stayed in her condo for days after the murder. in charlotte, north carolina curtis lopez remains in police custody charged in the murder of his wife jane mcquain. he was arrested at a motel, with a woman at the time of the arrest. he did 13 years in a pennsylvania prison. he has a court hearing in the murder case in north carolina on monday. back at the scene today, the victim's brother and co-workers are talking to her neighbors. they are talking to her friends. darren brown, the victims pastor. >> to see someone at this stage, her stage in life to be suddenly taken away is devastating. >> reporter: 51-year-old jane mcquain found murdered in her second floor condo wednesday night. she may have been dead for more than ten days.

still missing, her 11-year-old son, william mcquain. suspect lopez is the boy's stepfather and police believe he may have key clues. >> you think william mcquain is still alive? >> we have to have that hope and i just spoke with a detective who said he has that hope. we are going to continue to operate that way. >> reporter: this is the same man you saw here? >> yeah. >> reporter: he was in miss mcquain's condo? >> yeah. >> reporter: this is sis forward. she saw the arrest picture of curtis lopez and recognized him as the man she had seen at jane mcquain's condo. she remembered seeing him, miss mcquain and william on the balcony friday, september 30th. she remembers seeing lopez loading a tv into miss mcquain's car five days later. >> told me it was her husband and her son william has not been

found yet. oh god, man did i pray last night. >> reporter: two vigils tonight for 11-year-old william mcquain. one at the germantown community center with the football team. the other at his school, the mlk middle school. they start at 7:30. counselors are expected to be at both of the vigils. back to you. >> all right. pat collins, thank you, pat. now to the latest on the severe weather that ripped through our area yesterday. the national weather service confirms a tornado touched down near i-95. the storm caused delays for drivers, many of whom used their cell phones. nobody was hurt by the flying debris. in new kent keown ty virginia, kids were scrambling for safety. students could feel the doors

and windows blowing open and felt the debris blowing through. the tornado damaged 30 homes in the area knocking out power and splitting trees the storm blew think louisa, virginia. children were sent scrambling as the storm headed their way. jane watrel reports. >> reporter: this was strike two for mineral county. the tornado two months after a devastating earthquake. the tornado came up quickly, catching many off guard. as this phone video knows on i-95 near quantico. hundreds of school children were boarding the buses when the tornado warning came down. here is the principal. >> as the leader, i have to stay calm. some children were shaken and upset. i let them know it was bad weather. we didn't want to send them out in bad weather. >> reporter: many thought it was

simply a bad storm, not realizing a tornado touched down nearby ripping the roof off a historic plantation home. >> it started downpouring on us. >> worried about the safety of the kids and i wanted to be done and over with. >> reporter: this is the second traumatic natural disaster for these school kids. in august, an earthquake that registered 5.8 damaging 1300 homes and closing two schools. 37 trailers are home to thomas jefferson elementary students. >> this is our home for the rest of this year. we dubbed it mobile mountain. >> reporter: tonight, the community will come together for a fund-raiser to help the earthquake victims rebuild. >> we are resilient. from the second the earthquake hit, we hit the ground running and developed a plan to get kids back in school. we haven't lost our spirits. >> reporter: in all, the community sustained $80 million worth of damage from the earthquake. folks are counting their

blessings. no one lost their lives in the quake or the tornado. in mineral, virginia, jane watrel, news 4. the storms moved out for now. get ready for more changes. doug kammerer tells us we are about to get our second taste of fall weather. hey, doug. >> if you step outside now, you noticed the changes if you were out earlier. temperatures cooled off a little bit. the winds are picking up. take a look outside. a pretty shot as we make our way across the city. not bad out there at all. the temperatures falling down to 68 degrees. that's not too bad. look at the winds. west-northwest at 17 with gusts of 23 miles per hour. higher gusts across the area. upwards of 30 to 35 miles per hour. no rain. that's the good news. if you are west of the blue ridge, you folks in western portions of virginia and west virginia, the panhandle of west virginia, a few showers there. you may see a few more. this is the rain that came

through earlier today. an abundance of rain. lightning, heavy downpours. itis moved out. behind it, we are going to move down. waking up to temperatures in the low to mid-40s in most locations. low 50s, 52 by 7:00 a.m. in the city. you'll need your jackets and coats. a montgomery county judge made a key ruling considering what evidence will be allowed in a murder trial. jurors will be allowed to hear a taped conversation between britney norwood and her brother. he asked if the victim accused britney of stealing. later in the conversation norwood said murray had plans to talk to a manager. she's acured of killing murray in march. a trial is expected to get under way october 24th.

