>> reporter: good evening from boca, where this once figured to be either kind of sleepy or a mismatch. favoring the president who's got more experience in foreign policy than the former governor. but that's not how it shapes up now. and especially because of being staged in this state, this could be a high drama showdown. president obama arrived in florida trailing by 2% in this battleground, down five points since the first debate. >> i now believe florida could easily go for romney. >> reporter: nationally now it's a die. turnout could be key. >> if the president can get the enthusiasm from hispanics and young voters, he can win re-election. >> reporter: mitt romney is hoping to enthuse his backers in tonight's clash on foreign policy. he's sure to press on libya, charging the president tried to cover up an al qaeda attack. and an iranian nuclear weapons, romney will vow to be tough but not rush to war. president obama will point out

he killed osama bin laden, and ended the war in iraq. and a new nbc poll finds by 46% to 38%, voters feel mr. obama would better handle foreign policy in the future than mr. romney. in lauderdale by the sea, a county barack obama won easily in 2008, rob said he'll vote for the president again. >> it's difficult to imagine people who have not made up their mind. >> reporter: julianne hasn't decided. >> i just want the economy to go up, up, up. >> reporter: in ohio, vice president biden said it has. >> america is coming back. 31 straight months of 5.2 million jobs. >> reporter: paul ryan was in colorado. >> early voting starts today. all i'm simply saying is, help us. we need your vote. >> reporter: mike and mimi in florida today cast early ballots for romney/ryan in ohio.

>> voted for president obama the first time around because i thought change was needed. still thing change is needed. >> reporter: for those who think another side-by-side look is needed, there's tonight's debate. unlike in previous debates, these candidates tonight face heavy competition for tv viewers. on at same time will be the national league baseball play-offs and monday night football. i'm steve handelsman, news4, boca raton, florida. >> we hope you'll stay with nbc news for continuing coverage of the debate tonight that begins at 9:00. join the conversation on twitter by using the #dctalks. the trial of adrian johnson started today. he's a former fbi agent who is accused in a deadly dui crash in prince george's county. that accident happened back in brandywine, maryland, in february. he's accused of hitting a car driven by an 18-year-old. prosecutors say johnson's blood

alcohol level was three times the legal limit. johnson is facing a number of charges, including vehicular manslaughter. if he's convicted, he could get up to 13 years in prison. if you were in the d.c. area 30 years ago, you may remember a horrific murder of a college student. her name was stephanie roper. she was killed after her car broke down in prince george's county. now maryland's governor is honoring her life in a rather unique way. jackie bensen reports it comes after years of work from her parents to change the law for victims' families. >> reporter: this sign will rename a section of pennsylvania avenue in upper marlboro as stephanie roper highway, a tribute to her family's 30 years of advocacy for victims' rights. stephanie, a frontburg state university student was just 22 years old when she was murdered on april 3rd, 1982. tv news accounts at the time reported how her car broke down

on a dark road. she was abducted, tortured, raped, shot, and set on fire, and those words do not fully convey the horror she endured. the outrage of her parents during the trialventually changed maryland law. >> for us, the greater tragedy was being victimized by the system we trusted, respected and depended upon. we were not always given information. we were excluded from observing the trial, which was the most important event of our lives. we simply wanted to be there as a presence, as evidence that our daughter lived and was loved and her life mattered. >> reporter: vincent and roberta roper worked on behalf of what was known as the stephanie roper foundation and now called the maryland crime victims' resource center. they helped chandra levy's

mother attend the trial of her killer. >> to go into court and try to assert those rights to make sure that they are not so easily denied. >> reporter: at a fund-raiser saturday, vince and roberta were surprised with the sign. the signs will be going up shortly in upper marlboro, in plenty of time to mark another honor for the roper family. the maryland general assembly has named april 3rd as crime victims and advocates day, that is the anniversary of stephanie roper's death. reporting from upper marlboro, jackie bensen. the wife of the gunmen, 45-year-old radcliffe haughton opened fire in suburban milwaukee yesterday at a spa. police say he killed his wife and two others. four other people were shot. haughton then killed himself. a court awarded haughton's wife a restraining order just last

