sunday night. the top story this sunday night, the washington redskins. remember them? 4-12 last season. tonight they lead the division with the win over philly. dave has details. any win on the road is a good win. >> reporter: so you say, bruce. there was actually a football game today, an important one. as bad as they looked last week, a win today, and they would win first place by themselves. check it out. standing ovation before the game. once the game started, it was all about the run game or should i say the run over game? ryan trucking michael. redskins up 3 minute into the game. the c squared, chris cooley, 17- 6 at the half. they had a chance at this one. in for the injured vick here.

squeezing it here, but they can't come down with it. the redskins hang on 17-12. our sports directer, brett haber has been there alltail day. you had the -- all day. you had the best seat in the house. >> reporter: it was booing and cheering and a mix from the fans. donovan tried to play down the so-called reunion with the franchise he led for 11 years, but when he walked into the building, he couldn't help himself. he wanted to prove the eagles wrong for dumping him, the redskins right for acquiring him and prove to everybody he's still a winner. >> i put on the uniform, and i knew i was the opponent, but still coming back here it felt like i crossed the player's parking lot. hi been doing it for 11 years. although mike took my parking spot out there. [ laughter ] it's the same

feeling. >> if you ever go back to the place you have been, there's a special mind set. if you have been fired or let go, everyone in this room understands your emotions. after that, it was that. >> he's a great guy. for him to trade him like they did, and then come back and get the win, that's awesome it's great because he's a great dude. >> reporter: he is a great dude. not much of a statistical night for mcnabb. 8 of 19. 125 passing yards, but you know there's only one stat that mattered to him tonight, the one in the victory column, the one that is making making it a seat trip back to dc for him and the skins tonight. live in philly, brett haber. dave, back to you. >> bruce n a few more minutes we will have reaction as the redskins are victorious and more importantly take over first place in the nfc east. >> there will be smile in the office place tomorrow. >> what did the fans think of

today's thrilling win? >> it feels great. it's amazing! >> we love the redskins! . >> we are really glad we did good on the road. we usually don't do that good on the road. >> we love mcnabb. he let the eagles down for the last ten years, but not us. [ cheers ] >> much more on the redskins coming up tonight. it happened again. another university student has been robbed. leaders are updebt. >> reporter: the university leaders say more needs to be done especially by the school administrators to end the violent robberies plaguing the campus. >> i talked to my roommates and other friends as i left this evening, and we just thought we are not safe. >> reporter: the student government association met a few hours after the latest

robbery to figure out what needs to be done. the latest attack happened near the anna rundell hall on sunday morning. the student was walking along, tackled, forced to give up his cell phone and wallet. you can see it happened in the heart of the college park campus. >> the fact it's happening right where we all live, that's -- i think that's really a problem and scary. >> last night was a bit of a wakeup call i guess as i sat in the middle of campus. that just shouldn't happen. i think we will definitely be meeting with administration and talk about what we can do to talk this down. >> reporter: the student leaders want the top leaders to wake up and take action before a student is seriously hurt or killed in another robbery. >> we have not seen any reaction from the administration on the issue of crime. >> reporter: do you think there should be? >> we would like to see some sort of resource provided to us from the administration on

cutting down on this, especially because it looks to be like it could be moving closer if not, on campus. >> reporter: since summary there's been eight robberies near or on the college park campus. all victories victories have been students and most fall under the jurisdiction of prince george county. two men were arrested in connection with the robberies. armando thul, -- trull, 89 news now. american -- 9 news now. americans are being urged to use caution in traveling in europe. for the first time no history, an entire alert has been issued from travel for an entire continent. no specific targets are named but intelligent officials believe osama bin laden is

behind a plot to attack several cities in europe. 9 news now walk talked to some passengers on how they view the alert. >> i think like anything else, go ahead and proceed with caution. >> know you just have to live your life and go on and be as confident as you can do the best you can. the rest is up to the man upstairs. >> if you do that, you are letting them win. if it happens, it happens. >> the united states intelligence agencies picked up chatter and followed up on the pakistani side. >> if you're traveling to europe, be advised to register with the u.s. embassy, and be careful with the public transportation. family and friends showed up to pay their respects to i will tenant brandon l -- their

respects to lieutenant brandon looney. he graduated from the school where he was an outstanding football and baseball player. 1100 people showed up for the public wake. navy officials say that's a testament to his character. >> that just says a lot about his character, the man he was. his teammates described him as a man young men. he was an amazing fellow. you can see that by the number of people who came today. >> the funeral services have been changed. he will now be eulogized at 10:30 tomorrow morning in northeast washington. he be laid to rest at arlington national cemetery next to his naval academy roommate who died in the line of duty in 2007. 100 days ago today vanessa pham's murdered body was found. she was last seen leaving the

