already dead? >> yeah. i don't know how long she had been dead in that apartment. >> i hope he gets the electric chair or whatever they do these days. i swear i do. >> reporter: william's smiling picture still is on his mother's facebook page. he loves sports and football. his friends, coaches is worried sick about him. >> trying to figure out if he is still here. we want to all know. >> a lot of fear? >> yeah, yeah. doesn't look good. the situation doesn't look good. >> we are asking for the public's help. >> reporter: police say it has been two weeks since anyone they have talked to last saw william alive. they suspect lopez can unlock the mystery. >> do you still have sox hope that he is okay, maybe dropped off with a relative or something like that? >> we absolutelyly have to have that hope. the more time that goes by

makes it tougher. i have talked with detectives and they do have that hope. >> reporter: william's friends, coaches, his teammates plan to hold a candle light vigil tonight at 7:30 at the german town community center and will release balloons as a kind of prayer for his safe return. lesli? >> boy, if he returns safely that would be the best news of all. bruce, thank you. a. the sounds of a gas station attendant literally pleading for his life when two men burst in and demanded money. this one happened early sunday morning in alexandria and like so many things these days it was all caught on tape. we go live to alexandria with the rest of the story. >> reporter: derek, there are five cameras equipped with micro phones inside that store. that provided the video that you just saw. fairfax county police say it is

some of the most detailed and gripping surveillance video they have ever seen. the terrified clerk repeatedly begged for his life. don't kill me, don't kill me, he pleaded. >> don't kill me. don't kill me. don't kill me. >> reporter: the two robbers entered the store around 5 a.m. sunday. the ease and willingness that these two suspects showed to commit this crime in the video suggest that they have committed crimes in the past. >> reporter: the shell gas station is at 6451 edl road straddling several jurisdictions. >> detectives are in communication with detectives in other jurisdictions to see if they match. they could have even come across the river. >> reporter: another store clerk witnessed the robbery and called 911 before fleeing through a back door.

>> when you hear him pleaing for his life this is a dramatic event. >> reporter: both of those clerks are very shaken up as you could imagine but they did return to work. like most of us they have got bills to pay and they prefer to do it through honest work. a tornado did touch down last night near quantico. this video was submitted on our facebook page. debris blowing across i-95. fortunately nobody on the road was hurt. no confirmation yet if a tornado touched down in louisa county as well. a lot of trees came down in vienna. this is video shot this afternoon from hunter mill road and wickens road. a large trampoline was whipped across a fence. topper, things looking nicer out there. let's go to you. >> much, much calmer. one thing i want to talk about tonight is we have winds. i want to show you the storm

report. we have wind damage the last 4 hours and we do have one tornado, a possible tornado south of dale city and possible tornado in fairfax county. wind damage. a possible tornado. much quieter tonight. cold front through. we are in great shape, actually, for high school football. except for the wind. you've got to kick a winning field goal in the wind tonight. it will be tough. winds gusting 18 miles per hour downtown but a 38-mile-per-hour wind gust in martinsburg and 36- mile-per-hour wind gust in hagerstown. right now, temperatures still nice. 70 in manassas. 69 in downtown. we are looking at 66 in leesburg. and 66 in frederick. so high school football forecast, grab a sweatshirt. it is going to be clear. temperatures 69 at 7 p.m. for the latest go to dc

highschoolsports.net and we will have complete highlights at 11 p.m. we will take you all the way through the weekend when we come back. >> thank you, topper. a rivetting preview of what to expect in the upcoming britney norwood trial. it unfolded in montgomery county court this afternoon. she is accuse of beating jayna murray to death in lulelemon in bethesda. we are joined by andrea mccarren from rockville. >> reporter: we learned of two key interactions today that of norwood and murray in the hours leading up to the murder. and that of norwood and her older brother christopher who questions his sister in a videotaped interview at the police station just hours before she was arrested. >> reporter: the prosecution will allege on friday march 11th britney tried to leave the store with a bag with yoga

clothing in it. norwood said she bought the clothing earlier in the day from another employee. the prosecution will lay out evidence that murray called a store manager who said "don't worry about it, i'm going to fire her in the morning." in court, we also watched a seven-minute videotaped conversation. among the chilling excerpts, christopher, please tell me if did you it. britney. i don't want you to be disappointed in me. christopher. don't apologize. brittni. i don't know how it happened. and later, christopher asked "was the whole thing planned"? a weeping brittni answered no. christopher. did she accuse you of shoplifting. is that what this is all about? brittni.

