last three years by 10%. that's massive. >> reporter: romney is polling at 37% here. triple the next republican businessman, herman cain. romney is on the attack against perry. his policy to pay the college tuition of students who enter the u.s. illegally. >> these magnets have got to be stopped if we are going to stop the flow of illegals into this country. >> reporter: the "n" word, former name of a family ranch. today, perry is hunkered down focusing on tomorrow night. >> he prepares for everything he does. he's going to be in good shape tomorrow night and the weeks going forward. >> reporter: he plans to slam what he calls romneycare. his campaign has a tough preview.

desperate to breakthrough are michele bachmann and jon huntsman. huntsman moved his headquarters to new hampshire. >> romney's problem is the contests that come later. south carolina, then florida, then georgia. southern primaries in rick perry country. states where romney's mormon faith called a cult could become an issue. back to you. >> steve handelsman, thanks. breaking news in the district now. demonstrators have been staging antiwar protests for several days in downtown d.c. now. they were spoesed to clear out today, but they have been given an extension. chris gordon is at freedom plaza now. chris? >> reporter: good evening, jim. quite an extension, too. it was originally a four-day permit that allowed these occupy d.c. demonstrators to be here on freedom plaza. today, at about 2:00, members of

the u.s. park police came by and asked organizers for a meeting. the organizers went to u.s. park police headquarters and they got what was, indeed, a surprising offer. an offer of an extension for four months. now, what they are going to have to do is they are going to have to agree to accommodate other groups, for example when martin luther king's memorial is dedicated, there's going to be a group marching. occupy d.c. will have to be flexible. tonight, they are holding a general assembly to determine if they are going to accept these terms. as they have said to their members here, it appears we are negotiating from a position of strength. to give you background on this, people have been camping out on freedom plaza. they have been in tents, which remain illegal. but it appears the u.s. park police have no appetite or

desire to arrest anybody. we talked to a number of people today who said they are ready to be arrested. then this development announced minutes ago by kevin. here is what he said. >> they are willing to offer an extension of the permit. it can be -- we could decide how much we want to do that. the maximum is up to four months. [ applause ] >> part of what we need to achieve is taking the system and bringing them on our side. it feels like it's happening. i'm pleased with our relationship with the police in d.c. >> there's one question they asked, which i thought was interesting. is it necessary for you to achieve your goals to be arrested in freedom plaza. i said no, really, permits are not what we are here to fight about. we are here to fight about ending war. fighting about a permit is not what we want to be arrested for.

we will risk arrest, that we will do. support to occupy public space in the middle of downtown washington, d.c. >> reporter: back again live. what is happening is a general assembly. they are going to vote on this option to stay four months to occupy d.c. and along with other cities, occupy wall street and other cities around the country, maintain this rally, this protest, this vigil and marches. that's the latest from freedom plaza. back to you. >> thanks, chris. another protest today outside the convention center. members of p.e.t.a. wore monkey masks and carries sign. they are criticizing the army laboratory at the aberdeen training grounds. monkeys are injected with a

substance that causes seizures before given an antedote. they are not commenting but says the army defends to protect everyone's freedom of speech. a stock surge. the dow jones was up 330 points. it closed at 11,433. nasdaq up more than 86 points. it closed at 2566. the s&p 500 gained 39 points and finished at 1194. new details following a murder suicide in montgomery county. a relative made the discovery in the 4500 block in bethesda. the suspect is martin o tool. he stabbed and shot the victim before he shot himself. police have not said how the two know each other or what led to

the murder suicide. a teenager is found stabbed to get near a playground in northwest d.c. he's 17 years old. the discovery was made in the 900 block of quincy. relatives want answers. pat collins is live with this. pat? >> reporter: wendy, jennifer freeman has four sons. the young man killed in this alley was her youngest. she wants to know who did it. she wants to know why. >> our hope is somebody could come up and tell me what happened to my son. he was a sweet boy. he wasn't involved with nobody. >> reporter: tears from the mother of a teenager murdered nearby a playground. the victim jamar freedom, a student at cardoza high school. he was 17 years old.

