this is 9news now. i'm bruce johnson. thanks for joining us this saturday. an alleged murder-for-hire plot uncovered in montgomery county. it unravels when the man he hired went to police. speaking to the wife now who was targeted. >> my family is supportive and it is a shock to everyone. friends and family. >> reporter: elizabeth boyd understandably shaken that her estranged husband, 42-year-old richard bernard boyd jr. plotted to kill her. >> been a rough time. that's all i can say at this point. >> reporter: in the rockville neighborhood known as manor lake residents are stunned. >> she is a lovely lady.

she is. and the children are wonderful. i mean, the older boy, which is her son and his stepson is the nicest kid. >> reporter: according to police boyd gave the acquaintance cash, five pills and other items to help kill his estranged wife. he also allegedly provided the acquaintance with a layout layout of the couple's home. the boyds were going through a divorce. >> there were issues regarding the potential of possible outcome of the divorce that apparently mr. boyd wanted to avoid. >> reporter: boyd is being held without bond with two counts. in rockville, 9news now. >> because of the holiday on monday boyd's bond review will

take place on tuesday. it looks like a long ordeal for the trapped miners in chile will be over. a rescue tunnel has been completed. the 32 miners trapped for more than three months could be pulled out wednesday. there was a lot of celebrating going on today it is reported. [ cheers and applause >> reporter: rescue crews broke out champagne. and family members celebrated after drillers broke through to the trapped miners. a half a mile down the 33-man watch as their path to freedom opened. they have been living in the cramped hot space for over two months. chilean officials say they can bring the men out by wednesday. "i'm very happy," says the mother of a miner. "it will just be a few days until i'm with my son." >> reporter: an american operated the drill. >> we were holding our breath. >> reporter: jeff hart from colorado calls this the most

important work he has ever done. >> you're feeling at this moment? >> on top of the world. >> reporter: below the surface miners detonated dynamite to open the hole. they are now preparing the hole. first paramedics will go down to examine the men. those considered the strongest will be the last to go. they will be given sunglasses. >> reporter: it is what family members have been waiting for. on saturday the wife of a miner brought her newborn daughter who could soon meet her father for the first time. >> despite the progress today chile's mining minister is cautioning everybody that nobody has been rescued just yet. neighbors of a popular restaurant is reopening today. natural gas explosion in may of

2009 reduced the lito's pizza and pasta shop to a pile of rubble. the owner mohammed vekay vowed to reopen. now a year and a half later he has done that dedicating a wall to the firefighters that saved his life. >> the fire department responded very quick. if they didn't come i don't know what would have happened. they saved our lives. >> reporter: eight firefighters and a gas worker were hurt in that explosion. fortunately everybody survived. the owner offered free pizzas to fire firefighters and paramedics as a special offering. 12 people had to be sent to the hospital after sipping drinks spiked with a strong drug. the overdoses occurred in a private residence and none of the victims meant to get high.

none had more than one or two drinks. police are investigating whether the young women had been targeted for sexual assaults. >> what made this real difficult is when the officers were on scene trying to interview these people that were obviously intoxicated, a lot of underaged kids up there. so there was some reluctance to talk to law enforcement. but just trying to get the truth and the facts with all the intoxication made it real difficult for law enforcement. >> the suspicious drinks are now being tested. most of those students at the party attended central washington university. two grieving families in maryland are remembering their murdered sons and pleading for help in the two unsolved cases. more now from lower maryland. ♪ this little light of mine ♪ i'm going to let it shine >> reporter: 50 heart broken people are of all ages gathered to remember brian mosser.

>> brother. just give me time, please. >> reporter: the 20-year-old brian ran out of time. five years ago today he was stabbed to death. >> i have slept with my son's pajama pants under my pillow and that is no lie. that's how much i love brian and i miss him. >> that's what a mother's love does. it continues to breathe even when there is no area. >> reporter: it happened at a laurel maryland hangout. there were plenty of witnesses but no one spoke out. >> someone knows who did it. >> i just hope that something lays heavy on his heart that he just comes forward. >> reporter: even as brian's family around friends held this prayer vigil asking for justice for a murder that happened five years ago. another grieving family was asking for justice for their murdered son. >> please find it in your heart to turn him in. you have no idea the pain that this kid has caused.

