left. >> bumblebee was going out and the cop didn't know they were filming i guess. >> police car and wh ammo. everyone was surprised by it. even the crew. >> that was a good one, wasn't it. >> one of the best. >> actual it happened, bumblebee was covered up. >> how quickly they covered up the camaro from being hit. they didn't want it on the media or anything like this. it is obvious that was not part of the scene. >> reporter: fans say there was no doubt this was not supposed to be part of the movie. >> we knew the dog was real but the action wasn't part of the movie. >> the stunt driver walked away. he was smiling. >> are you okay? >> yeah. >> reporter: the bumblebee didn't look so hot. he was towed away. >> he was doing the same routine they have been practicing all day. it is so crazy to see it happen. >> reporter: witnesses say the dog appeared to be fine, as

well. this is an example of why it is so important to pay attention to road closures and there's a lot of them over the next few days. i just printed out a few of these and of course it will be third street closed starting tomorrow around 6 0. there's a whole list, third, fourth, between pennsylvania and maryland avenue. third street between constitution and independence. these are a few of them. and tonight, there's going to be a road closure in arlington. we're told that columbia pike from south joyce street to washington boulevard will be closed from 5:00 until 9:00. an intense few days of filming and everyone wants to know when they will start to blow things up. the pyrotechnics we are told maybe tuesday and wednesday or tuesday or wednesday. so some intense few days here for transformers. >> this is a huge deal. you have been following the production all day. obviously there was the accident but what else happened? >> there's been a lot of

filming earlier in the day. something that wasn't as intense as you can say. basically we were over by the red cross building and it appears they were filming inside. outside, washingtonians became paparazzi. they were taking pictures, waiting for stars. we did see the parents, the mom and dad of the main character. we saw the director. we believe he was the director. he was a little far away but we are pretty sure it was him and every so often you could hear them say, quiet on the set, action, cut. people are excited about this filming. they are basically trying to catch a glimpse of a few scenes. we were told by people out there even if they don't know what is being filmed when they go to watch the movie they want to sit back an say i was there and that's what the production is about. >> we are so star struck around here. >> little hollywood coming to town. >> thank you. takoma park police are on the lookout for a man who committed a sexual assault inside of a montgomery county

college library. it happened 1:30 at the takoma park campus. peggy fox is live and some of the details are not appropriate for the kids. peggy? >> absolutely, derek. montgomery college has put out this crime alert that we found tucked away as you walk in to some of the buildings but very few students seem to have heard about what happened and in fact, the crime alert does not contain the graphic details. >> ew! >> the reactions were all the same. universal disgust about what a man did to a woman inside of the library's resource center building. it happened on saturday afternoon at 1:30. she was sitting on the upper level when takoma park police say a man walked past her and ejaculated on her arm. she told police she turned to look at him and he was standing beside her with his private parts pulled out of his pants. >> that's disgusting for that

to happen to anyone. not just the fact it was a woman but the fact it happened any way. it's pretty gross. >> you have to be crazy to do something like that. it's rude. that's insane. >> i don't think i'm going to go anywhere by myself on campus after knowing that. >> reporter: police say the suspect fled but when the victim was at the reception desk, reporting the incident he came back and talked to her. he fled again before police arrived the librarian gave us a copy of the crime alert. we haven't seen many of them posted around campus but students said they received e- mails about the incident. >> as far as e-mails a lot of students don't go on. >> are you upset they don't do a good job communicating the information. >> at the library there's nothing on the door saying this happened or -- kind of sad. >> reporter: that student told us that most students don't read their e-mails. i explained that to officials at montgomery college anne and they said they would re-

evaluate what happened in this incident. police say they have dna evidence of the suspect and we're told there is also video surveillance of the suspect fleeing the library. we have a description, a small description, he's an african- american male, 6'2", weighing between 200 and 230-pounds. so fairly large individual. and they want everybody on campus to be on alert for that individual as well who has gone in to a maroon sedan, a maroon four-door sedan. live in takoma park, peggy fox, 9 news now. >> that's about the most awful thing i have heard. what did he said when he came back? any word on that? >> i don't know what he said. we have not been able to speak to police directly today. they did issue some of the information that i reported to you, but we have not been able to find out about what he said. it is very interesting that police didn't get there in time to catch him. he fled once and came back again and it was obviously some time there in which maybe he

