and the madman with broom, madman in his night shirt with a broom, he, too, returns. he thinks to roust the crows from the mulberry boughs by jabing and swirling his broom, by crazily twirling his broom in the wet summer air and hurling curses skyward beyond the boughs and the crows toward the fading gods beyond the fading stars. but the realist crows know it is only a man in a nightshirt after dawn; that the broom is a broom and that his cries are nothing more than words and half words the heavy air will swallow. they rise anyway from the tree, as best to quiet him and let morning be morning. soon enough they will return again by twos and threes, settling among the spreading limbs, their laughter the same before and after. catherine case is the next reader. . >> one is called the mountain by hashim hafik and it's translated by sadi samoi. i have washed the mountain, i have washed the stones and the pebbles that clings to the trees. i have washed the mountain. i have lit the paths and the back ways around the mountain. i have lit the caves and the stairs and the hidou

a lot of people waving brooms.again, 98% of the people are here to have a good time, but a few people are causing a little bit of trouble. nothing is super violent. it could be a lot worse. we don't want to make this seem like something it is not, but some people are taking it a little bit too far. the majority of people. there are thousands out here, outside of at&t, are having a great time? grant, you in the van that the kids were jumping on. >> i am. i did go out and regulate, i got them off of the van. i told them that we're not going to have any of that. >> in the original sweater, you jumped up? >> gary. are you seeacy? are you still harping on the original sweaters? >> if you are going to get into dartmouth, that is fine, but to get crazy people off of the van you're over dressed. good luck. >> all right. there are people that might agree with you. i'm not saying i have not gotten comments. but the majority of people like that i support the home team, san francisco giants, oh, by the way, the winner of the w

the broomes are expecting th first child curtis junior early next year. >> wow. couple of miracles. >> wow. >> reporter: they're very excited. >> good story. thank you. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, vo: for years, sacramento politicians have chopped away funds for our schools. today, we're forty-seventh out of fifty in per-pupil funding. now these politicians say unless we send more tax dollars to sacramento, they'll cut education again. here's a new approach. prop thirty-eight sends billions in new education dollars straight to our local schools, and guarantees the politicians can't touch it. thirty-eight will restore the education cuts from sacramento. so remember this number. thirty-eight. they donated tim >>> i'm dana king. here's what we're working on for the 6:00 news. they donated time and money to help save state parks but now those volunteers are demanding their money back since the scandal came to light. tonight, why the state says, no can do. >> and sports to ships to festivals and fairs. san francisco's going to be packed this week. now, the cit

he had his broom. elizabeth matthews shows us the whole incident caught on video. >> that's the car right there. coming around, turns around. i'm not paying attention. just pulls up on the other side of the tree. i look up. see him? >> reporter: in the next 20 seconds tommy will fight off the masked gunman protecting his bar and his wife. >> i just hit hit hand with the broom right there. he takes one shot, another shot. >> reporter: thankfully the shots missed, but just around the corner more shots were being fired. tommy's friend was helping him clean up when he, too, was approached by a masked gunman. his friend took off on foot and that's when the two brazen bandits decided to bolt. tommy and his wife own a pub, the target of the tuesday morning attack. they say this is the first criminal behavior they've seen in the area. >> he told me to get out of the way. i took my broom i had and hit his wrist. >> reporter: he didn't knock the gun out of the man's hands but did crack the broom. these gunmen we

in india a broom is a woman's power. by delivering brooms, we are telling them to clean up their mess. chemical melt down spent 20 tons of gas into their city. they are leading the fight to send justice to their people and the worst fate. mothers carry poisons in their breasts. she accepted the 2004 environmental prize. we are not expendable. we are not flowers offered at the profit and power. we are dancing flames commitmented to darkness and the magic and mystery of life. women have long been slain at the environmental health and justice, from rachel to louis and the family of love canal. to the women of india and around the world fighting to clean up dangerously contaminated community. today more women have more power than ever before, especially more economic power and political power, women can shift the balance of power and change the face of the future. we are the once we have been waiting for as the poet june jordan. if we can bring ourselves to great clarity as to cause and effect. the environment is us, it is o

