it's cold outside. if you're not ithe holiday spirit just yet this weather will help you get there. most of you are waking up to temperatures in the 30s. some in the 20s. commander stitches. the first lips is a little swollen following an else go the face. how this happened to president obama and what the man responsible for it is saying this morning. >> the first lip. i like that. good morning and welcome to "new today". i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm kimberly suiters.

it's saturday, november 27, 2010. let's check in with meteorologist kim martucci. she's in for chuck bell and her first appearance since having a baby. a baby boy. >> home asleep or maybe awake. it's great to be back. i'm here to deliver a chilly weather forecast. the good news is we're not looking at any rain this weekend. we have mainly clear sks. it is 36. bone dry humidity of 36%. the winds were kicking around last night. they subsided last night. a check at live digital doppler from the bay to the blue ridge mountains. manassas, 27. 36 in town. hagerstown is 33. today plan on a trip to the upper 40s. lots of sunshine for you. i still can't get used to that sunset time of 4:48.

we'll talk about the rest of the weekend and when we'll next see rain again. >> it doesn't go completely bark at 4:48. >> you have some time. it's just weird. in our headlines now one man is dead after his car collided with a tow truck in charles county, maryland. this happened around 8:00 la night 30 night on 301. stanley wallace was driving when he hit a tow truck. wallace wasejected from his car and died from his injuries. the driver of the tow truck didn't suffer any injuries. in d.c. police are looking for a hit-and-run biclist. police say the bicyclist hit a man and a woman in their 70s around the 600 block of massachusetts avenue and didn't stop. both victims were taken to the hospital. six students at dunbar high school in d.c. have been arrested and charged with sexual assault. d.c. police say it happened on monday on campus during school

hours and the victim knew some of the six male students charged. the girl told her parents when she got home from school and went to the hospital for an exam. police say this is an ongoing iminal investigation and because all of the students are juveles their identities would not be released. another police invesgation inside another school, this one in prince george's county. a 15-year-d student at wise high school is accusing a security guard of hitting her. it started over a fight over a cell phone. with. >> reporr: what happened here at wise high school is of conflicting statements and a police investigation. this is what this 15-year-old looked like when her mother saw her at the emergency room on tuesday. >> what happened to this child? did somebody jump her, beat her, no this happened with the hool administration. reporter: no one disputes she

broke the rules at upper marlboro. she used her cell phone to text her response and speak toer motherho was running late to pick u her daughter from school. no one disputes that she was caught by the principal, carletta marrow. >> the principal is calling security. i said no one is going to be handcus on you. i couldn't wraparound my mind that somebody was going to arrest her. >> reporter: when she arrived at the school minutes later and ran inside it was clear someing was wrong. >> they told me she has a little cut and e ambulances here. a little cut. and the ambulance is here. i said are you serious? >> reporter: she said she was confronted by two security officers and physically struck. she was hospitalized and received stitches to close a cut under her eye. the prince george's county school system released a statement that says our information is that the student was not beaten but after not

complying with the principal's request to leave the classroom security psonnel along with the principal worked to strain the student for her safety along with the safety of others in the classroom. the girl sitting between her parents said she doesn want to go back to wise high school. >> i don't want to go bac first thing the kids are childish, you know. not at all. >> reporter: a spokesman for prince george's countyublic schools sa the school system is conducting its own investation. in upper marlboro, jackie bensen, news 4. we're following a story out of portland, erg where a 19-year-old has been arrted while planning to detonate a van full of explosives during a christmas ceremony. mohamed osman mohamud tried to detonate a van but it was a

dude. mohamed osman mohamud was naturalized -- he is a natulized u.s. citizen from somalia and faces a maximum life in prison. new warnings from north korea as u.s. plans to go ahead with military exercises with south korea. north korea called therills expected to start tomorrow an unpardonable provocation and warned of retaliatory attacks. north korea southeastward south korea island with artillery on tuesday killing four people. a funeral was held today for two south korean marines killed. china urged both north and south korea to show reraint. this morning u.s. officials are doing damage control before a whistleblower website hurts its international relationships. wikileaks won't say whenut has said it will leak several classified state department documents. secretary of state hillary clinton has already reach out to several foreign leaders about the expected release.

