good morning and welcome about news 4 today. i'm angie goff. >> i'm jim hanley. it is sunday, november 20th. >> the efforts to reduce the federal deficit will come up short. the 12 members must reach a deal by midnight monday even though the deadline is midnight wednesday, the agreement must be made public 48 hours before a vote. if the group fails to come up with a plan to cutmore than a trillion dollars, it will trigger automatic cuts to defense and social services that go into place starting january 2013. be sure to tune in to "meet the press" today. that's coming up on meet the press 10:30, nbc 4. meanwhile today, hundreds are gathered for a super vigil.

it is set for 3:00 at lafayette park. they will pray and urge super committee members to strike a deal. they're calling for a budget that preserves what they say is vital, domestic and international assistance. >> all right. well, chuck is here with the weather. going to round out a nice november weekend once again. >> i hope so. >> yeah? >> i hope so. >> oh, no. >> yeah. it's supposed to be dry at least through sunset today. >> okay. >> unfortunately we have a couple renegade sprinkles out there just to try to remind everybody that mother nature is calling the shots around here. not a forecast busting rain event this morning, but we have a few rain drops to concern ourselves with. outside now skies partly to mostly cloudy around washington. temperatures considerably milder than we were yesterday morning. most everybody in the upper 40s and low 50s. yes, indeed, when you go outside to get the paper this morning

you will notice the change. here it is on live doppler. a few sprinkles towards hagerstown and a few more in the mountains of west virginia. most of those will dry up before they come over the mountains and leave us alone in washington. i-81 westbound, some of the sprinkles will be more than just ape random drop or two. so just file that away. here's your forecast. cloudy but mild, mild, mild. one or two random sprinkles west of washington. can't rule out the chance around town. just a quick hit of some rain. talk more about the extended periods of rain coming up later in the show. jim? >> all right, chuck, thank you. this morning nearly a dozen demonstrators could face charges after police arrested them while they occupied an abandoned historic landmark in d.c. members of the so-called free franklin movement tried to take

over the franklin school in northwest. darcy spencer has the story. >> reporter: 11 protesters were arrested after taking over the franklin school, a vacant building owned by the d.c. government. >> it raises it to a different level. obviously it's one more thing we'll have to be prepared for. as a city, the police agency is working as a team on this. we're prepared. >> reporter: it took several hours for these to make the arrests. protesters were on the roof of the building at 13th and k streets in downtown d.c. the fire department had to break down a door to let police in. protesters are believed to have gotten in through a second story window. each was charged with unlawful entry, a miss demeanor. >> there are other dispositions too. they could be offered some kind of plea deal or pay fines and so forth. it doesn't necessarily mean they will go to jail for this. >> reporter: the franklin school was last used as a homeless

shelter but close indeed 2008. there's been talking of developing the property. protesters called their demonstration free franklin to draw the attention to the need for morehousing for the homeless and community use. the protesters align themselves with occupy d.c. many from that movement played a supporting role. blocking streets and alleyways. some got bumped by police cars. protesters plan to stay in the building indefinitely but were arrested instead. during a sweep of the building, two more protesters were found in the basement and were taken into custody. the protesters could spend up to a year in jail if they're convicted on this unlawful entry charge. in downtown washington, darcy spencer, news 4 today. and investigations now under way after police used pepper spray on protesters who tried to

set up camp at the university of california davis. this shows an officer spraying a bottle of pepper spray on a line of protesters sitting locked arm in arm on friday. this video is chilling and disturbing. and is forming a task force to look into the incident. police say they warned the protesters they would use the pepper spray if they didn't move on. it was in support of occupy wall street movement. police in oxen hill are looking for answers after a second murder on the same street in just two days. a woman was shot to death on marcy avenue at 9:00 last night. police don't have any information on a possible suspect or motive. this comes just a day after a man was found stabbed to death a block away. so far the murders have not been linked. this morning police are looking for a stoepbl car aftle

it was car jacked at nieman marcus. the woman said she ran out of gas. once in the car, she pulled out a knife and stole the car. the acura had virginia plates. xke 8095 was clearly visible. if you see it, call police. the victim was not seriously hurt. meanwhile, police are looking for a man suspected in an armed robbery in college park. it happened last night behind vito's pizza near the university of maryland. prince george's county police believe he had a semiautomatic handgun and got away with a cell tpopb and wallet. they have not said if the victim was a student. well, your cab ride in arlington county could soon kouft a little more cash. county board approved a 10 cent fare increase bringing it up to

$2.10 per mile. it goes into effect new year's day. and the extra passenger charge will only apply to those 12 years or older. cabs will have to accept credit cards by december of next year. the county board said the fare increase is due to rising gas prices and overall operation of taxicabs. i'm really happy to see the credit cards go into effect. >> it's safer for the cabbies to not have so much cash in the car. that's the upside of that. for us the sun was beautiful yesterday. i hope you had a chance to get out and look at it and soak it in. yeah. because sunshine is going to be at a premium around here for the next several days. we'll talk about today's forecast and peek ahead towards thanksgiving.

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>> okay. some sprinkles on the way. >> good news, it's still not going to be a lot of rain. anything we get during the daylight hours will be very, very minimal. but throw it out there that it could happen. just be prepared for it. a lot of people going out for the redskins playing at home today. the ravens are playing at home today. a lot of people have a little shopping to do ahead of thanksgiving. yes, indeed. outside the clouds have continued to roll in during the overnight hours. we may still get a couple of breaks of sunshine in the front half of the day. but the clouds will clearly win out. there will be a chance for a couple showers as well. no major heavy rainfall during the daylight hours today. steadier rain showers roll in overnight into early monday morning. for now partly to mostly cloudy. 53 in washington. this time yesterday we were 38. so that's a 15-degree jump 24 hours compared. as a result say much milder start. temperatures getting under way in the upper 40s and low 50s. means it will take no effort at

all. low 60s for a time today. that will feel very nice indeed. but the clouds are in place. a little bit of rain coming our way as well. mostly cloudy throughout the course of the day today. one or two breaks of sunshine. that's going to be it. good news, it will be mild. and most of your day will be dry. a couple random showers out here. a few more out to the west of inchester. a thin line of showers coming in. and most of that will dry up as it heads over the the mountains. so east of the blue ridge towards i-95, rain chances are a little lower. you folks out to the west of the skyline drive could see a little bit more in the way of light shower activity. again, this is not going to be a big deal. it certainly isn't going to rain all day. that ribbon of rain showers coming our way this morning. steadier rains developing down and across parts of kentucky and tennessee. that is the rain that comes here overnight tonight and probably starts us off with a pretty wet go on your monday morning commute.

you have the work and school week back under way. off and on shower through the front half of the day tomorrow. clouds are stuck in place through monday night, into tuesday. more rain tuesday night into wednesday. so an awful lot of cloud cover in our forecast. today cloudy but mild. a few sprinkles around to the west of washington. enjoy the 60s. they're not going to last too much longer. for tomorrow, cloudy. rain mostly in the morning. still not much in the way of sunshine the next couple of days. rain late tonight, early tomorrow. also late tuesday, early wednesday. good news, by wednesday afternoon, evening time frame, the front will will go through here and a strong wind will blow the clouds out. breezy but sunny, chilly and dry for thanksgiving. and of course everybody going out to do their early lean on the holiday shopping friday morning looks cold. >> that's good timing, chuck. anybody pay you for that? >> not yet, but i'm waiting. >> you've got it coming. >> thank you, chuck.

