doppler radar, see the greens, darker greens, the yellows, moderate to heavy rain now, in through montgomery county, loudon county, fair fax county, prince georges county, including the district, going to continue to see that rain the next few hours. look how it is just making its way up from the south. this is a chilly rain. to the west, temperatures in the upper 30s the d.c. area, to the east, upper 40s, so, a little bit different as far as the temperatures are concerned, we widen out here, you can see where this storm is still down to the south and western portions of north carolina, we are looking a at tornado warning there yes, we could see some thunderstorms in our area. i'm not worried about anything severe in our region, but we are going to see the potential for heavy rain and some of those thunderstorms if they do develop could have strong winds, too. we will talk more that, plus the amazing roller coaster that we are going to be on. we are talking about big-time ups and big-time downs. we will talk about it in my full forecast. thanks, doug. the search continues tonight for a masked man who forced himself into a house in

bethesda. police say the man tied up a mother and her son then sexually assaulted the housekeeper. it happened this morning on barden road. tonight, we have learned the crime might be linked to another attack. pat come.sin bethesda with the latest. pat? >> reporter: jim, one suspect, two home invasions. police say he is armed. he's dangerous. and he is still at large. in is a picture of a man wanted in not one, but two home invasions, one yesterday in wasn't, another in bethesda a woman taken to the hospital after a sexual assault and armed robbery in this neighborhood near nih. police on roof tops searching high and low for a cell phone linked to this disturbing home invasion. this is how police say it happened here in beth these d.a.

this morning on barden road in bethesda. a short time after that, she hears a knock on the door. at the door, she is confronted by a gunman wearing a mask. and a robber goes inside and ties up the housekeeper and two residents of that house, a woman and her teenaged son. he spent 45 minutes going from room to room to room taking things. at one point, he stops and sexually assaults the housekeeper. he makes his getaway in the housekeeper's car. a ford expedition. after that, police say the suspect used the victim's atm card at a cvc near la tonight plaza where they retrieved this picture. this all happened in this nih neighborhood a place unfamiliar with this kind of violence. >> a horrific thing, that is one of the reasons why people are draw up to this area, people consider it to be a very safe area. >> just in a state of shock it is a very peaceful neighborhood and so unex-spented that this could happen here. >> reporter: now police say this same suspect is also linked to another home invasion yesterday

on mcmahon road in wheat. there, he stole a woman's car and her debit card. police still looking for the getaway car used in the bethesda home invasion, described as gray ford expedition, license plate 4 ae 7450. 4 ae 7450 with a mcdaniel college sticker on it. new town state park remained close as more military ordnance pop up on the shoreline. eight rounds of ammunition were located yesterday after an underwater survey. the park was initially closed on friday after seven potentially dangerous piece of ordnance were found. the maryland state fire marsh l marshal's office and army corps of engineers are trying to work together to figure out where the

explosives are coming from. mitt romney, hoping for some momentum from his victories in new hampshire and high wa, republicans in the south tend to be a built more conservative than new hampshire but that could work in romney's favor. steve handlesman has our report. >> reporter: the next primary will be his test in a conservative, evangelical state. >> an uphill climb for me. south carolina, i came in fourth last time. >> reporter: a new attack ad on south carolina tv. >> what happened after massachusetts moderate mitt romney changed his position from pro-abortion to pro-life? he governed pro-abortion. he can't be trusted. >> i'm newt gingrich and i approve this message. >> reporter: the former speaker, fourth last night, is vowing to

stop romney. >> i think he will grow weaker and weaker very fast. >> reporter: the anti-romney movie posted ads on the web fires romnfire s at romney. >> we need to have more venture capitalism going on in america and less vulture capitalism. >> reporter: but the texas governor taking his stand in south carolina. rick santorum still in and gingrich in could help the front-runner. >> conservatives are divided. romney campaign built up momentum, a sense that he is taking on obama, these the strongest con tender. this is just an ideal scenario for mitt romney. >> reporter: and ron paul in south carolina today called for defense cuts, not popular in a state full of military bases. so far so good for in what could still be his toughest primary site. i'm steve handlesman, news.