you have never been accused of anything. during today's proceedings norwood sat emotionless. she was wearing an olive- colored prison jump suit. and only when the court watched the teary conversation between norwood and her brother christopher did the defendant look down. the trial begins october 24th. live from rockville, andrea mccarren, 9news now. >> andrea, thank you. today a man pleaded guilty to murdering an 18-year-old girl that was murdered by a group of people in a southeast d.c. apartment in august of last year. she supposedly took $900 from someone in the group but police say that they lured her to an apartment to "teach her a lesson." that's where she was beaten to death. he will be sentenced in january and faces life in prison.

officers arrested several people today. we have seen arrests at the occupy wall street here. our delia gonclaves is live at freedom plaza where she spoke with one of those who was arrested. >> reporter: a young girl about 23 years old, just graduated college living in d.c. for a year now. allie mccrackin. she is among the many people who are now calling freedom plaza home spending their days organizing, their nights sleeping in these tents. however, allie spent her night behind bars. >> if i did this a couple of weeks ago i wouldn't have been in the news. >> reporter: allie mechanic crackin has become the poster child after an action and arrest on capitol hill. the recent college grad said the momentum is growing and movement is growing. >> congress are actually taking this seriously so i think my

arrest and the arrest of the six people with me in a sense are very helpful. >> reporter: from health care to education folks have rallied on behalf of a variety of issues with one goal in mind to spark change that they couldn't accomplish before. >> we have written letters. we have written e-mails, delivered petitions. we have done all the conventional forms of expressing our freedom of speech. but nothing is changing. no one is listening. >> reporter: allie joins the more than 65% of college graduates burdened with many debt. >> i couldn't imagine to put a price tag on the end of it. my advice i would give to any student regardless of class is to take out as many student loans as possible and get the education you deserve. then you can just come here and eliminate the banking and credit system and not have to worry about your debt. >> reporter: well, i can tell you protestors planning an action against the banking system. bank of america. that action is planned for

tomorrow morning. in the meantime tonight you see all those tents down there. they are now in the process of sliding those tents, shifting everything to this end of freedom plaza making room for a scheduled breast cancer event that will happen tomorrow on that side of freedom plaza. >> delia, you can since the frustration out there. getting back to the protests on wall street now. the owner of the plaza where those protestors set up shop is pushing back an official cleanup. the protestors say the cleanup was with a pretense to get them out of there. about two dozen protestors gathered outside the colorado state capital and they were arrested this morning in denver. police in riot gear ushered people out of the park after ordering them to disperse. the governor has now ordered the park closed until further

notice. sunday will be the dedication of the martin luther king jr. memorial down along the national mall and you know that that is seven weeks after the original event had been scheduled. that one was cancelled. do you remember hurricane irene? that meant this couldn't go forward. even though the crowds are likely to be smaller organizers are scrambling tonight to make sure everything is in order. the president and c.e.o. of the memorial project. organization says it will be just as big in spirit. one year after a man died outside of the d.c. club on u street the family is filing lawsuit. i'm reporting from capitol hill. up next, another day, another frustration for some metro rideers. we are going to take a look on

metro says a problem with a switch was to blame for this morning's problems on the red line. parking on the third rail sent smoke pouring into union station just before 9 a.m. lead to go a brief evacuation of the building but everything was back up and running by 10 a.m. you might soon have to shell out a little extra money for cab fares in arlington.