the scene, the raymond rec center 10th and quebec street. saturday, he was playing basketball here. as nighttime fell, the game broke up. a short time later, jamar freeman found stabbed to death at an alley behind the playing field. walter robinson brought flowers to the spot today. he lives in the neighborhood. he knew jamar. >> it's a shame that young people are dying like this. it's uncalled for. >> it's a tragedy to see that happen to him. who would do something like that to him? you know what i mean? what could he do? he wasn't that kind of person. >> reporter: his grandmother said he was in trouble before but he tried to turn his life around. >> it was keeping him on the right track. i think that tore him apart, too. he just, you know, after that he kind of fell down. >> reporter: hanging with the

wrong people? >> right. that does happen. >> he was a good boy. went to school and stuff. i just miss him now that he gone. >> reporter: so far no suspects. there's a $25,000 reward posted in this case. wendy, back to you. >> pat collins, thank you, pat. people living in northern virginia are still recovering from the storms last month and are looking for help from the federal government. virginia's governor requested disaster declarations for fairfax and prince william counties. they were both hit hard by the remnants of tropical storm lee. rains and floods destroyed more than 100 homes and businesses. many of them in the holly acres mobile home community. the governor is asking for

federal money to help all virginia localities to reduce the impact of disasters in the future. coming up next, the death toll climbs as violent clashes erupt in egypt. two men accused of using animals for cock fighting and dog fighting. a local rescue fund-raiser nets $20,000 a year. this past weekend the operation was shut down by police. we'll tell what you the trouble was. seven people pulled to safety after clinging to coolers and treading for water for more than 20 hours. tons of sunshine over the last couple days. now, that looks to change. the weather is going to be changing in a big way. we'll show you the change coming up in a second. hakeem? >> doug, number two, game number two for the capitals, tampa bay

in the caps seeking payback after what happened in the playoffs. what the players have to say

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a fuel line on the tug broke. no one on board was hurt. al qaeda confirmed the death of this man. he was killed by an air strike in yemen. he was an american citizen but also very high on the list of most wanted terrorists. u.s. officials say he planned or inspired several terror plots in the u.s. including the failed attempt on christmas day by a guy with explosives in his underwear. today, that group posted a web statement. the statement confirmed his death. it also fouled revenge. tensions are running high after clashes between christians, muslims and security forces. 26 people died. hundreds wounded.

the fighting marks the worst violence since mu bar ek was forced from power. >> reporter: there are clashes today, but nothing like we saw yesterday. they took place close to the nile river. it began as a christian protest, a peaceful protest with demonstrators holding a march going to the central television station. as they approached the television station, they came across soldiers, there were pushing and shoving. it's when things descended and became violent. the soldiers dispatched the military vehicles and plowing through the crowds. the demonstrators picked up stones and throwing them at police. gunfire broke out and according to the ministry of health today,

at least 25 people were killed. nearly all of them demonstrators and more than 300 injured. the government is in damage control. there will be special investigations. they have had urgent political meetings. the christian demonstrators said the government didn't do anything to help them. the government is allowing islamic extremists to have free reign in this country. they are very worried about the political future for minorities, particularly christians as there's chaos that followed the oust in february. the white house condemned the riots in egypt. president obama is deeply concerned and calling for restraint on all sides. it is columbus day. up in new york city, a crowd gathered for the columbus day wreath laying ceremony.

this was downtown at union station. a columbus statue there. it was dedicated in june, 1912. now, up in new york city, a whole bunch of people turned out to celebrate columbus day. some people call that the world's largest celebration of italian-american culture. 1 million spectators, at least. and 35,000 marches turned out on 5th avenue to mark columbus. that dates back to 1929. >> boy, did they get beautiful weather. >> they did. it's amazing. we continue on this great stretch of weather. unfortunately, it looks like it's come to an end. i think you will have a nice night out there. this is one place to go out toward annapolis, the sailboat show. a beautiful weekend for that. right there downtown and toward annapolis and the harbor there.

really just fantastic. along the waterfront there, one of the great areas along the marriott. you can see it there. i know that place well. out there now, a nice shot. we are seeing a lot of color out there as far as the leaves are concerned. we'll see more color over the next couple days. no rain right now but as we widen out from the doppler, notice what is happening down there from the south. more in the way of rain. not a little but a lot of rain. parts of orlando, seven to eight inches of rain. it's making its way into georgia and will eventually move up to our area. what we are seeing now is the cloud cover thus far. we are going to continue to see the clouds as we move on through the afternoon and the evening tonight. 83 degrees the high temperature today. we were well above average. look at this, the average last 80 degree day is on october 14th going back to the year 2000.

