usc played today. >> tom: and usc will go into the top 25 again, don't you think? >> mike: yes. and notre dame imploded and usc won the football game. >> tom: and the turnovers werer so costly, and three of them by notre dame, and 14 points as a result of those, and it could have been more even when the game just ended. usc wins it, and we invite you to head over to versus for postgame coverage and brian kelly's postgame coverage go to nbc sports.com. and don't forget next week we continue with notre dame and navy when the midshipmen come to town. and tomorrow, the new orleans saints will face the indianapolis colts tomorrow, and bob costas will join you for that game. we say so long. [ man ] did we get anything good?

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good evening, everyone, i'm aaron gilchrist, we begin tonight with breaking news out of northwest d.c. police are on the scene of a shooting at w street and georgia avenue. we're told the man has been shot in that area. police are looking for three males in dark clothing. they do consider them dangerous right now. this is all happening close to

the howard university hospital. there's not been any detail about a possible connection between any events going on there, and this shooting. we're told that victim has died as a result of the shooting on georgia avenue. a lot of police actively in the area right now. you should avoid this area as the investigation goes on near the howard university hospital. now to a frightening encounter, a man tries to snatch a 9-year-old girl as she gets off the school bus. the man started chasing the girl on polaris court. she got away, he did too. authorities are trying to find him. news 4's darcy spencer reports. >> reporter: although the victim is just nine years old, she was able to provide a very detailed description. not only of her would-be attacker, but also of the minivan he was driving. it happened here around 4:00

friday afternoon. the victim says she had gotten off o the bus with other children when they went inside, a young man got out of his minivan and started to chase her. >> she had the distinct feeling he was coming after her? >> she states with certainty that the individual was coming directly at her. >> reporter: the would-be ap ducter chased her past a couple houses, as she approached her home, he quickly walk eed back his van and drove away. >> we're treating this as an attempted abduction. >> reporter: the man appeared to be high school age, white with a medium build and blonde curley hair. he was wearing a sky blue shirt with flames. a jacket with orange and green panels. he was driving a silver or gray grand caravan style minivan with a dent in the passenger side

door. two other children told police they saw the van too. >> with the recent development of the description of the van being corroborated by two other people during the neighborhood canvas, we felt for certain this did occur and the van was there. >> the sheriff's office plans to have additional stops in the area starting monday morning. >> police are checking surveillance video, including some from a nearby 7-eleven store. a shooting at the d.c./maryland line this morning just before 4:00 a.m. police arrived to find a man in his cab, he had been shot, he was pronounced dead a short time later. police are still looking for a suspect and a motive tonight. also tonight we're learning more about a maryland mental patient who is charged with murder again. it happened last night at the clifton t. perkins psychiatric

hospital in jessup. he beat his 22-year-old roommate to death in the maximum security section of the facility. he was in jail for killing his psychiatrist in 2006. two years ago, he petitioned for release saying his mental illness had been cured. three days after he was killed by libyan rebels, moammar gadhafi is expected to be buried tomorrow. his body right now is in a commercial freezer in misrata that's been open to the public for viewing. international rights groups have been calling for an investigation into how gadhafi died. rebel forces also claim they have captured one of gadhafi's sons today. meanwhile, libya will mark liberation day tomorrow as the country ends the 42-year rule of the gadhafi regime. praise and criticism for

president obama's announcement to withdraw troops from the area by year's end. candidates hoping to take the president's job in 2012 are concerned iraq can't fend for itself and are questioning the timing of the announcement. >> all too often this administration is playing politics instead of making sure our men and women in uniform were what was most important. >> the people of iraq have similar concerns, many welcome the exit of american forces, but they're concerned about their safety once the troops leave. nevada gop officials have agreed to move their caucus back to february 4th, they were planning a january 14th caucus, that caused a shuffle between new hampshire and iowa. they generally hold the first presidential primaries. if they wouldn't move their