well, in sports, another ugly finish for the caps. >> oh, it was. and uva just set up a mighty acc title game. here's hakim dermish with your sports in a minute. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. your sports minute begins with hoc y. last night capitals in toronto. caps down 1-0. four on four. jason passes back to brooks light. rips one into the back of the net. his third goal of the season. game tied at one. then it turned ugly. volkoun was pulled. didn't matter. toronto scored six unanswered goals. toronto crushes washington, 7-1. the caps have lost four in a row, six of the last seven. college football, virginia in tallahassee taking on florida state. fourth quarter down 14-7. parks takes it 10 yards for the touchdown. it would prove to be the game winner. beating the seminoles, 14-13. virginia plays virginia tech

next week for the acc coastal division crown. maryland on the road at wake forest. pretty much all demon deacons. 191 yards and a touchdown. wake forest wins 41-10. the terps lost seven in a row and their record drops to 2-9. the wcac championship. senior running back wes brown ran for 157 yards and three touchdowns. the falcons shut out the eagles, 42-0. good council wins third consecutive wcac title and the first undefeated season in school history. college hoops last night. george mason loses to florida atlantic in overtime. later today at 1:00, redskins against the cowboys. washington will try to snap a five-game losing streak. that's your sports machine. i'm hakim dermish. have a great day. >> george mason left. >> i know. >> still drinking out of the

mug, though. >> you're representing. >> well, next up is reporter's notebook, a stories affecting our community. >> but first reporter's notebook. here's pat lawson muse. we begin this morning with the occupy protests. thursday marked the second month anniversary of the occupy wall street protest. occupy d.c. protested in washington. as police raids disrupted camp sites in other cities, d.c. city council said she should be allowed to stay put here in the nation's capital. welcome liz of the washington examiner and jerry phillips and dave mcconnell, our regular panelists. public safety and sanitation have become big issues in these other cities. like oakland and new york where we have seen violence and a lot of problems. are those issues here or are they going to be issues here?

even more importantly, does washington handle protests such as these better than other cities? liz, why don't you start. you covered these for the examiner. >> yeah. and i think so far if you look at the evidence there was that incident at the convention center in which a few people got injured. things really calmed down after that. and d.c. police and national park police have regularly gone through the parks and regularly spoken with protesters. there seems to be kind of a sense of you guys do whatever you've got to do. and so far since that one incident there hasn't been much. meanwhile, in other cities, oakland, new york, dallas, things have been escalating. people have been going through and raiding. and d.c. council people have said seplly we know how to do the first amendment better. and they have basically taken the supportive stance of let's let them do whatever they have to do as long as it doesn't get unsanitary or something else dangerous. >> the level, as liz reported, the kind of people demonstrating

and the people in government who are watching them, a little different than new york. a lot different than oakland. this is a city of demonstrations. we're used to demonstrations a lot and often. and over a long period of time. i can remember when i was just started out covering resurrection city, dr. king wanted to come up here during dr. king's last days. i remember the track men coming in and that disrupted traffic in the early '90s. somehow this city has in its political and governmental dna a way to get over these things. somehow it seems to be working. >> jerry, is it likely to change? do you think the support on the part of city leaders is likely to change? >> i don't know about city leaders. but i must make this statement to the washington convention center incident. cathy lanier, the chief of police, she kind of looked ahead

and said that it seems they're getting confrontational now. >> she did say that. >> but after that things quieted down. one of the things i noticed, pat, down at 15th and k, where they pretty much the central housing down there, it's very organized. the people are very organized. they have a medical center. i was down there just the other day, and the people were walking around. they're productive while they're not protesting or demonstrating. but they're very organized. that has a lot to do with what you're saying, dave, about the district of columbia. but we cannot close our eye toss what the police chief is saying that they're confrontational and the possibility. because if we have an incident to cause a problem then we could be in trouble. >> liz, where do you see these protests going? >> well, they are trying to establish some sort of agenda. but the problem is, and the big criticism of them is, they're

anti so many things. it's so hard to have one purpose out there when people are just coming together because they disagree with so many things that are going on right now. on thursday they put out on the occupy d.c. website a list of suggestions for this congressional super committee as far as taxes go. so you can look and say here's where their stance is on these certain things. again, they have this opportunity, as we were discussions. they have a chance for real change. but that criticism comes in. what changes do they exactly want. >> all right. let's talk about maryland. let me start by saying this. we have the worst drivers in the country. we have the worst commute in the country. now maryland drivers can brag about having the most congested stretch of road on the east coast. a study by the texas transportation institute and the examiner says the morning rush

hour on the other loop of the beltway between route 1 and georgia avenue is the third slowest in the country. beaten only by two highways in los angeles. >> well, this is something a lot of us who drive know this. it's bad everywhere. it's especially bad on this configuration. and the people i talked to and reporting tells me it's the configuration of the locales around it and the volume. it's that many people on that road at this time and it's more than it can take. it happens everywhere but it's worse there. >> i don't think it matters really what time. you can go on a saturday morning where there is no rush hour and you're still stuck in traffic on that area. >> as it was built from the very beginning, they had problems in the very beginning thinking there will be stkpwreud lock in certain places. the stretch you're talking about from route 1, baltimore avenue, all the way over to, say, rockville pike, that is a belly

of nothing but grid lock all the time. look what you have there. you have silver spring. you have white oak. you have new hampshire avenue. you have georgia avenue. you have, my goodness, kensington. so you have all of this area falling into major areas like new hampshire avenue and georgia avenue. it's just always grid lock. so this is a problem. i don't know how they're ever going to solve the problem. if you're trying to get to bwi you better take another route because there's always grid lock. >> you live in montgomery county. >> yeah. >> you experienced it firsthand. rockville pike on a saturday is horrible. it's faster to walk. there's so many shopping centers and everybody wants to go. >> exactly. >> i made that mistake a couple weeks ago and got stuck. what it is is if you people who are transient oriented

development proponents, they say you need to move jobs outside the beltway, mixed use developments and get people off the roads and get people who need to work working outside the beltway. they started doing that in montgomery county. icc will lead to more of that. it is so slow to happen, 20 years from now there will be more traffic by the time we see the fruits of that labor. >> deficits being what they are, covers are so low in the lower governments. >> but to fallout from the icc could add to the problem. because that traffic has to flow somewhere. >> it's supposed to have the opposite effect. it is supposed to take the pressure off. >> we'll see. because the opposite effect would be good public transportation. it's not workng. >> to approve or not to approve slots in prince george's county. last week they tabled a measure to ban slot machine gambling in the county. the council voted 5-4 to

postpone further discussion in a ban. the council urged state lawmakers to designate a slot and the question of whether to allow gambling at that site to maryland voters. now, maryland voters already have other issues to deal with and would possibly face referendums on issues like in-state college tuition rates for children of immigrants and same-sex marriage. do you think maryland will be able to handle possibly a third referendum issue in a presidential issue? >> that's an awful lot in a presidential year. my reporting, that might be a bridge too far. this ought to be too much. you ought to settle it some other way. did gaming interests and racing interests get through to the council? is that why they're putting it off. are they afraid to move ahead for various reasons?