there is a proposal to raise the basic taxi fare by 25 cents. there would be an extra 50 cents for each passenger 12 years old or older. this will be the first fare hike there since '08. cabs will be required to accept credit cards starting next april in arlington. we are learning more tonight about the president's bus tour starting in north carolina on monday, tuesday the president stops in hampton in virginia and north carolina and virginia are traditionally republican states but the president managed to win those states in 2008. tonight he is keeping the pressure on lawmakers on capitol hill to pass his jobs plan even though they are making moves to replace it with a plan of their own. we go live to capitol hill with more. tara? >> reporter: hi, lesli. yes, president obama is back on the red again today talking trade and jobs and as you said republicans here at home are

touting a jobs plan of their own. >> good afternoon. what's your name? >> reporter: probable took south korea's president on a tour of a gm plant in detroit designed to promote the new trade deal between the two countries. >> we walked away with a trade agreement that is a win/win for both countries. >> reporter: giving automakers a better shot at selling their cars in korea. it could create as many as 70,000 jobs. >> reporter: it is good news for the president even though his jobs bill failed tuesday. some suggest president obama's proposal won't work. >> we won't be able to borrow and spend our way into prosperity like the president's job plan proposed. >> reporter: the g.o.p. plan lowers corporate and individual taxes, eases

regulations on businesses and expands free trade. a congressman says he hopes some democrats will back it. >> my hope is there is an opportunity to work together. >> reporter: but both plans are still miles apart opening the door to another showdown on capitol hill. this is the president's ninth trip to michigan since taking office and analysts say it is no coincidence. the state's votes will be critical for him. >> thank you so much for that. dollar bills could soon be out and dollar coins could soon be in if some lawmakers get their way. arizona congressman pushing for the legs. supporters say the move could save billions of dollars since coins last longer than paper money. not everybody is buying it. many persons just don't like the change. police, in pennsylvania are studying surveillance video hoping they can catch two men who stole a jar of money meant

to happen a leukemia patient. the video shows one man comes in, grabs the jar. workers are distracted at the time. the other man uses his shirt to hide the jar. then they just kind of take off. that money was supposed to go to that little child there. >> there was a picture on it saying i have leukemia, this and that and we have had that jar up for a year and a half and nobody touched it. >> the child was diagnosed with leukemia in december. the money was meant to defray costs for medical bills. almost $6 million to the fight against stink bugs. this is the time of year we start to see an influx of these insects coming into our house. the federal government from the agriculture government will research nonchemical ways to fight these bugs including traps and other predatory

insects. >> i was washing my clothes and i saw a stink bug. i didn't want to squash him. >> you don't. >> that could unleash the power. >> the power of the stink. >> that's right. power of the stink exactly. great weekend. windy tonight for high school football games tonight. get a sweatshirt. windy over the weekend. wind gusts. wind gusts in excess of 38 miles per hour in martinsburg and 36-mile-per-hour wind gusts in hagerstown. 15 to 18-mile-per-hour wind gusts downtown. temperatures are still pretty nice though. 60s pretty much across the board. mid-60s in bethesda. 66 in arlington. 69 downtown. even a 68 beltsville. 57 in sterling. pretty nice. but remember, it will get cooler tonight so do grab a

sweatshirt or a jacket before you go see the football game. a nice weekend. windy and cooler tonight. sweatshirt for football no doubt. windy and cool on saturday and nice for the redskins. couldn't dial up a better day for the redskins weather wise, that is. we will see how the play is. tonight, clear to partly cloudy. windy and cooler. wind southwest at 10 to 20 and gusty. now count and inside the beltway we are talking generally low to mid-50s but there will be some 40s in the burbs. 49 in college park and in bowie and 52 count toward waldorf. 50 fairfax. manassas and least leesburg upper 40s. 50s and 60s. hope to see you at the dog walk. benefits montgomery county spca. weather will cooperate, it will

just be windy. by afternoon a bit cool. high temperatures near 70. winds out of the southwest at 10 to 20 and gusty. your day planner looks like this. windy in the morning. pure sunshine. 68 to 72. a bit cooler by 5 p.m. a fantastic day. now the next three days milder on sunday. 74. still kind of windy to breezy. had to put a shower in on monday but temperatures still okay in the low 70s. next seven days. check what happens on tuesday. low 80s on tuesday. warm. a gorgeous day. then another cold front approaches. producing showers and thunderstorms on wednesday. and give us a little temperature correction as i like to say on thursday and friday. we are back in the low 60s. lingering showers on thursday. >> i have seen some upper 40s there. >> yes. >> teasing us in the middle of the week. that's not right. that's just not right. it is wrong. >> yes, it is wrong. >> she told you.

