don't think a beaver is agressive. that's strange. >> leave it to beaver. >> not that one. >> wallly. >> let's take a look. radar -- exactly man. radar pretty quiet. i will say this. watching for fog in the morning so your morning drive, hit the sack right tonight because of the speeching you will have fog in the morning. here is the outlook. the orioles dedication tomorrow night. looks pretty good. maybe a shower midday and a better chance for rain saturday late in the day, but it looks dry right now for the monday night football action on monday. of course. >> any way there you are. >> we will be right back. . >>> ready for some orioles pictures? >> yeah. let's see them. there you go. its going to be crazy out there tomorrow. >> live. >> yeah. we will be there and -- 5:15. brooks will be there and palmer will be there. earl is in town. great to see gary williams tonight. he looks like he is 22 again. he looks great. >> he wasn't yelling at anybody. >> no. yelling at jimmy. that was it. that's usual. it was just a gre

. >>> still to come, a beaver attacks a woman in the lake. >> d.c. police officers may have violated a new cell phone camera policy just one day after it took effect. >>> plus did you see it? the direction, first lady >>> former president bill clinton gets ready to take the stage tonight. he will try to convince americans that president obama was successful in his first term. >>> president obama arrived in charlotte today, ready to give his address tomorrow night. today organizers decided to move that speech indoors to the much smaller time warner cable arena because of the threats of severe weather. that means tens of thousands won't be able to attend the address. >>> a deadly accident on the job in arlington this afternoon. a workers in his 20s electrocuted. a co-worker says he went to get more supplies, and returned to find him shocked. >>> a few thunderstorms, some of them, though, rather large down to the south. could still be a few showers around, but the heaviest one is in through portions of southern fauquier county, right along 15 and 17. yo

>>>le woman's attacker is a beaver. tony tull explains. >> i'm gotten a few beaver jokes, suggestions. >> reporter: all you need to do is put in the hash tack "beaver" but in falls church it's a matter they would rather dam of quickly. >> i understand it was a rather large beaver, so the thought that the beaver might be rabid takes the humor out of it. >> reporter: tuesday evening an unidentified woman not a residence of lake barcroft was swimming in the lake when she was bitten multiple times by a large beaver. >> this was someone nearby, who saw what was happening, got to shore, struck the beaver with a branch and struck it until it was in sort of a daze. >> reporter: she was assisted by two fishermen who brought her to this point until they stayed with her when medical personnel arrived. >> animal control arrived on scene. >> reporter: as of this afternoon, the beaver has tested for rabies, but take a look at this. on the lake barcroft website, a beaver harassment strategy. >> the only thing i know about beaver haras

and now police are saying beware of beavers. the story ahead. >>> wide load on a heavy load in america. but mitt romney plan, a middle class to $2,000 more a year in taxes. multi-millionaires like himself hits the middle class harder... bigger break. forward for america? this message. >>> a fast forward to our headlines. the u.s. evacuated all personnel from benghazi after christopher stevens was assassinated. three other americans were also killed in yesterday's attack. the white house is investigating. if this was a targeted terror attack or the work of an angry mob. >>> police in prince george's county are investigating the murders of two high school students within the past three weeks. yesterday morning 18-year-old marckel ross was shot as he was walking to school. late last month, 17-year-old amber stanley was gunned down in her own bed. >>> the price hasn't changed, the 16 gigabyte phone starts at $199. the new phone will be in stores september 21st. >>> fast forward to doug. >>> on days like this, i believe we should hav

. >> a local woman goes for a swim only to be attacked by a beaver well swimming. the interview you will only see first on a 7. >> what was going through your mind? >> it was a thing i had to get away from. >> at 83, lillian peterson says you are only as old as you feel. >> i was crawling out of the water and it attacked the. >> a beaver chopped on her leg while she was on lake barcroft on tuesday. >> it got to my calf. >> she gave it a fight were the other woman far younger. >> i took my walking stick and tried to count him in the eyes, thinking if he could not seen the maybe he would stop. >> but she could not get rid of him until this man showed up. >> she was screaming for her life, help me help me. >> he came over and helped me. >> this is the beaver mike says he had to fend off lugging her first day. this is not the same beaver, but it gives you the sense of the teeth that latched onto her leg. beaver's use them to bring down trees. >> they have big enough teeth to do some damage. >> although lake barcroft is popular for recreation, she says her days swimming

