boy's fight for his life. snow in october. there is a storm bearing down on washington. some are seeing rain. some will soon see snow as winter comes early on the east coast. >> right now rain is falling across much of the area. >> it is turning to snow in virginia. let's go to doug kammerer. what is the latest? >> we do have accumulating snow out in the west of hardy county, west virginia. the high areas of the mountains in west virginia and chester gap right here we have snow upwards of 2 inches already. and you can see the rain moving through too. the temperatures are falling and so is the rainfall around the washington, d.c. area frederick reporting rain. but is it snow in the higher elevations in the blue ridge and moving back to the west. so we are going to see that snow build in throughout evening

hours and just about everybody to the west of washington is under a warning or advisory. in the pink that is a winter storm warning for snowfall that could exceed 4 to 5 inches. in the purple this is a winter weather advisory. we could see accumulation in that area too. i just updated the snowfall map. i'll show you who i think gets what coming up. >> thanks, doug. out in minnesota you see snowplows all the time before halloween. but not around here. snow pants either. who buys snow pants? shomari stone is out in virginia where it is wet and cold tonight. >> reporter: i found a man who took the time to buy snow pants. hold that for just one thought. i'm at a seasonal pumpkin patch in sterling, virginia and the owner is concerned about

pumpkins if freezing rain and snow fell on these things he says it could damage these pumpkins and he needs to sell them this weekend. halloween is on monday. stop for a second, jim. snow, halloween? are you kidding me? a lot of folks are serious about getting ready and getting prepared. >> i'm trying to get prepared before the rush comes in. >> reporter: nick rushed to buy two pairs of snow pants. >> overalls for snow. these are dual purpose for skiing. >> reporter: as the temperature dips and the cold rain drops he has frightening flashbacks right before halloween weekend. >> last year we had 31 inches. if they say it's going to snow i'm going to believe it and be ready. >> reporter: some parts of virginia, maryland and west virginia could see up to 8

inches of snow this weekend. >> it's wrong. i'm hoping for no snow. >> reporter: so is this woman. she decided to shop early just in case. >> i have a daughter. it's hard for me to go out when it's snowing. i'll just do it today. >> reporter: earlier today in prince george's county the snowplows went on a dry run planning the exercise before the snowy forecast. >> how do you feel about snow in october? >> i just hate snow. >> reporter: a scary thought on halloween weekend. but nick is prepared for worst. >> i'm getting ready. yes, sir. >> reporter: yes, sir she is getting ready. you see these pumpkins? you might think about buying one tomorrow if you want one for the weekend. who knows. maybe this weather could worsen. i'm shomari stone. back to you in the studio. we are waiting for snow but they were slammed out in

colorado a couple days ago. in litchfield, connecticut a couple inches fell today. even out in amarillo, texas they got a taste of winter with 2 1/2 inches of snow with temperatures below freezing tonight. a little boy lost in the wild. stories like this one so often end in tragedy. but tonight there is celebration. jackie bensen joins us live from richmond with the latest. >> reporter: the odds were against this little boy and he defied them all. >> no one on the team ever gave up. and i have to say that there was some times that you just had to reach down and find that faith that you were going to find him and whether it's appropriate or not for everyone, there is a god.

he listens to prayer. and prayers were answered. >> reporter: it was an emotional, joyful and a week of searching for robert wood, jr. with cold weather coming it didn't look good for the boy. he is autistic and cannot speak. he was fourd near a wreak about a mile from where he disappeared during a walk with his family on sunday. one can only imagine the boy's fear during a long scary night in the woods. but doctors at vcu medical center say he is doing very well despite being exposed to the elements. >> when he first arrived he was looking at us. he was surprisingly cooperative with the evaluations and when he saw his mother he looked at her and smiled. that was heart warming. >> 6,000 people took part in the

search. some gathered to give thanks if for kwlout come. >> it was tough going. we had a lot behind us but god was with us all the way. >> reporter: the boy's father says that robert is a strong and determined little boy. we never gave up hope he would return home safe. the family has been here every hour and involved in the search 200 percent. thank you so much, everybody. robert is home. he will remain here at vcu medical center for a couple of days and then is it home to his nice warm bed. back to you. >> thanks. in the district tonight they have closed the main hall at union station. a piece of the ceiling fell on a worker tonight. that worker wasn't injured. the ceiling was damaged in the

earthquake a couple months ago. crews will begin repairs next week. but metro, amtrak, bus and taxi services are not affected. > the trial of a woman accused of killing a co-worker in a bethesda store will resume on monday. two people testified they heard screams for help that night but did nothing. both worked at the apple store next a door. one woman heard arguing and pleas of please help me. the other witness would not answer questions outside the courthouse. 30 days in jail for the man accused of the disappearance of a local woman in aruba. a judge denied bail for gary giordano. however, he has not been charged with a crime. he claims that gardner was swept out the sea while they were snorkeling but investigators don't think his story adds up.

