a woman escapes a possible abduction in the same shopping center where vanessa pham was attacked and killed sp mon17 mo ago. we begin with former penn state coach admitting he showered with boys and horsed around with them. good evening. i'm doreen gentzler. >> and i'm jim vance. jerry sandusky is a former assistant football coach. he has been charged with sexual abusing eight boys. he spoke exclusively last night to nbc news and denied the charges against him. in the meantime, sources close to the investigation tell "the new york times" that about ten more alleged victims have come forward. chris gordon here with the latest. chris? >> reporter: the report says the additional victims came forward after all the news surrounding sandusky's arrest. the growing number of potential witnesses against him makes it even more puzzling why sandusky went on national tv to protest his innocence. the scandal cost famed football coach joe paterno his job for

failing to report his friend. and now maryland may make it mandatory to alert authorities when you have evidence of child abuse. in the wake of penn state's child abuse scandal, maryland could consider changing its law. republican state senator nancy jacobs wants to require reporting child abuse. failure to do so could be punishable by imprisonment. the image of penn state students rioting after football coach joe paterno was fired for not reporting information about his assistant jerry sandusky getting caught with a young boy will not soon fade. now sandusky is denying the allegations. in an interview on nbc bob costas asked specifically about the 2002 incident. >> okay. we were showering and horsing around. and he actually turned all the showers on and was actually sliding across the floor.

and we were, as which recall, possibly like snapping a towel, horseplay. >> reporter: in an e-mail, penn state assistant coach mike mcqueary now says he not only saw and reported sandusky in 2002, but tried to stop it at the time. >> i would say that that's false. >> what would be his motive to lie? >> you would have to ask him that. >> reporter: well-known washington criminal defense attorney ted williams is one of many who cannot believe sandusky's lawyer let him speak publicly. >> i think he has clearly hurt himself. one of the things that any competent lawyer you would tell a client facing criminal jeopardy is you keep your mouth shut. not to say anything to anyone other than your lawyer. >> reporter: on the today show, sandusky's lawyer answered the criticism. >> i explained to jerry that this was an opportunity for him to tell people how he felt and what has happened in his life, and the fact that he's not guilty of these offenses. >> reporter: dr. jane baxter is a psychotherapist who counsels victims of abuse that.

>> he would be showering with a child, you know, at penn state, and this is a program that is not associated with the university, i mean at so many levels it sounds what are you thinking. >> reporter: well, sandusky appears to be thinking what his lawyer said publicly on the "today" show, that showering with kids doesn't make him guilty. jim, doreen? >> chris gordon, thanks, chris. the nation's republican presidential primary takes place in iowa less than two months from now. michele bachmann rose and well in the polls there, and rick perry looked promising. now it appears herman cain is the candidate with the most to lose because the latest survey shows the race is a four-way tie. steve handelsman is on capitol hill now with the latest. you've got to keep track of this one every single day it seems like, steve. >> reporter: big polls, reliable polls we hope are out frequently, almost every day, doreen. flow is one from bloomberg. it's another indication that

this gop presidential race, especially in iowa is wide open. and that the businessman with the 9-9-9 plan is in trouble. >> reporter: herman cain was in iowa today. he knows how important it can be. >> the state of iowa is going to set the tone. >> reporter: the new bloomberg survey puts him in a virtual four-way tie. cain at 20%. ron paul at 19. mitt romney at 18. newt gingrich at 17. many republicans worried about the sexual harassment charges, and even though cain acknowledged today -- >> national security. that is the president's number one responsibility. >> reporter: cain struggled for a full minute to remember the obama libya policy. >> got all this stuff twirling around in my head. >> reporter: earlier were gaffes about china, muslims, the mexican border.