not the best night to spend sleeping outside but these folks did not hesitate. why they are lining up to sit down up in bethesda. that's coming up. first, fighting the good fight to find a cure for so many people. how you can make a difference this weekend in d.c. in the fight against blood cancers. we are lighting up the night. that's next.

this saturday i'll be kicking off the light the night walk in d.c. to raise money for the leukemia and lymphoma society an organization with a mission of fighting all kinds of blood cancers. they pick honored teenagers every year. >> reporter: this 15-year-old was only 6 years old when doctors first diagnosed her with all. >> i don't remember a whole lot of it. i remember a couple of things. >> reporter: and just when it looked like she would be in remission long enough to be considered cure a mother's instinct knew something wasn't right. >> she told me that i was suddenly paler, more tired.

i just wasn't truly act this myself. and this was a month before that five-year mark. and it just suddenly hit me. oh, wow, it is back. and then that's when it hit me, i have to go through of it all again. >> reporter: so for the past two and a half years she has been back on chemotherapy. for a vibrant active teenager it has been tough. >> in eighth grade i missed a quarter of the school year which was really hard for me. because i really missed my friends. >> reporter: and she says it is those friends and her family that have helped her get through it. this sophomore in high school in bethesda just finished up her last round of oral chemo and she will be there among the balloons at light the night weekend, a cancer survivor. >> not only being a cancer patient but also for the families, it is really

important because that money doesn't just go for research, it goes to families who need that extra medical care. >> nobody could say it better. the d.c. walk kicks off tomorrow night at 7 p.m. from freedom plaza. i will be there with everybody. and there is still another light the night walk in montgomery county. that's saturday october 22nd. british researchers have a new health warning about your cell phones that could make you sick. i'm tina krause. a look at what has changed in part of our area since martin luther king jr.'s march in washington. a fighter pilot hits eject just in the nick of time coming up next.

a pilot's amazing escape from a plane in an air show in china. the pilot suffered only minor injuries. a second pilot was unable to get out and he is presumed dead. miss death was ruled a homicide but nobody was ever charged and now one year after a man died following an incident outside the d.c. 9 nightclub his family has filed a multimillion dollar wrongful death lawsuit and as britany

morehouse explains, that family says it is the club's responsibility. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: live bands inside d.c. 9 fill the facility with happy rocking vibes on a nightly basis, but outside in the daylight hours -- >> it is not easy losing him. >> reporter: today parents are still grieving. >> so we seek justice. >> reporter: and many are blaming the club for the death of 27-year-old ali mohammed. now the family is suing d.c. 9. >> we are asking for $50 million. more than 10 million in compensatory damages and 5 million in punitive damages. >> reporter: damages they seek says this attorney it was homicide but no one was charged. five d.c. men last year were accused of beating ali after he allegedly threw a brick through the club's window but the civil suit quotes a report from the

alcohol beverage regulation administration. >> this establishment did not have the proper training and supervision of those employees. they admitted that in the records. >> reporter: the nine employees came running north on 9th street until they reached 9th and u. mohammed was beaten unconscious. >> what happened with these individuals before the police came. >> reporter: the family also questions the official cause of death. among the several cited by the medical examiner was an underlying heart condition. >> there was no indication of a heart condition. >> reporter: the family says without that restraint ali would be alive today. britany morehouse, 9news now. >> now, eight individual d.c. 9 employees are listed as co- defendants in that civil suit. we called their attorneys. they didn't call us back. victims of domestic

