just an allegation. what's alleged here in these charges documents that were filed today in new york is that elements of the iranian government plotted to kill this man, the saudi arabian ambassador to the united states. now, two men have been charged in this alleged plot. the first is manssor arbabsiar. he holds an iranian passport. the second man, gholam shakuri who works for special operations forces based in iran. here's how it allegedly all went down. back in may, arbabsiar allegedly flew to mexico to meet with who he thought was a member of a violent international drug cartel. it turns out that person was an undercover dea agent. now, the dea agent worked out a plan with arbabsiar allegedly to blow up the ambassador here in the united states at one of his local favorite restaurants. the charge for that would be $1.5 million to conduct that plot. then in august with the approval

of shakuri who was based in iran, arbabsiar allegedly went forward with that plan and wired a down payment of $100,000. well, then in september when they were trying to put that plan into works, arbabsiar flew to mexico. the country did not allow him in. he had to return to where he came from. when he tried to get on his connecting flight in new york at jfk airport, he was arrested by authorities there. let's hear from u.s. attorney general eric holder. >> the complaint alleges that this conspiracy was conceived, was sponsored and was directed from iran. and constitutes a flagrant violation of u.s. and international law including a convention that explicitly protects diplomats from being harmed. in addition to holding these individual conspirators accountable for their alleged role in this plot, the united states is committed to holding iran accountable for its actions. >> reporter: now, the embassy has released a statement this afternoon saying, quote, the

royal embassy of saudi arabia would like to express its appreciation to the responsible agencies of the united states government for preventing a criminal act from taking place. the attempted plot is a despicable violation of international norms, standards and conventions and is not in accord with the principles of humanity, end quote. now, shakuri, it is important to note that he is still on the loose. however, the first suspect as we said was arrested in new york. and it is alleged that he totally broke down when authorities interviewed him and totally said that he was involved in this plot. we are still waiting to see if authorities will be able to apprehend the second suspect who has been named in these charges. for now we are live here in northwest. back to you in the studio. >> john, thank you. we are joined now to talk more about this with nbc news national investigative correspondent. >> hey, michael. we know that informants were involved. was there any chance, was this

plot actually at any point close to being carried out? >> was it operational is the question. >> yeah. >> that's a very good question, actually. because if you read the complaint closely, clearly there's some real meat here. this guy, the corpus christi used car salesman who's at the center of this, had reached out to somebody he thought was a member of the zettas drug cartel in mexico and talked about carrying out some sort of attack against the saudi ambassador to the united states. but very quickly, the drug informant alerts the fbi and they begin running him and bringing in other informants. and so at some point it becomes very difficult to sort out what was the original intent and plot conceived by the chief suspect

here. and what was being suggested by the federal law enforcement agents. which is a very common thing in these sorts of cases. >> there does seem to be some evidence, though, right, that iran is, in fact, the state involved in this effort at terrorism? >> right. there is that $100,000 payment to the bank in new york. that's the key. that's the key act. because it's real money. it comes from iran. so they've got proof that some elements of the iranian government were come police sit in whatever it is the plot was intended to be. >> when you talk about bringing in or using members of the mexican drug cartels now as instruments of terror, that's kind of a game changer, isn't it? this is the first time that's happened. >> well, if, in fact, the commanders of the iranian quds force who are accused of coordinating this attack had planned on that from the beginning, it would be a game changer. and it would be a pretty earth

shattering event for them to plan an attack inside the united states like this. we really haven't seen anything like this in many decades. the quds force, the iranian revolutionary guard has been accused of terror acts in the mideast, killing americans at the qobar towers in saudi arabia in the 1990s, other acts of terrorism, but never on u.s. soil. so it does raise questions, were these truly operating with the authority of the highest levels of the iranian government? were they rogue officers? were there -- was it less than what has been presented here and then, perhaps, embellished by the -- by the confidential informants? we don't know the answers to those questions yet. >> still to be determined. thank you, man. appreciate it. >> any time. the man charged with trying to take down a northwest airlines jetliner on christmas day back in 2009 was in federal court today. he was in detroit.

