with dozens of children. julie carey has our report. >> reporter: 49-year-old jeef ree brian lee. this is the home he shared with his wife and two kids. investigators say they found evidence of what could be far worse crimes. lee's computer files contain graphic descriptions of dozens of children. >> there's evidence to show he was communicating with children underage. the investigation is ongoing. there's a lot of information to go through. >> reporter: loudoun county investigators began their work when lee was flagged by cia and fbi agents when they found troubling information on his work computer. in his affidavit for the search warrant, they say lee had a spread sheet titled my life listing 47 children age 7 to 16,

sexual encounters that took place between 1980 and 2002. they are detailed and categor e categorized. there's a time line termed master slave relationships. another file alters a home floor plan and labels rooms with titles like rape room, dog den and punishment room. lee claims to be baby sitting two boys who he sexually assaults. is it fact or fiction? >> at this point, we are not sure how much is fantasy and how much is reality. we don't know if the 40-some victims are people we will have contact with if it has happened. hopefully, it's something he's living out in a fantasy world. >> word of the allegations spread through his neighborhood a month ago when the search was carried out. >> the allegations are serious. it was not fun to read. it's the worst thing you can imagine to have in your own neighborhood. >> reporter: this mom says parents talked to their children

keeping in mind jeff lee's own two children. >> try to make sure that nothing is communicated to their kids because we don't want to have anything bad happen with them. also, we need to stay away, be wary, something is going on. let's keep our distance for now. >> reporter: parents in the neighborhood were also worried about the upcoming halloween holiday and how to handle that. they were relieved to learn that jeffrey lee was behind bars and will remain there for some time. the sheriff's department will continue their investigation to try to determine whether there are any victims. reporting live, i'm julie carey, back to you. >> thank you. now to the weather we have been seeing rain across the area today. later tonight, a dramatic drop in the temperature. that's not all. chief meteorologist doug kammerer is here to tell us there's a chance for snow this weekend. doug? >> i think that chance is only increasing as we get closer to the event.

that event is on saturday. we have a lot of weather going on outside right now. big changes. doppler radar is showing the showers across the area. most of this on the light side. right around the clarksburg area and as we zoom in, you can see shower activity around the district. heavier showers came through. they are around route 50 and buoy and crofton. it's because of a frontal boundary making its way through here. behind the front, very cool conditions. right now, 66 degrees. the current temperature, rather 65. a little bit of rain. look at the winds gusting to near 40 miles per hour. it is going to be a very windy night through the rest of the evening. then, we'll see the cold air begin to settle on in here. we have a lot of changes over the next 24 hours. 24 hours after that, we are going to see something that we don't normally see in october. i'll show you what i'm talking ability, coming up. >> thank you, we'll see you in a

few minutes. a financial meltdown in greece and europe has been avoided. it could have plunged the world back into recession. news of a solution sparked a rally on wall street. the dow closed up 339 points to close at 12, 208. protesters have been saying for weeks. steve handelsman is on capitol hill now with the latest. hi, steve. >> reporter: hi, doreen. income gap. the income gap in america. the numbers are stunning. the rich in our nation getting so much richer than everybody else. they are the ones today, more than the middle class celebrating what happened on wall street. at the opening bell u.s. stocks shot up after welcome news from europe. the last minute trillion dollar deal from the european union to bail out greece to save the euro from collapse.

>> if europe is weak, if europe is not growing as our largest trading partner, it's going to have an impact on our business and ability to create jobs here in the united states. >> reporter: there's mixed news at home. retail sales were up 2.5% over the summer but not enough growth to spark hiring. does the unemployed know gas prices remain high. america's largest company, exxon mobile boosted profits 41%. news sure to insight the growing occupy protests. this was oakland, california. >> the system does not serve me. it was never set up to serve me. it was set up to keep the rich in power, oppress the middle class. >> reporter: the income gap between rich and poor is growing. the richest 1% of americans rose 275% from 1979 to 2007 to

$347,000 on average. middle class rose 40% to $71,000. the income rose 18% to $15,000 a year. a number of americans a year who bought homes fell for the third straight month. bad news for the middle class. as today's stock market rallies celebrated disproportionately by the rich. the income gap is sure to be used by president obama as the democrats as they push for a tax hike. live from the hill, i'm steve handelsman, news 4. >> steve, thank you. it is quiet now, but there remains tension between police and protesters in oakland, california. a 24-year-old man, an iraq war veteran whose skull was fractured during a confrontation with police tuesday is still in critical condition. his condition is improving.

