>> a daredevil's biggest stunt happens, but the plan goes terribly wrong. getting married again, her onstage engagement to journey's guitarist. welcome to news4 at 4:00. i'm jim handly. >> i'm barbara harrison in for pat lawson muse. the rain and potential for long commutes. >> big cloudy start to this week. chuck bell joins us now with word on if that could include some storms. how about it, chuck? >> well, j and barbara, yes, indeed there's still an opportunity for rain showers. i can't rule out one or two isolated rumbles of thunder. no widespread severe weather. that's the good news in all this. there are actually breaks of sunshine between some of the rain drops right now frl. 70 degrees at national airport. winds gusting to 22 miles per hour. we're still waiting on the cold front to reach us in the immediate washington area. temperatures remain very, very mild indeed. still 70 downtown.

70 in manassas. 70 degrees in culpepper. a bit of the cooler air arrives across parts of northern and western maryland. rain showers northern montgomery, maryland and more showers out to the blue ridge. once you get south of the winchester area, front royal. we'll keep an eye on this over the next couple hours. nothing all that heavy or severe. sometimes a little bit of rain can slow things down on the beltway. you may want to have a little extra travel time built into the commute. it is victory monday out at redskins park today after the record-setting performance by rookie quarterback robert griffin iii. rg3 set the redskins record for rushing touchdowns for a quarterback with that spe spectacular 73-yard rush to the end zone. coach mike shanahan said it's that kind of athleticism that will lead to more wins.

>> i think anytime people have to account for a quarterback where you put him in a number of different positions, i think it presents problems for defense. if a quarterback is able to roll out, possibly run an option, drop back passing game, there's some question where he'll be, and it gets advantageous to that offense. >> we can't see it enough. the redskins defense also forced three turnovers. including one they returned for a touchdown. dan hellie and chris cooley will join us live at 5:00 with more on the big win last night. a developing story now. a stabbing at a school left one student injured and another in police custody. it happened this morning at northwood high school in silver spring. police say one student stabbed another with a knife. the two reportedly had been in an argument last week. police say the suspect ran away but was later arrested. coming up at 5:00, pat collins

will have more on how security video could be a key part of the investigation. a police beating allegedly started over a song and dance. that's the testimony we're hearing today in the trial of two prince george's county police officers. they're accused of assaulting a university of maryland student jack mckenna after a basketball game against duke back in 2010. cell phone video shows the incident. today a friend and witness testified that mckenna was only skipping and singing when police approached him. chris gordon is in the courtroom and will have more on what the defense is saying coming up at 5:00. a coalition of religious groups is calling on metro now to donate money it received from that controversial advertising campaign. the ads contain what many consider are anti-muslim messages. as news4 reports, the coalition is launching an ad campaign of its own. >> reporter: it was a controversial decision made about a u.s. district judge,

that sent many in the districts religious community searching for a way to respond to anti-jihad posters. >> everything that is protected is not productive. and i don't find these ads to be productive. i find them to be insulting. >> reporter: the poster created by pamela geller, executive director of the american freedom defense initiative, reads, in any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. support israel, defeat jihad. >> i'm not for saying that they can't voice their opinion, but they need to be respectful of the other side as well. >> reporter: now an ally group of prominent faith leaders from local christian, jewish and muslim comments are donating to charity. >> we have to demand something of the metro, and our role is to prove size, not to profiteer.

>> reporter: a response campaign of posters reading hate speeches not civilized. support peace in word and deed. ending with the #my response ad. they will go up today. >> i think they need to go up. i think that always hearing from the side that hates isn't what this country's all about. >> we need to deal with the stuff, you know, with a positive framework, as opposed to additional negative. >> reporter: news4. voter registration deadlines are upon us. district voters can register in person until friday. but only at the board of elections office. maryland voters can register online, or in person at the board of elections until the close of business tomorrow. and today is the last day to register in virginia. julie carey reports on last-minute registration efforts in virginia tonight on news4 at 5:00. meanwhile, president obama and mitt romney are keeping a low profile as they prepare for

tomorrow's debate in new york. the latest polls suggest the race is so close, the debate could tip the balance. seef handelsman is on capitol hill with the latest. hi, steve. >> reporter: hi, barbara. by the way, i tried to register line. they sent me an e-mail and they called, less than ten hours after i signed up. that was impressive. mitt romney's numbers moved the most after the last debate, not barack obama's. but the pressure this time is on the incumbent. >> hello, everybody, hello, hello! president obama's camp is being warned not to overcorrect and be too aggressive tomorrow night. at the townhall style debate on long island -- >> yes, he needs to show he's tougher, he needs to attack, yes, he needs to push back more. but he doesn't want to come across as a bully. >> reporter: for mitt romney, the number one piece of advice he's getting is to engage with these questioners, and in

