turned charismatic operative who used his fluent english and internet savvy to recruit aspiring terrorists. >> do you remember him speaking of violence or antiamerican sentiment? >> never. never anything that is violent or jihaddist. >> reporter: word of anwar al- awlaki also death spread quickly through the church mosque where he served until 2002 when the current imam took over. >> i think the immediate words that came out of my mouth were they got him. >> it was inside this mosque that anwar al-awlaki preached to major nidal hasan, the man responsible for the fort hood massacre calling him a hero after the attacks. >> in our religion we are not supposed to kill nobody. >> reporter: he directed the man accused of trying to detonate a bomb on a detroit- bound plane. >> we muslims in america are

peace loving, law abiding tax paying citizens. >> reporter: many muslims believe the series of post-9-11 attacks forever tarnished their image. >> always perceived as possible terrorists, as threats. as possible members of sleeper cells. it's not fair. >> reporter: the statement from this mosque was highly critical of the assassination of a u.s. citizen by americans. we are concerned the attack sends the wrong message to law- abiding people around the world. live from falls church, andrea mccarron, 9news now. >> not everybody agrees with the approach. we believe the wear vet killed out of a mcdonald's on m street may have started the fight that ended his life. police say patrick casey may have been drinking. they say he was irritating customers and blocked them from leaving. he got in a verbal fight and may have pushed one of them and then they pushed back.

>> the altercation escalated a little more. sort of the chest to chest type stuff. that's when there was either a punch or a push resulting in mr. casey falling and striking his head. >> no one has been arrested and captain says at this time the charge that anyone could face is a misdemeanor simple assault. the university of maryland is reexamining chemistry labs after an explosion. a student performed an experiment. two students were treated for first and second degree burns. investigators don't know what caused the explosion. the experiment shouldn't have triggered something like that but residue in a nearby waste container may have played a role. 1500 bucks for a late model ben probably sounds fantastic. fair fangs county police are out with -- fairfax county police are out with a big

warning involving craig's list car deals. >> reporter: one of the first don't is don't take a big wad of cash with you and agree to meet somebody in a secluded spot at night. two of the robberies took place down here, down at the end of this dead end road. people coming here thinking they would get a good deal on a car and ending up at the wrong ends of a gun. it happened so often, craigslist has a big warning on its web site. three different times this month people saw a listing for a great deal on a car. they arranged to meet the reported sellers' in a fairfax county spot they did not know well. when they arrived with a wad of cash, two men came up, waved a gun and demanded the money. >> these scams happen all the time. people post things, places to

rent, things to buy, people to meet people. scams are going on everywhere all the time. you have to be very careful. >> reporter: the two victims in the first robbery turned over a bunch of money. police are not taking how much. but on september 25th and september 27th, the victims may have been able to escape. none of those victims are able to give a solid enough description for police to publicize. if the cops cannot track the suspects back through craigslist, the cases could be tough to crack. police say it's okay to use craigslist but keep your wits about you. meet in a public spot, 7 he levven, shopping center. try to meet during the day with better visibility and more people around. and if the price sounds too good to be true, be suspicious. try not to go alone. if you are dealing with

something a lot of money and, carrying a lot of money with you, tends to be a lot more risky. >> thank you: good advice for everybody. well, get ready for a change in the rules of the road. that is, if you drive through maryland. we have changes that have to deal with the smartphone you like to foam wife. >> we are all addicted. people said an obsession. i am behind the wheel but not driving. starting tomorrow, october 1st, it will be illegal in maryland to text or read e-mails behind the wheel of your car. it was a loophole from the original texting ban law in 2009. that loophole is now closed. the new tougher law is now a primary offense which means an officer doesn't need another reason to pull you over like before. the first violation can land

you a $70 fine. second violation 120. you can get a point on your driver's license. >> those drivers are texting more now. so, it's not just a young person's problem. it's unnear sale. >> do you hope it changes habits. >> of course. >> reporter: maryland state police say since the texting ban took effect in 2009, lives have been saved. in that first year they noticed a decrease in the number of fatal crashes by 54. >> it can be so tempting to take a look at the phone. thank you. anita and leslie at 7:00 cops are not above the law. turns out neither are their spouses. we will explain. our guests, we will talk about the outrage over the bank of america new debit card fee.

is this just another big bank being a big bully? we will ask the tough questions at 7:00. see you then. she is accused of killing her own grandchild. there is video of the act. but will it be enough to convict carmelo de la rosa.