in the meantime, hundreds of protesters gathered last night in oakland for a peaceful demonstration. they have banned people from being on the grass on the plaza. two tents were allowed to stay up last night. in d.c., members of the howard university are planning to join the occupy wall street movement. students, alumni and faculty will march from the chamber of commerce tomorrow. it's part of an effort to bring racial diversity to the wall street protest. issues raised by the protesters should resinate with african-americans. >> new allegations emerge into the investigation of mayor vincent gray's campaign. brown said gray handed him a list of talking points to use in the race. a federal grand jury is

investigating brown's campaign that he was paid to bash fenty. mayor gray denied the allegations. this was the second day of the lululemon murder trial. brid knee norwood is accused of killing her co-worker inside the bethesda store and trying to cover it up. nurses and police explain their interactions with norwood right after the crime. they are trying to prove the murder was premeditated. chris gordon is in rockville with more on this. chris? >> reporter: good evening. prosecutors must prove norwood intended to kill murray when she called her to open the lululemon store on the night of march 11th. more on that, but we begin with their families. jana's family sits on one side of the courtroom.

norwood's family on the other. norwood's sister approached murray's mother and they talked. there was a wound on norwood's right hand that looked like the kind of cut you get from a blade when using a knife. he gathered her clothing as evidence because she claimed she was raped. they examined her at the hospital finding no evidence of rape. norwood's wounds were superficial and it seemed odd that blood from the cut on her forhead ran down her face and none in her hair. consistent with the story that she was lying on her back for hours. norwood sat expressionless, hardly moving. a detective took two statements from murray. one was recorded which murray was sobbing and describing the attack by two men wearing masks. she tried to help jana but couldn't. there was more blood than she

ever saw. dozens of photographs into evidence. stabbing murray as they try to prove this was first degree murder. they say it was not premeditated, norwood lost control and killed her during a fight. this is the criminal pattern that describes premeditation. a former prosecutor, now a defense attorney in private practice explained premeditation for us. >> under the state's theory, the premeditation was, according to the prosecution before the entirety of the attack. however, that intent to kill, that premeditation can be formed in a moment during an attack if something changes with regard to the willfulness, deliberateness and intent of premedication. >> reporter: the jury will have to determine if the killing was

premedicated or, on the other hand, if it was impulsive. that's the latest from the courthouse. back to you in the studio. >> chris gordon, thanks. despite finding nothing yet, authorities still believe that an 8-year-old boy missing in virginia is still alive. 1200 people turned out to search for robert wood jr. he suffers autism. today, police and volunteers combed the large search area once again. they searched rivers and creeks as well. they will be back out again tomorrow morning. up next, a little girl's 911 call after getting into a bind behind the wheel. >> 911, your emergency? >> my mom's car backed out on accident and i need a police to pull my mom's car back in. >> we'll tell you why the

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a federal judge in north carolina is denying an attempt by john edwards to get criminal charges against him dismissed, clearing the way for a trial to begin. he's charged with using $1 million in donations during his 2008 presidential run. edwards pleaded not guilty. a new development tonight in an incident involving the first lady's airplane. it happened last spring at andrews air force base in maryland. they had to abort a landing after traveling too close to a jet. air traffic control was blamed for the near miss. now, there's word the controller made the same mistake at least four times in the past.

that controller was taken off the job. however, he's gone through training, which makes him eligible to handle planes, once again. the final witnesses are the final hope for michael jackson's doctor. they called another witness to the stand trying to prove michael jackson could have killed himself with the fatal drugs. >> reporter: defense attorneys in dr. conrad murray's involuntary manslaughter trial questioned their final two witnesses today. the first, said michael jackson appeared to be addicted to demerol, a drug he was getting from his dermatologist. >> i believe there's evidence he was dependent on demerol. >> what about addicted? >> possible. my opinion is based on my prior definition and what's known about his public behavior and

this course of treatment that he was probably addicted to it. >> reporter: he suggested withdrawal from the demerol caused crippling insomnia and whether dr. murray gave him his concoction, he didn't know jackson was an addict. >> would you diagnose michael jackson as addicted to demerol based strictly on these documents in my hand, yes or no? >> probably not. >> are you board certified in addiction medicine? >> no. >> reporter: dr. paul white is the final witness for the defense. the scientific testimony follows emotional testimony yesterday from former patients of dr. murray who passionately defended

