three beautiful weekends in a row. >> you know who's going to be happy about that, dan davic said that they pushed their tee time back to 11:30 so they could catch the show. >> they're lucky there were tee times left at 11:30 this morning because the weather is great. beautiful way to get the weekend started whether you're playing on time, slightly delayed or waiting till tomorrow, your golf game or anything outside today will have no weather-related interference. outside right now, plenty of sunshine from washington eastbound. a cloud deck almost on top of downtown stretching towards the blue ridge. temperatures mostly in the 40s. a few spots climbed into the low 50s now. 51 at national airport, 52 in baltimore. 48 in leesburg and ashburn. 4 also in gaitherersburg and ju germantown. we have clouds to contend with later on especially late morning through the afternoon hours. on the whole, a good day today. even better weather coming

tomorrow. plenty of sunshine. today's high low 60s. if you're headed out to annapolis, the pirates of east carolina taking on the midshipmen of navy. a 3:30 kick off. richmond spiders, the black bears of maine going down to richmond. 62. it's a 3:30 kickoff. and it's homecoming at howard. the bison playing host to the bulldogs of north carolina a & t, a 1:00 kickoff. perfect homecoming weather for howard. >> the real hu. >> absolutely right. >> thanks, chuck. >> hopefully they win. >> they're going to win, let's hope. >> thank you, chuck. in just about two hours, william mcquain's football team will take to the field for the first time since the little boy's murder. but this weekend, it's less about the game and more about remembering a young life taken too soon. after the night the upon the gomry village ute team took a knee after practice to pray for william and his mother jane

found dead in her apartment earlier this month. williams's body was found tuesday after a search. montgomery village usually a rival of the south germantown team says right now they are all one family grieving together. >> as kids, and as coaches alike, we're all a fraternity. you know, it's scary. it's scary as a child to know that someone that you played against you know was taken away and you know, really had no part in it, didn't know it was come. so you know, i guess we mourn together. >> jane mcquain's estrained husband and william's stepfather is being held in the murders. william's team will take to the field at 11:30. >> a mental hospital patient is behind bars in morning accused of murdering his roommate. police say they found the body of 22-year-old david rico-noyola at 2:30 yesterday in the room of the maximum security wing of the cliffton t. perkins psychiatric hospital in jessup, maryland.

his roommate, 24-year-old vitaly davydov was the one who called guards into the room asking for help. after finding the body, he was immediately taken into custody. you may recognize his name. he was convicted of beating his psychiatrist, dr. wayne fenton, to death in rockville five years ago. he is now charged with first and second degree murder. a prince george's county community is on alert this morning after a 10-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in a wooded area. police say a teenage boy had had the girl on the ground near scottish avenue before several people nearby came to her rescue. shomari stone talked to one of those heroes. >> because i can't stop getting her screams out of my head. i'm sorry. i can't -- >> a tear yently rolls down jonathan lambert's cheek as he recalls the horror he witnessed in these hillcrest heights woods. police say a teen sexually

assaulted a 10-year-old girl on the other side of this crime scene tape. >> this happened a block away from my home, a 10-year-old girl about to be raped. >> police say the girl was walking home after school in the 3100 block of scottish avenue around 5:00 on thursday. suddenly, the teen grabbed her, draggedler into the woods across the street and sexually assaulted her. that's when jonathan says he ran in the woods to help. the. >> to think of the fact that a young african-american male would do this to a 10-year-old girl coming home from her education just kills me inside. >> reporter: now you can see the crime scene over there. lambert says the suspect got scared and ran right through this thick brush over here. he tried to chase him but he got away. >> at that point, i got caught in a tree and he came out on scottish avenue. i lost his trail from there.