week. a mental health evaluation is the next step for the man accused of throwing a molotov cocktail into the ballston mall food court. his lawyer requested the evaluation at a court hearing today. police say he threw a bottle into the food court last thursday. that bottle caught fire. they quickly put it out. nobody was injured. vincent gray honored the guard who was shot this summer at the family research council. the mayor presented leo johnson with the first ever mayor medal of honor. he's credited with disarming a gunman who opened fire in the lobby of the christian group's office in august. johnson was able to restrain the gunman before he could get any further into the building. some people are wondering why you lay grass down and then just rip it up. it's a question raised about a high-profile construction project. it's happening in the potomac yard section of alexandria, virginia. transportation reporter adam

tuss got to the bottom of the story today. >> reporter: it's a bit of a mystery along route 1 in sabds ri a. why were these beautiful grassy medians put in place just so they could be ripped apart a short time later. turns out the answer has to do with transportation progress. >> now we're actually building a transitway in the center of route 1, to move people basically from the pentagon area all the way down to addock metro. >> reporter: building that bus system means a lot of the grass has to be taken out. the dirt eventually will be turned into pavement and the buses will run straight down the middle of route 1. but some commuters don't get the idea of putting down grass just to tear it back up. >> it makes me think the government is not using their time most efficiently, especially when belts are being tightened. all that sort of stuff. we should be smarter with our finances. >> plan things out. be more strategic in what you're doing, more efficient. be consider at of people's time

and their money. >> reporter: why put the grass down in the first place. it was to help keep the construction mess under control. >> that ground cover was put on basically as erosion control, dust control. you can imagine with the amount of traffic we have, 35,000 cars a day, on route 1, the need for dust control is quite large. >> reporter: robin works at conklin's flower shop right next to the construction site. she still doesn't get it. >> now they're ripping it back out. they've been watering it, and doing all kinds of things to it. now it's quon. >> reporter: transportation leaders say it's the end product of all the work that people should be focusing on. >> we're putting in the final design which is going to be landscaping, bus shelters, along that entire medianway. >> reporter: this project is being funded by federal dollars and is within budget right now. it's expected to be open by winter of next year. in alexandria, adam tuss, news4. life normal for metro areas at dupont circle. the south entrance to the red

line station reopened over the weekend. it now has three brand-new escalators that should be much more reliable than the old ones. they were notorious for breaking down leaving metro riders with more than 100 steps to climb up or down. a nice fall day to get out for a walk. get ready for it to get even warmer this week. doug kammerer has more on conditions out there. colors are starting to change in this shot here. >> beautiful fall color. i'll tell you what, my son came in a little bit earlier today and had on his shorts, and i said, not today, buddy, but tomorrow we could be in short type weather. that's how warm temperatures are going to get. high today 73 degrees in washington. but back to the west, look at the numbers. highs near 80 degrees across portions of the region. and that's where we could be tomorrow. i'll talk about that, plus what could be a coastal storm developing. we'll talk about that in just a minute. coming up, the first look at a deadly bombing in beirut. it may be new proof that the

syrian conflict is spilling over its borders. a young woman is beaten and assaulted on the capitol crescent trail. now a key witness is talking. lance armstrong, a legend in the cycling world and beyond will give up his tour de france victories, but that's not the only thing being taken away from him. the man known as fearless felix jumped from the top of the world and he's sharing the view like never before. ike leggett: gaming generated one hundred and eighty... million dollars for maryland schools. question seven will double it. rushern baker: question seven will add table games and... a new casino, generating millions of dollars... every year, without raising taxes. leggett: and audits will ensure the money goes... where it's supposed to. more jobs, and millions for schools. baker: question seven will be good for our kids... our teachers, and our schools. leggett: keep maryland money in maryland. baker: please vote for question seven.

