you're watching nbc 4. washington's news leader. now live in hd, this is news 4 today. occupied. today more protesters are expected to gather just blocks from the white house and they say they don't plan ongoing anywhere. plus, slow go. rallies, road work, rail work and more. getting around the district this weekend is going to be tough. good morning. welcome to news 4 today. it is saturday, october 8th, thank you so much for joining us. we'll have all this morning's news in a moment. first, we'll welcome in chuck bell with a check on our forecast.

good morning. how are you two this morning? >> i am feeling wonderful. >> last weekend was just the worst possible weekend for outdoor activities. this weekend is 8 0 degrees different from that. >> what's what we like to hear. >> i would call this a near perfect weekend for october. it's columbus day. a lot of people have monday off as well. >> the leaves are still all green. >> our peak on leaf season isn't until the end of october. it would be early for us. if you have to see the leaves you can go up to the poconos. for us clear skies, overhead temperatures are nice and cool this morning. 53 at national airport. but most of the western suburbs are well down into the 40s. frederick 45. mar tinsburg and charlestown and ince during up in the panhandle mid 40s. the only real knock on it there

is a limit bit of very thick fog out to the west this morning. you folks west of i-95 be on the lookout for some thick fog this morning. that won't last long. bright sunshine start to finish today. high temperatures in the mid up toer 70s. sun doesn't go down until 6:40 this evening. there's a 3:30 kickoff in blacksburg. be ready for perfect football weather. 75 and sunny. maybe the lack of humidity will help the home team. >> let's hope. >> hoping for a hokey win. >> that was a tough loss last week. >> thanks, chuck. today protesters will gather for the third straight day of the occupy d.c. demonstrations. yesterday protesters marched from freedom plaza to the world bank calling for the end of the wars in afghanistan and iraq. u.s. park police say yesterday's march was peaceful and they didn't make any arrests.

the demonstrations have gotten so large police were shutting down streets so protesters could cross. the protesters have a permit to stay at freedom plaza until sunday. many say they're planning to continue their demonstrations well beyond that. you might want to rethink your travel plans around d.c. this weekend. >> the occupy d.c. demonstration is one of many on instructions. close to the demonstrations the taste of d.c. is back after being gone for almost eight years. it features hundreds of local restaurants as well as beer tents and culinary stage. the festival is set up on pennsylvania avenue between ninth and 14th streets. so expect major delays. taste of d.c. starts at 10:00 a.m. today and goes through monday. >> a big chili eat off with that. the chain bridge is also closed this weekend. canal road won't be affected. drivers won't be able to turn on to the bridge. these closures are expected almost every weekend through december. >> and then there's this, major

changes on i-295. d dot is opening a new flyover ramp that will carry 295 southbound over a new interchange being built for the 11th street bridge project. there will be closures in this area through this afternoon. so traffic can be shifted on to the ramp. >> metro riders should expect major delays during this columbus day weekend. on the green and yellow lines, the shaw, u street and columbia height stations are closed. shuttle buses will operate between mount vernon square and georgia avenue stations. on the orange line buses will replace trains between west falls church and east falls church. those stations will reopen on monday. >> tomorrow is the army 10 miler. metro will be opening early at 6:00 a.m. to accommodate all the crowds. a developing story we're following this morning.

the search for a missing kansas city girl appears to be at an impasse. fbi agents searched a kansas landfill near 10-month-old lisa irvin's home for the second time since the girl was reported missing. lisa's mother says police told her she failed a lie detector test. she claims the child was snatched from her crib in the middle of a night. a fairfax county jury found a woman guilty of murdering her granddaughter. now we're getting a look at the video evidence showing the last moments of the little girl's life and the woman's first interview with police. i lost my mind. that's what caramela told fairfax county detectives during a taped confession the night of october 29th. she admitted to dropping her 2-year-old daughter from a tyson's corner mall walk way. >> what doo you mean by that?