>> now police are on his trail and they're on alert. >> but we're going to continue to do our job, search, continue to step up patrol and search the area. >> whatever anybody can do to identify this guy to find him, please do it. >> reporter: police urge anyone with information about the assault to call the prince george's county police department but also, they suggest that parents talk to their children, make sure you tell them to walk in well lit areas and walk together as a group. in hillcrest heights, i'm shomari stone. >> the trial against a woman accused of killing her co-worker inside a popular yoga store is set to begin on monday. she is accused of killing her back in the lulu lemon store in march. she initially claimed they were attacked by two robbers but police found no evidence of the claims. her attorneys plan to call at least one mental health expert

setting the groundwork for an insanity defense. the trial is expected to last about eight days. a pair of traffic alerts to be aware of if you're on your way out the door this morning. this is i-90 north at the prince william county parkway where several lanes of the interstate remain closed. crews shut them down last night to repair a 25-foot section of concrete that the crumbled earlier this week. work is expected to wrap up in about an hour. now another trouble spot in northern virginia, interstate 66 at the beltway, if you're heading west on 66, you cannot exit sboud on the belt way. crews are reconstructing that ramp. instead, go up to nutley street, then head back east on 66th. this work is going to continue until monday morning. >> you also won't find any relief if you plan on taking metro this weekend as crews are making repairs on four of the system's five lines on the red line, the rhode island avenue and brook land stations will be closed. the blue line will share one

track between stadium armory and addison road, the green line will share one track between fort totten and prince george's plaza and the yellow line will only run between huntington and mt. vernon square, stopping five stations early. all the lines should be back to mormomal for the monday morning commute. and watch out for road closures in the district for the best buddies chag this morning. parts of the clara barton parkway and canal road are closed as well as sections of eastbound m street, the whitehurst freeway, ohio drive and several streets around the national mall and dyedal basin. it is a bike race and 5 k run walk that supports a network of volunteers that create job and leadership opportunities for people with intellectual and development disabilities. we'll talk live with carl lewis and star of "glee" participating in today's events coming up in about ten minutes. >> going to be awesome. about 100,000 alumni are expected to converge on the campus of howard university this

weekend for who i am coming festivities at the school. >> today al annual tradition that draws bands from around the country, the 2011 home coming parade. here's derrick ward joining us live from the route with more. derek, good morning. >> as you can see behind me, georgia avenue in front of howard university is all festooned with balloons and flags. that means only one thing this time of year here. this is time for howard's homecoming. the theme this year is prestige, the epitome of distinction, something embodied by this university, its staff and alumni. lots of folks are already lining up early to get those prime viewing spots here. we caught up with a family who was out here, i would say they were the first folks out here. displaying their bison spirit. >> i'm a howard alumni. i'm an ex-football player on the '96 championship team. we love to come back to support the new team.

>> sir for you, you're alumni as well? >> i'm not. i'm the parent of two alumni, a daughter and son. >> so you play an important role in howard obviously. >> since 1989 continually, someone from my family's surname has been a student here consecutively since 1989. >> excellent. and this is just an important thing for the city especially. it's a tradition in washington, isn't it. >> it's a very proud tradition. >> this game with north carolina a & t, there's a lot of divided loyalties in a lot of households around here. both of those schools have a lot of folks in this area. >> there might be divided loyalty but there's only one hu, that's the real howard university. >> i guess you played north carolina a lot. >> yeah, and we beat them a lot too and expect the same today. >> the parade starts at about 10:00, and as you know, the game starts at 1:00. the bison alumni or the former players say they have the

bulldogs number. we'll see what happens. of course, the step show is also today, another popular part of this homecoming festivities. celebrities like ta raj ji henson and boris kojo will be here. ter raj ji has roots in charles county, howard alumny and boris a graduate of virginia commonwealth university. i imagine today though he will be a bison. we are live on georgia avenue. back to you. >> i know something a lot of alumni want to know. will diddy be making an appearance today? >> what did you say? >> p. diddy. >> i heard he was. i haven't seen him. you know, maybe he's in cog nit toe or something right now. he's expected. who knows who show up? that's the whole thing about this. you never know who you'll see but always exciting. >> derek, thank you so much. >> thank you, derek. i don't know if i should admit this but i follow diddy on twitter.

and he did tweet he was coming home. i'm coming home. howard university. so he might be out there somewhere. >> diddy's trying to run the city. >> and with that, the time now is ten minutes after the 9:00 hour. still coming up -- >> the heir to the saudi throne has died. what that means for the oil rich u.s. ally. >> new developments in the baby missing in kansas city.