it is the first day of his trial. a passenger testified that he saw the nigerian suspect -- or he says the nigerian suspect returned from a long visit to the bathroom and put a blanket over himself. then he says he heard a pop. prosecutors say it was the sound of umar farouk abdullah maal lab has prayed, washed an put on perfume in the minutes before trying to carry out what they say was a mission for al qaeda. six protesters were arrested today inside a senate office building on capitol hill. >> end war now! end war now! >> they were handcuffed after hanging banners and chanting inside the hart senate office building. tom sherwood is at freedom plaza in downtown washington with more tonight. tom? >> reporter: well, doreen, we're here on the fifth day of the

multifacetted protest. it's quiet here on freedom plaza now. there's a little meeting going on here in the middle with someone talking about what things have happened today, what might happen tonight, what might happen tomorrow. demonstrators are here making themselves heard around town. >> this is what democracy looks like! >> reporter: as the evening rush hour was beginning, several dozen protesters marched down 14th street towards the national mall disrupting traffic. >> we are the 99%! >> reporter: at midday, dozens of protesters sought to shut down the u.s. senate hart office building. >> end war now! end war now! >> reporter: u.s. capitol police said six persons were arrested and charged with unlawful demonstrating. protesters said it was part of the occupy wall street efforts that have erupted in many cities. >> we're not going to stop.

we're not going to stop. whether it's in mcpherson square or freedom plaza. until they make the changes. >> we're here to express our displeasure with the continuation of war and spending money on war instead of on human needs. >> end war now! >> reporter: the confrontation on capitol hill contrasted -- >> we're hoping people will go down there and join them on the march. >> reporter: -- with more quiet protest camps here on freedom plaza and mcpherson square a few blocks away. >> anyone who feels empowered to do anything. start a committee. are welcome to do so. >> reporter: late today the federal park service confirmed that a four-day demonstration permit that expired last night is being extended for up to four months at freedom plaza. the last minute details were being worked out and written down. >> and there was overwhelming support for that. people are very excited. they want to stay here. they want to continue this dialogue. we've had a lot of visitors coming through which is fantastic. so we're just in the final paperwork stages of that. >> reporter: if they do stay

here for four months, the park service says that if other organizations are going to be using the plaza that have already signed up for it, the protesters will have to share the space with them or give it up for at least a day or whatever that other event might be. there is a d.c. vote for the district of columbia and the mayor here on saturday. mayor gray says he can put up with the demonstrators here. in fact, he'll join them to support voting rights for the district of columbia. doreen, back to you. >> tom sherwood reporting from freedom plaza, thank you, tom. occupy protests are growing in number across the country. in boston about 100 protesters were arrested today after clashing with police officers. boston police were trying to relocate a group of about 1,000 from one park to another. those who would not move were arrested. in new york, hybrids joined a millionaires march today. it's part of the occupy wall street movement. demonstrators chanted and carried oversized check. they're protesting against the expir ration of new york's millionaires tax that runs out

in december. a woman was arrested today and charged with stabbing another woman at a target store, just outside a target store in prince georges county. chris gordon reports there's word the suspect may have done it before at another department store seven years ago. >> reporter: police call it an unprovoked attack. one woman stabbing another right in front of the store entrance of this target in the vista gardens market shopping center. at the starbucks across the parking lot, a witness found an off-duty police officer and reported the stabbing. the officer found a woman in front of the target who had been stabbed in the neck and shoulder. witnesses said the suspect ran toward the home depot. police cruisers responded and found the suspect on vista road carrying a plastic bag. >> she produced two knives, one in each hand. she did not listen to any of the orders given by the police officers to drop the knives or to halt. she proceeded to walk down the street.

