lize this is not a team rebuilding. it is a team that is reloading. we want to go to the super bowl. >> of course the redskins did exact will you that. a huge win over the broncos. moving back to the present and how the redskins are going to stop michael struck tomorrow night, much of the pressure will fall oninebacker brian orakpo. the second year pro bowler has risen to the task whenever his number is called because he's always ready go at game time. >> on the bus trip on the way to the stadium i listen to music. kind of get my mind away from

the game before getng ready for a physical game. i'm a guy known for playing around the locker room. telling jokes and dab when you think of a football game you think of everybody just so intense and so angry. at the same time, i like to have fun. i'm in there having fun, telling jokes. you know kind ofetting everybody loosened up before the game. throughout the group, drills before the game actually played, you sically -- we are not calling the plays that we are going to call throughout the game. getting joints moving running around. you know getting a feel of how it is going to be throughout the game without actually calling the correct call. the pushups you see i do plaintiff the game settling down. getting you going as far as my

body know what it is about to do this battle we have upon us. i try to do -- between 30 d 50. get the juices flowing. it is all anxty and ready to play ball. with our line bacng core we are a roud why you bunch. we are aggressive of the defense. starts it off before we get -- actually get on the field with a prayer and gets his normal routine speech every game. >> one, two, three. >> once we get done with our pregame ritual as far as warming up we started this year where i'm the new linebacker chant. leading the chant. >> let's go! yeah! that is letting the guys know game time is coming. let's get ready and pumped.

let's fly right. i'm brian orakpo. that's how i get ready for game day. >> brian orakpo looks like aro bowl candidate this season. we will be right back to wrap things up on "redskins game plan" right after this. don't go away.

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d.c. i absolutely love it. i'm from akron ohio, so iove it here. >> gorgeous people in d.c. >> it is some interesting looking people out here. >> why did d.c. get such a bad rap? to find out we went to the beauty expert. she is one of the real house wives of d.c. anduns one of the top modelinggencies downtown. >> i think people confuse politics and being conservative with style and being boring. so i just go on record saying i think washington has many beautiful people but it always starts from within. >> reporter: but the poll isn't completely negative. we rate number one for historical sites and number four for most intligent people. >> at the end of the daring being smart and being intelligent, it is more important than looks. >> reporter: john schriffen.

>> charleston, north carolina number one. it was followed byan diego savannah and mii. a lot more ahead including a story you need to see. if you're thinking about buying a pet online, this is a disturbing story behind some websites. more onfforts to

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announced there will be no charge tsee zoo lights. that's when the zoo decorates with lights for the holiday season and this year it runs weekend nights from december 3rd through the 12th and every night tween december 17 and january 1st except christmas eve and christmas day, and new years eve. parking at the zoo aft 6:00 people, however will not be free. this is an important story if you have ever considered buying a pet online. this might make you tink twice. the operation behind some of those cute websites can be simply horrific. liz crenshaw has more on howto avoid these pet buying pit fall and a warning. some of the following images may be disturbing. >> i was tnking, wow, what did i just get myself into? and i can't let this puppy die. >> reporter: it was suzanne's first pet. a silky terrier she named buster. she bought him online from what she thought with you a

legitimate breeder in missouri. >> it was a cute little puppy with cute little stuffed animal next to it. >> reporter: so she bought the puppy d paid to have him flown to d.c. t soon after he arrived, the four-pound pup became very sick. doctors told her her new puppy had parvo virus, a potentially deadly disease highly contagious among unvaccinated dogs living in unsanitary conditions. a sign buster was the product of a puppy mill. >> i called the breeder and spoke to him a little and he spoke to me and that buster was played with every day by the family and he was healthy and he was just a great dog. >> reporter: not the case. veterinarians ve buster less than a 50% chance to live and it would cost her more than $10,000 to treat him. not knowing if he would live or die. >> before i got a puppy, i dn't know about the parvo virus and i didn't know there were puppy mills. >> unfortunately it a common

sty. >> reporter: justin of the humane society of the united states led this raid at a the puppy mill in mississippi in july. authories seiz more than 100 dogs from a business appeared very different online. >> they had a beautiful website. there were photoaphs of anima in show rings and all groomed and beautiful and looked great. but behind the scenes, the animals were dying. they were living in horrible conditions. wead one dog that we recovered from the propey that had a hole in its eye. >> reporter: the humane society of the united states estimates there are 10,000 puppy mills operating around the country kept in business by unsuspecting internet pet shoppers. >> the consumers are paying for the bills. the consumers are buying these puppies unknowingly not knowing what condition they're coming from. not knowing where they're coming from but buying them because they feel like they see this cute puppy on the website. >> reporter: the spca took in some of the dogs rescued from the mississippi puppy mill.