>> reporter: that plea delivered at montgomery police headquarters by the victim's sister. 27-year-old julian kelly was shot to death during an armed robbery on august 21st. >> on behalf of this grieving money. >> reporter: the only thing that links these two crimes is the family's pain and need for justice. in laurel, 9news now. >> anyone with information in the moses murder case can contact the laurel maryland police department. a stranger stabs an 8-year- old boy playing video games in long island, new york. a man came up with a hunting knife and plunged the blade into the boy's back five times. the child is hospitalized tonight in stable condition. the 23-year-old suspect is charged with attempted murder. police say he had been under psychiatric care. a flock of geese caused problems for a bus headed to

new york today. it was on the new jersey turnpike this morning when at least one goose smacked into the windshield of the bus causing it to crash. the driver got glass in his eyes but was still able to control that bus until it reached a rest stop some two miles away. the company sent a replacement vehicle and all of the passengers managed to get to new york safely. that driver is expected to be okay. in chicago dozens of people are hurt tonight after a chicago transit bus ran off the road and slammed into several trees. it happened just after 6:00 p.m. three people remain hospitalized. another dozen are hospitalized in fair condition. the three people remain hospitalized in serious condition. get ready for some road closures near the air force memorial in arlington on monday. part of columbia pike will be closed for filming of the next

"transformers" movie. you can check out the entire list of closures and maybe get a peek at the filming at wusa9.com. just click on "9news." consumer alerts tonight. mermercedes-benz recalling cars. the steering systems in the car may fail due to the loss of power steering fluid. you can go to wusa9.com for the complete breakdown of the recalled vehicles. still ahead on 9news now this saturday night. a one of a kind brotherly connection in space. we will have that story coming up. ♪ imagine all the people around the world a tribute to john lenon. ♪ living life in peace bruce, it is hard to find a better day than today. doesn't get any better. this is pay back for all the

heat and humidity we had this past summer. 83 today. we were 12 degrees . here is your wakeup weather. you're going to wake up and get kissed by sunshine tomorrow. sunrise at 7:30 a.m. mid and upper 40s in a few locations. 53 will do it for nighttime low. cold front passing through the area. big story is will that bring us needed rainfall? and what about the redskins game? if you've got tickets and you're tailgating and you want to know what's coming your way, i'll have it when 9news now returns. stay with us. [ son ] my parents have always lived in the states.

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across the globe today fans gathered to pay tribute to the late john lennon on what would have been his 70th birthday. hundreds of people gathered in new york's central park. the gathering took place in strawberry fields in front of a memorial honoring the former beatle member. on hollywood's walk of fame a tribute to the singer/songwriter. his widow was in iceland.

>> it is very hard. i think i am getting over it in my own unique way. it still is lingering. >> lennon's widow said if he were alive today she is certain he would be politically active and probably blogging. world's only astronaut twins to become the first blood relatives to meet in space. scott kelly is circling the planet. his identical twin mark is scheduled to join him next year. mark will be in command on space shuttle endeavor on nasa's last shuttle flight. >> it is not something we expected to happen. when we are on the space shuttle and space station executing this complicated mission we probably won't

notice. >> the space program has so much trouble telling them apart that mark grew a mustache. hundreds of women are walking 60 miles this weekend for a worthy cause. susan j. komen in washington this weekend. participating men and women each raised a minimum of $2300 each for the walk and spent several months training for the event. national stadium in southeast. today participants walked 20 miles to gaithersburg. the event wraps up tomorrow evening when walker reach the grounds of the washington monument. checking news where you live. eight eleanor roosevelt students. winners will be announced sometime next april. for more information on this and other stories go to wusa9.com. find your community in our where you live section and keep up what's happening in your neighborhood. got a story on news tip for us.