>> i did a terrible thing. >> reporter: video released of the mall security camera show by showing caramela delarose ya walking with his family members. they walked into a food court for dinner. you can see the little girl wearing a pink hat in her grandfather's arm, the toddler's mother, her brother and caramela delarosa are next to thing. then after dinner the unthinkable happens. this time the family leaves. the next few seconds she carried out the plan to drop her daughter from the five-story walkway. news 4 has decided not to show that video. a few hours later delarosa confessed. the detective said she hashed her plan when her son-in-law called her daughter on the phone that line. she hated her son-in-law for getting the couple pregnant before they married. she wanted to get revenge on

james by hurting her granddaughter. >> what were you thinking? >> i was thinking about james. >> so were you picking her up to hold her or were you planning on doing something else? >> i did what i did. >> right. >> but what i'm trying to get at, when you know your granddaughter's walking you bend down and pick her up at that moment you know whaur going to go ahead when you get closer to the rail you're going to throw her over? >> was i conscious that i was going to do that? >> yes. >> okay. >> delarosa admitted in that same interview that she was jealous of all the attention her granddaughter was getting. the judge will finalize her sentence on january 6th. >> prince george county are investigating what they believe to be a murder-suicide.

it happened yesterday in maryland. around 2:30 p.m. police found a male and female both with gunshot wounds. the female was pronounced dead at the scene and the male died a short time later. investigators confirmed the two did have a relationship and are look for a possible motive. virginia will not be getting any help from the federal government to help recover from last month's earthquake. the federal emergency management agency denied the state's request for individual aid. the 5.8 magnitude quake caused an estimated $15 million in damage to homes and other structures like this school. governor bob mcdonell says he plans to appeal. new from overnight, a dramatic emergency landing after a pilot is forced to put his plane down no the ocean. the pilot was flying his twin engine plane from california to hawaii when he road for help saying he was about to run out of fuel. a coast guard crew scrambled to

help him guiding him for a safe landing on the water about 13 miles short of the big island. a rescue swimmer then pulled him from the water. the man was taken to a hawaiian hospital where he is expected to be okay. >> amazing video there. coming up, amana knox' parents respond to claims they accepted baby sitting briebs. and conrad murray in his own words. and another big win for the rising star in the republican party. [ male announcer ] do you know how you will react

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precaution. now on to decision 2012. where a new poll shows herman cain has surged ahead of mitt romney. a poll shows 38% would vote for cain while only 18% said they'd vote for romney. rick perry and ron paul got 12% each. ever since winning the florida straw poll cain has been gaining support. >> romney has another chance to gain ground on cain today with the value voters straw poll. the former massachusetts governor is expected to speak today along with ron paul. almost all the serious gop contenders are attending this two-day summit which is a gathering of conservative voters around the country. history has shown that courting social conservatives at this event usually bodes well for candidates in the iowa and new hampshire primaries. the trial of dr. conrad murray wrapped up its second week by hearing from murray

himself. the court played audiotapes of michael jackson's doctor just days before the singer's death. >> reporter: as the world was mourning the death of michael jackson, dr. conrad murray was leaving the hospital caught on surveillance cameras. police would question him two days later. in open court prosecutors played the tape for the first time. >> we understand that you had been spending some nights at the house? >> not some nights. i spent every night. murray told investigators the day jackson died the singer was begging for sleep medication. >> i looked at the time because i also knew that if his day is to be made productive he has to get up. and he said just make me sleep. doesn't matter what. he said i can't function if i don't sleep. they'll have to cancel it and i don't want them to cancel it,

but they will have to cancel it. so i agreed at that time. that i would switch over to the propofol. murray maintains he gave jackson a small dose not enough to kill him. and that jackson wanted to inject himself. >> and he asked me why won't you let me push it? i love to push it. it makes me feel great. >> the first time that milk was used on him, was it your idea or was it his idea? >> his. that was nbc's jeff rossen reporting. legal experts say the decision to play the tapes was a calculated move. prosecutors hope they can use murray's words against him and the tapes stick with the jury over the long holiday weekend. television networks appear to be pulling out all the spots

in hopes of landing the first interview with amanda knox. amanda knox's father says abc news producers let their youngest daughter stay with her in italy. knox says the abc producer did not baby sit the girls and was not in the room with them. >> it will be interesting to see who gets it. >> who will get her? >> i heard she's not going to talk about her book comes out. >> i'm sure there's a lot of rumors. >> she's been through enough. i don't think coming out and talking to the media is going to help. >> we will see. >> she could talk it out. >> we're a friendly bunch. nonetheless maybe a little time at home with the folks would be better. for us we have some fantastic for us we have some fantastic weekend weather coming our

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today. giving your dog a bath we know that can be rough. now a new business on georgia avenue in northwest promises to make it just a lot easier. the doggy washeret just opened. it's described as the city's first self-serve dog wash. you place your dog in this unit, turn the knob and you can wash, rinse and dry your dog in a matter of minutes. the service is available seven days a week. no appointment is needed. a wash cost you about 20 bones. >> get it? >> get it? >> you pay them to wash your own dog. >> this just makes the whole process. >> i have 100 pound lab. so makes it easy. it's coin operated. you throw it in there. >> or the sink at home. >> or the bathtub. my problem is my dog once he's in there it's hard to get him out. >> labs love water. >> he tries to fall asleep.

