and a local leader in charge of the largest transportation project in the area has come out swinging against his critics. good evening. >> president obama and mitt romney take the stage at 9:00 tonight for their second presidential debate. democrats predict president obama will be livelier than he was last time. republicans believe romney will be energized by a new set of positive poll numbers. steve handelsman is at hofstra university where tonight's debate will take place. >> thanks. good evening. from hempstead, long island. with mitt romney ahead in a new poll in the all important swing states. even more is riding on the presidential debate here tonight. the pressure is on but so was the smile. barack obama headed to the hofstra debate. >> i feel fabulous. look at this beautiful day. >> reporter: mitt romney got sunshine from a starting poll by gallup for usa today that shows him leading now in 12 battleground states from

colorado to florida to ohio. since the debate in denver, romney over obama, 50-46 among likely voters because gallup found romney trails with women in the swing states by just one. a once wide gender gap closed. te obama disputes the numbers. a shift like that is critical. >> whoever wins the women usually wins the election. >> reporter: tonight's debate is a town hall. audience questions in a debate like that in 1992, george bush 41 looked irritable. >> i'm not sure i get it. help me with the question and i'll try to answer it. >> reporter: small state governor bill clinton looked empathetic. >> when people lose their jobs, there's a good chance i'll know them by their names. >> reporter: in 2000, al gore looked reckless when he approach bush. >> he is more moderate than what people give him credit for. >> reporter: advice for president obama. >> i think he needs to take charge and show he's been

running this country for four years. >> reporter: one issue is sure to be libya. four dead. the white house depping a terrorist attack. >> something terrible happened and we have to find out what it was. >> reporter: secretary of state clinton saying blame her, not the president. and much of tonight's focus will be on the economy. roughly 80 uncommitted voters will make up tonight's town hall and ask questions, screened and selected by moderator candy crowley of cnn. you can ask follow-ups. i'm steve handelsman. news4, hempstead long island. paul ryan continues to look for undecided voters' votes in virginia. he is scheduled to speak in fredericksburg in less than 30 minutes. julie carey will have a live report coming up. a family argument has led to murder in fairfax county. police there say a man shot his

sister, killed her right in front of their 91-year-old mother. >> reporter: a brother kills his sister. at the murder scene, their mother, they say it was the mother who called 911 for help. the victim, dr. ruth hamilton allen. a life coach pictured here on the website for the achievement, excellence and health institute. dr. ruth hamilton allen. ph.d. from yale. masters, johns hopkins. assistant professor american university. ajupgt professor, yale. dr. ruth hamilton allen. killed this morning in reston. she was 68 years old. it happened at her mother's house here on geddys court where they say a family meeting turned into a case of murder. police say the victim's brother, charles hamilton, shot and killed his sister dr. allen, and

they say their mother, 91-year-old marian hamilton was there. and that she was the one who called the police to the scene. charles hamilton transported away and later charged in the murder. dr. allen, they say, had come to the house on geddys court to discuss a family matter when she was shot. all of this police activity drew a number of neighbors to the scene. >> i've never heard of anything happening like this before in this area. it's a sad situation. >> reporter: now dr. allen lived a couple miles away in this reston home where friends and family stopped by throughout the day to offer condolences to her husband. >> ruth is a great neighbor. i mean, we've been here since '98. and really enjoyed being our neighbor. this is the shock to us that she was killed like that. >> now, murder suspect charles hamilton is expected to have a

court hearing tomorrow. live in fairfax, pat collins. news4. gallaudet university's chief diversity officer says her life has been a nightmare since the school learn she signed a petition concerning gay marriage. today dr. angela mccaskill shared her thoughts for the first time of gallaudet suspend her after finding out she had signed a petition after putting a signature on the referendum. she said she is not revealing whether she is for or against same sex unions by signing that petition. >> no one has the right to decide what my signature men. >> the gallaudet president said he believes mccaskill and the university can address their concerns so she can return to her post. the d.c. council is considering a bill that would lower the fines for speed camera violations. right now, you can pay as much as $250 if caught. the new proposal would charge