>> reporter:.s. officials tell nbc news that the upcoming document release from the website wikileaks contains top cret information so damaging it could threaten the s.t.a.r.t. treaty with the russians. according to the officials the infoation contained in classified cables reveals secrets behind the s.t.a.r.t. negotiations and claims by the russn leadership information that could provide a munition to republicans. >> they won't be surprised that americans say derogatory things about them. what they are you upset is it's being leaked to the public. >> reporter: there's serious concerns that it could threaten counterterrorism operations in afghanistan and yemen. in afghanistan where the esident has already come under fire for afghan corruption and questions about his mental

stability, u.s. officials say the secret cables reveal newnd embarrassing claims about his personality and private life. perhaps more troublesome the leaks include top secret information about u.s. military andntelligence operations against al qaeda in yemen. and some critical dispatches about yemen's presint. u.s. officials fear those leaks could not only threaten the u.s. military operations but jeopardize future cooperation from both countries on two critical war fronts. >> anything that is said in these classified cabs that's released, that is publicly embarrassing, complicate our ability to fig the enemy. >> reporter: this is the third massive leak. the founras been tweeting about this latt release as part of a fundraising drive. in coming months we'll see new world where global history is redefined. >> pentagon officials believe a

23-year-old is responsible for getting the reports to wikileaks. he's now in custody and charged with illegally downloading thousands of classified documents. you heard us talk about the first lip? president obama waking up a little sore this morning after catching an elbow to the face on the basketball court. it hppened while he was playing ball with friends and family yesterday at the fort mcnair. the president got 12 stitches in his lip and while the first fami received this year's christmas tree the president was inside the white house with an ice pack looking out the window. the offending elbow belonged to a person who being works for the congressional hispanic constitute. he issued this statement. i learned the president is both a tough competitor and a good sport. i enjoyed playing basketball with him and i'm sure he'll be back out on the court again

soon. >> do you think itas humbling enough? no i'm sorry i busted his lip? >> i'm sure it was an i'm sorry somewhere. >> i'm sorry. >> still ahead on "news4 today", the big change metro is making in just a few days. how it could cost you money and leave your matter trip card with a zero balance. about to head out to do some holiday shopping? why there's a push to ditch the mall and big box stores today. >>tis the sson for holiday lights. how nbc 4 could pa

heads up now for commuters who use metro smart benefits. employers can provide workers a transit benefit. starting in december riders could use the unused funds on their card at the end of every month. the change stem from a mandate from the irs and depends how employers implement the order. first we had black friday next comes cyber monday and now add small business saturday to the lilgts. it's an effort by american express to get more people shopng at retailers in their own communits. discounts lured in crowds to small businesses yesterday in

alexandria. the city also helped draw shopperso old town by offering free park in city garages. many customers say they appreciate the alternative to malls and big box stores. >> it certainly works for me. iike shopping at old town anyway but it was an incentive to have the coupons and free parking. >> i would finitely come back here. there aren't -- the crowds aren't here but the good prices are. >> american express is offering 200,000 card holders a $25 credit if they use theirard today at a locally own shop. some economists say out of every $100 spent, about $68 go back to the community. how would you like too shopping in a place like this? this is a mall in romania. biggest and brightest christmas light display in t world. 40 staff members and two wes of hanging christmas lights. they even removed part of the ceiling and replaced it with

bulbs. a guinness world record representative had to count each one of those bulbs. here's the tally, 449,60058 bulbs. it cost 0 more than $1.3 million. >> you need shades when you walk in the mall. that's blinding. a sure sign of the holiday now shines brightly in northern virginia. reston town center added a little christmas spirit to the holiday shopping last night with a huge tree lighting. >> organizers estimate some 10,000 people attended that ceremony. john trippen has the story. >> reporter: it's beginning to feel a lot like christmas at the reston town center in virginia where thounds showed up for the annual tree lighting ceremony. when the time came the little ones with their bells made as much noise as possible as santa and mrs. claus rode in to kick off the holiday season.