violence.. a decision stemming from a dispute over the city and what the city and the district attorney are calling budget cuts. >> the whole situation is unfortunate. and the sad part about it is, is that if we go back to eight weeks ago we told everyone what the ramifications of these budget cuts would be. >> advocates for domestic violence say the decision sends the wrong message and less likely that abuse victims would come forward. a college professor is fighting back against accusations she discriminated against a stuttering student. elizabeth schneider claimed she is the victim of characters assassination. she says she asked the student to ask his questions after class in order to put him at ease and not take up too much class time. the professor insists she was not trying to keep him from

speaking, but the student disagrees. >> stuttering is something to laugh at. and it is not something to take seriously. >> college administrators say schneider should have simply asked the class to be patient during his questions. imagine getting a note in the mail addressed to random idiot. that's what happened in the case of some north western university students in chicago. the note came from north western. the school is apologizing for what it calls a very embarrassing incident. the postcards were sent to students to check out the school of continuing studies. devoted iphone fans lined up early to buy the new iphone 4s and this was an early look at the store. across the city, the area, the country, even the world, lots of folks came out for the

newest vision. faster device with better software and an improved camera. >> could have preordered but it is just such a scene. it is almost like a cult. >> i axe going to going -- i am going to ask people a question. >> some die hards wanted a completely redesigned iphone 5. they are pretty popular. nearly 1 million have been sold through preorders. >> you would think they were selling a new playstation. this next story might have you think twice before you use your cell phone. >> there is a new study out in britain that signed one in six cell phones is contaminated with bacteria. >> and it is not just any old bacteria, it is the kind you find when you don't wash your hands after you use the restroom. tina krause has more. >> reporter: doctors in britain have a new health warning for cell phone users. they say phones across the country are harboring dangerous e. coli bacteria.

>> it means unfortunately that people are going to the toilet, their hands are getting contaminate and they are not washing their hands with soap. >> reporter: researchers studied 400 people in 12 british cities taking samples from their hands and cell phones. they found fecal bacteria in one of six phones. >> yuck. >> reporter: the brits questioned claim they always wash their hands with soap after using the bathroom. >> yes, i do. >> three times a day average i would say. >> always wash my hands after going to the bathroom. >> reporter: while researchers use cell phones in their study they say the same germs can fester on lots of objects. >> most dangerous substance on the planet. >> reporter: researchers timed their study with global hand washing day aiming to make washing your hands an automatic habit. doctors say always use soap and

the longer you wash the better but first 30 seconds will kill most of the bugs. >> hand sanitizer helps but it is that rubbing and physically removing of the germs. this bacteria causes so many illnesses it i crazyy illness -- it is crazy. animal waste could clean up the chesapeake. using manure as a project. the governor says it will promote the use of renewable energy and reducing the agricultural pollution that reaches the chesapeake bay. they want proposals for the project by the end of november. they are off. still to come. we will take you to this year's running of the bride. plus, the world of media is about to get a big boost from

some very smart high school students in our area. don't forget we are always on at wusa9.com. we will be right back. jennifer ashton stops by as we ask it early coming up next on "the early show."

back now to tell you about an ohio mechanic who is a hero because he came to the rescue of a feline. a woman hit a cat and drove to the humane society. the cat climbed through the dashboard. >> i'm not sure she can turn around. >> she has a leg towards us. >> i see her leg. >> the mechanic eventually came to the rescue. he took that dash apart and then an animal control staffer managed to free the cat. >> obviously the cat wasn't hurt too badly if he could climb into the dashboard. >> the cat could have probably made a run for the story you're getting ready to talk about right now. >> you ladies are both married. you know about this. they made a run for it today in chevy chase. >> we are talking about the running of the brides. it is the annual running of the brides today at the store at maza gallery. >> good lord. >> brides from all over our area came to find the dream

dress. you know what the deal is. for rock bottom prices. some brides stood in line for hours. a lot of them grabbed anything in their size and try it on. >> you've got to have a game plan. >> actually, friends, bridesmaids. >> you need a tye dye shirt. a rare double hand plant procedure. topper? >> winds kicked up. very nice evening. we will show you temperatures. generally in the 60s. grab a sweatshirt if you head to the high school football games. we will come back and talk about the redskins weather. up next, in just 48 hours, even less than that away from the dedication of the martin luther king jr. memorial and while a lot has changed since the civil rights movement some things still feel about the same. we will take a look at anacost ia then and now.