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over in italy today, a group of scientists was convicted of manslaughter for not giving enough warning about an earthquake. it happened back in april of 2009, more than 300 people were killed. but tremors had been felt for months before the big quake. that town had been destroyed in the past by earthquakes three times. prosecutors say the group of earthquake experts told people not to worry. today the court sentenced them to six years in prison. those scientists all say they will appeal.

more deadly attacks in lebanon today. fueled concerns that the violence in syria has created a regional conflict. at least two people died in a battle between suni militants and the military in beirut. on friday, a car bomb exploded in a neighborhood killing eight people including a security official. new video from a near bay restaurant shows the final moments before that bomb went off. they believe the syrian government is behind the attack. the u.s. embassy in egypt is warning americans about the possibility of terror attacks near the israeli border. the warning comes after an israeli air strike today. israeli army killed at least three palestinian militants over the gaza strip. one of those killed was a member of the islamic extremist group known as hamas. no israelis were killed in the

attack. for decades he ruled the sport of cycling and was admired far beyond that. now lance armstrong is out of the record books. stripped of his record seven tour de france titles. as jay gray reports, that's not the only thing he's losing. >> reporter: he became a legend by conquering the rugged mountains and long winding paths of the world's most grueling bike race. but now it seems lance armstrong faces an even tougher road. >> lance armstrong has no place in cycling. >> reporter: today the international cycling union officially removed armstrong from the sport he wuns ruled and the record books. >> uci will ban lance armstrong from cycling and strip him of his seven tour de france titles. >> reporter: they'll also demand armstrong return his medals and millions of dollars in prize money from those wins. exactly how much will be determined later this week. it's the latest fallout from a

u.s. anti-doping agency report released earlier this month that outlined, quote, overwhelming evidence armstrong was the kingpin in a sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program. long-time sponsors including nike, oakley, trek bikes, radio shack and anheuser-busch have all ended their relationships with armstrong, and last week citing the controversy, the cancer survivor step down as the chair of his wildly successful livestrong foundation. he spoke at the char hiitychari fund-raising gala this weekend. >> it's been a difficult couple of weeks, for me, my friends, my family, this foundation. i get asked a lot, people say, man, how are you doing? and i say -- and i say this every time -- and i mean it, i say, i've been better. but i've also been worse. >> armstrong has steadfastly denied using performance-enhancing drugs and

says he will continue to work closely with his cancer foundation. jay gray, nbc news. very sad story. doug, more about our weather forecast? simply gorgeous out there today. >> we had a day last week, just about perfect. can't get any better than that. >> and it can. >> tomorrow could be a high near 80 degrees. this is exactly the kind of weather you hope you get around this area. right now, beautiful fall color as the sun trying to make its way down here. this is a live look right now on the parkway across the river, right there by the airport where the temperatures currently are still in the 70s. for the record today, we saw high temperature of 73 degrees after a low of 48. the record high for this date set back in 1979, and in 1920. that temperature 84 degrees. so nowhere near the record today. but we could be close to this number over the next couple of days. temperatures are really going to be going up here. right now, clear skies, 71

degrees at the airport. winds out of the west at about 5 miles per hour. a very nice and very, very pleasant evening. 67 degrees in martinsburg. 66 in frederick. the cool spots, winchester at 63. 61 in gaithersburg and 64 in culpepper. you may need the jacket this time of year, you normally do during the mornings and evenings as we get the cooler air coming in. it will be a little on the chilly side tomorrow morning. but we won't be dealing with any rain. i don't think you'll need the umbrellas for probably a week, if that. we're going through a dry stretch here, and rather warm. clear skies here. but here's some storminess back towards the west. this is one storm pushing our way. most of the rain starting to fizz will out with it. tomorrow, even though we're warmer, we are going to see some cloud cover mixed in with what we saw with high pressure just down to our south. nice weather today with all that sunshine. the high slides down to the south a little bit. we see the boundary come to the north. that's going to allow the clouds