>> people here. nice. everything is fine. >> reporter: from the model trains to the horse carriage rides, everything is set up to get shoppers in a festive mood. >>it's fun. part of the tradition. >> reporter: the crowds came early across our region to stock up on black friday bargains. retailers hope this is the beginningf a massive turn around to this year's dismal economic performance. >> we're not going terribly overboard with anything but, you know, we'r still trying to give them a good christmas, at least the way they see it. >> reporter: have you been good or bad this year? >> good. >> reporter: do you have your christmas list already? >> yeah. >> reporter: what do you want for christmas this year? >> a bike. >> a barbie. there are a lot of other things

that i don't remember because there'ssome. >> reporter: the more kids want retailers hope more parents will have to spend. >> i think now that we're a little bit more stable financially i think, yeah, definitely. >> this shopping list isn't finished. we'll be spending more. >> reporter: retailersove to hear those long christmas lists from kids. if you're interested in coming out here to reston town center it's a family friendly place. they have carriage rides and test your luck on the ice, the ice skating rink is open every daof the week. we're here in reston, virginia, john trippen, "news4 today". i thought for sure john would strap on some ice skates. bring the family to national harbor. we want to see how are you own holiday decorating is coming along. e-mail us your pictures and video of displays to weather at nbcwashington.com.

each friday until christmas chief meteorologist doug kammerer will pick a home to visit. >> should be a lot of fun. no pressure to clean up the inside. you have to have food and hot chocolate for him. it is 6:18. kim martucci is here checking the numbers. i have a cture of the cutest baby in the worldoming up next. >> we can't wait to see him. >> we'll see you on the other side of this break. with capital one bank's new checking with rewards,

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6:21. 38 degrees outside. >> a little chilly. a little bit. >> but it's warm inside k's home. >> a new bundle of joy. >> when you saw me i was blocking quite a few graphics. a lot of west virginia didn't

get to see their weather. and there's a reason why. i got a new love in my life. my husba is like wait. there he is. >> look at him. does he have his own facebook page. >> i think veronica johnson gave him that onesy. his name is maximus. when he was born for ten minutes my husband and i didn't have a name picked out. >> that's a strong name. >> i asked the doctor, are we allowed to lve the hospital without a name and mail it into you. no, yo have to have a name. >> maximus is great. you call him max. >> let's take a look at what max and the rest of you are waking up to. how is it at your house? the numbers. it's kind of chilly.

36 here. the dew point 17. humidity 46%. those west to southwest winds are blowing at 3 miles per hour. all right,ere's some numbers four. we got some 20sutside as well. manassas is 25. it is below freezing in sterling at 31. as we look over here towards clinton, maryland, 33 degrees. looking around at the weather forecastoday that chilly air will stay locked in place for the end of move to. five to ten degrees below average. 47 in d.c.. 49 fredericksburg. north and west 41. over to thehore line there, annapolis your high today with sunshine 47. here's that satellite radar loop. we don't have to worry about any rain or snow but there's plenty of snow up around the great lakes. lake-effect snow from buffalo to watertown they will get anywhere from a foot to 17 inches when all is said and done. weather doesn't seem so bad when

we talkabout that. lots of sunshine. here's t timeline. sunday 6:00 in the evening right on top of us and then we'll start to see a little bit of a warm up on monday as our wind tart to switch more to the southwest. that's going to be pretty good. football fans, chuck tells me to get this forecast out here four. i will. i married a hockey and i'mappy to say i'll forecast a win for them but make a lot of virginia fans upset. we'll see how that goes. kickoff is at noondown in blacksburg. 42 degrees. north carolina state is coming to maryland today, 45, go terps. west win 10 to 15. we're looking at a gorgeous day if you don't mind that move to chill. temperatures will be between 35 and 40. clear skies. clearing trend takes us into the overnight and tomorrow morning. yes that's 25 in the burbs to 30 downtown. here's that extended weather outlook. i'm keeping rain out of the picture until tuesday. we may get a thunderstorm

