this year, target and wal-mart likely to be locked in a price war to see who can go the lowest. stinky the garbage truck is marked down to $49.99 at target and a new music game is getting a lot of attention too. not to be outdone, toys "r" us plans to stock up this year and shoppers can enroll in a loyalty program and get 10% back on purchases up to $500. sears has adopted a new mantra, black friday is now. >> we have door busters, items from almost every department. >> reporter: tools appliances, outer wear all on sale and for the first time they are even open from 7:00 to noon on thanksgiving. >> we can get them into our stores, show the great specials that we have now and even the better specials when black friday comes. >> reporter: whether you skip the crush or join in, the deals can be yours. and check your mail. target is sending out this toy

catalog filled with coupons. sears has a circular on black friday deals this week and even a special friends and family shopping day this sunday and we found some other deals at sears, outer wear for the family is 60% off, wal-mart is rolling back the price of the leapster explorer, a popular toy from $69.97 to 59 dollars and you can save $300 on a 40- inch samsung l.e.d. tv right now at target. it's going for $899.99. if a 3d tv on your list, costco has stocked the new sets along with the food and housewares. shoppers can take advantage of the promotional offerings at the warehouse club. a panasonic bundle goes for $1600 after a $500 rebate or get a complete samsung 3d package for under $3000 after a $900 rebate. i'm sure this next item tops a lot of gamers' wish list, the

new installment of call of duty block outer loop has arrived. this video game one set in the 19- -- is set in the 1960s cold war era, priced between $60 and $150 depending on which version you buy. and to help 1250er you to the -- steer you to the best bargains, check out ready, set shop, a link on our website, wusa9.com, just click on consumer. in other news, a spin began high school student has died, a second wounded following a shooting police say they can't explain and tonight investigators tell us that both victims appear to be good, decent kids. the shooting happened last night in the 1300 block of holbrooke street northeast. bruce johnson joins us live from the scene with details on what unfolded there. >> reporter: we are in the trinidad section. this neighborhood has a violent history. they actually set up roadblocks up here to keep a lot of the violent element out of here. the courts overturned that said

the roadblocks were unconstitutional. police says this doesn't fit that mo. the two people who were shot here, young individuals, males who attended the high school, they were good kids according to police. >> he was a sweet loving, caring. >> reporter: 17-year-old joseph sharps is dead. his friend de'onte bill broad wounded. they were shot last night. >> they shot his friend first and then joe was calling the police on his cell phone and i guess they shot him, they shot him four times. >> reporter: joseph sharps' mother says the family moved to the trinidad area a short time ago. >> it's pen a lot of stuff, you know, with the young men around. >> reporter: grief counselors were dispatched to spin garn senior high school today. >> they played jokes, they liked girls, never heard about them having any beef with anybody. >> reporter: i talked to spin

garn principal washington he says both were popular students, no major problems, sometimes late for classes, he says both were student athletes. >> the reason we come here every day is to help students avoid the perils of their community. >> reporter: miss georges' 12th grade english class puts her grief into words today. >> life is short, it was just yesterday. who would have thought he would be gone today so lets just say life is short so let's just say life is short. >> reporter: back here live on the scene officially homicide police, they are not saying anything about this case. unofficially one of the detectives is telling me quote we are working very hard on this. want to send you down the street because i don't know what this is but we do know we have a live scene going on, a lot of cops who saturated this area and stopped the vehicle down there, talking to a woman and a guy. nobody arrested at this time. we don't know if that's a check, don't know if that's part of this investigation. they don't have suspects.

they do tell us they are working this case hard. if this develops into something else we will bring you back here live. >> thank you. prince george's county police searching for a murder suspect in heightsville. officers responded to the chesapeake landing apartments on buchanan street after someone reported hearing gunshots. when the police arrived, they found the victim dead outside. that person's identity hasn't been released as of yet and we have no word on a motive or possible suspect. tonight american university faculty, staff and students will remember the life and work of murdered professor sue marcum. the university is hosting a memory essential marry for -- ceremony for her at 8:00. she taught in the school of business much she was killed in her bethesda home two weeks ago. so far police have not charged anyone if her murder. the man accused of trying to help al-qaeda bomb metro stations says he's not guilty. that was farooque ahmed's plea at his arraignment today.