if today was 83 and it's october 10th, we may not see another 80 degree day until march or april. we know things are cooling off. right now, 76 degrees. winds out of the east, southeast. mostly cloudy, if not completely cloudy over the area. 73 in leesburg. 73 in fredericksburg and 73 toward the river. cambridge at 75 degrees. the metro area, this is what we are seeing around d.c. 75 degrees. 73 in manassas. camp springs 74 degrees. what are we going to be seeing? the biggest thing is simply the cloud cover. this is future weather around 6:00. watch what happens overnight. more clouds coming in. this is tomorrow afternoon. you can see the time around 1:30.

everybody is socked in with the clouds. the clouds are continuing to increase tomorrow. they will continue to lower tomorrow. we are going to stay dry. the rain is not going to move in until wednesday morning. everybody is starting to see shower activity. we'll see rainshowers early on wednesday. the heavier rain moves in during wednesday afternoon. this is 6:00 and you can see how just about everybody is seeing rain. the heaviest rain to the west. i-81 to the blue ridge and front royal. winchester to romney and hagerstown and charlestown, west virginia. maybe one to two inches of rain there. the d.c. metro area, i'm thinking a half inch of rain. a lot remains to be seen as the storm system moves up to the south. mild. 66 to 76 degrees. tomorrow morning, a mild morning. at least a lot warmer than it has been. down to 54 in the suburbs to 60 inside the city. tomorrow afternoon, clouds on the increase. we'll see a warm day, but not

quite as warm. i think the last dry day tomorrow, temperatures between 69 and 74 degrees. a little bit above average. here comes the rain an wednesday. a high of 69. a chance of rain early on thursday. then we dry out again. right now, looking at a good weekend. partly sunny and mild with temperatures average for this time of year. 69 to 70 degrees. >> we love that. >> not bad at all. coming up next, joe the plumber looking for a new line of work. a warning. why you might want to think twice before you leave the electronics on the next time you

the ohio man joan as joe the plumber may be running for congress. joe questioned the candidate barack obama about his economic policies. today, he filed papers to run for congress. he plans to run in ohio's ninth district. it's currently held by marcy captor. a woman who was once a beauty queen received $2 million

reward money for helping bring down one of this country's most wanted mob bosses. she was miss iceland in 1974. she tipped the fbi after she recognized james whitey bulger and his girlfriend in a news report. she game friends with bulger's girlfriend while they were hiding out in santa monica. they bonded over a stray cat in the neighborhood. bulger was captured in june. wanted for 19 murders. there's a reason flight attendants ask us to turn off our cell phones on airplanes. they are not sure whether personal gadgets contributed to a crash or serious problem during a flight. they know ipods, laptops and phones emit enough interference

to cause potential problems with flight equipment. they tested out the claims in boeings test center. it's coming up on the "nightly news" with brian williams after this broadcast. two people indicted in a crime involving dogs and roosters. a local charity drive that hit an unexpected roadblock. we'll tell you what happened. coming up in sports after an opening night victory, the caps face-off against a team that swept them out of last season's playoffs. plus, the skins p

most of the republicans running for the presidential nomination will be in new hampshire tomorrow. many political experts are saying texas governor rick perry needs to do well in order to revive his campaign and former massachusetts governor, mitt romney needing a win there. a victory for antiwar protesters refusing to leave the plaza downtown, their permit ran out. after negotiating, the permit was extended for four months. late this afternoon, the two

sides met and agree on the extension. the demonstrators are holding what they call a general assembly vote. they will continue to protest. d.c. police say a student was stabbed to death. a police officer found the 17-year-old in an alley on saturday night. investigators say they had no motive and no suspects. identity it's a problem spilling into the area. more and more cases of animal fighting and cruelty. they are getting more tips from neighbors. >> the tips recently led to the arrest of two men in the district for dog fighting and cock fighting. we have the report. >> reporter: this rooster lives on a nice big farm. less than a year ago, he was kept inside a home on montello avenue in trinidad. >> the neighbor saw a rooster. in d.c., all livestock animals are illegal.