>> reporter: some employees who work at the shopping center saw the woman and about half a dozen police cruisers. >> the whole entire time, she's walking like this. she's walking and she's knocking the two knives together. it was two big, like, machete looking knives. >> she looked as if she was crazy in a sense. like, she had no fear. >> reporter: officers tasered the suspect, causing her to drop the knives and fall to the ground. the suspect and the stabbing victim were taken to prince georges hospital. fire rescue crews hosed down the front of the target. the victim had lost a lot of blood. and tonight is reported in stable condition. the suspect, according to a police source, is antoinnette c. starks of buoy who in may of 2005 was charged with stabbing two people at nordstrom's at montgomery mall. she has just been released from jessop prison a day earlier. that attack is strikingly similar to this stabbing at the

target store in lanham. antoinette starks was at clifton mental hospital until her release 60 days ago. the suspect was evaluated after being tasered. released from the hospital. and tonight is in police custody as investigators determine what charges to file against her. in what may have been the stabbing of a random victim here at target. in prince georges county, chris gordon, news 4. >> in that incident at nordstrom, one person was stabbed in the shoe department on the third floor. a second person was stabbed on the escalator. the suspect was trying to leave. next on news 4 at 6:00, a biker gets taken down by an antelope before he can reach the finish line. the third week of the trial against michael jackson's doctor. the testimony now focusing on how conrad murray told the singer's children about their father's death. the first lady tries to jump

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this is the third week now of the conrad murray trial. and tonight we're hearing michael jackson's former doctor talk about the shock and the

grief that broke out when jackson's family realized that the superstar had died. nbc's jinah kim in los angeles with more on the testimony today. >> reporter: hi there, jim. right now let me tell you what's happening. the defense is cross-examining the medical examiner of the coroner's office where he testified he thinks it's highly unlikely michael jackson could have woken up, given himself an injection of propofol then stopped breathing all in the two minutes dr. murray claims he was out of the room. earlier today you are right. the jury heard from dr. murray himself. moments after katherine jackson arrived at court this morning she became the subject of witness testimony. dr. conrad murray described her state of disbelief when she found out her son, michael, had died. >> the doctor started to tell her, your son came in and he was having difficulty breathing and we tried everything. she said, well, how is he?

he is not dead, is he? and the doctor said yes. and she broke down. >> reporter: the account is part of dr. murray's two-hour interview with detective scott smith of the los angeles police department recorded two days after michael jackson's death. the recording began playing in court last friday with jurors hearing for the first time how much pressure murray said he was under to give jackson nightly injections of propofol. and how the singer's body showed multiple signs of long-time use. >> as young as you are, your veins are all being sclerotic. his veins are becoming cords, like filled with clots. and dried up. and you can barely find sites for an iv. >> reporter: the next witness was the deputy medical examiner with the coroner's office who testified that despite his frail appearance, jackson had no major health issues. >> okay. and mr. jackson did not have any buildup of this fat or

cholesterol on the walls. is that accurate? >> yes. in the heart. >> in the heart. that was unusual based on his age? >> yes. >> was that a factor that led you to conclude that generally speaking he was a healthy individual for his age? >> yes. >> reporter: dr. murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter and could face up to four years in prison if convicted. with the medical examiner's testimony, the prosecution is suggesting that had it not been for dr. murray and the propofol, michael jackson might still be alive today. in los angeles, i'm jinah kim. back to you. >> thanks, jinah. a teenager has been sentenced for a pair of attacks at the national zoo on easter monday last april. the 16-year-old received six years and ten months in jail. he was charged as an adult for stabbing a 14-year-old boy twice with a knife. one attack was inside the zoo. the other outside as he was running away from his attackers. the victim also suffered a