a d.c. nightclub is in the middle of a suit. mohamed died last october after a fight with the owner and employees. he broke the club's window after being denied entry. that's when he was beaten. the u.s. attorney's office determined there wasn't enough evidence to pursue criminal charges. the father explained the lawsuit would bring closure. >> it's not easy losing -- we loved him. we seek justice. we will not stop anywhere until we get justice from the court. >> they say even if they win the lawsuit, no money could replace their son. in the republican race for the presidential nomination, texas governor rick perry tried to regain lost momentum. he pitched oil as a way to

create new jobs. steve handelsman has the report. >> reporter: rick perry hopes today starts a comeback. he refocused on jobs at u.s. steel near pittsburgh. >> we must get america working again. a big part of the solution is under our feet and off our coast. >> reporter: he wants more drilling in the gulf of mexico. he wants less regulation in his home state. >> creating jobs in america is as simple as changing presidents. >> reporter: winning the nomination once looked simple. now he's polling third or fourth. >> i don't worry about polls. a lot of people obsess about them and talk about them. >> reporter: the latest republican front-runner was in tennessee. >> you know what? i kind of like my guns and my bible. >> yeah! >> reporter: herman cain fired up a big tea party rally.

>> throw out the current tax code. get rid of the current tax code first. >> in a new ad, mitt romney stakes a claim to the nomination. >> i didn't know you were a spokesperson for romney. >> reporter: some democrats figure perry is not done. >> once he gettings away from minor issues and talks about the issue on everyone's mind, jobs and the economy, i think he has a shot. >> reporter: that's the perry plan. >> my policies are driven by the concerns of american workers. >> reporter: hoping they give him a second look. money is not a problem, yet. there's word today perry raised $17 million last quarter. $3 million more than romney. president obama, $43 million. i'm steve handelsman, news 4. today, president obama invited the south korean president to tour a general motors plant in detroit with him. they promised the new trade agreement would help, rather than hurt american workers.

>> today, they will decide within weeks whether to run for the u.s. senate. the veteran democrat heard on politics hour a senate bid means challenging fellow democrat. he says he wants to represent the voiceless and fix issues that are not being addressed. >> we're not talking about the fact that maryland, my state, ranks from the 45th to the last in terms of jobs creation. people are devastated. they want someone to come with a plan that will reach them. >> state senator, the husband of nbc 4s pat lawson muse. next, scary moments at an air show. why they sent out alerts saying a tornado was closing in even though there wasn't a let.

a day of celebration between police and occupy wall street protesters. hakeem, what is coming up in sports? >> dan hellie goes one-on-one with a coach. plus, in pittsburgh last night, it was nasty even for hockey6:0.

hundreds of boxes of counterfeit goods were seized by

federal agents in afternoon in northeast washington. the boxes were full of fake louie vi tan, nike, and bootlegged dvds. 11 people were arrested. the market is located d.c. farm market near the university. it remains open during the raids. more clashes on the streets of new york city as the occupy wall street protests rage on for a month. developers backed off from evicting them from the park. then celebrations led to more than a dozen arrests. we have the latest from new york. >> reporter: after overting a shut out to leave the park, protesters went on the march to declare victory. it resulted in just over a dozen arrests.

the owners of the park and the city's mayor asked protesters to clear out sections of the park to be cleaned up. instead, protesters armed with brooms and mops cleaned themselves. >> they said we couldn't return with sleeping bags. that meant we couldn't occupy the park. we could be like regular passer byes in the park. it was an actual evict attempt. >> the protest that began here turned into a nationwide movement with rallies being held in nearly 200 cities. >> reporter: their message of social inequality and what they see as corporate greed gained more supporters each week including political groups like moveon.org. >> they seem determined. >> reporter: others, especially those who work in the financial district say the protests are only getting them so far. >> i think the economy is a

disaster and people need jobs. i don't know how protesting gets jobs. >> protesters see it differently. while they are not moving, sweeping change may not be far away. michelle franzen, nbc news, new york. park owners say they delayed the cleaning of the park. no new date for when they will try to move the demonstrators. schoolteachers will not be required to check the immigration status in alabama for the time being. they blocked the controversial part of the immigration law. they also blocked part of the law that makes it a crime for immigrants not to have the proper documentation. they will detain immigrants suspected of being in the country illegally. alabama's new immigration law is one of the toughest in the country. >> doug has a look at the weather. it's looking good. >> it is looking good.