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a florida elementary school. this is from a police dashboard camera during drop off. a 6-year-old's leg was wedged in the engine compartment. the first responder lifted the car and freed the boy. he is expected to make a full recovery. a bile board in georgia is prompting lots of calls to 911. the advertisement for out book's wood fired stakes is smoking and has people calling because they think there is a fire. they dispatch fire trucks to investigate the smoke that was not a big deal. a real incident involving a japanese passenger plane is sending shock waves through the aviation industry. this animation shows when the plane reportedly nose dived 6,000 feet in 30 seconds and

briefly flew upside down. the copilot hit the wrong control switch when he tried to lock the cap bin door to let the pilot back in the cockpit. the plane with 117 people on board landed safely. a local man is sentenced for hate crimes. everyone expected him to go to jail. no one expected the additional punishment. one of the world's most want terrorists has been tracked down and killed. state farm. this is jessica.

hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a little fender bender. oh, jerry, i'm so sorry. i would love to help but remember, you dropped us last month. yeah, you know it's funny. it only took 15 minutes to sign up for that new auto insurance company but it's taken a lot longer to hear back. is your car up a pole again? [ crying ] i miss you, jessica! jerry, are you crying?

no, i just, i bit my tongue. [ male announcer ] get to a better state. text save to 7-8836. the grandmother accused of murdering her own granddaughter by throwing off off of ridge walkway may go to the jury next week. there are difficult questions that they will face. >> carmelo de la rosa said in a videotaped issue that she was jealous of her son-in-law and mad at hire granddaughter because everyone loved the

child and there was no more love for her. the jury will have a hard time ignoring those words. >> the jury in the murder trial of carmelo de la rosa have seen graphic evidence of her crime including the video surveillance that shows her throwing her granddaughter off a 45-foot high walkway. the 25-year-old parents sobbed on the witness stand recounting the horrific incident and they saw the videotaped interview with her hours after the incident. she is calm and coherent as she acknowledges what she did and shows no remorse. she said she never liked her son-in-law because he got her 19-year-old daughter pregnant and thinks she threw the baby off the bridge to hurt him. she is pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. testimony about her mental illness and suicide attempts came from several doctors. one says her major depression could have easily clouded her judgment. >> can someone with severe

depression have a psychotic incident? >> a patient with have psychotic symptoms. >> reporter: to prove instant, the defense must show she didn't know what she was doing. >> it's almost impossible to prove. there is just so much factual evidence concerning the actual behavior. i had dozens of insanity defenses when i was a prosecutor. everyone of them that was factual evidence to show that the person knew what they were doing. >> reporter: it will be a difficult decision for the jury that could get the case by wednesday. >> a yes no one wants to have to deal -- a question no one wants to deal with. a montgomery man was committed to jail for a hate crime. it's what the judge ordered for stephen armstrong after he gets

out of prison that gives victims peace of mind. he was banned from going back to his home in wheaton woods for the three years he will serve probation. >> the defendant did commit predators rei acts -- predatory acts against his neighbors and he can live somewhere but he just cannot live among the people whom evict ms.ed for so long -- victimized for so long. >> he slashed more than 200 tires. he was caught in 2010. engineers finished the critical inspection of the washington monument, the very top. they are rappelling down the outside and removing stone and mortar loosened by last month's earthquake. >> most of the movement as we know that resulted from the earthquake quake is at the top. that examination is finished. now that they are moving lower, it's expected that the pace

will pick up. >> reporter: the inspection team plans to work through the weekend. they expect to wrap up by tuesday. as for when the monument could reopen to the public, the national park service says it's too early to say. if you like your food served from the side of the truck, this is the place to be. the food truck festival held across from the navy yard metro. more than 20 local food trucks were serving their specialty. it runs until 11:00 tonight. there are major delicacies that come out of those trucks. >> one of those, two of those, three of those. >> i love how they let people know when lines form where the trucks will be. >> when they are high-tech like on college campuses, they will send out tweets like they will be here at a certain point. >> we are looking at -- no way to sugar coat it. it will be like november as opposed to october. >> we like it cold.