the doctor. >> i'm 66. i've gone to a lot of doctors, a lot of doctors and i never had one who gave me the care he did. >> reporter: whether jackson gave himself propofol or not, murray is still ultimately responsible for a patient in his care. now, there could be one more witness before this trial is over. dr. conrad murray himself. the judge gave him until the end of the defense's case to decide if he wants to take the stand. doug is here with more details on the weather forecast. he is not backing down in his talk about the possibility of snow this weekend. >> everything comes together for a storm once in awhile. you need cold air and moisture. they are all coming together. the one factor that makes me pause is it's october. it's still the month of october and we don't get much in the way of snow during the month of october. it may change a bit over the next couple days. for most of us, it's not going to be a big deal. for some of you, to the west of

washington, this could be the first significant accumulation we are going to see. we continue to watch it for you and hone in on the forecast. out there for you now, big changes going on. if you walk outside right now and walk outside just an hour ago, you are noticing the changes. look at the cloud cover across the area coming in with the frontal boundary. the doppler radar showing the front right here. this is the rain associated with the front. we have shower activity ahead of the front. we zoom in here. clarksburg to gaithersburg, damascus and columbia and howard county. prince george's county from route 50 as you make your way over to landover area, shower activity there. more rain to fauquier county, prince william county, stafford and quantico. it's bringing in big time winds, gusting up to 30 to 40 miles per hour. here is the front with colder air behind it.

temperatures were on the warm side. ahead of the front, 66 degrees. that was last hour. we have since come down. a huge shift in the weather, you betcha. not just for today, but for the weekend. a lot going on out there as far as the weather is concerned. 63 is the temperature outside. wins at 17 miles per hour but gusting over 20 to 30 miles per hour. look at the temperature swing. 48 in hagerstown. 73 in freddicsburg. that's the cooler air that is filtering on in throughout the night. how cold is it behind this front? how about that number? 37 in state college. that's the cold air. there's opponent number one. two, is all the moisture that's going to make its way up to the south. there's the frontal boundary. tomorrow is going to start off cool, if not cold in many locations. it's going to stay that way. see sun and mostly cloudy skies. watch the moisture come in here. by tomorrow night, the rain

moves in. snow back toward the mountains. the mountains are going to get snow. itis not a problem. maybe significant snow. the washington area will get rain for the most part. we will see enough cold air to change to snow for d.c. metro. no accumulation here. now, sunshine on sunday. sunday is looking okay as far as the sunshine is concerned. sunday is a better day. a high chance of snow through hagerstown, winchester and petersburg. a good chance, this is westminster, frederick, we are talking western loudoun county, front royal, maybe a good chance for accumulating snow there. a low chance in the district, gaithersburg and manassas. a low chance for accumulation and almost no chance at all south and east of washington, d.c. we're going to hone into the forecast. how much, it's too early to say. we have to see how strong the

storm is going to be. scatters showers this evening becoming breezy. 54 to 64 degrees. tomorrow morning, chilly. 32 at some of the cooler suburbs to the north to 42 inside the city. a chilly start. tomorrow afternoon, a mixture of sun and clouds. clouds on the increase, much cooler with highs in the 50 z. rain late in the day. it's probably after sunset tomorrow night. the rain, the cold rain saturday and snow there. a high in d.c. of only 43. some areas staying in the 30s. we will warm up back to around 60 degrees on tuesday but if this were to happen, kind of amazing to see this kind of system set up this early in the season. later in the season, don't think we are going to see a snowy winter. >> for the metro area, whispy flakes. >> we may see a period of snow,

but the roads will be warm enough, it won't stick on the roads. further to the west, we have to watch. this is going to be fun to watch. >> thank you, doug. coming up next, a driver swerved to avoid hitting a pedestrian, slammed into a radio station. a lucky