to move in. most of the rain should be north of that warm front. but to the south of it, very warm temperatures. same deal goes for wednesday. another area of cloudiness during wednesday afternoon. i think for the most part we're still going to be nice and warm. still pretty nice days but partly cloudy to mostly cloudy. both days looking pretty good. i want to show you something else here. this is tropical storm sandy. and this just formed. it was already a little bit of a storm, became a depression earlier, became a tropical storm as of 5:00. tropical storm watch in effect for jamaica. i haven't shown you the tropics too much lately. but this one is interesting. 40-mile-an-hour winds right now. hurricane strength by it hits jamaica wednesday with 70-mile-an-hour winds. then notice where it goes, into the atlantic, 50-mile-an-hour winds by saturday. some of the computer models have been trying to bring this back toward the coast, and become a monster storm. i don't think that's going to happen here. i think this should stay out to sea for the most part. but we're going to be watching this one very closely over the

next couple of days to see exactly what happens with this. if it comes close enough, it could actually wrap in very cool air in behind it. we could be talking about one of the coldest days we've seen. a lot still to take place, it wouldn't be near us for about a week. but again, we'll be watching it closely for you. clear skies, great evening tonight, temperatures 64 to 69 degrees in the d.c. metro area. that's as of about 8:00 tonight. tomorrow morning, partly sunny, cool, but nice, 44 to about 54 degrees. and then, yes, you can put on the shorts tomorrow. you don't have to wear a jacket out to take your lunch. partly sunny, nice and warm. 76 to 80 degrees. winds out of the southwest at 10 to 15 miles an hour. we get even warmer on wednesday. a high near 80. the record on wednesday is 84. some areas could be close to that. we stay warm on thursday and friday. and then, as i mentioned, watching that storm next sunday and into monday. we'll keep watching that. for right now focus on the nice, warm temperatures. >> it's a gift when we get this

this time of year. >> you can open this up at any time. coming up, one of the sons of the late bobby kennedy on trial for what happened in a maternity ward days after his son was born. a young man is murdered in the streets of d.c., and not even the suspect's family will come to the defense of the accused killer. coming up in sports, chris cooley does have a new job, but the cooley report here on nbc 4 lives on. >> the report continues as we also talk about the game this week. it wasn't all bad. as news4 at 6:00 rolls on. president obama: i'm barack obama and i approve... this message. anncr: victims. dependent. that's what mitt romney called forty-seven percent... of americans. including people on medicare. but what about his plan for you? romney would replace guaranteed benefits with a voucher system. seniors could pay six thousand dollars more a year.

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a young woman is in a hospital tonight, she was attacked along the capitol crescent trail. >> it happened last night about an hour after sunset in bethesda. news4's darcy spencer is live at the scene with an exclusive

interview with the woman who helped the victim. darcy? >> reporter: that woman lives in a home right off of the trail. she says other people have come to her home before seeking help after maybe having a bicycle accident. but nothing like this. the attack happened right here along the trail. you can see the crime scene tape here. the woman was dragged into a wooded area and sexually assaulted. today park police officers on hortback and bike are at the scene of a sexual assault on a young woman jogging here sunday evening. >> it feels like crime encroaching on our beautiful neighborhood. and suburbs. >> reporter: this was the first house the victim came to after the attack. about 100 yards from the scene. the woman who lives here found the victim crying and bleeding from a head wound. >> of course, she was crying, because she wanted the paramedics to be here right away, you know. and i always say, they are

coming, they are coming, you know. >> reporter: police say the victim was attacked around 7:00 in the evening sunday, knocked out by a man who then sexually assaulted her. when the victim woke up, she realized she had been dragged into a wooded area. she was able to walk out on her own. that's when she called for help. a jogger came by and walked her to that house just outside the park. the trail is used by joggers, bikers and walkers every day, day and night. some say there's been an increase in vagrants here. others say this is an isolated and unusual incident that has many concerned for their safety. >> i have a 23 and 25-year-old, and i have told them they are not allowed to go on this trail. i think that's good advice to everybody. >> we think it's a pretty safe area, but obviously we have to be a little more concerned about how we walk along these trails. it's a sad thing to hear. >> reporter: montgomery county police say that 21-year-old victim remains in the hospital this evening in serious