actually not scared of beavers. this is a rabies issue. think just people being smart, being aware. practicing safety when you are out in nature, letting people know where you're going and if you see erratic behavior, get away and let the authorities know. >>> details of how machine and women really do see things differently. we'll explain this when we come back. stay with us. >>> a huge spike in cases of the west nile virus. the cdc released new numbers on wednesday and say there was a 25% jump from just last week. some 1500 cases up to nearly 2,000. the number of deaths also jumped, up 32% from 66 to 87. the good news is no new cases were reported in d.c., maryland or virginia. >> here is one for you. turns out men and women may actually see things differently due to the way our brains work. >> knew it. >> before everybody gets all excited, listen to what researchers are saying. they say there is no evidence that indicates the minds of men and women process what they see in different ways. stay with me. for example, men seem to be more s

animal control authorities tracked down and killed several beavers.all tested positive for rabies. so we asked authorities is this a growing problem. >> we can't make that kind of assessment or statement that something's going on, but certainly when these types of things happen, we do take a look and we make note of them. >> on sunday a rabid raccoon turned up in the same neighborhood. police believe infected raccoons are actually biting the beavers so they're warning everyone to be careful and watch your pets carefully. >>> howard, the forecast? >> it's a beautiful day once again. the great week continues and looks like the weekend is going to be nice as well. the allergy count came in and the weeds and pollen were moderate. looking into the future, temperatures will be climbing toward the low 80s this afternoon. about 81 or so should do it for the highs. southeast winds at 5 to 10 miles per hour. we'll see if the -- we'll probably hit the high just before 5:00. by 7:00 in the mid-70s. looking good. you have outdoor plans, sports practice, just want

that first beaver attack was not perpetrated by a beaver. the animal was a nutria with big orange rodent teeth. has the second attack animal been identified nutria or we've? if there are nutria -- or beaver? if there are nutrias in the area, we have big trouble, just ask alabama. we turned up no information either attack was a nutria and as far as i can figure out the difference between the two animals as far as appearance is the tail. the beaver has a flat tail. the nutria is more ratlike and it would seem to me somebody would have picked up on that but perhaps not. we thank you for the heads up. meantime, though, we've got this provocative question from linda in damascus. why do the anchors stand up to deliver the news? the news should be delivered from behind a desk. it's not about entertainment. it's about news. we need you to look professional and confident about bringing the latest news to us from behind your desk with your note and your papers in front -- notes and your papers in front of you. we're not interested in seeing you awkwar

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a beaver, yes, a beaver attacked a woman who was swimming in the lake and it has tested positive for rabies. more on what is next. scott. >> well, here they are taking precautions. they closed the lake to swimmers for the time being until they can figure out what they are going to do. what is next is canvassing this area to see if any other petteds or people may have come in contact with this beaver or other beavers besides the 83- year-old woman who was attacked yesterday afternoon. here are photos of the rabid beaver taken by neighbors after it was killed by a pair of fishermen who helped rescue the victim and call for help. it happened here at 6:00 tuesday evening. an 83-year-old woman swimming here was attacked by the beaver, which witnesses said continued biting and clinging to her as she battled to get to shore. >> i think it's very strange. >> residents are shocked. >> i'm surprised they are that aggressive. >> lots of people see beaver. some neighbors have had tender young plants and trees destroyed by them, but an attack is unheard of. >> beavers usually don't want to have a

they say that beaver was acting aggressively and chasing after children. then just 10 miles down the road another rabid animal, this time a rabid raccoon, was going after neighbors there. carey doyle's father was walking their dog, a sweet 9- year-old beagle bassett hound mix, sunday afternoon when out of nowhere a rabid raccoon came up to them. >> he was pretty freaked out by it. you don't expect to have a rabid raccoon in a neighborhood like this. >> reporter: she says it was acting strangely and even approaching other neighbors near their homes. >> it followed them to our house into our driveway. >> reporter: it is the second incident of a rabid animal in this lake barcroft neighborhood. just last week an 80 glide woman was attacked by a rabid we've while she was swimming in the lake. all the reported aggressive animals including this rabid beaver from last week were tracked down and killed by animal control officers. they also all tested positive for rabies. >> it's too soon to make that kind of assessment or that kind of statement, that something is g