nour political trouble tonight for d.c. mayor vince sent gray and council chairman kwame brown. formal papers filed in an attempt to recall the two embattled city leaders. tom sherwood joins us with the story. tom? >> no city wide recall effort has ever been succeed but that doesn't mean they couldn't be troubled. mayor gray on wednesday was hosting his biweekly news conference on all sorts of routine issues. absolutely excited to be going to concord new hampshire. >> reporter: downtown at the d.c. elections board, formal papers were being filed to force fray into a recall election, saying he has been a poor mayor, caught up in scandal. recall leader fred butler. >> complete grassroots efforts, i think the citizens of d.c. are following move on this i have been receiving nothing but phone calls and e-mails. >> reporter: butler was a strong

supporter of adrian fenty you can the map gray defeated in 2010 >> reporter: butler is a strong supporter of adrian fenty, the map defeated in 2010 and filed papers against kwame brown. gray dismissed the recall effort. >> people who were supporters to of the previous may here said that i hadn't done the job. i will take that on with anybody. i feel we have done an excellent b. >> you have a public debate with fred butler? >> i said we will be happy to debate that. i'm not going to debate him. why would anybody give credibility to that -- >> reporter: recall supporters now must gather 35,000 valid voter signatures within six months to force a new vote. no citywide recall has ever succeeded. >> everything is impossible until it's done. i don't fear the unknown at all. >> reporter: politically motivated or not it is one more headache for the may and brown, both of whom have ongoing federal criminal investigation of their campaigns. and also wednesday in an unrelated d.c. political scandal, federal authorities filed charges against former advisory neighborhood commissioner william shelton, accuses him of illegally converting nearly 30,000 in neighborhood funds to his own elton, who has already agreed

to repay the funds, will be in court soon to answer the criminal charge. chairman brown so far has not commented on the recall effort for him. if marines are positively identified they face criminal charges. they were part of a sniper team deployed to southern afghanistan last month. they returned to their base at camp lejeune in august. if the marine corps investigation tracks down the four, they could be criminally charged with violation of regulations which prohibit taking trophy photos of the dead and with desecration of remains. new legislative sessions were kicked off today. for both, the budget will be

front and center. lawmakers will be considering raising the gas tax 5 to 15 cents a gallop. that would be to help pay for transportation projects and help close the deficit there. inkrieg tcreasing the sales tax is another alternative. lawmakers will revisit the same sex marriage bill that passed in the maryland senate last year but died in the house. today, advocates and opponents of the bill say they are geared up to do battle again. >> we are absolutely going to say no and we have a strategy to beat it and we are going to bring out that strategy and you going to defeat that bill any way possible. >> ask yourself is it right we should have a lesser protection of the law for children of gay households than other children? i don't think that is right. >> governor o'malley says other priorities for this 90-day legislative session include building schools and creating jobs. in virginia, governor bob

mcdonnell has higher education and transportation at the top of his priority list. the controversial bill that could define conception as the beginning of life is also expected to be a major issue. opponents say that is an effort to outlaw abortion in the state. julie carey has a closer look at the issues at 6:30. next on news4 at 6:00 -- [ bleep ] [ honking ] >> from rear-end crashes to running red lights, new video shows some of the most serious accidents recorded by metro bus cameras. and the man suspected in the disappear perhaps of natalee holloway has pled guilty to murdering another woman in peru. and an arrest is made aft bareby is left alone in the cold in a tent at the occupy d.c. encampment. what you got, dan? >> hey, vance. the wizards finally won, sure you heard about that the question, can they do it again? maryland at home tonight getting ready for their home acc other.

and the capitals here at ver rise.center take october penguins, trying to get this rivalry back to w

yet another scientist involved in iran's nuclear

program has been assassinated. the 32-year-old was the director of the enrichment facility in the central part of iran. officials in that country say he was killed this morning when two attackers on motorcycles attached magnetic bombs to his car and then sped away. it is the fourth time in two years that a nuclear scientist in iran was targeted for assassination. iranian officials are blaming the u.s. and his real. today, secretary of state hillary clinton said she wanted to, in her words, categorically deny any u.s. involvement in any kind of act of violence inside iran. joran van der sloot will be sentenced on friday after confessing to the murder of a woman in mperu. van der sloot killed stephanie flores in 2010, met while gambling at a casino in lima after pleading guilty today, he said he was truly sorry and his lawyer argued the murder was the

