it turns out an independent report commissioned by metro was

done one month before the accident at lawn fall plaza, finding brake pads were worn beyond repair. talking about the fact tat we don't have snow as they did 23 years ago on this date. we have nice fall weathe here. >> we had it going most of the week. beautiful blue sky. view from the camera to the west. temperatures are in the mid 50s now. continuing to climb, should make it to the low 60s in the next couple of hours, thanks to the rinl of high pressure from eastern nada to the gulf coast. we will st dry today, tomorrow, and saturday, a light breeze, good weather for more events and ceremonies to take place in washington for veterans day. tomorrow morning, cold start,

back into the mid 30s, west and north of washington. in the mountains tomorrow morning. during the day, highs in the low 60s. a chilly start. a lot of sunine, great for outdoor activities, and on sunday, a gorgeous autumn day. increasing clouds, high near 60. should be dry for the football game. >> if big snows come again this winter, alexandal and --alexand will have a new plan. storms like the o last year will be considered lel three, and the city said, all bets are off when it comes to clearing the streets. the city is considering reducing

the nfb snow routes from 28 streets to eight streets. a popular college park bar voluntarily given up its liquor linse after several underage students were stabbed here. the the it. h thir see turtle gave up its liquor license. >> some psengers and even pilots said that the new pat

down procedures are an invasion of privacy. >> it is the cumulative effect, we are saying, we are not going to participate in this. >> the protest has security officials worried that packed airports will reach gridlock over the thanksgiving holiday. >> police are telling people to keep a closer e on their bicycles. police say there are ways to keep your bike safe. use a lock and registering your bike with the police department. keep your bike secure even while at home. checking on the traffic. things opening up on the roads that were bad earlier? no, i see behind you, they are not. >> tough i am sorry to say. the trip on 395, the slow spot.

authorities dealing with an accident, for about an hour. an overturned car, it took a while to get it out of there. that back up, 395, trying to get to the capital. if you are staying with 95, roadway to contend with. two separate spots, south, you lose the left lane. below that, you lose the right lane. to end on a positive, 280 move presidency nicely. enjoy that while you can. >> get out of there!

terrifying moments in ohio, after the imposition of a smoke stack went horribly wrong. a small crowd was there to watch the demolition at a power plan when the 300-foot tower fell the wrong way on to live power lines, the crowd scrambled nobody was hurt. a crack in the smoke stack caused it to tumble in the wrong direction. >> an amazing wall is being built in washington. the wizards know why they drafted the rookie. he recorded his first triple-doubl wall had 13 assists and ten rebounds, in the wizards' victory over the houston rockets. he is the third youngest player in history to record a triple-double. >> the na it. s, fresh new look to propel

them to the playoffs next season. the biggest change, the nationals will be replaced by the trade mark curly w. they removed all the gold trim and added a second hat, blue with a red bill. the third uniform change for the team in five years. they made the change on the feedback from the fans. they are now on sale. >> president bush called it the most disgusting moment of his presidency. kanye west accusing the president of not caring about black people. after psident bush's interview, matt laywer spoke to kanye west's accusation. >> you know in your heart as a

person, to in a moment of emotion to peg someone, or to call a name or peg someone as a racist is not -- it is just not right. >> then things took aurn for the strange. matt changed topics to the outburst at the m tv music video awards, and his taylor swift outburst. kanye west lost his composure when the video played. >> my frustration of years of seeing -- >> how am i supposed to talk when you are running. >> am hearing it while i am trying to talk. >> pk up, you said it wasn't a race thing. >> please don't let that happen. that is ridiculous.

>> kanye west took totwitter, firing off angry tweets, one that accused laywer of trying to quote force his answer as if it wasn't awkward enough, kanye west is scheduled for a concert on the oday" show in a couple oweeks. inskreftors are hoping for gains on wall street and new harry potter movie is  "know the species, know the stain." lanolin-free coat, i know it's an alpaca. walks in here, looks says "hey look, it's a llama!" cleaning the stain like he would a llama stain. time he's wasting. ♪ call 1-800-steemer

>> people use facebook to share photos and detai with their friends, at the high school in alexanderria, it has gotten out of ctrol. about the high school, pictures of students and teachers with inappropriate comments. it turns out there, has been a rash of similar incidents in schools around the area. the principal sent home a letter to parents warning them aut the offensive pages. >> parents need to monitor what kids do on the social networking sites. >> fe thereto book did take down the offending page, school officials are not confident that they will find out the students responsible for creating the pages. >> mortgage rates dropped to the lowest levels in decades. courtney joins us with more on

that and the business headlines. >> good morning to you, stocks are strgling today, the dow down by triple digits. disappointing earnings, cisco systems. we knew that nasdaq would be affected, it looks like a trickle-over effect. the nasdaq down 26 points right now. they are cautious what have is haening at the g-20 enomic summit and unnerved by the europe debt crisis that seems to continue. out of china, europe closed flat. and there isn't any data today, government offices and the bond market are closed for veteran day.