a beaver job on her leg when she was in lake barcroft. >> i took my walking stick and tried to pound him. >> she could not get rid of him until mike corn showed up. >> i was across the lake when he started screaming. >> he helped me get out. >> this is the beaver he had to keep fending off. it gives you a sense of the teeth that latch onto her leg. >> they have big enough teeth to do some damage. >> her days of swimming there are done. >> never in the world that i expect anything like this. >> authorities hope this was the only rabid animal but they are asking folks who live around here to be on the lookout for any animals that appear to be sick. >> thank you. crazy stuff there. conditions remain dry outside. a little monday. >> what is in store tomorrow? >> our temperature is 80 degrees. we will do another 90. when we switched to fios, we got better tv, better phone, better internet. [ male announcer ] it's time to get more for your money. upgrade to rizon fios interne tv and phone with our best price online: just $84.99 a month, guaranteed for one year with no annual contract. inte

he doesn't hate beavers, he hates rabies. >> a 30-minute attack. thank you. >> how itenning. >> sounds like a bad dream. it was for that woman. thanks. >>> a life look outside new again and -- a live look outside right now. >> it was sticky. i was swatting mosquitoes. a lot of us hope for example a break and sounding like we have to wait awhile. >> yes. and coming up in just a bit, there is some nice relief coming our way. >> yeah. >> and something to look forward to. >> yeah. >> okay? >> be patient, right? what is that? >> be patient. >> very, very good. yes, and especially when batting the mosquitoes out of the way. and let me show you again, we go back to sentinel radar and this is out of culpeper county and into fauquier county and this is going to get into prince william county and there is some rainfall rates, up to two to three inches of rain per hour and that is a very, very strong storm there and, again, it's between warrenton and remington. if we go in closer here along highway 28, and, again, very, very heavy rain in that red. and that i

in springfield anny hong, 9 news now. >> beavers being bitten by raccoons, who knew? police say there were no injuries from last weekend's incident and animal control officers will be canvassing affected neighborhoods with flyers reminding everybody with rabies safety. >>> it looks like william and kate are doing a little family planning. coming up hear what the prince has to say about royal heirs. >> but first the new marriage contract gaining popularity among those newlyweds out there. you've heard of prenups. up next we'll tell you about the post nups. >>> teachers union leaders are now studying a new contract proposal from the chicago school board but still no end in sight to the teacher strike out there. now the walkout in chicago is in day no. 3 and among the key remaining issues, a new teacher evaluation system and process for deciding which laid off teachers would be rehired. that strike is affecting 350,000 students. >>> on the other hand, today this was a salute to the american worker and longevity. loren waite was introduced at the press club as the nation'

here are photos of the rabid beaver taken by neighbors after it was killed by a pair of fishermen who helped rescue the victim and call for help. an 83-year-old woman swimming here was attacked by the beaver which witnesses said continued biting and clinging to her as she battled to get to shore. >> i think it's very strange. >> residents are shocked. >> it is northern virginia, you wouldn't think you would be attacked. >> i'm surprised they are that aggressive. >> the victim was treated at a hospital for nonlife threatening injuries. at lake barcroft, virginia, 9news now. >> a beaver attack is not what you are expecting. >> you can't go anywhere now. >> a buddy was fishing one day and one came up, he was in the middle of nowhere. they are kind of scary little things. their teeth are like that and raiser sharp. >>> we are looking at a tropical air mass for today and tomorrow. we're going to finish the week with essentially the remnants of isaac. let's start with a live look outside. the live michael and son weather cam. and it's really pretty nice. it is just that it's humid. temperat

but beavers are not high on the list of infected animals. before the last two beavers tested, only two others in virginia this year were found to have rabies. the same number as dogs, who are typically vaccinated. 83-year-old lillian peterson is out of the hospital now. she was attacked by a rabid beaver when she swam in lake barcroft. peterson had to fight him off. >> the beaver came after me from nowhere. >> reporter: but for some regular park visitors, the anomaly is cause for concern. >> i think we'll probably sit this one out and not go down to the pond for a couple of months at least. >> reporter: in west springfield, richard jordan, news4. >>> a manassas man had to do a double take after hitting the jackpot on a scratchoff game. virginia lottery officials say virgilio contreras bought the $5 ticket at a 7-eleven store in oakland. he made the clerk check it for him. he won $200,000. he doesn't yet know what he's going to do with the money. i'm sure he'll think of something. >> i'm scratching this one, too. will you check it for me? >>

