>> gosh. have to get your parents' permission to be in that play. >> maybe even to see it. >> yeah. it looks like if they were sold out last night if there is not going to be any trouble selling it out for a second night in a row. >> stay with us now. news 4 continues right now at 7:00. good morning. welcome to news 4 today. i'm angie goff. >> good morning to you. i'm joe krebs on this saturday, the 19th of november, 2011. let's take a look outside. we are taking a look outside. looks like a nice saturday. it's clear but very cold out there. >> oh, yeah. real chill out there this morning. a little bit of a breeze as well. so there's a bit of a bundle up as you go out the door first thing this morning and i don't know if it's really mittens weather just yet but it's close. >> i wore gloves yesterday. you said it's going to be a little warmer. >> yeah. a much nicer day. yesterday that was a cold friday

afternoon around the area. temperatures never made it to 50 yesterday. i think a lot of spots will at least make it up into the low 50s today. there it is. a live picture of the rising sun. that's what we needed to see on your weekend. beautiful weather coming your way for today and pretty nice weather coming your way for your sunday as well. but we are off to a cold start. frederick, maryland has really plummeted now, 21 degrees in frederick, maryland. 26 in martinsburg, west virginia. 34 in manassas. 38 degrees downtown in washington. 34 in waldorf and all in the mid 30s this morning. out toward the blue ridge, winchester, virginia at 32 degrees. no rain on the radar. not expecting any rain today, either. so that is welcome news. mostly sunny. it'll stay on the cool side today. wind out of the south 8 to 16 miles per hour has a little wind chill factor for you today but temperatures will be up into the low 50s today. tomorrow morning sunshine. gives way to afternoon clouds. milder tomorrow for sure with temperatures up into the low 60s.

naval academy, they have gone all the way across the country and are taking on san jose state out in san jose. cloudy and damp. probably going to be some light rain for that game today at 55 degrees at kickoff and that's at 4:00 this afternoon. merlin on the road in winston salem, north carolina. 53 degrees, kickoff there, a 3:00 kick today in winston-salem. good weather for football there. plenty of sunshine but cool. 53 degrees kickoff time. good luck to the terps against the demon deacons. >> they need it. they need a "w" for sure. >> finish the season on a high note. >> thank you. all right. >> new from overnight, light is shining on the monuments and memorials on the national mall once again this morning after going dark. here is a live picture. power was intentionally cut around midnight to allow pepco to make emergency repairs to a damaged power line near the lincoln memorial. the underground line was struck thursday night as crews installed a water line near the reflecting pool. many street lights and traffic signals in the area were also

dark. power was restored around 3:30 this morning. well, the clock is ticking for the congressional super committee that is trying to cut more than a trillion dollars from the federal budget. the 12-member bipartisan group said it will work through the weekend to try to come up with the cuts before wednesday, which is the deadline. if they're unable to do that, defense and social services will suffer some massive cuts in january of 2013 more than a year off from now. the super committee was created after congress avoided defaulting on the nation's debt back in august. two virginia state police officers are under investigation for allegedly hurling racial slurs at a woman who got in an accident. part of the confrontation was caught on the police car's dash cam. news 4 has the story. >> reporter: this police dash cam video shows two virginia state troopers allegedly using racial slurs to describe a hispanic woman. the officers are sitting in their police car on i-395. the woman marie ferrer is

sitting on the wall outside separating the hov lane and the southbound lanes. she crashed her car and told the troopers she is a doctor. they appear to think she is lying. >> probably works at taco bell so --. >> burrito doctor? >> burrito doctor, yeah. give her her directions on a jalapeno police report. >> reporter: this all started july 3rd when trooper daniel grasowitz drove to i-395 near the pentagon. marie ferrer was driving to new york, slammed into an hov gate, and allegedly hit her head on the windshield. the florida civil rights association says she had a concussion in the crash and doesn't remember where she lives. >> she won't tell me where she went to med school. >> that's nice. >> thought she was in new jersey. >> reporter: the trooper sent her a reckless driving ticket and asked her to sign it. she seems to want to know what she is signing. >> i'm going to give you one more chance right here. i am talking to you right now so you shut your mouth and you listen to me. you sign this or i'm taking you