but cain said today on libya he merely paused. >> before iw thoughts. >> reporter: mitt romney has reported reluctant to contest iowa, where the tea party dominates. but at a factory in south carolina today, he took on ñnrday americans ha lazy. >> i just don't think that president obama understands america, because the people of america are just as imaginative and just as ambitious, and just as hardworking as ever. >> reporter: but romney, paul, gingrich, cain, even rick perry d the rest can still have hope cause in today's poll, 60% of republicans there said they might switch, change their minds and back somebody else in the caucuses. that tonight are seven weeks away. doreen, back to you. >> steve handelsman on capitol hill. thank you, steve. >> welcome. today the trial of a political worker for a former governor -- former maryland governor bob ehrlich has been delayed until february.

his name is julius henson. he has been accused of using robo calls to encourage voters in mostly african-american neighborhoods to stay home on the last election date. the cause tells supporters of martin o'malley and president obama to relax because the candidates had already won. henson said he didn't believe that the calls were illegal. d.c. council chairman kwame brown has a legal tag displayed on his new prius. that was attached to his car outside the wilson building today. news4 reported last night in our 6:00 broadcast that the chairman was driving around town with no visible plates. brown told us the temp tags were destroyed in the rain. after our report, he got a replacement. the new tag expires on saturday. congresswoman gabrielle giffords had a message for her arizona constituent. she record admin-long message in houston and it was posted on her facebook page today.

giffords said she is getting better and misses everyone. >> hello, this is gabby giffords. i miss you. i miss tucson. the mountains, blue skies, even the heat. i'm getting stronger. i'm getting better. it's been a hard year for all of us. thinking about that day makes me sad. six people died. six innocent people. so many people hurt. there is lots to say. i will speak better. i want to get back to work. >> giffords says she wants to get a lot better before she decides whether to return to congress. police in adelphi maryland are questioning three people after a shooting. it happened in afternoon in the 8600 block of 21st place. one man is in critical condition. the three people police are detaining were picked up after a

chase. tonight police in fairfax county release surveillance video of woman escaping from a suspicious man in a parking lot. it is the same shopping center where a woman was abducted and killed. pat collins in fairfax now with more on this. pat? >> reporter: jim, a frightening incident in this parking lot has police looking for this guy and a possible big clue in a pry profile case of murder. police believe a suspicious event here at this shopping center could lead to an important clue in the unsolved murder of vanessa pham. vanessa pham, a 19-year-old college student stabbed to death more than 16 months ago. the scene the fairfax plaza on gallows road. october 27th, 8:30 p.m. watch carefully this security

camera video. you can see the woman here. she is carrying a white bag. and you can see her as she walks towards her suv. as she does, look at this bright light up here. that's a car pulling in to the parking lot. police say the driver of that car with the bright lights then gets out. he stands near her car and then he gets in to the passenger side. when he is inside, the woman screams. at that point, they say the man gets out. you can see him here in the light colored jacket. police say nothing was taken. that the woman wasn't hurt. there was no evidence of a crime. but police say they want to talk to that man. >> we'd like to identify the subject in the composite sketch who is also the subject in the video, and we'd like to identify and speak with him and have him fill in the gaps, have him answer some questions. >> reporter: it was june 27th,

2010 that vanessa pham was at this same shopping center. security camera video showed her car making a prolonged stop before leaving the parking lot. a short time later, vanessa pham found dead in the front seat of that car a short distance away. you can imagine how some shoppers here feel about that suspicious event. >> i think it's horrendous. i think it's horrific. i think it's -- i don't -- how does anybody try to wrap their fingers around that? >> we're in fairfax, virginia, one of the safest places on earth. doesn't matter that you're in washington, d.c. or anacostia. it happens all around this area. it happens in kansas. >> reporter: know this guy? know anything about this case? fairfax police want to hear from you. jim? >> pat collins. thank you, pat. still ahead on news4 at 6:00, a teacher in loudoun county busted at school for being drunk in public. find out what allegedly gave him away. let him go, let him go!