he gets really comfortable. >> labs and water they're perfectly matched. soap and bubbles and fur and water everywhere. >> and you have an ear infection. >> how about that weather? it's going to be a beautiful weekend for anything you want to do the next couple of days. if you've got dog washing on the list, very low humidity outside. the dog will dry faster. a little bit of good news on your saturday. expect plenty of sunshine as well today. temperatures running five, six degrees warmer than average for highs later on this afternoon. now it's a cold start to your saturday morning. mostly clear skies have allowed the temperatures to really tumble during the overnight hours. we're 53 now at national airport with a dew point of 50. a very light breeze now out of the east, northeast at only five miles per hour. a lot of the western suburbs have dropped well down into the 40s. 48 in winchester. culpeper mid 40s.

upper 40s for fredericksburg down into beautiful southern maryland temperatures into the low 50st. 57 in annapolis because of the influence of the chesapeake bay water. nothing on the radar. nothing anywhere nearby. that is welcome news. your day planner sunny, sunny and sunny for your morning, afternoon and early evening plans. temperatures in the 50st through 9:00, 10:00 this morning. 70 by noontime. mid to upper 70s for highs this afternoon. you'd almost think the satellite was broken. there's nothing going on nearby close to us. that is welcome news. sunny and delightful, a light breeze for your saturday afternoon. highs today mid to upper 70s. for tomorrow sunshine again. toastly warm, light breezes as well. highs tomorrow upper 70s. a lot of spots many the low 80s for tomorrow afternoon. if you're headed on out to annapolis, southern miss taking

on the mid shipmen of navy. a 3:30 kickoff. 75 degrees at kick off there. mountaineer fans headed up to morgantown. uconn huskies at 12:00 it will be 70 at noontime in morgantown. it's columbus day a lot of people going to the beach for columbus day. saturday and sunday perfect beach going weather. ocean water temperature only 65 degrees. my personal cut off is around 69 degrees. that's some chilly water. nunl, sunny, warm, gorgeous, delightful through the holiday weekend. chances of rain tuesday night into wednesday. of course we've started talking about college football. if you want your game on the 9:00 hour send me a note. tell me what's play, when they're playing and where they're playing and i will get as many games on in the 9:00 hour as i possibly can. >> squeeze them all in there. >> and it's ou/texas week.

>> that's right. you started talking about that last week. >> we're running two weeks now. >> take a deep breath. >> i started worrying about this week. this is going to be a big one. >> thanks, chuck. well, it was win or go home. >> not one, but two game fives in baseball and neither disappointed. we have this morning's sports minute. good morning everyone. your sports minute begins with playoff baseball. two decisive game fives in the national leek. brewers against the diamond backs phillies against the cardinals. we start in philadelphia. top of the first after giving off the leadoff triple roy halladay pitching so schumacher, he lines one into the corner. furcal trots home. cardinals take a 1-0 lead. st. louis wins it 1-0 and advances to the nlcs. in milwaukee bottom ten 2-2.

niger morgan on bat. here comes the throw, not even close. the brewers win it 3-2 in extras on a walk off single by niger morgan. it's milwaukee and stlaus in the nlcs on sunday. number two-ranged maryland college soccer on the road against virginia. sullivan with the cross. touch pass to bates and he rips it into the upper 90. virginia upsets maryland 2-1 handing the terms their first loss of the season. high school football game of the week. jacobs finished with four touchdowns for suitland. two on offense, two on defense, suitland defeats deval 46-8 improving to 6-0. hometown hockey tonight, the capitals open up their regular season at home against carolina at 7:00. that's your sports minute.

have a great day. and how about this? a bit of a surprise for tonight's season opener. 23-year-old goalie michael noi vurt will get the start over vokoun. vokoun signed with the caps in the offside and he was named the starting goalie. washington and carolina play once again -- say it again, tonight at 7:00. >> are you sure about that? >> yes. 7:00 making sure. wouldn't it be amazing if the redskins and the caps were winning at the same time? >> we would love that. >> this town would be buzzing. >> in the nationals won the world series. >> come on. >> and the wizards. >> this year it's realistic. still to come, he's accused of sending the wrong message to the kids who looked up to him. what police are saying the president of a local football league did.