contact us and be a part of the wusa9.com team. we have got a programming note that current and former maryland governors will face off in their first debate this monday at 7:00 p.m. watch governor martin o'malley and his predecessor on digital channel 9.2. that's channel 203 on comcast. channel 461 on fios and channel 805 on fox. in tomorrow's washington examiner metro officials overhauling agencies in reporting procedures to encourage employees. that story in sunday's washington examiner. still to come on 9news now this saturday night. ♪[ music ] chuck brown back in his old neighborhood today. we will go there to see and hear chuck. another hot day on the way tomorrow. the forecast is next.

i knew there was a reason for this great weather. look who is back. >> had to come back for this. prerequisite for me to come back here. >> october. hard to believe. >> beautiful. i don't know how i will fill the next 2.5 minutes. >> you'll think of something. >> back to you. >> absolutely beautiful today. in fact, we are going to cool down a little tomorrow but still very fall like. high temperatures only in the 70s tomorrow. and i'm sure you've got a lot of plans and one of them if you're lucky huff lucky enough to have a ticket to the redskins game. if you're tailgating you'll need a sweatshirt or light jacket. mid-70s. game time kickoff is at 1:00 p.m. i think about 76, 77 degrees. that's absolutely ideal. winds will remain on the light side. we will have nothing but sunshine. maybe a light passing of cloud or two may come through the area. that's it. mostly sunny, perfect conditions for the packers. it's been awhile since they have been in town. let's welcome them nicely everyone. the next three days. here we go.

78 tomorrow. now, we hit 83 for the high today. and we hit 79 on friday. so the temperatures continue to fluctuate. i'll explain why. but 78 mostly sunny. go back into the 80s briefly for columbus day on monday. got the day off hopefully. we are about 3 inches behind in rainfall. just a slight chance and it will be late. tuesday we cool back down into the 70s. but that's nothing compared to what we have got coming for the next seven days. i'll show you the mid-part of the week and latter part of the week in a few minutes. numbers are great. 57 in baltimore. 67 in the metro area. the concrete and heat retaining the heat a little bit. 61 in win chester. absolutely ideal from bethany beach over to around maryland. absolutelyly perfect conditions. 46 degrees in a few areas. that's right, mid-40s by morning. sunrise at 7:13 a.m. and we will start to see the

temperatures respond. 57 at reagan airport. about 78 degrees for a high. winds remain light and we keep the sunshine. now, you may have heard about a couple of tornadoes just around the flagstaff area on wednesday now confirmed by the national weather service. they had nine. a record for the most tornadoes for the state of arizona in one day. typically only get four a year. and if you take a look at what is happening up to the north, got a little spin here. first snowfall for the year in many locations. taking it just west of denver in fact, there it is. about an inch on friday. they picked up an additional inch today. higher elevations. changing colors. you know the more you look at this kind of gives you nightmares about last winter so let's talk about our beautiful weather. after the summer we had, it is nice to see that. here we go in town. we are hard pressed to find a cloud east of the mississippi river. frost advisory north of the front. front passing through overnight tonight. therefore, it will be cooler

tomorrow. and then it will be passing back north warming us up for columbus day. moving through the area with little or no fanfare. maybe a passing cloud until we get into monday night and tuesday. we have got a chance of a shower that comes into the picture. but daytime highs tomorrow absolutely stellar. 78 degrees. 79 alexandria. here we go. seven-day outlook. if you like that weather, here we go bruce. how about 60s. thursday, friday, saturday. not a great chance for rain on thursday. these numbers, how about that? >> dave and i are putting shorts on. >> prince george's county neighborhood honored its most famous native son today. talk about hometown legends. chuck brown. guest of honor at the family festival. father of go-go arrived two hours after the event started.