tuesday ending. a little strange. wednesday, thursday, friday we'll end the rain on thursday and bck to the chilly 40s as high for next weekend. >> you're a new mom you can say anything you want. one year, it goes back to normal. today is the regular season finale for a lot of college football teams in the area. maryland takes on innocence state. >> rival virginia and virginia tech square off in blacksburg. now here's dan hellie wth your "sports minute". >> good morning. your "sports minute" srts with the capitals. yesterday the tampa beltway lightning visited verizon center on a five game win being streak but the capitals made sure it didn't reach six. alex notched his third hat trick of the season as the catals

blanked the lightning 6-0. college football, number two ranked auburn rallied from a 24-0 deficit to beat abama 28-27 in the iron bowl. tigers quarterback and heisman trophy candidate threw for three touchdowns and ran for another as auburn keeps its national championship hopes alive. on the high school front, stone bridge hosted hayfield. return the opening kickoff 87 yards for the touchdown. stone bridge advances with a 35-7 win over hayfield. over in maryland, urbana visiting gaithersburg and they upset the second seeded trojans. the hawks on a fake field goal here just before halftime complete the 14 yard touchdown pass. urbana moves to the ate title game with a win. hoops. maryland host iing elon.

that's your "sports minute" i'm dan hellie, everybody have a great weekend. sad day today for redskins fans as it marks three year anniversary of the deathf sean taylor. >> he was the former first-round pick who was shot and killed during an attempted home invasion. he was 24 when he diedand a rising star for the redskins, twice named to the nfl pro bowl. taylor had 12 interceptions in his career and was honored by having hisame added to the redskins ring of fame. coming up in the next half hour of "news4 today", a developing story ernight, police announce the rest of a teenager accused of trying to blow up a tree lighting ceremony. >> important consumer alert from liz crenshaw. how buying the wrong gift can turn into

it's 6:30 on this saturday, november 27, 2010. taking a live look outside. 37 degrees. what a gorgeous sunrise. it is chilly out there. be prepared. >> you'll definitely need the gloves and all that jazz when you head out this morning. >> good morning, everyone. weome to"news4 today". i'm suit.

>> i'm gill. let's get a check on the forecast right now. kim martucci is in for chuck this morning with all the details. >> a little nippy you guys said. clear skies. we lift the atmosphere ambulance commonwealth off the bed. the air isdries. cools off quickly. the way we're going today is dry and chilly. and 36 is where we're at. bundle up if you're headed out for that early morning run. maybe you're burning off some thanksgiving calories. maybe you're going shopping. hope you find a space at the mall. 32 la plata. good morning to you in sterling. 31. martinsburg is 34. down as i mentioned is 36. here's the satellite radar loop. we don't have any clouds really other than the west virginia panhandle a few there. otherwise we're look at a sunny one, 44 at noon, 47 for the high by 6:00 back down to 44. talk about the rest of your weekend weather details coming up in a bit. we're following a developing

stor out of portland, oregon where a 19-year-old has been arrested after plotting to detonate a van full of explosives during a christmas tree lighting ceremony. mohamed osman mohamud was trying to detonate a van he thought was full of explosives but was actually a dude supplied by undercover agents as part of a month long sting operation. mode mode is a naturalized u.s. citizen from somalia. shelters are now up on a south korean island attacked by north korea. the temporary houses are for peopleho lostheir homes tuesday when north korea shered t island with artillery fire. a funeral was held for two south korean marines killed in that take. north korea warns it will retaliate if south korea goes forward with military drills with the u.s. navy tomorrow. the u.s. says the joint eercise was planned well before tuesday's attack. south korean officials say the drills will reinforce its restraint on north korea. new today three weeks after

qantas ground their super jumbo planes the airbus a380 is back in acti. you're looking at video from earlier this month when one of the planes had to make a emergency landing after their engine disintegrated. 500 people were aboard that plane that took off from sidney. 500 people. the airline is only putting two of its six a380s back into service while month die dpags is being made to others. the totals are still coming in on black friday sales. it appears the numbers will be up. major stores like best buy, sears, macy's and toys "r" us reported bigger crowds than last year. many customers are shopping for themselves right now and not just necessities which can be a sure sign of a recovering economy. nationwide analysts expe 138 million shoppers will hit the stores this weekend. that's up 3% from last year.

