whatever works for you. tell them, do your job. >> reporter: one issue is college costs, up 8%. a full credit load up $8,000. that's part of the occupy wall street protests. >> kids can't work out of college. they have huge debts. >> reporter: student loans are weighing down graduates in a tough economy. >> somewhat limited in the jobs i can take. i need to make enough money to pay back the loans. >> i'll be paying back the loans until i die. >> reporter: by executive order, president obama is providing relief. starting in january, maximum loan payments drop from 15% to 10% of discretionary income. debt forgiven after 20 years instead of 25. and loans consolidated. >> young people will be able to figure out how to afford college. it will put money in your pocket

once you graduate. >> reporter: it will remind college student who is voted heavily for barack obama in 2008 that he's running again. republicans on the hill objected saying the president's order means more debt for students and more red ink for government. doreen, back to you. >> steve handelsman, thank you, steve. the president's message was received with a welcome on the university of maryland campus. they are worried about what they will pay back and the economy they will face when they graduate. >> paying them back. i'm going to spend the early parts of my career paying them back. the fact that it will be far less is going to be nice. >> it is a good thing. the most important thing is a job. if i have a good job and a business, i can pay off my loans like that. >> knows before you owe that outlines how much students will be borrowing and what the payments will be. a college is mourning a

student who was killed in a suspected robbery. he was 24 years old. they found his body outside an apartment building yesterday morning in mt. rannier, maryland just over the d.c. line in prince george's county. somebody shot him. he did not have a wallet or id on him when they found him. he was a former marine and freshman music major at howard university. they are offering grief counseling and a memorial service. now to the lululemon memorial trial. britney norwood attacked and killed her co-worker inside the bethesda store. her attorney said it wasn't premeditated. this trial is expected to last eight to ten days. chris gordon joins us from rockville with today's developments. chris? >> reporter: the jury heard from

five witnesses so far beginning with the lululemon store manager who said she found the front door unlocked on the morning of march 12th and went inside to find the store in disarray. she thought it had been vandalized. she found a body laying face down. two police officers first on the scene who confirmed there was a dead body inside the store and finally from a paramedic who treated britney norwood as a victim because no one knew she was the attacker. she admits killing jana murray. her lawyer asked the jury not to find her guilty of first degree murder. there was a horrific fight. jana was killed by britney. there was no premeditation. britney lost it. she lost control. she grabbed stuff within reach. unfortunately caused the death of jana murray.

wood explained she didn't try to manipulate police with lies, she got involved in a nightmarish situation. veteran defense lawyer who is not involved in the trial says norwood's state of mind is important. >> to try and show that her acts were intentional even while she is still alive. >> her family came here from houston, texas wearing lapel buttons with her picture. norwood uses a bar on her head along with a hammer and knife. she was found in a pool of blood on the floor in the back hallway, trying to get away from her killer. there was a set of bloody footprints from sneakers in the store. norwood wore them, then washed the blood off them. inflikted injuries on herself and concocted a lie that there

were two masked intruders. the facts were supplied by norwood to distract police away from where the blame belongs, on her. britney norwood sat motionless staring ahead showing no emotion. she suffered 107 defensive wounds, the most the state's medical examiner has ever seen. wounds inflicted by multiple weapons. now the jury in this case is composed of six men and six women. there's one black man, one black woman and an asian woman. there's five alternates. they will decide, the 12 jurors, whether or not britney norwood is guilty of first degree premeditated murder. back to you in the studio. >> chris gordon, thank you. a look at the weather now, rain out there today. we are told more to come, doug, is that right? >> potentially, a lot more to come. as you mentioned from bad to worse, for sure.

if you have the umbrellas handy today, that's good news. you are going to need them tomorrow. take a look out there now. nice conditions across the area. 62 degrees. partly to mostly cloudy skies right nou with a temperature of 62. winds out of the south at 5 miles per hour. the area drying out after rain we saw earlier today. the doppler is clear now. however, watch what happens when we zoom out. the rain we saw earlier today, look back to the west. you can see the yellows, reds, enhanced radar echoes there. we are going to see the potential for moderate or heavier downpours as we make our way into the night and early tomorrow. here is the good night wake up forecast. 61 degrees by 9:00. 57 by 11:00. tomorrow morning waking up to rain with temperatures in the mid-50s. the mid-50s is going to be warm compared to the forecast i have in store for you. a couple things coming that you may not be ready for.