townhalls he has a tendency to back away. >> reporter: debate number one, erase the president's lead in virginia and reduce it in other swing states. the race is tied nationally, in two new polls. but mitt romney's likability has shot up after the denver debate. and romney's not mentioned in the new obama ad. >> stick with this guy. he will move us forward. >> reporter: the new romney/paul ryan ad replays the vp debate. >> absolutely. we're going in the wrong direction. >> reporter: in wisconsin today, ryan pushed turnout. >> vote early absentee so you can make sure you work on phone calls and getting people to the polls. >> reporter: in ohio. >> we even need you to talk to your relatives to pick them up. >> reporter: another state, georgia, began early voting today. first lady michelle obama cast her ballot. every day there are fewer voters left to win over and less time

left to do it. the hofstra debate could be pivotal. i'm steve handelsman, news4. pizza hut is having second thoughts about a promotional stunt that involves this week's presidential debate. the debate is a townhall format with questionsrom the public. pizza hut announced last week it would offer free pies for life to the person willing to ask president obama and mitt romney whether they prefer sausage or pepperoni on their pizza. the pizza chain was widely panned for making light of presidential politics. now the company says it will run the contest online and ask its customers rather than the candidates what topping they prefer. the captain of the costa concordia was back in court for a pretrial hearing. he's accused of running that ship aground, killing 32 people back in january. the hearings will continue through the week. he'll be learned what he will be charged with, and if charged and

convicted he could face life in prison. shot by the taliban, because she wanted an education. there is news today about that courageous young teen attacked in pakistan. now she's been rushed to the united states kingdom for treatment. but doctors say that even if she survives, she'll need prolonged care. >> reporter: school girl malala yousafzai was shot and now doctors from around the world fight to save her. rushed from the hospital in pakistan, flying to the uk for specialist treatment for her head injury. a 14-year-old girl attacked because she fought for young girls to be educated and independent. >> there has been a wave of public revulsion in pakistan and around the world for this attempt to obstruct the education of a young generation. >> reporter: she was targeted by the taliban, but the attackers turned many against them. thousands rallied in her support this weekend.

pakistani police have questioned dozens of police over the attempt to kill malala, the shooter yet to be identified as she is flown across the globe in an international operation to save her life. while malala is still in a coma, she has been able to move her feet and hands, so doctors here are hopeful for this young girl who's inspired so many. nbc news, london. a story pet owners need to hear. safety harnesses put to the test. can they really keep your dog safe during a car accident? look at the crash test dummies. taylor swift gets into a fender bender. she finally calmed down when she heard whose car she hit. and why he has changed one of his hits into a hot pockets.

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taylor promptly promised him she would pay for everything and apologized profusely. a lot of people might say, you can hit my car anytime. >> she can probably afford it. >> i would say. >> she can replace my vw with a ferrari any day. >> are you expecting more rain tonight? >> a little more. not a whole lot more. almost everybody is going to get rained on at least one between now and midnight. but rainfall amounts are going to be very widely varied. some places only a few drops. some places only a few tenths of an inch. not a lot of heavy rain on the radar for now. commuters don't want to see much in the way of heavy rain out on the roadway, particularly this time of the day. it is still mild outside. still ahead of the cold front here in washington. winds remain out of the southwest, 14, gusting to 22 miles per hour. once the front goes by, the winds will switch back around to the northwest and cooler and drier air will move back into the area.

that will be in place for much of the upcoming week. temperatures already on the downslide across northern maryland. 53 in frederick right now. winchester, front royal, mid-60s. still near mid-70s near stafford. showers around the next couple of hours here. most of the rain will be ending between about 9:00 and 10:00. i think by midnight, almost every one of the drops should be gone. temperatures slowly trending back down into the 50s at 10:00 tonight. many spots not seeing any rain at all. that's not the case northern montgomery county, far western fairfax. i thought there might be a chance for some isolated severe weather today. now the risk of stronger thunderstorms is down around the outer banks of north carolina. we could still get a few rumbles of thunder out of this and they could produce gusty winds, and maybe a little pea-sized hail. not looking for big severe weather today. that is welcome news. right along 270, brief heavy rain north of gaithersburg,