>> chaos on the streets of new york. police in riot gear evicting occupy wall street protester there's. living on the edge, a major highway breaks apart into the ocean. doug, how about our weather out there? >> we've got some rain moving in here. some of us could see a lot of rain over the next 24 hours. i'll show you when the rain moves in and how long it sticks around. right now dan. hey, doug. redskins let a veteran go and the

opposition as a former predator makes his return to the music city. as news4 at 6:00 continues. you're watching news4 at 6:00. >> an hour ago, a judge in new york ruled against the occupy wall street protesters. they had been convicted from the park they had camped out in new york city. the justice ruled that the protesters have not demonstrated that they have a first amendment right to remain in zuccotti park. the mayor gave the orders and police in riot gear cleared out the park last night. chris clackum has the report. >> reporter: early tuesday was when new york city police in riot gear moved in on zuccotti park. the occupy wall street protesters were told to pack up and leave. mayor michael bloomberg said the site had become a public safety hazard. >> unfortunately, the park was becoming a place where people came not to protest, but rather

to break laws. >> reporter: many went peacefully, but about 200 protesters resisted and were arrested. >> cops came in there six at a time, pulling people, pulling kids up by their arms, by their shoulders, by their hair. >> reporter: there were reports of several protesters being injured after clashes with police. but observers reacted with mixed emotions. >> they have the right to protest. they just don't have the right to break the law. >> i certainly agree with many of the things that the occupiers have stated and probably voiced for the rest of us. >> reporter: once cleared, city crews moved in to clear the park that has been occupied since mid-september by those protesting corporate greed and economic inequality. the mayor then said protesters could return, but not with tents and sleeping bags. that set lawyers for the occupy movement to court and got a order for an unconditional

return, which the city was still contesting at mid afternoon. new york's eviction of occupy protesters follows the one in oakland, california monday. and sunday in portland, oregon, where mayor sam adams used the same reasons as bloomberg to close at least temporarily the occupy protest there. chris clackum, nbc news. a cliff in san pedro, california is falling into the pacific ocean. chunks of concrete and asphalt are crumbling down. the scenic road started to buckle during the summer, and the damage has gotten dramatically worse. the police have blocked the area to both drivers and onlookers. right now there are no immediate threats to any homes. >> that happens. >> it looks pretty dicey out there. san pedro, california. so warmer weather today, but kind of dreary skies. >> kind of dreary for sure. we saw a lot of cloud cover, but at least it was in the 60s across the area. we have 68 degrees at 9:45 this morning. that's pretty cool. >> wow. >> didn't we love it? >> yes, we did.

>> you may not love thursday morning then. outside let's take a look. we are going to see the showers move. in some areas already seeing the rain. but outside most areas are still on the dry side. out there towards the kennedy center tonight, a very nice shot. and once again, a pretty nice evening across the region. and we will continue to see that over the next couple hours. but the rain will move in. and it's coming in fairly quickly. for the record today, we did see the high temperature of 68, as i mentioned. but this is the key. look at the low this morning, 61 degrees. the average low is 41. so that is 20 degrees above average, just amazing how warm we were overnight last night. we were at 67 at 11:00 last night. really hard to believe just how warm we had been. 60 degrees the current temperature out there right now. this is why we are on the warm side. it's because of that southerly wind right now coming in at about 11 miles per hour. around the rest of the region, still nice and mild. 56 in martinsburg. 64 in annapolis and easton coming in at 63 degrees.

doppler radar showing the showers. i've been talking about these into the panhandle of west virginia, around hagerstown, also into southern maryland, prince georges county seeing some of that rain around waldorf, in towards charles county, around anne arundel and calvert county and back towards the west towards stafford, southern prince william county. we're going the see that little band of showers continue to move across. look at the wider picture here. we've got a train of moisture from maine all the way down to texas. and we have to get rid of this area of low pressure. a very potent little area of low pressure. that's going to ride right along this frontal boundary right into our area over the next 24 hours. and i do think most of russ going to see a pretty good amount of rain there is the front that right now is lingering across the area. mild air to the south of that front. but here comes that area of low pressure during the day tomorrow. this is about 2:00, and notice all of the rain across the region. most of us should see a good bout of rain, maybe moderate to heavy rain during the afternoon a, and into the early evening