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new today. the heir to the saudi throne has passed away. crown prince sultan bin abdel aziz died this morning from an unknown illness. the announcement did not say where or how the prince died but a leak to u.s. diplomatic cable from last year said he had been receiving cancer treatment in new york. his death opens questions about the succession in saudi arabia.

his half-brother has health problems of his own. >> one of the longest military conflicts in american history is coming to an end. president obama announced friday that the last 39,000 troops in iraq will be home by the end of the year. leaders in iraq wanted several thousand troops to stay for special operations and training but u.s. and iraqi officials could not agree on the specifics. >> here at home, the coming months will be another season of homecomings. across america, our servicemen and women will be reunited with hair families. today, i can say that our troops in iraq will definitely be home for the holidays. >> senator john mccain lashed out at the plan saying it puts all that we have worked for in iraq at risk. more than 4400 u.s. service members have died since the fighting in iraq began back in 2003. officials estimate the cost of the war was between 7 a$7 and $

billion. in libya, the ruling national transitional council could declare the country's liberation today as new celebrations take place more than 24 hours after the death of moammar gadhafi. also today, questions remain about how the ousted libyan leader died and when he will be buried. sunday there will be celebrations to mark a formal day of liberation. >> we've got some great weather on tap for us this weekend. chuck bell with the good news. >> tons of sunshine. a little bit of cloudiness to contend with first thing this morning. isn't going to ruin our weekend though an there's no chance, no chance that mother nature is going to mess with your weekend. we'll give you all the details we'll give you all the details coming up next.

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welcome back. right now, hundreds of cyclists are zipping around the streets

of d.c. to raise money for best buddies dedicated 0 creating opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. >> joining us now is one of the celebrities 0 who support the charity, carl lewis joined by ambassador kevin bennett. good morning to the both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> carl, first off, i want to start with you. how did you get involved with best buddies. >> you know, i've been involved with best buddies since the late '80s. i've been a board member since '884. it's such a wonderful event. everyone who's been involved in the events, it's about friendship. that's why i got my buddy kevin talk to you today. >> kevin, my next question is for you. how did you get involved with this organization? >> the way that i got involved in this was when i was a senior in high school and i got involved in it ever since and it's a very cool way to make friends and to do anything that you like.

you can go to proms or you could go see movies or do sports or go see a game. there's anything that you can do. anything. just anything that you like. >> kevin, you seem pretty fired up about it. tell us what you're going to be taking part in today. >> i'm going to be doing some cycling with carl lewis today. and we're going to just do it like we did last year. >> yeah, we're going to do a tandem ride today. kevin is going to pull me along. he's got the old guy on the back. >> uh-oh. >> carl, we know you're the honorary chair of one of the races today, the carl lewis challenge started around 8:30. tell us about that event a little bit. >> well, it's great because of course, we have the 120-mile bike rides. we decided to open it up and do a duathlon thing because a lot of people wanted to run or walk. a lot of buddies are doing it together. because you don't have to race and do that, you can take your

time. we see families walking and finishing. it's tremendous for everyone out here. >> wow. carl lewis, thank you so much. and kevin, good luck today. it looks like you have a great crowd out there already. >> great, thank you. thank you very much. >> enjoy the days, guys. >> there you go. exploding fist pump. >> like this, right? >> boom. >> all right. thanks, guys. have a great day. >> thank you. >> you, too. >> and we have a whole crew -- sorry we left you out on that one. >> no, no, can we try that again, chuck. >> when you hit the pump, then you explode. there you go. >> i'm not hip, it's true. >> we'll give you an "a" for effort. a bunch of nbc4 folks will be out there today. they have weather on their side into absolutely. a little bit of cloud cover first thing this morning now. we'll be in and out of the sunshine today. no threat of rain on your weekend. that's all that really, really matters. plenty of sunshine coming our way for today and more for tomorrow. outside now though on your