to jail. >> police arrest her. you can hear the trooper say she is resisting. they start scuffling. the florida civil rights association filed a complaint. in an e-mailed statement police say, quote, prior to receiving this complaint, the department had already self-initiated a review of the arrest. immediately following the incident, the trooper in accordance with the department policy, notified his supervisor of the difficulty he had in placing dr. ferrer under arrest. >> right now ferrar is back home in south florida. she hired an attorney who will not allow her to comment on this case and has not received a court date yet. well, this morning police have released new paictures of two men suspected of armed robbery on the university of maryland's campus. police say a male student was approached by these two men wearing masks. one had a knife. the robbery happened thursday night outside the cecil hall dormitory building. the student was not injured and police say it is the first armed

robbery on campus this year. a carbon monoxide leak in montgomery county has three people in the hospital this morning, two of them in critical condition. the leak happened in a garden style apartment on wolf creek road. that's in aspen hill. it happened last night. 20 residents were evacuated from the complex. the red cross is helping them find a place to stay. investigators say it appears the leak was caused by an old furnace. just days after he was fired it was announced the long-time penn state football coach joe paterno now has lung cancer. paterno's son scott issued a statement saying the cancer is considered to be treatable. he added that his father is already undergoing treatment and is expected to make a full recovery. paterno was fired last week in the wake of child sexual abuse allegations against his former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky. meanwhile, the university is subject to two possible investigations now, the ncaa announced that it will look into whether the school had what it calls institutional control of its athletic program and federal

agents are launching their own investigation. there are claims that sandusky crossed state lines with some of the alleged victims and used the internet to recruit them. and there are reports this morning that sandusky's charity, the second mile, is considering closing its doors amid all these revelations. meanwhile, an investigation continues into allegations of sexual abuse at syracuse university. assistant basketball coach bernie fine issued a public denial claiming the claims against him were patently false. two former ball boys say fine sexually abused them back in the '80s and '90s. head coach jim boeheim came to the defense of fine saying this is simply a money grab by the two ball boys. fine has been placed on administrative leave during the police investigation. a bizarre murder case in the district is taking an odd new twist. a judge has allowed albrecht muth accused of murdering his 91-year-old wife viola drath to represent himself. he claims to be an iraqi general

and also asked to wear his military uniform in court. he denies that he killed the georgetown socialite and in court yesterday he claimed that drath's murder was a hit by iranian agents who were in fact targeting him. the trial is set to begin next october. well, getting to the airport this weekend could be a headache if you plan to use metro. the crystal city national airport and braddock road stations on the blue line are all closed until monday morning for track work. free shuttle buses will run between the king street and pentagon city stations. the metro is also providing express shuttles from metro center to reagan national airport to help travelers catch their flights. in addition, trains will be single tracking on the red line between dupont circle and judiciary square, on the blue line between addison road and the armory and on the orange line between boston and east falls church. >> leave a lot of time if you hope to travel out there on metro. >> you definitely have to have extra minutes for that. still ahead, only 7:09 early

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good morning. welcome back. oklahoma state university students, faculty and alumni are mourning the loss of two basketball coaches this morning. women's head coach curt buttke and the assistant coach were among four killed thursday night. they were on a recruiting trip

when the plane they were on crashed in arkansas. investigators say it could take up to a year to figure out why the plane crashed. and to add to these difficult times for the school, westborough baptist church announced it is going to picket outside the memorial service on monday. they cite the state's willingness to accept homosexuality among their reasons for picketing that service. protesters in london are now occupying an office building owned by one of the world's largest banks. demonstrators took over an abandoned office block owned by investment bank ubs in east london yesterday. they say the move is symbolic because ubs received the largest bailout of any european bank. protesters say they will not set up camp in the building but use it for gatherings and events. demonstrators are already facing legal action to get them kicked off of the property of st. paul's cathedral where they have set up camp and ubs says they will also take legal action to get them out of the building. new today, mcdonald's is scrambling one of its major egg

suppliers. the fast food giant has dropped a minnesota based egg supplier over charges of animal cruelty. the animal rights group released undercover video showing workers abusing animals. mcdonald's says it demands humane treatment of animals by all of its suppliers and calls the behavior on the undercover video, quote, disturbing and completely unacceptable. the food and drug administration has revoked approval for one of the leading treatments of breast cancer. the drug avastin is no longer considered an approved treatment for the disease. several studies show the drug did not shrink tumors as previously thought. the studies also revealed the drug showed life threatening side effects. doctors can still prescribe it for breast cancer patients but insurance likely won't cover it. avastin is still approved for colon, lung, kidney, and brain cancer patients. new from overnight president obama is now on his way back to washington after a nine-day asian pacific trip. the president visited india and indonesia as part of a major