the number of hardship loans against 401 ks picked up. suggesting financial strain. walmart fires another shot in the holiday shopping wars, today, free shipping from walmart.com, with no minimum purchase, toys and electronics, the offer runs through december 20th. wal-mart size and influence could give it a competitive advantage. >> thank you, courtney. >> see you tomorrow. >> there was a big gathering over the weekend that brought together scores of professionals with people looking to adopt. we have more on the event on today's "wednesday's child." >> hundreds turned out for the third annual adoption expo in

washington. >> i heard about the event from my sister, who saw it on nbc. >> gretchen came from the dover area, with her dad, who lives in this area, who said she and her husbd had been hoping to adopt. i looked online, saw there was a lot of good organizations coming. a good place to ther information without spending hourosline. >> come to the expo, get all of the estions answered. find out what process is. most importantly, who are the children who need an adoptive home. >> then, like me, came to talk about the possibilities of adopting children from foster care. >> 12 year-old briana is here are with her daughter who adopted two children from foster care.

>> seeing the >> they came to share their success story, along with other families who adopted. >> my husband and i adopted two little gls from foster care. >> and me and mrs. macky. >> you are home now for good, and happy? >> yes. >> finding homes forchildren. and children for families who want them. that is the reason for the expo. >> at the freddie mac foundation, we are supportive of children finding loving families. >> there are those who said they had been through many disappointments. >> hoping to start a family for about four years. >>retchen hanna hope that is one dayhe and her husband will be among those coming back with children to share an adoption experience. a story with a happy ending.

if you have room in your home and your heart and want to adopt, please call our special adoption hotline or visit our website nbcwashington.com. latethis afternoon, ellen is

>> time to check out the weekend scene. welcome. >> we will talk movies. most are waiting for the harry potter movie. >> one more week. a lot of midnight screenings. this is the blockbuster for this winter. last winter we had avatar. this is the last book transformed into a movie. we will see the first installment on november 19th. it should be a big winter. >> harry is all grown up now. >> time for it to end. you know the people will be coming out in droves to see this movie. >> great holiday time to go to

the movies. >> a big reason for that you will see so many family-friendly films and oscar buzz films. >> another one in early december, what is that? >> this is one of those oscar contenders, it is called "black swan." natalie portman, a ballerina spinning out of control, trying to make it in new york city. a psychological thriller. everyone is excited about it. i hear it is kind of terrifying. >> spinning outof control. not sure which way you were going with that. >> psychologically. >> it should be interesting. she is a great actress. and "unstoppable." >> the first big movie opening

this weekend. denzel washington and rosario dawson, trying to stop a runaway train full of hazardous material. it has a lot of thrills, one of the things our critic likes, there is not a lot of special effects, it takes its time to thrill you. it is a pot burner. a simmer. >> that sounds like a good one. that will be at my house, people will want to see. we arehappy to see you. happy to hear about all the things coming up. for more ide about what can you do for your weekend, log on to the "around the town section." or going ou guide at "the washington post."com. >> pat.

>> coming up on news 4, fraternities at george washington university areunder investigation for hazing, and hearing from passengers who have gotten off that carniva cruise ship. clearing up cloudy glasses. the white spotty film outf the dish washer. and sharing viewer suggestions, a lot of folks watching say they havethe fix. possibly solutions t clear up your cloudy glass says on news 4 at 5:00. >> tnk you, t. a final check on the forecast. a look at the beautiful sky out ere. >> tt is the live view, temperatures, with the bright sunshine are in the mid and upper 50s over the next couple of hours, we should climb into the low 50s, terrific day.

a lot going on here, for veterans day. a perfect day for that a large ridge of high pressure new england, eastern canada to florida. we are right in the middle of it. low 60s today. bright sunshine, more of the same on saturday. sunday, a few clouds otherwise a beautiful day. and monday, partly cloudy and a high near 60. good weather for the skins/eaes game. may get rain on tuesday. >> the curtain has closed on jean shallot's career, this is his last day it. his friends a colleagues paid tribute to him. someone was missing, jean shallot himself. he was so humble, he didn't want to be there for his tribute.

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