result of psychological trauma his client suffered after the disappearance of american teenager natalie who will way. van der sloot is the chief suspect in the holloway case. the flores murder took place exactly five years to the day after holloway vanished during a high school trip to aruba where van der sloot grew up. a little girl left alone at the occupy encampment in mcpherson square down up to today was found in a tent with nothing on, hardly, but a little piece of clothing called a onesie. tonight that baby's father has been arrested. erika gonzalez has video of the child who is now in protective custody. >> reporter: only our cameras were there the moment a 13-month-old baby girl was handed over to child protective service after police say she was abandoned in a tent at the occupy d.c. encampment in mcpherson square. u.s. park police say this child was left alone in a tent at the occupy d.c. encampment in mcpherson square in dangerous

conditions. >> in the mid-40s, we have a light rain in the district of columbia and an unattended 13-month-old dressed in just a one i is. >> reporter: kelly says around 10 a.m. two other protesters called her over to this tent where she says she found the baby crying and then called police. >> her hands were like popsicles, she was only wearing very thin mitt and a one cism. >> reporter: detectives arrived and within a half hour, police say the man believed to be the baby's father came back to the tent where he had abandoned the child, however, police have not yet revealed why the man left the baby alone. she had never seen the man or the baby before and said the man is not a part of the occupy d.c. movement. >> everybody here is disgusted by this and fright bind it and just abhorred by what happened. the person is a horrible person. >> reporter: child was wrapped in blankets and give additional

clothing after she was examined by medics and then fastened into a child seat in the back of a cps car. child protective services will try to contact another family member the child may be able to stay w if not, foster care maybe the next option. in mcpherson square, erika gonzalez, news4. doug's here with a check on our weather forecast, kind of nasty out there today, getting worse, huh? >> nasty out there today, your word for this kind of weather is always yucky. that is exactly what it is going to be the rest of the night and tomorrow it gets beautiful gore a 12-hour period. on friday you it gets yucky again, a different way, as far as the temperatures go, a little bit of a roller coaster the next couple of days. if you look at the weather the next 48 hours, you can pretty much name just about any kind of weather and we are going to be getting it, with the exception of, say, a hurricane or tornado, all throw are tornadoes right now down toward western portions of north carolina. not in our region. we are not going to see that kind of severe weather here. what we are going to see you can

see it out there now, some rain and some fog across the area. we continue to see that storm 4 doppler radar showing where that rain is really everybody seeing the rain right now, some areas seeing heavier rain than others, in the yellows here, frederick county, through montgomery county, gaithersburg, on through the district seeing that heavy rain. go over toward west virginia, say hello to my friends in martinsburg, falling river, middle way, sandy hook, all seeing rain, charlestown, seeing the rain, too, right along route 340, move toward frederick county, the rain around frederick, mount airy, damascus, seeing good rain through gaithersburg, rockville, bethesda, seeing the rain, in through the district and toward tuxedo, maryland, out toward buoy and kroften, like i said, just before he be seeing that rain, right down i-95 through kwaunlt co-exstafford and fredericksburg, that is where the rain is starting to come to an end, at least this round, because then you look again and you look a little bit wider here and then here's another round yet to come and this one could be the heaviest.

look at all the yellows and oranges here and look at this little spin. that is the actual storm in the upper levels of the atmosphere, you notice these thunderstorms that are beginning to develop just to the east, that's where that tornado warning in, in toward western portions of north carolina, there maybe a tornado watch that is put up for parts of north carolina, too, going to watch that very closely because that area is going to move our way and we could see some rumbles of thunder throughout the rest of the evening tonight. so, a wild ride tonight and then it gets even wilder tomorrow, 45 degrees, kur temperature out there, winds out of the east northeast, 9 miles per hour, the winds will make things feel cooler. 39 in frederick, a cold rain there. 37 in whip chester, very cold to the north and west as far as the rain is concerned. 46 down toward the river and 46 in came bridge. many areas tonight will see the temperatures actually rise over the next few hours as that area of low pressure moves in you know we have the rain today. that storm system moves out and

tomorrow, we are nice and mild, not just mild but warm, temperatures tomorrow could be 20 degrees above average, puts most of you into the low 60s, don't expect that to last because here comes our next arctic cold front coming right through our region, overnight thursday night into friday morning, 4:00 friday morning this could end as snow to the north and west, accumulate on the roofs, accumulate in the grassy surfaces well to the north and west of the district, everybody on friday is going to see the cold and very windy conditions. friday you winds could gust upwards 40 miles an hour, wind chills upper 20s, lower 30s all day, as i mentioned, get ready for a wild ride, 39 to 47 degrees, with rain, heavy at times, watch out for that thunder, lightning, from time to time, a good start, mild, tomorr tomorrow, 40 to 50, tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow afternoon, be like april or may spring day,