scoot broom is live in east baltimore. -- scott broom is live in east baltimore. he has more on the investigation as it goes forward. >> reporter: the house behind me was the rock, the home base for an unusually large extended family. and it was the matriarch of that family and four of her grandchildren who died here overnight last night in a fire that broke out at about 2:00 this morning. that matriarch was 55-year-old nancy ruell according to family members. the four grandchildren were ages 4 to 7. they're all gone. the bodies were found huddled together in a single room on the second floor in the back of the house. there was a rescue attempt by firefighters before dawn that was beyond heroic and ended up with two firefighters injured. one of them fell three levels through flames when the second floor collapsed from under him. he landed on top of another firefighter who was down in the basement. boat were rescued by cool -- both were rescued by colleagues and are in stable condition with burns. the cause of the fire here unknown at this time, but it was clearly

scott broom with more. >> reporter: i'm scott broom in montgomery county where police are investigatinghe death of a schizophrenic man who died after being pepper sprayed while being arrested. meanwhile residents of the neighborhood he died are asking questions about the group home he lived in. 39-year-old nathan jones died yesterday after being pepper sprayed by police and going unconscious. today jones' mother says he is not eager to point fingers of blame until an investigation is complete. >> i wish i could have been there at the time, because i think i would have been able to calm him down. >> shocked. >> reporter: residents of this subdivision say it's no place for a group home. >> not when something like this happens. >> reporter: the home and one other in the same block are operated by family services incorporated of montgomery county. among the three residents here, this registered sex offender with a criminal record including charges of assault with a deadly weapon, according to online state court records. in montgomery county, scott broom, 9 news now. >> turns out family serv

the broomes are expecting their first child, curtis, jr., early next year. dr.im mulvihill, cbs 5. >>> costco has yanked smoked almon from store shelves following a salmonella outbreak in unit. tainted smoked salmon linked to a dutch supplier has sickened hundreds in the netherlands. costco is the only u.s. outlet to sell that particular brand of smoked salmon. 85 cases of the same strain have been reported in the u.s. since july but it's unclear how many if anything have been related to fish sold at costco. >>> good evening, meteorologist paul deanno with you. sunset at the golden gate and bay area. live outside a significant weather change is coming up as soon as tonight as we look at the sun setting. we also have to wave good bye to the heat wave. >>> i'm dennis o'donnell at the coliseum. last night the as had a huge champagne celebration. tonight they will have to try and prevent one. we'll have that story coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, i don't spend money on gasoline. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. last time i was at a gas station was

plus, the tigers break out the broom for a celebration. your sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> and after a stormy friday, we're going to see a pretty nice warm weekend for most of us. those details are coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> well, in sports we're going to begin in san francisco with a little thursday night football. in a largely defensive battle, frank gore rushed for 131 yards and alex smith threw a 12 yard touchdown pass to welker for a 13-6 victory over the satisfy atle seahawks. in sole possession of the nfc west. >>> in college football oregon's kenyon ran for a touchdown. they romped over arizona state 43-21. baseball, cardinals adam wayne write threw seven innings of four hit ball and st. louis roughed up tim lincecum for an 8-3 victory that puts them a win away. >>> in detroit two home runs were hit. it was a four run hit inning. it was a four game sweep of the new york yankees. announcer earn any johnson has that call. take a listen. >>> this is going to do it. prince fielder wants it. the tigers are