fairfax shopping complex center report -- surae chinn reporting now on how her family marked the day. >> reporter: 100 days after someone's passing is an important and sad day in buda hism and other asian cultures. it reminds her family 100 days after her death, someone got away with her murder. >> it's haunting us. >> reporter: haunting you? >> yeah. >> reporter: there's no solid leads to her killer. only a time line when 19-year- old vanessa pham was last seen. her white car captured on video leaving the fairfax shopping center 10 minutes before she was found dead with knife wounds in her crashed car. temple is not the only place

her family goes to pray. they come here to her grave site each and every day. her mother, julie pham comes here to be close to her only child. >> i think she rests in peace now, but we do not. >> reporter: her family, including her aunt, are tormented every waking moment without their loved one. >> i think about her. i think about her and don't know why people do that to her. she's my baby. i don't know why. >> reporter: in fairfax county, surae chinn, 9 news now. verizon wireless could pay up to $50 million in refunds to customers. they agreed to the refunds for customers improperly charged for web access or data access over the last few years. fees were charged to customers who didn't have the data plans but initiated it by pressing a

button on their phones. customers should secrets of $2 to -- credits of $2 to $6 in their bills. customers no longer using verizon will receive checks. still ahead on 9 news now on this sunday night a happy ending to a frantic search far missing little boy. we will have the story. a ferris wheel breaks down with riders on board, most small. that's up next. the wind will pick up into tomorrow. today we hit the upper 60s. wakeup weather. the cold rain continuing with the wind. we will let you know when it comes to an end with the complete forecast with 9 news now. this is your captain speaking,

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some tense moments for parents in wisconsin when a ferris wheel suddenly breaks down, stranding some 17 people, mostly children. emergency crews arrive on the scene were faced with strong wind gusts that could knock the broken ride over. anxious parents watched while rescue teams placed two front- end loader trucks on either side of the ferris wheel to stablize it. >> very scary. they seem to be very brave.

>> reporter: candidly i was the father of two talking to them saying we have hot chocolate waiting for them. >> after 2 hours, all of the children were rescued. an inspection will now be done to determine what caused the ferris wheel to stall. the sheriff is calling it a miracle. a 5-year-old missouri boy with down syndrome had been missing for nearly 24 hours and was found huddled in a bean field, 100 yards from his family's home. he walked away from his family's farm on a 240-acre farmland. >> we started the grid searches. it took awhile, but it paid off. it's just a miracle. >> you don't know the weight that has been lifted. you don't know! wonderful! >> searchers say the 5-year-old appeared to be in good shape. checking news where you live. a new law in maryland is requiring at least a 3-foot buffer from vehicles and

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not a great start to the rush hour in the morning, right? >> a cold windy day. it's sort of here already. i made revisions and ended the rain earlier. looking like the morning will be messy, but we may have afternoon-evening hours not quite like the morning. >> good. i think the rain comes to an end as soon as afternoon here on monday. in fact, a couple peeks of

sunshine. the rain in the morning coming to an end with the late sunshine coming up to about 58, nearing the 60-degree mark, but then sunshine on tuesday. kind of a break, and then we get more clouds and light rain back on wednesday, cooling down to 64. let's go right through it here, exactly what i'm thinking with the full forecast. the breeze is picking, showers and it's cold. to. 50s, 5 -- 50s. 56 to 54. there will be a midnight high temperature for most of the day before we recover, and then the temperatures will slowly creep back up. 51, 52, 53, but the rain ends. some sunshine comes back out, and that's when we make recovery. mid- to upper 50s with the sunshine late. we will see this in the 9 future cast, exactly when the rain will come to an end when i think it does. look at the rain that developed. this is the big upper level

storm. see the spin in the appalachiaens and vast. this is throwing the moisture back this way. the system shuts off. the hour-by-hour forecast tomorrow. quickly, looking at live doppler 9,000 in hd and give you a sense of where the steady rain is. zooming in here, steady rain fairfax through the district and montgomery county. breaks are starting to show in southern maryland. going to the 9 future cast, hour-by-hour. here's the morning hours, morning commute, slow. give yourself extra time. it's going to be one of those. even with the wind, pushing the rain around, and it will feel like heavier rain when it's just steadier rain. watch midday. the rain is ending, and we will at least see the sunshine coming back out. afternoon, evening commute, better. tuesday in fact, the upper level storm, the system is east of us. we get quite a bit of sunshine back into the 60s.