asian pacific summit. he also held a surprise meeting with chinese premier wen jiao bao and the two discussed allegations that the chinese government has been manipulating its currency. the white house spokesman says the two leaders have found, quote, vast areas of agreement despite tensions between the two countries. president obama is forming a literal dream team to tip off major fundraiser for his re-election campaign. next month some of the nba biggest stars will come to d.c. for the obama classic basketball game. check out the lineup. carmelo anthony, ray allen, chris bosh, kevin durant, chris paul, dwight howard. they're all planning to be in attendance. the game is going to be monday, december 12th and tickets range anywhere from $100 to $5,000 if you want the courtside seats. the new poll is showing herman cain is slipping from the top and he is trying to use a sense of humor to get back to number one. he appeared on "the late show with david letterman" last night where the host poked fun at

cain's and his own problems with sexual harassment allegations. >> one of two things will happen with the sexual harassment and i am no stranger to sexual scandal. >> really. >> letterman was very candid and frank with cain, asking him point blank whether he'll resign if it turns out that the sexual harassment charges are true. >> let me be very clear about the accusations already made. the reason that i went front and center in front of the media is because i knew there wasn't anything to it. there is no documentation, nothing else has come up. >> and cain told letterman that it seemed that the host was trying to talk him out of running with all of his tough questions. happening now, firefighters are starting to contain a massive wild fiery in nevada that spread to 2,000 acres in just over 24 hours. light snowfall in the area is helping put out the fire. it has destroyed at least 25

houses and forced more than 10,000 people to evacuate to safer ground. those that stayed behind have been trying to protect their homes on their own. so far the only report of injury is one firefighter who suffered first and second-degree burns. investigators still aren't sure how that fire started. you can see the wind just so furious. >> are we burying the lead here? light snow in reno, nevada? >> i was wondering. >> is that common? >> it is. they're far enough up into the sierra nevada that they do get quite a bit of snow. not a complete surprise. much better to fight fires in the cold weather than in the summer out there. we're off to a cold start on a saturday morning but the morning chill won't last forever. i'll give you a complete check of your weekend forecast straight ahead.

well, you're going to want the recipe for this one. the ingredients are a little bit odd but news 4's wendy rieger says this dark chocolate dessert is just as good as it looks. and it might just end up on your thanksgiving day menu.'ll run d tonight on news 4 at 11:00. >> looks good. today in silver spring thanksgiving comes a little early. it is the 14th annual montgomery county thanksgiving parade. more than 100 parade units will take part. it kicks off at 10:00 this morning at ellsworth drive and fenton street in silver spring. the washington nationals players, the redskins marching band, and of course santa's sleigh will all make an appearance. there is going to be free parking in nearby public garages but parade goers are encouraged to take the red line to the silver spring station. get off and enjoy the parade. >> absolutely. we'll take a look right now at a twit pick we found on twitter. this is not occupy wall street. this is occupy hmm at 10th and g

street. people have been lined up for hours, camped out. in 40 minutes hmm will open and reveal their versace line. we're hearing from ryan, who has been out there all morning, that people have brought out books, they're all bundled up. they can't wait. this is highly anticipated collection coming there. so definitely the weather not keeping them away. we had another picture where the line was wrapping around 10th street. >> it's important. if you want versace at those prices you have to camp out to get it. >> and do it before you buy the versace. >> some of this stuff is really cool. there's like $24.99 scarves and things like that so this is really an opportune get for a lot of people. >> i guess by the time i can get there those will all be gone. >> they might be. they might have the nice dresses, the higher scale 300 and above available. >> it's hard for me to find dresses in my size. >> it really is. >> you'd be surprised. >> i saw your halloween costume. looked pretty good to me.