could have been caught. >> very good point, peggy, thank you. two women got in to a nasty car crash blocks away and both are fighting their lives at this hour. the collision happened at the intersection of east-west highway and route 1 in riverdale. that's where we find delia. >> it was a horrific accident and you can see just from looking at the front yard it was a pretty bad one. take a look. this traffic sign knocked over. come over here, another traffic sign was thrown, even a fire hydrant, the car then hit this tree. you can see where it's tore up pieces of the tree and careened and continued on to the front yard here. we're told the car went up in flames, stopped here. both women were ejected and they landed next to that brick wall. a beer bottle and a pack of smokes stands out in a front yard trashed with debris. the car lost control at the intersection of east-west

highway and baltimore avenue demolishing several street signs taking down poles and knocking out a fire hydrant, all scattered in the front yard of this group home. a worker takesic churrs of the damage including a broken window. tony lives next door and heard the commotion just after 2:00 a.m. >> i'd say the screech lasted about three seconds followed by an intense banging. you could hear glass shattering and a crumpling noise. >> reporter: this is what the mangled car looks like as it was towed from the scene. >> the woman just screaming because she's saying they are dead, they are dead and the guy's like, yo, yo, you have to put this car out. this car is on fire. >> reporter: the women were alive but severely injured. both were thrown from the car and landed near this brick wall. police say their nights started less than a half mile away when they entered the parking lot of the alamo plaza on kenilworth

avenue [ inaudible ] >> reporter: the customer told police working security at the restaurant about it and when the officers walked up to the car the suspect took off. they are relieved no one inside the home was hurt. that's the good news here. no one inside the home was hurt. look at the window. it has been boarded up. that's the only damage that we see on this home and that the owners tell us is on this home. you can see how this tree literally stopped the car from crashing right through the brick on the other side of the wall. it's the family room of this home. >> that's lucky. any idea why these women were running in the first place? >> well, early this morning, police did tell us that they suspected the women of a theft. however, now they say they don't know because they were never able to talk to the women. they sped off before police even got one word out to the driver and because of their condition in the hospital,

police still haven't investigated and spoke to those two women. >> all right. thank you. a heated and personal debate today in maryland's race for governor. martin o'malley squared off with bob ehrlich in the first debate of their 2010 rematch election race. the men took swipes at each other over everything from negative ads to taxes. >> i will pledge not to raise property taxes like you raised property taxes, governor when you were governor in easier times. i will pledge not to jack up college tuition by 40%. i will pledge not to increase by 300% the annual filing fees for every small business incorporated by maryland. >> governor, you said you cut state spending. we added up your budget over four years. do you node what it adds to, $124 billion. mine, $101 billion. your 23 billion -- that's not a rounding error. that really counts.

that's big-time money. >> wusa 9 will air the matchup tonight at 7:00 on our digital channel 9.2. that's channel 203 if you are on comcast, 461 on fios and channel 805 on cox. on thursday, live at noon, we will carry a second maryland gubernatorial debate hosted by the "washington post" and wusa 9. a driver who struck and killed two pedestrians in rockville is charged with dui. this happened as the two 26- year-old men tried to cross rockville pike early yesterday morning. investigators believe they just left the white flint metro. police say the driver stopped briefly but then left the scene. >> the driver and the female passenger appear to be tending to the pedestrian. the driver and passenger got back in to the acura and drove north. >> the car looks like it hit a pole. i didn't know it hit two people. >> reporter: the driver of the car went back to the scene.