they absolutely deny they would like to alter their decisions. but there's a strong argument based on my reporting i'm getting you could do things that gambling needn't come up. there are other businesses to be developed, other ventures can be done. it's a great site for lots of stuff. it doesn't have to be for gambling. >> well, that's true. it is a great cycle of other things, except it's prime property for gambling. one of the things, in answer to your question, pat, is with the presidential year, could you imagine what the campaigning would be like for each of these components going into a referendum with the presidential campaign too? my goodness. as a citizen i would be totally confused. >> liz, the other thing is maryland voters already approved a referendum that designated five locations in the state for slots, and prince george's wasn't one of them. if there's another referendum

that approves slots, what happens to the fitter one? >> from my understanding so far those first five would have to be approved again. while some of those might not be too hard to reapprove, let's not forget a rundell county, racetrack developer cornish went head to head for about a year and a half over who got a slot listen for a rundell county. millions and millions was spent trying to resolve that argument his temporary casino has no more referendums. plus, he doesn't want the competition. >> got to take a break. stay with us.

welcome back. we want to talk about dulles air. they still plan to save more money from virginia and the federal government. the question is, will they get it? >> well, the rail pulled the proverbial rabbit out of the hat. 215 mill. >> more than expected? >> more than expected. you get into real money you get into the billions. they want a billion dollars. that's what they think they need. how will they get it, where will they get it, when will they get it? there is legislation for various transportation and subway allocations. but this is a really big step, and it's going to be difficult to get it. i think the pressure will be on virginia to ante up more. and governor will have to consider that in the rest of his terms. and we'll just have to see how it plays out. >> jerry, liz, is that likely to

happen? >> well, as dave speaks i'm thinking about governor mcdonald. remember he kind of danced around a little bit on the metro situation. now we're talking about the dulles rail. and being this conservative flavor that's going through virginia right now, especially with the general assembly and the takeover of more con receiver active republicans, i don't know if the numbers will be that free wheeling in the state of virginia for this rail. >> given the fact that it happened above ground, below ground and all that. >> exactly. >> i can't see them saying, okay, let's spend a little bit more money now. >> d.c. leaders are well into the twittersphere now. mayor gray has launched a youtube channel. what is he going to do with that channel? >> talk about vincent gray. >> he's got a tv channel.

and now a twitter channel. >> right. he would argue it's a way of using the latest technology to get to people the quickest and the best. he's high-tech. all of us here tweet. that's how you get a quick message out. whether the message is right or not remains to be seen. but that's what he wants to do. >> people in communications, p.r. love social media. they're fascinated. but i'm not so much how much an influence makes on somebody's vote. i think people care with the bricks and mortar, real-life things. while he can use this channel to show video clips of things that he has done. when it comes to the end of the day, going on line to watch a video of the mayor might not change anybody's opinion. >> liz makes a very interesting point. people out here in the community always say we want to see the mayor out here. we want to see the politicians

out here. not sitting downtown twitting or even on television. >> tweeting seems to be good from demonstrations around here, including occupy wall street. a lot of people will see that who are interested in it. them know where to go. whether it changes people's minds in voting is a different question. >> dave, jerry and liz, thank you so much for being with us. thank you for joining us. stay with us now. news 4 today continues. good morning, everyone. welcome to news 4 today. i'm jim hanley. >> i'm angie goff. it's sunday, september 20th, 2011. you are jim hanley. >> what day of the week is this? >> you are up and at it, as is

mr. chuck. you say the rain is on the way. >> yeah. now, not a lot. breakaway showers, that's what these things are. a few random rain drops first thing this morning. show you you those on radar in just a second. first of all, look at that gorgeous almost a sunrise. sun is coming up about 25 minutes from now. but already predawn light on the bottom of the cloud deck out there. absolutely spectacular picture. and the other thing you'll notice on your way out the door, it is milder than yesterday. this time yesterday we were 37 degrees in washington. this morning 53 now at national airport. so a very mild start to the day. upper 40s and low 50s now. highs this afternoon will reach up into the low and mid-60s. there you see on doppler radar, a couple lonesome drops. more steadier showers across central west virginia. most of that dries up over the mountains. eventually the rain will win

probably after sunset tonight. that's when the steadier showers get here. don't be shocked with a stray drop or two. steadier showers roll in after the sun goes down. hopefully by then we'll have a redskins win over the boys from d.c. -- or dallas. >> from t.x., not d.c.. >> all right. thank you, chuck. new today, president obama is back in washington after a a nine-day trip to asia. the president arrived at andrews air force base overnight. meanwhile in australia, investigators are trying to figure out how a classified booklet containing his itinerary was lost and found in a street. it had the president's agenda, names of his security convoy, and cell phone numbers of senior u.s. and australian officials. the president visited australia during his trip abroad. for our second day, people

in egypt protest ahead of the country's first parliamentary elections. egyptian police used tear gas on several thousand protesters in and around the square in cairo. that's the same place where the 18-day uprising brought an end to mubarek's power. islam surrendered peacefully in southern libya. he had been on the run for three months. he faces a trial for the crimes of his father's regime. it's still unclear if al islam will stand trial in an international or libyan court. rebel forces is celebrated when they learned of his capture. now, to decision 2012. all eyes are on iowa where the caucus is just about six weeks away. democrats are getting into campaign mode now. chicago mayor rahm emanuel

delivered a keynote address at a democratic fund-raiser. the former white house chief of staff defended his former boss's record. >> i know the president's values. i have seen his persistent. you need not ask whether president obama will continue to fight. the only question is will we fight for his belief in america. >> emanuel said he faced tough decisions. several attended a conservative forum. front-runners newt gingrich and her main contain were among those who attended the thanksgiving forum. the candidates shared how their religious faith influences their public life. cain credited his marriage with helping him after being diagnosed with cancer in 2006. wisconsin's republican governor scott walker is facing a possible recall from his position. yesterday protesters held a

rally in front of the state capitol. they're work to go gather 545,000 signatures which triggers an automatic recall election. opponent office walker are upset because he limited collective bargaining for union workers. protesters have until mid-january and they say they have 100,000 since starting just last week. the ncaa has officially opened an investigation into penn state. the organization will examine if the school had what it calls institutional control over the athletic program. and this investigation could be followed by federal probe. this news came as the nittany lions played their first road game without coach joe paterno. he is battling a treatable form of lung cancer. doctors expect him to make a full recovery. one woman is dead and two

other people were injured after a u-haul truck filled with beer kegs sped through a crowd of tailgaters up in connecticut. it happened yesterday before the yale/harvard football game in new haven. the truck suddenly sped up and hit the tailgaters before crashing into several other trucks. the driver was taken into custody for questioning. yale will review its policies on tailgating before games. target has joined mcdonald's in dropping one of the nation's largest egg suppliers. after undercover video showed animal abuse. both target and mcdonald's called the abusive conditions unacceptable. officials from the farm say they were shocked and disturbed by the video and plan to create a task force to review the company's treatment of animals. actress mila lived up to her

promise last night. a date to a marine corps. ball. and a bit of redemption for tiger woods. stay right there. you're watching news 4 t

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asked, accepted and carried through on their promise too. i think the celebrities are getting more out of it than the marines themselves. they're tweeting about it. how patriotic it is. >> justin timberlake said it was one of his most memorable moments of his life so far. coming up at 9:00, we will have another video from a local guy asking another big star to go to his ball in virginia. >> i think somebody should ask angie. >> absolutely. >> free food, i'm there. >> well, fair enough. how about a little free sunshine. >> yeah, that would be nice. >> we may have to charge something for it. we'll see. we'll give you the ins and outs of the forecast coming