i was at a charity golf event earlier today. everybody was like we have the meteorologist guy. what do you sigh? >> rain. we got in four holes of golf. we had three glorious holes, then the downpours. that was to benefit pat's family. i wish you all the best. a lot of people willing to play golf even though it was rainy. we have had so much rain it's been ridiculous. we hope to see things change a little bit. maybe a bit of a drier path. still a couple showers back toward winchester and toward the eastern shore a few light showers there. it's going to be it. this is what happened earlier today. i was playing right here in prince george's county. we saw the rain come through. lightning and thunder. everybody had to get under the trees or shelters. all the rain continues to move up to the north and east away

from our area. now, our wind is coming straight out of the west. showers back from frederick county and portions of the panhandle of west virginia rotating around the area of low pressure. this is where the cold air is. we are going to continue to see showers in west virginia this evening. for the rest of us, to the east of the mountains we should be on the dry side. for the record, take a look at this. high temperature 73. low of 63. not a big step there. look at this step. nearly 20 inches of rain since the first of august. it's over 11 inches above average. that, as i mentioned is ridiculous. we need to see drier weather. i think we are going to get it for the weekend. 68 degrees out there now. winds gusting to 23 miles per hour. we are seeing windy conditions. temperatures are coming down. 61 now. 67 in the la play da. what about the winds?

28-mile-an-hour in frederick. 22 in leesburg. winchester 44-mile-an-hour winds. the low pressure moves out. here come the windy conditions. sunshine early, then the cloud cover moves in and wind. not the worst saturday out there, but not the best either. a six out of ten. now, breezy conditions on your sunday. but not bad. a southwest wind with more sunshine at least early. i think we are looking good for sunday. how about a couple events coming up this weekends? one is coming in north of warrenton. this is the gold cup. a nice day for a steeple chase. this is the 74th running of the international gold cup. 67 degrees. the temperature sun and clouds. it's going to be a little bit on the windy side. vagoldcupwashington.com. this sunday, we are taking on

the philadelphia eagles. a great team but they are 1-4. good news for us, hopefully. great weather for the game sunday. winds could be a factor for the end of the game with winds out of the southwest at 10 to 20 miles per hour. this evening, continued clearing, breezy and chilly. 65 dropping down to 57 degrees. the forecast for tomorrow morning, waking up to a cool morning. 45 to 52 degrees as we move on through the day tomorrow, a mixture of sun and clouds. windy with gusts of 40. 67 to 70 degrees. again, not a bad saturday. sunday looking great. especially early. a high of 74. 73 on your monday. 74 on tuesday. then another cold front comes through. this one means business, too with a lot of wind. we are starting to get into october, november time frame which are the windier months. >> don't want the wind to blow the pretty leaves off the trees. thank you, doug.

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a fighter jet wrash crashed in an air show in china. it burst into flames on impact. one pilot is missing and presumed dead. another pilot ejected from the plane. he suffered minor injuries. nobody on the ground was hurt. the crash is being investigated. it's not clear if mechanical problems or pilot error is to blame. soldiers should be home by tuesday. israel agreed to release more than 1,000 palestinian prisoners for his safe return. it's causing controversy in israel because some of the hostages are being held for terrorist attacks. his abduction is described as a

national trauma for israel. president obama and first lady michelle obama hosted their fifth state dinner. the first lady's wardrobe choice trended on twitter. mrs. obama wore a deep vie lot one-shoulder dress by a korean designer. the main course, beep rib eye from texas. side dishes included vegetables from the white house garden. the dessert was chocolate cake with korean pears. >> nice dress, too. >> she was wearing the heck out of it. >> she was. coming up, the sirens went off, students told to run for cover because of a tornado. but nothing. william's little face on the tv and i just fell on my knees and screamed and called her on the phone and called her on the

phone. >> her mother is killed. tonight, the victim's friend and former roommate breaks her silence about the prime murder suspect. liquid gold. krim unanimouses targeting area restaurants. what they are taking to turn a profit. coming up in sports, nolan smith talks lock out. plus mike shanahan knows what