broken jaw during that assault. a gas leak in howard county this morning caused several homes to be evacuated. fire officials say a contractor hit a 4-inch gas line while working. that's in the town of fullton, maryland. the leak was repaired. fire investigators checked things out and determined everything was safe. residents were allowed to go home and nobody was hurt. doug's here with a look at our weather forecast. the party's over now, isn't it? >> the party's over. but it's over on a wednesday. it's a lot better than it being over on a friday or saturday. >> that's true. ever the optimist. >> that's right. glass is always half full. maybe three-quarters full depending on how you look at it. out there right now, not a bad afternoon. we have seen some shower activity and light drizzle in parts of the area. a few sprinkles here and there. all in all fairly dry. we told you yesterday today would be the last dry day that we see. because we do have a couple of days of rain in store. out there today we did see a high temperature of 71 degrees a

little earlier. average high 70. right around average for this time of year. rain is coming. it's not that far away. out there right now, temperatures sitting at 70 degrees under cloudy skies. winds out of the northeast at ten mimes an hour. they're going to pick up through the day tomorrow. a little gusty from time to time. not too bad. maybe up to 20 miles per hour. current temperatures 67 in martensburg gaithersburg, na s manassas not reporting. doppler radar showing what's happening across our region. a few showers up towards frederick county. a few sprinkles into howard county, montgomery county. no real heavy rain. just a steady rain as you move on down to the south and west. here's where the really heavy rain is. right now making its way in towards roanoke. this is the area down to our south and west that i think is going to stay to the west in toward the blue ridge and in toward the mountains back towards west virginia. you folks back there will see more along the i-81 corridor

than we will along the i-95 corridor at least for this evening. overnight tonight we'll start to see an increase of that rainmaking its way up from the south and east. here's future weather showing you around 10:00 tonight, as i mentioned, washington, i-95 looking okay. to the west, around i-81, winchester, front royal, luray. overnight watch out. it sprends into the region by 7:00 tomorrow morning. this is when we could see some of the heaviest rain, tomorrow morning's rush hour. could be some problems on the roadways as a result of that heavy rain. look at 66 from front royal down through manassas toward washington, d.c. even the i-95 corridor tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon, 2:00, from the baltimore down through washington the possibility of heavy rain there, too. we're going to continue to see the chances for periods of heavy rain throughout the afternoon. i'm not expecting anything in the way of flooding, though. that's the good news. this will just be a rain event.

it's going to stick around. this is 10:00 tomorrow night. you can see the timing here. wednesday, 10:00, we're still looking at the rain. most of it, though, starting to push off to the east and watch what happens on thursday. no rain to talk about. this is thursday at 11:30 in the morning. we're looking pretty good. thursday will be on the drier side with maybe a chance for some sunshine during the day on your thursday. how much rain are we going to see? well, i think most areas will pick up about a half an inch. purple here, that's over an inch. this red area, that's about 2 to 2 1/2 inches. some areas could pick up a pretty good amount of rain. especially around gaitersburg, washington and manassas. 68 to 62 degrees this evening. tomorrow morning temperatures 54 to 60 with areas of rain. some could be heavy at times with patchy fog. as we move through the day tomorrow, rain likely. sometimes heavy. occasional thunder, 66 to about 69 degree. as we move on through the next four days, thursday a high of 75. friday a high of 73 as another area of rain comes through.

that's a cold front. that's going to bring in rather breezy and chilly conditions during the day on saturday. right now sunday looking like the best day out of the weekend. >> a little rain might be good for the stuff that we planted while we had the sunshine and long weekend. >> so true. they say now is a great time to plant your grass seed. i didn't know that. i do now. >> learn something new every day. >> thanks, doug. coming up, men who take vitamin e may be doing themselves more harm than good. we'll tell you why. plus, an important endorsement in the gop endorsement in the gop pr