varying fines, depending on the severity of the infraction. the most anybody would pay would be $50. the council also wants to add more speed cameras in the coming years. two hikers who spend four days apparently lost in a national park in montana are headed home. a relative of one of the hikers tells news4, the men are expected to return to richmond, virginia today. those two went hiking in glacier national park last week. the chief ranger there said the two men were well prepared. they rationed their food, collected firewood, used a smoky fire, and an sos message made out of logs to gather attention. the park employee saw colored flagging and then found the pair alive and in good condition yesterday afternoon. another robbery of a university of maryland student. this time two students in ft who were targeted while they were jogging near the college park campus. as our prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins reports, police have released

new pictures of the suspects. >> reporter: the man seen wearing a hoodie in this still surveillance video is the latest suspect in a string of robberies near the university of maryland. >> it is scary. we always get these crime alerts and you never know what's going on. >> reporter: the robberies have been happening for several days now. just last sunday the 17-year-old zen was arrested for two robberies. police say he had stolen items in his possession. then last night. two more students were robbed by an armed man believed to be in this picture. it happened while the students jogged off campus on princeton avenue. >> they ran about two blocks to the intersection of calvert and rhode island avenue where the university of maryland has one of their emergency stations. blue light stations. they contacted the police. >> reporter: police say the students were not hurt but did have their cash stolen. the robberies happened just minutes after police were in the area. >> thursday night in that very area, we had an on campus walk

last night. the safety walk ended just before the robbery occurred. >> it is so close. i live in a sorority house right over here so it is like, another block down and that could have been me or any one of my friends. >> reporter: the stoonludents w spoke with thought the arrest would have meant an end to the robberies. now more worry. >> stressful. just take precautions and try and do your best to prevent anything from happening. >> reporter: the prince george's county police say this latest robbery is not related to the other robberies they saw since their suspect is still in custody for those cases. they are asking the students to continue to be as safe as possible and to make sure that they're not alone. tracee wilkins, news4. absolutely gorgeous day out there today. it is supposed to cool down a little bit. is that right? >> that's right. that's typical for what we expect this time of year in the middle of okay.

we'll see some cool nights. 62 degrees. a glorious afternoon with plenty of sunshine. wins were a little gusty earlier it feel a little cooler. right now the winds are starting to come down. northwest at eight miles an hour. here's the current numbers. you can see where the current numbers are. the coolest, gaithersburg coming in at 57. 57 in hagerstown. 64 in couple pepper and a nice 66 down toward fredericksburg. no rain to talk about. we won't see any chances for rain over the next 24 to 48 hours. as we move through the night, right through the morning. let's head to alexandria. going down to about 55 degrees at 11:00 and up to a temperature of about temperatures of 44 degrees with some sunshine. starting off cool. i'll show you where we go from there in my forecast. coming up -- chaos and confusion heard on the costa concord i can't's black box. the final moments as the cruise ship ran aground. >> he is one of the leaders in charge of dulles rail.

the dulles toll road and our local airports and he is coming out swinging against his critics. the story coming up. an art heist that has left investigators puzzled just how did thieves make off with picassos and monets worth hundreds of millions of dollars? and it is a day some local

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the happy homecoming of more than 100 military men and women. back from afghanistan. workers are blamed for a toxic gas leak to force an evacuation of an entire town. it happened yesterday near the city of hanover. someone accidentally poured acid into a contain we are sodium hydroxide. that created a poisonous cloud. officials shut down schools and nearby highways. about 1,400 people were vaektd. a few hours ago, emergency crewcrews

contained the leak. >> reporter: pope benedict xvi is sending a delegate. it will include top officials. they're expected to leave for syria next week. a spokesman for the pope said church leaders cannot be spectators, given the suffering in the war. that delegation will include an afford core human rights. and the packsi girl who was shot in the head by the taliban. the 14-year-old was transferred to a hospital in england for treatment. police say two people who tried to get into the hospital to see the girl were questioned and turned away. one of the intruders claimed to be her mother. the british officials say malala's parents are still in pakistan but they plan to join her soon. malala was on her way home from school tuesday when she was shot in the head because she has been pushing for education for girls.

