>> we lurch from crisis to crisis. >> reporter: this crisis lurches to the house where conservatives vow they won't cave like senate republicans. >> our answer is no. >> why in the world would we want to do that. >> her hell bent on trying to shut down the government. >> reporter: house democrats say speaker john boehner is trapped by the tea party, promising to kill obama care and keep government running. >> we don't know what we are going to vote for from one minute to the next. >> reporter: boehner is promising rebellious republicans a concession on obama care maybe a delay to part of the program to keep government open. speaking of open, in a separate story, but one that's sure to rock with world looks like an opening tonight between the united states and iran. the united states president, barack obama on the phone today with the newly elected iranian

president. big issues remain. iran's support of syria and belligerence to syria. this is the first time since jimmy carter was the u.s. president. president obama said the very fact that this first communication occurred between an american and iranian president since 1979 underscores the deep mistrust between our countries. wendy, also, wendy and jim, indicates the prospect of moving ahead beyond that difficult history. big headline, obama talks to him. direct communication between america and iran for the first time in a very, very long time. i'm steve handelsman, news 4. >> all right, steve, thank you. meanwhile, more than a third of federal workers would be told to stay home if the government does

shut down. the exact details for agency are posted on each agency's website. formal furlough notices sent out tuesday. what would it mean for our region? mark segraves joins us for that. >> from your tax returns, if the federal government shuts down, a lot of things won't be around. first the good news. you will get your mail and social security will mail out checks. air traffic controllers will show up for work. active duty military won't get paid on time. tax returns will only be processed if they have been filed electronically. in our area, the national zoo and the smithsonian will close. so will all the national parks. speaking of the zoo, that very popular panda cam could go dark. if you are just applying for social security, you have to wait for that application to be processed. as for government employees, only those designated as

accepted will have to go to work. if you thought it would get you out of jury duty, think again. the d.c. superior court and u.s. district courts remain open. a tribute to honor fallen firefighters is in jeopardy. the memorial is set for next weekend in maryland. it's on a federal campus, the emergency training center. friends, family and fellow firefighters of 80 fallen heroes are planning to attend the event. a woman whose son died tells us the memorial is important to so many. >> you experience this tragedy and people tell you how sorry they are for your loss. but then to go to the service and see his name, to see kenny's name physically on this monument, actually validated what he did. >> organizers of the memorial

say the cost of moving that memorial would add up to $100,000. a nightmare for several women in arlington. they woke up to a stranger in their bedroom. it happened in the same apartment building in the courthouse area. jackie bensen joins us live from arlington. >> reporter: one victim says she woke up to find a complete stranger in her bedroom, touching her arm. another woman told me the man kept staring at her, even after she started screaming. >> it was terrifying. i just screamed and screamed. >> reporter: the meridian courthouse is secure. how has a man been able to get into the apartments of sleeping women three times in the last ten days? on wednesday, a woman awoke to find a strange man rubbing her arm. police believe the same man struck twice on september 15th. both victims woke up to find a stranger staring at them. >> i started screaming.

i screamed for about 60 seconds. he didn't say or do anything. he backed out of my room. >> reporter: heather says she's frustrated by the response of building management. >> they have suggested i have given keys to ex-boyfriends or friends of mine. i have never done that. >> reporter: her request to change the lock was done the next day. no building wide notice was posted until today. >> they said because it was public record they didn't need to notify anyone, doing so would cause a mass panic among residents. i feel guilty. if they would have notified people after my incident happened, the incident this weekend would not have happened. >> reporter: police believe the same man is involved in all three incidents. >> it could be an inside job. that's something we are explo exploring as well. >> reporter: they denied our request for comment. they say he's a white man with brown hair, possibly asian, early 20s, medium height and

wearing a polo shirt. jackie bensen, news 4. a new look at a jewelry store heist. officers released this video to help break the case open. the courtrooms stole $500,000 worth of mer chandise from the julier. in is in oxon hill. they used a blow torch to open up the safe. an update to a bank robbery we told you about last night at 6:00. we have a video of the man who robbed the bank. he wore blue medical scrubs. police need your help identifying him. scary moments at this hotel. two masked men walked into this best western hotel on arlington boulevard in falls church at 1:00 this morning. they grabbed the 62-year-old clerk, assaulted him and took money from the register, then ran off. police say one of the men was