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all right. it's mild. have you noticed? when you walk out, weren't you like, wow, this isn't cold at all compared to last night. >> yesterday during the day, you were right, it was a little warmer. i just wore a big oversized sweater and i was able to go out and do some shopping. >> we had the corvette out yesterday, top down, hair flying in the breeze. washed the color right out of it. it's back to gray. today the clouds are going to be the rule. and can't rule out a quick little rain drop here or there during the daylight hours. most of the rain, 95% of the rain today will come after the sun goes down and after hopefully the redskins and the ravens come up with big hope n home wins. sun is just about ready to come over the eastern horizon. officially 6:56 this morning.

right now as you look live out there at the rising sun, 53 the temperature at national airport. that is 15 degrees warmer than it was at the same time yesterday. so a much, much milder start today. we'll get up into the low six for a brief time. even with the cloud cover. temperatures early this morning upper 40s and low 50s around the meteo area. and further north and west, a few cool spots. so your day planner today, plenty of clouds out there. not much of a rain threat during the daylight hours. but there's at least a chance of a few sprinkles western montgomery county. one or two random rain drops. most of that is drying up as it comes over the mountains. but i don't want to give you the 100% dry. but i'll give you the 95% dry for today. the steadier, heavier rains across kentucky will be coming our way. and a rainy start to your monday is on the way.

for today we'll call it a milder day but clouds on the increase. and rain chances really increasing after the sun goes down tonight. after midnight, steady rains. looks like a wet sloppy start to a monday morning. off and on sprinkles and spritzes. tuesday night, wednesday night, more rain chances. so today cloudy but mild. a few sprinkles around primarily west of town. don't say never to mother nature. might get a drop or two here and there. today's highs up in the low to mid-60s. wednesday night we should be able to clear it all out and get the sunshine back in time for thanksgiving. so that is welcomed news. should be dry into next weekend. cowboys and the redskins, 61 degrees at kickoff there. slight chance of a sprinkle. same story for the ravens and

the bengals at m&t stadium at baltimore. >> where? >> baltimore. >> got to say it right. >> the u.s. defeated the international team to win their fourth straight presidents cup. tiger woods, remember him? >> who? >> he won the tournament for the americans. even though it was a team effort, it is tiger's win in more than two years. >> he looks happy. >> i think he'll take it any way he can get it. >> i'll say. >> caps are going to need fan support big time as they head back home -- this was an excruciating loss. >> it sure was. >> and the matchup is set for the acc crown. here's hakim dermish. >> reporter: good morning, afternoon. capitals north of the border last night. unfortunately things continued to go south. after starting with seven straight wins, the caps lost six of their last seven games. last night the latest lost

against toronto. a horrific night for washington. a caps jersey and maple leaves mask. apparently he likes both teams. four on four. passes back to brooks light. past gustavson. wow. see it again. laich's third of the season. less than a minute to go in the first. maple leaves on the offensive. colburn to fratton. toronto takes a 2-1 lead. ouch! second period. toronto up 3-1. the spinning pass in front. puts the pass through the legs and kessell scores. maple leaves up 4-1. bruce boudreaux not happy.

neuvirt. former cap steckels says thank you very much and buries it. they lose 7-1. they have tphoft four in a row and outscored 17-5 during that stretch. caps back at home on monday against phoenix. college football now. virginia in tallahassee last night, where they have never won a game. but if they win the game it sets up a huge game next week. cavaliers would play virginia tech fort acc coastal division crown. but remember you have to take it one game at a time. uva against the seminols. cavaliers also looking for win number eight. second quarter, cavaliers up 7-0. fsu on second and goal. e.j. manuel to little. wide open in the back of the end zone. touchdown, florida state. we're tied at seven. fourth quarter, cavaliers down 13-7. 1:20 to play. first and goal.

kevin parks gets the hand off. right up the gut. 10 yard touchdown. virginia retakes the lead, 14-13. what a game. 14 seconds to go now. seminoles down one. third and five. trying to get closer for a field goal. manuel to burt reed. makes the catch but doesn't get out of the bounds. the clock keeps running and the seminoles run out of time, right? looks like virginia wins the ball game. but, no, the play is reviewed and it's an incomplete pass. so fsu still has life. after a uva five yard penalty, dustin hopkins for the 42 yard field goal. huh-uh missed it. a wild one. 14-13 the final. virginia and virginia tech play for the acc coastal division crown. in north carolina, coast randy edsell and the terps taking on wake forest. end of the first half. terps down 7-0 until this. c.j. brown to picket.

31 yard touchdown. maryland ties at seven. demon deacons. handoff to david megan. up the middle. touchdown, terps. but not so fast. five yard penalty for illegal shift on dorsey. wipes out the touchdown. to make matters worst, he misses on the drive so the score remains 10-7. ensuing wake forest possession. handoff to pendergrass. powers in for a touchdown. fourth quarter, wake forest in control. price up to gibbons. falls down. 35 yard touchdown. gibbons, eight catches. wake forest wins it 31-10. terps lost seven in a row and their record drops to 2-9. now to california. navy against san jose state. second quarter.

proctor pitches to santiago. gets a block. awe going with a sweet cut. takes it 35 yards for the score. navy in front, 14-10. looking good. but back come the spartans. navy leads 24-20. 13 yard touchdown. san jose state hangs on to win 27-24. next up for navy, the seasonal finale against army in three weeks. down a level. strike up the band. the wcac championship. second quarter, good council with the ball. wes brown rolls in for six. 157 yards rushing. three touchdowns for the senior. falcons up, 28-0. later, pitch goes to o'daniel. break the tackle. rushed for 99 yards and two tds. and the falcons shut out the eagles, 42-0. and good council wins its third

consecutive wcac title and completes the first undefeated season in school history. congratulations to the coach and his kids and his staff. what a great season for good council. college hoops, george mason loses to florida atlantic, 80-75 in overtime. later today at 1:00, redskins against the cowboys. washington will straoeu you to snap a five-game losing streak. that's your morning sports. i'm hakim dermish. have a great day. in the day ahead, first lady michelle obama and dr. joe biden will honor military families at the nascar sprint cup rally. they will recognize them at a barbecue lunch before serving as grand marshalls at the miami speedway in florida. more news 4 today after the break. >> and viewpoint. so stick around. we'll be right back. to make a commitment

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. and good morning, everybody on this sunday. welcome to news 4 today. i'm jim hanley. >> i'm angie goff. sit sunday, september 20th, 2011. if you're leaving the household today, might not be a bad idea to carry the umbrella. >> for how early? >> the steadier rains come in after sunset. >> okay. >> after sunset. i can't completely rule out a drop or two during the daylight hours but nothing major. nothing where you say yuck! nothing like that. outside on this early sunday morning, 11-20-2011. nobody cares about that date. i don't know why. out in the east it's beautiful outside and mild too. temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s. here you see a couple of sprinkles. a few more towards winchester and the blue ridge and lighter showers in the mountains of west

virginia. most drops are drying up as they come east of the mountains. it's never say never to mother nature. a couple spritzes and sprinkles. steadier rains move in after the sun goes down. cloudy and mild. better chances for getting wet a little bit further to the west if you're heading out to the redskins or the ravens games today. may they both win. at least it will be mild. kickoff temperatures near 60 degrees for both of the 1:00 kickoffs. >> it's tough in my household. >> is it? >> well, because my father, my family i should say is a big dallas fan. and i'm a big redskins fan. >> whoa! food fight. >> we'll see. >> good luck with that. >> thanks. >> i want to see video of that. >> youtube. >> police in oxen hill are investigating a deadly shooting that happened overnight. a woman was shot to death in the 1100 block of marcy avenue around 9:00 last night. this comes a day after a man was