the 34-year-old pakistani born u.s. citizen was arrested last month. federal officials say ahmed plotted with people he thought were al-qaeda members who bomb several metro stations but those people were actually undercover agents. ahmed has requested a jury trial and it's scheduled to begin in april. a bit of a scare this morning for an air canada flight that took off from reagan national. a malfunctioning ventilation system caused the plane to have to come back to the airport. fire crews met the jet on the runway had it landed just in case. passengers and crew all got off okay. the incident did not interrupt other operations at the airport. the race is finally over in the 11th congressional district. today keith fimian conceded defeat. connolly won by only 981 votes, but as peggy fox reports, after the race the congressman found himself in the hospital. >> i had some blockage in an artery. there was a blood clot that caused a little discomfort.

>> reporter: congressman jerry connolly spent last weekend in the hospital after a routine test found a blood clot. he told reporters he's fine and wanted to focus on his win, not on the slim margin. >> there were four competitive races in virginia, only one was left standing and you're looking at him. >> reporter: he called the election the most toxic for democrats in 64 years. >> i frankly reject the question why is it so narrow. i think you ought to be 1k-g how did you pull -- asking how did you pull it off given the horrors all over the country. >> reporter: he says it was his 16 years in public office and a lot of hard work, but tom davis a republican who held the seat before him says money helped save him. >> the democratic campaign committee spent $1 million the last week and dropped it in and the republican committee wouldn't match that. >> reporter: he also says fin fimian lost votes. here's at fimian's campaign it was locked up and quiet. he says he was not asking for a

recount because he didn't think it would change the results however he was leaving open the option to revisit that decision. connolly says it's too early to talk about redirecting the 11th to favor republicans but davis says it's a strong bet. >> two years from now it will be a different district. the legislature will redrawn the lines to this district and in northern virginia how about you draw the lines? >> congressman connolly say he heard voters loud and clear that they were not satisfied with the way things are doing, they want the economic problems solved but don't want to do it by having red ink. he says he would not vote to repeal health care but would look at making changes to it. >> thank you. liquor will now be sold on sundays in montgomery county maryland. the county executive issued an executive order to allow sunday sales at county owned liquor sales. that means you'll be able to buy hard liquor on sundays by the end of the month.

montgomery county will make up to $2 million a year by opening on sunday. a head-on collision in the colesville area of silver spring sent three people to the hospital including one child. sky 9 was over the crash scene on norwood road late this morning. three cars were involved in that crash. one of the victim's injuries was life-threatening. no word yet on what caused that crash. will the future metro station at dulles airport ruin the view? the virginia department of historic resources says yes. it believes the planned aboveground silver lined station will block vistas of the historic dulles main terminal. the euro sharon designed facility has been called one of the best pieces of architecture of the 20th century. original plans for an underground station were scrapped to save money. we have got a commuter alerted for you. if you drive on i270, you can expect delays on the northbound side of the highway as you approach interstate 370. crews will be installing those big green signs as part of the icc project.

after midnight the highway shuts down and 15 minute intervals and all the work is expected to be gone by 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. for a look at what's going on right now, richard andre has your time saver traffic. >> reporter: a problem in virginia now, an accident clearing off to the left shoulder as we speak. that causing a stackup as you approach and go across the wilson bridge in the express lane portion. the beltway a pretty good drive going beyond that point. the underloop in montgomery county we are looking at brake lights stop and go all the way from wisconsin avenue to niewsmz avenue, nothing in the roadway blocking your travel, that's just from heavy traffic. in virginia southbound 95 brake lights below the beltline from newington past 122 to quantico, but when you pass 123 your speeds pick up a bit. ladies. >> thank you, richard. stranded at sea with no air- conditioning, no hot water and no phone service. still ahead, the latest on efforts to rescue 4500

passengers and crew stuck on a disabled cruise ship. i'm meteorologist top topper shutt. we will come back, we will talk about when the winds die down and when the temps start to go up. the threat of volcanic ash turns the president's indonesia homecoming into a whirlwind visit. i'm joel brown at the white house. that's coming up.