armed with a rifle. progress tonight in getting chemical weapons out of syria. president obama says a united nations resolution to eliminate syria's stockpile is a huge victory for the international community. if syria does not comply to get rid of the weapons the united nations will have to adopt a second resolution, that will include consequences. >> an airman was killed sunday in the red sea. he graduateed from the naval academy in 2001. he was 35 years old. it's not clear what caused the crash. we have breaking news from the washington navy yard. the news 4 i-team learned the navy was in the midst of buying new equipment when the gunman opened fire killing 12 people. the i-team obtain add copy for a contract for panic alarms and electric lock systems for the building. the plans were scrapped yesterday in the wake of yesterday's violence.

we are working to put it together. full report at 6:30. more than 7,000 workers at the navy yard have been in touch with counselors since the massacre. special response groups visited every building at the facility. teams of psychologists, psychiatrists, chaplins and therapy dogs are providing psychiatric first aid. >> there is no stigma, whether you are a civilian or in the military. come in, get help, talk to folks. make sure you understand what the challenges are and how best to deal with them. >> navy officials say the counseling services will be available as long as needed. it will also be made available when some temporarily locate to buzzard point. maryland, virginia and new

jersey are trying to land a test site for drones. today the govern of all three states sent a letter. the governors want to operate six test sites. the university system of maryland, rutgers and virginia tech agreed to collaborate. the faa is expected to select the sites by year's end. a developing story, a judge in new jersey ruled the state must allow same-sex couples to get married. a judge says since the federal government recognizes gay marriages, if new jersey does not, it would violate the state constitution. marriages can begin october 21st. governor chris christie is opposed. he had not said whether he will appeal the ruling. tonight, a major delivery to get it done. every crime in fairfax county. tonight, a look at the number of crimes in 2012 and what the police chief plans to do about it. the cell phone law is about to change next week in maryland. what you need to know before you talk on your cell phone when you

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the area devoted to the study of the first president. the george washington presidential library at mt. vernon. books and manuscript that is serve as a think tank for washington's relevance. >> washington understood there were timeless values, the revolution was fought for. we would be a great nation. >> unlike other presidential libraries, this one does not receive federal funding. back to today's top story, the looming government shutdown. "meet the press" moderator david gregory joins us now. >> when i was at mt. vernon, they had a copy that washington made notes on. sorry i wasn't there today. we had to cover all the craziness. >> it is crazy. are we going to get sane before tuesday? >> the big question is shutdown or no shutdown. i think a lot of tea party

folks, conservatives, senator cruz, i think they want to shut the government down. they are happy to do it and stand on principle on this. speaker boehner does not want to do that. but he's going to have to figure out, they are going to meet tomorrow whether they send back what the senate sent them and get into a shutdown scenario or try to find a way to avoid it. i think the prospects are higher for some kind of short term shutdown of the government. >> it seems the republicans have the most to lose politically. >> they think that, too. the leaders think that. i think the president thinks that. if you saw the president, he seemed quite serene about it. it's the law. there's no end game the republicans have that changes that. they don't have the votes. they don't have the votes among republicans. they certainly don't have the votes among democrats.

is the president going to decide. he amped up the pressure to say look, if we shut down the government and national parks are closed and the audience here, federal workers get ious or sent home, you have to blame one set of folks here. those are republicans saying we have to defund obama care or else these things are going to happen. >> the rebellious republicans, what do they have to gain? what do they think they are going to gain if they shut it down and don't they gain the animosity of the house speaker? >> yeah, well, but i'm not sure they are concerned about that. they have to -- there are activists at home and voters at home energized about what he's done. standing on principle. i believe there's a feeling the conservativism has to push to the next level to really energize americans who we know are opposed to the law at this point. because it hasn't taken effect

yet. the fear is when it takes effect it becomes more popular, not less popular, even if there are problems associated with implementation of the law. >> there's still confusion out there. sack lot of confusion, no question about it. >> you have senator cruz. >> ted cruz. we'll talk about iran. it's a big story today. the president talked to not his counter part -- >> the actual king of the mountain over there. >> it's an important development. >> right. thanks david. >> see you guys. doug joins us now. a lot of pressure on you. >> look at that dramatic friday night. >> isn't it nice out there? >> yeah. >> looks like we are trying to get rain. no rain across the forecast. if you have kids that are going to be playing, david gregory, your kids playing soccer? >> i have 4,000 games tomorrow. i haven't left. i'm waiting to listen to what you have to say. >> i'm glad you are still here. i'm telling you, things look