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a judge makes a key ruling in a pretrial motion in the lemon trial. jurors will be abe to see and hear a video. norwood says murray says she was going to talk to the manager. she was found murdered in march. students in louisa, virginia talk about scrambling to safety. they had a tornado yesterday. the severe weather blew through as they were boarding buses to go home. occupy wall street protesters will stay at their

home base for now. the news led to celebrations and clashes with police. at least a dozen protesters arrested. back to the mystery in germantown. a mother found murdered and her son missing for weeks. >> one of jane mcquain's best friends is speaking out and talking about the concerns she had. we have the exclusive report. >> reporter: for jane mcquain's best friend, the last 24 hours have been nothing short of excruciating and painful not knowing where jane's son might be. >> i'm holding on. it's all i can do. >> she wipes tears from her eyes looking at the photos, cards, poems and notes strewn across the floor. >> i am her sister and col bee is her brother. i love both of you.

>> reporter: memories from a friendship that ended too suddenly. they last talked two weeks ago. >> she needed me and i didn't have time to talk. >> reporter: they met and became friends in 2005. later, heather and her son moved in with jane and william in rockville. she found out jane was murdered on the news. >> i saw williams little face on tv. i fell on my knees and screams and called her on the phone and called her on the phone and called her on the phone. >> reporter: she was shocked to see her husband had been arrested. she's terrified for jane's son, william, still missing. >> he was on the swim team. she put a caption, will dot, dot, dot, always a winner. >> reporter: when lopez said he wanted to move in with jane, heather says jane resisted.

>> at first it was real happy. she was happy. progressively, she would speak about his rudeness and attitude. >> reporter: jane told heather the relationship with william, not his biological son was changing. >> i believe jealousy and anger and resentment came into play. >> reporter: a single mom working full time at a law firm. heather said jane's whole life was devoted to william. >> what happened to jane is done. it is what it is. there's still a chance for william. there's still a chance. i'm not gonna stop and i'm not gonna let go until he's with us, safe. >> reporter: heather said all she can do is pray and hope someone, somewhere sees william and calls police. in westminster, maryland, news 4. >> police are hoping new surveillance video will lead to an arrest. in the tape, you can hear the

clerk pleading for his life. it happened sunday in alexandria. two masked men stormed in demanding money. one guy was armed. you can see him rummage through the cash register and jump into the car driving off. the clerk was not hurt. if you recognize the robbers, call police. arlington police arrested two people for saling cooking oil. they were siphoning oil. similar thefts are happening across the region. they believe the oil is sold on the underground market. it's worth $3.50 a gallon thanks to the boom in biodiesel market. >> we are trying to take a waste product and put it back into the market. these criminal activities are impeding our efforts to do that. >> there are six cases of

cooking oil thefts. as many as 200 across the d.c. area. public safety officials are defending their actions after a scary false alarm. they sent out and electronic alert warning them a tornado was about to hit the campus. there was no tornado. derrick ward visited to get the story firsthand from the students. >> reporter: high winds, dark clouds, a sure sign a storm was brewing. a series of e mail notifications said it may be more than a routine storm. the first alert came around 6:30. >> i got a text message saying the tornado hits in 15 minutes, then alarms. what is going on? >> reporter: then another alert saying it was getting closer, ten minutes out. >> i think i was in a safe location.

i kept studying. >> we stopped and stayed there until it was over. >> reporter: safety officials were relying on information from accuweather. often but not always an indication a tornado is formed. a security official tells news 4 they were not going to wait for conformation. they errored on the side of caution. they may have overreacted. several years ago a tornado hit the campus. two students were killed when their car was lifted and dropped down over there. that was before the new notification system was in place. now, it's a mainstay of campus life. students didn't mind how it was used yesterday. >> confirmation. i know i can trust it now. i get five texts at once. >> a lot of people were worried. i didn't think it would scare that many people. >> they kept us informed. i appreciated that. >> derrick ward, news 4. >> yumpt officials say given the

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finally friday. we have a nice weekend out there. at least saturday and sunday are looking okay. 68 degrees out there right now. dew point of 46. winds gusting upwards of 20 to 30 miles an hour across many locations this evening. we are going to see the winds throughout the evening. a few showers. some in clark county and virginia. loudoun county and a few in washington and frederick county. that's it. they should be gin to die down. more showers in west virginia. they will not make it over the mountains. i'm expecting a dry night. it will be windy and cooler this evening. tomorrow, temperatures upwards of 69 in washington to 70 in manassas. winds upwards of 30 to 40 miles per hour. a little on the windy side. not a bad day to get out and look at the fall foliage out there. near peak. high color in west virginia and good color along the blue ridge if you are thinking of heading