condition, recovering from that head wound. no arrests have been made in this case. reporting live from bethesda, darcy spencer, news4. police are hoping a recent robbery victim might have some information about the murder of a teenager in prince george's county. 18-year-old marckel ross was shot and killed in capitol heights last month. he was walking to school at the time. police say the morning he was killed there was a robbery earlier in that same area that went unreported. ross' mother is hoping that that person can shed some light on what happened to her son. >> words cannot describe how i feel. a piece of me has been taken away. and i just find it very hard to be able to -- >> there is a $25 thoi reward in that case. we're learning more about a teenager charged with killing a man in broad daylight in northeast d.c. pat collins spoke with the suspect's family who said this is not his first run-in with the

law. >> reporter: do you remember that day? >> yep. like it was yesterday. i heard shots. i come running outside. it's my baby on the ground. i'm trying to get to my baby. i get there. he has no life to him. he's gone. i didn't even get to tell my baby before he left me i loved him. >> reporter: it was last friday that tony troxler buried her son gregory. he was her youngest child, 22 years old. gregory shot and killed in this alley off 8th street northeast. the suspect in the case, 18-year-old kevon austin. he was arrested by police last weekend. though we don't know the exact motive for this murder, this case gives us a sharp insight into how some people end up dead in the streets of our city.

he's been in a lot of trouble, hasn't he? >> yes, he has. and i've had it. i'm done. >> reporter: that's the aunt of austin. she had custody of the teenager for some time. the aunt says back in 2008, there was a fire at the austin family home in northeast. kevon austin was held responsible for the arson. the aunt says he was sent to a juvenile facility here. then a juvenile facility in florida for a year. then a group home here. then placed in her custody after that. now comes the charge of murder. >> i tried to do my best to, you know, to try to give him an environment in which he could grow, and, you know, get educated, or get a job or something. but he just kept going in and out of the system. and after this last incident, i'm just done. >> reporter: at the time of the murder, kevon austin was wearing

a gps tracking device on his ankle. but right before the murder, it stops working. how did that happen. indeed, there are a lot of questions here, including one from toni troxler. she wants to know why her son was gunned down in that alley. >> i just want to know why. that's all i want to know, why. >> reporter: murder suspect kevon austin held without bond tonight pending further court action in the case. at superior court, pat collins, news4. a stretch of road in prince george's county is being renamed to honor the life of a college student who was murdered. part of pennsylvania avenue will no be called stephanie roper highway. stephanie roper was killed back in 1982 after her car broke down on a dark road in the county. her parents were not allowed at her killer's trial.

they have spent the last 30 years fighting for victims' rights. douglas kennedy is the son of the late senator robert f. kennedy, he's accused of trying to take his 2-day-old son from the maternity ward back in january. two nurses kennedy injured them after they tried to stop him. he's charged with physical harassment and child endangerment. kenne kennedy's lawyer said the women are just after money. jessie jackson jr. has no plans to vacate his seat. he's up for re-election in november. today was the deadline for the democratic party to replace him on the ballot. jackson is being treated for a range of health issues, including bipolar disorder and depression. he's expected to return to the mayo clinic in minnesota this week for more medical tests. on saturday jackson sent a robo call to his constituents asking for patience while he tries to get well. the u.s. senate race in maryland is getting interrupted

while ben cardin is leading in the polls. the republican challenger and strong independent candidate are giving voters some choices. chris gordon takes a look at how that race is shaping up. >> reporter: independent u.s. senate candidate rob sobhani has been running tv ads since late summer, reportedly spending more than $4 million of his own money challenging u.s. senator ben cardin of maryland, who brought his re-election campaign seeking a second term to this town hall meeting at leisure world. >> we started planning our campaign for re-election, we knew we would have competition. we didn't know exactly who the candidates would be, or how many. we're prepared and presenting our record and our accomplishments. >> reporter: barbara mccull ski is campaigning for him. i asked what she thinks about e independent challenger rob sobhani. >> i think it's somewhat surprising that someone can parachute in with unlimited amount of money and not go

through the selection process of a primary. >> reporter: the republican senate candidate dan bongino said he sobhani bought his way into this race. >> i've been the underdog my whole life, growing up poor. every time i went back to an old neighborhood, they're like, i'm impressed, you did a lot for yourself. my grandmother called me the only self-made man she ever met. >> reporter: dean ahmed is running for the u.s. senate seat. a new poll shows senator cardin favored by 53%, bongino 22%, sobhani 14% and ahmed at 2%. i recently asked so bani why he chose to challenge senator cardin who is one of maryland's most successful politicians. >> i think there is a fundamental fatigue with both political parties. i think people in america want fresh ideas.