police identified him. in addition to the dui, police say he could face even more charges and both of those victims are from silver spring. now an update from a shooting last week in woodbridge. 31-year-old levonne pointer is now charged with opening fire on his neighbor's home. police sate happened friday morning on herselfand court. two people were home when it happened. pointer is held without bond. the 33 trapped chilean miners may soon and finally be free. the rescue equipment seems to be working and they could be back above ground in the next couple of days. >> reporter: chilean rescue workers say they successfully sent a capsule nearly all the way to the trapped miners. it stopped 46 feet short of the chamber where the 33 men have been since august 5th. engineers now say the equipment for the rescue will be ready by

midnight on tuesday. on monday rescue teams finished installing 15 giant steel tubes designed to reinforce the top of the shaft. next they will build a platform above the shaft to support the capsule when it is brought to the surface. below ground the men have been preparing if the big day with a special diet including a high calorie chocolate drink to boost nutrition and taking aspirin to prevent blood clots. each of the men will have to endure a twisting minute, 2,000- foot ride to the surface. after two months, workers were able to break through to the miners on saturday. >> it is unbelievable. the feelings and emotions everyone was going through is undescribable ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: family members say they are anxious to see their loved ones she says, i know i'm going to hug him but probably when that moment comes i won't do anything. i'll just cry and scream. the 33 men will then have to adjust to their new lives,

filled with video cameras, movie offers and book deals. 27 of the families have filed a $10 million lawsuit against the mining company for negligence but first they must be returned to safety. cbs news, new york. >> authorities and the miners are discussing which miners will be rescued first. the new york city bomb squad was called in today after explosives were found at a manhattan cemetery. the black garage bag containing eight blocks of c-4 was removed from the historic martial cemetery. but the plastic explosives were not capable of being detonated because there was nothing to trigger them. the unintended victims of the foreclosure freeze. some who reached deals on vacant homes may now be out of luck. count down to the midterms. both party's biggest stars rallying voters to turn out for november. i'm joel brown on captiol hill. the story is coming up.

woman 1 sync: i knew what bob ehrlich did as governor. man 1 sync: raised my property taxes 60 percent. woman 2 sync: let utilities hike our rates 72 percent. woman 1 sync: but i didn't know what he's done since he got fired as governor. man 2: ehrlich's raked in millions. man 3: he worked for a wall street bank that took 10 billion dollars from the bailout. woman 3: 10 billion of our money. woman 4: our money. woman 5 sync: and he worked for another bank that collapsed. man 4: costing tax payers 17 million. anncr: tell bob ehrlich big banks don't need help. middle class marylanders do.

democrats and republicans are battling it out and party leaders are jetting coast to coast rallying the voters to turn up at the polls which will be open less than a month from now. >> reporter: democrats are fighting an uphill bat toll hold on to control of the congress with republicans leading in most polls, president obama is crisscrossing the country trying to raise cash and democratic voters interest in the elections. his party is taking to the air waves. >> er that stealing our democracy, spending millions from secret donors. >> reporter: the democratic party released a new ad claiming the u.s. chamber of commerce is spending foreign money to support republican candidates for office. the chamber denies it and top

republican strategists call the allegations outright lies. the gop is striking back with its own commercials. targeting democratic candidates in 21 states with nearly 30 new ads they released over the weekend. >> baron hill supported the $800 billion failed stimulus package that created renewable energy jobs in china. >> reporter: republicans are counting on voter angryer in washington to retake congress. the top house republican john boehner was campaigning for a republican candidate for congress on monday, hours before the president arrived to rally democrats. later this week, president obama will do the same in delaware and massachusetts, hoping to find some of the magic that sent democrats to the polls in droves in 2008. joel brown, cbs news, washington. >> reporter: ever. >> meantime the republican candidate for new york governor in damage control mode after comments he made about gays them controversy began over the

weekend when karl paldino was speaking at a brooklyn synagogue. >> i think my children and your children will be much better off and much more successful getting married and raising a family. and i don't want them to be brainwashed in to thinking that homosexuality is an equally and valid and successful option. it isn't. >> reporter: that didn't go over well in new york. he is backed by the tea party an he trailed cuomo in the polls. cuomo quick to jump on his comments calling them homophobic. appearing on the cbs "early show," he said he is sensitive to the difficulties that gay people face. >> i have enough feeling and i have people working for me who are gay. never had a problem with any of them. never had a problem in any sense with their lifestyle. >> reporter: the paldino campaign has been rocked by his admission to having feared a daughter during an extramarital affair. a republican congressional candidate from ohio says, he

did nothing wrong by wearing a nazi uniform to participate in world war war ii reenactment. he tells the associated press, he only took part in the historical reenactments to educate the public and he said he does not agree with what the nazis did to the jews. it is columbus day and to mark the occasion a wreath was laid in front of union station. the 99th annual christopher columbus ceremony was cosponsored by the national parks service and the columbus association. the memorial was dedicated in 1912 to honor the italian explorer. millions of people lined fifth avenue in new york city for the largest columbus day celebration in the nation and they could not have asked for a nicer day. today marks the 66th annual parade like this in the big apple. floats, antique cars, dancers and broadway cast entertained spectators as they made their way from 47th to 72nd street.