i'll tell you what i'm talking about in the full forecast. >> thanks, doug. the campaign, the election campaign, d.c.s mayor is under investigation. two members of the d.c. council, including the chairman accused of mishandling money. now, members of the city council trying to figure out what to do to regain the public's trust in the wake of all this. derrick ward is here with more. >> some quarters of the city, it's called an ethics emergency. the council is working to build a retaining wall to stop the erosion of public trust. government operations committee chair thinks it's time for an independent ethics board. they believe public trust is eroding. >> we want to have a different approach to ethics enforcement in the district of columbia. >> this is a low point in this

body. i can't remember a time so many members were under investigation or suspicion. >> reporter: most recall a time there were so many pieces of legislation addressing an issue, ethics. there are ten bills in front of the council. >> this council may not know how to deal with this issue. >> reporter: there are several approaches embodied in this package. councilmembers outside employment. one proposal floated that would eliminate them. money that typically and ideally goes to citizens in time of dire need. clarify the rules but don't do away with the fund. >> for an official who breaks the rules they should be responsible and fined. >> reporter: the one theme that was consistent, they all need teeth. >> if you are found guilty of failing to disclose things in your statement, you have to give up your seat on the council or resign as mayor.

i bet that would get everybody's attention. >> there is a fire burning in these chambers. there may be many ways to extinguish it, debating what to do has a time and place. >> there's a sense without debate, there could be a patch work of ethics rules to make things worse. there would be a version of ethics profile by the end of the year. back to you. >> derrick ward, thanks. next on news 4 at 6:00, the search continues after the earthquake in turkey. rescuers say they are finding for more bodies than survivors. a critical day in court for john edwards. the former presidential candidate is charged with using campaign funds to cover up and affair with a staffer. >> reporter: you say you have been robbed in d.c.? you want to track down the suspects? i may have an app for that. i'm pat collins. this story is coming up, news 4. for better or worse, a couple braves the elements to

say i do. wait until you see this. >> wow. what do you have dan? >> no rear-view mirrors. he's only looking ahead. in the redskins path, the

a 9-year-old boy with autism is still missing in virginia.

more than 900 volunteers turned out to search for the child. he disappeared on sunday. he was with his family in the battlefield park in hanover park. volunteers searched the 22-mile wooded area where there is a river. they left survivor supplies out for the boy. so far, they have gone untouched. >> we consulted people that have been through this before. based on the information we have, we are looking to help him and give him the aid that he needs. we think he's in jeopardy and needs help. >> authorities still believe he is alive. they continue to treat it as a rescue mission. they will resume the search with volunteers tomorrow morning. emotional testimony in the manslaughter trial of dr. conrad murray. several former patients took the

stand and credited him for saving their lives. at one point, the testimony brought the doctor to tears. >> reporter: it is day 18 of the involuntary manslaughter trial and the third day of defense witnesses. today, the defense tried to appeal to the jury's sympathy calling to the stand former patients who defended their former doctor. >> that man sit tlg is the best doctor i have seen. >> i have never had a doctor that was more caring, never. >> if this man had been greedy, excuse me, judge. if this man had been greedy, he never would have come to an area, a community of acreage home, 75% of them poor, on welfare and social security

where he was making less than where he was in vegas. >> do you have an opinion about whether dr. murray has the type of character to abandon patients? >> never. he wouldn't do that. >> reporter: their passionate loyalty caused dr. murray to cry several times. one kissed the defendant as he left the stand. a nurse practitioner said jackson refused herbal remedies. >> he said doctors have told me it is safe. i just need to be monitored. >> reporter: murray's lawyers contend jackson was desperate for sleep and gave himself the fatal dose of propofol. murray could face up to four years in prison. >> reporter: court is adjourned for the day. next up, a propofol expert and

addictions expert. they could wrap up as early as tomorrow. lawyers for john edwards, once a presidential candidate asked the judge in north carolina today to drop charges against him. edwards is accused of using $1 million in campaign donations to cover up an extramarital affair during the 2008 presidential race. his lawyer says the case is politically motivated. the prosecutor in the case is a republican running for office in north carolina. edwards pleaded not guilty to the six felony and misdemeanor charges. doug is here with the story on our weather. sunshine out there this morning but we took a turn for the worst early on, didn't we? >> then the rain came through. it lasted several hours. it caught some people by surprise. we told you you needed the umbrellas and you will need them tomorrow.