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this is news 4 today. blind sided. police say a local kids football league was scammed by the man trusted to run it. plus lasting legacy. while steve jobs may influence apple products for years to come. good morning welcome to news 4 today. it is saturday, october 8th. those top stories in a moment. first, a check on our forecast. meteorologist chuck bell is here in the studio. things looking good this weekend. >> so nice. >> shorts and t-shirt weather. >> it will be safe for me to move about town without a bag

over my head. last weekend 52 rain drizzle. >> you were a marked man. >> i stayed you should the rock until tuesday. this time smooth sailing for the weather folks anywhere they want to go. i can do anything this weekend and people say great job on the weather this weekend. let's take a look at it. clear skies to get your saturday morning started. a chilly start as well. temperatures generally in the upper 40s and low 50s across the area. 53 now downtown at national airport. also look at the temperatures out to the west. 48 in martinsburg. 46 leesburg, 50 in st. mary's county. plenty of sunshine. sunshine start to finish. temperatures with some dense fog in places this morning. be on the lookout for thick fog. after that sunny and delightful this afternoon. light breezes. if you're making the drive down to blacksburg packing up the

car, it's a 3:30 kick off this afternoon. it will be a beautiful drive. it will be a beautiful day. it's apple picking season. apple butter along the blue ridge parkway. apple butter. love it. >> it's worth the calories. >> absolutely right. >> thanks, chuck. >> have a good weekend. parents of a youth football league feel like they've been sacked as they discovered the league's president was arrested. police busted him for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from the league. friday night lights. elementary school edition. parents know these games instill discipline and team work in their kids. plus it tires them out. it takes a tremendous amount of volunteer work and a fair amount of money to make this happen. so when 44-year-old raymond taylor was arrested for embezzling money from a loudon

youth football league, the community was in shock. >> we engaged an accountant to do a full audit. we're under the guide ans of our attorney. beyond that i haven't been discussing the issue. >> reporter: taylor is accused of embezzling the money between february and september 2011 while he was president of the upper loudon youth football league. the people who know and trust him are in a lot of pain. youth sports have a special place in the hearts of kids and their parents. >> this is just really good opportunity for young kids to build character, get a lot of exercise. stay healthy. and have fun. and having fun is, you know, key to both their mental and their physical growth. parents told news 4 the saddest thing about this whole incident is it's taken away all the good that the organization is doing. the purple line gets the

green light from the federal government. the light rail line connecting montgomery and prince georges counties is one step closer. maryland governor says the purple line received federal approval to go into the engineering phase. it links metro's red, green and orange lines in maryland. it would connect mark and am track lines. it's expected to cost about $2 billion. negotiations for federal funding are still about three years away. another set back many the search for a maryland woman searching in u bra. a team of cadaver dogs are leaving the island without any clues. the dogs which were flown in from the netherlands spent the week combing the beaches for any sign to have 35-year-old. gardener disappeared on august 2nd. her travel companion says she drowned while the two were snorkling.

he is considered the prime suspect and is behind bars. this morning we're learning more about a woman hit and killed while walking next to the national zoo. the woman died thursday when a car hit her while she crossed connecticut avenue. the driver did stay on the scene. it's not clear if charges will be filed. she was a former president of the alliance francais of washington. a french language and cultural center. >> she was tireless in terms of spending time and money and energy and she also initiated an agreement with the d.c. public schools to have our teachers go into underprivileged neighborhoods and expose kids to foreign culture and open their horizons. >> yesterday would have been her 65th birthday. former prince georges county councilwoman leslie johnson has to wait a little bit longer to

learn her sentence. johnson pleaded guilty four months ago to destroying evidence in a federal corruption probe involving her husband former county executive jack johnson. she was scheduled to be sentenced next week, but her attorney requested a change because of scheduling con fliblgs. the new date is now december 9th. new emails are putting pressure on the white house, it's push to guarantee loan for the a defunct solar panel companies. the emails shows an obama appointee pressing the white house to shine off on the $35 million loan even though his wife's law firm worked for solyndra. another email warned the plan to help restructure the loan could violate the law. the company shut down months after receiving the money. dramatic video out of illinois where people were forced to run from their homes after a freight train derails and burst into flames. this was the scene in a small town about 100 west of chicago