date, nevada vowed to hold their primaries in december, in the middle of the holiday season. remembering dan wheldon, the funeral service for an up and coming racing star killed on the track. plus, a health scare for loretta lynn. what landed her in the hospital. condoleezza rice writes a memoir of her own. cloudy skies outthere. that's going to lead to a cold start first thing sunday

heavy hearts today at a peewee football game in montgomery county. the panthers took to the field without two fixtures, 11-year-old william mckwquain a his mother. william's father has been charged with their murders. he was a great player and his mother was an avid supporter. a private funeral is set for next saturday at the cedar brook community church in clarksburg. a bout of pneumonia has left loretta lynn in the hospital. the 76-year-old singer had to cancel a performance tonight in kentucky after becoming ill. she shot to fame in the 60s and 70s and earned a reputation as a feminist for her controversial lyrics. just last weekend she performed here in d.c. condoleezza rice was close to resigning from the bush white house, according to her new memoir.

that memoir paints a picture of tension between president bush and donald rumsfeld. she threatened to quit after the president issued an order authorizing military commissions without telling her. this is just the latest memoir from the bush era staffers who paint a picture of disagreement over how to protect post-9/11 america. chuck is back to tell us if we

we're continuing to follow breaking news tonight out of northwest d.c., a man has been

shot to death at w street and georgia avenue. that is just stepped away from howard university hospital. this is the university's homecoming weekend. we have a crew on the scene there as we speak. and, of course, you can tune in tomorrow morning for more details. as the police investigation continues, you should avoid georgia avenue, because there's pretty bad traffic through there right now. a moving tribute today to say good-bye to an indy car driver, dan wheldon, killed in a fiery crash last weekend in las vegas. fellow drivers, celebrities and fans came out to pay their respects. adrian peterson has more from st. petersburg, florida. >> we lost a great friend. we love speed, we take risks, we don't understand tragedy like today. >> in a sport where speed is king, members of the racing family struggle to comprehend dan wheldon's death on the

track. >> he is champion of our sport, he's everything you would want to be on and off the track, and good has to come of this, has to. we'll all go on racing in his name. >> reporter: saturday morning, more than 1,000 people poured into a memorial service at a church just blocks from where he married his wife three years ago. >> i think one of the last conversations we had, he was discussing whether to have more children in the future. ♪ >> reporter: wynonna judd sang two songs during the service. wynonna said her favorite part about wheldon was his spirit? >> he was just a cocky little thing. >> getting back on the track is going to be a challenge for many. >> reporter: he's remembered as a husband, father of two, and mentor to fellow drivers.

>> everybody's going to have to do a lot of soul searching, thinking, and more importantly, from my standpoint, whatever that next point i get in a race car is, we'll be racing for dan, and that's what he would want. he would want us out there racing as hard as we can every weekend. >> that was adrian peterson reporting. dan wheldon leaves behind a wife and two young sons. he's a two-time winner of the indianapolis 500. more than 1400 people took part in the audi best buddies challenge here in d.c. the participants left the national mall this morning on various bike rides and runs. about $1.7 million in donations were collected. the best buddies challenge uses money to match volunteer friends with people who have intellectual disabilities. maria shriver was on hand to cheer on the bikers as well as doreen gentzler. >> she also did the 5k run along

with some of our other co-workers. >> she's quite a lady. next weekend we'll get the video of you sweating out there. >> let's hope not. let's hope the event ends well. just as the sun was getting ready to go down, the clouds broke. so now we have a mostly clear sky out there on your saturday night, and that could set us up for a very chilly start on your sunday morning. be ready for widespread temperatures tomorrow morning in the 30s and low 40s. could even be in the low 40s, even into the downtown locations. the only spot that could be relatively mild, where overnight lows will hold in the mid-40s. right now, we have a mostly clear sky out there, very chilly night, 51 degrees the current temperature at national airport. look how much cooler it is, nearly a 10 degree drop to go outside the capital beltway.