caught on tape a mysterious missile launch off of the coast of california. >> this is video of the launch from a news helicopter in los angeles. it happened about 35 miles off the coast around 5:00 yesterday evening and right now the pentagon still doesn't know who fired it. a former u.s. ambassador

and deputy secretary of defense says with president obama in asia, this could have been a show of our military muscle. >> it could be a test firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile from a submarine to demonstrate mainly to asia that we can do that. >> navy and air force officials have said the minneapolis is not theirs and -- missile is not there and neither had launches near that area and today the faa told nbc it did not approve any commercial launches around l.a. at the time. the pentagon is still investigating. president obama's second stop on his trip through asia was also a return home. he visited indonesia, a place where he lived as a child. joel brown joins us now live from the white house with more on how the president is working toward building a better relationship with that muslim nation. joel. >> reporter: this was the long awaited trip that has been on and off of president obama's schedule twice already. this morning he finally arrived

but he can't stay long. he's the american president, but for indonesia, this was a homecoming. >> i am proud and humbled to accept this award on behalf of my mother. >> reporter: president obama was awarded an indonesia metal of honor for his latest mother. she moved here in the '60s with a then 6-year-old future president. since those four years here, dramatic change. indonesia's boomed into the largest economy in southeast asia and obama returns as the leader of the free world. >> much has been made of the fact that this marks my return to where i lived as a young boy. i will tell you, though, that i barely recognized it. >> reporter: the president didn't spend much time reminiscing. instead, he's focusing on the future. he wants to boost trade with indonesia and build better relations with the muslim world. more muslims live in indonesia than any other country on the globe. he ended remarks at a news

conference with the common muslim greeting. but outside antiu.s. demonstrators sounded off against what they see as america's ongoing wars against islam. this visit to indonesia has seemed star crossed, a cloud of ash from a volcano is drifting toward the capitol, forcing the white house to cut the trip short. the president has cancelled the visit twice before, needed in washington for the health care debate then the gulf oil spill. this time he made it and he's promising to come back soon. and the president said next be time he'd like to bring his daughters along to retrace his past in indonesia. he may get to deliver on that promise. he's due back there a year from now for the east asia summit. aaneat -- anita. >> where does the president head next? >> reporter: south korea. he'll sit down there with the president tomorrow and also the

g-20 summit over the weekend. he wants to hammer out the final details in a free trade agreement hoping to boost jobs here at home. >> thanks for that. efforts are underway to rescue a stranded cruise ship off the coast of baja, california. the 952-foot carnival splendor lost power monday after a fire in the engine room. the ship was on a seven day cruise to the mexican rivera. the u.s. coast guard and the uss ronald reagan aircraft carrier are trying to assist the vessel. they are also bringing supplies for passengers and crew. >> as of now the cruise ship is still disabled, dead in the water. the passengers are being monitored closely. they are in good care and doing very well considering the circumstances. there are coast guard assets on scene. >> the coast guard expects it will be wednesday night at the earliest before that cruise ship is towed into the mexican port of encinta. >> a lot of people stuck out there. >> a lot of people.

>> you always ask me if i would go on a cruise and i say no. >> look at her face right now. she is like no way. >> on this date back in 1926 was a big tornado in la platea. it's going to be picture passed -- surpassed in the 2002 tornado. as nice as it was today here, out in the rockies, well, it was also nice, at least by my standards, a little bit of snow in eagle colorado, today around vail and it's just a little bit but you know what? people are starting to get excited now. there's actually a base up in whistler, not really much of a base around the colorado rockies just yet but it is kind of nice and it's not far off. >> people have the ski bug, huh? >> oh, yeah. let's talk about our next three days, very nice, 60 tomorrow, a bit breezy, nice on veterans day, 60 and i think it's going to be milder on friday, 64, with sunshine and a great night for high school football. it's playoff time friday night. going to be in the 50s during the game.

let's talk about your wednesday day planner. probably need kind of the same deal, coat and glasses again, sunglasses, 44 to start, maybe a few upper 30s in the burbs, a few more clouds tomorrow. we have been pretty much cloud- free just a few more clouds tomorrow with that northeast flow, 57 by lunchtime and 59 by evening. but i think everybody will tickle 60 degrees tomorrow for a high. let's talk about temperatures right now. 61 downtown, pretty nice. in fact dead on average really. 59 in arlington, 58 in bethesda, 59 in beltsville, even out to the west, upper 50s, low 60s. good deal. 58 in restin, 51 in sterling and the leaves are beginning to subside. satellite picture radar combined there's the snow in the rockies and this eventually will limp its way across the country but not really do us any huge harm. pretty weak system by the time it gets here late in the weekend. here's that storm. it is still just kind of sitting and spinning, it will slowly move its way back to the south. still provide a pretty good wind today and still breezy

