support. paterno thanked them and asked them to pray for the children who were victims. former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky is accused of sexually abusing eight boys over a period of 15 years. and that number could grow. paterno did not do enough when he found out about an alleged incident in 2002. >> i know you guys have a lot of questions. and i was hoping i was going to be able to answer them today. but we will try to do it soon. as soon as we can. >> sources tell the associated press that support for paterno among school leaders is, quote, eroding. at 84, paterno is the winningest head coach in college football history. also developing now the fight to control virginia state senate. >> the republicans need to pick up two seats tonight to achieve something that's been done only once since the civil war. julie carey is at the fairfax county republican watch party now. julie? >> reporter: republicans led by

governor bob mcdonnell set an am beneficiaries coal, seizing krot of the senate from democrats. northern virginia republicans had hoped to lead the way but as you can see from this emptying room from this quiet room, there is little to celebrate here tonight. it appears they will fall short of their goal. earlier in the evening here, former governor now u.s. senate candidate george allen fired up his fellow republicans. that's when the races were still close and votes being counted. as the evening went on the results came in and showed northern virginia democrats targeted seem to be holding on to that your seats. here now from a disappointed fairfax county gop chairman. >> you have to give the democrats credit the way they redistricted their senate seats. and they did make sure that it could withstand republican surge and republican energy and looks like that held up tonight. >> reporter: fairfax county democrats gathered on the other side of the county near fair oaks. they say that if the results we are seeing at this hour hold up, they will hold their ground. and will have fought off this

gop challenge. >> the results hold up it is a good night for democrats tonight. republicans spent $5 million and the best they got out of it was apparently one seat. the state senate democrats continue to control the senate. and that's going to be a very important balance to state government. i think it is good news for democrats. >> reporter: now republicans did keep control of the house tonight. they needed two seats to gain control of the senate. three to get outright control. governor bob mcdonnell has canceled a planned news conference for tonight saying that the election results were too uncertain and it will probably be morning before we know the final picture. but for now it appears republicans have fallen short of their goal. back to you now. >> thanks, julie. we will be updating our website. nbcwashington.com throughout the night. news4 today will have election results beginning at 4:30 tomorrow morning.

♪ ♪ in the name of jesus a football field played host to a flood of emotion as family and friends shared memories of two boys killed in a horrible car accident. aaron gilchrist spoke with the boy's pear and joins us live from landover. aaron? >> reporter: doreen, he and his boys were attach at the hip. tomorrow he will bury his children. tonight, though, he spent time with their friends and teammates and their family april talking about how those two little boys brought so much joy to so many lives. hundreds huddled in the cold on the community football field where 11-year-old anthony and 2-year-old delonte were fixtures. anthony played for the prince george's chargers and a leader. the boy's father says they were filled with joy. >> he was energetic and anthony was -- going to be somebody in his life. i take pride in all of that. >> reporter: the brothers died last friday when their mother's car was hit from behind after a fender bender with another car.

her honda burst into flames and the boys couldn't be rescued. ♪ in the name of jesus >> reporter: anthony and his brother's team fought back tear as they tried to comfort each other. >> little did i know i would never see them again. we are going to miss them. we are going to miss them. >> turnout like this and just to hear something like that makes me -- cherish what i have. >> reporter: on facebook a memorial page for the inseparable brothers always smiling and teammates in life and even on the field. >> lawrence was just like someone just the run around and -- keep me motivated saying -- he is the one that puts our hopes up and stuff like that. it is going to be very hard. >> reporter: this vigil was chance to celebrate anthony and his short lives. to embrace their new presence as