into our area and new york, up state new york. peak color there. better day on sunday. i'll have the seven day forecast coming up. >> thank you, doug. apple's new iphone 4s hit the stores today. people camped out overnight to get one. mark barger has more on the iphone frenzy. >> good morning, folks. come in and get your iphone 4s. >> reporter: from small towns to big cities. 8:00 a.m. brought an end to the anticipation. >> my iphone is old. i was ready for an upgrade. >> we showed up at 1:30. >> 10:00 last night. >> people braving cold in connecticut, rain in kentucky all to get their hands on the new iphone 4s. >> that's tweet. i'm an apple fan. everything me and my girl have

is apple. >> reporter: more than a million preordered tempered the crowds. especially with last week's passing of co-founder steve jobs. >> for a lot of people it is important to say i have the last phone from when he was alive. >> the 4s has a nickname along with head turning technology. >> this is awesome. >> reporter: a voice activated assistant. >> text message to mom. >> i don't know who your mother is. in fact, i don't know who you are. >> reporter: the new phone lured apple co-founder steve. first in line at this store in california. >> for the ipad 2 announcement, i came to the store. i was 35th in line and they ran out just before me. >> reporter: some shoppers could face a similar fate this weekend. sales of more than 2 million units are expected. mark barger, nbc news.

>> some die hard apple fans were disappointed. analysts believe apple will sell 4 million units of the device this weekend. wow. >> i would like to have one of those. >> yeah. >> even a piece of the action. >> i can wait rather than camp out and stand in a line. >> that's good. >> what you got? >> coming up in sports, what one local player has to say about the nba lock out. the redskins looking for payback sunday. sunday. th

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he's making a bold prediction. >> yeah. >> all kinds of debate during the commercial. what's wrong with philly. >> you said they might get their groove back. this would be a bad time. >> they could get their groove back. you were saying the team is falling apart on the field. >> they are. >> they are done. they are done. they are done. that's how he put it, actually. >> they are unpredictable. >> they are a formidable football team. i like washington's chances this week. i will say that. i like their chances because of their defense.

that is why i'm making that statement. eagles are a good football team. redskins are good as well. remember this, 59 points. that's the only motivation the redskins need. in their last meeting, michael vick put a 59 spot on the board. sunday, the redskins are looking for serious redemption with a 1-4 record. you could argue washington is desperate, too. a victory would prove the redskins are for real. here is dan hellie with the coach. >> it's a good game for us. you have to go out there and do it on sunday. we have had a bi-week. hopefully, we are rested. we have to put a good game together to beat this football team. >> a lot of white noise going on in philadelphia right now surrounding the team and the coach. as a head coach, does that make it harder to focus or do you

become more zoned in? >> well, i think anytime there's adversity, it's tough on the whole organization. if you are in this game long enough, you have been through it. what you have to do is concentrate on the job at hand. you can't worry about what's ging on outside the doors of your facility. but you can about what's going on inside. try the business at hand and eliminate mistakes. put a good game together. they are hoping to pull together. they are talented. quit making mistakes. >> also quarterback deangelo hall is questionable for sunday's game because of a knee injury. the caps are off to a 3-0 start thanks to three overtime victories. what everyone is talking act is the fight between pittsburgh and washington. beagle wants to go back into the game but was not allowed because of rules regarding concussions. a player representative does not agree. i really don't care about that

awareness crap. sometimes it feels like we are being baby sat too much. we are grown men. we should have a little say in what we want to do. wow. strong words. >> awareness crap? what does that mean? concussion testing they go through? >> yeah, exactly. >> it's to protect them. >> it is. but they want to play. they have been playing all their lives. >> it's your head. >> i agree. here is the fight. doing the wweg gesture there. after the game, he apologized for it. it was his 83rd fight. in o.t., caps on the first power place of the night. perfect pass. rips past johnson for the game winner. the capitals beat the penguins, 3-2 in overtime. as for the fight, here is what the caps had to say. >> he's not that kind of guy. he's been playing a lot of

years. i think he knew what happened. he knew he got a good punch in. i was the most upset with the fans cheering. it pissed me off. once a guy goes down, they are going to cheer initially, but quit cheering. i was upset with pittsburgh. it wasn't classy. >> what happened after the fight was uncalled for and classless. i give him credit for apologizing and realizing what he did was wrong. that stuff happens in the heat of the battle. i have been there and understand with regards to what happened to jay. it's happened to everybody that fights. i'm sure it's happened to him throughout his career. it's happened to me and a lot of other guys that do the same thing. it's part of the game. it's unfortunate but, you know, jay's got to get back on the horse. >> washington is home against ottawa. talking baseball.