north of town so again, we will eventually see this storm move out to sea and the winds will relax but because of that northeast flow just a few more clouds late tonight and tomorrow. we will call it partly cloudy tonight, cold, 36 to 44 and winds northwesterly at about 10. lows tonight inside the beltway just about where we were last night, low to mid-40s, but 38 in rockville, 38 in college park, out to the west 30s, 38 in fairfax, reston 37, sterling 37 and 37 in leesburg. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy with a cold start. 30s and 40s. winds not much of a factor in the morning but by afternoon it will become breezy, just a little bit cool, partly cloudy, highs around 60, winds northeasterly at 10 to 15. still a nice day. next seven days, 60 tomorrow, 60 on thursday for veterans day, 64 on friday, look at the weekend, upper 60s saturday and sunday, maybe a shower on sunday but who cares, if it's 69 degrees. cooler on monday and a cold rain should set in on tuesday with temperatures in the low

50s. and speaking of tuesday, great shot. remember we had some snow in the forecast in garrett county? this is last saturday. and that is snow on the leaves out in garrett county. caren who is from gas gaithersburg. i like that. if you want to send us a shot, go to our website, wusa9.com, click on weather, follow the dropdown menu, please include your name and your town and brief description. i kicked out a great shot, the best fall color i've seen from indian head, no name. >> if you're listening, resubmit, please. >> put your name down. up next, a humble high schooler, coming up, a student who pulled somebody out of a burning car and left before help arrived now is honored by rescuers. [ female announcer ] dry, cracked hands?

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the police and fire department saluted chris barger. he pulled a person from a hummer that erupted into flames following an accident this summer. >> at that point chris realized someone was inside so he started running toward the vehicle. chris grabbed the door handle and pulled it so hard the handle flew off but thankfully the door also flew open. >> love that. today's ceremony took place in front of chris burger's senior classmates at battlefield high in high market. arlington police are cracking down on drivers who don't yield the right of way to pedestrians. >> they were out in force today issuing tickets to drivers. people walking, even people on bikes caught violating basic traffic laws. police were all across roslyn

including at wilson boulevard. and they handed out citations to driver, including one metro bus driver. they gave about 50 verbal warnings to pedestrians and people on bikes. speaking of arlington, people there apparently know how to relax. a new associated press study finds arlington is number 13 on the least of the least stressed counties in the country. say that fast. that will make you stressful. if you really want to destress, though, you've got to head to north or south dakota, counties there took the stop four spots. a new pedestrian bridge is open for business tonight in rockville. the dedication ceremony was held this afternoon for the lakewood bridges which is near lakewood elementary. the old bridge was shut down in february and later taken downs because of safety issues. for more stories generated from where you live, go to wusa9.com, find your community in our "where you live" section, click on it and keep up with what's happening in the neighborhood. if you've got a story or a new

tips, we want to hear it as well. contact us and be part of our news gathering team at wusa9.com. coming up next, new at 5:30. >> coming up on 9 news now, a behind the scenes tour of the construction here at the jefferson memorial and we will tell you what else is in store for the rest of the mall.

right now new at 5:30, restoring the national mall. the federal government unveils a plan to preserve our nation's historic monument. a startling revolution in president bush's new book about water boarding is sparking controversy on two continents. and betty white, this woman is everywhere these days. she comes to d.c. to fulfill a lifelong dream. the national mall is getting a multimillion-dollar face list. >> it's going to take years of fundraising before we see the final result. new at 5:30, dealia has more. >> reporter: it's a beautiful night out and it's hard to believe that these cranes that you see behind me dotting the landscape of the jefferson memorial and probably ruining a picture or two for lots of

folks coming to this area, you know, they have been here for about a year now, but people say this is all about progress, long overdue improvements that are finally being addressed. on a sunny autumn day, the secretary of the interior got out of the office for an up close and personal look at the jefferson memorial construction project and we went along for the tour. crews hope to have the sea wall replaced by early 2011, the $12 million project is just a glimpse of what's to come. >> america cannot stand by and let the national mall continue to be a national disgrace. >> we are loving it to death. >> reporter: so with the signing of a record of decision, the secretary and the national park services agreed to bring the mall back to life with a long-term master plan to upgrade america's front yard. >> with more than 30 million visitors each year there is no better place to launch a comprehensive greening effort than right here at the nation's capitol. >> reporter: coca-cola already