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a teenage boy was pulled out alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in turkey. he is the last known survivor of the earthquake on sunday that killed at least 500 people. meanwhile, the tiniest survivor has been reunited with her mother. we have the latest. >> reporter: more than 100 hours after the devastating 7.2 earthquake hit turkey, a sign of hope. an 18-year-old student pulled from the rubble four days after the quake. he joins another sign of hope for the turkish people. this little baby with her mother pulled out of the wreckage earlier this week, two days after the quake. her mother kept her baby alive

with saliva. they cannot they cannot disquiz the hope. the baby's father is missing. a tent distribution point where people are lining up for hours debt pratt for shelter as cold sets in. international aid is coming into the country, but it's a race against time and the weather. mark barger, nbc news. >> despite the snow and freezing weather, many survivors are too afraid of another tremor to go into a building because of the aftershocks there. six animals held at the columbus zoo in ohio will not be released to a woman. they quarantined the animals. it prohibits them from being moved anywhere until it is safe. they were among dozens released by a zanesville farmer right before he committed suicide. the farmer's wife allowed the

zoo to take the animals. now, she wants them back. a young girl murdered, tossed in a trash can. tonight, her father is sentenced. new details about the crime. gridlock in the region.

a man hansen tensed to 40 years in prison for murdering his own daughter and dumping her body in a trash can. >> the suspect had a sexual relationship with her before stabbing her to death. pat collins spoke with the victim's mother at today's sentencing. >> reporter: when you saw him in the courtroom today, what was in your heart? >> anger. desperateness to see my daughter again because she should still be here. she should still be here. no human should ever do or act like that to a child. your own child at that. >> reporter: for debbie franklin today, some sense of justice as the man who killed her daughter sentenced to jail for what could be the rest of his natural life. >> i'm glad justice was born. i'm glad he's going to serve his time and everything else. i leave it in the lord's hands.

>> reporter: the victim, 17-year-old ebony franklin. she was a student. a dancer. she had big dreams. her killer, rodney mcintyre, her biological father. unbeknownst to her mother, mcintyre who lived in a different place was having sex with ebony, his daughter, for two years. he got jealous, stabbed her 15 times, put her body in a trash can and used her cell phone to misdirect the police investigation. >> she was beautiful. she is a beautiful young lady. very vibrant. very outgoing. very sweet girl that did not deserve to be taken away like this. >> reporter: before sentencing, mcintyre said i'm sorry for taking the life of my daughter, i robbed her of her childhood. the judge had the final word.

she called rodney mcintyre disgraceful father. guilty of disgusting sexual abuse. unspeakable crimes, products of a depraved heart. 45-year-old rodney mcintyre sentenced to 40 years in jail. i'm pat collins, news 4, washington. mcintyre pleaded guilty to the murder back in july. as part of the plea agreement, prosecutors did not file any additional charges against him. a 12-year-old child helps firefighters save the lives of her neighbors. she heard alarms ringing about 2:00 this afternoon. she says she saw two people with a baby standing on their third floor balcony for help.

she immediately called 911. >> there's a fire. they can't get out. they have a baby with them. they cannot get out. >> firefighters arrived. they got everyone out safely. two families left homeless. they are still investigating the cause of the fire. they are blaming it on somebody who left food cooking unattended. traffic gridlock is a headache. it's turning into a moneymaker for the district. most drivers call it blocking the box. the official term on the ticket is failure to clear an intersection. in the 2011 budget, d.c. police wrote more than 1500 tickets to drivers accused of blocking the box. the city took in more than $260,000 in gridlock fines over two years. >> you might have to pay more for popcorn at your favorite movie theater. it's a push to increase the

sales tax on concessions. derrick ward explains why they want to do that. >> reporter: popcorn, candy, soda, staples of the movie goers diet. they are not cheap. in d.c. they could get more expensive. they are considering a tax increase on concessions. >> we are looking at a variety of ways to do that. concession taxes is one idea. >> reporter: a proposal would add 5% to a movie concession. the revenue raise is to get a theater built east of the river. it hand been there for years. beauty supplies and furniture is where they used to be. they opened in the '40s and closed in the '70s. they went from matinees to mattresses. >> reporter: they hope it will return theaters east of the river. they applaud them to get it east

of the river. he fears empty seats if popcorn prices go up. >> they feel if i can buy it in a store for $2, why are they selling it to me for $3.50. with the d.c. sales tax, it becomes $3.85. with the additional tax, it's four bucks. >> at the end of the day, it's a money game. >> reporter: it holds true for those who hold the movie. the tax increase would be to get film makers to shoot movies in d.c. >> colleagues in maryland did a fabulous job. they offered an incentive to an hbo project. they had 7.5 million in their fund. >> reporter: the tax goes toward incentives, they would be smaller than they have in the past. it's all a balancing act. derrick ward, news 4. coming up next, unscripted drama for sports junkies live on the air.

a driver crashes right into the radio station. a brand-new public housing program in d.c. that puts you up in a place like this. while you are saving money to get your own home.

hello, everybody. i'm doug kammerer. right here in storm center 4 watching a storm system moving through now. it's a cold front. 63 right now. the temperatures will be falling. look at the winds out of the north-northwest at 26 miles per hour gusting at 37 miles per hour now. some areas will see wind gusts of 40 throughout the rest of the evening. you can see where up around baltimore, montgomery county and rain to the south in stafford and prince william county. we'll continue to watch out for the rain. if frontal boundary, cold air. temperatures down to 42 in the city. many areas in the north and west talking temperatures in the 30s for the first time in season. guys, we are talking snow. another look at it coming up in a minute.