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a jobs bill proposed by president obama is undergoing its first major test right now. 60 senators must vote in favor of moving the bill forward as a whole. if it becomes necessary, mr. obama says he is ready to break the bill into smaller pieces. but he's also moving ahead in other ways. and bypassing congress where he can. steve handelsman has our report. >> how you guys doing? >> reporter: in pittsburgh to push republicans to pass his jobs bill, president obama announced moves he's making on his own that he says will create jobs. expediting the permits to replace the bridge in new york. expediting faa approval to build the next air traffic control system. cutting the red tape for wind

power projects. and for oil and gas drilling in the dakotas. 14 infrastructure projects on a fast track tonight. >> people are out of work right now. they need help right now. >> reporter: in a second move to pressure republicans, the president got the report of his jobs council chaired by ge's ceo, jeff immelt. >> i think on infrastructure we're in agreement. >> the council recommends more spending on roads, bridges, airports, ports, grids, electric systems. cutting red tape. relaxing immigration laws for the highly skilled to keep job creators in the u.s. plus business friendly tax changes. controversial moves, but 25 million reasons to make them. >> and those are the 25 million americans who would like to have a full-time job and do not have one. >> reporter: president obama buys the plan. >> there's no doubt about the fact that it would have a significant market impact on job

growth right now. >> reporter: his jobs bill is a similar plan. senate republicans are set to block it. >> passing another stimulus and tax hike is a lousy idea. >> reporter: republicans called the obama jobs bill, his jobs panel and red tape countrying all stunts. the president calls this a moment of truth and says every senator who votes no ought to explain why. i'm steve handelsman, news 4, capitol hill. nj governor chris christie endorsed mitt romney today for the republican presidential nomination. in a news conference in new hampshire this afternoon christie says romney has the perfect mix of private, sector and political experience. >> not a legislator trying to figure out how to use executive power, but an executive who's used executive power, will use it to make american lives better. that's why i'm endorsing mitt romney for president of the united states. >> christie decided last week

not to run for president. his endorsement helps romney solidify support among establishment republicans in his bid for the gop nomination. coming up tonight, two women ambushed near a metro station. the man has been arrested. a friend says police have the wrong guy. imagine a $120,000 a year rent hike. that's what a unique northern virginia preschool could be faising. what it means for their future coming up. and a 200 pound pig wandering away

alocked up woman in prince georges county after she allegedly stabbed another woman outside a target. the suspect is antoinnette starks. she's in jail. sources tell news 4 starks is the same woman who stabbed two people at a nordstrom store at montgomery mall several years ago. u.s. attorney eric holder says the target was the saudi ambassador to the united states. according to court documents, one of the suspects is a u.s. citizen with both a u.s. and iranian passport. the two are also charged with

conspireing to use a weapon of mass destruction. six protesters were arrested today as part of the occupy d.c. movement. the group went into the hart senate office building on capitol hill. they displayed a banner that read tax the rich. the six who were arrested were charged with unlawful content. a man's been arrested, accused of attacking women near the suitland metro station in prince georges county. >> police say the victims were able to identify their attacker, but somebody is coming out in defense of the suspect. pat collins has our report. >> reporter: these are just some of the charges facing philip james fleming. armed robbery. robbery. first-degree rape. false imprisonment. assault in the first degree. and using a handgun in a violent crime. philip james fleming. 30 years old. charged with two crimes against women last month near the metro station in suitland.

and it may not end here. julie park is with the prince georges county police. >> there have been a number of cases between september and october. some of them were attempted sex assaults. we are looking at every case in the area and looking at what we know and we are continuing to investigate what we don't. >> reporter: in court today, fleming charged in the september 27th rape of a woman behind this vacant building on silver hill road. the victim walking to the metro, sexually assaulted by a man with a gun. in court today, fleming charged with the september 15th armed robbery of a woman on parkway terrace drive close by the same metro station. the victim also groped by the suspect. in each case, police say, the victims looked at a photo spread and picked out fleming's picture.

