iranian american to assassinate the saudi ambassador in washington, d.c.. bruce leshan is here. >> yeah, anita it is remarkable but if you look back at just a little bit of history, it is remarkable how familiar this assassination plot against the saudi ambassador starts to sound. one alleged assassin is so confident he was willing to start a movie a year ago. he allegedly killed in 1980. he fled to iran and then admitted the shooting to an abc news crew. >> how many times? >> three. >> then this is the case of him. in 1976 acts of chilean dictator blew up his car in d. dr.. killing him and his aide,

american ronnie move fat. mow the alleged iranian plot against the saudi ambassador. >> i don't think so. >> at the saudi ambassador's favorite georgetown restaurant, anger and disbelief. >> it's an awful attempt and i'm glad that the saudi ambassador is safe. >> prosecutors say this man, iranian american manssor arbabsiar plotted with a member of iran's secretive tugs force to take out saudi ambassador adel al-jubeir with c 4 explosive. they want the guy done arbabsiar allegedly told an opponent. while prosecutors declined the say which restaurant al-jubeir eats at cafe milano as often as twice week. >> brilliant guy. >> brilliant guy. >> now, iran's leaders are furiously denying any kind of involvement in this

assassination plot. they say that the whole thing is a cynical attempt by the u.s. to distract attention from our own economic problems. anita? >> bruce leshan in the satellite center. thank you. well, a major turn of events today for the so-called underwear bomber. during the second day of the trial he changed the plea to guilty to all the counts against him including attempted murder and terrorism charges. umar farouk abdulmutallab admits that on christmas day 2009 he tried to bring down a northwest airlines flight from amsterdam to detroit with a bomb in his underwear. his stated motive retaliation for muslims the u.s. had killed. the new leader of al cay die is calling on libyan fighters who overthrew muammar gadhafi to set up an islamic state. he warns the libyan revolutionaries against what he calls western plot. he says nato forces that have aided the rebel fighters will now demand that libyans give up

their islamic faith and also urging algerians to revolt against their long time leader. his remarks appear in a 13 minute video that's surfaced on militant websites. [ bell dinging ] that bell tolled 17 times today in memory of the sailors killed aboard the uss cole. family, friends and even some survivorrings gathered at -- survivors gathered in norfolk at naval station to mark 11 years since that attack. the saudi man who planned that bombing still has not been tried. and police in germany now say over the past three days, they have found seven homemade bombs along berlin's railways. none of the devices -- two devices have exploded but fortunately no one has been hurt. train service though has been severely disrupted and an anti- war extremist group is claiming responsibility and it demands that germany pull all of its troops from afghanistan. the german national rail company is offering some big

reward money, about $140,000 for tips that lead to arrests. now to that breaking news we've been watching out of california. hard to comprehend. six people have been killed. three critically wounded. this was in a shooting inside a hair salon in the city of steel beach, california. police arrested a man in a traffic stop a half a mile from the shooting scene. he was taken right into custody and during the traffic stop multiple weapons were seized. the shooting happened in a cluster of small businesses on pacific coast highway in a community about 30 miles southeast of los angeles. a very active crime scene as you can imagine. a live look right now at police presence. we're monitoring the situation and we'll have updates from california as they come in. well, new at 6:00 tonight, concerns about metro's ability to handle an emergency. now this comes on the heels of two rough commutes on the orange line. one last night, and the other one this morning. our delia goncalves live now at metro center to tell us more.

>> reporter: well, derek we can tell you that metro leaders have been meeting all day at head quarters and looking at video and analyzing their response to the nightmare commute yesterday. you know it took some folks nearly two hours to get home. but at least they did get home. the man behind these delays. he's in the hospital in life- threatening condition. this morning's commute at the rosslyn metro station went smoothly but passengers were still hungover from yesterday's fiasco. >> it was nuts. >> reporter: the scene, a chaotic station, the time just before 5:00 p.m. metro now confirms a 39-year- old mclean man j.ed in front of a train and became trapped underneath. >> we were trying to rescue a living human being from underneath the first car of a train. >> reporter: service came to a screeching halt forcing passengers to get off and catch shuttle buses and just look at the results. thousands of people packed like sardines. >> we were almost pressed up

against the moving train as it was trying to leave. >> the train has as many as 800 or 900 passengers aboard and they arrive every four minutes. >> reporter: to make matters worse the escalator shut down because of the overload a safety mechanism. tensions mounted even on the facebook page where wilma writes -- >> as soon now with that being said, metro does admit that they probably could have controlled the crowds possibly by staggering the trains that were arriving at rosslyn. in the meantime, they think their passengers were being patient and they do recommend that everyone sign up for metro alerts is you can get updates on the phone and possibly avoid the next big delay. derek? >> metro passengers got a lot