okay. look outside if you have plans this weekend, really not a problem at all. there's a lot of eventings going on. we saw 74 degrees, one degree below the average high of 75. right now, the biggest issue is the fact we need rain. we are more than two inches below average as far as rainfall is concerned. a lot of people out there reseeding their lawns to get them ready for next summer. looks like we need to water them. no rain in the forecast. 72 degrees. winds 6 miles per hour. we continue to see the clouds through the early part of the evening then clearing skies. 66 in gaithersburg. 69 in baltimore. 68 in annapolis and 68 in leesburg. you may need to jacket tonight. maybe a light sweater. that's it. temperatures should not fall rapidly tonight. nothing like earlier this week. storm team 4 radar is clear, at least in this area. watch what happens when we pan out or zoom out.

maine back to st. louis and down to atlanta. not a single drop of rain. the eastern half of the nation, extremely dry. it continues to be so. i don't expect rain here anytime soon. you may have thought the rain was coming. these clouds making their way in from the northeast. that storm system helping to bring in the northeasterly flow. that continues to bring us a chance for clouds during the day tomorrow. still looking nice. overnight low temperatures into the 40s. this is where we have been, 45 in frederick, 46 in martinsburg. 57 in washington. down to 51 in fredericksburg. a cool start tomorrow morning. by 9:00, 10:00, sunshine. we warm up nicely into the 70s. 74 washington. 75 around fredericksburg. annapolis coming in around the 70 degree mark. the next couple days, if you are thinking of camping or the shenandoah valley, looking good. low foliage.

moderate color in the mountains of west virginia. you have to go way up to get color in up state new york. the next couple weeks, this map continues to change and we'll update you on the fall colors. next few days, 74 in d.c. 76 on sunday. 77 on monday. this is where things change. notice on tuesday, 80 degrees. 81 on wednesday. 82 on thursday. 80 degrees on friday. the average high temperature jumps to 74. it jumps down to 74. we will be well above that over the next seven days. tuesday is october 1st. mix of sun and clouds and summer like warmth moving in. after tuesday, we stay at 80 degrees or better right on through early next week. looking at the extended forecast, trying to find some chance of rain out there. i'll talk more about that later. >> sounds good. thanks, doug. coming up next at 6:00, hitching a ride. a bike expansion in time for the weekend. a controversial raffle sho.

new details about a panic alarm that was planned in recent weeks. tonight bikesharing is a reality in montgomery county. they opened at montgomery lane and maryland avenue in rockville today. 50 other stations are planned along metro's red line. eventually 450 red bikes will be available to rent. maryland's handheld device laws are getting mixed reviews. starting on the 1st, if you are caught talking on the phone while driving, you will get a pricey ticket. adam tuss has the story. >> reporter: hang up or go hands

free. that's the message delivered to drivers here on wisconsin avenue in bethesda. the message is simple. if a police officer sees you talking on the cell phone, the handheld cell phone on tuesday, they will pull you over. if you don't want the fine, get used to putting down the phone behind the wheel. >> everyone is constantly on their cell phone. it's hard to avoid. >> reporter: maryland law getting tougher when it comes to handheld devices. for some, it's not much of a change. she is from germany saying it's forbidden. >> it's absolutely against rule. >> reporter: is everyone getting the message? see how it stands up. in d.c., there were handheld and texting bans. in maryland, it moves to a primary event tuesday. in virginia, no handheld ban, there is a texting ban. back here in maryland, where drivers were chatting away, some

not aware the change is right around the corner. >> it explains why i have been pulled over in the past. >> reporter: you are an offender? >> many times. >> reporter: safety groups tell us they expect enforcement to step up with the new law. get caught once, $75. twice, $125, three times $175. back here on wisconsin avenue in bethesda. the message is simple. if you are on the phone on tuesday and a police officer sees you, they can pull you over and the fines could get hefty. in bethesda, adam tuss, news 4. the news 4 i-team uncovered new details on navy yard security late this afternoon. scott macfarlane is here with that. >> the navy was seeking new panic alarms and new security equipment for building 197 on the navy yard. they canceled the purchase