a rabid beaver attacked 87-year-old lillian peterson as she was swimming in the lake. she is now out of the hospital. >>> the cdc says america is on track for the worst year ever for west nile virus. despite mosquito season winding down, infections are expected to continue into next month. texas has been hit the hardest with nearly half of the infections. health officials from coast to coast are spraying insecticides to prevent the spread of the disease. >>> want to turn to tom now for an early look at our forecast. how are we looking? >> it looks great. i was kayaking on the potomac a number of years ago. i had a beaver attack me. i was in my kayak and apparently was too close to the hut or something. here it came. its nostrils were flaring, its eyes were angry. i got the heck out of there. >> it's a good thing you're a pro. >> they can be mean. this morning, we're starting off with a beautiful weather pattern again. take a look now around the region under a clear sky. we have temperatures -- it didn't hurt me. had my paddle ready, though. and it was slapping its tail

this is the beaver that came and let's talk to her with its teeth. peterson describes what happened next. >> he attacked me. >> he latched on to mike kanof. there's a place that big that he chewed up. >> mike corn was across the lake. " she was screaming for her life. >> after corn got the beaver off peterson, she left. the beaver was tested positive for rabies. >> never in the world that i expect anything like this. am i going to swim there anymore. >> we spoke with a number of people who say they do not plan on swimming there any time soon. officials here are asking residents of that neighborhood to keep their eyes open for sick or injured animals. >> the national weather service has confirmed a tornado touched down in southern new jersey. we have a dramatic cell phone video of that tornado forming last night during the height of the storm. strong and swirling wind uprooted trees and sean "diddy" combs. no injuries were reported. -- >> the get them occasionally. the with the weather has been lately -- the way the weather has been lately. we are 10

. >>> a second rabid beaver attack in fairfax county. the kids were at the hidden pond nature center where a beaver jumped out of the water and started chasing them. an animal control officer was able to clear the area and shoot the beaver. an 81-year-old woman was bitten by a beaver last week. on sunday a rabid raccoon turned up in the same neighborhood. police believe the beavers are being bitten by infected raccoons. >>> here's a look at some of the other things making news now. to bank robbery suspects are in police custody after a high speed chase down the highway in los angeles. police tracked the men flying down the highway in an suv. at one point the men started throwing cash out of the vehicle which caused people in the streets to grab up the money. police say the armed men had just taken bundles of cash from a bank. a bank of america. >>> for the first time since the chicago teachers strike began negotiators seem optimistic. the walkout is entering its fourth day today. the president of the teachers union and the school board p

. >> he beat the beaver with a canoe paddle and it gave up. neighbors took picture of it afterwards. peterson was rushed to the hospital. her most severe injury, a partially severed thumb. it would have been much worse if he wasn't there. a chance encounter with an old friend. >> she is a dear person. she has been my coach, coincidentally, as a realtor for ten years. she is always looking out for other people and it was fortunate i was there to help her as much as she helped me over the years. >> he admits his run in will change his ways on the water. >> i'm not scared of wildlife, i'm not scared of beavers because of the rabies issue. it's people being aware and let people know where you are going. if you see erratic behavior, stay clear. >> audrey barnes, fox 5 news. >> the national transportation safety board wants airlines to install collision warning systems on commercial jets. it comes after several incidents on the ground at u.s. airports. the board is hoping for is am that allows them to see planes to keep them from linking each other.