that's for sure. you may need something else, though, over the next couple days. i'll tell you what that may be in a second. today, we saw a high temperature of 68 degrees before the rain moved through. it was nice early. the clouds moved through, so did the rain. at the airport, officially only .01 inch. some areas saw a tenth of an inch to quarter of an inch. six out of the last eight wednesdays have had rain. a lot of soccer coaches are saying are we ever going to get a wednesday practice in. tonight you may have gotten it in but the fields may have been wet. there's more rain to come and quickly. 62 degrees out there with partly to mostly cloudy skies. winds out of the south at 5 miles per hour. 57 in frederick. a cool 55 in gaithersburg. down to the south, much warmer. fredericksburg coming in at 70 degrees. there's mild air out there.

doppler radar now showing things are all clear, at least for now. look back to the west. when i say back to the west, i'm talking 150 miles or so. look at all the rain right now forming and coming into west virginia. this is on a beeline across the area. it's going to move along 66 this evening and make its way into our area. there's more rain as you move back to st. louis and farther back, another storm system that's going to follow this train. that one, much colder air and snow toward denver. look at this video that we have from the denver area. this is around golden earlier. that area to the west of denver picked up ten inches of slow. three to six inches. some of the mountains in the front range picked up 12 to 18 inches of snow. this is normal in denver. they get normally at least one snowstorm in the month of october. now, as far as our weather is concerned, not going to be snow

here, not yet anyway. showers tonight and tomorrow morning. rush hour could be problematic and wet during the day. things are going to turn colder in the afternoon. a chance for shower activity, then it gets really cool in here on thursday night into friday morning. friday is going to be a cool day with cloud cover. then watch what happens here. remember the last couple days? i have been talking about the coastal storm? here it comes. it looks like it will give us enough rain and cold temperatures that we may be able to switch some of that rain to snow, everyone in some of the western suburbs. i don't think we'll see it in the metro area but montgomery, loudoun county. it's something we have to watch closely. saturday is not looking like a nice day. it's going to be cool tomorrow night. a freeze watch in effect in parts of west virginia up to western maryland. frederick county and washington

county. west virginia back to hampster county. low 30s tomorrow night. get ready, the cold air is moving in. areas of rain this evening. they are going to continue to move out of here. tomorrow morning, the rain returns. some of the rain moderate. maybe heavy at times. most of it will be in the light to moderate side. take the umbrella with you as you step outside tomorrow morning. rain early tomorrow, then showers. the last mild day. here is the four-day forecast showing you, 54 on friday. 46, a cold chilly rain on saturday. sunday, a temperature of 56 degrees. then at least drying out on monday and tuesday with temperatures of 58. look at saturday, though. rain likely. some heavy. a cold day. maybe snow to the west. i just thought i would highlight that for you. >> we can see your highlighting it. >> if you give a kid an umbrella on the way to school tomorrow morning, kiss it good-bye. it ain't coming home. >> getting a kid to wear a

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five more rescues today but

hope is fading for the 100 still missing after this weekend's devastating earthquake in turkey. the death toll is nearing 500. there are now concerns about a lack of aid for survivors in the disaster zone. >> reporter: good evening. we are at a shelter where tents have been set up for the many people left homeless from the earthquake or too scared to return because of the aftershocks. the tents are not enough to meet the demands. all day long, people are waiting for new arrivals of the tents and certainly, they are hoping to meet those demands. we are freezing nights here. this is probably one of the coldest yet as hundreds of people are missing as rescue atemps continue. today, more rescues. some hope of other that is might be found. at least five people were rescued today.

that's on top of yesterday's miral louse recovery of a baby, mother and grandmother. they were sent for medical care. they are said to be doing very well. the needs now and the focus is going back to the many hundreds of people who are awaiting for that aid to arrive. international help is also stepping up. prefabricated homes are being sent from israel as people in this region get ready to prepare for snow. michelle franzen, nbc news. >> seismologists say there have been more than 500 aftershocks in turkey since the original quake on sunday. customers at a local mcdonalds got quite the square when a car came crashing through a restaurant. this is what it looked like in maryland at 8:30 this morning. police say the driver lost control of her vehicle and drove about two feet into the mcdonald's playground area.

fortunately, there was no one there at the time. that driver is being treated for minor injuries. metro is warning of minor delays this evening as their workers continue to try to fix problems that led to a power outage at several stations today. power substations near the deanwood and stadium army stations now functioning. the problems had an impact on riders on the blue and orange lines this morning. there were red line delays because a passenger became ill. all this comes after escalators broke down at thee etet eteth b station last night. >> coming up after the break, police clash with protesters in oakland. the occupy movement shows no sign of letting up.