and identified him as the attacker. fleming lives in this apartment building on lorring drive in district heights. cynthia gaines is the mother of his girlfriend. she says she's known fleming for some time. she says he's innocent. >> he didn't do it. because it's not in his character to do nothing like that. he didn't do it and he's here in the early morning hours. he did not do it. >> reporter: now, according to court documents, fleming has a lengthy criminal record, including multiple handgun arrests. an arrest for an armed carjacking. and an indictment for first-degree murder. i'm pat collins. news 4, prince georges county. >> they're holding that suspect without bond. victor mckeechen is 52 years old and he's in jail tonight. he's been arrested for attacking a metro bus driver shortly after midnight last night. it happened at the wheaten metro

station. montgomery county police say it began at the silver springs station. that's when they say mckeechen exposed himself to other riders. when the bus arrived in wheaten, mckeechen allegedly started fighting with one of the female passengers. the bus driver tried to break it up. he got stabbed several times in the stomach and in the arm. the driver is expected to be okay. mckeechen is facing a number of charges including assault and possession of marijuana. a group of worried parents is headed to the falls church city council meeting tonight. they're trying to save a unique preschool program in their community. julie carey has more on how the economy could force administrators to shut their doors for good. ♪ q, r, s, t, u, v >> reporter: for a half century, the infant to pre-k programs have included special needs children. easter seals funds the unique program. >> it's important to us to enable people with disabilities and special needs to live and

work and play in their communities. >> reporter: but the center is suddenly in jeopardy because an unusual lease agreement expires in 30 days. the building was originally constructed with easter seals' donations on falls church city land. under the special lease, easter seals pays for all the maintenance here. in exchange, the city charges just $1 a year. but now the city wants to hike the rent to $120,000 each year. >> in the current environment, our view of being the stewards of public assets and of the taxpayers' money, that we need to have a discussion about a market-based rent. >> reporter: the falls church school district is also eyeing the building to expand its early childhood education program. now housed in trailers at an elementary school. easter seems officials say the higher rent could force them to close. >> the reality is that amount of rent would force us out. >> reporter: parents of children at the center will take their concerns to the city council

tonight. >> does eliminating the cdc, or forcing it out, how does that reflect upon the values of the church. >> the investment people have put into this for decades demands the council tell us what is better than this? why would anyone make the decision to do away with something like this that's unique. >> reporter: still, the city manager remains hopeful a deal can be struck to bring more money to falls church while giving easter seals a few more years in the building. >> we're working to resolve it. i think everyone's expectation is that it will be. >> reporter: in falls church, julie carey, news 4. >> the city manager says he's waiting on a counteroffer on the rent from easter seals. coming up tonight, we'll hear from some of the men rescued in chile one year ago. he weighs 200-plus pounds and has a face only a mother or and has a face only a mother or father could ture,

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hello, everybody. i'm meteorologist doug kammerer in storm center 4. a few showers out there. current temperature of 70 degrees under cloudy skies. winds out of the northeast at ten miles per hour. you can see a few light showers in montgomery county. we are seeing showers moving on through. on the light side. as we zoom out here, you can see

some of the revier rain around the roanoke area, down towards raleigh, north carolina. all the that rain trying to make its way towards our region. it will not only intensify but also increase in coverage overnight tonight. expect more showers. as you wake up tomorrow morning and head out the door. 57 in gaitersburg overnight. down towards leesburg and northern virginia, 57. temperatures on the mild side when you wake up tomorrow morning. but they're going to stay fairly similar during the afternoon. a high of only about 68 in washington. 67 in gaitersburg with rain likely throughout the day. make sure you take the umbrella with you. you're going to need it. >> thanks, doug. today first lady michelle obama enlisted hundreds of d.c. students in an effort to break a world record. check it out. >> three, two, one, go! >> that is the voice of former olympic ice skater michelle kwan. she acted as a witness and one of the chief cheerleaders for the event. the first lady and the students performed jumping jacks for a solid minute on the white house lawn. they're trying to break the

world record for the most people doing jumping jacks over the course of 24 hours. this is all part of the first lady's let's move campaign to fight childhood obesity. >> that is so cool. all through high school and college, of course, we did jumping jacks. do they still do jumping jacks at training camps anymore? >> that's a good question. i don't think they do. >> and i think one of the reasons is because no matter how hard you try, even 100 years ago when i was playing ball, guys would do this. >> i remember doing that in gym class. >> they use all these bands now. you've seen the bands. they use those medicine bands. which are good. >> jumping jacks are too low-tech. >> jumping jacks are pretty good. coming up, redskins benefiting from the bye week in more ways than one. they did not do jumping jacks. plus, flexing his muscles in the national lea

a mountain biker in south africa who got the stuffing knocked out of him. it was a red hardebeast that jumped up and smacked into this guy. >> who?