donated 320 blue recycling bins plus two recycling trailers with 400 bins for large events like the recent rally to restore sanity. >> i think it is a stain on our nation's capitol of our front yard really did not have a recycling initiative. >> reporter: there is also talk about upgrading the path for joggers, adding more benches for picnickers and improving the turf for sports lovers and over at the title basin, large crowds for the cherry blossom festival will have more elbow room on expanded sidewalks. >> i don't know if i think it needs it but i think it would be nice. >> reporter: it all sounds good, doesn't it? certainly an ambitious projects. it will take years to accomplish. the biggest obstacle right now, everyone says fundraising of course and they are hoping to gain more private partners like they did with coca-cola to help them on that front. anita. >> great for visitors, we want it to look nice but what about the people that live here and

drive here? let's talk traffic in this whole plan. >> reporter: i know. i can speak personally on this front. we know that folks in southwest heading to rock creek park have been dealing with a nightmare of traffic on ohio drive, the national park service says they are trying to ease some of that traffic and as this project goes on, they are going to try to ease the congestion a bit but reality is there's going to be traffic. the only silver lining is that the projects are going to be phased in and so we are not going to be slammed with everything all at once. >> silver lining indeed. delia gonzalez thank you very much. manhattan county's first imax theater will open at the regal majestic theater in downtown silver spring. the supersize cinema experience begins with the showing of the new harry potter film, harry potter and "harry potter and the deathly hallows" part 1. the curtain goes up november

19th. liz bet elizabeth smart returned to the witness stand. she told jurors a police officer tried to look behind her veil at a library table one day but he backed down when brian mitchell told him smart's face was covered for religious reasons. mitchell's face is -- mitchell is facing kidnapping and abduction in this case. smart was found with mitchell nine months after she was taken from her home. cia officers who destroyed dozens of videotapes featuring harsh interrogation of terror suspects will not face charges. the cia destroyed its tapes of two al-qaeda operatives being waterboarded in 2005. the justice department is still investigation whether interrogators went beyond the legal guidance that he got on -- they got on how roughly to treat these suspects. former president george w. bush's book went on sale and in it he takes responsibility for waterboarding terror suspects that he says saved british

lives. charlie daggett with more. >> reporter: former president george bush writes in his new book that he personally authorized waterboarding terror suspects. he says the interrogation technique helps stop attacks in britain and america. >> i will tell you this, using those techniques saved lives. my job was to protect america and i did. >> reporter: but he specifically wrote about protecting british targets like london heathrow airport. khalid sheikh mohammed folded after being waterboarded giving up large amounts of information about temporary plots. >> there's absolutely no factual basis behind this claim that torture is great because it enabled us to stop a plot. >> reporter: this is ca narrow waiverer wharf at the center of -- canary wharf, 100,000 people work here. it's one of the places

president bush says would have been attacked. >> if it is true, it has saved some attacks and, you know perhaps not a bad thing. >> reporter: the book claims waterboarding, which simulates drowning, was only used on three al-qaeda suspects in the prison at guantanamo bay cuba. president obama has since banned the technique, classifying it as torture. >> all i ask is that people read the book and they can reach the same conclusion if they would have made the same decision i made or not. >> reporter: former president bush says he has no redepression and would do it -- regrets and would do it again. charlie d'agata. >> dismissed the president's claim that the waterboarding is legal or that it helped foil attacks in london. our facebook page we asks what question would you like to ask former president bush. ben says how he would feel

about barack obama and joe biden -- elliot troy would ask him how it feels to be responsible for more deaths and the 9/11 terrorists. and dennis wants to know if his probably library will offer grants. become a friend of wusa9 and leave yours comments on our facebook page. a multimillion-dollar mansion in our area simms sells for nearly -- sells for nearly half of what the owners were offering. two words today from a man accused of planning attacks on metro stations in northern virginia. this is bruce leshan and i will have the story coming up. don't forget we are always on at wusa9.com. stay with us. we will be right back.