the neighborhood reported it was illegal. >> this 38-year-old used it to fight other roosters taking it to another location outside the district. >> from there, once the animal was picked up, they realized the spurs on the rooster were filed to a point. once the officer noticed that, it ian when it turned into an investigation for cock fighting. >> reporter: he must spend time in a federal prison before getting deported to guatemala. >> he was a very nice guy. he went to work like every day, every day of the week. he had three children. he was a really nice guy. >> reporter: the humane society had another case, this one involving dogs and dog fighting. an investigation involving a gun led them here. earlier this year, police tipped off the humane society to a home on clay street northeast. he housed three dogs for

fighting. they found dog fighting paraphernalia at the home. all three were pit bulls. only one, the one in this photo was adoptable. it now has a forever home. >> it can occur in small locations, in parks. it's happening everywhere. they are doing a good job of trying to keep it from us. we are trying to figure out where they are doing it to shut them down. >> reporter: in northeast washington, elaine reyes, news 4. vet bills ran into the thousands of dollars, all covered by the humane society. a little boy was killed by blunt force trauma to the head. that statement was made this weekend. the baby was with a caretaker when he became unresponsive. the death is suspicious and will not comment on the case. members of a volunteer

rescue squad are trying to figure out their next move now after a fund-raiser over the weekend was shut down because apparently, it was against the law. that group needs the money for new equipment and supplies for the ambulance. we have the report. members of the volunteer rescue squad got out their signs today. over the weekend, they were set up for an annual fund drive hoping to pull in $20,000. it came to an abrupt stop when police came to theed quarters to tell them they were violating an ordinance and so-called dangerous solicitation. >> our personnel here, spoke with him for 15 or 20 minutes to figure out how to get it back up and running. once there's a complaint, they must shut us down.

>> reporter: this is one of the locations the rescue squad was soliciting funds. >> a sergeant went out, checked it out, sure enough they were in violation of the city ordinance which prohibits that specific activity. we did have a ask the rescue squad to cease that type of fund raising activity. >> reporter: after the initial police visit, they learned they could have continued fund raising if they stayed away from the street but they already called off the volunteers. >> i feel there was miscommunication on both sides. we work closely with the city and police department. we will work to rectify it in the future. >> reporter: the original ordinance made an exception for them. then they said they had to enforce the rule for everyone. residents sympathized with the volunteers. >> pan handling should be

against the law to keep downtown streets safer and cleaner looking. for public service people, i think, yeah, there should be some leniency given to them for fund raising and such. >> reporter: the rescue squad collected $3,000 the first day. they hope to meet with city officials to figure out how to stage another fund-raiser that won't violate the ordinance. in this calender year, they have charged 31 people with pan handling. scary moments for a teacher at an elementary school in prince william county today. she was in her classroom this morning when a deer came kroshing through a window. moments later, the deer jumped right back out the same window and ran away. it all happened at the elementary school in lake ridge. it was recorded on the school surveillance camera. the principal is glad nobody was injured.

>> totally surprised. this never happened before and we hope never happened again. >> reporter: what is your reaction when you look at that video? >> i'm spell bound. i have no idea what would prompt and animal to want to enter a building. they live behind the school an around the school, but never tried to enter the scoot. >> they are hungry for learning. no kids were in the classroom at the time. the teacher made a hasty exit. president obama visited wounded soldiers. troops undergoing treatment at the new walter reed medical center. he met with 38 service members. the earthquake that rattled the area caused the most damage in the epicenter, the town of mineral. people have been rattled by aftershocks on a daily basis.

it's a welcome news a country music star is coming their way. alan jackson will provide a free concert. a date for the concert is not yet set. coming up, a group of people forced to tread water for 20 hours off the coast of florida until somebody came and rescued them. too much

good evening, everybody. welcome back. i'm doug kammerer. right here in storm center 4, the last of the sunshine. that's pretty much what we can say for our day today. i think we are going to see a lot of cloud cover. the clouds making their way in now. 76 degrees now. dew point of 67. mild across the area. high temperature reached 83 degrees. no rain to talk about now. the rain is going to make its way up here from the south. you can see the rain right now in the southeast, portions of south carolina and north carolina down through georgia where they are seeing very heavy rain. that rain will make its way northward. i think we'll see a dry day tomorrow then the rain moves in tomorrow night. tonight, 60 degrees, the overnight temperature in the area. 64 in culpeper. martinsburg, west virginia, 52