animal control officer eventually shot the beaver. just last week a beaver attacked an 83-year-old woman in lake barcroft. more on the story coming up here on news4 at 5:00 tonight. >>> turning to the weather. more clear skies today. but that's about to change. >> storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson has the first word. >> we're going to hold on to this for a while longer. did you like this morning? another cool crisp start for us indeed. this is the kind of weather you dress for cool and you dress for warm. kind of split, right? take a look at the temperatures this morning from 60 degrees in d.c., and ten degrees cooler in leesburg at 50. areas like mount airy in frederick, maryland, 45 degrees the temperature this morning. so here we go, folks. we're warming up right now. temperatures in the upper 70s to around 80 degrees throughout the area. 79 in gaithersburg and olney. not a cloud to be found in our sky. take a look at the little pocket of fog. the clouds that formed around it from kentucky down to tennessee. in areas of n

nobody was bitten. >> the beaver was just kind of walking around. it didn't seem to be doing anything at all. just hanging out. and then she shot it. >> this is the second time a rabid beaver has attacked. 83-year-old lilian is out of the hospital after being bit while she was swimming last tuesday. >> still ahead, operation last call. the small items stolen for a big pea out at jfk airport. >> a million dollar mistake. a local man wins the lottery, but wait until you find out why [ romney ] this president can ask us to be patient. this president can tell us it was someone else's fault. but this president cannot tell us that you're better off today than when he took office. [ female announcer ] here in virginia, we're not better off under president obama. his defense cuts threaten over one hundred thirty thousand jobs, lowering home values, putting families at risk. the romney plan? tax cuts for middle class families. north american energy independence. create over three hundred forty thousand new jobs for virginia. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i

as for the beaver, it's gone on to beaver heaven. they did kill it.t the same, lillian says she is never going in that lake again. >> what an experience. >>> new tonight at 11:00, how far would you go to get a former lover in trouble? well, one woman went way, way too far and now she's facing federal charges. it all started when authorities say a call was made that somebody on a u.s. airways flight from philly to dallas had explosives. the pilot told everyone there was a mechanical problem and then turned the plane around. that's when fbi agents got on the plane and pulled christopher shell off. >> they pulled their ooze ees out and pistols and came to the passenger and said don't move, stay put, and they took him off the plane. >> he just acted stunned. he just said what -- you know, what the bleep is going on. but he was not nervous. >> well, here is what was going on. shell was the target of an apparent hoax. cbs news as learned his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend wanted to make his life miserable. it looks like they did that and it was caused

. >> bitten by a beaver, an 83-year-old woman tells her story of a painful attack. >>> and a threat leads to a plane being grounded and a passenger pulled off a flight. now a police say the man is actually the victim of a birthday hoax. good achb, i'm pat lawson muse. >>> we start off with breaks new. a jury has just found former police officer drew peterson guilty in the murder of his third wife kathleen savio. the required was just read moments ago. peterson was charged in her death three years after it happened. >> after the high-profile disappearance of his fourth wife. savio was found dead in 2004. peterson had denied wrongdoing in the cases of both wives. he'll be sentenced november 26th and facing a maximum of 60 years behind bars. >> we'll have much more tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> now to that elaborate hoax played out at philadelphia international airport today. a threat led to a flight being grounded and a startled passenger being pulled right off the play. >> as nbc's jay gray reports, the suspected terrorist was actually an innocent man who had no idea what was going on. >>

a rabid beaver charged a group of small children and got very close to an four-year-old girl. he said it was big. >> i did hear screams. >> 82-year-old was on the dock when it jumped from the water. >> the beaver was on the pond. -- two-year-old was on the dock. two rabid beavers and a rabid raccoon has one woman worried. >> i will probably keep him on a leash for a while. >> i just keep my eyes open. you cannot just not go outside because there are animals all over the place. >> fairfax county officials stress that a beaver contracting rabies is quite rare, but the number of animals infected so far this year, that number is about average. reporting live, stephen tschida abc 7 news. >> thank you. two bank robbery suspects are in custody after a wild chase in los angeles that started allegedly after the suspects robbed a bank of america. there was money thrown out of the window of the suv and there were people trying to pick up the cash even in front of the police vehicles. they countered the suspect at an intersection. >> chicago teachers still on strike. the teachers' union s

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this beaver came after me from nowhere. first thing he did was take a chunk out of my leg. >> fairfax animal control euthanized the beaver on the shot. testing later showed the animal did have rabies. >>> servers are suing darden, the restaurant's parent company for allegedly violating labor laws. servers say they were cheated out of their pay because they weren't allowed to clock in until customers arrived. lawyers are not clear how much money is owed. darden had to pay more than $25,000 in back pay last year. >>> here's what's trending today. she usually is dodging the paparazzi, but now katie holmes has a new gig to put her face on full display. she's just hired as the new face of bobbi brown cosmetics, holmes who finalized her divorce two weeks ago will be the first celebrity spokeswoman for the makeup line. she has her own clothing line and bobbi brown will be the lead makeup artist for the line's spring fashion show. >>> amazon has a updated version of kindal. amazon also announced a new stand-alone e-reader. the new