the first of many i hope, and this is the broom to the city for the giants, the first ever. yes! congratulations on sweeping the world series championship. >> thank you mr. mayor. both the broom and the key will find a sacred place at at&t park because it belongs to the wonderful fans of the san francisco giants, the best fans in the world. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> well, we just saw him but i wanted to give a formal introduction to a guy that has meant so much to this franchise, who grew up in san francisco rooting for the giantses and become a critical part of this giants organization, the giants president laurence baer. [cheers and applause] >> welcome giants fans everywhere. hello to way back. look at this. wow! what do you say we make a habit of getting together like this every late october? what do you think? [cheers and applause] we all saw a lot of familiar faces and heard a lot of familiar voices on the parade route today. there were faces and voices which from february through october energized our players and coaches and manager and enabled them to bring home

fans were showing off their brooms and new world series t- shirts.our crew at at&t park says the party there shows no signs of slowing down. world series exuberance is getting out of hand at 7th and market streets in san francisco. a ktvu photographer took pictures of people jumping on top of a muni bus. we showed you pictures a short time did ago from news chopper 2. there is apparently one terrified person inside the bus trying to make a phone call. a viewer sent us video of a vehicle flipped over. this is the kind of activity that will keep police busy and lead to some arrests. >>> we want to take a look and relive how we got it here with our sports director mark ibaÑez throughout the series the giants really had to t-going for him. >> the x-factor just the chemistry of the team. before the series started i think every expert on every panel you cared to watch or the cable stations had the giants going down in four, five games in the series and they almost had it directly reversed. they had the chemistry over the cash and let's take a look at some

plus, the tigers break out the broom for a celebration. your sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> and after a stormy friday, we're going to see a pretty nice warm weekend for most of us. those details are coming up. you're watching "early today." maryland schools are number one in america because we invest in them. but we can do even more. every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty million dollars at casinos in other states. question 7 keeps that maryland money in maryland through expansion of gaming in maryland. it will mean hundreds of millions of dollars for our schools. as governor, i can promise you, that money will go to education. that's the law and that's what we'll do. vote for question seven. >>> well, in sports we're going to begin in san francisco with a little thursday night football. in a largely defensive battle, frank gore rushed for 131 yards and alex smith threw a 12 yard touchdown pass to welker for a 13-6 victory over the satisfy atle seahawks. in sole possession of the nfc west. >>> in college football ore

scott broom, 9 news now. >>> a former army ranger will spend the next 28 years behind bars for killing a fellow soldier. today gary smith was sentenced for the murder of his roommate michael mcqueen who was found shot to death in 2006 after the two spent the night smoking marijuana, drinking and playing pool. they had served together in afghanistan. >>> sky 9 out over lake meadwood in rockwood today where park users are warned to avoid any contact at all with the water and to keep their pet as way from it as well because of an outbreak of toxic blue green algae. natural research experts say a similar outbreak occurred in 2009 and say the algae problem at the nearby lake frank is there but not nearly so serious as lake meadwood's. >>> we're looking at showers. the cold front is pushing through right now and even a couple thunderstorms. we're tracking those south of town. let's start with a wide view of the doppler radar. you can see the heaviest activity south down into southern fairfax county, but now pushing into charles county. as we go across the river there's light activity into mo

. >> i'm scott broom in montgomery county where police are investigating the death of a man who died after being pepper sprayed while being arrested. meanwhile, residents of the neighborhood where he died are asking questions about the group home he lived in. 39-year-old nathan jonesdied yesterday after being pepper sprayed by police and going unconscious. today, jones' mother said he is not eager to point if fingers of blame until an investigation is complete. >> i wish i could have been there at the time, because i think i could have been able to calm him down. >> meanwhile, residents of this subdivision say it's no place for a group home. >> not when something like this happens. >> home and one other in the same block are operated by family services incorporated of montgomery county. among the three residents here, this registered sex offender with a criminal record including charges of assault with a deadly weapon, according to online state court reports. scott broom, 9news now. >> family services incorporated operates at least a dozen group homes in montgomery county. >>> the fb