as you head to area stores police warn you not to forget to put safety first. you may be looking for deals but criminals are looking for shoppers piling on the purchases. montgomery police urge you not to carry around too many packages. authorits say that could make you distracted a vulnerable to thieves. that advice goes for inside or outside of the malls and stores. one man said he arted to pay extra attention around his surroundings after someone broke into his rental car while he was on vacation. >> look write park and making surei'm not parking too close to other cars or i'm seeing unusual people walking looking into cars. i' sort of concerned but i'm not standing guard on my car the whole time. >> police urge drivers to be careful, especially in the eveningshis time the year. dark pking lotsave more pedestrians in them than usual with people out holiday shopping. whether it's a big tv or the late video game system electronics are at the top of a

lot of people's lists. what do you do if you buy the wrong one or want to return a hi-tech gift? liz crenshaw has a warning for consumers about fees you may not know about. >> a little bit angry. >> reporter: no one wants to be slapped with a restocking fee but is that what you're thinking about when you storm the stores? it should be. >> it's not good for us. >> reporter: best buy and other retailers incur quite a cost for open electronics returns. so they pass ose costs on the consumer. >> t biggest reason is that it ed to be checked out. >> reporter: can you then take that in the back, tape it up and sell it as new? >> no. it has to be checked out by a certified techcian. sent back to us certified that yes this is a saleable product and in good work condition. we have to resell it as an open box item. >> reporter: restocking fees a best buy range from 10% to 15%.

cameras, camcorders, laptops, phones, it adds up. for example if you bought a computer for $1,000, opened it and returned it, you were the person you bought it for will pay a restocking fee of $100 to $150. best buy is not alone. many retailers charge restocking fees on opened electronics for different reasons. target,amazon, sear, dell almay charge 15% to restock. apple charges 10% to restock opened items. h.h. gregg charges 20% or more to restock if you don't have your receipt or all the packing materials or if it's later tan 14 days since you bought it. retailers who don't charge a restocking fee, costco, le's, dioshack, walmart, hp and staples. >> what i advise the customer, you know, do the seven. we have a lot of experts in the store so you need to dfinitely

pick their brain and make sure that's exactly what you want before you buy it. >> reporter: if you're not sure what to buy for the tech savvy, play itsafe. >> if it's a gift, buy a gift card. >> reporter: liz crenshaw, news 4. >> most stores have their restocking fees posted online some at the register and sometimes you can find it on your receipt. 6:37 right now and 36 degrees outside. first came love then came the engagement, now less than two weeks later the first book about prince william and kate middleton. how you can read all about the royal fairy tale. a local woman shares her recipe for success with a cookbook but no ordinary cookbook or woman.

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it's that time of year when you really focus on the important things in life, your friends, your family, and of course your good health. >> one friendship heights woman despite losing both arms and legs to an infection says she has a lot to be thankful for. cheryl douglas loves being in the kitcn, eating her favorite french foods or cooking for thanksgiving like she's always done. these days all that takes a little more effort. >> trial and error. problem solving. but it's becoming a little easier that i've been doing it. >> she's doing it with mechanical hand.