before finally pulling out on thursday. i think tomorrow will definitely be a washout. thursday, though, we'll see clearing skies and a chilly conditions. much colder for the day on thursday. and especially into the day on friday too. even with abundant sunshine, we're talking about temperatures that will be 10 degrees below average. mostly cloudy this evening. a few sprinkles here and there with a few showers embedded too. 58 to 62 degrees. tomorrow morning numbers not going to be quite as warm, but still not too bad. 47 to 54 degrees. still well above average. we will see a few showers moving in. some of the showers could be on the moderate side. so the rush hour could be fairly wet. i do think tomorrow afternoon will be on the wet side, becoming heavy as far as some of the showers are concerned. that would be most likely in the afternoon and late in tavern toward rush hour, 59 to 64 degrees. the next couple of days we cool down in a big way. a high of 50 on thursday. 48 on friday that will be the coldest sunny day we have seen so far this season. a low on friday morning of about 32. and if we hit 32 at the airport,

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gun check system missed millions of drug users and people with mental illness. breaking news tonight at the campus of university of california berkeley. there has been a shooting near the business school there. as you can see, students have been told to evacuate the building. we will have an update on this situation when new developments become available, and of course

tonight in our broadcast at 11:00. tougher gun laws were front and center on capitol hill today. victims of gun violence have been calling on congress for tougher background checks when buying a gun. their hope is to prevent tragedies like the virginia tech massacre carried out by a mentally ill gunman in 2008. brian mooar has our report. >> reporter: one by one, patricia held up the photos and read the names of the six people killed by a mentally ill gunman who tried to assassinate congresswoman gabrielle giffords back in january. >> how much more pain, how much more sorrow, how many more deaths by guns must we endure before we do something? >> reporter: she helped stop that shooting in tucson, and now she is calling on congress to prevent future gun tragedies. the senate is considering a bill to fix the background check system put in place back in 2008. that came after the deadliest gun massacre in u.s. history. a gunman killed 32 people on the

virginia tech campus. he was mentally ill, but that information didn't show up on a background check. >> i don't want there to be any more what ifs. >> reporter: new york senator chuck schumer wants to crack down on states that are not submitting records. >> alaska a, delaware, georgia, kentucky, louisiana, new hampshire, vermont, and wyoming. they're likely to be many more. >> 23 states have contributed fewer than 100 mental health records. 17 of those states have submitted fewer than ten. four haven't shared any. >> reporter: the fbi says many states still don't know what records they're supposed to be submitting. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. for the first time, a woman will be heading up the d.c. schools athletics department. mayor vincent gray made the announcement. stephanie evans was working as the head of the player development.

she has served as head women's basketball coach at kentucky state and virginia state university. she will oversee athletics at d.c.'s more than 100 public schools. evans is the fourth person to hold the position in the past four years. she replaces marcus ellis who resigned in july. a school principal in manassas, virginia, was surprised with an honor that has been dubbed the oscars of education. neil beech won a milikin family foundation national education award. he is the principal at a osborne park high school. he was chosen for being a pioneer in virtual instruction and teacher training. he was also awarded a $25,000 prize. beech is the 36th virginia education professional and the fifth from prince william county schools to win this award since 1999. >> congratulations. >> indeed! coming up in our next half hour, a virginia teacher quits

after police say he was found drunk at school. >> our needs as well. >> this is about their country making a decision as to what is necessary here. >> fiery words from capitol hill over the war in iraq. i'm jane watrel in frederick where farm-fresh turkey sales are heating up a week before thanksgiving. i'll have the story coming up. coming up in sports, the capitals looking for harmony in the music city. thñx

about the fate of fallen sports as news4 at 6:00 continues. the former penn state assistant a football coach accused of child sexual abuse is speaking out about the allegations against him. jerry sandusky talked to bob costa. he denied the charges against him. in the meantime, sources close to the investigation tell "the new york times" that ten more alleged victims have come forward. republican presidential candidate herman cain is in damage control mode again today. he is trying to recover now from an campaign misstep. he stumbled on foreign policy questions yesterday in an interview with a milwaukee newspaper. and a new poll suggests he is losing ground in iowa, where the race appears to be a four-way tie now.