a proposal to regame market circle chuck brown circle. >> this is my old stomping ground. it is the town we lived in when we first came to washington. on this lot right here. then i went to high school over there. >> he told the crowd he didn't finish high school . he was sentenced to prison in virginia. he said it was the best thing that ever happened to him because he finished his diploma and -- get this -- learned how to stay out of prison. >> still hanging in there. >> we love him. what do you have for us? >> redskins park. big day because we are kind of -- the seasons are starting to

mix together. we are also talking hockey. caps got their money's worth tonight. alex ovechkin didn't feel it in atlanta but he got on the board tonight. wide receivers not named santana moss. mike shanahan second round pick. virginia getting chewed up. college football highlights coming your way next. [ male announcer ] it's sunday afternoon. time for football on verizon fios. the nfl in 100% fiber-optic hd quality. that's a good start. but what's this? i can check my fantasy stats without changing the channel. and get an alert any time my team enters the red zone. and then watch every red zone play on nfl redzone. watch out couch,

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and now 9 sports with dave owens. the best sports in town. bruce boudreau warned his guys be ready for atlanta. a team that missed the playoffs last season and promised to be hungry this year. they didn't heed his advice though. back to the verizon tonight. home cooking. let's move to the 2nd period.

tied at 2. it is time to take over. he goes against everybody for his first goal of the year. 3-2 caps. late in the 2nd, getting by everybody. so we we have a deciding play. goes wide and slams it home. two goals for alex. caps win 7-2. >> we did make a statement. after game 2 -- >> we are scoring goals. probably what we do best and we want to make teams aware of it. >> back and forth tonight. i think everyone played a little better with a little bit more jump in the step. albert haynesworth family. holding a memorial motorcycle ride tomorrow in honor of albert's half brother. his brother was killed friday when the bike he was riding hit a car.

espn is reporting also that albert will not play tomorrow. meanwhile the team released devan thomas this morning to make room for runningback williams on the roster. thomas averaged 28 yards per kick return. that's eight best in the league actually but couldn't crack the lineup at wide receiver. here is his track record. originally a second round pick. he never did take off in dc. he first struggled to learn the offense. two touchdowns against new orleans late in the season. 40 receptions in his 34-game career with the skins. three touchdowns but no catches this year. named president and owner of the huskers. playing right now and also provides an opportunity for players not on nfl rosters saying "i'm excited about the opportunity and i'm excited about the league." wasn't the weather nice today? the maryland football team had plenty of time to enjoy the

game as a team. terps enjoying a bye before they begin playing clemson next saturday. on the road at georgia tech. put some leaps in the defensive foundation like that. untouched. unadulterated up the middle. it was 10-3 early but georgia tech. tech ran for 477 yards. allen having a career day. three trips to the end zone. 32-21. virginia 0-2 in the acc. virginia tech hosting central michigan. chippewa scoring first. ryan radcliff spinning a spiral here to jerry harris. part of a 13-play 80-yard drive. and central is up 7-0. can an upset be brewing?

no. t squared. 72-yard run. 9 carries. tying the score at 7. he can throw it. chucking it across the middle to andre smith. 27th win at the start. tech wins 25-21. west virginia hosting unlv. big play of the day. order of the day. divine only three carries. two for touchdowns. i like that average. 49-6. big day in college football. navy wins by one. alabama number 1. >> want to recap for us? >> delightful. clear skies overnight tonight and then a high of only 78 tomorrow. kickoff about 78 degrees. beautiful. >> skins tomorrow. >> packers. >> have a good night. >> got to be real. packers. >> you're wrong. captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com i was driving in northern california. my son was asleep.

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until two years ago, when my dad transferred to istanbul. they settled in quickly. found their local deli. a few shortcuts. and a neighborhood hangout. but there's one thing they miss. their beloved hometown team. so i asked citi -- how many thankyou points it would take to give them something special. their old seats, 5 and 6, row c. [ male announcer ] citi thankyou points can be used for almost anything you choose. what's your story? citi can help you write it.