headed out to the olney area. be on the lookout along the 270 corridor. to the west here, northern fauquier county, north of marshall, west of des plaines, virginia, these showers are generally trending off to the east. not a lot of rain here. but just right on the capital beltway between now and 7:00, you may want to slow down just a touch. so some thunder around here for the next couple of hours. by 9:30, 10:00, the cold front moving right on by. we'll clear out very quickly. we should end up with decent amounts of sunshine early on tomorrow. high pressure builds in for the rest of the week, seasonably cool nights. but a mild and dry pattern coming for much of the upcoming week. and after these rain drops today, that might be it for rain until maybe friday of this week. so, for overnight tonight, skies clearing out after midnight. scattered hit-and-miss showers. mostly in the upper 40s to

around 50 in bayside tonight. a nice return to the sunshine tomorrow. mostly sunny. breezy and a little cooler feeling than today, as the drier air comes on in. highs tomorrow still upper 60s. that's just about average. we'll talk about the weekend in a couple of more minutes. back to the news for now. >> thank you, chuck. a party crasher accepts a rocking proposal. lindsay lohan gets set to tell all. here to update us on the celebrity news is billy bush. >> lindsay's going to sit down with barbara walters because, quote, she trusts her. and she believes that barbara will conduct a fair and accurate interview. i think she's referring to the dr. phil interview that her mom was involved in, because that interview was taped and later on they brought in dad, michael, to watch the interview with dina and make his comments. i think lindsay is saying this one is going to be straight up, because barbara over the summer

visited the set of "liz and dick" and they got a little rap port going there. in with all this monkey business going on with the late night hotels, and car bumping into somebody, and the fight with mom on the way home, and mom's dr. dr. fi phil and all this madness, she wants to share it all with barbara walters. but remember, fair and accurate. because apparently if it were with jim handly, might jim might go in the enemy room there and doctor the interview up and all that and it wouldn't be so fair and accurate. >> lindsay knows better. she knows how i roll. billy, benefit concert up in baltimore over the weekend, journey guitarist popped the question to white house party crasher, we haven't heard her name in a while, mykel salahi. >> to her favorite song to him. they get up there.

11.42 carat stunner. he pops it on her finger. listen, she's a big-time star from your neck of the woods. and the divorce was finalized with mr. salahi. there she was on stage. a beautiful moment between the two. and now engaged to be married. are there any possible details i could be missing out on here? i don't think so. she's off the market. >> where be the wedding be, at the white house? >> no, the wedding -- >> we know where it won't be. >> what's up tonight, billy? >> we've got halle berry and tom hanks together. tom is just wildly funny in this interview. and we've got chelsea handler who is moving her late-night show to a brand-new stage. and there's one guest she will not allow to field questions from her. one guest who is banned. you'll find out who that is tonight. chelsea does not hold back. >> let's not hold it's lindsay lohan. because barbara's already got

her booked. barbara walters that is. thank you, billy. see you tonight 7:30. coming up, an adventure that is out of this world. next, what fearless felix is saying about that record breaking free-fall and a spin that could have killed him. plus, a study answers the question of whether the new hpv vaccine actually makes girls more promiscuous. the movie that is the talk of d.c. the real story behind

nintendo slashing the price off its wii to make way for the new version. you can buy a wii for $130 now. it's 6 years old on november 18th. nintendo will release the next generation. it will be called wiiu. and the price will start at $300. the original wii cost $250 when it launched back in 2006. a new app is taking a lot of the time and effort out of cow pob clipping. >> it's called snip snap. it turns your smartphone into a coupon library, instead of cutting the coupons you snap a picture of them.

the app then scans the coupons and stores them on your cell phone. they're scanned at the checkout counter for instant savings. >> we also give you notifications, like reminders when a coupon is about to expire, when you arrive at a babies "r" us, you better use your coupon or else your wife will give you a hard time. >> ted mann created the app because he would always forget coupons at home. it is free. and currently available for ipads and iphones. an android version will be out later this month. makes sense. get rid of all that paper clutter. yeah. is it going too far? keeping tabs on thousands of students by forcing them to wear tracking devices. how it could mean big bucks, though, for a school system. and soring results when safety harnesses are put to the test. this is what happened to the crash test dummy. is your pet safe in your car? and hundreds of skateboarders go overboard. how a movie screening made them