the taliban has threatened to try to kill her again. the captain of the costa concordia cruise ship is back in court. he was accused of running the ship to bround and then abandoning the ship. the captain says he is a victim. >> reporter: francesco schettino sporting dark glasses arrives through a side door. it is a local theater being used for these preliminary hearings. to accommodate the crowds from several nations. survivors, families of the 32 who did not make it off the costa concordia. some said they wanted to look him in the eyes. also here, lawyers representing hundreds of passengers. >> we felt he didn't seem very remorseful or very sorry about what has happened on the ship. he seemed very confident. >> reporter: just as we've seen some of the panic on board,

thousands of people scrambling for life boats. jumping into the water after the colossal ship struck rock too close to the island. now we hear the ship's black box. that's captain schettino in those moments, ordering the ship to be turned abruptly. >> reporter: we turned to costa cruises. they blame the whole thing on schettino and called his suggestion that there might have been mechanical failure an absurdity. other things like not enough crew training and language barriers and someone else is suing the company now. schettino. he wants his job back alonging wrongful termination. back to you. >> if the captain is convict, he could save seven life sentences. several paintings were snatched off the wall of a museum in the netherlands. they include works by picasso and monet. they are estimated at more than

$100 million. police are analyzing the surveillance video at the museum. the thieves triggered an alarm but they got away before the cops showed up. the art experts say the thieves may be looking for a ransom. the sky out there was looking like a paining. turquoise blue with fluffy white clouds. >> this is one of the best times of the world. the temperatures, nice and cool in the morning. you see the temperatures and it is a day to enjoy it. today was that kind of day. i think we're in for a couple more and the temperature warm up the next few days. take a look at this shot. that is just gorgeous. the sun is its way toward the capital. we'll see a nice evening with a high today of 65 degrees. that with plenty of sunshine. we average 68 to 69 degrees. the sunset is in about the next ten minutes and there is that sun making its way down. look at the clear skies we've

got. the sun making its way down over the mountains. in about the next ten minutes. right now, 62 at the airport. the winds out of the northwest at eight miles an hour. a little bit of a cool evening. maybe a light sweater will be all you need. we are going to see the numbers start to dip. 55, the current number in gaithersburg as the numbers continue to go down. 57 in winchester. 65 in fredericksburg and 63 toward pax river. as far as the rain is concern, we won't see any chances of rain overnight through the day tomorrow or thursday. and let's say until thursday. i think we have a chance some of rain on thursday but most of us will remain on the dry side of things. here's the satellite and radar. this is why we don't have any chang of rain. there is not a single cloud in the sky. that will allow temperatures to cool overnight and that is why i think some areas could be quite chilly when you wake up tomorrow morning. i want to show you something else. the tropics have been fairly active. we haven't had to talk about them because the storms are out

to sea. fish storms for the most part. very close to bermuda causing some big time problems for them. tropical storm force winds and tropical storm storm warnings for bermuda but the hurricane will not hit bermuda. if you're thinking about heading toward bermuda, you may want to call ahead of time. the storm is moving to the east northeast. 85-mile-an-hour winds but it is expected to weaken and continue to move back out to the open waters. no problems here unless you're heading down toward the beaches over the next couple days. but probably not getting in the water this time of year. mental of sunshine. high pressure. that's what we saw bringing us that nice weather. tomorrow that area of high pressure slides to the south and east. we see more sunshine. a few more clouds tomorrow. nice mild air. i think temperatures tomorrow, at or a little above average. then on thursday, we see that return flow really move in here. and a frontal boundary move our way. much warmer. i think temperatures into the low 70s for the most part. this front, this is around 5:00 thursday afternoon. should stay to our west. i think most of the day will be