tomorrow morning. warmer than it has been over the past for mornings. 74 in martinsburg and leesburg. to the south and west, more cloud cover. 69 toward charlottesville and virginia. cloud cover tomorrow. the rain moves in late tomorrow night and into the day on wednesday. some areas could see heavy rain. this is not, this is not going to be a flooding rain. it moves out very quickly. by the end of the week, thursday and friday things are looking better. i'll have the extended forecast for the weekend coming up. >> thanks, doug. assume you can tread water. could you do it for 20 hours straight? it's what some people had to do off the coast of the florida keys. one person died. seven others were pulled to safety after they spent 20 hours treading water in the ocean after their boat sank. that boat capsized saturday

afternoon off the coast of marathon. everybody in the group, including a 4-year-old girl had to tread water for 20 hours before they were rescued. an 80-year-old woman in the group wasn't able to keep it up. she died. the rest of the group was taken to the hospital for treatment. they are all expected to survive. in news for your health, a warning about dietary supplements and whether they are doing more harm than good. researchers followed a group of 40,000 women. the study found those taking foe lick acid and iron supplements faced a higher risk of early death. that may be explained by ongoing problems or taking pills after a surgery. supplements are not bad but should be secondary to proper nutrition. >> it takes a second place to

food, fruits and vegetables and whole grains that are natural sources. >> vitamins can be part of a healthy lifestyle. sports now. hakeem at the verizon center. some hockey down there. hakeem? >> jim, a huge game at the verizon center. the caps trying to start, 2-0. the playoff sweep at the lightning. the redskins looking for a

we are breaking news out of prince george's county. firefighters put out a three alarm fire at an apartment building. we are told that residents in 33 apartments have been put out of their homes because of the fire. no word on what caused the fire or whether anybody is injured there. we'll have the latest as the information becomes available. >> sports now. hakeem, looking for revenge or payback, whatever you call it. >> yes, sir. the capitals taking an the tampa bay lightning tonight. the goaltender will get the start making his season debut tonight. the 35-year-old spent the last four seasons with the panthers. as for the season opener, the caps started the season off right on saturday night beating carolina in overtime. what a game it was. here we go.

end of the third period, 3-2, caps. carolina pulls the goalie. eric staal brings it up. game tied at 3. we go to overtime. in ot, caps on the power play. dennis passes to green, rips it to the top of the circle. game over. through the pads of ryan. sixth overtime goal ranked second in caps history. washington wins, 4-3 in overtime. here is what the hero of the game had to say. >> it's different than a goal during regular time. it happens. you are overwhelmed. it's a really good feeling, you know, you feel like you won it for your team. it's come down to your shot. it's pretty cool experience. it's -- it's -- it's quite is experience when all the guys come out and punch you in the

face and mess up your helmet. it's also part of the experience, i guess. >> the caps looking for redemption. they said they owe them a good game. a victory won't make up for what happened last season, but will help. the lightning kept the caps out of the playoffs. washington was 2 for 19 on the power play. tonight, the caps will try to improve the record, 2-0 and certainly have extra motivation. >> obviously, a little bit. it's natural. you know, we are worried about a win. a win is big for us right now. it's what we want. whatever happened last year, obviously it's in your head. even if it didn't, we need this game, so, keep pushing. >> there's always going to be a bitter taste, at least for a few years. they have a great system. their coach is a smart coach. they play a solid game. it's tough to play against. we are excited to get that

challenge again and kind of see how we tackle it with the new guys. >> caps looking for a payback here tonight at verizon center against the tampa bay lightning. talking football now. the redskins look good sitting on top of the division at 3-1. sunday, they have to deal with a bunch of angry birds. philadelphia lost to buffalo. they fall 1-4. even though philadelphia is struggling mightily, the redskins know the eagles aren't just going to roll over. they have last three of the last four to the eagles. vick had the game of his life scoring six touchdowns on monday light football. he was amazing. the redskins will be rested up. washington will get added help on defense. buchanan is back on the roster after serving a four-game suspension. even though the eagles are down, the redskins have their hands full on sunday. >> the people here understand.

they took it to us offensively and defensively. yeah, i think we have a bad taste in our mouth. i'm sure they have a bad taste in their mouth this week. they want to come in and play well. >> i have never been a guy to dwell. what happened happened. that's last year. this is a whole different year. going to give us a run for their money. they have talent everywhere. we have to take care of our business. our business is our business. can't worry about what the team is doing. our team is playing. we have to focus on what we are doing. >> with yesterday's loss, eagles head coach, andy reed is on the hot seat. the eagles off to the worst start in 12 years at 1-4. reed is taking most of the blame for philadelphia's woes, including a costly penalty at the end of yesterday's game. here is how it went down. michael vick had a rough day. second quarter, philly trails,