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animal control authorities tracked down and killed several beavers.ey all tested positive for rabies. we asked authorities why is this a growing problem. >> it's too soon to make that kind of assessment or statement that something is going on but certainly when these types of things happen, we do take a look and make note of them. >> on sunday a rabid raccoon turned up in the same neighborhood. police believe the infected raccoons are biting the beavers and they're warning everyone to be careful and keep an eye on your pet. >>> coming up on 6:37, jessica doyle is here with another your money report. >> she says more and more of us have health insurance these days. why is that? >> more people are able to actually go to the doctor and pay for it using health insurance. that's because the number of uninsured americans has declined for the first time in four years. the census bureau says more than 260 million people have some sort of health care coverage in 2011. that's up four million from the year before and that means more than 84% of americans are now

people we spoke to were surprised because beaver attacks are pretty rare. >> beavers usually don't want to have anything to do with you when you encounter them. they swim the other way. >> the victim was identified as lillian peterson. she was taken to fairfax innova hospital for minor injuries. sunshine' expected to be fine. >>> -- she's expected to be fine fine. >>> the toll to ride the entire stretch of the dulles toll road will go up 50 cents on january 1 and will double by the year 2015. tonight's public hearing will be held at stone bridge high school in ashburn. the meeting runs from 5:00 till 8:00. there will be two meetings next week, one in reston, the other in mclean. >>> 6:36. jessica doyle is still watching your money. >> she is. there's a new ray to save at the grocery store and -- way to save at grocery store and it's already in your pocket. >> if you're careful about your shopping list, you'll spend less than the impulse shopper. we know that. now there are a crop of apps to help us stay organized. shop smart magazine recommends an app like this one called push pins. it'

. >>> another rabid beaver has turned up in fairfax county. a group of youngsters were add the hidden pond nature center sunday when a beaver jumped out of the water and started chasing them. an animal control officer shot the beaver before it bit anyone. last week an 83-year-old woman was bitten by a rabid beaver while swimming in lake barcroft. on sunday a rabid raccoon turned up in the same neighborhood. police believe infected raccoons are biting the beavers and are warning everyone to be care and keep a close watch on their pets. >>> later this morning, maryland's public service commission is going to open a hearing into power outages during this summer's derecho storm. the hearing is expected to zero in on pepco's performance after the june 29 storm. thousands of customers waited a week or more to get their electricity back. and today's meeting is taking place in baltimore and it comes after the psa held eight public hearings in the last month all to get customer input about the outages. >>> it's 5:05. we get the latest your money report

she fought back when the 35- pound beaver ambushed her she says. >> then he grabbed ahold of my leg and started chewing on me and i started to try to pound him with my other leg and i grabbed my walking stick which i had with me. and i kept pounding him with that. and i kept aiming at his eyes. >> peterson is taking rabies shots and doctors say she is expected to be okay. a friend who was fishing nearby actually rescued her and killed that beaver. >>> still to come when 9news now continues, find out how officials in one maryland county plan to crack down on drivers who ignore school bus stop signs. >> and prince harry is heading off to afghanistan. why officials have decided to go public with the deployment. >> and we want to remind you that tomorrow is the silver spring jazz festival in downtown silver spring. from 4:30 to 10:00 p.m. at the silver spring veterans plaza. oh it is something the whole family will be able to enjoy. marcus johnson, sergio mendes and bruce wayne caret. they're just -- quartet. they're just a few of the facts that will be performing, it's free and come see th

witnesses say the beaver attacked the 83-year-old woman near the shore of the private lake. a pair of fishermen who saw the commotion managed to kill the beaver with their paddles before pulling the woman to safety. >> two minutes across the lake she's screaming help me, help me. i said get out of the water. she said, i can't it's got me. >> lillian peterson was taken to fairfax inova hospital for treatment of minor injuries. she's expected to recover but will have to begin a series of rabies shots. >>> last month's deadly train derailment in ellicott city caused $2 toy 2 million in -- $2.2 million in property damage. two young women were killed in the derailment. they were sitting on the railroad bridge. when it happened a bunch of coal came out of the train and buried them. the investigation into the cause of the accident could take at least 18 months. >>> the airports authority board is attempting to repair its battered image after strong criticism for lavish travel spending and insider contracts. >> last month the federal terrific secretary, the mayor of d.c., and the go

