. >> diane roberts has the product? >>> i black is a well-known, well worn staple of athletes everywhere, professionals and student athletes and week end wear years. it is the stuff you see under athletes eyes to keep off the glare. they do something nobody else does. they have a patent to put logo, advertising on the black patches. >> i think it was the st. louis cardinals baseball and i was looking at the patch and i said wow, that is pretty cool, what would be the value of that be if you can put the nike swoosh on it. >> from pete's mouth to under your eye and those are some of your favorite players. the redskins robert griffin the third. >> i wear the eye black strips on my eyes whether it is the nighttime game. i don't know if there are any affects because i don't play without them. >> several of his nfl colleagues have official relationships with the company most famously brian urlacher with the chicago bears. you can get your own with any logo, design or saying that you want. just about any. >> we have a lot of j

i'm diane roberts. >> the you, too tennis program has two sessions every sunday between 4:00 and 6:00. jason has been nominated and made the initial cut for washingtonian of the year. that is great. >>> tell you what else is great. how about this jersey. time now for the wusa9 game on jersey give-away from now until the end of the football season, giving away the jerseys to our facebook fans. log onto our facebook page. tell us why you deserve the jersey and you'll be able to enter to win. the winner is randomly selected and announced on game on saturday at 7:00 this week. we're giving away the cooley jersey. there you go. got to have it. >> i'm a little upset because i messed up my hair getting this thing on. >>> coming up on 9 news now at 6:00. >> reporter: people in huntington are worried the coming storm will send floodwaters from cameron run into their homes once again. i'm peggy fox. i'll have the story coming up. >> reporter: plus the new business called rivar when we come back, ladies. >>> a hair salon that specializes in the blowout, blow drying and styling your hair, that's

diane roberts has more on who make it is and how it's gone far beyond your basic black. >> reporter: eye black is a well known, well worn staple of athletes everywhere. professionals, student athletes and weekend warriors. it's that stuff you see under athletes' eyes to keep out the glare. what you may not know is there's a company by that name based in rockville, maryland. they do somebody nobody else does. they have a patent to put logos, mascots or advertising on those black peel and stick patches. it's the brainchild of pete beverage. >> i was looking at the st. louis cardinals baseball. i was looking at the eye black patch going wow, that's pretty cool. but what would the value of that be if you could put nike on it or putting logos on it? >> reporter: from pete's mouth to under your eye and those of some of your favorite players like the redskins robert griffin iii. >> i wear the strips whether it's a nighttime or day game. i never play without them. >> reporter: rg3 is a believer in the little black patch. several of his n.f.l. colleagues actually have official relationships w

diane roberts is here. >> hi, bruce. the redskins don't really have a home field advantage.ington had lost eight straight at home, but the buzz, robert griffin iii has kept everyone excited. today washington's favorite son gave everybody a scare, and he scrambled for yards and gets drilled. griffin doesn't move at first. he ends up walking off the field of his own accord but he was diagnosed with a concussion. >> he wasn't sure what quarter it was in the third quarter. so at that time when he wasn't really sure what the score was, what quarter it was, we knew he had a mild concussion, at least according to the doctors. feels good right now. a lot better right now. but that was the situation, why he didn't go back into the game. >> and, of course, everyone wants to know how is he doing, is he going to get back in the game. and right now we don't know. he says he wants to get back in the game. he has a headache, but right now he is not going to play for the foreseeable future. >> so, diane, let me get this question in. rgiii is tweeting tonight that he wants to play, thinks he

. >> that was diane roberts reporting.he chair you saw oj sitting in is specially designed with a computer and camera to watch his eye blanks. those are translated into words. oj hopes to raise $5700 for als research to match his jersey number 57. you can donate at brigancebra gait.org. what -- brigancebah grade.org. an amazing story. >>> monikagood morning. i'm andrea roane. >>> i'm jessica doyle. monika samtani will have your traffic but howard bernstein with weather first. >>> we have temperatures in the 30s. maybe a pair of gloves but a nice afternoon. we may even get towards 70 with enough sunshin