because of last week's shooting. we have a copy of the specific security equipment for building 197, the building aaron alexis shot and killed people. the contract solicitation lists panic alarms and electric lock system among other pieces of equipment. the alarms would include an eight inch long magtized alarm. panic bars trigger a siren when pushed. they described the purchase as routine and periodic security update. the purchases have been scrapped due to the september 16th mass shooting. that footage shows aaron alexis moving about during the shooting spree. it's on the west side of the

navy campus. the navy yard is the listing contracting office for the purchase of the security equipment. it's unknown how long the rehabilitation will take. the navy doesn't specify the upgrades that are part of the work. scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team. >> thank you. 0 00 is dropping in fairfax county. a positive trend overall. a disturbing trend among some of the more serious offenses. david culver has the report. >> reporter: fairfax county residents the newly released crime stats are unsettling. here is what she's referring to. when you add up the various offenses, crime dropped .22% in 2012 with 2011. certain serious crimes saw a jump in 2012. there were four more homicides,

15 more kidnapping and seven more forcible sex offenses. generally, i feel safe here. that makes me nervous. >> reporter: we asked police about the spike in homicides. they said it involves domestic cases, not random killings. >> we have detectives and people devoted doing nothing but working with family members, working with victims and trying to assist them. >> reporter: with the change in landscape, they have to shift policing tactics. urbanization has the chief adding nine new officers. they will often work in pairs. they have seen a spike in drug offenses over the past three years. they are turning to residents to be their eyes. >> be on the lookout in their neighborhoods. when you see those increases, other crimes can be involved. >> reporter: in a couple months they plan to update the mapping tool. as soon as a crime is reported,

you will know where it happens. i'm david culver, news 4. police plan to begin the new patrols in tyson's by thanksgiving. officers will be trained to patrol around the silver line. schools have money for extra security. today, the justice department passed a measure. it gives $45 million in grants nationwide for police officers in schools. that means schools can pay for 356 new officers and two police officers will be stationed in all the newtown public schools. a volunteer fire department in prince george's county is moving forward is a firearm fund-raiser despite disapproval from the county. tracee wilkins explains, this is an effort to raise money to improve outdated facilities and equipment. >> reporter: this old fire truck and dated building need replacing.

tomorrow, the volunteer fire department is going to host a fund-raiser, raffling shotguns and rifles. >> it's the message that we are concerned about. >> reporter: when they attempted last year, the prince george's fire county fought it tooth and nail after a slew of permitting issues, it was moved across the county line to charles county. this year, the volunteers are doing it again. >> funds raised from volunteers in another jurisdiction and not associated to a firehouse in prince george's county. >> reporter: it features a berretta a-300. sponsors who did not want to speak on camera say it's aimed at hunters. the co-sponsor is from charles county. >> we felt uncomfortable with the message. things worked out in our favor. they were able to conduct their

fund-raiser in a neighboring jurisdiction. >> reporter: they tell me they are dealing with a federal gun dealer who will bring the weapons for them to see. no live ammunition there. they have to take a ticket to the actual dealer to purchase that weapon after the fact. they are going to have to go through security clearances before they can get the kep. charles county government says yes, there are beers and guns involved in the event. because there's no live ammunition, it's no problem. i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. gun rights supporters are making a last minute push to stop a new maryland law. a group of gun owners and dealers are suing. it violates the second amendment. the suit filed yesterday says the law keeps responsible citizens from defending their families. the governor says the law would make marylanders safer. it requires fingerprints to buy a new handgun. it adds 45 guns to a growing list of banned assault weapons.

the new law goes into effect on tuesday. the company hoping to build a casino says it is working with diverse vendors. today, mgm executives worked with the county. they learned about partnering with the company. mgm is competing with two other companies for a new license in maryland. if it gets the contract, it hopes to open the new casino three years from now. >> when we come back tonight at 6:00, a midair emergency. tonight, how a passenger helped land a plane. a popular aquarium is days away from closing. tonight, what happens to all the animals? doug, what's up with the weekend weather? >> we are looking at a beautiful evening out there tonight. get the cameras ready. you are going to want to see this. a great sunset. the clouds should help the sunset.