in fact upper 60s. as the system rolls overhead on wednesday, more cloud cover that is, easy for me to say, coming back, and then one last shot of rain as the system is out of here by thursday. temperaturewise, there's not much going on. blanket temperatures because of the cold air and the cloud and rain here. 48 to 49 in a couple of places, and then making the recovery with sunshine, back to near 60, late in the afternoon once again. the forecast, everyone is cool, rainy, the system, good news, coming to an end. everybody will get sunshine. now it's going to be a complete washout day. upwards of 58. i didn't update the 7-day, but i will go up to 58. into next weekend, picture perfect fall weather. temperatures, 70s and bone dry. >> we can handle that. >> thank you. far too often women are

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>> i got here for a history of drug abuse. >> reporter: this 43-year-old arrived just last month. for her, for now, it's just one day at a time. >> i get up in the morning, at 6:00 in the morning, at 8:00 -- before 8:00 i'm out the door, and i go out there. they give me stuff to get on my feet. >> reporter: because everyone, all these women have to get started somewhat, and calvary would seem a better place than most. >> if you have been struggling for awhile and living in the chaosness of homelessness, being able to achieve some stability and seeing yourself to make the changes you want to make. >> i cannot tell you the number of times i have come out to turn the lights out, and there's a resident up super late studying for their ged or college work or coming back from a job they just started. they are the real heros here in my opinion. they are making it happen every day. >> reporter: derek mcginty.

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in tomorrow's washington examiner, metro bus ridership dropped and the number of rail riders fell well below projections for the first month of the higher fares. you can read it in monday's washington examiner. sports plus is a few minutes away. here's dave owens with the good news of the redskins. it was good to see donovan mcnabb let loose when he didn't know the cameras on. >> reporter: yeah, when he didn't know the camera was on. he's a guy, classy.

he will not throw anyone under the bus. he's leader, but you could tell the emotions of the game really got to him after the football game. certainly what a day in philadelphia. all week long, donovan mcnabb keeping it close to the best. when asked about the return to the city, he called the football home for 11 years, today going back with a different team trying to beat his former club, i tell you what emotions right off the top. he got a rousing reception before the game. in fact a standing ovation. they came out like gang busters, changes to brandon banks. he just resigned on saturday, putting washington in great football possession. and then quintin michael trying to touch terrain. here hooking up with chris cooley, down the hash. redskins breezing. michael vick going for the goal line. squeezed at the goal line. leaves the game.

the x-rays on his chest and ribs were negative, but he did not return. the redskins offense, grinding to a halt in the 2nd half. the eagles had a chance. kevin cobb in for vick. jason nearly coming one it, can't squeeze it, d'angelo picks it, and the redskins provide, 17-123. >> -- 17-12. >> you have to find a way to win. at the end of the day you want to come back, and he's able to do. that i think handled himself like a pro throughout the week. he's really a classy individual. the big show in a few minutes. sports plus. our sports directer is in philadelphia. he has reactions for the front lines. brian mitchell will be here as well to break down donovan's return from every angle. that's in a come of minutes on sports plus. great saturday of college football leading to the shakeup in the rankings. here's the weekly review of the

usa today top 25. >> here's your top 25 coaches poll present bid sprint, the now network. oregon made a big statement at home with the 52-32 win over stanford. the ducks were down after the 1 1st quarter but rallied to 5-0 on the season. the win moves oregon to number 3 in this week's poll, switching places with boise state. auburn jumps into the top 10 with their win. a blowout loss to alabama, dropped florida out of the top 10, and wisconsin falls 10 spot was a loss to michigan state. after wins this week, florida state and knot western move to the top 25. that sets up the showdown between miami and florida state. 16th ranked michigan state going to the big house for the showdown with number 17, michigan. number 89, lsu going to gainsville to take on the 12th ranked florida gators. >> that's your usa today top 25 coaches poll presented by sprint, the now network. of course a lot to get to

with the redskins. they won, but donovan didn't play all that well. >> donovan .play well, and -- didn't play well, and jonathan made that catch. >> that game is over. >> we don't get the penalty call against dallas. we are like 0-4. >> yeah, and what about ryan terrain? he looked good tonight, looking like he's creeping into the number one spot. clinton portis is injured. we will have an update in sports clues. -- plus. >> he did what he had to do to win the football game. >> are they a good team or a lucky team right now? >> i think they are a very average football team, 8-8, but in the nfc east, that may be a enough. the giants are not great, and we have seen that philadelphia without mike vick, they are shaky. >> tomorrow morning, cold and rain it will be a windy, but the rain coming to an end in the afternoon. the evening drive may be dry. >> thank you for watching. bye. [ son ] my parents have always lived in the states.

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coming up. cheers before, booing during, hugs afterwards. donovan returns to philly. he doesn't have