want fresh solutions. but they also, chris, want accountability. >> reporter: the senate candidates in maryland will meet for two debates before election day. chris gordon, news4. by noon today, hundreds of d.c. residents had already cast their ballots on this first day of early voting in the district. the old council chambers at 1 judiciary square opened at 8:30 this morning and will remain open until 7:00 tonight. this is the first time for early voting in the district since 2008 when voters encountered long lines on election day. >> we had a situation where the morning vote on election day, the lines extended blocks and blocks and blocks. we'll see whether the early voting takes some of that pressure off. but we're ready. >> i don't normally vote early. this time, i wanted it in. >> voting expands to seven other d.c. locations on saturday. in maryland, early voting starts this saturday through november 1st. virginia residents have been voting for weeks now. nationwide, more than 4.5

million people have already cast their ballots. a reminder that the third and final presidential debate will take place tonight. president obama and mitt romney will take the stage at lynn university in boca raton, florida, at 9:00 tonight. the topic at tonight's debate is foreign policy. the latest poll suggests the vase a dead heat now and both candidates are expected to try tonight to break out of that deadlock. nbc news coverage begins tonight at 9:00. we do in fact have this debate covered from every angle, including on social media. more on how your voice can be part of our coverage. angie? >> good evening, jim. record numbers show many of you will be online while watching the debate. join us on our nbc washington facebook page. we want to know who you thought won tonight's debate. also, share with us, are you indecided still, did the candidates answer your questions. tell us on twitter, too,

tweet @nbc washington using the #dctalks. at 11:00, we'll have a recap, including a big moment that played out during the night, top trends and, of course, your comments. jim, doreen? >> thanks, angie. coming up on news4 at 6:00, the daredevil who made a supersonic jump explains how it really felt to be looking down from the top of the world. if you're already planning to see rg3 next year in training camp, we'll tell you where to go to do that. we've got a couple of storms out there that will affect us. at least a little bit. i'll have the forecast in just a minute. president obama: i'm barack obama and i approve... this message. anncr: victims.

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and tim kaine and i both cut our own pay as governors, to lead by example. mark warner and i reached across party lines to get things done. we were a great team in richmond and we'll be a great team in washington. i'm tim kaine and i approve this message ...because we'll work together to restore fisc responsibility, grow our economy and create jobs. [ male announcer ] tim kaine. bringing people together to tackle the challenges of tomorrow. one of the marine corps' top doc dogs is getting started in a second degree. hatch is now working as a bomb-sniffing dog from metro transit police. hatch spent four years in afghanistan searching out

roadside bombs. today was his first day on the job at metro. he spent the day getting acclimated to the sights and smells of the subway system. his new handler says after rappelling out of helicopters with the marines, working for metro may seem a little tame to this guy. but he also says hatch is a very hard working, well trained dog and seems to be settling in nicely so far. skins have a new location for their new training camp. it is in richmond, virginia. the 17-acre facility is going to be built behind the science museum of virginia down there. that is near downtown richmond and not far from i-95, and i-64. the new site will feature two football elds, a drill field and a field house. the ground will be broken on that site in november. the skins are expected to move in for next year's training camp. >> the success has always been when they went to carlisle or frostberg and we were looking for something. when the governor and mayor came

up with this idea, we were -- we thought it was perfect. it's two hours away from our offices. it gets you away. but at the same time you're still at home. >> it's going to cost between $9 million and $10 million to prepare the site. it will also include a sports medicine center that would be used by the team during the three-week training camp. two hours if there's no traffic on i-95. >> and even whatever it is, it's a miserable drive. dan will be making that drive. >> day after day after day. but it's his life. he loves it. what are we looking at? >> hey, guys. we'll be talking a little bit about this guy, the 47 jersey, dust it off, because he's back. chris cooley and the chris cooley report lives. >> how could we not talk about my new quarterback, rg3. maryland schools are number one in america because