>> reporter: i'm julie carey in fairfax county. gop presidential hopefuls keep dropping by virginia. it might have to do with virginia's governor. that story coming up. how a man's iphone helped track down robbers 200 miles away from the crime scene. coming up in sports, the redskins taking on the bills with a new list of starters.

president obama, today, announced changes in the federal student loan program. effective next year, the maximum students are required to pay back per year is capped at 10% of their income. the cap is currently at 15%. borrowers consolidate their government loans and government backed private loans to pay a lower interest rate. republicans are critical of the plan saying it will add to the student's debt and add more red tape. mourning a student who was shot to death yesterday. police think the 24-year-old may have been murdered in a botched robbery. no clear motive is determined

and nobody arrested. during opening statements today, lawyers for britney norwood said the death of her co-worker was the result of a terrible fight, not premeditated murder. the jury of six women and six men was chosen to hear the case. a man visiting the district yesterday was robbed. unlike most victims, he was able to get his stuff back. >> we have the report on an iphone app that helped track down the suspects. >> they were right on me before i realized they were near me. he said give me your money. >> reporter: meet chris, he's a professor at penn state. we talked to him via skype today because yesterday, well, yesterday, he spent most of his time talking to the cops. he was visiting washington. he was here in franklin park. it was 11:00 a.m., broad

daylight, he was texting on his phone. two men approach him, one in front, one in back. they had robbery on their mind. >> i said, can i keep my phone? i don't have a way to contact my daughter. he said that ain't happening. he took my phone. >> reporter: the robbers run away. he goes back to his hotel, calls the cops, he calls his wife. what are the chances of catching these guys? not to worry. his wife tracks the crooks from her iphone more than 200 miles away. this is how it works. this is cortney and i'm pat. the my friends app allows someone with an iphone to track the position of another friend with an iphone. take a look now at the dots. it shows we are in the same place. but watch. as i make my get away, hit it -- so as i move away, so does that

little dot on the phone. so, when the robbers stopped at st. mary's church on fifth street, she knew about it. when they started hanging out at 3rd and e street, she tracked it, told her husband. he told the cops and book them. >> i'm impressed and amazed by the metropolitan police department. the whole thing didn't take 15 minutes from the time we started talking to the dispatcher to when they were arrested. >> reporter: they recovered most of the money and more importantly, got the professor's phone back. i'm pat collins, news 4, washington. >> wow. get this, find my friends is a free app. it's only available on apples iphone and ipad. new details about a body found on top of a tractor

trailer yesterday. a driver called police after seeing a man jump off the woodrow wilson bridge and land on a truck. police caught up with the truck 11 miles away. the victim is 38-year-old of gaithersburg. his body was found on top of the canvas covered trailer hauling waste products. they ruled the death a suicide. police in the district are investigating the death of a 19-year-old man in northwest d.c. it happened on clay street just before noon today. police responded to the call near marvin gay park. it'shere they found him. somebody shot him several times. he was taken to a hospital where he later died. anyone with information is asked to call the d.c. police. a judge ruled an accused serial stabber is competent enough to stand trial. 55-year-old is charged with attempted murder for stabbing a

woman near a target store earlier this month. she's being held without bond until her next court date on november 8th. she spent time in a meantal hospital after stabbing two people back in 2005. in that case, she was found not guilty by reason of insanity. a presidential hopeful is courting voters in this area. mitt romney dropped in on volunteers at a phone bank at the gop headquarters today. romney's visit is fueling speculation about the role virginia's governor will play in the elections next year. >> good to see you. thank you. >> reporter: gop presidential hopeful, mitt romney taking time off to help out with the local legislative races. he's the second candidate to visit in part to set the stage

for 2012. republican presidential contenders are courting popular virginia governor bob mcdonal. >> i say nice things about governor mcdonal anytime i get a chance. he's doing a great job here in the state of virginia. >> reporter: he says he won't think about an endorsement until after the november 8 elections. >> i said it would be nice to see a current or former governor. >> reporter: romney's visit fuels speculation he will be a potential vice president candidate if romney wins the nomination. >> it would be presumpious. i'm sure all the people recognize the great leaders we have in the republican party and certainly, this man is one of them. so is the lieutenant governor. >> reporter: his success will make him a likely running mate

for whoever is the gop nominee. >> went for barack obama in 2008. i think by many measures would be a strong candidate as a vice president nominee. he's made known his availability. >> reporter: his political stunt may rise or fall a bit depending on the outcome of the november 8 elections. the governor has set his sights on taking over the virginia senate before he calls election day a success. julie carey, news 4. romney and rick perry asked governor mcdonal for his endorsement. drivers in maryland may be paying more for gas. paying more for gas. the occupy