awesome weather. >> loving the weather, top. feels like may. >> it does. almost early june quite frankly. not going to be around much longer. we will have to go down slowly. back to reality. it will happen. folks are enjoying the weather around dupont circle. temperatures in excess of 80 across the board. many spots upper 80s. the good news is tomorrow we will be warm, not record setting at least downtown and we have to snap back to reality as we get to the middle of the week. go to the graphics. we have one record high to report. it went away. oh! the record high to report is at dulles, 86 so far. the record high was 78. the record high at national is 90 and it's safe. also, this high at downtown of 90 degrees is the latest in the year we have hit 90 degrees. all right. still pretty warm. 86 at national. 82 in gaithersburg. 82 in hagerstown and even to the west and south.

88 culpeper. and 86 in fredericksburg. all right. let's talk about the next three days. reality has to come back. it has to occur. tomorrow 80, still mild. a chance of a shower or thunderstorm and then cooler on wednesday, 68. and then cool on thursday with some rain and showers. temperatures on thursday will struggle to get to 60 actually. all right. let's break down tomorrow for you. we will break down tomorrow. 52 to start. looking at 66 by lunchtime and 72 by evening. again, a slight chance of a shower. tonight looks like this. skies will be mostly cloudy. still mild, though. mid-50s to mid-60s. winds will be westerly at ten. look at the lows tonight, comfortable but inside the beltway we are talking about low 60s. 63 downtown. 56 in gaithersburg, 589 college park. comfortable in the suburbs. 56 reston, leesburg and manassas. tomorrow variable cloudiness, mild, slight chance of a

shower, 50s and 60s. and tomorrow afternoon a slight chance of a thunderstorm, highs an 80. it appears most of the activity stays to the north on tuesday. 74 cumberland tomorrow. 80 leesburg. 80 manassas, slight chance of a shower. better chance of hagertown than downtown for example. gaithersburg 81. 81 at andrews. next seven days, 85 a shower or thunderstorm possible tomorrow. chilly rain on thursday, 60 for a high. friday the showers get out of here in time for high school football. 64 on saturday. at the dog walk i want to see folks out there. 10:30, check in at 9:80. 60 to 64 on saturday and 672 on monday. >> all right. >> not bad. >> not as summer like. >> thank you. up next what some stores consider trash you can turn in to serious cash. it is called surplus shopping

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i'm not the kind of guy who likes to hang on the sidelines. today maryland's in trouble. we're worse off than we were four years ago: dangerous debt, higher taxes, not enough jobs. we need real leadership to turn this state around. fix the budget -- honestly. grow small businesses -- really. excellent schools -- everywhere. protect the bay -- finally. it's why i'm running -- to make the state we love not just good, but great. now let's get down to work. bargain hunters and job

seekers are turning to a new website that delivers products and apparently some profits to go with them. liquidation.com sells items in bulk to the highest bidder. in tonight's consumer alert, lesli foster tells us it is fueling a new set of small business owners, who had been struggling to make ends meet. even the most avid biker probably doesn't need this many sets of wheels. >> probably average $200 each. >> reporter: but the stuff others cast aside. >> this is some of my bike collection. >> reporter: has turned in to a big business for ryan. >> the first month i sold $12,000 worth of stuff. >> reporter: he got the bikes from liquidation.com. the stuff that doesn't sell in retail stores or gets returned can end up at a liquidation warehouse. it is sorted and posted on a website where people like ryan can bid on items in bulk. >> these are tempting. >> reporter: and resell them

for a profit. >> we have tens of thousands of stories where people came out of hard times or were worried about their jobs and were able to create great small businesses. >> reporter: before sites lick liquidation.com you would have to line up outside of stores going out of business to buy the goods and now are at your fingertips. ryan, a resent law school graduate became a buyer and seller last year when the job market offered no prospects. >> i couldn't get a job. >> reporter: now he has a full- time job scouting liquidation sites. bikes are the hottest selling item at the moment. he hopes to make enough money to eventually roll out his law practice. >> and what he learned here. >> i will never pay retail for anything again. >> reporter: especially since he can bid low and sell high. >> never pay retail again. many of the items ryan and the others sell end up on sites like amazon.com or ebay. coming up next at 5:30.