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as the nation plans to celebrate martin luther king jr., we go to anacostia then and now. >> you felt less opressed in washington. >> reporter: one reason why anacostia. >> we were self-sufficient and self-contained. >> reporter: her family goes back four generations east of the river. a community that kept them safe even as d.c. burned. >> there was nobody east of the river. >> reporter: to understand why looters spared anacostia is to understand its proud history. dale has cataloged the history with pictures. with documents like the 1900 bill creating an historical site at the frederick douglas house. inside the dale family home on

morris road. her 96-year-old mother marie jogs her own memory for trips back in time. >> i had a hard time. i really did. as a little girl. >> reporter: a southern girl whose father was killed they suspect because of his race, she worked hard her whole live. >> and why would getting a drink of water make me lose my job? >> reporter: despite it all she went to university where she met her husband. even though the neighborhood has changed here over the years it was a privilege to live in anacostia. >> it really was. >> reporter: many of the treasures have remained the same. >> and the same spirit is here. >> reporter: and she says that spirit is in the stories of the unsung heros of anacostia who

fought for freedom right along dr. martin luther king. >> tenacity, i guess of dr. king. he was kind of pulling together symbolically all of our efforts since slavery and saying finally we are just not going to take this. whatever you do so us we are not going to take it anymore. >> that was delia gonclaves reporting. diane dale is paying homage to the heros of anacostia in a new book called "the village that shaped us." it is available at howard university. wusa9 is honored to bring you this weekend's rescheduled martin luther king jr. memorial. saturday morning 11 a.m. if you usually walk this morning in defense news they will be on sunday at 1 p.m. and 1:p.m. >> hello, ladies and topper. >> i will be anchoring our mlk memorial dedication coverage. topper, it will be a much

better weekend this go around. >> much better. windy tomorrow like this. but it will be nice. that's kind of good. >> time to get inside, don't you think? >> showers went through about 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. this afternoon. everything is pretty much gone. may see a couple of showers in the mountains tonight but i think east of the mountains we will be just fine. this area of low pressure though is going to kind of sit and spin in southern quebec and that will drive winds for us really through much of the weekend especially tonight and through tomorrow. in fact, look at the wind gusts. gusting to 21 miles per hour at manassas. 32-mile-an-hour wind gusts up in frederick. 38-mile-an-hour wind gusts in martinsburg. a nice weekend. windy and cooler tonight. a sweatshirt for the high school football. windy and cool tomorrow. nice for the redskins game. just simply spectacular for the redskins game. for tonight, clear to partly

cloudy. windy. and cooler. low temperatures 48 to 54. winds southwest at 10 to 20. and as we have seen gusty. lows inside the beltway will hold in the 50s tonight but there will be a smattering of upper 40s in the burbs. college park, bowie, 49. down to the south low 50s. reston 50. sterling, leesburg and manassas upper 40s. tomorrow morning, mostly sunny, windy and cool. grab a light jacket. winds southwest 10 to 20. a nice day for a dog walk. come out to the avondale park benefiting the montgomery county spca. mostly sunny by afternoon. a little bit cool tomorrow. high temperatures near 70. winds out of the southwest at 10 to 20. we also have the virginia cup tomorrow out in warrenton starts around 11 a.m. to noon then goes throughout the afternoon so lots of stuff going on really. the day planner. upper 40s to mid-50s to start

on saturday. in the 60s by noon. but lots of sunshine. still windy. a little cooler. but 68 to 72. i don't think we will see too many complaints about tomorrow. now, the next 3 days we are going to keep it warm on sunday. but still kind of windy. 74. monday we have to throw a shower in. temperatures back a little bit into the low 70s. but still a pretty mild day. next seven days. check this out. tuesday we pop in the low 80s albeit for just a day because a cold front will come through here on wednesday with some showers and storms. temperatures in the mid-70s and then cooler next week, thursday and friday, some showers on thursday. we should be okay by friday. playing there tomorrow between 1:30 and 3 p.m. and another band there as well. >> you keep track of all the bands? >> i tell you. >> classic rock. what can i say? >> just a going out type of guy. still ahead on 9news now.