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were you crying? yeah. hello, everybody. take a look at this. this is a shot from the international space station of hurricane rina. this was yesterday in the caribbean sea. looking to make its way on land close to the cancuun area.

winds 85 miles per hour. it is expected to be toward the yucatan and toward mexico. maybe affecting parts of florida over the next couple days as a tropical storm, but not a hurricane. it's good news here. believe it or not, the moisture from the storm may come our way next week. it's way far off. let's take a look out there. doppler radar showing things clear now as far as the rain is concerned. it's not the case as we widen out. look at the rain toward the west, charleston, west virginia. the capital of west virginia there, you can see the rain moving toward the east. we will see the rain move in toward the region over the next couple hours. so you know you are in for cooler weather and rain during the day tomorrow. rain early. tapering off to showers. tomorrow, temperatures in the 60s. i think, for the last time, in the next seven days. we talk more about the extended in a minute. >> thank you, doug. demonstrators are vowing to return to their protest.

police use tear gas to clear the crowds from city hall. at least 100 people arrested. oakland's occupy wall street movement is calling on protesters to reclaim the plaza. in atlanta, police moved in and arrested 50 occupy protesters camping out in a city park there. authorities in both cities said the camp sites were creating a hazard. pushing for same-sex marriage in maryland got help from a native. >> gay and lesbian couples believe in commitment, family and love. if you don't believe me, did you happen to notice, all that's being asked for is the right to be married. commitment, family and love. >> the oscar winner monique used her star power to legalize gay marriage. she's known for her award

winning role in the movie "precious." the legislature will vote on the measure next year. the gay marriage passed but died in the house of delegates. >> what are you looking at tonight? >> a speed bump in the world series. >> we are going to talk about why game six was canceled and why john beck thinks the redskins offense can get better. 2-5 maryland talking

i got the sense down in texas people are anxious. they want to get this thing over. they think they have the lead. >> a bit of a delay today. game six postponed because of a rainy forecast in st. louis. they called this early. it's been rescheduled for 8:05 thursday and if necessary, friday. the cardinals lead, 3-2. if texas wins one more, it is over. meanwhile, redskins park, the guys back on the field working in the rain and trying to pass together an offensive unit missing five starters. the skins signed reinforcement. they play college ball at usc. quarterback john beck, this season is basically a try out to see if he can be the skins quarterback in the future. solid last week.

the offense did not find the end zone until it was too late. now, beck prepares for a buffalo defense that ranks 31st out of 32 teams. beck is getting more and more comfortable with being the man. >> for me, the biggest difference is practice. i still continue to run the scout team. we don't get our reps. this last week, i got to take audiotape the reps. it was, you know, we were trying to all of us get on the same page. we had two linemen. it's going to be different for the receiver because my ball is different and the timing might be different. those are all things that factored into this group change. now that we had last week, this is the second week to go into it to get another unit. >> they come inside a huddle and demand perfection, you can't go wrong. there was no time to think i don't know if he can complete

that. he set himself up for us to believe in him. i think he did a good job. we are comfortable with decisions he made in the game. >> that's redskins fullback, der really young. moss could be back sooner than expected. doctors told moss he could miss between three to six weeks. he gets pins removed in two weeks. they have to catch the ball. there's even a chance we could see a rookie starting receiver. niles paul has impressed coaches from day one of training camp. paul is already a special team's ace. he made his first two catches of his career. paul or anthony arm strong are expected to start opposite. another rookie. lend ard could see more playing time as well. he was highly touted coming out

of miami. he's only played in one game so far this season. >> i learned that to come in that don't mean -- out here when you come in. you have to work hard, put in extra work, practice. practice hard and stuff like that. be confident. be consistent. >> there's no excuse. no one is going to spot us points. their starting receiver is down or running back is down. give them a free touchdown. they are trying to jump on top of us, just like we have to be able to fight and bounce back. >> i'm excited about this opportunity. hopefully, i can be through half. i don't know a lot. i'm going to focus on them and make sure i know what i have to do out there. there's a chance to make a play, i have to make it. >> all right. that's rookie niles paul out of nebraska. not often you see a player who is a fifth round draft pick and really, from day one, people say