angels. >> they are not going to be missed. you know, for the simple fact we will remember them always. >> reporter: the boys' mother was at the vigil. too distraught to talk to us. she was burned in the car crash that killed her sons. tomorrow the funeral services for anthony and delonte will be held here at first baptist church at glenarden. republican presidential candidate herman cain says he is not leaving the campaign trail. hay spoke out emphatically after a fourth woman accused him of sexual harass many. the woman alleged yesterday cain groped her when she was asking him about a job. he denied that happened and says he doesn't even remember the woman. he was asked today whether he would be willing to take a lie detector test. >> of course i would be willing to do a lie detector test. secondly, i believe that the character and integrity of a

candidate running for president should come under the microscope. with facts, not accusations. >> he brings what he calls a democratic machine for accusations. nbc news poll shows cain neck and neck with mitt romney among republican presidential candidates. deeply troubling. that's how federal investigators described the mishandling of soldier remains at dover air force base. an investigation of trance ports between 2008 and 2010 revealed body parts of three service members were lost and never recovered. a marine's body was dismembered because his arm did not fit in his uniform. investigators came down on the air force for not doing enough to discipline those responsible. local fire fightler go back to work tomorrow for the first time in seven months. knowing all too well the dangers

that await him. chuck spent the time away with recovering from burns on 30% of his body. he told jackie bensen that going back was never in question. >> how can you sometime want to do a job that almost killed you? it is not a question d.c. fire fighter chuck ryan thought about. not even when what's called a flashover engulfed a burning building on 48th place. not even when his face mask started to melt. not even when the skin on his fingers burned off trying to hold the mask on. not even after 49 days in the hospital, not even then. >> i love it. i love helping people. and i really love may job. >> reporter: the fire that injured ryan and three other firefighters was found to be the work of an arsonist, man named maurice who entered a guilty plea last friday. ryan also volunteer at the riverdale fire department credit his wife and family with keeping house spirits up during recovery and speaking of the ryan family there is now a fourth generation

helping to protect people. >> always been in my, you know, my life between my father and my grandfather who was on now down to my son. and it is what we do. >> reporter: when chuck ryan returns to work on wednesday, he will be greeted with a lot of jokes and funny comments. that's the roy firefighters say we are glad you are back. jackie bensen, news4. new tonight we are hearing from maryland state senator ulysses currie after his six-week core ums trial ended with a not guilty verdict. >> been a rough four years. almost four years for my wife, family and i. also for my constituents. this is the greatest moment of my life. >> reporter: he was acquitted of nine charges relating to $245,000 in payments he received from the shoppers food warehouse chain. prosecutors said he traded legislative favors for the money. mourning the death of hip hop legend heavy d tonight.

greg myers. he was one of the most influential rappers in the '80s and '90s. his hits included the overweight lover and you got our own bang. he was rushed by medics from his home in beverly hills this morning to a hospital after having trouble breathing. he die ad short time later at the hospital. the cause of death is thought to be natural causes. he was only 44 years old. robber thought he had it all figured out when he held up a hotel clerk at gunpoint in los angeles recently. that is until two mixed martial arts experts walked into the lobby and rushed the robber, took his gun and put him into a figure four body lock. the robber didn't move until police came and took him away. clint eastwood was among a group of celebrities at the newseum in downtown washington tonight. he was in town for a special premiere of the upcoming movie "j. edgar" which he directed. it chronicle it is life of j. edgar hoover. first controversial director of

the fbi. it opens in theaters on friday. coming up, an escalator shut down on perfect. >> reporter: that treasure is worth more than $10,000. crews told me they haven't seen anything like this in more than 25 years. i will have that unique story coming up. newspaper spying scandal explodes in england amid new accusations of reconnaissance of the royal family. >> closest call for earth in 30 years. ain't credible surgery in virginia to save twin toddlers. >> what do you have? >> another beautiful day today. i think maybe one more. take a look at this. big storm. making its way our way. you know it is going to bring us changes as we head towards the end of the week and