>> thank you, doug. the sports junkies on 106.7, the fan, got breaking news this morning and we do mean breaking. walls caved in and glass shattered everywhere. the crash happened seconds after one of the show's producers walked out of the room. >> i started shaking. can you imagine that a car is going to drive-through your building. >> it was a honda civic that slammed into our building. into the call screen room where interns and producers are usually there throughout the show. >> a second of two earlier, who knows what would have happened. it was very scary. >> people who usually sit in the room for on vacation. he said he was trying to miss a pedestrian. he's charged with failing to maintain control of his vehicle. this is my favorite story of the day.

when you hear it, you will fall in love with this little girl. she's 5 years old in ohio. she was scared when she got home from school monday and nobody was there. she climbed behind the wheel of their suv to find their mom. she backed out of the driveway and got stuck. she called 911. check it out. >> 911, your emergency? >> my mom's car backed out on accident and i need a police to pull my mom's car back in. get here quick. my mom's gonna be pissed at me. >> please come soon because i'm about to get my butt whipped. the suv rolled backwards down the street and stopped at a neighbor's front yard. the little girl is amelia. her mom was taken to the hospital earlier in the day for

an emergency and her father did not get the message to pick her up from school. authorities say the parents will not be charged. nobody said what's going to happen with the little girl. we expect they are going to grab her, hug her and kiss her. >> that child is going to be a terror at 15 if that's what she's doing at 5. oh, my. >> my mom is going to be upset. >> but i miss him so much. >> she is a player. >> she's working it. >> what's up, dan. >> i have a 5-year-old. i don't want to think about that. talking redskins getting ready for the number three ranked offense. going to toronto to play the game. chris cooley with a lot

i heard cooley on the radio earlier today. he makes good points. >> that was an interesting listen for ten minutes at the press conference. he's one of the casualties for the redskins this year. redskins going into the bills extremely shorthanded. he's one of five starters not playing. cooley is placed on injured reserve.

today, he talked for the first time since being shut down for the year. he's confident he'll be back in the burgundy and gold. >> it's tough to take. it's hard for me to, this early in the year when i believe we are a very good football team to say i'm going to sit and watch the games. i hate it. i feel 100% that i'm a casualty. i think it was a shame they didn't let players who have surgeries spend time with the doctors and trainers they trust on a daily basis. i wish i could have. i think we could have went through what i went through in july, i think i could have went through in march. every part of me believes not only will i continue to play for the redskins but with an outstanding player at the position i play. i have so much confidence in my ability to play tight end and my ability to play tight end at a

very high level if i'm healthy. i have no desire to play for anybody else or a desire to be part of any other organization and i have no desire to retire. i absolutely love this game. i love coming to work. the only thing i want to achieve is winning the super bowl. >> he said he wants to be here because he's a fan of the washington redskins. how often do you hear a player say i'm a fan. i love the area, i love the team. >> never. >> back in july. he could be good to go. they were cut off from everything. >> couldn't visit the facility. he had no idea how bad it was. talking to both shanahans today. kyle said the offensive coordinator, you need two good tight ends. cooley is breaking down, he's hold, he's getting a lot of money. if he's healthy, he'll be here.

the redskins head north to have the border to play in toronto. it's 346 miles by plane. more like going to new york than london so the travel is easy. what won't be easy is dealing with the bills offense. they average 31 points per game. buffalo led by the only nfl quarterback from harvard. ryan fitzpatrick coming into his own. fourth best in the league. on the ground, they run back. fred jackson turned himself into one of the top runningbacks in football at 30 years old. slowing down the bills, not going to be easy for the redskins defense. >> they are very good at what they do, first of all. the quarterbacks are efficient, very smart. gets the ball out of his hand. he's got explosive players. the runningback is explosive. they get the ball a lot.