we invest in them. but we can do even more. every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty million dollars at casinos in other states. question 7 keeps that maryland money in maryland through expansion of gaming in maryland. it will mean hundreds of millions of dollars for our schools. as governor, i can promise you, that money will go to education. that's the law and that's what we'll do. vote for question seven. would ban all abortions and contraception seemed a bit extreme. so i looked into it. turns out, romney doesn't oppose contraception at all. in fact, he thinks abortion should be an option in cases of rape, incest, or to save a mother's life. this issue's important to me, but i'm more concerned about the debt our children will be left with.

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i'm meteorologist doug kammerer. a funny thing just happened. but it was all up here, so don't worry. 71 degrees. it is a gorgeous evening. and it's going to continue to be. look at the numbers out there, 63 in reston, 67 in fort belvoir. now, no rain to talk about. we're not going to see any rain in the forecast. what we'll see is another cool start tomorrow. but not cold. temperatures in the low to mid-40s. 44 in gathsersburg, 54 inside the district. tomorrow, how about 79 degrees, more sunshine to the south. a few more clouds up to the north. but temperatures well above average by about 10 to 15 degrees. how about that. this is the xfinity sports desk brought to you by xfinity. your home for the most live sports. so, doug is happy and amused. >> and we know somebody else who's feeling pretty good about

life today, right? >> i think things have changed a little bit in the last 24 hours for one christopher cooley, number 47 is back in the fold. you get the call from mike shanahan last night, after your good friend fred davis goes down. i know you hated seeing that, but you were obviously excited to get that call. >> i am always excited about life. come on, man. >> good for you. >> i wake up happy. but i did sit by my phone for about four hours yesterday. i sat by it while i watched the game. i thought, there's no way they're going to call me during the game, but i want them to so much. i got the call about 7:00 last night. i was ecstatic. but i'm excited to be back as part of the team. >> the very first person to contact you from this team in terms of a player was who? >> it was robert griffin. he called me, i think he had the inside scoop. i don't even know if he was back to redskins park yet. he said, i'm excited to have you. i mean it when i say it.

i'm excited to play with you. >> mike shanahan has already said you'll play against the steelers. he's going to judge you what kind of shape you're in. you say you've been working out. i don't know if i really believe you. >> i'm going to show everybody. i'll show you all. no, i'm in very good shape. i'm excited to play. there's a transition when you start playing football. there's a transition when you start running routes. but as far as cardiowise, getting out and running around, i'll feel great. >> you watched the game. you watched eli manning bring this team back. we've seen him do it now eight times since 2011. this guy's a cold blooded killer. he might be the best late-game quarterback in the game right now. not the best quarterback, but best late-game quarterback. did this surprise you what he saw here? >> eli manning is not sneaking up on anybody anymore. i thought one of the biggest keys for the redskins was to keep them off-balance, which

they did for almost all of the game. he threw up a pretty good picks, but -- >> the key is victor cruz double teamed. how does that happen. >> this is still the cooley report, but i am part of this team now, so i can't say anything negative. it's frustrating. it killed me when i watched it. and when it all unfolded i thought this game is over. as far as santana scoring. and devastating. something has to change quick. >> robert griffin iii continues to give everybody on this team, whether it's players, fans, coaches, hope. he has so many eye-popping moments. t talked about, the touchdown pass to santana moss. is there anything that this kid can't do? he's the most spectacular player in all of nfl. >> he's the most exciting player in the nfl. the biggest thing he's doing right now is building confidence in this offense. the guys around him are playing on a very, very high level. they're blocking all over the field. look at the screen pass defense