>> a mountain biker. the average of these animals, by the way, about 330, 350 pounds. not like your teeny antelope out in colorado. a teammate caught the action on a camera mounted on his bike. after the crash, the rider said, as you would expect, i'm okay. i'm okay. but i don't know if we can see -- we probably won't see his helmet. his helmet was what saved his life. it was all smashed up. we don't know if that guy's ever going to run that course again. he might continue on his bike. >> if he's like most bikers he'll be right back on it. >> unreal. >> there's no, you know, reason why that animal decided to just do that except -- >> just for the fun of it. >> i guess. he just didn't want him -- look at that. bam! >> the helmet saved his life. >> yeah, it did. >> that's a big old antelope, too. >> that's a large one. yeah. that's something. >> that's why i wear safety equipment. >> really. >> cap tams looking good. 2-0. a little shaky at times last night. a win is a win. that's what they always say. it's a cliche. hey, you take it.

you never get a second chance to make a first impression. when veteran goaltender thomas vokoun was asked how his first game went, he was at least honest. it was probably my worst game in five years. it just shows how strong this team is. they literally won without goal tending. vokoun gave up five goals in regulation. it's what he did in overtime that left a positive impression on his teammates and coaches. he spent the past four seasons with the florida panther. third period, tied at 4. lightning on the offensive. loose puck. an awkward angle goes off of vokoun's skate into the net. a cheap goal. right off vokoun's instep into the net. less than three minutes to go. same score. caps on the attack. tampa bay turns it over. second goal of the night. he's loving it. we go to overtime. tied at 5. vokoun here clears the puck. but nate thompson steams it

away. great move there. skates in. vokoun makes the save. wow. later from the circle. vokoun, another stop. five of his 23 saves were in overtime. we go to a shootout. so alexander semien for the win. beautiful moves here. goes back hand. caps win it 6-5 in a shootout. after the game, the coach impressed with the way thomas vokoun hung in there. >> you touch the puck and the crowd's booing you. it's your first game in there. you want to make an impression. your agent has sputtered off in the paper about it being a slap in the face and everything. and he comes up and he makes those big saves and then, you know, makes the save in the shootout. told me a lot about his character. >> sometimes things happen you can't control. and then, you know, everything

kind of falls out of place. things start getting bouncing around. there wasn't one passenger -- thank them for the win. >> thomas vokoun, a classy guy. caps play at pittsburgh on thursday. nfl now. fans in denver have been campaigning for tim tebow since the season started, putting up billboards that read "play tebow." in two weeks their wish will come true because it's officially tebow time. today coach john fox announced tebow will start at quarterback when the broncos return from their bye week. elsewhere, the detroit lions are 5-0 for the first time since the eisenhower administration. nearly 68,000 fans at ford field. largest crowd in their history. cal convinvin johnson and the l hosting the bears. matt stafford back to pass. he's going up top for johnson. they call him megatron because he's a big guy. he's a big-time player there. 73-yard touchdown. calvin johnson the first player in nfl history with nine touchdowns in the first five

games of the season. third quarter, lions trail 10-7. stafford back to pass. perfect to the tight end brandon pedigrew. later, handoff goes to best. right up the gut. he's gone. 88-yard touchdown run. this is impressive. lions beat the bears 24-13, improving to 5-0 for the first time since 1956. lions and packers the only two remaining unbeaten teams in the nfl right now. wow. the redskins play the 1-4 eagles on sunday. and washington remained in first place in their division by doing what you and i did on sunday. watch football. with the giants losing to the seahawks, the redskins with a 3-1 record still have the best record in the nfc east. >> what do you say? don't come back to work for a while? yeah. maybe i can take off this week. yeah.