saturday morning, off to a relatively good start. a lot of temperatures in the 40s early this morning. the cloud deck sneaking over washington right now. bright sunshine out towards annapolis police and the western shore of the bay. from washington westbound we're sunshine challenged at the moment. these clouds won't be here all day. we'll be in and out of sunshine for much of the late morning and early afternoon hours. enjoy your saturday. off to a pretty good start. 51 now in washington. hardly a breeze blowing down there at national airport. reston is at 46 degrees. 45 now in manassas, and generally temperatures now trending upwards into the upper 40s and low 50s. a good-looking day today. a mix of clouds and sunshine. mid 50s this morning. upper 50s and low 60s during the peak of the afternoon here today. back down into the upper 50s by

6:00 this evening. there's that pesky cloud deck just to the west of washington. you can see the sun sunshine along the chesapeake bay. cloud cover back towards the blue ridge and shenandoah valley. even though we have clouds around this morning, they'll take leave of us during the hours tonight and tomorrow will be a prettier day. more sunshine. great weather. both days for going up towards the high spots along the shenandoah valley to take a look at what should be peak fall color. not in washington just yet. that would probably be next weekend. today a mix of clouds and sunshine this morning. that will linger through this  afternoon, as well. highs toot upper 50s to low 60s. tomorrow, mostly sunny. a good leaf peeping day tomorrow. highs upper 50s in the high spots to mid 60s around washington. the all-important seven-day forecast, dry weather for today, tomorrow with a nice little warming trend. near 70 for monday, tuesday and

wednesday and rain chances return. all right. it's a saturday in october. college football forecast. miami of ohio the red hawks are in toledo taking on the toledo rockets today. 52 degrees for that game. michigan state the only loss wisconsin suffered last year was to michigan state. i guarantee you the sparty want to do that again as the badgers go into east lansing, 52 degrees for that game. northwestern hosting penn state. 55 degrees. it's a 7:00 kickoff. no weather related problems for the nittany lions and the wildcats. more college football coming up in a few more minutes. >> is michigan state not get the michigan? >> michigan and michigan state two different things. >> you don't want to mess that up. >> get it right. >> i would hear about it. >> i'm a carolina fan, okay? i stay down where it's nice and warm. >> no doubt. >> thank you, chuck. >> coming up in the next half hour on "news4 today," a shark attack leaves an american dead.

what we know so far about the incident and the victim. plus, the new development that has police searching the home for baby lisa a little closer.

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welcome back to "news4 today." thank you for waking up with us. i'm john schriffen. an american is dead this morning after another shark attack off the coast of western australia. police say the 32-year-old man was diving in a popular spot off rottnest island in overcast conditions. witnesses on his boanoticed a flurry of bubbles right before he surfaced with fatal injuries. the diver had been living in perth off a work visa for about six months. he has not been identified. his death comes less than two weeks after a man was killed by

a shark near perth out for his morning swim. >> they say with overcast with the clouds that's when the sharks like to come out. >> when you see the big shark flag flying, maybe that's your clue not to get in the water. you know, it's a sad story. you can't blame the shark. he's just looking for lunch. >> don't say that. >> positive news here. good weather. >> the world's most awkward transition is now over. we'll talk about the weekend forecast. >> just do a fist pump. >> you left me hanging. didn't you? >> oh! we got it this time. >> outside a little bit of cloud cover this morning. it's going to be a rain free weekend, everybody. don't worry about these clouds outside this morning. temperatures are climbing now out of the 40s into the low 50s. a good-looking saturday. in and out of the cloud cover for much of the day. highs today upper 50s and low 60s. tomorrow, bright sunshine and a little milder, up into the low 60s. the terrapins are on the road