dry on thursday. best chance of rain will be overnight thursday night into early on friday morning. and friday could be a little on the wet side. especially early. we'll wait to see. clear skies, still nice. 53 to 58 degrees if you're stepping out for dinner. then tomorrow morning, a few clouds. a chilly start. colder in the suburbs. some areas may see some frost tomorrow morning but nothing like that in the city. we'll see a low of about 49 degrees. tomorrow $gentleman, sun and clouds and warmer and a really nice afternoon. temperature, 67. to about 72 degrees. if you're one of those people that said, hey, today was great but let's add in a few clouds. okay. that's what we'll do tomorrow. >> which people said that? >> there's a guy down on -- i saw him down on the -- that corner. 73 on your thursday. 73 on friday. with a 40% chance of rain. that will be early. right now the weekend very nice. highs in the upper 60s. 67 to 69 degrees monday and tuesday. good, too. nice and warm with highs in the 70s. i think his name was gary or -- it might have been larry. >> either way, this is a

beautiful time of year around here. thank you. coming up, a local leader in charge of the biggest transportation project in the area comes out swinging against his critics. >> reporter: i'm julie carey in virginia. gop supporters get a warm-up tonight of a rt sow. paul ryan will be here. a live report on debate refleks coming up. [ mitt romney ] look at the evidence of the last four years.

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few minutes. earlier today he was in lynchburg, virginia, trying to romney's strong first debate performance. a new gallup poll shows romney ahead of the president, 50-46%. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey is live in fredericksburg where romney supporters hope that momentum continue after tonight's presidential debate. julie? >> reporter: the romney/ryan campaign hopes for a lot of time for supporters. tonight they get to see paul ryan in person. then get3etj in the second president deposition debate. >> reporter: it is a political double-header for the supporters of the republican ticket. first those line up will get a close-up view. paul ryan made his first of two virginia stop in lynchburg. fredericksburg is stopped, too. and while the supporters are eager to hear him, there is equal anticipation of tonight's second presidential debate.

supporters have high home mitt romney will build on the momentum he picked up after winning the first debate. >> i hope he wins again. that's my best thought. that he will win again and come out on top. >> i hope it is a decisive victory. but that would really be nice. >> reporter: this romney/ryan campaign volunteer said he's noticed a change since the first debate as he goes door to door. >> i think the crowds are much bigger than they used to be. there are many, many more yard signs. >> reporter: the obama campaign is questioning the strength of the gop's newfound enthusiasm. they brought in a democratic lawmaker who served with governor romney in massachusetts to offer a downer point. >> mitt romney was a disaster for massachusetts. he will be a disaster for virginia and the entire nation. he said he expects president obama to fare far better tonight. >> i think it is easier in a town hall format. president obama will be able to engage with those people. that's something that mitt romney can't do.

he didn't engage -- that's right what he said. he did not engage with legislators or the people of massachusetts. >> reporter: so while it will be paul ryan here tonight, mitt romney will make a post debate visit to virginia. he will be in leesburg tomorrow. president obama comes back to ;. >> thank you. you can watch the debate tonight on nbc 4. starting at:00. we hope you'll stay tuned for news4 at 11:00. angie will be monitoring social westernj#ñ/3 in-qers.#y;&00q twitter. use the hash tag dctalks. the man who lives in western virginia has been arrested killing of killing his sister in front of their 91-year-old mother. josh hamilton shot 68-year-old ruth hamilton allen during an argument over a family matter. dr. allen was a life coach who

lived on geddys court in reston. police are looking for the two students. they were jogging about 9:30 last night. the suspect push them down. pulled out a gun and demanded property. there were three other robberies near the school just last week. the chief diversity officer at gallaudet university said she is a victim of bullying and intolerance at the school. her name is dr. angela mccaskill. last week she was suspended after officials learn she signed a petition to get same sex marriages on the ballot in maryland. dr. mccaskill said her signature does not indicate whether she is for or against gay marriage. the president of gallaudet, t. allen herwitz said she and the university will work through their concerns in the direction of resuming her post. a justified use of force or wait police brutality? it's the question in the second day of the trial for two

officers accused of beating a university of maryland student. chris gordon has more now on how video of the alleged beating played into today's testimony. >> reporter: excessive force was used in this case. that's the opinion of the prosecution's expert witness. an officer who trains police. he said he counted a minimum of 12 blows with batons. two police officers hitting a student after he was down on the ground they should have stop. the expert testified. video of the incident prompted an investigation which resulted in this trial. the defendant james harrison denied to internal affairs that he was one of two police officers seen inville phone video hitting the person after a basketball victory over duke in march of 2010. harrison told an investigator with internal affairs, he didn't recognize anyone in the video. but now harrison is on trial for