some of the animal were emaciated, had dental oblems heart worm disease, and ear infections. >> we're not talking about merchandise. we're talking about living being creatures. animals that are part of our family. animals that are companions. >> i love you you, buster. >> reporter: three years later she now knows what she should have de when shopping for a silky teier. >> meet the breeder buy a dog where you can travel even if you have to trav over a weekend. never get any other kind of love like you get from a puppy. >> the state of missouri where she purchased him has more puppy mills than any other state. but voters are doing something about it. they have passed a referendum to crack down on large scale commercial breeding facilities on the federal level. legiation is pending and of courserescue a dog. don't buy one. coming up, what is being done to make sure the nation's obesity rates doesn't compromise national security? and a familiar face pops up on one of the hottessh

some news for your health on obesity in america. a problem plaguing nearly 20% of teenagers in this country and now some offial say it is affecting our national security. doreen gentzler shows us how they are trying to fight that. >> i want to get a good stepping stone for my career. >> reporter: 19-year-old jay has been ready to join e army since he was in high school. recruiters say he is smart and motivated with a bright future ahead of him. but there is one thing standing in his way. he is overweight. >> i wa like, really. what do i have to weigh? why can't i just go right now? >> don't give up. we'll get you there. >> reporter: he needed to lose 30 pounds before the army would accept him. according to a new report, he is not alone. 27% of 18 to 24-year-olds are ineligible to join the military

because they are overweight. >> it threatens our national security. in that at the end of the day, it is not our tanks it is not our our planes it is not our ships. it is the young men and women who so proudly volunteer and serve. >> reporter: the retired u.s. officer is working the mission readiness. the group is dedicated to recruiting more young people for the military. according to their report, 9 llion 18 to 24-year-olds are too fat to join the armed forces and there are new 39 states i the u.s. where 40% of yng adults are overweight or obese including virginia. there was just one state with that statistic just ten years ago. >> we need a fit forceful we need a smart forceful our equipment has been a very technologicallysophisticated. we put a lot of reonsibility the shoulders of the men and women who serve so they need to not just be mentally fit but

physically fit to withstand the rigors of comt. >> reporter: he says a tough economy has helped to keep military enlistment up but they worry that the number of new recruits may start to dwindle soon. recruiters on the street agree saying over the last five years, they've also noticed more young adults who can't enlistbecause of their weight. army sergeant first class jermaine saunders is a recruiter in alexandria. he has to weigh and measure new cruits and make sure they neat army standards. depending on age and height men should have a body fat percentage of 20%. for woen 30%. >> a workout plan, a basic program. >> reporter: saunders is working with jay so he can lose his last 20 pounds and ship out. hall says he is working out and eating right in hopes of getting the weight off as quickly a possible. >> my number one priority to knock the weight off. get into the army and start my career. >> reporter: mission readiness

a big supporter of the childhood trition act. that is a bill that would require schools to make lunch healthier and to eliminate the sale of junk food. if you jumped into the deep end of a pool, would you be able to save your own life? sadly in some minority communities, the answer is no. news4's aaron gilchrist has more on the effort to close a racial divide when it comes to swimming. >> reporter:hollywood brought to light a moment of pride in 2007 with a feature film by that name about it couldn't ignore a real life problem. black kids, not hesitant to get into the water, but not knowing how to swim. >> like that. >> reporter: this summer prince george's county enrolled 350 kids in make a splash. a national effort to reduce drowning among minority kids through free swimming lessons. >> an epidemic. >> reporter: sarah runs the aquatics programs and works to combat the stereo type that black people don't swim.