taking on the seminoles. a 3:30 kickoff. 72 degrees down there in florida. boston college, the eagles playing the hokies in blacksburg today. 62 degrees there. north carolina state, the wolfpack and cavaliers kicking it off at 3:30 in charlesesville. 61 degrees and good weather for the howard homecoming right here in d.c. >> new developments in the certainly for a missing baby in kansas city. police say a cadaver dog reacted to the scent of a dead person inside the home where lisa irwin disappeared. a police affidavit says the fbi dog picked up the positive scent in her parents' bedroom. investigators also discovered soil in the backyard that had been recently disturbed. lisa's mother told police she didn't initially look back there because she was afraid what she might find. >> the trial of michael jackson's doctor could be in the hands of a jury as soon as next week. conrad murray's defense team finally got a chance to

cross-examine the prosecution's prop paul expert dr. stephen schaefer who maintained that swallowing propofol would have no effect on the pop star. the defense is expected to use one of their witnesses to dispute that claim. now to decision 2012. herman cain is making changes to his 9-9-9 plan to help low income people. cain says people at or below the poverty level would be exempt from the 9% flat income tax. he says businesses in struggling parts of the country would qualify for a series of tax breaks and deductions. >> if you are at or below the poverty level, your plan isn't 9-9-9. it's 9-0-9. say amen, y'all. 9-0-9. >> cain is also clarifying his stands on abortion saying he is pro-life, no exceptions. he also says he would not sign any bill that used government

money top fund abortions. protesters with occupy d.c. are preparing to march through the district today to draw attention to their cause. how sympathetic are americans to the cause? a new associated press poll finds more than one-third of the country supports the movement. that's been sweeping across the country. it's one of the first snapshots of how the public views the protests. but it seems more americans are fed up with washington politics than wall street. 5% say their anger is directed at congress and the president. from the looks of it downtown, they plan on sicking around no matter what the polls say. >> they will be out there for quite some time. >> still ahead, the dangers of tweeting about your own personal health issues. >> plus, pumpkin carving. the tricks of the trade for a

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social media to gather information about their health care. they're also using things like facebook and twitter to tell the world about their issues. bradley sheer who specializes in media law joins us this morning with why that may not be such a good idea. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> we're talking about this off the heels of i've senator who recently took to twitter to talk about her weight loss. and you're advising this might not be the best idea. >> exactly. i would not recommend anyone discussing their personal health care issues whether it's physical ailments or emotional ailments online. you don't know who's watching and listening and who's taking a look at the data and how they're going to use the use it. >> senator claire mccaskill who credited twitter for helping her lose 50 pounds got very personal online. what is the reason sharing that type of information is bad. >> because you don't know the exactly how the information is going to be used because insurance companies right now are using the information right now to look for fraud issues.

however, what they could be doing down the line is using that information to rate you for underwriting purposes. therefore anything that discusses your health i would advise against putting that down online. >> you always see, looking at my facebook feed i often see people saying i'm sick, i'm depressed. those are things you don't want to put on there and upload pictures that could contradict that. that's come back to bite individuals. >> in general most of the content you put up is going to be discoveriable in case of a lawsuit. so it's definitely advisable not to let anyone know your exact information as far as your health care goes because you don't know exactly how that information is going to be utilized down the road. >> when we talk about security, do you think that a lot of people just assume that it's their own page and it's their own privacy? what in fact, could be dangerous about that? we know that facebook is ever changing when it comes to how they're setting up pains and

doing security features. >> their terms of service constantly change. you don't know the exactly who else is utilizing the data because people download a lot of different applications. you don't know who else is getting ahold of the information on the applications. >> when we talk about the don'ts, is it okay? it seems like it's harmless to say i'm sick. so you're sick, eating chicken noodle soup. there are some don't you point out that you should not put online. what are some of those? >> avoid discussing your personal physical or emotional status. for example, females of a certain age, if you post up online that for example, you're nauseous, well, if you say you're nauseous for several days or a week, that could indicate you're possibly pregnant. don't talk about the nonpublic health status of your facebook friends. you could possibly lead to an invasion of privacy situation and possibly a lawsuit. don't discuss your medical, the types of drugs that you're taking or medication because