as firefighters worked to contain the flames. the train was carrying cars of highly flammable ethanol when it jumped the tracks. emergency crews say the evacuation was just a precaution and people are now being allowed to return home. today's the third straight day of the occupy d.c. movement and the demonstrators aren't showing any signs of slowing down. yesterday protesters marched from freedom plaza to the world bank calling for the end of the wars in afghanistan and iraq. u.s. park police say yesterday's march was peaceful and they didn't make any arrests. the zmon stragss have gotten so large, police were shutting down street sos the protesters could cross. the protesters have a permit to stay at freedom plaza until sunday. many say they're planning to continue their demonstrations well beyond that. >> the occupy movement began in new york city and it's going strong here. it appears to be wearing thin on people who live in lower manhattan and even the mayor. mayor bloomberg says the

protesters are hurting the working man in new york city and the tourism industry. he declined to say how long he'd let the protests continue. this morning prince harry is wabing up in the u.s. he is in california for military training. the uk ministry of defense released a still picture of him arriving in california. the prince will be here for about two months for what is described as rigorous training. part of the training will take place in california and the rest will be in arizona. harry is reportedly trying to squeeze in a little trip to las vegas during his break. harry is a british army captain who fellow soldiers call captain wales. of course he is going to squeeze in that trip to vegas. he's captain party, don't you know? >> i noticed you perked up a little bit when you read that story? >> a little bit of a crush. i thank the producer for letting me read that story. ahead i why the dmv is getting even more frustrating for a lot of local drivers. also the rare animal that

has moved to our area. next, why steve jobs may

you're watching news 4 today. the "today" show is next on nbc 4. let's find out what they're working on. lester holt joins us live from new york. >> coming up this morning on "today", the latsest from los angeles in the manslaughter case against michael jackson's doctor. things got interesting yesterday when jurors heard the tape the doctor made just days after the pop star's death. plus the desperate search continues in missouri for a missing 10-month-old baby who disappeared from her crib earlier this week. now police are questioning her parents. then two incredible water

rescues to tell you about. a pilot forced to land his plane many the waters off hawaii after running out of fuel. it was caught on tape. we'll show you the dramatic rescue that followed. then in florida another survival story. this one involved two scuba divers left behind by their tour boat in shark infested waters. they were clinging to nothing but a buoy for hours. we'll see you later on "today." >> we'll be watching. drivers in virginia hoping to renew their driver's license today are out of luck. the state's dmv says the agency won't be able to verify social security numbers because the u.s. social security administration is doing computer maintenance. the office will be closed on monday you won't be able to get a new license until tuesday morning. steve jobs has been laid to rest in a private funeral

service. "the wall street journal" is reporting friends and family of the apple co-founder said their good-byes yesterday. apple said no public memorial is planned. despite being sick for the past few months, it appears jobs worked almost until the end. according to apple sources he had planned four years' worth of new products and updates to the ipad, ipod, iphone and mac book computers. he was working on a spaceship style company headquarters that could hold 12,000 employees. it appears the new iphone 4 s will shatter single day sales records. analysts believe it will sell more than the record 1.7 sold last year. they say demand is higher than ever, but so are the number of carriers. this latest version will be available for the first time on sprint. >> jobs' influence extends beyond the gadgets so many of us have come to rely on.

for one woman it was when jobs spoke to her graduating class in 2005. we talked to the woman who made a life changing choice in the audience that day. >> your time is limited. so don't waste it living someone else's life. don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. and most important have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. >> reporter: camille was graduating with an mba from sanford headed down the path to the corporate word. but jobs' advice kept copping back. >> the only way to do great work is to love what you do. >> reporter: so she listened to jobs and her own heart. >> i absolutely remember this that's how i jumped off the cliff to do what i love. >> reporter: it led her to india, a maul village will life exists on less than $2 a day. she took her tech background and co-founded empowering. giving kids not only cell phones, but a way to earn benefits like food and medical

care for their families by checking in on a phone app when they go to school. >> we want to give them incentives around great behavior like having perfect attendance. >> reporter: her goal is big enough even steve jobs might be impressed. >> we have a grand dream that we can break the cycle of poverty. we can end poverty. that's the only reason i'm doing this. >> reporter: almost 5,000 graduates heard steve jobs speak here that day. so the words of one man spread beyond the stadium in ways even the visionary couldn't have imagined. all the way to the next generation. >> they're the people that are going to change the way. i'm not going to change the world the way they are. >> now as you graduate to begin anew, i wish that for you. stay hungry. stay foolish. >> reporter: steve jobs' legacy to the ipod, ipad, iphone and the inspiration he provided to

others. >> what a visionary. >> such an outpour of support around our area. i love seeing the memorials at all the local apple stores. >> it's amazing what an impact he made on lots of people's lives. we take it for granted. steve jobs that's his stamp. >> i'm interested to see if the spaceship center will ever happen. >> all it takes is money. if apple has anything it's money. i bought the laptop, the phone, they should be able to build the space workstation just what i spent on apple alone. for our weekend what we need is sunshine. and what we will have is sunshine. so that the welcome news. we'll give you all the forecast details coming up.