metro workers took a rather unusual step tonight. they shut down an escalator at a busy station. they are trying to find a lost treasure. >> reporter: jim, that lost treasure is a ring valued at more than $12,000. now the owner was actually walking down the escalator and dropped it and is really upset about this. crews tell me it is easier to find a need until a haystack than it is to find this ring. >> i was devastated. >> reporter: she was dispinted when she glanced down. something missing on her hand. >> my finger keeps rubbing like waiting. >> reporter: her diamond and sapphire ring that looks similar to this one valued at $12,000 is

under the foot of the escalator at the dupont metro station. >> i took off my left glove like this. i didn't hear anything. may mom turned around and said you dropped something. and then i heard ping, ping. we both got close like this. seeing what it was. and we saw the last piece of white gold as it went down right there. >> reporter: she has worn the ring for 15 years. it was passed down in her family starting in material 1900s. >> i just sat down on a bench in there and was hysterically crying. >> reporter: she called the metrorail for help hoping they would stop the escalator and try to find her ring. >> i wanted them to do something about it. >> reporter: as you can see crews are searching but haven't found your ring. what are you going to do now? >> they haven't found it yet. true. i will accept that maybe, you know, it is gone after the search is complete.

>> reporter: it is a tough pill to swallow. >> yes. it is. >> reporter: this is definitely a tough pill to swallow. one in which she hopes they found her ring. it is important to point out the metro crews will continue to search over the next hour or so during times in which a lot of people aren't taking the escalator. if you plan to come to the dupont circle metro station, the elevator is working. in fact, i'm going to take it after this live shot, walk down and see if they found the ring. if they found i will post the result on my twitter page. we will also post the results on nbcwashington.com. the scope of the news of the world's spying scandal may be much larger than previously thought. private investigator tells bbc news that he was hired by the paper to spy on more than 100 people. mostly celebrities to a public officials and they include angelina jolie, prince william, prince harry's ex-girl friend

and parents of harry potter star daniel radcliffe. an asteroid the size of three manhattan city blocks hurdled just past earth tonight. it is a space rock known as yu 55. it made its closest approach in more than three decades. closer than the rest of the moon which is about 240,000 miles away. many people kept their eyes glued to telescopes. >> close call. >> did you feel the wind as it passed by? >> not quite. did you? >> there were a lot of people that did see it. it had -- their telescopes out. couple people snapped a couple of photos from that. saw that a little earlier. kind after cool thing to see that. i remember just -- what year was it? '96 when the big comet was passing overhead. that one was there for quite a few days.

this one was in and out in ten minutes. looking good. although things are starting to cool off just a little bit across the area. we are seeing temperatures in the 30s in some areas. but on 50s in others. big temperature range out there right now. high temperature today got up to 68 degrees. low this morning of 41. yes, another great day today. and i think we have one more in store before we start to see big changes. 49 degrees current temperature out there right now at the airport. winds are calm. dew point is around 43. that's about as low as we can get in the d.c. area tonight. 43, 44. probably around that number tonight. already down to 36 in manassas. 39 in winchester. 37 in culpeper. hagerstown, though, still at 51 degrees. little bit of wind up there. little bit of elevation. and we are seeing that warmer temperature right there also in and annapolis, one of the warmer spots at 48 along the chesapeake bay. showing things all clear now. that's not the case to the twist. a very potent storm system bringing tornadoes to the south

and snow towards parts of the plains states. that storm will move our way over the next couple of days and it will change our weather by the day thursday. so tomorrow, one more great day. we saw high pressure today. we will see the high pressure area tomorrow meaning plenty of sunshine. nice mild temperatures. and then things change. high pressure really breaks down. and we get sandwiched between the cold front to the west and moisture to the east. and that's going to allow important shower activity during the day on thursday. that's not going to be a washout. we will see a good chance for you to use the umbrellas and behind it, much colder air. cold enough for some snow back along theal gainin front and into portions of west virginia. very chilly and windy on our friday. winds could be gusting upwards of 20 to 30 miles an hour on friday. that is with sunshine. not all bad. clear skies, patchy fog tomorrow morning. 35 in some of the coolest areas. 45 inside the city. tomorrow morning, we will see plenty of shine. that will help to lead nice temperatures in the afternoon. 64 to about 68 degrees.