police in fairfax county are asking for help in their effort to find the man in this surveillance video. they say that the guy may have tried to abduct a woman. it happened outside the fairfax plaza shopping center on gallows road about two weeks ago. it is the same spot where 19-year-old vanessa pham was last seen before she was found dead in her car last year. investigators say the most recent case may lend clues into her mystery. a northern virginia teacher has resigned after being charged with being drunk at school. it happened yesterday at lunsford middle school in south riding. >> as elaine reyes reports now, authority says the teacher's blood alcohol level was above the legal limit. >> well, it would have to be the assumption that he was under the influence obviously while teaching the class. at what point this intoxication began, whether it was from the beginning of the morning and add aed to at lunch time or it happened at lunch time, we're

not real sure. >> reporter: 46-year-old radhakrishnan sivaramapillai was a physics teacher at lunsford middle school. less than an hour before classes ended yesterday, a fellow staff member noticed something about him. and a notified the principal. >> smelled alcohol. it wasn't so much the behavior. that's what i was saying a minute ago about their ability to continue to function. not exhibiting signs of intoxication. it was just the smell, which could very well indicate that this person is been there before maybe. >> reporter: loudoun county sheriff steve simpson says a resource officer used a portable breathalyzer test. the result came in over the legal limit of 0.08 had he been driving. >> as far as i know, no students were impacted by this. the administration acted properly and quickly. we had no calls from parents or students. it was handled very discreetly. >> reporter: mr. sivaramapillai started teaching in loudoun county last year. he also spent six years at schools in fairfax county. lunsford middle school students were notified of the arrest this

morning. >> it's not something you come across every day in your e-mail box. but again, i have every faith if our community and this administration. >> really shocked to see something like this happen. and we've been residents in this neighborhood for more than 11 years. i've been in several schools all the way from elementary to middle. never have seen anything like this that has dawned on our horizons. >> how long this has been going on, i don't know. obviously there is concerns if someone is at this alcohol level and still able to function. >> reporter: sheriff simpson says that the drunk in public offense is punishable with a fine. report:00 from loudoun county, elaine reyes, news4. the dulles rail project is expected to get a boost forward tonight. the loudoun board of supervisors has adjourned a special meeting to vote on the phase 2 financing plan. it was announced last week by transportation secretary ray lahood. in it the federal government agreed to offer loan assistance

to loudoun county. before that supervisors were threatening to pull out of the project. opponents of the plan are planning to testify at tonight's meeting. on capitol hill this evening, members of congress and the obama administration paid tribute to gay rights activist frank cammeny.t of his life for getting fair treatment for gays and lesbians after he was fired for being fay himself. today marks the 50th anniversary of the cofounding of the society of washington. it's considered d.c.'s first gay rights route. he died last month. he was 86 years old. tonight in the district, the d.c. council was taking a strong stand on illegal immigration enforcement. all 13 councilmembers signed to a bill today. that bill would bar local police officers from helping federal officials round up illegal immigrants. with the exception of extreme cases, that is. tom sherwood in our newsroom with more on this.