that could also what type of health care issues you have. if you're a health care professional, do not discuss your patients and discuss what type of medications that they're taking. >> yeah, that's a big no-no. bradley sheer, thank you oech for insightful information for those of us taking to the web. we'll send it over to john and chuck. >> thank you so much. chuck, you are a very popular man three weekends in a row with good weather. >> good stuff. the question is, can we keep it going? >> please. >> i like your chances already >> i like your chances already

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i had an electric train set when i was a kid. i could run it down through the living room if i needed to. it was funny how it had to go into the dining room. >> sunshine out there. unfortunately a little bit of cloud cover over washington first thing this morning. it's not going to last all day but it dimmed down our morning. there's a live picture from our city camera looking back over downtown. the monument standing proud in northwest washington under what appears to be a cloudy sky over washington. but the clearer skies and sunshine is not too far to the east of i-95 right now. so washington westbound to the mountains are fairly cloudy. eastbound of i-95 towards the bay brit nice. we'll call it a partly sunny sky. 51 degrees in washington with temperatures in the 40s. 49 in huntingtown is, 52 annapolis. and temperatures now climbing into the low 50s across parts of northern maryland, hagerstown at

50, martinsburg and winchester into the low 50s. up into the low 60s this afternoon. and then back down into the upper 50s by 6:00, 7:00 this evening. there's the cloud deck right over washington and points west. but there's the sunshine now along the western shore of the bay down into beautiful southern maryland. again, these clouds won't last all day. as a result, it's going to feel kind of cool today. if you can get the sunshine on you, it's going to feel a lot milder today. good news for all of us, high pressure building in will lead to more sunshine tomorrow. as a result even though it's going to be 2 or 3 degrees tomorrow, it's going to feel a lot warmer than today. we'll call it partly sunny and on the cool side of things. highs today upper 50s and low 60s. sundown at 6:20 this evening. tomorrow, plenty of sunshine. great day to get outside and see some of the great fall color which is nearing peak across the high spots. here's our seven-day forecast. kind of cool today with the clouds in and out. better tomorrow.

monday and tuesday up near 70. rain chances return by the end of the week. the huskies of washington, big battle in the pac-12 as you're taking on the feared free of stanford. 71 degrees for an 8:00 kick off. dartmouth taking on columbia today. this is homecoming . >> 55 degrees for the kickoff there. oklahoma state goes into missouri today. columbia kickoff is at noon today. 65 degrees there. and texas tech, the red raiders in norman for the weekly beatdown let's hope. from oklahoma. going to be a tough one. maybe a thunderstorm or two. >> thank you, chuck. >> still ahead on "news4 today," halloween just ten days away. >> which means it's time you >> which means it's time you pick that push pumpkin and start

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welcome back. it's almost halloween. we all know pumpkin carving can be tricky but it's a must do this time of year. the chef joins us this morning with the techniques that will help us create the perfect jack-o-lantern. thank you so much for joining us. we've got the pumpkin. how do we get started? >> first we need to get the pumpkin that is quite heavy so it's not too hollow. we need to sit it down baby to cut it down around the bottom so it sit perfectly on the table or wherever you want to do it. i brought some stencils. >> is that the best way to carve out the design youny think. >> unless you have a design in your mind. we have a dotted line over there. that's complicated to do by memory. >> you've got a face here. is this a memory thing.

