i have the latest on sidney crosby. but the eagles coming to town, who will start at running back for the redskins? >>> a busy meeting for members of the metro board with a copper braziel item missing from the agenda. -- with a controversial item missing from the agenda. >> that approved a split of the blue line. metro suggests possible changes to the fare structure. not on the agenda, the chaos that ensued in roslyn after a man was hit by a train and clarendon. jennifer donelan asked about the problem. >> today was a full meeting of the board discussing everything from the realignment of the blue line to fares but they have not talked about the incident that has people fresh credit. 48 hours after this on the orange line, the full metro board convened for a committee meeting today. >> people are screaming throwing out passing out. >> this never came up. >> i thought it would have been brought up right away. >> if you missed it, tuesday evening, a man jumped on the tracks. >> we brought in 40 buses but you have trains w

and it featured pittsburgh penguins center, sidney crosby. >> hockey fights cancer is teaming up withand lymphoma society. >> this psa comes on the jumbotron and fans start booing. >> sidney crosby is arguably the best player in the league, definitely in the top three. philadelphia fans hate his guts, they hate him. they actually like to have that sort of stigma of these kind of crude fans. they love having that reputation. and if you're going to boo a psa about cancer just because sidney crosby is in it -- i don't know. >> this is hockey! >> this is a canner psa who boos that? >> i understand that. i get where the philadelphia passion is coming from. >> do you think that maybe the booing started before they realized what the psa was? they just saw the guy come up on the screen? >> i think that's giving them a little too much leeway, how hard would it be not to boo a cancer support ad. >> i would text hsc to 45678. they need it because god knows philadelphia is not going to come through. >>> i want you guys to go on a cruise with me and let's go on the insulite bar and we're going to

sidney crosby has been cleared for contact. the next step will be for him to ditch the practice jersey and play in an actual game. pittsburgh could have used him against. wideman scored the game winner in overtime. caps remain unbeaten with a 3-2 win. >>> usc beat cal 13-9. barkley threw a pair of touchdowns to marquis lee. trojans 5-1 after a 30-9 win. >>> finally with no end in sight to the nba lockout, lebron james tweeted this week he would love to give the nfl a try. of course that's not going to happen. seahawk coach pete carroll ran with it. he tweeted a picture of a seahawks jersey with lebron's name on it and said do you know what the league's rookie minimum is? lebron's response, yeah, more than what i'm making now. he's got a point. that's your first look at sports. have a great weekend. i'm fred roggin. >>> another look at your weather check in with nbc meteorologist bill karins has your forecast. there you go, fall foliage, we've been waiting for it. >> i know. a little late, a lot of people saying because of all t

another step in sidney crosby's comeback. lebron james in the nfl. is it starting to get serious? >>> plus, the detroit tigers get the right bounces to stay alive in the fight for the american league pennant. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> after a rainy week, the weekend looks perfect. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." lysol knows a real clean is something you see and smell. lysol no mess automatic toilet bowl cleaner cleans your toilet and freshens your bathroom with every flush. so it's always at its freshest. >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." in sports, just like baseball's regular season, this year's playoffs show every indication they may go down to the wire. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headline. >> good morning. every team has a thing. something they rally around that's uniquely theirs. for the brewers it's beast mode from the movie monday centers inc. they are tallied to tie the alcs. alex sanchez from a monster to a wolf. the randy wolf allowed two early home runs and

no sidney crosby, no problem for pens, winning fourth straight. richard park gave the penguins the lead. >>> spin orama and then to marin hossa and score a goal. a no-look pass to hossa. this went to a shootout and kane scores the winning goal. blackhawks beat the ducks 3-2. >>> sabres with a two-goal lead. malone with a breakaway goal. tampa winning their third straight 4-3. >>> hurricanes and senators need aid shootout. jason spezza, nothing here, just a shot and a goal. ruutu scored to extend the shootout. million dollar move and a nickel finish. senators won it 3-2. >>> terrell owens wants to get back to the nfl. problem is, nobody wants him. t.o. hit the field yesterday in what was supposed to be a workout for nfl teams. but not a single team showed up. 37-year-old recovering from off-season knee surgery and says he's ready to go, but right now he has nowhere to go, so he's going nowhere. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >> ouch. >>> coming up, an aging rocker takes a fall. and your daily lohan headlines. yo

. >>> nhl, penguins without sidney crosby. who thought matt cooke would pick up the slack? scored four goals in three games. scored 12 goals all last season. pens are getting it done without their star. >>> finally to minnesota, keep an eye behind the net. big hit by chris neil. clayton stoner caught with his head down and never saw it coming. that sparked the senators down two. they rallied against the wild. tied and forced a shootout. ottawa came back to win their home opener 4-3. >>> that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >> announcer: "early today" sports is brought to you by just for men hair color. live forward. >>> coming up, performers on wall street, performers and awards, and performers taking on some surprising roles. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, she's known for being a stylish and graceful representative of our nation. but she can also let her hair down with some friends in the white house backyard. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back, everyone, on this wednesday. rain is moving

. >>> nhl, penguins without sidney crosby. who thought matt cooke would pick up the slack?hree goals in four games. scored 12 goals all last season. pens are getting it done without their star. >>> finally to minnesota, keep an eye behind the net. big hit by chris neil. clayton stoner caught with his head down and never saw it coming. that sparked the senators down two. they rallied against the wild. tied and forced a shootout. ottawa came back to win their home opener 4-3. >>> that's your first look at sports. i'm fred roggin. >>> and now another look at the weather. >> our run of beautiful days has come to an end, but the weekend looks between. we just have to get through the next couple days. every now and then the grass needs a little bit of water. and in dallas, we need a lot of water. thunderstorms rolling through. the bright red is this line of thunderstorms going through with gusty winds. so in dallas and ft. worth, stay inside for about the next half hour, 45 minutes. let this complex roll through and get out and then move on with your morning routine. but you don'

they take on sidney crosby and the pittsburgh penguins tonight. i'm kristin berset, have a great day. >> today, the high-flying inspectors look for possible earthquake damage. they're moving to a different d.c. landmark. >> plus, it started halfway around the world but now the blackberry outage is impacting users right here. we'll be back. >>> good morning. welcome back to 9news now this thursday morning, i'm andrea roane. >> i'm surae chinn in for mike hydeck this morning. thanks so much for joining us on this wet thursday. that's affecting our roads, right, monika? >> it sure is. lots of incidents. tough conditions this morning. >> and howard, you know when it rains so long, it feels like -- i hate so say it but tropical storm lee and hurricane irene. >> we did have some three and a half inch rain totals. an inch and 3/4 out in catlet from charlie. 3/4 down in the northern neck. fog is a problem. andrews air force base reporting half-mile visibility just in the fog. montgomery county, your visibility is down because it is pouring with the thunde