>> reporter: jim, d.c. is already known as a sanctuary city. the new law would make it clear where the city stands. under a federal secure communities program, federal immigration enforcement officials want local law enforcement to help by detaining illegal immigrants on even minor charges. now all 13 d.c. councilmembers are supporting a new city law not just a resolution, that would bar local police or corrections officers from assisting the federal effort, except in extreme cases of violent criminals or other serious crimes. >> to pass a law that hopefully will forbid our local police officers from cooperating in immigration and deportation work, which is really the responsibility of the federal government. >> reporter: city leaders say the federal program is costly and undermines community cooperation with police and public safety. >> and we're also creating a

real sense of distrust among our immigrants who are less linebacklikely to cooperate with police in solving crime and preventing crime. so it's not a secure communities program. it's an insecure communities program. >> reporter: the district could face pushback from federal officials or congress which oversees the city budget. but local civil rights activists say the tough stance should be applauded. >> i'm delighted that every member of the d.c. council has stood up, had the courage to stand up to homeland security and a i.c.e. in this country, individuals have a right to due process, a right to the presumption of innocence. >> reporter: aclu director johnny barnes says the council action a bolsters a recent order by mayor vincent gray to reassert the city's hands off approach. >> homeland security and i.c.e. want local governments to do their job without their pay. it costs money to hold people in jail for any reason, or no reason. and that's what they want them to do. >> reporter: the council will hold a hearing on the immigration bill to hear from police and other interested groups.

jim and doreen, back to you. >> tom sherwood. thanks, tom. a senate hearing on withdrawing troops from iraq turned heated today on the hill. democrats argued the withdrawal is required by the u.s.-iraq security agreement where republicans called the decision purely political there was a tense exchange between senator john mccain and defense secretary leon panetta. >> and the truth is that this administration was committed to the complete withdrawal of u.s. troops from iraq, and they made it happen. >> senator mccain, that's just simply not true. i guess you can believe that, and i respect your beliefs. >> and i respect your opinion. but the outcome, and the outcome has been exactly as predicted. >> but that's not how it happened. >> it is how it happened. >> the new chairman of the joint chiefs is general martin demp it is. under questioning he testified that not a single u.s. military leader, including himself recommended a total withdrawal of all american forces from iraq

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organic turkey for next week, you might be out of luck. you're watching news4 at 6:00. >> and good afternoon, everybody, and welcome back. i'm meteorologist doug kammerer right here in storm center 4. we're watching the rain that is out there right now. some areas seeing rain. others on the dry side. currently 60 degrees. that is at the airport. the district on the dry side with winds out of the south at 11 miles per hour. here is towards washington county and towards maryland, just to the north and west of frederick, and down towards the south and east of washington talking about areas such as waldorfs, around quantico, around springfield and the mt. vernon area seeing some rain and towards prince georges county. and right along 301 taking that toward anne arundel, southern anne arundel and northern portions of calvert county, all seeing some shower activity right now. but the heaviest rain still out to the west. you can see what i'm talking about just to the south of cincinnati. a big band of some heavier rain. that rain will move in overnight. and i expect to see most areas

pretty good amount of rain, maybe an inch to an inch and a half overnight tonight into tomorrow. lows tonight down to about 54 in washington. 49 in manassas. tomorrow temperatures climbing back into the low 60s. and once again we will see a pretty good chance of rain for everybody pretty much all day long. >> okay, thank you, doug. it's only a matter of days before conjoined twin sisters separated surgically two weeks ago will return home to the philippines. angelica and angelina are currently recovering at stanford university's lucille packard children's hospital. they were born joined at the chest. yesterday hospital officials said the 2-year-old girls were doing so well that they could be released within a couple of days. the twins' mother became emotional when her daughters walked toward her for the first time, separated, and a called out ma'am map. >> delightful. we've got sports up next. what are you talking about? >> a couple of maryland coaches talking about how the university is going to have to cut a couple of teams. actually more than a couple of teams, which is not good news.