he's a future starter and he's going to make the team for sure. they love this kid. >> good for him. i haven't seen him play much. >> you would love him. he's big and physical. back in the day, it's the way they were. >> except for the smurfs. >> we got -- some of the -- >> how far do you want to go back. >> they were. not as fast, but they were bigger i think back in the day. now, they have speed and physicality. rex grossman is feeling better after pneumonia and out of the hospital. maryland head coach keeping us all in sus spence regarding the quarterback situation. we can tell you, it will be either c.j. brown or danny o'bri o'brien. he got knocked out of the game in the third quarter, trailing 17-3. bam! helmet to helmet hit there. brown started the last two

games. he came off the bench against fsu leading to a pair of touchdown drives. now, both quarterbacks are healthy entering saturday's match up against boston's college. he says it's team first. he would be happy to see a little action. now, to one of the most awesome things we have seen from a head coach. this is notre dame's hoops coach. he's going crowd surfing at a pep rally. >> whoa! >> that's a big dude. >> i like to just take a freeze frame and show him with his shirt up from yesterday. >> no. >> he wouldn't like that. >> he's a local guy, plays high school ball. born in bethesda. >> really? >> yeah. he has deep roots here. >> there aren't too many people in the world that would be comfortable taking a shirt off

against that dude. it's a

the price of gasoline in mds m.d. could be going up significantly. right now, the current gas tax is 23 cent as gallon. it's the same in the district

and around the national average. virginia has a 17 cent a gallon tax. if a new proposal passes, it could go up by 15 cents a gallon. it's a controversial move getting mixed reviews from lawmakers and drivers. elaine reyes reports. >> looking at over $200 a month in gas. >> reporter: john lives in buoy but drives to landover for cheaper gas. if maryland decides to raise the gas tax, he may start car pooling to work. >> i think the gas tax is too high. how are people going to get their work. get to school. gas tax too much. >> reporter: a maryland commission by governor o mall'm is proposing a hike.

it would fund billions of dollars of transportation projects across the state. transit, maintenance and improvements. some maryland residents aren't opposed to it. >> gas is going to be high anyway. if it's going to help the schools, it's my opinion, it helps the roads and state, we should do it. >> it would hurt us more than it has in the past. especially with the economy. >> reporter: mario owns the liberty gas station on connecticut avenue. just two miles from the district line. he'll face stiff competition if it passes. >> we are all taxpayers. whether we are a business or a, just a household, you are still paying taxes. you know? and it hurts. >> i have slightly mixed feelings about it. i really am in favor of supporting the transportation programs that need funding, but it seems like a high amount. >> reporter: a higher gas tax isn't the only thing being

considered. it could cost more to ride on a bus or train. it could cost more to have your car titled in maryland. coming up tonight on news 4 at 11:00, a bombshell revelation from bernie madoff's wife in how they tried to commit suicide together before he went to prison. also, a congressional aid that injured gabrielle gif fofordgif. also at 11:00, we'll tell you why flushing a toilet is about to get more expensive. >> we have to tune in for that. >> yeah. that's a good thing. >> i want to know more about that. >> what's up, doug? >> showers out there now. showers move in overnight tonight. some of the rain on the heavy side. i think the heaviest will most likely be around 10:00 or 11:00 in the morning.

more showers in the afternoon. not a total wash out. high temperature around 65 degrees, if we can make it that high. friday, cooler. down to 54 degrees. a low of 48 in the district. many areas will be into the low to mid-30s friday morning. a very cold start. a freeze watch in effect for areas of northern maryland and west virginia. saturday, everybody is on the cold side. i'm watching a storm system, a coastal storm. if it comes together, it could give us chilly rain saturday, temperatures around 46. maybe snow in the western suburbs. well to the west of washington, d.c. this is a storm system we will continue to watch. monday, temperatures 58 degrees. sunday, the storm system is going to be a quick mover and get out of the region. >> halloween looks okay. >> cool, but fun for the kids. >> thanks, doug. you know the old saying you want to make god laugh, tell him you have a plan.

check this out. gus and jennifer live in arizona. they have plans. they got married. it was an outdoor ceremony. they planned it down to the last detail. there was nothing they could do about the weather. a dust storm kicked up. in a matter of moments, the bride and groom and pastor were covered in sand. >> whoa! >> when it was time to exchange vows, they could hardly see each other. they talked about it this morning on the "today" show. >> it was eventful. it happened but we got married. i guess all that matters is we are married. it is what it is. >> like it is what it is. there's no way -- you have to like them for this. there is no way any of their kids is going to be named sandy. they are not going to stand for that. we celebrate them for that and carrying on.