they get a lot of turnovers. it's a combination of everything. >> we have to be mentally prepared. we can't be frustrated. on film, you see defensivemen and line backers get frustrated. it will come. we have to get our hands up. if the ball is down, do anything to get the ball up. >> redskins line backer brian. baseball time. after getting rained out, the rangers and cardinals back on the field for game six in st. louis. the cardinals have to win to stay alive. much has been made about the miscommunication between tony la russa and the bull pen with the wrong pitcher on the mound. it cost the cardinals the game. it puts the rangers one win away from the world series championship. texas manager, ron washington understands how it happened and washington knows he can win the

world series as a result. >> there's no perfection in this game. sometimes things get confusing. that's the beauty of baseball. because if everything worked the way you wanted it to work, then we all could love doing what we doing. so, it's just the beauty of baseball. sometimes things don't work the way you would like them to work. >> rangers manager, ron washington, game six at 8:00. after four days rest, pedal to the metal. a road game in ed monton. the capitals trying to keep the only perfect record intact without a gig gun. >> it's what good teams do. don't look at it as 7-0. you have to get up for every game. look at the record and say we can afford to lose this one. we are all professionals and

want to win each game. you don't want to lose any games. go 82-0. it's, you know, one game at a time. we all want to win as much as we can. >> i think we have a lot of room to improve. that's, i think, the scary thing we have so far. i think we have maybe played, you know, 30% to 40% of our potential. i think there's so much room for improvement with this team. that's, you know, maybe i'm overconfident or overproud or overzealous. i don't know what the word is going to be. i think we could be a lot better and keep winning hockey games. >> the word is perfectionist. 7-0 and you still have work to do? i like that. >> after

here is an update to a story you saw first on 4. tuition assistance continues at current level for those enlist t in the marines. they get $4500 to take classes. last friday, they announced they were cutting the funding to $875 a year. monday leon panetta got involved and ordered them to reverse the

decision so it was level with other branches of the military. there's a brand-new program in the poorest area of washington, d.c. it helps people move out of public housing and move to their own home. it's the first green public housing complex in the southeast. >> i'm going to get a dining room. we are going to have thanksgiving here this year. >> reporter: this is a dream come true for this 31-year-old. she takes care of two children, two brothers and her mother. two months ago, she moved out of her unit in southwest into this five-bedroom, two bathroom house. >> we have always utilized the public housing system. however, i always worked, always been in school. once you get on each level, sometimes you need a boost to get to the next level.

>> reporter: she's getting the boost thanks to the federal stimulus money. ward eight went from this to this. a portion of her rent gets put into a monthly escrow account. she can use the money for a down payment for a new house. >> we are going to create economically diverse housing in the city so that every family, every child will be able to have a reasonable chance of achieving the american dream. >> reporter: there's an added bonus. this public housing complex is green. to reduce the carbon footprint, they were made with recycling materials. even these wood floors that are laid out through the entire home. something else that stands out, those low e windows that help keep the heat in. all throughout the house is also energy star appliances from the air conditioner, the water heating unit, even this brands new stove and refrigerator.

>> this is considered our little space. >> reporter: thankful for this opportunity, she had this advice to other who is are hesitant. >> it can work for you, but for you and your family, you know, in a positive way where it becomes part of your journey, not the end of your journey. >> reporter: in southeast d.c., john schriffen, news 4. now, less than half the renovated units are occupied. to qualify, you must have a household income of at least $35,000 a year. for a link to the d.c. housing department's website, we invite you to www.nbcwashington.com. once there, search d.c. housing. doug is here with one more check on the weather forecast. >> still not thinking we need the snow shovels around the metro area. >> farther west, you have to get them out. out there now, we are starting to see big time changes. the temperatures are dropping. the winds are howling 20 to 30

to 40 miles per hour behind the front. you can see where the showers are. across the river toward quantico. the snow chances, i think a high out to the west in the mountains in west virginia and maryland. a good chance along the blue ridge and winchester and our area and the d.c. metro. a low chance of accumulating snow. that means a trace of snow gets you there. a high temperature saturday only 43 degrees. >> oh. >> my friends in west virginia are going to need their shovels. >> i think so. >> good. they can handle it. up in new york -- this chokes me up. up in new york there was a contest to determine the fastest texter in the country. you don't need a degree in social media to appreciate the average person wauz teenager. they battled each other through rounds that tested their speed, dexterity and