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working, right? >> even though they haven't been playing their best hockey lately, they're still first. which is great. you don't play great and you're still top of the division. caps trying to get things back on track. head coach bruce boudreaux cracking the whip like never before, benching for portions of games. he has a budding goalie controversy. one thing boudreaux doesn't have to worry about is the effort and performance for new forward joel ward. ward returning to nashville for the first time since he played for the predators last year. that's where he became a hot commodity during the play-offs. the capitals won a bidding war for his services. ward has done nothing to disappoint. through 15 games he is tied for fourth on the team with four goals. and he has proved to be one of the team's most valuable off-season additions. >> you play him face-to-face, you know what you're going to be up against. it's going to be a tough game for us. looking forward to it. should it be a fun game.

i just would be pretty happy with a win. >> after a short period of time, i feel the reason he has been on a lot of different lines, i can put him anywhere and he can excel. when i talked to barry trots this summer about him, he said the same thing. joel is the kind of guy that if you need any line to get going, you can put joel with them and he will fit right in with everybody. and he is so responsible. i just feel like i put him on and put him on everything is going to be okay. >> a responsible grinder. because he is always working hard. kind of a chameleon because you can put him anywhere. you love those players. a swiss army knife type player. >> and that's not the only thing distinctive about him. >> what is different in this picture, there are not many african-american players in the nhl. and none right now, none since donald brashear on the capitals. >> good for him. >> so you're going to get caps season tickets. you're going to games? i'll take you to the box? >> as soon as we're off the air.

>> aren't they already sold out? can you get them even? >> you might be able to get one or two. university of maryland trying to get their budget under control, and to do so a commission has recommended that eight of the school's 27 sports be cut. 166 athletes in six different sports including track and swimming and diving are now without teams. maryland's two biggest money-making sports of course are football and basketball, which generally prop up the rest of the athletic department. but football attendance has been wayning in the last few years, and maryland is now feeling the trickle-down effect. >> i feel bad because we're a family, we're a team. all 27 sports, all coaches, athletic director, you know, we're all together in this deal. so i feel bad. i'm hoping that the next few weeks when president loh makes his decision, it's not as in-depth as they're saying. but we've got to all stick

together and see what happens. >> the two spots that can produce the most revenue are football and men's basketball. and that's everywhere in the country. but all we can do as coaches and student athletes is just do our best and go out and prepare and get ourselves that position, because again, it all revolves around a team atmosphere and a team -- you know, everybody within the team doing everything they can to help each other. >> a lot of heat on that guy right now. redskins making some moves today. safety kareem moore was due to be activated from the physically unable to perform list, but he was released instead. receiver dante stallworth resigned. meanwhile, the redskins hosted more than 500 high school players for the team's fourth life event. the gel of the event is to impress upon the high school athletes the importance of education. because every high school athlete who is any good thinks they can play in the nfl. it just doesn't happen. lorenzo alexander and kerrigan

and young passed along some advice. all agree it's about making tough choices to get ahead of the competition. >> you got to work hard for everything. nothing is given to you. i wasn't drafted. that's not saying i'm better than anybody, but you have to work. look at lorenzo, fletcher, kerrigan, they're still hungry. not everyone is going to be a millionaire. not everyone is rich. but it's about being happy and doing what you want to do in life. if you look at this standpoint. >> i hope we can give them tips that can help them with not only football but in life. just like i said earlier, one of my points was be willing to do the little things that no one else is willing to do. and whatever that's staying home and studying instead of going to hang out with your friends, or whether it's eating something healthy versus something unhealthy, that's what i was trying to pass on to the guys. i think for the most part we were able to give them good advice and hopefully they can apply it to their life. >> that guy ryan kerrigan nominated for the rookie of the week honors for this third time this season after having two sacks in the dolphins game.

kerrigan now has five sacks on the season. all right. the nba will formally announce it has canceled all games through december 15th. this comes one day after the players rejected the owners' latest proposal. the next step, locked out players will take their case to the courts, which could mean no nba season. ironically, today was the first day nba players were supposed to be paid. according to cnbc, the average nba player has already lost $220,000 in the lockout so far. down a level. west virginia having some trouble in morgantown. coach bob huggins and the mountaineers with a 10:00 a.m. a tip, taking on kent state. a little sluggish in this one. first half west virginia up by o the . gets the is mountaineers led 43-28 at the break. second half, west virginia up by three. here is heinz again. another pilfer, and he is going in for another layup. 13 points, three steals for heinz. mountaineers up 41-36. but after that hoop it would