to put up with. thank you delia goncalves. well, it sounds like the brand new route out to dulles will be called the silver line officially. but the examiner reports now that metro appears ready to adopt the moniker officially. maryland's system for handling the criminally insane is under some scrutiny tonight after a stabbing in bowie. the director of the state's department of mental hygiene said the staff is distraught by news that a former patient turned violent just a month after her controversial release. scott broom is on the follow- up. >> reporter: 56-year-old an troy net starks charged with -- antoinette charged with attempted murder. she had been conditionally released from the state's perkins hospital center for the criminally insane. where she'd spent nearly six years confined and treated for a similar stabbing attack at montgomery mall. that nearly killed two shoppers in 2005.

today, the director of maryland's department of mental hygiene which runs the hospital expressed regret. quote -- he calls the starks aincident an aberration. starks is an incurable paranoid schizophrenic. >> i think this entire area of conditional releases and the circumstances under which we release people who are violent offenders back into the community need to statewide examination. >> reporter: scott broom, 9news now. and coming up tonight at 7:00, talk about your money and wait, virginians may be footing a $263 million bill for folks who are getting medicaid even though they don't qualify. we'll have more on that at 9news now at 7:00. still to come on this newscast, new information in the deadly chopper crash in new york earlier this month. topper? some more showers are developing south of town. in fact, we'll show you live

doppler 9000 hd. some of the showers getting heavier and kind of increasing in coverage. we'll talk about what that moons for the rest of the night and -- means for the rest of the night and your morning commute tomorrow.

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people including scarlett johansson and mila kunis. now if you normally watch this week in defense news or the mclaughlin group at those times they'll still be on sunday at 1:00 and 1:30 p.m. still ahead almost two months after heavy rains left them at ricks, we're going to update you on some families living on the edge.

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new information tonight in the deadly helicopters crash in manhattan. the ntsb says it was inspected just to days before it went down on a tour during the annual interception mechanics usually take much of the aircraft apart and put it all back together again. the pilot told investigators the nose of the helicopter swung unexpectedly as he took off. one person died in the crash.

a month and a half after that earthquake that hit central virginia, another aftershock today. it was 3.0 and it hit around 12:40 this afternoon and it is the 41st aftershock since the august 23rd quake. louisa county middle school was briefly evacuated and nobody was hurt. parts of the national cathedral are going to be removed tomorrow. a crane will pick up the two ton pieces from the southeast grand pinnacle of the central tower and that will make the pinnacles and the central tower more stable which will clear the way for more stonework repairs. tonight, a massive sink home behind two homes in stafford county continues to grow. >> already claimed their backyard decks and now it's just inches away from taking the homes themselves. mor mor spent the day -- brittany morehouse spent the day in stafford. >> so frustrating that i'm losing my house. >> reporter: it's been one

month since the sinkhole suddenly developed practically overnight where she lives. one month and nothing has changed except the hole has gotten bigger. >> nothing has changed with the insurance or the mortgage. right now. so everything is the same. we're still working, trying to get somebody to take the responsibility. >> reporter: so for now, her fate lies in the outcome of a land probe of the ground that has swallowed her neighbor's deck and threatens to swallow the houses and force the fire marshal to condemn both homes. >> they are looking for answers. the probe will show us if there's any movement in the area. >> reporter: the probe is being paid for by donations by a nearby church but barnes says so far that's the only assistance she can guarantee even though her husband was a veteran with insurance. >> now it has chapped again and -- happened again and i'm in the sure it wouldn't happen in the -- not sure it wouldn't

happen in the future. this will be my concern if i move back in here. could it happen another six years or what? and i couldn't go through that again. >> reporter: so she continues to reach out to multiple organizations for help. meanwhile trying to gather as much as she can from the house just in case. brittany morehouse, 9news now. >> what a situation. >> yeah. it is. but you know we want to know about what this rain is doing to the fall foliage outlook. >> here's the deal. i blogged about this a week ago that the health of the tree before the change is very important. and we got the rain just in time so theoretically we're going to have a brilliant fall. >> not too much. not too much rain. >> especially out in the shenandoahs. >> look at the colors already. >> that's the deal -- remember now, cold weather can accelerate the process but it's not the cause, it's the shorter days. that what does it. i'm pretty optimistic quite frontally with the rain and the health of the trees with the change. we shall hee. live doppler 9000 hd, we have