using excessive force. harrison's co-defendant at this trial on charges of assault and misconduct is officer reginald baker. the prosecutors called lieutenant dexter mckinney as a witness. he testified that he is a friend of baker. and was calledapolo internal affairs during its investigation of the incident since he was on the scene that night. mckinney said baker called him the next day to apologize, saying he was sorry it happened. he was not proud of it. but baker's defense lawyer, william brennan suggests baker was apologizing for causing fellow officers to be called into internal affairs for questioning. the defense contends the use of force was justified. one officer who was there testified today, it was a rye. on we were charged several times. it was a stampede of humans, yelling and cursing at you. throwing bottles. causing concern for the safety of the officers there that night. the defense is expected to call both police officers to testify in their own defense. in an attempt to avoid

conviction and save their law enforcement careers. at the prince george's county courthouse, chris gordon, news4. a trial is expected to go to the jury by the end of this week. if you're one of the thousands of washingtonians anxiously awaiting cell phone service through the metro system, you'll be waiting a while longer. the deadline for service in gro underground stations for the four major carriers was today. metro says it has asked congress for an extension on that deadline and now estimates that the project will be done sometime in 2015. metro would not give any specific reason for the delay except that the project has turned out to be much more complex than first thought. cell service is currently available at 20 of metro's busiest stations but not in most tunnels. the metropolitan washington airport authority board is the agency in charge of the dulles rail project. one of the largest transportation projects in our

area. quite aggressive about the roject, thessive about the agency, and even virginia governor bob mcdonald. here's our report. >> reporter: once an agency that stayed out of the headlines, the metropolitan, washington airport authority has become a lightning rod for controversy. and the authorities board has been called out from the federal level on down because of a lack of accountability, transparency and sound judgment. the poster boy for those charges, dennis, a labor union official who will step down from the board tomorrow. most notably, he has been criticized for lavish trip on the authority's dime, including a $9,000 plane ticket for a conference in prague. he has defended one of his most vocal critics. today he sat down with news4 to tell his side of the taking aim at the governor. >> now we have elected officials saying do this or i'm going to take you off the board. do this or i'm going to hold up money for the project. so now we have become an arm of

political officials will. >> reporter: he also accuses the governor of becoming involved for his own professional gain. >> this project is a huge infrastructure project and i believe at that time, the governor want to be the vice president of the united states. it was a very ideological issue for him to handle. >> reporter: the virginia transportation secretary shot back of a our interview saying in an e-mail, we've advocated greater transparency and better internal controls on the use of the if you understand by board members. he chose to be part of the problem. not part of the solution. he won't be leaving the board quietly tomorrow. he said he plans to talk about issues with the authorities' staff, leadership and the public may get the short end of the stick in the end. >> what good is your vote if the elected officials at the end of the day will still tell you what to do. why do you need an unelected board? at that point, you're just rubber staching things.

>> the project is costing about $6 billion. much of the funding come from tolls collected on the dulles toll road. another memorable day for members of the d.c. national guard who just returned home from afghanistan. >> those men and women are part of the 273nd military police battalion. they return home on sunday afternoon, after a ten-month deployment overseas. and today, the unit was honored for its work during a special ceremony outside the d.c. armory in southeast. they were also officially relieved of their duties. soon.

the two former snl member are teaming up to host the golden globes. * the two hikers who went missing at a national park are in virginia and on their way

home. we've just received video of their arrival. they arrived at richmond international airport just before 5:00 this evening. they were found on monday after they got lost hiking in the national park. hiser lives in richmond. new cases and new concerns as the investigation into that deadly meningitis outbreak widens. the number dead stands at 15 but the center for disease control now reports 233 cases of infection and illness. that's 19 more cases than yesterday. two of the new cases are in maryland. one of them is in virginia. the cdc says it is linked to a storioid injection made by a farlcy. two more drugs are also being investigated. the cdces it is could not tacking the doctors and thousands of patient who may have been exposed. >> the new iphone 5s are barely out of the boxes but apple is