fall apart for west virginia. kent state down by three. randall holt spotting up in the corner, and he drains it. so we're tied at a 41. bob huggins not pleased at all. later, check out this pass. just sloppiness from west virginia's kevin jones. michael perrinetakes it in. and 70-60 the golden flashes beat west virginia. it is the mountaineers' first home loss, nonconference home loss since 2005. >> wow. >> what do you suppose happened? >> kent state. >> they're going to be running wind sprints tomorrow.

georges county. also, there is a shortage of turkeys. we'll tell you about that. it may be up to the public to decide whether to bring slot machines to prince georges county. lawmakers tabled a ban on that type of gambling today with the 5-4 vote. they say it's best if residents get the chance to weigh in with the state referendum. maryland law as it stands right now only allows slot machines in five locations outside of the county. some lawmakers in indianapolis want to expand the law and bring slots to rosecroft raceway in fort washington. critics say gambling would drive up crime and traffic in the county. around frederick, maryland people who live out that way ra grabbing up the local

organically raised turkey. many farmers' supplies have been sold out several weeks before thanksgiving. jane watrel has our report. >> this is the star of the show around here. this is tom. what an original name, right? >> reporter: the thanksgiving clock is ticking for these farm-raised thanksgiving turkeys near maryland. organic farmer carol is fattening up her stock, which is much in demand. >> i sell out, always sell out. and usually have a waiting list for next year, actually. >> reporter: why? expert says many consumers are becoming more health conscious about how their food is raised. while the store offers commercial turkeys, over the past five years demand has increased for organic and free-range thanksgiving turkeys. poultries raised without growth hormones or antibiotics, striking a chord with many shoppers. ting real food, we'll be g g-

feeding her organic meat and ç,j >> reporter:m opinion. they're all good. >> reporter: while there are roughly 40 small family farms that raise turkeys like this one in frederick, the turkey industry in maryland is over $7 million. each year some 740,000 turkeys are raised in the state. she says she sold her last turkey a week ago, with most+u9. orders placed in customers will come " birds, 'll give them names, and umx@ . but the ones that i know are being raised for food, i just try to think about that healthy meal that is going to be on somebody's table. >> reporter: besides, she says there is a new crop of gobblers already in demand for next year. in frederick, jane watrel, way is no slouch when it comes e ranks 50 in the nation. coming up tonight at 11:00,

a shooting on a college campus at the same time an occupy rally was taking place this afternoon. and we'll have the latest at 11:00. also, new details about walmart's new plans to build in the district, and what it could mean east of the anacostia river. plus, what does our winter hold? doug will have his winter weather forecast. we're all waiting for that at 11:00, doug. >> everybody is starting to get mad at me now. just tell us. what you waiting on? got to wait until 11:00. there is reasons for that, trust me. out there a nice mild night outside, with temperatures around the 60 degree mark. but rain is on the way. expect rain tomorrow. some of the rain will come down heavily at times. 50 on thursday. a a high of only 48 on friday. there will be no golfing on friday. on saturday, temperature around 57. 62, though, on sunday. so we continue with this up and down as we move from summer in towards winter. the winter forecast at 11:00. >> okay. we're waiting for it.

there was a really big diamond that was sold in geneva today, a rare one too. but it did not command the price the auctioneer was expecting. it is known as the sundrop diamond. look at that thing. it's pear-shaped. 110 carats. actually more than 110 carats. it was discovered in south africa last year. gemologists rated its color as fancy vivid yellow. >> whoa, look at this. >> that's the highest possible color grading for a diamond of that type. sotheby's conducted the auction. they expected the rock to sell for between 11 and $15 million. they pointed out that they sold a pink diamond last year for $46 million. apparently pink diamonds are more in demand than yellow on the broadcast tonight, sandusky speaks in an exclusive interview with bob costas.