43? college park. down toward manassas, even a few upper 30s starting to show up on the map already. frederick maryland already into the upper 30s, there will be widespread problems with frost out here, the weather service does have frost advisories up just south of the winchester area, down in page and shenandoah county. be on the lookout tomorrow morning. no official advisories right in town. it's going to be chilly, here's your day planner for your sunday. mid-40s in the morning, jumping up very quickly, near 100% sunshine kind of a day tomorrow. up in the upper 50s to near 60s by lunchtime. and low 60s by late afternoon and evening. there were our clouds that hung on for much of the day about that's the clear sky that's out there right now. clear sky, dry air, light winds, a chilly to cold start coming first thing tomorrow morning. as we get your sunday underway, plenty of sunshine.

the addition of the sunshine will not only make it a little warmer in temperature, about a three to five degree improvement, it will feel about 7 to 10 degrees warmer than today. monday looks like a pretty good day as well. the weak weather front sliding our way will increase the clouds by 11:00 on monday night. i think any shower chances will stay well up to our north. the increase in clouds will mott rate those overnight low temperatures just a touch. clearing skies out there for now, frost likely out to the west of town, overnight lows, mid-30s in the cold western and northern suburbs to mid-40s alongside the bay. tomorrow, mostly sunny, fall color nearing peak now out toward the blue ridge parkway. a fine day tomorrow to get your fall photos with colorful leaves in the background. the only thing about fall foliage, is that leaf raking season can't be that far away. there's our extended forecast. pretty nice weather around here through monday, tuesday and

wednesday. it gets really rainy and chilly around here. you can follow the forecast on the website or follow me on twitter. >> sounds good. coming up in sports, an offensive explosion for the capitals tonight. when you believe in the future, you're always looking ahead...

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fans salivate even more for a stanley cup. the caps rocked the mighty red wings for seven goals. washington, the only undefeated team in the nhl with a perfect 7-0 record. hockey fights cancer night, anthony holly, a cancer survivor dropping the ceremonial first puck. hendrick zeter berg hits it back, okwu kicks his leg out. he finished with 33 saves in the game. later in the first, still no score, back restrostrom sends a. the caps power play now atop the nhl, mike green had two goals, two assists. less than a minute later, red wings turn it over, mike knuble nesty pass over to marcus johansson. he shoots and scores.

knuble to johansson, his forth goal of the season. 2-0 capitals just like that. third period it's 5-1 caps. off the face-off. loose puck in front for matthew perot, thank you very much. makes it look easy. his second goal of the game. the caps win big 7-1. coach boudreau treating it just like another victory. >> every day is a different challenge. and if you look at it that way, that's how i tend to look at it every day, you wake up, there's new challenges and you find new inspiration to -- ways to make it exciting. and there is,there's -- you know, a lot of games left, 75 games. if my math serves. >> yes, bruce, your math is correct. up next, washington plays on the road at edmonton on thursday. terps in tallahassee, where they get crushed by the seminoles, wasn't as bad as what happened

to cj brown. third quarter, terps down 17-3, brown runs up the middle, and boom! helmet-to-helmet. take another look and listen. oh, my. personal foul on braddom. fortunately, brown would pass all the tests by the team's medical staff. daniel brian would take over later in the quarter. brian keeps it on the option and scores from five yards out. maryland cuts the lead to 14, coach edsel said next week's start will be a game-time decision. freshman freeman blows by the terps defense, 41-yard touchdown. florida state beats maryland 41-16, the terps have lost three in a row. in blacksburg, homecoming for

virginia tech. third quarter, hokies trail by one. the pitch to david wilson, he's a speedy fellow. you can't stop wilson, dives in for a 42-yard touchdown, finished with 134 yards rushing. very next possession, thomas throws up for marcus davis, and he hauls it in for a 20-yard score, number 12 virginia tech defeats boston college 30-14. hokies improve to 7-1. let's go to charlottesville, cavaliers hosting mike lennon and the wolfpack. second quarter tied at 7, play action. perfect pass to brian underwood. 33 yards scoring. he finished with three touchdowns, nc state up 14-7. uva trails 31-14. back to pass, off the hand of tim smith, and into the hands of david anderson, the cavs have four