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welcome back, everybody, at 4:30. i'm jim handly. >> i'm barbara harrison. electronic tracking devices are used in all aspects of our daily lives today. but from highway tolls and stores, wait until you hear this one. >> one of the largest school districts in texas is requiring its students to wear tracking chips at school. as nbc's janet shandling reports, the idea is raising more than a few eyebrows. >> reporter: what kids wear to school is often a hot topic for teenagers. but here in san antonio, students are buzzing about a small item they're being forced

to wear. it's a student i.d. bag that allows the school to instantly locate any students in the building. >> i think it's good, becau ifff you're not in the classroom, they could search for you. >> reporter: not only do these cards help locate students on campus, they also help count them, and counting students is how schools make money. >> when we're looking for students that werecampus, but marked absent, our secretary can look on her web page and see wh theat. >> rorter: for every student counted during attendance, the state pays north side about $30 a day. the district is losing about $2 million a year because of poor attendance reporting. the schools turned to technology to improve the numbers. >> the revenues that are generated by locating kids who are not answering present, but in the building, in their counselor's office, in the cafeteria, hallway, gym, et cetera, if we can show in fact theyere at school, then we can count them present. >> reporter: but not everyone has the schoo. spir. and some students are refusing

to wear the badge. >> it isdumb. why are they going to track me during school? >> they're tracking us everywhere. do we have any privacy anywhere? it's uncalled for. >> reporter: some parents are concerned the tracking system will spread to more schools. >> i just believe there should be other means of accounting. i know that attendance equals money in texas. there has to be another way. >> reporter: the aclu is even weighing in, saying the tracking i.d. may violate privacy rights. >> schools talk about security, but what's really going on here is budgets and money. it treats children like cattle. where does this go from here. today in the schools, tomorrow in workplaces, and who knows where else. >> that was janet shanly reporting. he said the feeling is hard to describe. felix baumgartner shattered the sound barrier yesterday after leaping from a balloon capsule

some 24 miles above earth. he hit a speed of 833 miles an hour, becoming the first person to ever go that fast without traveling in a jet or spacecraft. it was also the highest jump ever. that dot in the video is him. after a breathtaking free-fall, the 43-year-old skydiver eventually opened his parachute and landed safely on his feet. in a new mexico desert. >> when i was standing there, on top of the world, you become so humble, you want to come back alive. because you do not want to die in front of your parents, your girlfriend. >> a worldwide audience watched the sky dive live on the internet. >> that was hard to believe. i'm sorry, it's still sinking in, that he was able to stand up and do that instantly. >> amazing. you would think it would have taken his breath away. >> it did everybody watching. the word on the weather. cloudy start to the week, chuck. are we going to clear out

tonight? >> yes and no. we'll clear out tonight, but that may not be until after midnight. right into the heart of montgomery county, there's interstate 270 right there. raining from rockville to gaithersburg, northbound in the upper parts of montgomery. these rain drops are moving out towards olney. be on the lookout for slowed travel along 270. and here's interstate 66 out through the plains and marshall, northern fauquier county. these showers also going eastbound. so northern fauquier county, leesburg, western fairfax, rin drops also headed to you. another check on the seven-day in a few minutes. a new jersey lawmaker wants to require dog owners to keep their pets in special seat belts in the car. now a safety organization has crash tested those protection harnesses, using a test dummy dog. the group couldn't believe the results. >> reporter: pet harnesses, seat

belts for dogs, designed to keep our best friends safe while we chauffeur them around. there are dozens of dog safety products on the market. lawmakers in new jersey are even considering a bill to require a car restraint for rover. >> people tend to treat their animals like members of their family. why don't they treat them like that in the car. >> reporter: while harnesses may give pet owners peace of mind, a new study suggests they may not offer much actual protection. >> it was just astounding what we saw. >> reporter: lindsey founded the center for pet safety in 2011, after getting into a car accident while traveling with her dog. the harness failed, and maggie suffered spinal injuries. so she decided to test four of the strongest dog harnesses on the market. applying the same federal motor vehicle safety standards for testing a child seat. she and her team simulated a 30-mile-per-hour collision. the results? every single harness failed.

in the first test, the harness held up, but provided too much slack. the dummy dog rocketed forward crashing into the back of the test match. the results would get far worse. in two of the tests, the harnesses snapped completely, sending the test dog flying through the air, totally unprotected. becoming a dangerous projectile. it's estimated in a crash at 30 miles per hour, a tiny 10-pound dog will exert 300 pounds of pressure. in the fourth test, a devastating result. the harness slid up to the test dog's neck upon impact. >> i don't think there's any doubt that those dogs would have been severely injured, if not fatally injured. >> reporter: walco doesn't identify the manufacturers in the test because she says they're not doing anything wrong. there are no existing safety standards in place for dog harnesses. something the center for pet safety is working to change. so that road trips are safer for all passengers, including the four-legged ones.