light showers across the metro area. not really going to clear out anytime soon. the good news is they will stay light and some showers on the west side of 270 and some showers between d. c. and also fredericksburg down 95 and also out 66 but you can see they're all green which means light activity. now if we zoom in a little bit, we'll see the little better view of the showers. heaviest one actually is right around bethesda on the silver spring side on the belt psi and just briefly moderate rain but for the most part everything is light. route 7 some showers and certainly down 95 you'll find some showers. now we'll put this into motion over the next hour and really everything just moves essentially north northeast which is where it's been going the past day or so and everything is light. not going to be continuous showers for us. temperatures a little cooler today. not bad. mid 60s downtown. 64 in manassas and 66 in fredericksburg. some 50s though up into

frederick hagerstown upper 50s and martinsburg also upper 50s. so here's the deal. a wet evening commute and there are some of these leaves beginning to fall little bit. some of the roads are slippery. showers will diminish tonight. the chance for showers in the forecast overnight, tomorrow and also friday. billion that a chance of -- with that a chance of a thunderstorm as well thursday and friday. here's the futurecast. tonight 11:00 some showers possible. probably walk the dog. nothing heavy. then we get a break by morning which is good news although the roads may still be wet but just some clouds hang tough and some showers to the east and some showers well to the southwest of us. by lunchtime, a little bit of a break. i think we'll see some peeks of the none tomorrow and i'm opt mink us but that way but then by evening all the showers come back. good news is they will be light and bad news is they will come back in time for the rush hour. after that friday morning and still some showers primarily north of town but notice some breaks in clouds back in parts of the valley. that bodes well for us over the weekend. for tonight, mostly cloudy and cool with showers.

possibly a thunderstorm. 56 to 62. nothing heavy. tomorrow morning, well, some showers are possible. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. but not widespread activity. then by afternoon, showers and perhaps a thunderstorm. but milder tomorrow. high temperatures near 75 winds southeast at about 10. next seven days, it stays mild on friday but showers are still possible. weekend looks great. saturday cooler yes, but sunshine. upper 60s. mid 70s for the redskins game. low 70s on monday some more showers and perhaps thunderstorms on tuesday. and then much much cooler -- i mean much cooler next wednesday. >> much. >> much. >> my kind of weather. all right. well, the eagles have the better -- the redskins, let's start all over. >> we're not using to hearing that. >> the redskins have the better record. >> yes, something we don't see too often. they're on the top, the eagles are on the bottom. it's flipped around this year. they got back on the practice field today after the bye week getting ready to welcome mike

vick and the struggling eagles on monday. the star of the capitals isn't contributing, hear what gabby has to say about ovi's problems, those and more coming up next in sports.

with all their additions in the off-season and a self- proclaimed dream team label. not many expected the philadelphia eagles to start the season just 1-4. one more loss and they can pretty much

kiss the postseason good-bye. maybe a bigger surprise in that the redskins are on top. but despite the eagles losing record the skins still have to bring the a game. not going obama easy. remember what happened? st. louis? they were one game away from winning to the winless -- losing to the winless rams. the skins know the eagles are hungry. >> we're worried about just beating the eagles. you know? and down the line, we'll take care of itself but really doesn't matter. with f we don't -- if we don't take care of this game. >> we understand they're going to come in and play their best game. it's a must win for the eagles undoubtedly. >> running back tim hightower was still limited in practice coming off the shoulder injury. he probably won't get to start sunday unless shanahan feels he is 100%. ready to go. two games in and the capitals are 2-0. good start for them as well. unfortunately, their star isn't doing so well on the ice. alex ovechkin has just one point on the score sheet and

that was an assist against carolina. in fact, in two games ovi had just five shots on goal and another six that he missed. after he failed to score in monday's game against tampa bay, coach bruce boudreau expected more from his captain. today he reiterated but that said he's not too worried about the lack of production. >> this was game 38 and he had one point in a two game stretch. i don't think people would be being overwhelmed but i mean it was the first two games so he could have been better. but there's a lot of guys that could have been better. two wins, two different goalies but michal neuvirth is day-to-day with an injury. now time for you to vote for our dc.high school.net sports game of the week. a showdown in virginia -- cast your vote at

dc.highschoolsports.net. the winning game will lead our coverage friday night. finally tonight check this out from indiana outdoor adventures. fishing is all about the right location? these veteran fishermen were in the right location. >> no kidding? >> just jussens -- probably easiest fishing. >> that's my kind of fishing right there. >> the food comes to you. >> yep. >> that is a big ones too. >> that's a huge fish. luckily it didn't hit either of them. it could have been very dangerous. >> you've these fish top -- see these fish popping up behind them too? they were going to come on into the boat for sure. >> just ready to get out of the water i guess. >> that's it for us, the cbs "evening news" is next. >> that's right then derek is here with the only -- [ laughter ] >> that thing at 7:00. yeah. >> the only newscast at 7:00. >> that's right. the morning show starts at 4:25. have a great night. [ captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com ]