of santana moss earlier in the game. you see seven or eight guys on blocks. that hasn't happened here. there's a confidence among the offense when i watch the games, that they know they're going to score. let's go get the guy, let's get the next block downfield. my block could be the block that gets it there. a common phrase you hear in football is, there's one block we missed, or ten guys, we had one more to go. everyone's getting their blocks right now. >> in recent history for you guys, you could say a couple of blocks have been missed maybe. >> the offense is functioning on a much higher level than probably anytime i was ever there. >> primarily because you have a running back in alfred morris who is one yard off the nfl lead in rushing. you said this guy has impressed you more than anybody you've seen since quentin portis when he first got here. what makes him so good? he's a quiet guy. he's so unassuming. >> but he's a tenacious runner. what i'm impressed with most recently is not only to hit the

hole, but make the most out of a no gain. there's a lot of plays he has no gain, one-yard gain, and all of a sudden he's coming up with five, six, seven eight. his leg strength. does not get brought down in -- i take a lot of pride as a runner not being brought down, and he's way better than i was in that aspect. >> he's been very good. i think that's the most pleasant surprise for the redskins this year. college football, another tough break for the maryland terrapins. they lose their starting quarterback, perry hill. this is after o'brien transfers. this is after their other starting quarterback tears his acl during spring training in c.j. brown. have you ever had three starting quarterbacks go out or transfer in one season before? >> i played with a lot of starting quarterbacks. never four in a season. it's tough. that's a huge change for that team, to move into another

quarterback, to try to get the timing down, to get the rhythm with every part of their offense. it's very tough. they still almost come back and win the game. >> that was pretty impressive. perry hill is from pittsburgh. his favorite team growing up i'm assuming was the pittsburgh steelers, which is the opponent for you next week. i don't know if you got a chance to watch this game and you're already doing your homework, but they didn't seem to have anybody seemingly healthy. pittsburgh down 14-6 in the first half. ben roethlisberger finds who else, his tight end, miller, for a nine-yard touchdown. the two hook up to tie the game at 14. in the fourth, we're tied at 17. seems like the steelers have backs coming out of the woodwork. have you ever heard of johnson dwyer? >> i have a football card of johnson dwyer with an autograph on it. i got it out of a pack of football cards from super target. >> that's unbelievable.

>> it's worth more now. had a 100-yard gain. ebay. >> he's always working ebay. and chris is the speedster from florida. the steelers win 24-17. and they're going to host you guys, that's going to be your first game back when you start looking at steelers films. >> i get my ipad as soon as this little report ends, which has film on it. >> really? pre-loaded ipad? >> new this year. >> they just happeneded it to you for free? >> i had to turn it in, now i get it back. i'll start looking at film tonight. >> are you going to be watching the nlcs game seven? cardinals/giants? >> after the nats were out, i was done. >> you know what, he's a true hometown fan. makes me proud. >> got to love him for that. and a whole lot of other reasons. >> we're happy he's back on the team. and happy about that ipad, too. thanks, guys. we got a chance to get breaking news about a truck fire

making a mess of the commute on wisconsin avenue. the contents in the truck started smoking at the cvs store. traffic is slow on wisconsin avenue because of all the fire activity

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we won't be seeing any more big stunts from the skydiver who jumped from space. felix bum gartner said he's quitting the daredevil business. last week he became the first person to break the speed of sounds in a free fall. he told savannah guthrie he didn't even enjoy his record setting jump. he said he had to work really hard just to keep from passing out. but he did say the view was incredible from on top of the world. >> the guy jumped from space. >> what's left. >> it's all downhill after that. >> you just walk off. >> how are we looking? >> looking great. temperatures the next couple of days, really warm, 79 tomorrow, 80 on wednesday. 77 thursday. 76 on friday. next weekend, looking at a possible storm up the coast. we'll talk more about it the next couple of days.

the national geographic society is more than 11 1/2 million photographs and original illustrations in its archives. some of that collection is going to be sold at auction soon, including that one. remember that one? the iconic photograph that's called afghan girl, with those eyes. it appeared on the cover of national geographic in june of 1985 during the soviet occupation of afghanistan. 240 pieces from that massive collection will be sold by christie's auction house in december. this is the first time that any pieces from the collection have been sold. the sale is expected to bring in about $3 million.

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