found stabbed to death just a block away. so far the murders have not been linked. police arrested 11 protesters who tried to occupy the franklin building in northwest washington. was last used as a homeless shelter but close indeed 2008. there's been talking of developing the property. protesters called their demonstration free franklin to draw the attention to the need for morehousing for the homeless and community use. good morning, everybody. and welcome to viewpoint. i'm jim hanley. this morning we're talking about the need to protect our children. and who will speak up on their behalf? the most vulnerable at-risk kids. of course the penn state scandal, the disturbing,

horrifying scandal that shocked the nation. we want to talk about who is looking out for children in our own region. with us this morning people at the forefront of helping children. rob malone, founder and executive of mentoring to manhood. we also have with us christine brown, ceo of the child welfare league of america. and pamela pond, stop child sexual abuse. welcome to you all. thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> it has truly been a disturbing week across the country. it's the story everyone has been talking about, the scandal at penn state. now we're hearing more victims coming forward willing to speak up, willing to testify and share their stories. and i start with you. why is it so important for children to speak up and maybe we're talking about people in their 20s now. >> add a little bit to that, it's important for us to inform the children, educate the

children about what is okay and what they can expect from an adult relationship and what is not okay. but the other part of it actually is also making sure that the adults are educated. because as is obvious when i point this out to people, if you have a 7-year-old and expect she or he to protect themselves against a man or a woman who is 35 years of age, the developmental and the intellectual and the emotional level that a child has to place against an adult who is a 35-year-old, 20-year-old, what have you is an unfair situation. so we as a community as adults really need to take the responsibility. certainly educate the kids but educate ourselves is the most important thing. understand what some of the signs and symptoms are, make sure that we know how to keep our children safe, know where they are. that's an old saying. >> sure. of course. >> exactly. >> so it's a complicated but

very important educational process that we need to go through with the community. >> well, pam mentioned warning signs. talk a little bit about red flags that kids and their parents and grown-ups need to be aware of too. >> well, i mean, there is a red flag in terms of isolation and changes in behavior, mood swings, things like that. we're probably not the expert in that particular category. what we do is mentor middle school and high school boys in particular. and i can tell you in our experience of doing this in the past seven years what we notice with young folks is they are uncomfortable talking to parents. they're uncomfortable disclosing it. i think there's some psychology that you feel that you're creating a problem, that you are destroying your family by sharing that information. and at the same time i've seen parents who we have had a situation where we had to bring in a parent to talk to a student and to talk about the fact that his uncle had done inappropriate things to him in the past. and the parents's immediate

response was not that of a protective, nurturing parent but more so of a defensive, embarrassment sort of response. and so when you talk about educating parents, not only do they need to know the signs, which i think others will talk about here, but what are the responses. what are the words that you should be thinking of when you have these sort of conversations come up. similar as to what you would teach parents in terms of conflict resolution. >> exactly. >> our society as a whole has to get more comfortable with talking about this issue. because we see it now with penn state. but this is the kind of situation that occurs every day in this country. and it is something we as a country need to get more comfortable, recognizing the impact that it has on the child, the child's family, the community. we're talking about trauma that lasts over the lifetime of a child.

so as a community we have to get more comfortable with these words. and we have to recognize our responsibility for our own children. >> right. >> for our neighbor's child, but also our collective responsibility as a community in terms of taking care of these children. it is, i think, our greatest disgrace as a country that we have this occurring. &that we're not talking about it on an ongoing basis. it has to elevate to something as interesting as a penn state football kind of thing. >> right. >> for us as a community to say we've got to stop this. >> to get everybody's attention. >> absolutely. >> on something that you know this is just the tip of the iceberg. >> it is the tip of the iceberg. it happens every day in this country. and there are over 1,500 children in a year that die as a result of abuse or neglect. some of it sexual abuse. then in addition to that you have the impact on the families

that these children are in the communities. think of a community and the trauma in a community when a child is exposed to something like that. >> does shame play a role in these kids not wanting to come forward or maybe their parents not wanting them to come forward? >> it plays a huge role. i mean, what happens with kids is that they're grilled. child sexual abuse and other kinds -- sexual abuse. let me focus on that because that's my particular focus. there's a grooming situation that goes on. so the perpetrator, the offender will often target a children who is at-risk to begin with. and then buy them things, encourage them, tell them they love them, this is what adults do, or this is what people do when they love each other. and it's a process that often ends in the rape of the child. and they are told as well the child is also told that this is

their fault or nobody will believe you or if you go everybody will make fun of you. there's all kinds of things that are told to these children. so shame is a huge, huge part of this. and i also was going to add the penn state, what we saw is somebody who was close to the child. what we know from research is that 90% to 94% of the child sexual abuse that occurs in this country, and it's huge. it's more than one out of four girls and one out of six boys sexually abused by the time they're 18 years old in this country. 90% to 94% is perpetrated by people who know and have access to that child on a regular basis. fathers, mothers, cousins, brothers. >> not strangers for the most part. >> not strangers for the most part. >> we're going to take a short break. as we go to break we want to put up the web addresses. if you want like to learn about the wonderful work all three organizations are doing in our region, here are their websites.

good morning again and welcome back to viewpoint. we're talking about protecting our children. the defense fund came out with figure figures for july. 258,000 children were abused or neglected in the course of one month. the numbers are growing. in terms of poverty, 2,500 babies were born into poverty during that month alone. talk a little bit about your organization and how you mentor men, young men and where they're coming from. a lot of them are coming from poverty. some from single-family homes. >> well, it's --

>> single parent, i should say. >> it's a diverse group of students we work with. certainly we have problems in this country with poverty. there are millions of young folks living in poverty, somewhere around 24 million. lots of young folks we work with. approximate 70% are from single parent homes. across the country there are millions living with only one parent. that lends to household income, one versus two household income. at the end of the day programs like ours, what we do is we offer an alternative to young folks. we offer an opportunity to be connected with particularly positive men who can speak into their lives, who can role model, who can help them see multiple perspectives from an issue that could be difficult, whether it's divorce, death of a father, fighting, arguments with the mother, abuse in the home.

and so our job is to really step into that gap. i think, you know, as you think about poverty, ultimately what it boils down to us in terms of protecting children is values of the community, values that the parents have in terms with working with young folks and values in terms of the village that is here to raise a young child. but what we focus on is what is at the heart of young folks. what we find is anger. whether they've been abused. whether they're been frustrated through life because of family situations. anger is really a root issue for both males and females. look we work with males only. when we run a workshop for parents and students, it gives us an opportunity to kind of hit to the root of the issue. >> that's very interesting. chris, talk if you would -- rob raised a bit about the village. your organization has been around since the 1920s.