you never know how that's going to work out. obviously two games. could have went either way. you're always hoping win your division. you're not hoping for the other teams. we're concentrating what we can do and hopefully take advantage of our opportunities. >> it feels great. when the situation is not in your hands but yet everything works itself out in your favor, it goes to show this game is crazy, man. things happen. ups and downs every single week. any given sunday the old term goes. >> kind of like that break. baseball now, game two of the national league dhamponship series, cardinals slugger albert pujols put on a hitting clinic. 4 for 5 with 5 rbis. top of the first is where we start. no score. albert pujols up with a man on. folks, this is just a beautiful swing. wow. takes shawn markham. wishing he had that pitch back. cardinal on top, 2-0. top three. pujols up again.

two on. crushes it deep to center. over the head of former national nyjer morgan off the wall. edwin jackson and john jay score. st. louis leads, 4-0. wow. top of the fifth. pujols doing more work. estrada pitches to pujols with a runner on second. so smooth. can't say it enough. smooth swing. right center. pujols finished with a home run, three dub abledub doubles.

there's no research out that suggests vitamin e may raise the possibility that a man will develop prostate cancer. the results follow a large study at the cleveland clinic where researchers looked at a group of about 35,000 men over at least seven years. they found that those men who took vitamin e without a bunch of other supplements had a 17% chance of being diagnosed with prostate cancer. it's been one year this week since the dramatic rescue of those 33 miners in chile. they were trapped underground for more than two months. remember that? after a cave-in at the copper mine where they worked. their rescue was a triumph of engineering. we watched it all over the

world. today two of the rescued miners attended an event at the chilean embassy here. one miner helped keep the men calm through the ordeal. he was also the last man out. he was asked today through a translator whether he ever lost hope. >> translator: in this case the fight was very difficult, but we never lost hope. >> rojas was also at the embassy today. he decided while he was underground to agree to his wife's request that they have a church wedding. breaking news at arlington right now. metro stations along the orange line are jammed up after a person was hit at the clarendon station. that's on the orange line. prince william county animal shelter needs a home for an animal that they call

temperamental. it's a pot-bellied pig. they call him wilbur. he was found wandering around a highway. as elaine reyes reports now, he looks cute to some. he's really ugly to others. wilbur is far from your average pet. >> reporter: if you want to add a furry friend to your family, chances are you'll find the one at the prince william county animal shelter. >> typically we have dogs, cats. occasionally birds. right now we've got five rats. we've got some chinchillas. then there's wilbur. >> reporter: you have to go out back to meet him. wilbur is 5 years old, 200-plus pounds, strong and a little on the stubborn side. oh, and he eats like a pig. >> he is an escape artist. most of them are. he was released to us because they couldn't contain him and take care of him the way they needed to. >> i grew up in southwest iowa. i grew up on farms. i've handle other pigs and other livestock. >> reporter: this is lyndon

hawkins, the animal control officer whose goal was to capture wilbur. >> he was walking down the road. i grabbed on to his back legs and picked upis back legs and pulled him over to the ditch and then rolled him off over on to the side. i held on to him sitting there in the ditch holding on to him, making friends with him until a supervisor brought a livestock trailer out. >> reporter: we learned a couple things about wilbur. one, he loves dog biscuits. here you go, buddy. and he loves to be scratched behind the ears. >> he's a little temperamental. after a while he wants to -- he's a pig. he wants to go and do what he wants to do. >> he's cute. he's cute. but he is a pig. >> reporter: wilbur isn't the only misfit at the shelter. his neighbors include sierra the mini horse and star, the mini donkey. two strays also found wandering down a road together. but we'll save them for another story. in prince william county, elaine