>> i do too, believe me. let's start with the wet september. wet this september? yes. we can close the book. 8.84 will probably be the final number, 5th place. 1934 almost 17 1/2 inches. that is a record for september and a record for any month. what is interesting, 1999 we had over ten inches, two in the top five in the last 12 years. live doppler, the showers are south and east of town. there is the beltway. light activity down north beach and activity here. mainly light. the heavy very activity is across the bay and will be pushing out soon. it's mild. the cool air is not here yet. a nice night for high school football. 68 in arlington. 68 in bethesda. 70 rockville. 70 college park. 68 in laurel. upper 60s in sterling and maybe

64 in leesburg. cooler to the west. here is the deal, more like november than october. tonight breezy and colder after midnight. wet and chilly tomorrow. first flakes fall in the mountains west of the divide saturday night to sunday morning. chilly and not as wet sunday. probably the better of the two days will be sunday. futurecast, out late tonight, clouds. showers across the bay and showers in the mountains. it will be a real miserable weekend in the mountains. we will put this in motion, by 6:45 in the morning, little league games and showers from winchester to fredricksburg from the western bushes. that moves across the river. light activity, chilly, windy with light rain. parents, get the umbrella and the sweatshirt out. we get into the afternoon hours, most of the showers end up in fredricksburg, martinsburg west then back at

us tomorrow afternoon and evening. light activity tomorrow afternoon and evening. that is a little bit of pink. that means mixed precipitation. no down to timberline. first flakes of the season. into sunday morning, showers south and west of us. still more snow out in the mountains. for tonight, look for partly to mostly cloudy skies. breezy and colder. early showers south and east. lows 45 to 52. winds west-northwest 10 to 15. plenty of 40s in the bushes. it won't get cold until after midnight. 48 in rockville for a low. 49 college park. 47 in fair fangs. tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy, breezy and chilly. light rain or showers. the only silver line, nothing heavy is coming our way. temperatures in the 40s and 50s. by afternoon, mostly cloudy, breezy and chilly. light rain or showers. high temperatures near 60. winds out of the west-northwest 10 to 15. we will break it down for you.

45 to 54 to start. clouds early in the morning. by noon light rain or showers. by 5:00 light rain or showers. we are talking 55 to 60 tomorrow. so, you need an umbrella or coat. the next few days, showers are possible sunday. a few showers monday. more sunshine monday and warmer, too. back in the mid-60s monday. next seven days, after monday we are in great shape. tuesday and wednesday, sunshine, low to mid-70s. that's about as nice as october gets quite frankly. low to mid-70s with sunshine thursday and friday of next week and, of course, after the fall for fairfax, you can go see second wind. they are performing at 9:30 tomorrow night. >> packed weekend. >> light the night. i will be in reston town center at 7:00. i was trying to make a decent transition. i don't know if i can do that.

let's just say ralph has no love for his letter may matter. >> tito the radio waves to express that so everybody could hear it. ralph is holding nothing back when asked about his former employer. find out what he said that has lots of terrapins fuming today. the redskins back on the road this weekend looking to bounce back against the winless rams.

it's been nine months since the university of florida and ralph went their separate way but he still holds a grudge. he lashed out at his alma mater and former employer for the way they handled his dismissal. the terps went 74-50. he was named coach of the year in 2010 but that didn't matter with a year left on his contract he was bought out and said bier bye in december. in -- said bayh in december. in an interview, he didn't hold back. >> i burned my diploma. they take about maryland pride, they didn't show me maryland pride. the redskins are another team looking to bounce back with a big win but it may not be as he see as it looks. st. louis has yet to win a game but the rams have been trouble

for the redskins in recent years. they won three of the last four matchups. maybe a change will do the redskins good. i was surprised to see chris cooley lined up at fullback against dallas. it seemed to pay off. four catches, 41 yards and proved to be a good blocker but we have seen fullback mike sellers line up as tight end. mike shanahan looks having guys he can move around a bit. >> that's why we have took a guy like mike and worked him in the tight end position and the fullback position and chris even though he has worked the tight end position. a lot of the assignments with that position with the motions are the same as the fullback. he adjusted to that well. >> we have our high school game tonight, norwood versus blair. big match-up. >> they are playing today instead of this weekend. that's it for us now. >> that's right. the "cbs evening news" is next and derek is back at 7:00. have a great weekend.