your weekend forecast coming up in just minutes. welcome back, everybody. i'm meteorologist doug kammerer. we are looking at a nice friday evening. it's a time to get out and about. take a look at this sunset toward the national harbor. looking good. the sunset is coming right off the water. another vantage point off the river a bit, close to the airport looking to the west. beautiful colors. once the sun gets down and reflects off the bottom of the clouds, you are in for a treat in about the next 15 to 20 minutes. if you have the camera ready, get it outside. partly sunny, 72 degrees. 70 by 7:00. looking good, clear and cool this evening. if you are going out to dinner or the movies, no problem at

all. high temperatures tomorrow looking very nice. 70 degrees out there toward annapolis with sunshine. 72 in marlboro. if you are heading out toward clarendon, looking good. it should be a great day. they have the 5k and 8k, i believe. 50 degrees at 8:00. 11:00, 3:00 looki ining good wi wells in the low 70s. we are not going to see much of a rain chance. storm team 4 radar is dry. it's been that way for awhile. we are more than two inches above average or below average as far as rainfall is concerned. taking you regionally, burke 74. 73 in alexandria. still nice tomorrow. northern virginia, fauquier county and prince william, 72 degrees. quantico coming in at 72

tomorrow. back toward the mountains from the blue ridge back to the west, inchester, 71. 72 in petersberg. if you are thinking of going camping this weekend, it's looking like a good weekend for that. where the temperatures go from here as we head for october. the seven day forecast coming up. tonight, a community on alert after a violent home invasion that happened after midnight on 100th anue in glen dale. a man shot inside his home. he has life threatening injuries. a second person inside the home wasn't hurt. police are looking for two men. it's not clear if the suspects took anything. family and friends are mourning the death of a pilot that suffered a heart attack mid flight. he was on the flight 1603 from houston to seattle when the chest pains began. the plane made an emergency landing in idaho after two army doctors on the flight attended

to him and other passengers helped where they could. >> several people helped. yeah, yeah. they helped give him cpr all the way. >> i think everyone handled it well. everyone was calm while it was going on, even the flight attendants. >> one of the passengers happened to be an off duty pilot. he got in the cockpit and helped the co-pilot land the plane. a look at what a developers plans are for the southwest waterfront. what's going on in sports? >> higher expectations for the wizards this season. the redskins taking o

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washington d.c. is rocking. neighborhoods that people were afraid to walk through are now jammed with hot restaurants, cool shops, expensive condos. logan's circle, u-street corridor. now the building boom is heading southwest to the waterfront. the southwest waterfront looks like it was abandoned around 1970. if it has a vibe, it would be shabby bleak. >> any world class city usually has a world class waterfront. the district of columbia is 26 miles of waterfront. >> reporter: the developer hopes to break ground and begin transforming this weary space into a hot, new place. >> this is going to be extraordinary. >> reporter: it will be 3 million square feet of condos, apartments, restaurants, musical

venues and boats. he's adding another 100 boat slips and a community peer to get people out on the water. >> this will be another restaurant. >> reporter: he says it's not designed for tourists, designed to be a neighborhood for locals, not just rich ones. >> if you are making $30,000 a year, you can afford one of the apartments here. >> reporter: he was one of the first developers in logan circle years ago bringing upscale condos to attract people looking to roost in the middle of the action. >> suburb quality of life isn't improving anymore. the dream has really peeked. people are seeking authenticity and culture and like minded people. the city is providing that for them. >> reporter: soon, the worries about city crime started to dissipate. >> the streets became filled

with people. it became safer. >> reporter: he purchased a row of crack houses near union row and renovated them. >> it did what we needed to do, help clean up the neighborhood. >> reporter: the transformation is remarkable. for decades, 14th street bore the scars of the '68 riots. now people are looking for valet parking. the greatest fear isn't crime, it's not getting a seat in this explosionive restaurant scene. hoffman believes that dynamic energy is busting at the seams and the southwest waterfront will give it another place to flow. >> we are on the cutting edge of developing it for the next several generations. that's exciting. >> he says you will see that southwest waterfront transformed over the next three and a half years. >> amazing. >> speaking of change, this is your last chance to visit the