>> this is one of my team members in the washington, d.c. actually created that one. >> you've got the memory or the stencil. what are the tools you use? >> i have four different tools. i need a pointy knife, a little curved one, it's like a knife we call it, i have a serrated knife typically for the harder work like removing the bottom or the top when you put the candle inside and i have the little one like between -- it's a long actually it's a long knife so it works, as well. >> those tools sem specialized. for someone who has maybe just the standard cutting knives, are those okay? what are the knives that work best at home. >> probably this one. the paring knife would be perfect, as well. >> can we carve a little bit? what's one of the best techniques to get in there? >> first you just need to go slowly. you need to make sure your knife is pretty sharp though. that's one of the keys. and then we go. we need to go all the way down

deep into the flesh. and then we get into it. >> carving the eye out right will. >> absolutely. >> that's the nose. >> the nose is done. >> the nose is done. put it aside. we have some eyebrow here. >> would you recommend letting kids be a part of this process? how involved can they be? >> it depends how old they are really. i have a son and daughter, i don't think they would be ready for that yet. maybe with plastic knives but it's not very easy. >> how would do you think they can be when they start getting involved in the actual cutting? >> i would say maybe 7 years old. probably 7 would be perfect. >> but they can always get a stencil together or get the idea together? that's one way to get the kids involved. >> absolutely. >> i know you have also got a special recipe for the rest of the pumpkin because once you take all the pieces out, you've got the insides, the pits, what do you do with the rest to make sure nothing goes to waste? >> those are not very good to

eat i would say. the best one probably will be one of the products i brought over here. you have the squash, that's my favorite. the green one over here. a curry squash as well, butternut squash that you can find in any store. those would be the ones to take care. usually you roast them and you'll empty them. i usually use leeks to power ray them with cream and butter. >> what are some other things you can do with the pumpkin. pumpkin condition pie, pumpkin brownies. >> our director naomi has the best pumpkin brownies. she says during the season, she uses real pumpkin. during the offseason, canned pumpkin. that's another way you can do it. >> absolutely. here for the teeth, make sure we don't cut out the teeth but cut out the inside. so that's the tricky part and also just wanted to let you know we'll be having a pumpkin patch with boy's town starting at 10:00 this morning.

it's quite interesting. it's something that the ritz-carlton has been doing for the past three years with a produce company who donated about 300 pumpkins. we also have apples. >> how can people get involved? >> show up at boyce town. i'm sure we can find the address somewhere on your website. it's pretty nice. >> is it free and open to the public? >> yes, everyone can come. you have, like i say, apple, apple criider. we are running out of time. we've got a few more cuts to make. just getting the teeth carved out. this doesn't take that much time to do this process. >> not at all. >> is that it. >> we're running out of time. chef, i have to cut you off here. can we show the camera. >> here we go. >> that looks scary. >> almost. so then you cut the top. you empty the seed, you may want to dry them and you can toast them as a snack and then you put

a candle in the bottom. make sure you carve them. >> we have to cut you off. chef, thank you so much. you'll finish this and we'll show it at the end of the show, correct? >> i will. >> that kind of looks like john. let's get to your sports and hakem dermish is here with your sports minute. >> good morning, everyone. your sports minute begins with college football. 15th ranked west virginia on the road at syracuse. second quarter, west virginia down 14-3, gino smith looking for stedman bailey makes the great catch. stays on his feet and cruises into the end zone for a 64-yard touch down. mountaineers within five. dorian graham fields it at the 2 yard line, finds a hole, makes a great move right here and dorian graham returns it 98 yards for the touch down. syracuse upsets west virginia, 49-23. high school football game of the week in virginia, 5-2 chantilly hosting undefeated centreville

in a neighborhood rivalry. very first possession for centreville, mitch fer rick throws it to chase walter. makes the catch. it's a foot race. walter is gone. 72 yards to score. he had two touch downs in the game of, centreville beats chantilly 38-18. the wildcats improve to 8-0. hometown hockey, the capitals host the red wings in a battle of unbeatens tonight. detroit taking on columbus last night. franzen scored two power-play goals and the red wings defeat the blue jackets 5-2. washington and detroit the only two undefeated teams in the nhl. that's your sports minute. i'm hakeem dermish. have a great day. >> a little treat for you online. we have pumpkin soup, a recipe at nbcwashington.com courtesy of the chef. >> how about this amazing. he did it in a few minutes you