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away part of the bridge trapping one car. new steel beams were added. four other bridges will not reopen until next month. still feeling remnants of that storm. hopefully we're not getting any rain anymore soon. >> nope. today's the perfect day to take the family to fairfax for the annual fallfestival. more than 400 craft booths will be there selling toys, dolls and other pieces of art. kids can run around the pumpkin patch or enjoy some livestock with the petting farm. there will be live music and an oktoberfest beer garten. it runs from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. >> i will be stuck to my tv until the ou/texas game is over. >> is that going on today? >> then i'll have an hour to get down there. >> is that important to you guys?

>> not to you guys. some of us live and breathe for these things. you can have a stein of beer for me. great weather outside for all the stuff that you want to get done this weekend. and of all the weekends since last weekend was such a mess it's better to have that way. last weekend was cold and wet and dreary. this weekend columbus day weekend a holiday weekend for a lot of folks bright and sunny and warm and gorgeous. make your checks payable to me. just teasing. this forecast is free. that's why you can't complain about it when it's wrong. outside right now mostly clear skies are out there. some patchy, very dense fog in a few places. be extra careful early this morning if you encounter any thick fog. low beams, leave a little extra distance. 53 in downtown washington. a very light breeze out of the northeast right now. if you have a kite you want to

fly, you have to run extra fast. mother nature will not help you much today. 43 now in frederick, maryland. mid to upper 40s in montgomery county. back out into fairfax and loudon counties temperatures in the mid 40s to get you started. no rain on the radar right now. as i widen the view out, not a drop anywhere within 300 or 400 miles of us. so bright and sunny once the morning fog layer has burned off bright and sunny all day today. temperatures up to 70 by noon. low to mid 70s for afternoon highs coming up later on today. satellite and radar nothing to worry about across the mid-atlantic. high pressure is in charge of our weather for the next couple of days. we'll be right under the center of that area of high pressure. almost no breeze to worry about for the course of the weekend. bright and sunny today. warm and sunny coming up for tomorrow. and this great weather lasts into early next week. some clouds and moisture start

sneaking our way late monday. rain chances will hold off until wednesday. a long stretch of dry weather coming. today sunny and delightful with a light breeze out there. highs mid to upper 70s. tomorrow more to have same only one or two degrees warmer tomorrow. high temperatures with all that sunshine on your sunday. upper 70s and a few low 80s. if you're making the drive to annapolis, southern miss taking on the mid shipmen. terms fans better get on a flight. 73 degrees in atlanta. a lot of people headed on out to the beach for a nice columbus day weekend. saturday and sunday perfecto. like breezes out of the east and southeast. great weather at the beach this weekend. enjoy your trip, drive safely. nice weather all the way through the weekend and into early next week. clouds come back tuesday, tuesday night. rain chances sneak back in for

wednesday, thursday and friday. if you need your college football game on the 9:00 show, send me a note who's play, when and where and we'll get all those games on at 9:00. >> thank you, chuck. coupling up an early halloween scare. how an nfl player pulled a fast one on some fans. and next, what are all these kids looking at? we'll tell y

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you're watching news 4 today. say hello to our new neighbor. this rare albino alligator is living at the national aquarium. it is 3 years old and comes from the aarea um in louisiana. there are fewer than 100 in the entire world. this one for now is nameless. the aquarium is launching a facebook campaign to come up with a name. >> what are you thinking? >> for his name? >> i like j glow. she kind of glows. what about you? >> i was thinking chomp. >> we'll see. his hard hits on the football field may lead you to believe that troy polamalu doesn't have a sense of humor. >> but the steelers all pro safety got the last laugh with

some fans at the wax museum. >> that would be enough to startle just about everyone. polamalu posed as himself at the museum in hollywood only to come to life when approached by unsuspecting visitors. the reactions are what you'd expect, shock, horror and of course, touching his oh so soft hair. >> make sure i didn't butcher his name. >> that is unbelievable. >> that would freak me out, too. >> talk about being star struck. >> they probably spent the rest of the time going that one looks so real and that one grabs you. >> back to the alligator. what was the name that you came up with? >> we like cheech and chomp. >> two against one. >> i liked albee. >> producer matt