>> yes. so let me say we're a membership organization for advocacy for the most vulnerable children. children who have experienced or are at risk for abuse and neglect. so our dream is all children are healthy, happy and able to reach full potential. within that we look at those children who have risk factors that make it more predictable for them to experience abuse and neglect. but i want to use that statement to link back to the issue of poverty. because being poor does not equal abusing your child. >> certainly. >> but if you're poor there are many, many risk factors that create the kind of stress, the kind of tension, the kind of issues that could make it more likely. no research will say there's a direct link between poverty and

abuse. but if you think about a young family without resources with a sick child, with domestic violence, with poor housing, you know, that results in asthma and that kind of -- all of those things make it ripe for abuse to occur. >> exactly. and, pam, pick up on that if you will. does that make them more vulnerable to a predator? is that what they prey on, a child that doesn't have a male role model or figure in the family. >> in fact, what we know about the figure is that kids who are at risk and particularly poor are 18 times more at risk for child sexual abuse. and it does make sense. it's not about being poor. it's about the conditions and the environment in which these kids are living. gangs, for example. perhaps a single parent household.

a father or mother is out during the day. the child is not being watched. so available for others to prey on them. >> all right. we're going to take another quick break. as we do, we're going to put up the websites again many if you would like to learn more about the three organizations who we are talking about today, check these out. and we'll be right back on viewpoint. there you have the child welfare league of america. one more gift... [ gasps ] [ male announcer ] if you're giving an amazing gift, shouldn't it be given in an amazing way? ♪

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vote. police arrested 11 protesters who tried to occupy the franklin build in northwest washington. they were calling attention to the lack of housing for the homeless. the building was once a homeless shelter. this morning people are looking for a stolen car. fairfax police say a woman was approached by a woman who said she was out of gas and car jacked the good samaritan by knife point. the 2003 acura had virginia text xek-8095. the victim was not hurt. we'll be back in 15 minutes with more news, plus your sunday forecast. now back to viewpoint. >> and welcome back to viewpoint this sunday morning. again, we're talking about protecting our children in our region in the wake of what's been the top story for about a week and a half, of course the scandal at penn state. but i want to talk a little bit broader too and not just about sexual abuse of children. chris, you were talking about how important it is for organizations to work together. >> yeah. >> in fact, all three of your

organizations really do work together. >> they need to work together much more. and i was saying child welfare league of america is primarily focused on children where there has been some risk factor related to abuse and neglect. as you think about that the importance of mentoring and making sure those children who are at risk have the mentors that you can bring in. the importance of focusing on sexual abuse which for us is not the majority of children we're dealing with. most of the children we're dealing with are in the child welfare system because of neglect. but it can lead to them being vulnerable as you said for that. so one of the things we have to work on as organizations, not-for-profit organizations, public sector organizations, faith-based organizations, communities, is how we come together. as a nation. you know, it takes a village concept. it really is true in this context. people around penn state in a

state that is my home state that i love, people knew. different people knew different pieces of what was going on. but it somehow didn't get linked into an understanding that this is a problem. and we need to do something as a a community about it. so i think linkages, not for profit sector is a key making sure as a country we get better. >> and you mentioned the word "problem." it's always, as we all know, a crime. that's part of the big disturbing piece of this story. people are wondering why weren't police called or when were they notified. >> right. >> that's 101 i would think from your perspective, pam. you've got to call police first and foremost if you witness something. if you hear about something or if you are yourself a victim. >> yeah. i'm watching the states take a hard and fast look at all of this. because in pennsylvania what they were mandated to do is

report it to a supervisor. there are mandates for example. what that level was mandated to do, however, was report to a supervisor and not to the police. i suspect that pennsylvania is going to be changing that, along with a whole bunch of other states that are also in that category at this point. >> rob, talk a little bit about -- and we have seen some of the young men that your organization has mentored. tell us a little bit about the young men and if someone wants to get involved. sometimes it's just one person who can make a tremendous difference in your lives. >> what you're talking about is, again, tied to values. my wife and i were arguing a little bit last night about this article i read that talked about if you had a more masculine personality rather than a feminine personality, the more masculine personality is more likely not to disclose the issues that happened for some reason. but whether it's masculine,

feminine, male or female, it's values. we protect, nurture and grow them. the most impact we can make on young folks is to spend quality one-on-one time to let them talk, to listen to them, figure out where they are and to help inspire them to do more than they imagined they could do. and so for mentoring to manhood.org, there's a lot of information on the website. there's even applications to submit and volunteer to get involved. we need males and females. a lot that tutor as well on saturday morning. and of course we always need more men. most nonprofit organizations in the greater washington area are always at sort of a disadvantage when it comes to recruiting a strong core of women, particularly african-american men to volunteer on a consistent basis. >> they're trance forming lives.

and it doesn't take that much time. but it does take the dedication and commitment to it. >> we really can't wait. it's important that changes be made around how quickly the police are brought in when something has happened. we need to work with the police, as i know you do and we have in the past before it happens. >> right. >> so they are trusted players in the community. and are educated about what they need to be looking out for. we have to get out in front of this. we can't always be focused on how do we fix it. we don't want that kind of trauma in one child's life. >> very important. we'll take another break and flash up the websites. if you would like to learn or get involved with these three organizations, here's your chance. we'll be right back on viewpoint. stick around. ♪

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if there's a before and after you can see right off if they connected with a mentor. >> this is the team of how much value we place on children. if you talk to a student who increases their gpa from 1.8 and ends up on honor roll, what's the difference between this semester last semester in number one answer is i did my work. thousands are subpar, less than 2.0 who are honor roll potential. so what our group does is connect with them, inspire them,

let them see what's inside. once they get that, they're good to go. as you said earlier it doesn't take much time. just a couple genuine conversations to turn the lives around. >> stop the silence works with so many people. a lot of volunteers you have. you have a website we've been showing. you have a big event coming up in spring as you do every year. >> right. eighth annual. and i would like to extend a hardy welcome and invitation to all present. it's a wonderful race. 8k race, 5k fun run and walk, 1k kids run. and we have inspirational speakers and entertainment and booze and all kinds of things going on. and lots of organizations join us on that day to really take a stance, very upbeat event. organizations take a stand and join with us to proclaim the need for stopping the silence stop child sexual abuse. >> we started out talking about

of course the big news in this sexual abuse scandal. i think it was you who mentioned these kids are impacted for their entire lives. there's a healing process. and their families too. can you speak to the resources that are out there for children and their families to get through something this tragic. >> there's not enough. the number one concern that we have in the child welfare world is about the lack of mental health services. for children who have already been identified as at risk. they do not have the access to mental health services that they need. these are critical needs. and it's not just children. the families. the children they go to school with that are around them. it's the workers have that to be exposed this that experience secondary trauma. the mental health needs of our children are great and as we talk about health care reform and disconnected from our children, we have to connect and recognize that they need it.

they need it to be strong. so for the child welfare league of america, we say protect children, inspire children, make sure we build healthy families and we engage communities to do that. >> and that's a great place to end it. and we all have to play a role in it. >> absolutely. >> we want to thank you for all the wonderful work your organizations do. thank you for sharing your wisdoms and insights. we want to flash up one more time ways you can get involveding contribute and learn more about these three organizations, child welfare league of america there. and our two other organizations to stop the silence and mentoring to manhood. back next sunday morning. until then, have a great rest of your weekend, everybody. now back to news 4 today.