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and we'll tell what you the turks have done for the first time since 2001. take a look. a beautiful evening. gorgeous toward the jefferson memorial this evening. 62 degrees. we're looking at mostly clear skies. winds out of northwest at eight miles per hour. what are we going to see the den

down to 54 in gaithersburg. 59 in leesburg. 62 in ft. bravo and 58 degrees. we'll see a fairly cool evening and a cool overnight tonight. but it's not going to be quite as cold as it has been over the past couple of weeks. 58 degrees at 9:00. 54 at 11:00. this is in the city. 49 by 5:00 a.m. and waking up and out about 7:00. i think we'll see some sunshine. sunrise at 7:20. it will be cool with temperatures at 50 degrees. lot cooler will be than that. the satellite and radar showing it a lot cooler. now we're seeing clear skies and that's what we're seeing all night long. those cool skies helped to the east. the nice weather we saw will be back tomorrow. i think a lot more mild tomorrow as high temperatures should be right around that 70-degree mark on thursday, a chance of showers, starts to move in. i think most of the day will be dry on thursday. the rain, best chance for rain will come late thursday night and into the day on friday. take a look at these overnight

low temperatures. i think some areas could see frost. there are frost advisories to the south and west. but not for these areas. say, frederick toward martinsburg hagerstown. you've already seen a pretty good freeze. so a frost is not going to affect the growing season. for you folk, it is essentially over but gaithersburg, washington, above that 40-degree mark. we won't see any frost here. the temperatures tomorrow with sunshine right back up into the upper 60s to around 70 degrees. 71 in d.c. 73, la plata. martinsburg at 67 degrees. your seven-day forecast one more time in a few minutes. >> so here we are now, another former redskin in a high profile coaching position. >> they're moving up. unfortunately when that happens, that means somebody lose as job. if you look at the number, yards per game, points per game. the 3-3 eagles right in the

middle of the pack. significantly better than the redskins. but expectations were high in philadelphia and expectations can get coaches fired. after blowing a 10-point lead in the final five minutes of the game against the lions on sun, the eagles head coach andy reid had seen enough. reid fired the defensive coordinator juan castillo and replaced had william the former defensive back, todd boles. >> i tell you the >> i tell you the i speck an aggressive emotional football. i expect one thing from our football team. as you play four quarters of that. and you never let your foot off the pedal. it is all out for four quarters. >> speaking of all out, that's with a it was on monday night football. and afc battled. this was a game between the broncos and the chargers. first half, all san diego.

up 17-0. phillip rivers finds antonio gates. their second touchdown hook-up of the game. the chargers up 24-0 at halftime. hit,w byrsáamu.a elvq retur timet he is hit by elvis dumervil. he fumbles the ball. tony carter picks it up and returns it 65 yards for the score. momenting shifting big time of rivers was responsible for six turnovers. two fumbles and four interceptions. to the háx. andr>b broncos down by just three sec to run a play. he thinks differently. audibles at the line. he's been doing this for years. and then with one second to go in the play clock, he finally gets off the play. he couldn't do this if he didn't go to the university of tennessee. he is a very smart man. and then how about this? to brandon stokley. the second oldest receiver in the history

great catch. a supreme concentration. the broncos complete the biggest halftime comeback in monday night football history. denver wins it easily. 35-24. they are now tied atop the afc west with san diego. look at them. they're dumb-founded. the chargers, 3-3 are the broncos. one other nfl note. jimmy haslem iii, the new owner of the cleveland browns has removed mike holmgren as team president. he will replace him with joe banner. the tigers trying to of t the 3-0 lead on the yankees tonight. last night, the cardinals trying to go up 2-0 in the nlcs against the giants. we pick it up in the top of the first. a play a lot of people are talking about on a double play. watch matt second. stays$úo scutaro.

a lot of people saying this is just plain dirty. scutaro was shaken up he would stay in the game. that would be huge for the giants. cheg outcà hethree.:7 nigh it bases clearing. the giants go on it is down from 57% earned by the players in the expired collective bargaining agreement. 82 game season would start on november 2nd. we would see one week of training camp and every team playing an extra regular season game every five weeks. unlike earlier proposals, there would be no systematic changes to player contracts. the offer comes one day after the website dead spin revealed the league hired a d.c. based marketing firm to help shape the nhl's lockout message.