the championship series tied up at two games a piece. the brewers earn their first playoff road victory in 29 years. here is how it went down. cardinals lead it. kyle lohse leading it. he's in there. see it again. huge play. great slide. gets his hand in there. brewers tie the game at 2. wow. top of the fifth. a man on. short. gets by a diving rafael for a call. niger morgan scores. brewers beat the cardinals, 4-2. tied. game five tonight in st. louis. commissioner david stern canceled the first two games of the season. now, he believes they will not play on christmas day. the players are playing despite the lock out.

tomorrow, an exhibition against durant and wall. nolan smith is also playing. he was drafted by the portland trail blazers. he joined us in studio to talk lock out. >> anytime there's money involved, players and owners, everybody is going to look greedy, for the fans, we hope they are situated soon. >> it's been difficult. you work your whole life to hear your name called on draft night. it happens and you are back to where you were. i'm back at duke working out. haven't received a check or any money. i'm just remaining a college student, just no classes. >> nolan smith and the team play the philadelphia all-stars tomorrow at coolidge high school at 6:00. that should be a fun game to go to tomorrow. coming up at 11:00, midnight madness. the tip off and the high school football game aft week in virginia. >> i

after a seven week delay caused by hurricane irene the martin luther king memorial is being dedicated here this sunday. a crowd of over 50,000 is expected. you are encouraged to take metro. members of the king family and other dignitaries will be in attendance. president obama will deliver the

keynote. aretha franklin will be here. >> we'll be here early to see it. he meant a lot to america. >> walking in and seeing his quotes, you know, really unbelievable. he's an unbelievable individual. >> you can see the ceremony live on our nonstop cable channel starting at 10:00 a.m. channel 460, cox channel 803 and over the air at 4.2. as washington prepares to dedicate the memorial, we pay tribute to nelson mandela. chris gordon visited capetown and visited the prison where he was transformed from prisoner to president. >> reporter: tourists fill to get a look at the cell where

nelson mandela serve e served - surprised at how humane they were. the treatment the prisoners received. >> mandela received hard labor. the congress, fighting against a party. racial repression that denied africans their civil rights. blacks could not vote. at first they embraced the violence. some of the members took up arms while mandela sought peace and led to the release of political prisoners in 1990 and the first

general election. mandela won the nobel peace prize. it was the first time in his life he was allowed to vote. >> mandela admires martin luther king jr. as a freedom fighter. free at last when mandela delivered a speech expressing pride. >> you have -- we claim this country as our own. from the rooftops, free at last. >> mandela and dr. king worked for their people all their lives, sacrificing time with their families. >> mandela had and martin luther king jr. had did not allow them to choose the easy road. >> reporter: as washington dedicates this memorial to martin luther king jr., it's important to remember nelson

mandela and the walk to freedom. chris gordon, news 4. mandela is 93 years old. after he retired in 1999, the nelson mandela foundation was established. now, the question for you, what kind of weather for the ceremony on sunday morning? >> i think as long as everybody dresses for the weather, it's going to be nice. plenty of sunshine for the 8:00 a.m. dedication. there's going to be a bit of a breeze. it will be cool with a temperature hovering around 50 to 52 degrees. it will be on the cool side with sunshine it will warm up quickly. look for the wind during the day tomorrow. winds could gust on saturday upwards of 30 to 40 miles per hour. sunday, a high, afternoon high of 74 degrees. something else looking good, the redskins game. if you are heading out to the redskins game, dress appropriately early.

by game time, 1:00 temperature there. 73 on your monday. 74 on tuesday. that's when the next change comes in. chance of showers moves in late on tuesday. maybe thunderstorms and then on wednesday, a lot of rain potential in the morning. then cooling off in the afternoon. a much cooler air mass moving in. high temperature on thursday, 65 degrees rather windy on thursday, too. friday coming in with a temperature of around 60 degrees. october, early november, the same situation as march and early april. we deal with the wind and changing air masses. probably over the next couple weeks. get used to the wind. >> wearing hats, choose carefully. >> good call, yes. >> thank you, doug. finally tonight, a chef in the united kingdom created the world's most expensive dessert. $35,000. check it out. the inspiration came from an egg.

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