scott broom is at pepco headquarters with the latest on what we can expect. >> reporter: a short while ago i spoke with marcus beale, the spokesman at pepco. he told me the utility is going to be holding 550 line workers on stand-by throughout the weekend. >> we evacuated all of our emergency teams. we're already holding calls to basicically plan for holding contractors to work on our system are in place so they're available immediately if we need to do restoration efforts. >> reporter: but at this lowe's in laurel there were plenty of utility customers voting no confidence with their wallets. >> i'm getting a generator for my house. the last storm we had power was off five days. we don't want to do that again. >> reporter: how much you spending on this thing today? >> $800. >> reporter: wow. >> better than losing all the tough in your house. >> i had lost food, had to empty out my refrigerator, just not going to do that this time around. >> reporter: are you ready? >> i guess so, as ready as a person can be. >> reporter: the other big sellers, flashlights and batteries and supplies to

scot broom is live at the stadium with more. hi scott. >> that's correct. couple more games against the phillies when it is off to the playoffs as national league east champions. fans are beside themselves, including a blast from the past. famed senator slugger, excuse me, famed senator slugger, howard. >> i think it's going to be great. >> he is 76 years old, retired in loudoun county. >> of course, always had great baseball fans, in many cases, we didn't have enough of them. like i said, this is america, they love winners. >> frank howard is a legend. the slugger that led the senators in home runs and rbi's in all seven seasons that he played in washington until the team was shipped off to texas in 1971. and now, frank howard gets to witness what he never saw the senators achieve a division championship. >> we did have one good year here where we finish ten games over .500. our pitching staff led the league in e.r.a. like the national staff is doing now. he at that time, at that particular moment, we all had career years that year in '69. at that time, th

scott broom has more from the beach in this live report. hey, scott. >> reporter: that's exactly the case, derek. nobody is pushing the panic button down here. everybody knows that they've got at least a day and a half of really good weather. so the bulk of the weekend is to make preparations. >> taking the boat out getting ready for the storm. >> reporter: in ocean city marina workers are scrambling to secure boats for nervous owners. >> get it out today and head back home, just watch it from the house. >> reporter: the city is staging sandbags, prime ministering for possible street closures and tying down rows of lifeguard chairs. on the boardwalk lots of visitors are aiming to squeeze out a full weekend and bit the storm. >> i'm going to be gone. >> we're staying for the redskins game. >> first we're going to batten down the hatches here. then we'll batten down the hatches home. >> i've got 20 it'ses of keys in my car going -- sets of keys in my car going around to my friends' condos picking up their patio furniture. >> it's a big storm.

in downtown washington, scott broom, 9 news now. >> of course, we'll track sandy the rest of week and over the weekend and next week here on channel 9 and our website. a couple things you can do. you can track it on your ipad. download our weather app. you can track where it goes are even see surface temperatures. that's pre -- goes, even see surface temperatures. that's pretty cool. we'll come back and talk about again the timetable and also some different scenarios as to whether she tracks further south or north, what that means to us. >>> i guess the good news tonight the election is actually the week after next. battleground virginia now heating up in the second to last weekend of campaign 2012. on saturday vice president joe biden and his wife will appear at events in virginia beach and lynchburg. sunday republican nominee mitt romney will be at rallies in haymarket, richmond and virginia beach. today, though, president obama kicked off the push through the old dominion with an appearance in richmond and there he thanked a prominent republican for his endorsement of the democrat'

scott broom explains. >> reporter: the video was made at a town hall meeting in baltimore october 19th featuring a panel with pastor robert anderson on the right who quoted scripture saying homosexuality is worthy of death. he then drew this line to question 6. >> we don't vote against it, then we are approving these things that are worthy of death. >> reporter: sitting next to anderson was derek mccoy, the executive director of the maryland family alliance. other than a nod mccoy had no response, though the moderator of the family alliance town hall called the comments excellent as some applauded. >> anybody who is referring to gay and lesbian couples as being worthy of death in this conversation about question 6 should be disavowed. >> reporter: fulton shakir is the political director of marylanders for maryland equality supporting same sex marriage on the ballot. >> somebody to say something like that about somebody trying to get a marriage license at city hall saying they're worthy of death is very inappropriate. >> reporter: inflamed passions have included this prince george's cou