14-7. vick back to pass. throws it to nicobk barnett. vick throws a career high four interceptions. 31-14, bills. vick swings out to jackson. he does the rest. avoids a tackle. he's a speedy fellow. 31 yards for the score. eagles down by ten now. end of the game. bills have the ball. first down, the game is over. ryan fitzpatrick, a harvard grad. hard count. off sides. five-yard penalty gives the bills the first down. the coach is thinking, are you kidding me? buffalo beats philadelphia. the bills improve to 4-1. eagles lost four straight. their worst since 1999. >> i go to every game expecting to win every game. you know, there are certain

things you have to learn, yeah, but i still expect to win the game. it's a no excuses for anything here. very up front with you. it's my football team. i have to get it right. everybody is taking and being accountable. we have to work through it and get it right. >> you have to hand it to andy reed taking the blame there. a lot of it is his fault. the eagles come in angry to fedex field next sunday. that game is set for 1:00 at fedex field. should be a great football game and chance for the redskins to improve. it would be sweet taking on a division rival. for now, jim, back to you. >> thanks. any way you can get it right. thanks. >> thanks, hakeem. if golfing isn't tough enough, in australia, there are

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country star hank williams jr. is singing a new tune now as he gets the last word in the feud with fox and friends. he made an analogy comparing president obama to adolf hitler. he is calling out two networks. he says fox and friends want to put me down, ask for my opinion, twist it all around.

i should get in the karaoke cab. he says the country is becoming the you united socialist states of america. the martin luther king memorial will have a formal dedication. it will be a smaller and shorter ceremony than the more elaborate event that was originally planned for back in august. that ceremony was postponed because of hurricane irene. tom sherwood has our report. >> reporter: the columbus crowd on monday was taking in the king memorial. >> i'm in awe. when i took the first picture, i said wow. >> it really worked well with the kids. they studies martin luther king and civil rights last year in class. it ties in well. >> reporter: the king memorial will be dedicated this coming sunday morning in a paired down program with speakers including president obama and members of the king family. the august hurricane irene forced organizers to postpone a

grander ceremony that was expected to draw 250,000 people or more. were you going to come for the first memorial? >> definitely. definitely. i was very disappointed we had the hurricane. >> reporter: are you going to be here this sunday? >> yes, i am. >> reporter: are you getting up early? >> i don't know how early. i have to go to church first, then i'll be here. >> reporter: now, a smaller crowd of 50,000 is expected. only 5,000 chairs will be set up for invited special guests down from the 30,000 in august. president obama will speak dpr the memorial itself with jumbo krons set up for the crowd to hear him. members are encouraged to bring their own blankets, folding chairs and water. metro will have extra cars running sunday morning.

officials are cautioning there's little to no parking for private vehicles. it's unclear if the memorial will be open to the public sunday afternoon. >> i wanted to come to the program sunday to experience it with a lot of people. i want to let her see it and read all the quotes to have more room to move abdomen about. >> the ceremony on sunday is open to the public. no tickets required. there will be secret service agents there for presidential security. coming up at 11:00, standing up for a bride resulted in a wedding party losing their purses. a woman who had a baby seven hours after running the chicago marathon. that's tonight at 11:00. sunday is looking good for the dedication. 70 degrees is what we are thinking for sunday as of this time. the big news between now and sunday, the rain that's coming in. look at the forecast. the next seven days, tomorrow

okay. we'll look at mostly cloudy skies with a high of 73. wednesday, we are going to see a good chance for rain. we have it as 100%. everybody is going to see rain that day. maybe heavy rain. i'm not anticipating heavy flooding. friday, temperature of 70 degrees and partly sunny and mild this weekend. saturday and sunday are looking very, very nice. if you have questions about the weather, you can find them here. i want to see this story here. >> it's coming up. it's about a cat. he works for a red top cab in arlington. he's getting national recognition. this morning on the "today" show, savannah guthrie and chuck todd introduced the nation to the karaoke cab. ♪ summer loving ♪ had me a blast ♪ ah,