you want to see that picture go to my blog. >> we don't want to see that. man. we've got a little bit of a chill outside on our saturday morning. weekend finally here everybody. don't be fooled. joe krebs is here on a saturday. you are not going to be late to work today. outside right now crystal clear skies and a beautiful way to get your weekend going. temperatures will start to climb now that we have the sunshine out there doing its thing. good-looking day today. clear skies but cool this morning as you look live over downtown washington. sun came up about 30 minutes ago. temperatures still on the chilly side, though. 38 degrees at national airport. breeze out of the south now at ten miles per hour. there is a hint of a wind chill first thing this morning but those southerly winds will allow temperatures to warm about five to ten degrees warmer today than they were yesterday. and tomorrow about another five to ten-degree improvement over today. a nice little warming trend coming our way. 28 at the inner harbor in baltimore now but 39 in

annapolis. 33 in huntingtown, marmd. on down i-you 95 tworld dale city, all at the freezing mark early on a saturday morning. back out toward the blue ridge 32 in winchester. 30 degrees in charlottesville. no rain in the forecast for your saturday. so that is welcome news. temperatures will be in the low to mid 40s by 9:00 a.m. low to mid 50s for highs today with again an abundance of sunshine. and then tomorrow, back up into the low 60s i think for many spots. so no rain for us to worry about on the radar today. no rain anywhere close as well. so that is welcome news. there is that little mid level cloud deck first thing this morning. a look at all the clearing skies now across southern west virginia and southwestern virginia. that'll be our sunshine for this afternoon. so a beautiful, sunny start to your weekend today. that morning chill will be gone by about lunch time today. looking for a very pleasant afternoon. temperatures still a little cooler than average but a nice improvement over yesterday. off to another chilly start first thing tomorrow morning. then the cloud cover starts to come in. luckily, we'll have a

southwesterly wind out ahead of this cold front so that'll put us into the low 60s for highs tomorrow. but withhe clouds coming back in it won't be quite as pretty of a day to be in the great outdoors enjoying the weather. today, though, very pretty. mostly sunny. on the cool side but not too bad. highs today upper 40s in the high spots to mid 50s around town. a south wind 8 to 16 miles per hour. a little wind chill for the morning hours. tomorrow sunshine to get the sunday started but clouds coming back tomorrow afternoon but milder. highs tomorrow up near 63 or 64 degrees. that is welcome news. enjoy the dry weather while it's here because it won't last long. clouds come back tomorrow. rain looking more and more likely now for monday and tuesday and the big travel day on wednesday day before thanksgiving with thanksgiving itself looking like it'll be nice. college football forecast the cornhuskers are in michigan taking on the wolverines today in ann arbor. 48 degrees. a noon kickoff. it'll be cloudy, breezy, and chilly. winds out of the southwest there 15 to 25 miles an hour. kansas state on the road taking on the longhorns in austin.

cloudy, mild, and breezy. 72 degrees down there in central texas later on this afternoon. and penn state on the road in the horseshoe taking on the buckeyes. 55 degrees in columbus. that'll be a 3:30 kickoff this afternoon. cloudy and breezy there. but again, the southerly winds won't be bad and a special shoutout here at a late add to the forecast. christopher newport, university captains are playing in new jersey today. a noon kickoff. 48 degrees with sunshine for that. >> great football weather. >> yes indeed. nationals catcher wilson ramos backs in venezuela after a quick visit to nationals park. the 24-year-old came back so team doctors could check up on him and so that his teammates and coaches could see for themselves that he was okay. the visit came a week and a half after ramos was kidnapped and held for two days. ramos once again thanked the fans for their support during this difficult time. >> thanks to the fans for your

prayers and support and happy to be here, happy to be with my family, and see you in spring training. >> team doctors say ramos is physically in great shape. ramos will spend the winter playing baseball back in venezuela. all right. well, it is early tournament time for maryland hoops this weekend. >> plus a high honor for one d.c. united star. hakem dermish has that and more in your sports in a minute. good morning everyone. your sports minute begins with college basketball. maryland taking on colorado. in puerto rico for the five-hour energy tip off tournament the terps' three guards combined for 63 points. stogeland pumped in a career high 32 points including 25 in the second half. maryland beats colorado, 78-71. the terps will play iona in the fifth place game on sunday. d.c. united mid fielder dwayne

derezario was voted the most valuable player in major league soccer. he is the first player to be named league mvp when his team did not reach the playoffs. he was traded twice this season and finished with a league leading 16 goals, 13 with the black and red. second round of the high school football playoffs undefeated yorktown hosting lee. patriots' running back m.j. stewart had three touchdowns including this 29-yarder on yorktown's opening possession. the patriots win big, 51-15. yorktown will play south county next week in the region finals. south county upset stonebridge, 25-3 last night. also a big shoutout to the bethesda chevy chase girls soccer team. the barons win their fourth consecutive state championship. last night bcc beat severna park, 3-2 on penalty kicks. impressive. congrats to them. that's your sports minute. have a great day. all right. well, just three minutes away from half hour, coming up on news 4 today where it might cost you more to catch a cab soon.

first, one local restaurant targeted. we'll show you the coordinated purse snatching that you may have just missed in this surveillance video.