a beautiful neighborhood, a vacant foreclosured home and a deal to buy it that has been frozen in the paperwork crisis. i'm bruce leshan. the story is coming up.

folks thought they were getting a great deal on a vacant home but now be out of luck. a mass overdose sends a dozen college students to the hospital. police are investigating whether they could have been slipped the date rape drug. a young mother makes a life- saving decision after a home dna test reveals she carries the breast cancer gene. the paperwork problems could crush the fragile recovery in the housing market. thousands of people looking to buy vacant houses have to worry the deals will fall through as banks go back through their foreclosure records. new at 5:30, bruce leshan has a look at the impact around here. >> as we get closer you can see how the brick is starting to pull from the house. >> reporter: nick thought he found his client the perfect

fixer upper in potomac. a home he could afford in a good glade fixer upper would be a gentle term for this property. >> reporter: the bank agreed to unload it for $470,000 and he was hoping to close later this week but then came an e-mail from the title company. >> pnc has put a halt on all closings for at least 30 days. >> what was your client's reaction. >> he's pretty upset. he had prepared everything with his family to have the house closed. he has contractors lined up and ready to get the work started. >> reporter: in the go go years, banks bought and sold mortgages so fast and with so little paperwork that many people are left with no idea who is holding their note. >> they bought it from the original people that had our loan. i can't remember who that was. >> reporter: four big banks have frozen foreclosures as they recheck records, but that means hundreds of thousands of homes may sit vacant for months longer. >> the longer it sits with a sign in front front of the

house without activity it certainly, a dark mark on the neighborhood. >> reporter: some realtors tell me they have been having trouble for a while. one tells me he sold a house here in the brightwood neighborhood of northwest dc, sold it three times and each time the deals fell through because of bad paperwork. he finally said to the bank, get the paperwork together, and then i will sell it again. in northwest dc, bruce leshan, 9 news now. >> a lot of politicians are pushing for a nationwide freeze on foreclosures until the banks can straighten out all of this but the obama administration worries that a national freeze would undermine the economy. on the pump patrol you have to shell out more cash for the gas. recent survey finds the average price of regular grade gasoline jumped 89 cents the past -- 8 cents the last couple of weeks them latest figures report the price of a gallon of regular unleaded in the dc area is $2.86, up 7 cents from a week

ago. nationwide the average price is $2.78 a gallon. testimony begins tomorrow in the worst shooting ever on a u.s. military base. 13 people were killed and 32 wounded in last year's shooting spree at ft. hood. the article 32 hearing will determine whether or not the alleged shooter army psychiatrist hassan ought to go on trial for premeditated murder. dozens of witnesses are expected to take the stand over the next couple of weeks. the u.s. and british governments are investigating whether a british aide worker was killed by her american rescuers. linda norgrove was taken hostage two weeks after being ambushed by taliban fighters. at first, her death was blamed on the suicide bomb triggered by her abductors but now general petraeus has told the british prime minister she was likely killed by a grenade detonated by the u.s. special forces in friday's rescue attempt. the death toll from the toxic red sludge in hungary has

grown to eight. rescue teams found the body of an elderly woman. she had been missing since the spill from the aluminum plant reservoir flooded several towns a few weeks ago. look at that. workers are building a new containment wall around the cracked reservoir for fear it could break and release more sean sludge. hungary's prime minister said police obtained the director of the director of the company responsible for the director. the woman accused of abusing teenagers at oprah's school for girls in south africa has been acquitted. prosecutors say she tried to kiss and fondle students. the charges came to light after the school opened in 2007. oprah released a statement saying she is profoundly disappointed by the verdict. a college party quickly turned in to a nightmare over the weekend after dozens of students were drugged. most of the victims, freshman girls at washington university and as ben tracey tells us,