>> my dog was injured by one of these products. and i felt this is inexcusable. this should not happen. the pets that we love, they need real protection. >> the american pet products association represents harness manufacturers and in response to walco's findings, released this statement saying in part, there are an increasing number of reported accidents where a pet distracting the driver is being cited as the cause. a pet restraint that merely limits a pet's access and distraction to the driver and limits its motion in the event of an accident is still an improvement over no restraint. coming up, the one thing you can do to make sure your children are better behaved. just one thing is all it takes, huh? also ahead, a daredevil, not felix, this one gets a bigger thrill than he bargained for. the terrifying fall. a story so incredible, it has to be true.

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whether a controversial vaccine encourages promiscuity in young girls. it's designed to protect young girls against hpv. it's the leading cause of cervical cancer. some parent groups are concerned the hpv inoculation gives teens the go-ahead to have sex. but researchers at emory university and kaiser say that's not the case. their study finds those who got the vaccine were no more likely to have sex than those who didn't. another study out there today finds sleep may be the way to better behaved kids. they took 7 to 11-year-old students and let them sleep longer per day. those who got an extra 30 minutes of sleep at night were able to control their emotions better, and were more alert in school. those who got less sleep were impulsive and had a short attention span. that can carry over into

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you know, it's cloudy, but the tradeoff is it's milder on this monday. >> nice and warm. southwest winds are still blowing out there. it will stay mild for the next couple of hours. you'll know when the front goes through your backyard, because the winds will switch around and all the leaves which were stuck on one side of the lawn will be blown to the other side of the lawn. making raking all that much more challenging. for now, though, great looking sky out there from our city camera view, right off the north end of the runway at reagan national airport. temperatures are starting to trend down now. 70 still in washington. 73 in fredericksburg, and 72 in culpepper. along the front, a little line of showers with embedded

thunderstorms is going up. showers will be around for the remainder of the evening hours. but tapering off after 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 tonight as the temperatures drift back down into the 50s. southwest winds ahead of the front. this is the weather front right here. on the back side of it, the winds will come back around to the north and west. there are rumbles of thunder toward the southern end of the shenandoah valley, out toward washington, virginia. look out for gusty winds, maybe pea-sized hail, up to marshall, middleberg. no thunder with this batch up in montgomery county. from aspen hill, this is headed off generally speaking to i-95 north of town. so there will be hit-and-miss rain chances for the remainder of the evening. skies will be clearing out late tonight. by the time you wake up tomorrow morning, temperatures back down mostly in the upper 40s and

lower 50s. relatively mild sunshine back tomorrow, highs to the mid to upper 60s. clearing skies after midnight. mostly sunny tomorrow. breezy at times but relatively nice. 67 tomorrow. back into the 70s for wednesday, thursday, and friday. a little chance for a shower on friday. nothing big. dry, mild weather into next weekend, too. back over to you guys. >> all right. it's the buzz of washington. ben affleck's new film "argo" came in second place, pulling in $20 million. >> it's on our list. a real story about an improbable plan to rescue american hostages in iran. and as natalie morales reports, the film is expected to be an oscar contender. >> we need to go now. >> reporter: it's the film about a real-life rescue effort almost too daring and too risky to believe. >> i've got an idea. >> the canadian film crew is a

science fiction movie. >> reporter: ben affleck captures it all in "argo" about a little-known cia operation to rescue six americans in tehran who managed to flee to the canadian embassy during the iran hostage crisis. >> these people die, they die badly. >> where is your passport? >> reporter: the americans as a film crew shooting a sky fi movie. >> this is the best bad idea we have, sir. >> reporter: affleck pays mendez, the cia operative who masterminded the escape. >> i said, let's do something flamboyant. >> you wouldn't imagine someone would use that idea as a cover, because it was so outrageous. >> reporter: miraculously, it paid off. >> the six americans slipped out of iran. >> reporter: and now this real film about the fake film has everyone talking. >> it's definitely one of those movies that will live up to all of the hype surrounding it.