>>t is a joke in our community but it is very serious. we've lost a number of youth and adults in our community for lack of knowledge and experience in the water. >> reporter: back in july, 12-year-old naji clark drowned in an upper marlboro pool. his uncle jumped in to save him and drowned too. six black louisiana teens died after a swimming party died into a desperate effort to save one another from drowning. their parents stood on the banks of t red river, unable to swim, up able to help. a study conducted by the university of memphis for usa swimming foundation offers starting statistics. nearly 70% of black kids have little or no swimming ability. 58% of hispanic kids fall into the same category. >> despit knowing that swimming is a life saving skill, the experts will tell you there is a long list of compelling reasons some people n't learn to sm. dr. sherry park is a professor. >> what happed in the united states is that african-americans

have been divorced from swimming. that slave masters forbade them to swim like they forbade them to read. >> reporter: in the '60s blacks were segregated out of communicate pools open mainly to people of means. in today's urban centers, there are other issues. reputation. >> certain sports that give you school credit. basketball gives you a lot, football gives you a lot other sports like swimming may not give you as much. >> reporter: more commonly he said it is access. >> tre are pools and a lot of what works in black schools that are not being used. they're empty they're dry. and there are some individuals who are going around trying to rehabilitate them. ey need support. they need funds. they need help. >> reporter: the usa swimming study points to accessnd other hurdles. lack of encouragement, personal appearance, what chlorine does to black hair. financial constraints and the overwhelming predictor of swimming inability. fear. >> i just panic. and i can't do it. >> fear keeps her out of the water.

she enrolled her 6-year-old john in the make a splash program. >> i have a fearful i didn't want him to have a fearful and he his older brother swim so he wants to swim, too. >> experts say parents have to realize learning to swim isn't for recreation or to train the next olympic champion. >> both in physical education and health education would say you need to get to the moms. you needo find a way to save your babies. >> prorngz county offers swimming classes year round for a feex you can check with your local y or your community center. coming up next betty

the white house just released a statement that the passenger of flight 514 are recovering well from the effect of the substance they were exposed to on board. theyay they will be released as soon as doctors determine their condition. >> yes! at was jim vance.

he was making a special appearance on "the event." blair underwood plays the president of the united states and appeared mesmerized by the report. he was probably wondering, where is doreen? betty white has been making us laugh for a lot of years. but tears were on display during herecent visit to washington. craig melvin has more on how she got to live her childhood drm of becoming a forest ranger. >> we present you with this forestry badge. >> reporter: betty white has loved smoky the bear since well since there was a smoky the bear. she was born 22 years before he was drawn. tuesday, the age defying superstar who turned a super bowl snickers commercial into the greatest career revivalin, well, quite possibly the history of television, got a badge, a hat, and a ne title. forest ranger.

>> i just can't tell you what this day means to me. >> reporter: we've seen lots of betty lately playing beer pong with jimmy roasting shatner and saturday night she won an emmy and sent ratings soaring. long before the fame, though, there were family vacations to thwoods. >> and my first memories are riding in front of my dad on his horse as we packed into the high sierras. and we would go in there for three week and never see another two-legged soul, other than birds in our lives. >> reporter: she said she's been an advocate ever since and today forest ranger white had a simple message. >> once you pave itover it never comes back,guys. so we've got to maintain it. we've got to appreciate it. >> reporter: like her parents did. >> as excited a i am today, and as grateful as i am i know two people who would be over the moon, my mother and dad.

thank you. >> reporter: craig melvin, news4. >> she looks good with smoky the bear. that's all for news4 this week. what did we learn? keep our forest full of trees and animals, and once ain rescue an animal. there are so many animal that are being put to sleep every day. millions of them because they're not wanted. if you are looking for an animal don't buy on gorescue one. we have great shelters in our area. i'm wendy regier. thank you for joining us. ♪ ♪ [ female nouncer ] there's a way to get your groceries when you want them, all without leaving your home. it's called safeway home delivery. visit safeway.com today and you'll save $15 on your first order and get free home delivery. just type in the promo code fresh. it's everything you need. so you have more ti to do what you want. order today.

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