sun and clouds becoming windy, warm, 30 to 35 miles per hour, temperatures 57 to 64 degrees and then we go right back down, high of 41 on friday, 35 on saturday, 37 on sunday, very cold, going to see the wind chills on through the weekend, too and then next week, we have got another chance of some ice potentially on tuesday morning, a storm we will have to watch very, very closely but get ready, buy your ticket now, even if you didn't buy a ticket, you are going on the ride anyway. >> from april to may, straight into january. >> straight into january. flip-flop. >> thank you, doug. thousands of winter coats were happened out today thanks to the 20th annual share the warmth drive. hundreds of our viewers and local businesses spent last month cleaning out closets to help those in need. people lined up outside the salvation army in the northwest, 17,000 donated coats, more than 16,000 jackets have been collected since it started.

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a new report gives the washington region both high and

low marks when it comes to highway safety. the rort from the advocates for highway and auto safety scored states with a green, yellow or red rating, both d.c. and maryland got the green, the highest level, but virginia scored a red rating, the worst. the commonwealth received low marks because it does not have a primary seat belt law and other measures that includes restrictions on teen drivers and a texting ban. the opening of the silver spring transit center has been delayed once again, this time, because of a construction mistake. the three-story facility is being built next to silver springs metro station. it originally was set to open in the spring of 2009. that date has been moved about half a dozen times. the most recent delay is because concrete covering reinforced steel was determined to be too

thin. it was scheduled to open this summer. new video from behind the wheel of a metro bus from the close calls to the crashes. we will show you some of the most serious accidents on our roads. i'm julie carey in richmond, virginia, where republicans succeed in a senate power grab. i will show you the dram mat that led to an historic change in the rules, coming up. d.c. public schools with a new high-tech tool to help parents track their child's performance. coming up in sports, the short-handed capitals taking on the short-handed penguins here at verizon center. the ravens ready for the red-hot texans and the wizards coming off their ♪

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political analysts said that mitt romney needed not just to win in new hampshire but to win big. that is, in fact, what he did last night. romney captured 39% of the vote in the republican primary there second place went to ron paul, but he trailed by 16 points. jon huntsman placed third. all the candidates have now moved on to the south carolina primary ten days from now. police in montgomery county are looking for a man behind two home invasions, the most happened on board.road in

bethesda near nih. the man tied up a woman and her son and sexually assaulted a housekeeper before taking her suv. police believe the same man is behind a home invasion on mcmahon road in wheaton yesterday. a little girl is in protective custody now after she was found alone at the occupy camp in mcpherson square. the child was 13 months old, found schiff energy a tent this morning. police arrested the girl's father, charged him with child neglect. some shocking new video was released today from cameras inside metro buses. >> crashes and near-misses involving not just cars but pedestrians as well. it is all part of a glimpse into what's going on behind the wheel of metro buses all over the area. tisha thompson now in alexandria with more on this. tisha? >> reporter: jim, we showed the video to folks here as they were waiting to get picked up by one

of these metro buses. every person said they were shocked what they saw. we want to warn folks the video they are about to see has crashes on it. you can see the school bus, you can see the school, but the bus driver didn't stop. >> were they blind? .had. >> reporter: we showed this to people while they waited for their bus in alexandria. >> the driver should have taken precaution. >> reporter: metro released the drive cam videos which automatically record a sudden movement. [ crashing ] >> do something about that that's crazy. >> we think it's safe and this drive cam system, even though it does appear to be scary at times, is a tool that we are using to reduce the number of incidents that operators are being involved in. >> reporter: metro's assistant general manager is in charge of all bus operations. he says the drive cam system was installed one year ago and

drivers know the videos are recording. [ crashing ] as a result, injuries dropped 20%. the video showed not only accidents but critical mistakes like running stop signs and red lights. oh, my goodness. >> reporter: for passengers, it means only one thing. >> more training to the employees, more safety training, first and foremost. they have to -- you know, protect -- [ crashing ] >> reporter: the videos come from a two-month period and metro wants everyone to know that there were about eight accidents that were caught on video. they want to compare that to more than 680,000 trips they say were taken during that same time period. metro says the disciplinary action for someone who makes a mistake can range from a warning