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i'm just astounded that it happened at a restaurant during dinner. >> and you could be next. the warning from this woman after she fell victim to fast moving thieves working together at a local restaurant. good morning, everybody. i'm angie goff. >> good morning to you. i'm joe krebs. welcome back to news 4 today on this saturday the 19th of november, 2011. and chuck is here as well. >> yep. >> to take a look at our forecast. >> beautiful way to get your weekend started. sunshine out there. everybody getting ready to do a little traveling next week. i have a feeling more than a few people are getting ready to load up the car and head to grandma's house or just go out and do a little shopping on your saturday

morning. great way to get the weekend started. the sun is up and shining early this morning. temperatures are on the chilly side. but it's november so we can't be completely shocked by a 38-degree reading at national airport. 34 now in la plata, maryland. as you get down toward brandywine 33 degrees there. over into the old dominion we go. 30 degrees in leesburg, herndon, ashburn early this morning. 34 falls church. 34 manassas. 30 degrees in culpepper. forecast for today includes almost a hundred percent sunshine. might have one or two passing clouds. that's going to be it. nice improvement over yesterday. highs today up into the low and mid 50s. tomorrow will be a much warmer day but clouds are coming back on your sunday so it won't be quite as pretty of a day as today. college football forecast down at tallahassee today the cavaliers of virginia taking on the seminoles. it is a 7:30 kickoff this evening. cloudy and mild. 65 degrees for the seminoles and the cavaliers and the game that is preempting our 6:00 news

tonight, notre dame and boston college. battle of two very good colleges no doubt. 51 degrees in south bend. cloudy, cool. breezy. winds out of the south there at 15 to 25 miles per hour. a 4:00 kickoff out there in beautiful south bend today. >> saw pat collins in the newsroom this week. notre dame alum, very happy. he had extra pep in his step. >> that's what i would have expected. >> all right. thank you, chuck. today thousands will hit the pavement for the annual help the homeless walk-a-thon. the three-mile walk kicks off at 9:00 a.m. down on the national mall. last year nearly 130,000 people raised money or walked in the event. d.c.'s representative eleanor holmes norton will speak at the walk-a-thon. since 1988 this great event has raised more than $85 million. for more information, head over to help the homeless.org. well, it took only a split second for a man to snatch a woman's purse from a popular u

street restaurant but fortunately for her the incident was caught on tape. >> reporter: a busy thursday night at a popular u street restaurant. the group of well dressed people file in to bistro la bonne and look like they're checkting out for dinner but then they leave. but what's happening here? >> i noticed my purse was missing. i had taken it and put it on the front of my seat and then moved it to hang on the chair. >> reporter: the victim who asked not to be identified said she is very safety conscious but may have let her guard down a little at a small neighborhood restaurant where most of the regulars know each other. >> i'm just astounded it happened at a restaurant during dinner. i would expect something like that, you know, at a bar. >> reporter: once she realized her purse had been stolen she called to cancel her credit card and learned 500 bucks had already been charged to it at a cvs in silver spring. she hopes the videotape will

help prevent the purse snatcher from ruining someone else's night. that's why she posted it to her favorite blog. >> my hope is not to dramatize my situation and say woe is me i lost my purse. that can be replaced but if these people are doing it again maybe get the community together and keep an eye out and get these people. >> reporter: there are reports of similar crimes at other restaurants in the area. we're trying to confirm that with d.c. police. investigators have now tracked down the yacht hollywood starlet natalie wood was on the night she drowned 30 years ago. the splendour is being seized as evidence in the investigation. wood was partying on the yacht with her husband robert wagner and fellow actor christopher walken when she drowned. her death was ruled an accident but authorities say they now have new credible information about what happened that night. ryan nelson now owns the yacht which has been in hawaii for 15