good morning. welcome to news 4 today. i'm angie goff. >> i'm jim hanley. it is sunday, november 20th. boy, what a sun rise we have out there, huh? >> good-looking day outside this morning. plenty of clouds in place. a few peeks of the sun here in the front half of the day. let's take a look outside on our city camera view. a mild start to your sunday. plenty of clouds already out there. as i said, you might see a sliver or two of sunshine. a little sun breaking through, almost enough to cast a shadow or two. compared to yesterday, temperatures are 10 to 15 degrees milder than they were at the same time yesterday morning. and on doppler we do have one or two little rain drops now northern and western parts of montgomery county. a few west of the mountains out into the mountains of west virginia. most of those are drying up as

they come east of the blue ridge. but not all of them. as a result, we'll have a chance for a few passing sprinkles today. if you have stuff to do outside, go to the redskins, ravens game, don't need to worry about getting too terribly wet. a passing sprinkle or two. it will be mild. steadier rains move in tonight after sunset. so be ready for that. off and on, no more than a drop here or there. >> sounds good. >> it appears the congressional super committee tasked with reducing the federal deficit will come up short. the 12 members must reach a deal by midnight monday. even though the actual deadline is midnight wednesday, the agreement has to be made public at least 48 hours before a vote. if the group fails to come up with a plan to cut more than a trillion dollars, it will trigger automatic cuts to defense and social services that go into place starting january 2013. be sure to tune in to "meet the press" today. two members of that super committee will discuss the struggles with coming up with a

deal. we'll hear from senators john kerry and democrat from massachusetts also along with republican jon kyl from arizona on "meet the press" 10:30 right here on nbc 4. president obama is back in washington after a nine-day trip to asia. the president arrived at andrews air force base overnight. meanwhile in australia, investigators are trying to figure out how a classified booklet containing his itinerary was lost and found in a street. it had the president's agenda, names of his security convoy, and cell phone numbers of senior u.s. and australian officials. the president visited australia during his trip abroad. lease arrested 11 protest else who tried to occupy the franklin building in northwest washington. the vacant building was once a homeless shelter.

they may have gathered in a second story window before gathering on the rooftop. the fire department had to break the door down to let police in. >> it raises it to a different level. obviously it's one more thing we'll have to be prepared for. as a city, the police agency is working as a team on this. we're prepared. >> those arrested have been charged with unlawful entry, which is a miss demeanor. angie? police in oxen hill are looking for answers after a second murder on the same street in just two days. a woman was shot to death on marcy avenue at 9:00 last night. in the 1100 block of marcy avenue. police don't have any information on a possible suspect or motive. it's the second violent crime to happen on that block in as many days. late friday night police found a man stabbed to death just a block away. so far the murders have not been linked. this morning police are looking for a stolen car after it was car jacked. they're on the lookout for a

2003 silver acura with virginia plates xek-8095. it happened yesterday at the parking lot of tysons galleria. a woman was approached by a woman who said she was out of gas and needed a ride to a gas station. once in the car, she pulled out a knife and stole the car. get ready, you'll be paying more for that cab ride in arlington county. county board approved a 10 cent fare increase bringing it up to $2.10 per mile. it goes into effect new year's day. and the extra passenger charge will only apply to those 12 years or older. cabs will have to accept credit cards by december of next year. the county board said the fare increase is due to rising gas prices and overall operation of taxicabs. in the week ahead, a new section of the enter count connector will open on tuesday. before that state officials will

cut the ceremonial ribbon tomorrow. the new section will allow drivers to travel from i-270 to i-95 in laurel. the toll will typically be 25 cents per mile during peak hours or $4 the entire length of the icc. but you can drive the toll road for free from november 22nd until december 4th. a d.c. school is celebrating its centennial this week. it has a rich history in the ivy city community right off gallaudet street. that communities wanted the neglected landmark to be for sure. derrick ward has the story. >> reporter: ivy city owes its to the railroads. b&oe built a house that developers parcelled out

adjacent tracts of land. travel down one of these streets and go back in time to the early 20th century and a segregated washington. ivy city was becoming increasingly african-american. >> at that time it was like a little european village. >> reporter: at its center, the school. it was maimed for alexander crummel. the building and the heritage attached to its name was a source of pride to ivy city. >> i ended up coming back to teach at the school. >> thomas's long-time friend said it was a community school before that term was en vogue. >> very cooperative. very supportive. and it was a wonderful time that i had here. >> but since its closing in the '60s it has fallen into disrepair. they even prayed at this

building that it be put to use again. >> is this is a historical place. very historical place. >> new buildings, renovations and glimpses of the past all close together. change is in the air. >> but there are those concerned. as change comes it wouldn't plow include those who stuck it out. >> get us some trees, please. >> reporter: derrick ward, news 4. >> all right. wednesday marks the 100th anniversary of the school. the building remains property of d.c. public schools. love looking at the old-fashioned pictures. very neat. >> this week nbc 4 is on a mission, folks. and we need your help. how you can join our generation to give a good thanksgiving meal to needy families. and a man-made winter wonderland. we're going to take you to

opening weekend for this new attraction.

>> it's really quite simple. just send a holiday greeting card. the american red cross is gathering the cards to send to troops serving overseas. hundreds of thousands of cards from all over the country are being made for hero's campaign. those cards will then go to the military bases across the world. holiday mail for herosis open and ready to receive your calls. you can visit the red cross website for how to get it all started. well, we're having a blast over here, having a happy holiday, the soldiers are there sacrificing their life for us. so i think it's very important that we have to send a little bit of christmas to them. >> the holiday meal for heroes mailbox is open and ready to receive your cards. we'll give you that website

redcross.org. it is that time to help needy families have a thanksgiving meal. news 4 is accepting donations for food for families. you can help us supply food baskets by making donations. stop by the verizon center. you can make a cash donation online at nbcwashington.com. it's a big day for us. help us out. >> yeah. a lot of good going around in our area. this morning a special hello to a charity based in balls church devotion to children this week held their ninth annual gala. here's rosemary, the founder, along with casey and chuck were honored. and in the middle there, that's robert signman the finder of the city of restin. this was a great night. everybody stepped out in red. it was for an amazing cause. $100,000 nearly raised to help children in underserved communities within the metro area with education and

resources. so congratulations to them. never complete without the hoggettes. go redskins! >> everybody was festive. you looked stung. >> you're very sweet. thank you. the "today" show is next on nbc 4. it kicks off at 8:00. >> let's get a preview. lester holt joins us live. good morning, lester. >> jim and angie, good morning. coming up today, protest outrage sparked by this video of a police officer pepper spraying a group of what appear to be passive students at a california university campus. we'll have the explosive reaction to this. and reopening the case 30 years after the death of natalie wood. authorities are taking a closer look at what happened to the actress the night she drowned. we'll hear from her sister. and peoples court mystery. a woman appears on a broadcast and goes missing the very same day. the question, is her disappearance connected to what she had to say on that broadcast. we'll talk to her family. and royal welcome. prince harry pays a visit to las vegas. both he and the city may never

be the same. we'll tell you about his wild weekend on the strip. those stories and much more on as we see you later on "today." now back to you in washington. >> wild harry weekend. >> prince harry, wild in the same sentence? are you kidding me? >> very good. a little sunshine first thing on a sunday morning, but the sun is not going to last for long. so you need to make your plans to get outside and enjoy it while you can still see a shadow

someday, your mechanic will know what's wrong with your car before you even notice that there's a problem. and that someday might be closer than you think. because at this very moment, marine corps vehicles are using innovative health diagnostic systems that send signals from under the hood back to home base. systems that will soon make their way into your car. systems developed by students and faculty at rochester institute of technology.

all right. you want to get your pets into the holiday spirit? today you can get their picture taken with santa paws. the fair oaks mall in fairfax is offering you the chance to get

your pet's picture taken today from 8:00 to 10:00 this morning. part of the proceeds go to fairfax animal shelter. your pet must either be on a leash or in a crate and be up to date on vaccinations too. if you can't go today, the mall is offering the same opportunity december 4th and 11th. >> don't forget the doggy baggies. >> oh, yeah. >> well, you can check out this new winter wonderland. hundreds of people laced up for the grand opening of the national gallery of art ice rink. families saying coming out is a holiday tradition. >> it reminds me of what i grew up. during the holidays we all went ice skating at christmastime, my aunts and uncles. >> it is open daily through march. 50,000 skaters are expected to glide through it before it closes. what a wonderful, wonderful day to get outside and enjoy that. >> and they're getting a good

turnout. >> such a beautiful place to skate around. yesterday we were in the 50s. so that was okay for ice skating. today, though, we'll climb up into the 60s. could make it a little slushy. >> a little slush factor out there on the ice today. be extra careful if you're headed out there. boy, it's one of the prettiest places behind rockefeller center. this is a really good spot. get down there and enjoy. they're serving free hot chocolate today. who doesn't like hot chocolate, free or not. out there on your sunday morning, we get sunshine in the front half of our day. already enough sun out there to cast a few shadows across the area. also a few rain drops to worry about. most of the rain we need to concern ourselves with will come late today. mostly after the sun goes down. for now, off to a mild start in washington. 53 degrees our current temperature with a breeze southwest at 9 miles per hour.