national aquarium in downtown d.c. it's in the basement of the commerce building on 14th street. they close their doors on monday after 81 years. a major renovation of the building is forcing the aquarium out. the owners are searching for a new place for the 2500 exhibits and fisheries. it blew my hair back. whew! jason is here. >> it's about the redskins. no one thought the skins would be in a must win situation in week four of the season. >> i know. >> it's better to have your best players on the field. london fletcher has been the model of consistency. it's his 16th season in the league and he's played in 243 consecutive games. this sunday, he will move up to fifth all time in consecutive

games played in nfl history. he's 38 years old. when you are 38, you realize physically you can't do things you used to do. >> sure you can. >> one of those things is play an entire game at full speed against the lions. he took himself out multiple times and had his best performance of the season. >> i wanted to play 100%, 100 miles an hour. it's hard to do it if you are going to play 100% of the snaps. being smart about it kept me fresher. i felt good. >> sunday we'll see fletcher make history when the skins kick off against the raiders at 4:25. everyone can't be mr. consistent like london. ask terrell pryor. monday night he suffered a concussion that could keep him out. pryor suffered the concussion

getting hit in the fourth quarter. the quarterback has been medically cleared by doctors and participated in practice this week. oakland wants him to take one more concussion test before he suits up. >> it's really a process of, you know, when the doctors, when you pass the tests and the doctors clear him for full participation, that's when we will know whether or not he can play in the game. >> kaepernick and the 49ers on the right track. san fran taking on st. louis. the niners start to pull away. he scores on a 34-yard touchdown. niners take a 14-3 lead. they rush over 200 yards as a team. later on, this had to be the strangest play of the game. head coach decides to kick a 71 yard field goal. dawson is the kicker, on my fantasy football team.

unfortunately, he did not make the 71-yard field goal. they win 35-11. longest field goal in nfl history, 63 yards. let's talk basketball now. he is getting paid like a superstar. i spoke with the $80 million man. his mind is on one goal this season, to get into the playoffs. they held their media day at the verizon center. it's been five years since they have played basketball. he hears all the critics loud and clear. >> i use it as motivation. anything negative about me is motivation. you don't get known as a great point guard by not winning games and leading the team to playoffs. those are my goals. >> he's the same guy as last year. he puts extra expectations on himself. show he's worth it. i think he'll do that. >> finally, so often in sports

we argue about what is the greatest of all time, the greatest basketball player, boxer or golfer. in basketball, there's no denying the greatest closer of all time. rivera walked off the mound for the final time. >> it was amazing, amazing, great night. >> i have been with him since '96. had a lot of great times. he made my job fun and easy. probably more important than that, he made all our lives better. >> he retired at the end of this season. 43 years old. 43 years old. he is one of the classiest guys,

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this is the reston camera. go to 22 for me. that's the city camera. notice the sun down there. look at the reston camera there. look at the colors behind the blue ridge. i had the sun literally 30 seconds ago above the peaks there. a nice sunset going on out there right now. temperatures today, we got into the 70s. its's where we are going to be. we have seen fantastic weather. it's going to continue. 74 tomorrow. 76 on sunday. 77 on monday. hey, let's get warmer, 80 on tuesday, wednesday and thursday temperatures in the 80s. close to ten degrees above average by next wednesday and thursday. friday, temperatures around 80 degrees. there's a big warm up that you notice. some of the computer models hinting at a big cool down next week. we'll talk about it. >> you got our attention. the coast guard officials are

glad they got advance notice on what to expect on the ohio river this weekend. otherwise, they would be concerned about the sudden appearance of this 40 foot tall rubber duck. do we say ducky when they are that big? it's floating toward pittsburgh for the festival of furs. festival regulars know to expect a mixture of dance, theater and art. this duck is bound to

on our broadcast tonight, making history. the surprise phone call between the american president and the president of iran, the first time since the '70s. tonight what we know about how it happened and what they talked about. the deadline now three days until the government shutdown that would have real life consequences for millions of american families. can washington agree on anything? in-flight emergency. a united airlines captain suffers a heart attack in the cockpit. the crew and the passengers jump into action trying desperately to save him. and the closer. a final farewell for one of the greatest of all time. and even in the toughest town there is, there wasn't a dry eye in the house. "nightly news" begins now. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. good evening.