plus, the tigers break out the broom for a celebration. your sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> coming up, your weekend forecast. it looks pretty damp in the northwest once again. you're watching "early today." >>> well, in sports we're going to begin in san francisco with a little thursday night football. in a largely defensive battle, the 49ers' frank gore rushed for 131 yards and alex smith threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to delaney welker for a 13-6 victory over the seattle seahawks in sole possession of the nfc west. >>> in college football oregon's kenjon barner ran for 143 yards and three touchdowns as the number two ducks romped over arizona state last night 43-21. >>> let's go over to baseball. the cardinals adam wainwright threw seven innings of four-hit ball and st. louis roughed up tim lincecum and the san francisco bullpen for an 8-3 victory that puts them a win away from the world series. >>> and in detroit miguel cabrera and jhonny peralta each hit two home runs, and it was a four-run fourth inning against yankee ace cc

scott broom followed us at the home of brett and rebecca schneider who say they are victims that need help. >> we believe that this water is making its way down by gravity. >> homeowner who now talks like a utility engineer outside and inside she has her upstairs sealed off to keep out airborne mold. >> i taste the mold and we breathe it. >> from her basement, schneider and her husband say it all started with a wssc sewer backup last year forced them to gut the space where a family room and bath used to be. now they claim wsse's $310,000 repair of the neighborhood sewer line this summer has made the situation worse. they believe that ground water that used to get into the old broken sewer during rains can't now that it is fixed and that's caused the pump to work overtime. >> we have a problem that everybody seems to acknowledge, but no one is willing to acknowledge ownership of it. >> we are doing what the e.p.a. asked us to do. >> i.j. points out that storm water runoff is not the utility's responsibility. in fact, the wssc is under a court order to keep rainwater out of its sanitary

. >> security cameras capture a college student being -- >> rolled up, duct taped, hit way broom handle. >> now, find out who's suing whom on this one. >>> talk about awkward elevator encounters. >> this person is like what is wrong with this guy? >> see the prank that doesn't quite pass the smell test. >>> and get some really simple -- >> last-minute costume ideas. >> now -- [ bleep ]. >> ah, i love it. >> yeah, yeah. >>> this is gilbert frate, and gilbert was headed to a 7-eleven to get a monster energy drink and happened to come upon the scene of an accident. a 91-year-old woman had just driven her car into a 7-eleven. as you can see, no police are there, no emergency vehicles are there. one of the employees at the store got trapped by the counter. >> is she trapped in that thing? >> and gilbert immediately tries to help. >> there you go. slide out of there. you okay? here. sit down in the chair. relax. all right. there you go. >> she only suffered minor injuries, and then he goes around to the woman who is still inside the car. >> ma'am -- are you okay? are you hurt? >> no, i don't

. >> i'm scott broom in prince georges county where ten years after the sniper attacks, the archives and the evidence have been handed over to cure tores tures. there sits that 1990 caprice. >> the trunk was the actual location where the sniper curled up in the trunk and used the slot cut out from the back of the trunk to poke the barrel of the bushmaster through to fire the weapon. >> the archive includes the terro card left at a r the shooting in bowie. >> it was written on pink paper. >> and the note found tacked it a tree where john mohommed begins to lay out his demands. one single item stands out for the cure ray cureator. >> this cartridge represents a life that was not taken. >> the evidence is scheduled to go on display in 2015 at a future law enforcement museum at the law enforcement memorial. scott broom, 9news now. >> victims of domestic abuse in montgomery county can now go to the family justice center in rockville to get comprehensive help that may save their lives. armando trull reports, they have a high-tech weapon in their protective arsenal. >> a prosecutor and a ju