years. >> this was the main salon. this is where they would have had the argument started. this was her state room. and so this is where she would have come to that fateful night and this door right here is where she would have gone to to go out to the swim step where the dinghy was tied. >> the captain of the yacht that night said on the "today" show yesterday wagner and wood had a tense argument the night wood died and believes wagner is responsible for her death. well, a local man held in aruba since august could soon be charged with murdering his travel companion. nbc news has learned prosecutors will ask a judge next week to hold gary giordano for one more 30-day detention period. the aruba solicitor general tells nbc news giordano could be charged with murder or intentional manslaughter by the third week of december. he's been in a jail in aruba since a maryland woman robyn gardner disappeared back in august. giordano says that gardner disappeared while snorkeling. prosecutors say they believe

there was probably foul play. another video has surfaced of the man accused of firing shots at the white house. oscar ortega hernandez shot a video just before coming to d.c. in it he appeals to oprah winfrey out of all people to help him spread his message. >> i am the modern day jesus christ that you all have been waiting for. so i ask you, oprah, better yet, i'm begging you, oprah. please cast me on to your show, oprah. it is so crucial that the world hears god's word. >> ortega hernandez is accused of trying to assassinate the president. investigators say a week ago he fired several shots at the white house. president obama was not home at the time. ortega was arrested earlier this week and is in jail in pittsburgh. just about an hour from now another round of talks in the debate over whether to raise taxi fares in arlington county. the county board will hold a

meeting this morning at 8:30 to allow for the public to comment on the proposed hike. board members could also vote on the fares as early as this morning. if passed the basic taxi fare would go up 25 cents and would add another oo cents for each passenger 12 years of age or older. taxies would be required to accept credit cards by april of 2012. about 9,000 taxi trips are taken in arlington every single day. the south capital street bridge is about 60 years old and the district is hoping for a complete makeover. d.c. officials are in the beginning stages of building a new bridge that would help ease the flow of traffic. it is expected to cost around $800 million with funding from the federal government to help d.c. pay for it. according to d dot officials the new bridge can't come soon enough. >> the bridge we have now is about 60 years old and we've made many repairs to the bridge. the design structure when that bridge was built is now

antiquated so we need to put a new structure in that will last another 60 years. >> the new bridge would use round abouts instead of traffic lights to keep the traffic moving. coming up on news 4 today the two major retailers that will not follow the crowd on black friday next week. plus, an artist is in town putting much more than candy and drinks in veining machines. he is live in our studio. we'll talk with him about his hand crafted merchandise, next. stay with us.

finding great art is now as simple as walking up to a vending machine. they're popping up all over the country. they're cigarette machines filled not with marlboros or camels but with water colors and still lifes. joining us now with more on this art trend is the creator clark

whittington. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> this is such a cool concept. we're not dispensing things that are unhealthy anymore. you truly are putting art in machines and instead of spending millions of dollars at an auction it's only a few dollars. tell us about it. >> well, it's just five bucks per piece. i start thed project in 1997 when i noticed that these old relics were being retired due to legislation and then just started inviting artists to be part of it. >> how many artists do you have now contributing pieces? we have a couple examples here. >> around 300 to 400 at any given time. >> they look like little packs of cigarettes size wise but we have a variety different things here -- wish bone, jewelry -- >> that is an artist from fargo, north dakota. he carves out wish bones. the one with the cow, that is a young artist who is about 8 years old justin mead from california. he works with his grandfather to make art. we have plenty of adult artists, you know, artists that do

triptics or prints or sculptor. >> you have some here in d.c. as well. >> yes. >> this is really about taking something old and making it new but also about bringing awareness when we talk about different artists trying to get their names out and getting their works out. >> yes. you know, i've always kind of been on my own as far as promoting my art, and i want to invite other artists to be part of this and get their work out there. it's just, you know, hard to do sometimes. >> we have some pictures of these machines here. what i thought was so interesting when i went to your website is that the actual machines themselves are decorated differently. >> yes. >> they are pieces of art in themselves. >> yes. i want each machine to have its own personality and reflect the place where it's going to be. so the one at pearl dive, you know, our hosts picked colors and they approved kind of what they want to have in there. so it's a big collaboration. >> how many of these across the nation? >> around 100 machines now.