another great day out there. really a great stretch of weather when it comes to an end a little bit. 59 on your thursday and 53 very rans day. we are talking about the wind once again. also going to be quite chilly on friday. and saturday morning. with plenty of shine saturday should warm up nicely. sunday temperature of around 62 degrees. 63 on monday. 66 coming up on tuesday and good thing sunday is going to be 62 here in the area because the redskins will be in miami where it will be 85 degrees. >> they need all the help they can get. thanks. tomorrow the federal government is going to take over all tv and radio stations for 30 seconds to test an emergency alert system. so don't be in russ is. it will be the first nationwide test of the national emergency alert system which will be activate order the president's orders in the event of a national emergency. this test is going to run at 2:00 in the afternoon tomorrow. don't be surprised by it. >> coming up tonight good

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so the hottest team in hockey. >> yes. >> it ain't us. >> that's the problem. that's the problem. we are talking about the dallas stars. these guys came in as the hottest team in the western conference. and just put a whipping on the capitals. dallas dominate it is third period. and leaves washington riding a four-game-winning streak. let's go down to verizon center. looking to avoid back-to-back losses. first period is where we start. now 1-0. on the power play, backstrom with the pass from the boards to alex. he fires one. pretty pass. third goal of the year. we are tied at 1. same score later in the period. trevor daly with the shot. the rebound. check out the diving save. bouncing puck. can't get past him. second period. caps trail 2.

right out to john carlson. check this out. mustard on that one. second of the year tie it is game at two. third period now. off another face-off. quick goal this time for the stars. dallas up 3-2. finds him behind the defense. that was a one-goal lead for the bad guys. later in the third stars up 4-2. goes airborne with the shot. fully appreciate it on the had highlight here. look at that. horizontal to the ice. nothing he can do. dallas win 5s-2. caps have now lost four of their last six. bruce is befuddled by his team lately. >> looking at when we were winning, first seven games we were winning all these battles. and then we lost four of six. for three of them because you are losing the battles.

a comfort thing, comforting change tomorrow. >> it is like embarrassing. you are on the ice and -- and guys are beating you. got beat one on four. just playing like bunch of losers like that. you are going to lose play like that. lose every night in the league. let alone talking about playoffs. and all of that. >> two things, i think, when i hear that sound bite. strong words from one of your guys as a leader on the team. i would like to see more of that from the redskins. then had said playoffs, like jim -- >> playoffs? playoffs? >> you know they are going to get it turned around. too early in the season. they will get that turned around. speaking of the redskins, more roster weeks. dante stallworth has been released after chipping in five catch that's season. stallworth not the only one cut loose by the skins today. brandon thompson, scott, dominique bird all waived. skins signed three players including defensive end palmer

and david anderson. it is with great sadness that i report that the patriots parted ways with albert haynesworth. albert produced for as much for them as they did for the redskins last year and played in six out of eight games. hay had a total of three tackles. had also reportedly got into an argument with a coach during the patriots last game against the giants on sunday. one more thing i want to add in here. we are getting reports of college park and a lot of action on twitter and facebook that medical is thinking about cutting each sport from the athletic program because of this budget deficit in the athletic department. baseball, swimming, diving, water polo, golf, could all be on the chopping block and will probably

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breaking news now on the fight for the virginia state senate. julie carey joins us live on the phone with the latest. julie? >> reporter: early in the newscast for fairfax county republican watch party we told threw were a lot of long faces, they believe they have fallen short of their goal of claiming the virginia senate from democrats. now they believe that they have reached that mark but also say that one of those seats will likely go to reid. final vote may be days or weeks away. >> reporter: all right. >> better tune in for "news4 today" at 4:30 a.m. to get the latest the virginia election results. i have all the other election results. finally tonight one man's act much kindness may have helped

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