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the friend rescued her by hitting the beaver with a canoe paddle. the animal was euthanized to be tested for rabies. >>> a maryland congressman can adhere row to his resume' after saving a 2-year-old boy's life. andy harris says he was driving on route 50 last month when he spotted three cars on the side of the road. he pulled over and said he saw a toddler who was not breathing on the pavement there. anesthesiologist by trade, harris was able to resuscitate that little boy. the boy's grandfather is grateful for harris' courageous act. he posted on the congressman's facebook page saying in part, quote, thank you andy from the bottom of our hearts for stopping in a storm and helping our family." a little good news for you, wonderful. >> yup. that's great. >>> well, a few police officers monitoring traffic at the dnc found an amusing way to make time fly on the job. that's coming up next. >> plus, virginia governor bob mcdonnell is in charlotte. he joins us live after the break. we'll talk about the race for president. plus we'll touch base closer to

that you sawew seven.n hearing more from the a rabidtacked by beaver.s swimming in lake barcroft. brianne carter is now with us, with the latest. the animal tested positive for rabies. e asking residents the community watch for any that might bemals in the area. the woman was just swimming in the lake behind me, like she day, when she was attacked. for 83-year-old lillian , her usual swim in lake barcroft brenton court or find ordeal. me.t attacked calf.tched on to my st >> she was crawling out of the water when a beaver latched onto leg. heard a commotion. what she was screaming for life. >> after he got the beaver off, he called for help. now peterson is hospitalized. lost a finger and injuries to her arm and leg. took my walking stick and eyes.to pound it in the never in the world did i expect e this.g lik >> peterson says she will not be swimming here anytime soon. presidents in the community also out of thell stay lake. live here should close i yelled for any ck.at may be si >> some of bill armstrong's artifacts now on temporary y at the smithsonia

the 83-year-old woman attacked by the rabbit beaver. well, she just returned home from the hospital this afternoon. she was attacked on tuesday night at bar crop lake in falls church. surae chinn just talked to her bringing us her top story. >> you want to be a part of me. that's what they wanted. >> the 83-year-old had gone for a swim like she often does. >> reporter: when the beaver came out of nowhere. >> the animal jumped at me, hitting me so hard. >> they kept aiming at their eyes thinking if i knocked the eyes out they wouldn't be able to see it. >> reporter: and yes she is quite the feisty one, lillian, that is. >> and my thumb was chewed up to the point. and it was a walking stick. now, she said if it wasn't for her friend nearby that she might not be alive. >> there is two minutes across the lake screaming help me, help me, get out of the water. i can't, it got me. >> there's no two ways about it. >> reporter: she is the 83-year- old active swimmer, self- proclaimed walk-aholic is now the survivor of the beaver attack. >> i'm a

a rabid beaver went on the attack in fairfax county. it jumped out of the water and group of children their parents at the hidden pond nature center in springfield on saturday. animal control officer shot the animal just after the attack. parents say the attack will not back tom from coming dupont. >> i just keep my eyes open. we cannot just not go outside because there are animals all over the place. >> authorities say there's no explanation for the incident. there was another one last week a rabid beaver attacked an elderly woman at lake barcroft. >> its expected to be the worst the west nile virus disease first hit the in 1999. so far this year more than 1400 serious illnesses and more than reported already across the country from the virus. has caused one death in d.c., one in virginia, and two in maryland this year. the south dakota center at the over the pink slime says it will file a defamation today. the company said that it had to e plants and lay off people after what it said was a smear campaign. officials insist the product