police are investigating whether someone slipped them a date rape drug. >> reporter: at this modest vacation home in the hills of northern washington, the evidence of friday night's college party still littering the lawn. >> it was crazy. there was loud music a lot going on. >> reporter: more than most students knew until the party took a frightening turn. they say after only one or two drinks. >> all of a sudden the girls were puking everywhere. >> they are falling down, drinks going everywhere. >> girls were outside on their back and people were so drunk they didn't know what to do. >> one of the girls ended up at this grocery store unconscious. someone called 911 and told police about the party. >> when the cops showed up at the house they had to force their way through the door. inside and outside in the backyard they found 50 college students, most of them drunk, many of the women incoherent. >> our immediate suspicion was that some sort of drug had been introduced in to their systems. >> reporter: 11 women and one

man ended up in the hospital. police say they were drugged by someone who may have spiked their drinks but they don't think the host of the party was involved. one student was found having sex with a nearly unconscious woman who turned out to be his girlfriend. >> we know the majority of the victims were female. so the assumption is that these individuals were targeted for some in the fairous reasons. >> reporter: many women were drinking premade drinks out of red cups which seems to be the source of the drug. the type of drug is unknown but roofies can be lethal when mixed with alcohol. >> we were trying to help them off the ground. >> almost like they were zombies, passed out. they couldn't really function. >> reporter: meantime, police sent blood samples to the crime lab trying to figure out what drug was in their systems and any students under the age of 21 who were found to be

drinking at that party could phage face anything from alcohol counseling to be kicked out of school. what goes up must come down. this is one landing that did not go as planned. don't forget, we are always on- line at wusa9.com. stay with us. we'll right back.

caught on tape, a sky diver that just didn't make it all the way to the ground. in fact there he is caught in a tree. this happened in massachusetts. the sky driver was floating in for a landing but unfortunately a tree was between him and the ground. he got tangled up, 50 feet up. the chief instructor of the sky diving club says the man doesn't have that much sky diving experience. he was never hurt. a rescue team was able to bring him down. no rescue for his ego however. a new great pumpkin in the

book of world records. this weighs 1810-pounds at the stillwater harvest fest. how do they make them grow that big. >> steroids. >> i don't know. any way it came from a pumpkin patch in wisconsin. it beat the old record by almost 100-pounds. >> the pumpkin was juicing. i know it was. time to look at the evening rush hour. patranya bhoolsuwan, i thought it was a holiday. what's up. >> i thought it was a holiday until i saw the west side of the beltway. a lot of traffic heading from the suffer to in the toll road. a 10 to 15 minute commute time there. no accidents just volume on this columbus day. much better story on 395 heading south from the pentagon all the way to the mixing bowl. look at the wide-open lanes. this is a good route to take. in arlington you have to be aware of street closures out there because of the transformers crew filming out there. the roadways are affected.

washington boulevard here, south joyce street an pentagon city and columbia pike. that's a check on the commute. back to you. >> thank you. coming up next on 9 news now. >> the redskins are feeling good about yesterday's win. i will tell you what triggered this surprising turn around. no. more like summer today. let me show you the temperatures. we will come back and show you the record. 86 at national. 81 in gaithersburg and frederick. 84 leesburg. we will tell you how long the warm weather will last and give you a lowdown on the records. first, home genetic testing for deadly diseases. can it cause needless worries or save lives. one woman's story and her decision up next.

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injuries. it is put in the spinal cord via injection within two weeks of an injury to see if it helps nerves regenerate. the company behind the drug plans to follow eight to ten patients nationwide in the early-stage study. new research says autism is more common in children that have jaundice at birth. they are not trying to alarm parent even parents -- parents but research showed t% of autistic children had jaundice at newborn compared to 3% of the population. it causes a temporary yellowish tinge in the baby's skin and generally harmless. as you probably know october is breast cancer awareness month. a new way to predict at who's at highest risk is causing controversy. >> she had a radical surgery. she had both breasts removed as a preventive measure. >> reporter: the 31-year-old mother underwent it because the has a breast cancer gene