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supported black mustaches as a mario man danced around. other roads in the neighborhood will be named for sonic the hedge hog, space invaders. time to check on the evening rush-hour. richard andre has you're time saver traffic on the home. >> a lot of cars especially on a road like say 395 going southbound, we see the brake lights from the pentagon to gleeb road. all lanes should be open there southbound. however, northbound 395 to get off on the ramp to eastbound that's where we had a crash there. several vehicles involved, still clearing off and as of a few moments ago we were told the ramp is still closed there. slowing continues below there, southbound 95 from around newing ton to be on 123 then your speeds pick up beyond that point. in maryland northbound 270, stop and go we will say slow conditions from around shady grove road up to middle brooke

road but beyond that point clearing up a bit. ladies. coming up, a buddy check reminder that self-breast exams really do save lives. plus actress betty white can now add forest ranger to her list of honors. want to talk about food drive 9. this saturday is the pickup in maryland and virginia for the boy scouts to put your nonperishables on your door in the bag before you go to bed friday night. if you're in d.c., go to any of the safeway stores, boy scouts will be there, if you're buying food drop off nonperishable food in their bag and get it done for food drive 9 be this saturday. stopping strokes by clamping down on the heart. it sounds strange but it works. show you how next in tonight's health alert. did you know

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manage the left atrial pendage is suturing or dividing it with a stapler. >> it clamps down. >> the clip is a way to secure the left pendage so blood can no longer go there and form clots. >> he performed one of the first clip procedures in the world at pennsylvania's st. luke's hospital. >> since fda approval this is something that is really going to be taking off and more and more of these will be used. >> reporter: just to clarify, right now the fda says this clip is only able to be used in patients who are already getting another open heart procedure like that woman was. in the future they are hoping to be able to put it in place with a small incision. the 9th of the month, time to call your buddies and remind

them the steps to take to spot breast cancer early and the healthy lifestyle changes that can protect us from this disease. >> we have been in the forefront of breast cancer awareness. one woman tells us the best accolades are from the women and men who say the programs have saved their lives like debbie of cumberland maryland. >> how are you? >> fine. >> can you tell she is a buddy check 9 fan? >> picked up the phone and started calling. >> yes, that enthusiasm plus those pealoff tattoos are a dead giveaway. anyone who would go that far for buddy check is someone i had to meet. it was her e-mail that drew me to allegheny county maryland. >> i'm telling you you saved my life. i would not have found it without you. i really wanted to thank you for doing buddy check 9. i've done my breast exams with you

for probably 10 years. >> reporter: every day of the year debbie helps to bring lives into the world. she is a labor and delivery nurse at the new western maryland regional health facility. >> i actually work either 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. or 11:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. >> after her shifted ended she would tune into my show to check my buddy check reminder. >> i work night shift and go home and lay down and there you are reminding people to do their breast exam on the 9th of every month so i always i. >> reporter: when she rolled on her side while in bed and felt something a little off kilter, she knew it was something she shouldn't dismiss. >> they say to look for a marble or a lump. mine felt like a piece of clothes line rope. it was about this long and about this wide. >> reporter: her doctor felt it and advised debbie to get a mammogram and sonogram right away. >> i almost in my heart knew at that point it was going to be

cancer. >> reporter: though debbie feared the worst,. >> the the first time that i came into the cancer center and i walked under the cancer center sign with just a little moment of freakout for me. i could not believe that it was me walking under the sign. it wasn't a why me, it was just this can't be me. it can't be me. but it was. >> reporter: when she regained her emotional balance, debbie believers the early detections be paid off. >> i am telling you absolutely buddy check 9 played a role. i can't thank you enough for all of the years you've done this. i am telling you, you saved my life. i know i would not have found it without you. i would not. >> we are glad you're still here. and to get a free buddy check 9 packet for you and your buddy including a dvd showing how to perform a breast self-exam, go

to our website and click on the buddy check tab. teenagers who text constantly are more likely to engage in bad behavior. teenagers who text 120 times or more a kay are more -- day are more likely to use drug, alcohol or have sex. they are not suggesting that hyper texting leads to risky behavior but the apparent link is startling and parents should know. the national transportation safety board is tackling the issue of aging drivers. they are holding a summit this week in washington to address the fact that one in five licensed drivers will soon be 65 or older and many of them are likely to have medical conditions that could affect them behind the wheel. some of the solutions being discussed are smarter cars and better managed roads. we now know who will take over for mary hart on entertainment tonight when she steps down at the end of the year. it's nancy o'dell. she will join the show this january and then take over co