a story tonight the plans bank debit card fees. most banks tonight say they will drop the plans or give customers a way to avoid them. bank of america says that customers will not have to pay the fee if a minimum balance is kept or a direct deposit is deposited. wells far co will not introduce fees across the country. . fireworks over the statue of liberty in celebration of the 125th birthday of the statue. it also got a high-tech birthday present of sorts. five new webcams you can check out from home. they are mounted in the torch of the statue. they stream live footage 24/7. go to earthcam.com. the first family gets in the

halloween spirit. ghouls and goblins cover the front lawn along with pumpkins and gourds. halloween is a $7 billion a year industry. second in spending only to christmas. check out www.nbcwashington.com for all your halloween needs. we have costume ideas and a list of parties this weekend and a lot of pictures of people's pets dressed up in costumes. go to www.nbcwashington.com and search halloween. could be delays on metro this halloween weekend. four green line stations will be closed for track work until monday morning. free shuttle buses will take riders. will the is work on the red line to slow you down. will the impact people heading to the horse show. trains will single track.

you should add 30 minutes to your travel time. also it's important to note the last train of the night will leave 11 minutes earlier than usual. still ahead, the reason howard university students joined the back pie movement with a march tonight. changes in a hospital if maryland after a second patient was killed in a week. police officers get a shock when they pull over a woman for speeding. the thief who tried to outrun cops with in a forklift. doug is back with more on the october snow. when you believe in the future, you're always looking ahead... to what's next, to what's possible. confident that taking action now, is the way to create

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there be more staff on duty and all patients are being reassessed after another murder in a mental hospital in maryland. the most recent happened yesterday at the cliffton t. perkens hospital. a person was found dead in his room. another patient is charged with murder. it happened a beak after another patient killed his roommate. perkens is maryland's only maximum security psychiatric hospital. investigators are looking at

whether an attempted kidnapping in virginia might be related to one in fredericksburg. it happened on wednesday night. the 17-year-old girl says a man tried to force her into his car. when she refused she says he told her he would be back for her on friday in fredericksburg a 9-year-old child says a man chased her and tried to get her into his minivan. no one has been arrested. we are -- >> howard university showed support for the occupy movement. it started at howard and ended it the u.s. chamber of commerce. organizers say they hope this march will help change that. police in rite gear ordered

protesters to leave this morning. protesters have been sleeping in tents for three weeks. many refused to leave. 51 were arrested. the police needed to clear the area for health concerns. they will be allowed back after the cleanup is complete. police pulled over a woman who was nearly naked. she was driving over 125 miles per hour. when she got out of the car she was wearing only very sheer closing and very high heels. she has been charged on eight counts including as you might suspect, drunk driving. judge "rock center" debuts at 10:00. last night he joined jimmy fallon to slow jam the news. >> the protesters have taken on

the ma tran we are the 99 which we will be covering in depth on my show, "rock center" here on nbc. >> tune in to bryan williams' rock hard center for more. >> it's "rock center" not rock hard. >> i know it's not. >> that's what she said. >> all right, then. >> okay. >> i think we're going to weather next. >> we're going to weather next. i tell you what we have a lot of it out there right now. yeah. >> yeah? >> already snowing in some areas. we have seen upwards of 2 inches in some areas right now. some of those out there toward the west and the mountains. right now is it rain and it is rain at the airport. most of us will see rain much of the night. tonight make sure you have the umbrella across the area.