52 in fort belvor. north beach, chesapeake, shadyside, all in the low to mid-50s. out back to the west in the blue ridge, shenandoah valley. 10 to 15 degrees more than yesterday. it's not worth posting the drops for today. temperatures will climb into the low and mid-60s today. any rain we get before sunset will be really light. most not even reaching the ground now. some of the showers across certain and western west virginia they're drying up as they come east. and about 95% of all this early day rain will dry up as it comes through. no more than a quick little rain drop or two. that's it. but there's a lot more rain down across kentucky and tennessee. that is coming our way for overnight tonight. looks like a wet start on your monday morning. clouds are really going to be

tough to push out of here tomorrow and as we get on into wednesday or thursday. mild today, yes. but clouds on the increase. rain chances really going up after sundown tonight. looks like it will be wet by the time we get your monday morning started. a little break in the rain but no breaks in sunshine for tuesday or wednesday. today cloudy but mild. a sprinkle or two for the daylight hours. mainly to the west of d.c. low to mid-60s. so nice and mild. rain moves in overnight tonight. rain likely you in the morning. then showery weather through tomorrow afternoon, early tuesday. more heavy rain possible late tuesday, early wednesday. that of course is the big travel day, the day before thanksgiving. a little unsettled. could slow down air travel on the eastern seaboard. that's always tricky going. doesn't look like any pre-thanksgiving blizzard to worry about. that is welcomed news for

travelers. >> yes. >> sunny and cool thursday. which of course is thanksgiving day and into the weekend. the boys and the skins kicking it off. nice, mild day there. and the ravens and the bengals. also kicking off at 1:00. that is up in baltimore. temperatures hovering around 60 degrees. so great weather for some november football. >> sounds like it. thank you, chuck. >> and we have more sports for you. caps, they're going to need a lot of fan support as they head back home after, say it again, another loss. >> it was ugly too. also, the matchup is set for the acc crown. here's hakim dermish. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. capitals ]north of the border last night. unfortunately things continued to go south. after starting with seven straight wins, the caps lost six of their last seven games. last night the latest lost against toronto. a horrific night for washington. a caps jersey and maple leaves mask. apparently he likes both teams.

first period, caps down 1-0. four on four. passes back to brooks laich. past gustavson. wow. see it again. laich's third of the season. less than a minute to go in the first. same score. maple leafs on the offensive. frattin scores his first nhl goal. toronto takes a 2-1 lead. ouch! second period, toronto up 3-1. the spinning pass in front. puts the pass through the legs and kessell scores. his league leading 14th goal. maple leaves up 4-1. bruce boudreaux not happy. neuvirt. he wasn't any better. didn't get much help, though. caps on the power play and they turn it over. former cap steckels says thank you very much and buries it. caps get crushed in toronto losing 7-1.

they have lost four in a row and been outscored 17-5 during that stretch. caps back at home on monday against phoenix. college football now. virginia in tallahassee last night, where they have never won a game. but if they win the game it sets up a huge game next week. cavaliers would play virginia tech for the acc coastal division crown. but remember you have to take it one game at a time. last night uva against fsu. seminoles looking for the seventh win of the season. cavaliers also looking for win number eight. second quarter, cavaliers up 7-0. fsu on second and goal. e.j. manuel to little. wide open in the back of the end zone. touchdown, florida state. we're tied at seven. fourth quarter, cavaliers down 13-7. 1:20 to play. first and goal. kevin parks gets the hand off. right up the gut. 10 yard touchdown. virginia retakes the lead, 14-13. what a game. 14 seconds to go now.

seminoles down one. third and five. trying to get closer for a field goal. manuel to burt reed. makes the catch but doesn't get out of the bounds. fsu with no time-outs. the clock keeps running and the seminoles run out of time, right? looks like virginia wins the ball game. but, no, the play is reviewed and it's an incomplete pass. so fsu still has life. after a uva five yard penalty, dustin hopkins for the 42 yard field goal. huh-uh, missed it. a wild one. 14-13 the final. virginia and virginia tech play for the acc coastal division crown. in north carolina, coast randy edsell and the terps taking on wake forest. end of the first half. terps down 7-0 until this. c.j. brown to picket. 31 yard touchdown. maryland ties at seven. third quarter, 10-7, demon deke answer. terps with the ball.

handoff to david megan. up the middle. touchdown, terps. but not so fast. five yard penalty for illegal shift on dorsey. wipes out the touchdown. to make matters worst, he misses field goal on the drive so the score remains 10-7. ensuing wake forest possession. handoff to pendergrass. powers in for a touchdown. he finished with 125 yards rushing. fourth quarter, wake forest in control. price up to gibbons. dexter mcduegal falls down. 35 yard touchdown. gibbons, eight catches. wake forest wins it 31-10. terps lost seven in a row and their record drops to 2-9. now to california. navy against san jose state. second quarter. midshipmen down 10-7. proctor pitches to santiago. gets a block. takes a sweet cut. takes it 35 yards for the score.

navy in front, 14-10. looking good. but back come the spartans. navy leads 24-20. in the red zone jabari to car. 13 yard touchdown. san jose state hangs on to win 27-24. next up for navy, the seasonal finale against army in three weeks. down a level. strike up the band. good council playing gonzaga. the wcac championship. second quarter, good council with the ball. wes brown rolls in for six. 157 yards rushing. three touchdowns for the senior. falcons up, 28-0. later, pitch goes to o'daniel. around the end. breaks the tackle. 25 yard touchdown. rushed for 99 yards and two tds. and the falcons shut out the eagles, 42-0. and good council wins its third consecutive wcac title and completes the first undefeated season in school history. congratulations to the coach and his kids and his staff. what a great season for good council. college hoops, george mason

loses to florida atlantic, 80-75 in overtime. later today at 1:00, redskins against the cowboys. washington will try to snap a five-game losing streak. i'm hakim dermish. have a great day. thanks, hakim. back to a little college football. did you see it? georgia head coach put on a bit of show for his fans after the win over kentucky. he got that traditional gatorade bath. but then he planted a big old kiss on his wife that turned into an eight-second lip lock. that's not all. he did a belly slide across the locker room floor to celebrate the berth into the sec championship game. congratulations to him. >> they're not showing it but they're still kissing. >> you don't see the belly slide. >> get a room! >> not a stadium filled with 90,000. >> we are back in just 25 minutes. we hope to see you then. >> yeah.

join us again at 9:00 a.m. we'll have a full hour of news. until then, make it a great day. remember, we have everything for you online at nbcwashington.com. >> see you at 9:00. employed morning. occupy outrage. a police officer blasts pepper spray in