two weeks ago, a rapid beaver attacked an 83-year-old woman at lake barcrofh. both of these attacks are extremely rare. >>> later this morning, a review of how they handled the outages. the commission set time aside for another hearing tomorrow if they receive enough feedback. >>> some more breaking news coming in right now out of germany. the u.s. embassy says its con lat in berlin is now evacuated. an employee reported a strange smelling envelope. >> german investigators are examining that envelope right now. there is no report of anyone becoming sick. for more on this situation as well as the unrest in the middle east, tune in to the "today" show right after news 4 today. >>> for now, want to turn to weather and traffic. tom kierein is here with the forecast. >> sun just now coming up, and a beautiful morning once again. sunday, i was biking and came across one of the most beautiful structures. this aqueduct originally built in 1834, an incredible engineering feat. it was restored and the restoration was completed in 2011. the engineers did an outstanding jo

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that woman was wrapping up her evening swim and people who came to her rescue had to battle the beaver for a half an hour before they killed it. community association says the lake will remain closed until they figure out if there are other rabid beavers. the woman is expected to be okay. >>> we do have a few showers popping up in parts of our area. we have a lot of humidity in all of our area. topper, what's the deal? >> you can cut the humidity with a butter knife. good news, the showers are not near nats stadium. let me show you where they are. one that has been hammering fauquier county, is dipping down to the south and east. about to cross 95 toward fredericksburg. one popped up in the last, really 20 minutes, kind of straddling the river between loudoun county and upper montgomery county. trouble is, they have heavy rain. we'll zoom into this one. you can see east of culpeper, south of warrenton and going across 95. if you are between quantico and fredericksburg, you're going to have some hefty rain to go through on i-95 southbound. 84 in leesburg. humidity, it feels like it's 88

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county. >> reporter: i'm anny hong in springfield, virginia, where over the weekend police say a rabid beaver swam through these waters, then jumped onto one of these dock here's and chased after children. it is -- docks here and chased after children. it is now one of three rabid animal reports here in fairfax county. carey doyle's father was walking their dog, a sweet 9- year-old beagle bassett hound mix sunday afternoon when out of nowhere rabid raccoon came up to them. >> he was pretty freaked out. you don't expect to have a rabid raccoon in a neighborhood like this. >> reporter: she said it was acting strangely and even approaching other neighbors near their homes. >> it followed them to our house into our driveway. >> reporter: it is the second incident of a rabid imagine in this lake bar-- animal in this lake barcroft neighborhood. just last week an 83-year-old woman was attacked by a rabid we've while she was swimming in the lake. all the animals were tracked down and killed by animal control officers and all tested positive for rabies. in springfield, anny hong, it moved. >>> still a

. >>> a new era at beaver stadium, and the nittany lionses moving the ball early on.n state 14-3 at the half. nittany lionses let this one slip through their hand literally. smith goes all the way back, 43-yard score, and ohio is on top 17-14. just under 3:00 to go. ohio finds post e back of the end zone. fiveword touchdown, and ohio upsets penn state 24-14. that final. >> notre dame and navy playing in dublin, first college game in ire lend since 1996. all notre dame. atkinson, son of the tomorrower raider george, scampers 57 yards for the score. still in the first, notre dame hammers navy, 50-10. >>> join us tonight for "after the game" following the alabama michigan matchup. here beil and yours truly will break down the bay area and the entire nation on the opening weekend of college football. >> giants trying to keep space between themselves and the dodgers in the national league west and a former cal bear, expaif 'er -- >> mike: the giants trying to run away from the dodgers in the national league west, holding off the cubs to take a lead over l.a. anytime you wa

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to beaver stadium. thunderous cheers as the team comes out of the tunnel giving way to a moment of silence before the game versus ohio. new head coach bill abrian takes the reins and like what's he sees early. first quarter, penn state qb mack fakes the handoff. throws to bill belton in stead. gets into the end zone. happy valley just that. penn state up 7-0. ohio's quarterback tyler tittleton, got a second half comeback in mind here in the third quarter. boom, one of three touchdowns for the bobcats after the break, and penn state falls in the opener, 24-14. >>> a couple other local college football scores to mention. west virginia, they win big over marshall. 69-34. right now in the fourth quarter, howard trails morehouse 23-17. >>> baseball, don't look now. the orioles are back to being three games behind the yankees. i really mean that. do not look. because they had them right where they wanted them and couldn't hold on. cut to down to two games last night. middle game today. match irk really, two o