>> so cool. >> that was in a children's hospital so light up and buzz when you pull the knob. >> and it's five bucks. and you can pretty much pick out any piece of art that you want. >> yes. >> you have some d.c. artists participating. you're in town for a reason. >> yes. from 3:00 to 5:00 we have a kickoff at pearl dive and black jack and we just want to invite artists to come out and see what we do and hopefully consider being part of the project. >> to recap that, black jack located at 1612 14th street northwest. that's from 3:00 to 5:00 today. you'll have a chance to first hand not only see the works of art but also talk with clark a little bit more about it. i just have to ask, where do you find these? do you go hunting across america for cigarette machines? do you go to landfills? >> well, they're getting harder to find thanks to the american pickers. but usually they find me. people are willing to just get rid of them and i have a use for them. >> very cool stuff. thank you, clark, for stopping in. >> awesome.

thank you. >> we'll send it over to joe and chuck. >> what a great idea. really cool. chuck is here to look at a beautiful day today. nice looking way to start your weekend everybody. i think the good weather is going to last at least through the end of the day tomorrow but there are rain drops ahead before turkey day. your complete forecast is straight ahead. big! big.

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♪ and welcome back. a time honored tradition in d.c. as it gets colder outside that means it's time to go out and hit the ice. >> that's right. the sculptor garden ice rink is officially open for business. skaters can hit the ice through march of next year. two hours on the rink is going to cost you $8. if you skate today or tomorrow, you get a free cup of hot chocolate. for rink hours and more information, head over to nga.gov/g info. >> if i tried to skate i would hit the ice. >> i need one of those walkers. that's me. >> outriggers. two of the country's oldest department stores rebelling against crazy black friday hours

starting on thanksgiving. j.c. penney says it will not open its doors until 4:00 a.m. the day after thanksgiving and that's still early but much later than the midnight openings of many of the rival stores. sears is also bucking the trend by opening at 4:00 a.m. several major retailers have gotten heavy criticism from their own employees this year because of the extreme early hours for the black friday rush. tough on the employees. >> expect some big discounts on clothing stores at the gap, banana republic, old navy this holiday season. the retailers have experienced a less than stellar past year, so they're looking for a strong finish to 2011. that means the stores are planning to, quote, compete aggressively on discounts to try and bring the shoppers in. well, $5 doesn't go very far these days. but you can get just about anything on one new website. from video editing to music producing. you can even pay someone to break up a relationship for you.

we'll check out this online swap meet tonight on news 4 at 11:00. plenty of people have crossed the entire continent of antarctica but one woman is looking to travel the frozen tundra on her own two legs. she quoted earlier today, quote at the base camp on union glacier in my tent, first night on the ice, great to be here. she is trying to set the record for the longest solo polar expedition by a woman more than 1,000 miles. she is expected to cross the continent in about 70 days. >> the 65th night. >> that's all well and good. >> oh, man. >> that would be cold. >> yeah. >> yikes. >> how do you train for something like that? >> you just sit in your freezer. no doubt. good luck to her. that is quite an ambitious undertaking. she is tougher than me. no doubt about that. >> i'd be scared of polar bears. >> ooh. >> well, there's that too.

>> oh, that. >> the polar bear factor. yes. >> they're pretty but not nice. >> oh, no. they are not friendly at all. for us, a little bit of a chill on our saturday morning. right now not quite as cold as a polar expedition, no doubt about that. a little bit of a bundle up on you first thing this morning. a hat or scarf will do it i think. then the sunshine will really help warm things up much better today than yesterday. so out we go on a saturday morning. welcome to your weekend everybody. bright and sunny to get your weekend started. just the way we like it. a lot of folks are taking all of next week off so if you're one of those lucky ones happy vacation. yes indeed. sunny skies over washington this morning. not too much in the way of cloud cover left out there. some mid and high level clouds drifting off into our eastern sky here first thing this morning. we'll be mostly sunny this afternoon but we are off to a cool start. 38 degrees now at national airport. winds are out of the south at only ten miles per hour but with temperatures still below 40 degrees even that little bit of a south breeze puts a bit of a wind chill out there first thing this morning.