up to being fired if it's warranted, but metro repeated over and over again that often times, they find in these situations that the drivers are commended because they avoided something that could have been a whole lot worse and they ended up saving lives. in alexandria, tisha thompson, jim, i'll send it back to you. >> thank you, tisha. dozens of people lined the streets of woods borrow, maryland, today, to pay tribute to a fallen soldier. ronald will drick jr. was killed in afghanistan last month. he died after the truck in which he was riding hit a roadside bomb. many at this morning's event didn't even note army specialist but they wanted to pay tribute to the soldier and his family. >> the least we can do is show

support to the family. don't know how much it helps but i think the worst thing could you do is just sit at home and not let them know that someone cares. >> he lived in frederick county ployed. sister before being he leaves behind a wife and two children. a funeral is set for tomorrow. he will be buried at arlington national cemetery friday. the first lady is taking steps to help u.s. servicemen and women fight mental illness. she held a new initiative today. more than 100 of the nation's medical schools will boost the training and research for treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder and other mental health issues. the initiative is part of the first lady's joining forces campaign that focuses on issues this affect veterans and their families. day one of virginia's new legislative session and the fight is on for republicans to gain control of all committees. today, senate republicans ruled out power sharing but democrats fought hard to hold their ground. news4's julie carey informs richmond with the opening day fire works. >> reporter: it was an opening day unlike any other on the virginia senate floor, as republicans made good on their promise to take control. the november election left the chamber split, 20 republicans and 20 democrats, but republican

lieutenant governor bill boling holds tight breaking vote anticipated used it today to give republicans firm control of all senate coast. >> the ayes are 20, the nos are 20, the chair votes aye. >> reporter: the vote followed passed debate, democrats imploring republicans not to set aside history, to instead stick with the power sharing used in the past with the divided chamber. they accused the republicans of evenly divided senate.s want, people do not want a power grab on the part of one party or another party. in fact, what the steps have voted for in voting for a 20-20 senate is not have one party tip the scales to the adverse

interest of the other party. >> reporter: new rules give the republican the leadership and majority on all coast threatens the very tradition of the usually collegial cooperative senate. >> the step we are taking today is very seriously, in my view, institutionalizing the sort of partisanship that has never been present in the activity of this genteel body. i am afraid we are taking a step from which there will be no return. >> all 20 of us on this side were also elected by a majority of the citizens in our district and they -- those voters have an expectation of what we are supposed to do. >> julie carey, news4. governor bob mcdonnell wraps up his opening day with the state of the commonwealth address this evening. alexandria's vice mayor and former division party chair is taking a break from politics. kerry donnelly announced he would not seek re-election to the city council. he needs to put his health first and get his high blood pressure under control. he has spent 18 years on the alexandria council.

d.c. public school officials have up veiled new online school cards for all 119 schools. chancellor kai henderson cis the goal is to provide a more holistic view of what he is a happening inside the school building, good and bad. the information about student performance, including test scores, student growth, and how parents and children feel about the safety of their school. there is also information on how well each school communicates with its surrounding communities. you will find a link to the data on our website, nbcwashington.com. just search scorecards. a 12-year-old girl in northern california catches a thief by mistake. began

welcome back, i'm meteorologist kammerer, the heaviest rain now beginning to exit our region, toward frederick county, montgomery county, howard county, northern ann aroundel county, too seeing the heavier rain, move into frederick right along i-70 here toward mount airy, damascus, heavy rain toward columbia and howard county, down through gaithersburg, some moderate rain right now, no real heavy, heavy rain but there's still time

throughout the rest of the evening, you can see what's happening around the beltway, seeing those wet roadway, give yourself extra time tonight, also seeing fog out there we will widen out and show where you this storm, the actual storm is right in here, see the spin in the atmosphere but see ahead of it, that moisture plume in here, these are the stronger storms starting to develop now, all the heavier rain will move into our region the next couple of hours, probably by 9 or 10:00 this evening, seeing a little bit of a low here, we see lighter rain and heavier rain will move back in and it may just be the heaviest rain we have seen thus far. partly cloudy, a good start tomorrow though, mild, you're going to wake up tomorrow and is really going to be a completely different picture when you look outside. 40 to about 50 degrees starting off tomorrow morning. remember, our average high for this time of year is 43. so, we should start well above that tomorrow and boy, are we going to get above that in the afternoon. how about 57 to 64 degrees? i think some yooirs see winds of