mutation that gives her an 80% risk of giving her the disease. >> that or cancer, what do you want? small price to pay. >> reporter: but surprisingly jill didn't learn about the gene from her doctors. she doesn't have a strong family history of breast canser so they didn't -- cancer, so they didn't recommend genetic testing. >> i saw the results and she was a trait carrier and my heart sunk. >> reporter: after learning the news they got genetic counseling, and developed a plan with doctors but not everyone can afford to do that. >> if they get the information, without knowing what their options are and what their choices are it can be really a devastating blow. >> reporter: you are getting a genetic test you need to be repaired for the results. >> reporter: bottom line, jill steinberg believes the home dna test saved her life. >> reporter: these commercial genetic tests that go to the

consumer came under scrutiny this summer. the results can be misinterpreted and no one is regulating the new industry. some area salons are offering pink hair extensions in honor of breast cancer awareness month. the pink strands are available at four locations in anne arundel county and cost about $10 each. proceeds go to various breast cancer charities. spa week kicked off today across our area. all this week, spas in dc, maryland and virginia will offer a number of their services for $50. that's a pretty big savings. we are talking everything from facials to body treatments and massages and eyelash extensions. spa week runs until sunday. for more stories where you live go to wusa9.com. find your community in the section titled where you live and keep up with what is new in our neighborhood. if you have a story or news tip, send it to you. be part of the team at wusa9.com. some local ladies have taken their love for the zoo's

panda cubs all the way back to china. this got going about five years ago when tai shan was born here in washington and a small group of women visited him regularly and formed a friendship based on their love of that panda. well, when tai shan was shipped back to china earlier this year, they followed him. >> you must really love this bear to spend $5,000 each to visit him in china. why do you love this bear so much? >> when i saw him born on the panda cam, he came out and he hit a wall. and i thought, this panda is gone that be somebody incredibly special and he is. >> reporter: the women have even come up with the name for the group. they call themselveses the pandarazzis. i would say they are overly devoted. >> little overly devoted but a good cause. >> to each his or her own. >> not hurting anyone. >> not hurting anyone and neither is the weather. >> record high at one airport

but not at airport. national has been around too long and the records go back too far. record high at national is 19 set back in 1919. that's safe. missed bit by two degrees but dulles 78, we replaced that today. their records go back to 1963 so much less than the data pool. and up in baltimore 89. also set back in 1919. that was safe. 86 downtown. 82 arlington. 84 sterling. 86 ft. belvoir. temperatures are running 15 degrees above average for this time of the year. anytime you get 15 to 20 degrees above or below average you threaten records. showers are possible tomorrow. if you are a gambler you can leave the umbrella at home. they will be few and far between. cooler and dry on wednesday, 68. a chilly rain on thursday. temperatures will struggle to get to 60 actually. we will break down tomorrow. a mild start.

65. maybe a shower at 7:00. still would not put the shades away. maybe enough sun on 66 eastbound to need the shades. 78 by lunchtime. 80 by evening. maybe a shower. another warm day but not a record setter. although that said, record high tomorrow at dulles is 80. that will be threatened but no records at national or bwi. tonight, mostly cloudy and mild. look at this. this is like may or june. mid-50s to mid-60s. winds westerly at ten. it will be comfortable tonight but inside the beltway hold in the low 60s. 58 rockville. 56 gaithersburg. very comfortable 58 in fairfax and 56 out to leesburg. tomorrow morning, variable clouds. slight chance of a shower, 50s and 60s. and by afternoon looking at variable cloudiness. not as warm but pretty i nice for october. shower or thunderstorm is possible. and highs an 80. satellite picture, radar combined. most of the showers are up in ohio and pennsylvania.