at brunswick high school, scott broom, 9 news now. >> and that is our 7:00 report. i'll be back here at 11:00 along with derek mcginty. you want to catch russ' food alert report as well. go nats! i'm anita brikman. >>> "entertainment tonight," the worldwide leader in entertainment news. >>> lindsay lohan with "e.t." after the blowup with her mom. >> it's a long story. >> the claim that dina was on cocaine. why she's mad at her dad. >> i don't have any reason. >> plus, paris, prince and blanket. our new interview with michael jackson's kids. >> maybe a reality show in the works? >> and a tearful bobbi kristina as the stars remember whitney. >> then "cheers'" greatest moment, the top ten "cheers" episodes we love the most. >> totally insane. >> the cast counts them down with "e.t." ♪ kelly, kelly, kelly, kelly >> the laughs, the tears. >> i do. >> the wedding, the proposal. >> will you marry me? >> i thought you were going to kill me.

. >> reporter: i'm scott broom in brunswick, maryland, where a 15-year-old boy has been charged as a juvenile with second degree assault after an alleged attack caught on videotape during a tv interview about bullying. the video shows two kids approach and then 15-year-old preston deener being chased after allegedly being assaulted by one of the boys while standing for an interview with whag television. deener spoke with 9news shortly after the alleged assault. >> then he hit me in the head. >> reporter: the tv attack happened as deener took his complaints about bullying public after being suspended october 3rd from brunswick high school for fighting. everybody picks on him? >> a lot of people. >> they're putting too much attention on preston because he's not the only person getting bullied. >> reporter: deener is getting all kinds of support on facebook. tonight his family and supporters will host him at an alternative homecoming dance. at brunswick high school, scott broom, 9 news now. >>> tonight the nation's largest muslim civil liberties group is answering back with a message af

scott broom is keeping an eye on the floods there, scotty? >> reporter: well, the headline in frederick county tonight is that the flood warning has just expired on the monocacy river. i'm on the banks of the potomac loudoun county on the other side here here in brunswick maryland, you can't even see the river back there. but the potomac, the upper potomac it too is dropping. take a look at some of the pictures these are from point of rocks, maryland. where the river crested earlier today. at 18.1 feet. that's 2 feet above flood stage. but as i said it's dropping elsewhere in the county the monocacy river still made for some rather spectacular snapshots. but since those pictures were taken the river has dropped substantially. the warning there expired. meanwhile, here in the town of brunswick, yeah they dodged a bullet on flooding but they just got walloped and i mean walloped with wind damage here. at one point during the storm the whole town was cutoff and lots of trees down. the elementary school was closed today. they're hoping to reopen

tonight it was jump the broom for marriages. the group opposes marriage its for same sex couples and carried signs at the intersection of charles street and north avenue. several polls have shown a growing support for the measure. something jump the broom leaders say they have trouble believing. >> we do not believe that with in a month it has swayed 10%. so, we are definitely saying we don't agree with that, we are say that we believe marylanders will come out and vote against question 6. >> marylanders for marriage equality said several polls show that a majority of marylander support marriage for same sex couples. they say there is also support from the president. >>> abc2 working for you helping you understand the issues you need to vote on next month. there are a lot of ballot questions including question 6. there is also a question 4, it would let illegal immigrants to get the in-state college tuition discount. then question 7, table games and gaming expansion. we have a special story on the website explaning it. it is the

reporting live outside the stadium, scott broom, 9 news now.erek, back to you inside. >> thank you so much, scott. as you can see already here, the stadium itself is celebrating the nationals as n.l. east division champions. as you mentioned, i, too, went to a senator's game back when i was 10 or 11 years old. i h have never in my life experienced anything like i saw here tonight. just so you know, you couldn't see it this evening won't we went live, it had ended. but the fans, the fans, perhaps a thousand or two stayed in the stands just to celebrate and cheer, just to have the players shoot some champagne and beer on them and they were literally laughing it up. they were so very excited. we move on to the playoffs. who knows what's next. whatever happens, we know this has been an amazing year for the nationals and the fans have loved it. just so you know, scott, teddy lost again tonight. but it was only by that much. anita, back to you. >> all right, derek mcginty, everybody out there, thank you so much. >>> well, the first debate between pre