30 to maybe 35 miles a hour. i wouldn't be surprised to see somebody up here turn -- i mean -- 70 degrees in some locations. >> that was waechblgt >> that was lame. trying to make a segue to our next eak. >> that was lame. trying to make a segue to our next item, which is about -- a major milestone for someone on this set, jim vance, 70 years old, turned birth day. want to talk hair, my friend? let's see some of your -- [ laughter ] vance turns -- >> some hair, boy. >> vance turned 70 yesterday, nearly half his life, given this place the best years of your life. >> i did, indeed. >> first went on with news4, 1969, the years since then, come to be known as a peerless journalist, many of you have been inviting him into your home for decades. hundreds of you sent birthday wishes to vance on our facebook

page. here is sampling there were hundreds more, many of them just as ridiculous as that one. happy birthday. >> thank you. i don't know tracy but that is my new best friend. >> who you did you spend your birthday? you weren't here? >> i got up in the morning, decided i wanted to -- the first thing i wanted to do on my 70th birthday, first day of my 70th year was to go to philly and see my 100-year-old up at vivy and kiss her on what i call her soft as a baby's butt cheek. and i did and got immediately humbled because the first thing she did is refers to me as she has 70 years, little jimmy, she is 5-2 i'm 6-2 still little

jimmy, asked me if i wanted something to eat, getting prepared to cook it and asked me if i rode my bike up and then -- >> harley. >> my harly, i told her no and she said, what you need to do anyhow, you need to stop smoking anyhow. ey, i told her no and she said, what you need to do anyhow, you need to stop smoking anyhow. >> all good advice. >> my stuff is good and wonderful to go to somebody who's 30 years older than you saying, boy, this is what you need to do now. you want to be like me, here's what you need to do i love herd for that. so thank you all. it has been a good ride. >> we are glad you had a good celebration and we wish you many more. >> thank you. >> i hope we spend many more of those birthdays. >> what i'm looking forward. >> birthday. wouldn't that be nice? >> good stuff. here is a look at what we are working on next in sports. >> hey, youngster. >> hi, guys, happy birthday, mr. vance. i love saying mr. vance. it is quite a night here at verizon center. going to celebrate your debated

birthday, jim, with capitals taking on the penguins, make the rivalry what it used to be. maryland their home opener tonight in the acc conference pl

i keep keep saying cap center, i am sorry. what do you call it? >> even the other building entirely, the verizon center.

a brain lapse. verizon center, you guys call it the phone booth or something like that? >> i don't know if you have heard, vance is 70 years old now, everything takes a little bit longer. >> you forgive me, right? nice shot there, nice shot. >> i know. i do it all the time, too, they are at the phone booth here at verizon center, capitals and penguins this rivalry lost a little bit of luster in the last year or so sydney cross bill, sid the kid, not playing tonight for the pens, still suffering from cop cushion-like symptoms, capitals without two of their young guns, nick backstrom and mike green respect going to play, the penguins coming in, riding a five-game losing streak, trying to avoid making six straight losses that would be their longest losing streak in six years. the good news for the capitals is the game is here at verizon center where they played their best hockey. for some were, these guys just get it done at home. they had a losing record away from the verizon center, just

7-12-1 this year, but in their own barn, 14-5-1. things are is have changed since dale hunter came to the team, but these guys are still searching for consistency, something that's eluded them since they started the season with seven straight wins. >> i think we all had high expectations coming in, i guess we are in the situation that we are in and it is going to be an interesting 40 games to go p i think you got to look at it as being an opportunity, being fun, you know, being in the race and have a chance to play games that matter every night. >> a lot of parity in this league, so teams, you know, every night, it's a bat. and we have to be ready to battle. >> i think maybe we are maybe underachieving a bit with some of the guys that we have in here, and disappointing, but we are still -- still in the hunt, which is nice thing. and having the season that we all feel is not very good, we still have a chance to put ourselves in good position. i think that's -- we are pretty

fortunate about that. >> all right. so the penguins and the capitals here, the first of four straight home games for the caps, hopefully they can get something going. wizards in chicago tonight, last night here, they got their first win of the season. and you could hear a collective exhale from the 7,000 people or so that were at this game. the wizards actually got some big-time help from a rookie, their first rounder, jan vesselly, doing some damage, a big spark from this kid. it was really fun to watch him play, jan vesselly, playing in just his second nba game, a game changer, despite scoring just four points. the seven-footer all over the place, running the floor, dunking and recording a game-high five steals. provided the hustle that the wizards lacked this season. flip saunders and his teammates certainly noticed. >> i thought that, you know, jan was for not having a lot of practice he changed the whole