anchoring duties with mark stienes next season. hart announced this year will be her last on the show. she has hosted "entertainment tonight" since 1982 and of course you can catch her on et tonight at 7:30 right here on 9 news now. >> met her so recently and she just embodies class. >> almost 30 years. >> doesn't look like she has aged a bit. remember the rumor about how her legs were insured. it's true. take you over across the pond to spain. and monster storms slammed into the i-beerian -- iberian peninsula. 26-foot waves pounding spain. this is a monster storm but snow and 50-mile-per-hour winds and rain and those are some pretty serious waves. as far as we know, the shoreline held up there. had held up fine. a little bit of flooding and snow. for us, different story.

we are looking at tranquil weather. tomorrow 60, breezy. partly cloudy. lots of sun on thursday, veterans day, 60, and nice on friday, milder, temperatures in the mid-60s, a perfect night for high school football and it's playoff time. wednesday day planner, 44 to start and then 57 by lunchtime, 59 by evening and again a little bit breezy, so these temps may feel a little bit cooler none they actually are. still quite nice outside, 51 downs, 54 in gaithersburg and frederick, 57 in manassas, 51 in winchester. for tonight, skies become partly cloudy, cold, mid-30s in the burbs, mid-40s downtown, winds have subsided now. northwesterly at about 10. temperatures tonight inside the beltway low to mid-40s, no real problems, but 38 in rockville, through in bowie and 30s out to

the west. leesburg 37, middleburg also in the upper 30s. tomorrow morning partly cloudy with a cold start. grab your shades and coat again, 30s and 40s. by afternoon a nice day, partly cloudy, breezy, a little bit cool, high temp around 60 and those northeast winds at 10 to 15, may make it feel just a little cooler than it is. next seven days, 60 tomorrow, 60 on veterans day, mid-60s on friday, upper 60s on saturday and sunday, maybe a shower on sunday but who cares. if it's 69. cooler on monday and then some -- just kind of a chilly rain sets in on tuesday with highs only in the low 50s but still for november, that's six out of seven. not bad. >> wow. >> thanks. >> all timed for the weekend. >> yes. >> good. coming up next on 9 news now. betty white becomes a forest ranger and we were there. i'm lindsey mastis at the kennedy center. that story coming up. coming up new at 6:00. >> reporter: i'm in prince

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stocks slid a bit lower today on wall street. the dow finished the day down 60 points to close at 11,346. the nasdaq dropped 17 points and the s&p 500 fell nine points. betty white is in town but she didn't come as an actress, a performer or even an adequate -- advocate. >> the 84-year-old says she has now fulfilled a lifelong dream. >> reporter: betty white is now an honorary forest ranger. >> would it be all right if i wore the hat? >> reporter: white says she has wanted this title since she was a young girl, but because she was a girl, she couldn't be a ranger. >> as excited as i am today and as grateful as i am, i know two

people who would be over the moon, my mother and dad. thank you. >> reporter: but white says she was honored, one of her fellow rangers says this milestone means a lot to him. >> i lost my eyesight from a vehicle accident. >> reporter: joe meade says it's white's work with guide dogs that helped him and brodie work in the forest service. >> earlier it was much dominated by individuals that were able bodied and pretty much male and white. so to have her embrace as a ranger -- embraced as a passenger, for me a -- ranger, for me a person that represents diversity, it's a double honor. >> reporter: white says she is going to use her celebrity status to help the forest service. >> try to spread the word to each other one to one to one how important it is to save that. once you pave it over, it never comes back. >> reporter: at the kennedy

center i'm lindsey mastis, 9 news now. >> how gracious. white also says she believes washington is the most beautiful city in the world and she's going to be at the kennedy center tonight when comedian tina fey is warded -- awarded the mark twain prize for american humor. 9 news now at 6:00 starts right now. >> from the first local station with news in high definition, this is 9 news now. four prince george's county police officers are serving suspensions in the wake of an alleged beating and the alleged victim, the son of a d.c. police officer. that incident reportedly happened at a rowdy off-campus party near the university of maryland and as scott broom reports, the suspect's father says the suspensions are not enough. >> reporter: after an october 30th encountering with a prince george's county police officer who was moonlighting as a security guard at a