they will stay there tonight. a slight chance one of these gets down here tomorrow. for the most part the front will take most of the moisture. the next seven days, 80 tomorrow. still warm, maybe a shower. cooler on wednesday and thursday. dry on wednesday. wet on thursday. some showers ending on friday. sething the stage for a nice high school football again. cool, though, bring a sweatshirt and nice over the weekend, 70 on sunday and back in low 70s on monday. >> thank you, top. you know i could have used a little heart medicine. but if you were at my house yesterday you would have seen this special redskin dance. >> would you care to show it to us? >> i would not. >> i think it is to our benefit that nobody outside of your house saw that. but i imagine it was highly beer taping. >> oh, baby. >> you were celebrating. >> you had a lot to celebrate. you almost had nothing to celebrate. if you take away week three when they got crushed by the rams they have played four games that have been decided by three points, three points,

five points and six points with two of the four going to overtime. if you are a redskins fan and haven't chewed off your fingernails soon you will. momentum and confidence, the redskins have it all right now. >> this game was gratifying because it showed the heart and character we have on the team. >> reporter: the heart and character started with the defense and their ability to hold the packers in check until the offense got rolling, which they did in the fourth quarter an mcnabb could feel it. >> god guys waiting if this big play. >> reporter: can't say enough about what donovan can do. there's no chance for -- >> reporter: that's okay, chris. there's no chance for the redskins can win without mcnabb at center and shanahan on the sidelines but the coach today

wasn't taking any credit. >> i'm proud of them. we have got -- it starts with your players. we have a lot of great character. >> reporter: and the character has been tested over and over again with four games coming down to the last play, three of them the redskins have won, giving them a share of first place in the east and a reason for fans of to be optimistic. >> outstanding win and i think the redskins have something going this year. >> i'm glad we have mcnabb. i think he's the first real quarterback we have had. >> so used to being let down it's nice to be on the top. >> reporter: the redskins have another tough became on sunday night when they face the colts. two weeks ago you wouldn't have given them a chance but after beating the eagles and packers, anything is possible. >> can i just suggest -- hold on. let's take a deep breath. i think this is a case where the victory could mask some of the serious problems that were unveiled yesterday. the offensive line, i peg your pardon was a disaster.

they did not run the ball. that didn't work. mcnabb looked iffy at times. don't let the wins cloud your vision in terms of what the team is doing. defense has been spectacular two weeks in a row. >> i'm going to let the win cloud my judgment. >> that's fine. >> maybe it wasn't dance worthy. >> but against the colts you better bring your a game because payton is bringing his. ultrasound, by the way, not as private as they once were. up next, inviting your family and friends to meet the new baby, weeks and months before he or she arrives. new at 6:00, i'm scott broom. coming up the bitter pickering that nearly derailed a debate between maryland's governor candidates.

two governors, two different approaches. even in good times bob ehrlich didn't make education a priority.

he increased college tuition by 40%, cut school construction by $200 million, and ehrlich voted to eliminate the department of education while serving in congress. but in the toughest of times, martin o'malley has made record investments in public schools, new school construction, and o'malley froze college tuition four years in a row. with martin o'malley, our children always come first.

stocks edging lightly higher on wall street. the dow finished up three.s to close at 1110. the nasdaq and s&p were up a fraction. what used to be a very private moment does not have to be so private, not anymore. in tonight's oh my baby report, peggy fox tags along with angie goff and gets a 3-d ultrasound. >> moms to be, did you know sonograms aren't just for you and your husband anymore.

you can invite friends and the whole family now. this is not your typical sonogram. >> there it is. >> reporter: it is more like home movie night. the star of the show, angie goff's baby. >> oh! adorable. >> reporter: there's no doctor here and the room is filled with family and friends oooing and aahing. >> she has pretty lips. >> the son demographer gives no medical advice but just a view glimpses of a baby in outrow something angie's parents have never seen. >> it beautiful. >> i think it is wonderful. >> angie's older sister, a mother of two traveled to texas for the show. >> i'm amazed. i think uranias niece is beautiful. >> reporter: and her younger sister jenny who doesn't have kids yet is impressed. >> you don't realize until you see it that it is actually

real. >> for angie the experience was especially fulfilling. >> my husband was in south carolina and so, to have family and good friends to be here and be able to take part in something as stressful as seeing your baby grow, it made a world of difference. >> reporter: to take advantage of the new trend, some doctors offices have started to offer 3- d sonograms be if it is not medically required, insurance won't pay. it costs 75 to $175 depending on how many times you go. you can learn more about sonograms and 3-d viewing parties on momslikeme.com. >> that is peggy fox. thanks for joining us. 9 news now at 6:00 starts right now. it was heated and it was personal. and today's first debate in maryland's rematch for governor was delayed as two si