game, complexion of the game, how he played, his happeneds on a lot of ball, got the steals, moved the ball. >> took my spot for the fan favorite, man, i got a little jealous up here, but i was happy to see him go out there and do that play with that energy and the way they do. >> i don't think so he did a good job in the offense. >> jan vesselly providing a spark down a level. the terms in full swing. see if this team is as improved as they think they are. conference play in full swing. the terps in action tonight. the young guys got a taste sunday night when they lost

their acc other to nc state, never really challenging the wolf pack, snapped the seven-game whipping streak, brought optimism back, tonight, the acc home opener against wake forest, not making any predictions, head coach knows his team is better than went season starts. >> that is night and day, we have got depth, able to coach him a bit and i have choices. guys aren't playing well, i can put somebody in, i didn't have the choices with the injuries and things that happened for us. but we are totally different so far to go and it is one of those teams that i think as long as the season goes on, no matter how long it goes, wither going to continue to improve. >> maryland head basketball coach mark tur general, and jonesing for more college basketball, gw and rhode island on nbc washington nonstop. gw looking for the first

conference win of the season. all right, folks, tons of news in the this season, all kinds of movement, former miami dolphins head coach tony sparano the new offensive coordinator for the jets, the indianapolis colts hired a former nfl offensive lineman, ryan gregson, the new gm in indy, spent the last nine years with the eagles, the rams and dolphins still waiting for jeff fisher to make up his mind. he is the hottest coaching commodity out there and some think he could be waiting to see what happens in indianapolis with jim caldwell with the number one pick. that could make that a very, very sought after position. meanwhile, the final eight in the playoff you the ravens hosting houston on sunday. playoff football at its best. baltimore whips its first division title since '06, should be well rested coming off a bye week. ravens 12-4 record, now trying to win the playoff opener,

fourth year in a row. this is the first time they have hosted a playoff game in five years, houston is coming in red hot. so it should be fun to watch, guys, i'm kind of rooting, i hate to say i'm kind of rooting for baltimore to go all the way to the super bowl. >> i would love that. wouldn't it be cool? >> yes it would. >> bri

the consumer electronics show in las vegas is the largest consumer show in the world. more than 3,000 companies are showing off their products this week and they have plenty of people to impress. the show gives people a glimpse into what will be sold anywhere from three months to three years from now. some of the highlights, a google tv with apps and a 3-dtv soon available without the need for 3-d glasses. also televisions on display with 16 times the sharpness of today's hd sets. and there's more good news, experts say some of the devices are getting cheaper, even as they get smaller. >> that's good news. >> amazing. >> doug wants one of them. and so do i. >> i just want to go to that -- >> wouldn't than cool? >> so -- just the stuff they are coming one now is ridiculous. it is. really cool. >> think where our kids are going to be, my kids, 'cause your kids are -- >> okay.

>> we can't imagine. take a look and show what you is happening out there now, we have the rain across the area, storm 4 doppler radar, showing you where the rain is most of the heaviest rain in through maryland, still shower activity and lighter rain right now in virginia, but that's not it a lot more rain to go and the heaviest rain still to come. right now, southern portions of virginia, around roanoke, down toward richmond and norfolk, all of that rain will move through overnight tonight, through midnight tonight and then start to see things clearing out and tomorrow, a completely different day. today, cold and rainy. tomorrow, warm, 62, some areas could be in the mid-60s tomorrow. windy tomorrow and then windy on your friday. friday, a high of 41 there. but wind chills all day, most likely in the upper 20s to lower 30s, we could even see rain changes to snow late thursday night into friday morning, especially the north and west, should not amount to much but it will be something interesting to see just how cold that air is as it races in on friday. saturday and sunday you continued on the chilly side, high temperatures only in the

mid-30s with a limb built of a breeze that will keep temperatures in the 30s. ttle b breeze that will keep temperatures in the 30s. precipitation on tuesday morning. >> thanks, doug. halley pritchard lives in california. she set up a web cam to catch her little sisters she says were stealing her stuff. what she got was something that didn't have anything to do with her little sisters. her parents scheduled a last-minute open house with a realtor. one of the people who went to the showing went into halley's room and started rifling through her drawers. haley says she screamed when she check herd web cam and saw this low-life dude going through her stuff. the parents showed the picture to the real to the realtor identified the dude and he was busted. police say the man is a former realtor who was