scott broom is live in montgomery county with more. scott. >> well, first let's do the investigation police are conducting after this tragic death from pepper spray, apparently. the victim was 39-year-old nathan jones who was suffering from skitsofrania since his teenage years. 39-year-old nathan jones died yesterday after being pepper sprayed by police and going unconscious. police were at this home in clarksville at 4:45 in the afternoon monday because joan was allegedly threatening his two house mates with weapons. police said jones was violent and resisted arrest. the cause of his death is under investigation. >> i think of all the years, the 21 years, this is the worst i've ever seen him. >> today, jones' mother said he suffers from skitsofrania. >> i wish i could have been there at the time because i would have been able to calm him down. >> i'm shocked. >> meanwhile, residents of this subdivision where some homes run over a half a million dollars say it's no place for a group home. >> not when something like this happens. >> hom

scott broom brings us up to date in upper marlboro. >> reporter: the videotape in this case is the key evidence and the jury saw it within two minutes of the start of the trial. university of maryland student john mckenna slammed against a concrete wall on knox road in college park by riot police. then beatenned with batons. testifying in court today, he doesn't remember the incident. the prosecutor today called all this an abuse of power and a violation of trust, but lawyers for the police officers said mckenna was targeted under a zero tolerance order that night against anyone leading what they called a riot. >> he wasn't leading it whatsoever. >> reporter: outside court a witness nathan cole said he took his own cell phone video of the incident and remained stunned more than two years later. >> i loz lost days of sleep over it. it really bothered me. >> reporter: he said mckenna was fist pumping and skipping on the sidewalk in a goofy display of celebration. and on a cell phone video he took, jurors heard mckenna singing of all things the notre dame fight song. >> even though they t

scoot broom, 9 -- scott broom, 9 news now. >>> just one day after rg3 just ran crazy all over the minnesota vikings everybody still talking about his three touchdown performance in front of the home fans at rfk stadium or should i say fedex field. forgive me. kristen berset is here with what mike shanahan had to say about his rookie quarterback. i'm sure he was downplaying it at all. >> if rg3 felt any ill effects from his concussion, he didn't show any signs yesterday. in fact, rg3 gave one of the most electrifying performances this area has seen on the gridiron in a very long time. not one, not two but three touchdowns for rg3 including this 76-yarder that sealed the deal for the skins. now it's not too often you see a quarterback outrun all the defenders. look at them looking back there. you are not catching him. the vikings held running back alfred morris to under 100 yards, but they had problems containing rg3. in all 13 carries, 138 yards for the quarterback. mike shanahan says the skills of his rookie will constantly give them the edge. >> people have to account for a quarterback whe

reporting live in clarkbsurg, scott broom, 9 news now. >> a complex issue, scott. thank you. >>> a deadly accident today at a parking garage under construction at a miami community college. one worker was killed, two others trapped in debris. one of them was rescued and searchers are still trying to get to the other. this is at miami-dade college and one eyewitness says the garage fell like a house of cards. there were no students in the area at the time. investigators are now trying to sort out the cause of the collapse. >>> five firefighters believed to be injured in a terrible fire in the los angeles area are going to be fine. flames came shooting from the roof of a being next to the hollywood freeway late last night. about 125 firefighters worked l two hours to put out those -- worked almost two hours to put out those flames. the fire started in some grass outside the building and the flames moved quickly inside through the windows. the cause is under investigation. >>> police in nassau county long island confirmed they were called to lindsay lohan's family hom

scott broom is live in northwest d.c. with more on how you and your local utilities are preparing for a possible super storm. >> but we start with meteorologist topper shutt. why are people calling this looming weather event a frankenstorm? >> well, a, i do not like that term, but they're using it because it has the potential to be a very intense storm. a couple things to point out with the satellite picture. hurricane sandy category 2 , maximum winds 105 miles per hour. this is the center of the storm now making the bahamas, but notice all -- raking the bahamas, but notice all the moisture it's still stirring up. that's pretty impressive. now you can see the big time