two years ago a strep infection forced doctors to amputate her arms and legs. she spent months in a coma but when she woke up there was no time for sorrow. >> i never felt like i wouldn't get back. i mean i alway just assumed that somehow or another, you know, i would be walking and doing things again. >>at 62 years old she was outfitted wi prosthetics and took to the task of starting her new life. she learned to walk again first in a swimming pool. >>umber one, i had not stood erect in like three or four months. >> b within wes she took to siwalks and even steps. now cheryl walks quite well and is back in the kitchen where things don't always come easily but they do come. >> i have to tell my arm to open my hand because i still have the same nerves here. so i say open my hand and my handpens and i say close my

hand and my hand closes. >> she's now take her cooking to a new level with a friend she's working on a cookbook for people with prosthetics or limited hand function. >> we're simplifying reces so they will still be flavorful bu not as much in and out of the pan. >> she's thankful that her fight and triumphs can be inspirational. >> one time somebody said you're a miracle. it's a miracle i'm alive. and i've been able to do as much as i've been able to do. >> earlier this moshe received the national rehabilitation hospital's victory award forex sepgsal strength and couragein the face of physical adversity. sh joins the likes of stevie wonder and bob dole. >> clearly an inspiration to many. "the today show" is here next. >> amy robach is joiningus. >> coming up this morning, terror plot. a teenager from somalia accused

of trying to blow up a van at a christmas tree lighting ceremony. he's charged with attempted use of a weapons of mass destruction. and then black friday weekend der way with millions of americans shopping until they drop. retailers hope this season will be the best one in three years. how it is shaping up? tiger woods, one year sce hilife, career and reputation all changed. we'll look back on the tabloid friends jip that engulfed woods over the past 12 months. we'll continue on the pop culture icon. for lester it was the partridge family. for me was doran doran. back to you. >> doran doran was my fir concert. >> they were the best. they were the '80s.

the entire decade. >> thanks, amy. kim martucci is here wth us this morning. >> your going to start to sing? >> i'm sorry. "i think i love you" is in my head. i loved the partridge family. we won't be singing our way through the weather but i'll be talking about some chilly foreca conditions coming at us this weekend. don't miss it. it's coming up next.

volunteers will spend the weekend decorating the white house christmas tree. the first family welcomed the 20-year-old douglas fir yesterday afternoon. president obama stayed inside. he had to nurse a busted lip but he did watchhe greeting from a white house window. it's 19 1/2 feet tall. it came from pennsylvania. it will sit in the white house blue om. >> there's a contest for tree that will go into the white house and the guy -- the farm that raised it, that guy's father won the contest for, i thinks one of president bush's first one so there was a tree from that same farm. >> do we know why or how? >> national christmas tree

organization do a contest. >> it'sdecember-like outside? >> it certainly is. a little bit of a chill in the air. we're feeling that way as people rush off to buy coats. we missed the big sale yesterday at staples on a computer. didn't get there in time. oh, well hope your door busters went okay four. here's a look around. gorgeous weather conditions at least the sky scape is. the temperature a littl chilly outside as you wake up and roll over. here's what you're facing. we have 30s outside and we even have 20s around in our suburbs. 36 at ronald reagan washiton national airport. humidity is 46%. winds out of the west southwest at 3 miles per hour. and, yes, prty dry dew point of 17 degrees. digital doppler reveals we're all clear and dry. no rain drops or sflax around. different story up north across the great lakes that's wre they have quite a bit of snow. here's a look at the numbers.

manassas you're 27. that's your reality. quantico 35. north and west 36 winchester way and you'll be working on a sunshine high of 43. 46or the high forecast in warrenton and taking you over. we're high and dry wasn't that chilly weather. we're not putting any rain in this weather forecast until tuesday and then also on wednday. that is your best bet for getting wet as we look into the next week. looking at the weather, nothing really lining upyet o the weather map. this is a localized phenomenon called lake-effect snow downwind buffalo to water tun 12 to 17 inches is in the forest over the weekend from the lake-effect. we'll be out of reach from that. we're going to get sunshine from our high pressure cell that takes us straight into the beginning of the week. once it passes us on monday into tuday that will get some southerly winds here not just

nice weather but milder weather near 60 degrees come tuesday. quickly, all right, u is playing the razor backs. kickoff 54 degrees at 3:30. if chuck were here. what he be saying? he would give the game to oklahoma. i'm going with the cowboys. chuck you go on vacation you don't get your foreca. sunny today everybody, november chill 43 to 47. coming up a quick temp drop down 35. during the overnight we'll continue to drop wit those clear skies down aund 30 with 20s in the suburbs. we're rain free weekend, don't have any showers crping in until tuesday. 70% chance. wet on wednesday, thursday and friday, we'll be drying out. >> if you want to get him the cowboys wave the wheat. >> thank you. >> time now is :50. 36 degrees. it's a love story that's captivating the attention of the world.