hoping hockey comes back very soon. maryland, folks, has the point guard of the future. roddy peters picked the terps over kansas, george tourng and ucla. he grew up a juan dixon fan and really like what the maryland coach was selling. a big gift for the terps. meanwhile, thanks to 239 all purpose yards from freshman sensation, stephan digs. the terps' football team coming off a win against virginia on saturday. maryland now 4-2, heading into there week's homecoming match-up against nc state. the terms' 2-0 for the first time since 2001. a very impressive start. by head coach randy edsell, not getting ahead of himself. >> right now, we just, i just worry about taking one game at a time. and then when that game is over, you win it. you put it in the bank and you gain interest. and that's what we've just tried to talk to the guys about.

just hey, we've got four wins. four wins isn't enough to accomplish the goals that we want to accomplish. and the only thing that we're focused on right now is just trying to find a way to beat nc state on saturday. >> the maryland football coach, i know how much both of you love facebook and twitter. i would love to invite you to join in a little game we're having. we're trying to come over with a new name for that landover leap or fed-ex flop. so you can tweet me at dan hellie or tweet nbc washington. >> can i just call you or write you a note? >> just holler ought across the newsroom? >> can i do it that way? >> we make exceptions for you. >> thank you. when we come

the library of congress is giving new life to voices from the civil war. there's a new blog called the civil war in america. it will include entries from diaries, letters and other writings from the library's collection. you'll be able to read works from well known figures such as robert e. lee and ulysses s. grant as well as clara barton. there will be entries from people you may not have heard of who left written accounts of their experiences. the blog and the new exhibit at the library will open on november 12th. two of the funniest women on television will be hosting the golden globe awards together. tina fey and amy poehler will be hoeflting in january. they are frequent collaborators. they were in saturday night live and in mean girls and baby mama. the golden globes are set to air on the 13. concerns about safety after

a violent crime at a local high school. also, hear from family and friends as two virginia hikers return home after several days lost in glacier national park in montana. and a major retailer getting into the holiday spirit. we'll tell what you target is doing to make sure shoppers get the best bargain. and doug, what are you doing to make sure we get the best weather around here? >> i'm working real hard. i'm working really hard. out there this evening, pretty nice conditions but it will get quite cold. especially in the suburbs. inside the beltway, temperatures will stay in the 40s. many of you in the suburbs will be in the upper 30s and we could see some frost out there tomorrow morning. especially in loudoun county and along i-81. we'll see plenty of sunshine with a few more clouds than we saw today but warmer. a nice afternoon with a high temperature, 67 to about 72 degrees. winds southerly at about five to ten miles an hour. that's southerly wind will help to warm thing up over the next

couple days. we do have a frontal boundary that will come through thursday night. most of the day thursday will be mostly cloudy and dry, i think, with the high of 73. so thursday is looking pretty. >> the best chance of rain comes thursday night into the day on friday. we'll call it about a 40% chance of rain early friday. then that shower activity should move out of here saturday and sun. right now looking really nice. saturday, a high of 67. sun, a high of 69 degrees with plenty of sunshine and next week we stay on the warm side. 73 on monday. 74 on tuesday. so just about every day there looks like it could be at or above average. >> we'll take it. >> thanks, doug. there is a chess tournament on a train that just wrapped up over in europe. they call it, what do you think they call it? the chess train. this is the second year of the tournament. it starts in prague. during the day, the players engage in 13 rounds of what they call rapid chess. that's the form where players are given short time frames in

which to make their, wow! they are rolling. they're moving. in the evening the players get off the train and they go out and hang out. and have a good time in cities in the czech republic and germany and poland, austria and sloe acti slovakia. why all the chess tournament on a train? >> why? >> because the guy who thought of it said the answer is simple. he said it would be -- you hold on it a training you see, because it would be impossible to play a chess tournament, even rapid chess, in a car, a bus, or on an airplane. >> that makes perfect sense. yeah