. >> you know scott broom has been in his car. he's been traveling all over. earlier today he was down in ocean city. let's find out where he is now. scott, where are you? >> reporter: well, i'm at the inlet at ocean city. talking to you on my live view camera out the dash board cam of our mobile newsroom. our communication has been choppy today. i will show you around the inlet parking lot down here today. all of downtown ocean city from seventh street on down is closed to the the public because of the amazing apartment of flooding and over washing they had. there is a lot of debris around. and city officials want to get it cleaned up before people are driving around and popping tires. it's only public safety initials and folks that informing the public down here. let's go for a drive. i want to show you around this parking lot because frankly if you are used to being around here, it's amazing. we are going to hop in the mobile newsroom here. get the seat belt on. where we are driving now is normally a parking lot if you are familiar with the inlet parking lo

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scott broom reporting from my mobile newsroom vehicle. looks like i've lost my ear so i can't hear you. wait a minute. going to rig it back up and see if i can hear you. >> can you hear me now? >> reporter: yeah. i'm sorry. yeah, i've got you. one other thing. this is called tv news survival. you may notice a lot of reporters walking around with microphones wrapped in the basics. zip lock bag. we're already getting wet and we certainly want to keep our gear as dry as possible through this. this is one of my little survivor -- tv news survivor skills which is wrapping everything and anything that's electronic in a zip lock bag. >> all you budding journalists out there, pay attention to what scott is doing. he's doing it the right way. thank you. >>> a quick note for all of you folks out there who are wondering where some of your favorite shows are. >> like the young and the restless, bold and beautiful and the talk is going to be on our digital 9.2 channel. >> if you're wondering where our digital 9.2 channel is, that's a good question. ju

ad brunswick high school scott broom, 9 news now -- at brunswick high school, scott broom, 9 news now. >>> an update on the 4-year-old who fell out a ninth floor window in silver spring. that young boy is in critical condition at children's national medical center. the child plunged 80 feet from the apartment building on pipy branch road yesterday afternoon. detect -- piney branch road yesterday afternoon. detectives are investigating how this accident happened. >>> a d.c. judge ordered two suspec held without bail in that brutal capitol hill beating and armed robbery of a young father. he said he could find no circumstances under which it would be safe to release the defendants back into the community pending trial. bruce leshan reports the victim's shaken wife was watching in the courtroom. >> reporter: abbey maslin said she wanted to come here and stare down the men who nearly killed her husband, the men who nearly took him from his 2-year- old son jack, the men who left him unable to walk or to feed himself or even to speak her name. >> i want to look them in the eye and i want th

reporting live in north east baltimore, scott broom, 9 news now. >> there are no words, scott. thanks. >>> the worst fears of the parents of a missing 10-year- old colorado girl may have indeed been realized. police are trying to confirm whether a body found near an abandoned mine shack close to where jessica ridgeway went missing is indeed of that the missing girl. the 5th grader was kidnapped on her way to school last friday morning. up till now police said the only real clues they have are the discovery of her backpack and a water bottle. >>> there is more sad news from the scene of a deadly parking garage collapse in miami. a worker rescued after being stuck 13 hours in the concrete rubble at miami-dade community college has died. now that takes the toll to three. another worker is still missing, but investigators do not expect to find him alive. >>> and the work continues to find the cause of the fire at an ohio industrial plant that sent thick black smoke and flames shooting into the air. the fire broke out at hardy industrial technologies in paynesville township this mor

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