the doppler radar showing the rain on the light side right now. the moderate showers coming into to prince william county. we will see that over the next couple hours too. you can see where the snow is. it's in the higher elevations in the blue ridge and the potomac highlands in western maryland. that's where we have accumulations. reports in west virginia of about 2 inches that has have been seeing snow for the last four to five hours there. they could continue stereoto see snow and will the pile up. the wider view showing this area down here. this is our storm beginning to make its way out the sea. you see these showers right here. that's the first signs that the coastal storm is starting to develop. the storm has not developed yet. is it going to develop fast and strong. and that is why we have winter storm warnings in hagerstown,

frederick, maryland, lees burg, manassas and larae area. manassas is in that winter weather watch. we will watch montgomery county and prince william. winter weather advisory in effect for them. we will see accumulation in all these places. 43 degrees is the current temperature. winds out of the northeast at 12 miles per hour. that gives us a wind chill in the mid-30s. 2349 frederick and 37 in winchester. 34 degrees out there in petersburg. cold snow and rain. you add wind on top of that and you have one heck of a storm. there it is. an october snowstorm. that is very rare. not just a snowstorm. we could see over a foot of snow in places to the north and west. let's show you the totals right

now. one good news is we will see sunshine on sunday. will the be cold but we will see sunshine. here's the snowfall totals and i have upped he's. 8 to 12 inches. that includes hagerstown west of martens burg and portions of hardy and west virginia and 4 to 8 inches on the i-81 corridor, down through front royal and harrison burg. in the east, 2 to 4 inches in culpepper, loudoun county and also including the germantown area and urbanna. 2 to 4 inches for you. an an inch or more if heavy banding sets up. that's always a possibility with these storms. down to the south and east it is rain and wind. tomorrow morning rain heavy at times and wind increasing. tomorrow afternoon the rain is

heavy at times but changing to snow in some locations west of washington. windy and cold with a high temperature of 36 to 41 degrees. 48 on sunday, 56 on monday and tuesday. and getting back to where our average temperatures are by the end of the period. so that's good news there. an early season snowstorm. it does not mean we will see a snowy winter, however. >> it will not mean will the affect school tomorrow. too bad it's not a school night. >> but watch out for power outages to the north and west. a scientist from new hampshire is being treated after suffering a stroke at the south pole. she arrived at dulles earlier this week. she is at johns hopkins hospital facing a lot of therapy. during a news conference today she and her husband say they are hoping for a full recovery.

>> her speech is improved dramatically. >> and the prognosis is good i will recover a significant portion of that back. >> she manages a research station on the south pole. she developed vision and speech problems. she had to wait seven weeks for a cargo plane to come in and pick her up and take her back to the states for treatment. she didn't think she would survive. a rescue in the tidal basin. in sports a heck of a football

doug says he knew it was going to happen. >> they beat the phillies. >> that was case closed right? >> the cardinals are world series champs for 11st time in franchise history. >> exciting. >> second most titles in major league history behind the yankees. we cannot show you the highlights but we will talk about the nba. if you are waiting for season to start, keep waiting. games have been cancelled through november 30th. there are not be a full season. the owners want to split the revenue 50/50 but the players want 52%. no further talks have been scheduled. maryland is number one in the nation in men's soccer.

a former standout in oakland looking good. maryland's taylor kwemp the free kick. heads it in for the 13th goal of the season. the terms take a 1-0 lead. clemson ties the game at 1. less than six minutes to play. clemens within a free kick. scoring on the rebound. clemson upsets maryland, 2-1 the final. redskins injury news offensive tackle trent williams will miss a second game because of an ankle injury. and mike sellers is out. london fletcher is questionable but expected to play.

he hasn't missed a game in his 14-year career. friday night football is a showdown in germantown, seneca valley versus damascus. james jones williams is the human bowling ball. up the middle. that's textbook. 18 yards for score. damascus with a run up the middle of their own. spinning, falling into the end zone. the hornets trail 7-6. in the second quarter, a tough snap. up top to cunningham. reaches up for the score. nice. seneca valley up 16-6 at half. the hornets counter. touchdown damascus. the deficit is cut to 4. kellen staten punches it in from 3 yards out. seneca valley improving to 8-1.

wow. in virginia, a battle of unbeatens. westfield and centreville. the wildcats try the reverse in the black jerseys. taken bulldogs force the fumble. it's beau donahue for the touchdown. westfield edges centreville 13-10 improving to 9-0. what a night of high school football. >> exciting. >> alove that. >> i love it too. >> up next what was so important

. it took a lot of people to rescue one frightened deer stuck in the tidal basin today. the park police and emf and a

water rescue team worked to tranquilize the deer and pull it out of the water. he will be released once he warms up. a thief's stomach got in the way of his brain outside pittsburgh. this guy stole a forklift on sunday from a construction site. he must have been hungry. took it to a pub, ordered a ruben, stole that too. the restaurant owners called the cops. they got to the restaurant before he could figure out how to put the forklift in reserve. >> hope it was a

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