32 now in gaithersburg and rockville. down to bethesda, silver spring, college park all at or below the freezing mark early this morning. 33 now in camp springs down toward rosariville. 29 degrees in fort belvar. upperville this morning, temperatures below freezing. now with the sunshine though things are starting to warm up just a touch. frederick had dropped down to 21 an hour ago and now all the way up to 25. 26 ow in martinsburg, west virginia. 32 down in fredericksburg, virginia along i-95. your day planner today temperatures are going to be warming up very quickly now that the sun is out there. low to mid 40s by 9:00 a.m. highs this afternoon up into the low 50s for a time so that'll be about a five to ten-degree improvement over what we had yesterday. and tomorrow, we'll have another five or ten degrees and put temperatures up into the 60s. so a nice little warming trend coming our way as we go on through the weekend. no rain drops anywhere near us. and there is that nice patch of clearing skies now across southern west virginia. that's coming our way for the rest of your saturday afternoon.

it is going to be a beautiful day to be outside today. a nice, sunny start to the weekend. the morning chill will burn away with the sunshine out there and another cool night coming tonight. but then southerly and southwesterly wind flow will allow for a milder start tomorrow morning at a much milder day tomorrow. the weather front though will eventually bring rain chances back in here as early as monday afternoon. so for today, mostly sunny. on the cool side. highs in the 50s. tomorrow, clouds will be on the increase. temperatures will be milder though up into the 60s and the week ahead shows rain chances for monday, tuesday, and the day before thanksgiving as well. thanksgiving day, itself, looks great. college football, trojans at oregon in eugene, 38 degrees. might even have rain/snow mix. carolina gamecocks taking on the bulldogs in columbia today. 50 degrees for that one. and the big game oklahoma down in waco taking on the baylor bears 70 degrees for that one and all of our hearts go out from all the oklahoma sooners to

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welcome back. it is dallas week for redskins fans traditionally one of the most anticipated weeks of the season. i say traditionally. >> yes. one of the redskins cowboys games we all love to remember was back in 1983. the two teams playing for a spot in the super bowl. here's dan hellie with your redskins rewind. >> reporter: january 22nd, 1983. crushing the cowboys. tom landry and his dallas cowboys in town for the nfc championship just after american

express released a new commercial featuring the most famous man in texas. >> because you never know when you're going to be surrounded by redskins. >> reporter: first quarter and the redskins are charging. joe thiseman over the middle to charlie brown. skins lead, 7-3. and the fun bunch is flying high as was monte coleman. cowboy rod hill fielding the punt. deep in his own territory. but he can't handle it because coleman is closing too fast. >> very, very briefly. kind of took his eye off the ball for a second. that's all i needed. i really opened up the burners then. >> reporter: skins ball at the spot of the drop punt. john riggins, diesels his way in from one yard out. skins lead, 14-3. and the hits keep on coming. 32 seconds left in the half. dallas quarterback danny white drops back and dexter manly

drops him to the turf and out of the game. >> all day we've been running a certain play and i kept telling coach, hey, it's wide open. it's clean. they couldn't really pick it up because i was throwing pat donovan off. i thought it was going to eventually work. >> reporter: gary hogaboon who had only thrown eight passes in the nfl kept the boys in it. the skins lead closed to 14-10. just under seven minutes remaining when darrell grant makes the play of his career. dropping back to the screen pass to tony dorsett, watch the right side of the screen for a screaming dexter manley. he tips the attempt. grant pulls it in and stomps in for the 10-yard score. >> i tried to position myself to where i'm close enough where if he releases the ball fast i'll

go over and possibly make a play. i stopped and he held it longer. then deckser rushed across and forced him to throw the ball. when dexter jumped as he was throwing the ball he tipped it and went up pretty high in the air and i was able to run under it and score. >> reporter: joe gibbs carried off the field and into the history books. the redskins are off to their first super bowl with a 31-17 win. >> it was the ultimate game. king kong, godzilla, ali/frazier. it proved to be that. it was a spectator's game, a player's game that will go in the annals of history as a hard fought football game. >> we have a team and it's been said many times it's just a team and all i can add to that, it is one hell of a team. >> they did good. >> that's what we call a good sound bite. there are broadway plays, off broadway plays and way, way off broadway. >> take a look at robinson high school in fairfax. a new play from d.c. resident broadway playwrite ken ludwig opened last night at virginia

using student actors. it is called "mid summer jersey" a mix of shakespeare and the jersey shore. ludwig hopes it'll be a big hit among high school students. in fact, the first show did sell out and "mid summer jersey" has one more show tonight at 7:30 at robinson high school. looks like a lot of fun. >> it sure does. really playing off pop culture. >> wonder what shakespeare thinks about "the jersey shore" being blended with his great art. >> might have been a big fan. >> well, that is going to do it for this edition of news 4 today. we have special coverage of pga tournaments coming up. >> that is going on down in australia now. because of the time difference because of th[ man ]difference i got this citi thank you card

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