>> fade in on starship landing. >> the kind of movie that will hold on very well throughout the weeks and months ahead. >> reporter: the film is affleck's third directorial effort. and a departure from his previous films which took place in his native boston. >> it definitely was a little more outside his comfort zone, but he definitely rose to the occasion and directed what most critics are saying is the best movie he's done. >> you want to set up a movie in a week -- >> reporter: some critics are already suggesting possible nominations for best picture, best director, and best actor. >> you have to know your resume back-to-front. >> reporter: as with "good will hunting" which won affleck his first oscar in 1998, award momentum is building. >> if the movie doesn't already have enough star power, hollywood power behind it, george clooney is one of the

producers. also, ben affleck, by the way, is on the "tonight show" tonight on nbc 4, right after news4 at 11:00. a story that was caught on video. coming up, the front-row seat of a cargo slamming into a building. that's ugly. a show goes terribly wrong. how it turned into a daredevil's most remarkable stunt. tonight at 5:00, shock for dozens of people when a storage facility goes up in flames. better safe than sorry. the district is already looking at ways to improve how the city handles a major snowstorm. tonight at 6:00, a controversy over cross bows. why some fairfax county workers say they should be able to bring their bows with them to work.

oh, my goodness. everyone was sure that veteran base jumper was dead after that bar accidently broke. even the tv crew was stunned. incredibly his parachute opened on the way down and he survived. look at the bottom of your screen there. this happened back in august. we're just now seeing the video today. richard henrikson was spinning around that bar, about to jump off the ledge of a 4,000-foot

clip when the bar collapsed sending him plunging over the edge. he was performing for the stunt of a norwegian talk show. he just missed hitting the cliff. but then managed to open that chute. he said after watching the video with his kids, he realized truly just how lucky he is to be alive. >> i can't even look at this. watch this security camera, though. the security camera video of a car slamming into a business in florida. the debris goes flying. it's hard to see what's going on. but as the dust settles, you can see the driver getting out of his car. fortunately the business was closed when this happened on saturday. police said the driver was taken to the hospital and charges against her are pending. when we come right back, hundreds of skateboarders go on a rampage through the streets. why a movie screening made them so mad. and for all your news, follow news4 online, just search abc washington on facebook and twitter.

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hundreds of skateboarders vandalized stores and trashed the streets in los angeles. michelle tells us it all started with skateboarders when they couldn't get the movie they wanted to see this weekend. >> reporter: an angry mob of

skateboarders ran amok through hollywood. seen here in this youtube video, from a frantic driver and passenger caught in the middle of the mayhem. they were throwing bottles while bystanders were shown running for their lives. they had to deployed more than 100 police officers. the commander tells me about 8:45, a group of about 1,500 skaters showed up to watch a free premiere of "break and destroy." the problem is, the theater only holds 600. those reportedly turned away reacted in violence. >> i just saw everybody in the streets, and like it was going crazy. i think somebody tried to open the door. and then somebody saw the door open and everybody started to rush in. >> reporter: that entrance door, along with window displays were destroyed. the caretaker of the theater refused to talk to me, but next door the owner of hollywood tattoo, he said he etched in his shop while vandals etched his

car. >> this is not the first time they make trouble. it happened a few years back a few times. out of control. from the skateboarders. >> sad to see the destructive part of skateboarding. >> reporter: police got the crowd under control in less than three hours. no injuries reported and one arrest made. hollywood, nbc 4 news. drama outside the cafeteria of a local high school when a student is stabbed and one taken out in handcuffs. imagine you're moving and you place all your stuff in storage and then it goes up in flames. that's the reality some people in virginia now face. >> remember carmageddon? the district is already thinking of the winter ahead and how to handle a major snowstorm here. good evening, everyone, i'm doreen gentzler. >> and i'm jim handly. a frantic morning at a maryland school. one teenager is injured, one in custody after a stabbing at

northwood high school in silver spring. news4's pat collins is at the school now where he's learned this incident may have been sparked by an argument last week. pat? >> reporter: jim, the victim is a student, so is the suspect. a stabbing at a high school, and many parents upset. >> this is ridiculous. they have my e-mail address. i should have known there was a stabbing here today. i had no idea. this is crazy. outrageous. >> reporter: this is the most unsettling sight, a student in handcuffs, led away from a high school. this, the scene today at northwood high school in silver spring, following a stabbing incident here. police looking into the possibility that the stabbing was a carryover from an argument at the school last week. now, they say it happened this morning around 11:00, right near the cafeteria, that the 18-year-old went after that