some cool schools. we will slow you which schools are making the grade. a rare double hand transplant. in jail for 70 days. gary giordano now has a new lawyer. we will tell you about the man held in the disappearance of robyn gardner. cool schools is sponsored by fannie mae's help the homeless program.

friday is here. that means it is time for cool schools. >> wait until you see the cutting edge technology they are getting ready for a real job right now. mike hydek took the bus to the arlington career center to check it all out. >> reporter: telling stories mastering media like they are pros at production. story boarding, script writing, video editing and 3d graphics. they do it all at arlington career center. >> i want to make movies and stuff, animated movies and stuff like pixar. i would like to work with them and make stuff like that. >> reporter: students from three area high schools can choose to spend part of their day at hands on courses like

this one in digital media. >> and this class has really prepared me for that technically and getting you to think creatively and make stories and how to tell them effectively and professionally. >> reporter: and the work they turn out is amazing. charlotte was part of the team that created this award winning public service announcement about recycling plastic bags. bags ♪[ music ] >> give your bag a new love. new uses such as lining waste

baskets, picking up after your pet and. putting in wet clothes. every bag deserves a second chance. >> preproduced videos. >> reporter: two years ago acc students won the best anchor team in the nation for high school students at a competition in kansas city. now that's cool. ready or not, here they come. >> oh, man, that was really cool. >> okay, that was mike hydek doing the cool schools thing. if you've got something for him e-mail him at. closingbell. dowgainingmorethan166points today. nasdaqands&palsoendedtheweek on a positive note. spiderman climbed a motel

in bucharest today. he was invited to climb the 22- story building so it was quite an event. he says he got hooked on climbing buildings and has climbed the golden gate bridge and the eiffel tower. >> wow. okay. with high school sports coaches and sometimes -- i'm sorry, with high school sports coaches sometimes take on a role bigger than just leading the team. they can be a parent figure or role model even. kristin berset is here to teach bus a coach that embraces that role. >> [ no audio ] >> friendship collegiate academy has never played a home football game. they don't even have their own locker room. >> we preach adversities.

>> reporter: the nights are d.c.'s road warriors. >> home field is nothing but an advantage. so, i mean, i guess we don't need any advantages. >> reporter: they don't just practice to get better at football they do it to get better in life. >> we have a lot of talent. with a lot of talent you can do a lot of things. >> it is more about getting kids to college than winning football games. >> pick your pace up and catch the ball. >> reporter: in the seven years since its inception the head coach has turned this inner city football program into a d.c. powerhouse. 33 players have gone on to play college ball in just the past three years. >> in our second year we were probably only four or five team's homecoming schedule. that's changed a lot, our quality of opponents. >> reporter: success hasn't come with quite a few roadblocks. this is where they practice, a field behind their school, and it is full of rock and dirt. >> when it rains it gets really muddy and you can barely run on

it. >> reporter: when they can safe up a couple hundred bucks for buses they come here to dean rec center. it is a rare thing during the season. >> they deal with more adversity than they do off the field. >> reporter: abdul just wants to make sure his kids know that life isn't about a highlight tape on the field but the ones you create off it as well. >> i just learn to go out as a young man and respect myself and respect others. >> many taught me to sacrifice. the easiest thing to do is not always the best thing to do. >> reporter: eddie goldman, who you just saw, is one of the top 50 recruits in the country. the head coach says he expects another 14 players to sign college scholarships this season. lesli? >> good for them, kristin. mostly peaceful demonstrations in lower manhattan took a violent turn this morning. protestors and police squared off with batons and bottles. there