how can you read abo prince william and kitt you middlet's relationship. >> and the caps have a natural. sports is next.

nearly two wks after announcing their engagement a new book documents the royal romance between prince william and his bride-to-be kate middleton. william and kate a royal love story was written by a royal reporter. likely first of several books to come. the royal couple set their wedding date to take place april 29th at westminster abbey. >> this morning cap fans are thankful for the alexis. alex veitch kin and alex semin. >> good morning the nhl's leading goal scorer and the lightning in verizon center

riding a five game winning streak their longest in nearly four years. the capitals have a guy named alex and it's not veitch kin. alex semin is a lightning slayer. last time he played tampa, hat track. last night hat track. semyon varlamov made the start and that got plenty of offense help. marcus gets it back to john carlson. chk it out here. slow motion looks even sweeter. 1-0 caps on top, carlson's third goal the year. second period the capitals are up. 4-0. backstrom to alex semin. look at this one more time. what a tough angle. he still gets it to go. the natural hat track for semin, he's doubled his career t track total in the last five weeks. challenges take the charge, winning 6-0.

gary williams says his team is learning every day with six new playerthat's to be expected. last night they learned how to keep fighting after just stinging up the joint in the first half. the terps trailed at halftime by by the end of the game it was all go in gary land. first half, elon is up by eight and looking for more. jack eisburger. bowie gets it to sean moseley for the dunk. moseley had 10 dunks. just a few minutes later terps th some great ball movement inside out and back in, jordan williams throws it down. had 24 points and 13 rebounds. ryland outscores elon by 22 in the second half.

they win it. virginia tech taking on oklahoma state. hookey fans are every where. cowboys are running. gives it up to dren williams. that was a good decision. oklahoma state up by seven with six minutes to go. kies went on a run. a bigone. 18-3 run. hokies beat oklahoma state 56-51. they improve to 4-1 on the season. folks the redskins need all the healthy bodies they can get against the vikings on sunday but there aren't many left. landry and terrain are out. seven other starters listed as questionable. moss and caos rogers are among those who are game time decisions. high school football time. going maryland. all these games are win or go home. it's the state 4 a semi-finals. gaithersburg hosting urbana.

first quarter no score. e quarterback looking for sylvester. urbana's george is there. heads- play by george. returns it 32 yards. love the number. all the way down to what is tt about the 26th yard line. just before halftime, running up the field goal or not. it's a fake. derek to rsellor the touchdown. urban j moves on the state finals 37-6 is the final. in virginia, stone bridge hosting hayfield for the region championship. the opening kickoff of the game goes to kyle. you know i read on a scouting report that he rauns 4-6-5. he looked a lot faster than that. this is a great kickoff return. 83 yards for t touchdown. nobody got a hand on him. stone bridge hands hayfield

easily. 35-7 is the final and stone bridge is still alive. that's your morning sports. i'm dan hellie. everybody have a great weekend. >> thank you, dan. >> i love high school football. >> brings back memories. >> absolutely. >> kim is here with us. a lot of folks getting back in gear for shopping this morning. >> here's what you need if you're headed to the mall. shades. and layers. you don't want to bring the big heavy coat in with you and lug it around. itill be nippy today. that's a high of 47. bright sunshine, those 42 luray, 49 st. mary's. frederick pair of fours four. shopping on beautiful market street. great shops in frederick. goto your local town and do some local shopping today. ing? >> right. today is the push for that. okay. thank you, kim. >> that is "news4 today". we're back in about 25 minutes or so with ather local news and weather update. >> join us again at 9:00 for a