for nine sports i'm diane roberts. >> three ivy leaguers. we should know. those are the three. his favorite place is columbia. we should know that dire happens to be the son of colene lions who happens to be the mother of dire. last week two lucky winners became the proud owners of a new pair of rgiii jerseys. all you have to do is like our page and tell us why you deserve one of these things right here. we'll announce the winner saturday night on game on at 7:00 p.m. right here on wusa9. >>> still ahead tonight, metro alters bus routes all the time but the reason behind one suggested change, that may surprise you. >> on the campus of george mason university where the president has made his 16th strip to virginia this year. details coming up. >> but first, three of our colleagues know the trials of dealing with diabetes all too well, their personal stories and how they plan to help find a cure that's next. >>> another health alert, this is about the disease that's about to face half the u.s. population in the next year. nearly 28 million americans already live with diabetes. th

for 9 sports, i'm diane roberts. >> reporter: thanks diane. i'm curious to see what they will be tonight. several of the placers their family live in the northeast and were affected by sandy. plus the storm is causing scheduling issues for mls playoffs, i'll have updates coming up in about 30 minutes. lesli? >>> still ahead tonight some dramatic video of people being rescued in the aftermath of sandy. >> but first a health alert before you get all dressed up in your halloween's scare west when we come back -- scariest when we come back. >>> so is your's tom ready for tonight? -- your costume ready for tonight? we have a halloween warning from the fda about the decorative or fashion contact lenses, they look cool and creepy but they're actually illegal if purchased outside of a doctor's office. the reason the fda says the contacts can be dangerous. because of the way they fit. some of the risks include conjunctionitis or pink eye. you can scratch the corn that, the covering -- cornea, the covering of the eye incredibly painful. the bacteria rap

. >> diane robert looks back at the devastating defeats and tries to help fans a little bit through the pain. >> reporter: have you ever been kicked in the stomach again and again and again? >> it hurts. >> kind of sucks. >> reporter: of course you have. you're a d.c. sports fan. >> i think some of that stuff builds scars and it builds fandom. >> reporter: in a span of nine days you saw the best team in baseball choke away what potentially could have turned into a world series title. >> in the time that i've been in washington that's the worst loss psychologically and emotionally i've ever been part of. >> reporter: you saw the maryland terrapins lose their third quarterback of the season and miss a last second field goal in what could have been a pivotal homecoming win in the acc. >> he takes the team almost into the end zone and sets up the game winning field goal. you can't make that stuff up. i mean that's great drama. unfortunately the story didn't end up the way that folks wanted it to. >> reporter: and just when you thought rg3 and his redskins were on the verge of first place in

senior adviser ed gillespie and obama campaign senior adviser robert gibbs and also bill o'reilly and george will co-anchor along with diane sawyer our coverage of the vice presidential debate this thursday night moderated by abc's award-winning correspondent martha raddatz starting at 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific. >> looking forward to see martha moderate that debate. for now the other top headlines. for that we go to ron. >> we'll begin with new concerns coming out of syria about the civil war in that country. "the new york times" is reporting that saudi arabia and qatar are sending money and small arms to rebels but are refusing to provide heavier weapons because of objections by the united states. the government is worried that weapons like shoulder-fired missiles could end up in the hands of terrorists and meanwhile, syrian president bashar assad made a rare appearance, first time since march. >>> two more u.s. service members have been killed in action in afghanistan. they were killed by insurgents in the eastern part of that country bringing the death toll this year to at least 257 americans. >>> and a navy s.e.a.l. w

robert, thank you so much. >>> the fiscal cliff is still too much off but the tax hikes and spending cuts already hampering our economy. diane heis here. >> the fiscal cliff may not have hit left but it is already hampering growth in the u.s. economy wiping out nearly 1 million jobs so far this year. the report goes on to forecast if congress fails to avert the cliff 6 million jobs will be lost before 2014 sending the unemployment rate up to 12 percent. part of the problem is the anticipation of the cliff. we are looking at 100 billion automatic cuts to the military and federal agencies and 400 million in tax hikes. it is the largest spurt of deficit reduction in more than 40 years. it is also likely to push the fragile economy into a significant but brief recession. many experts predict the repercussions would be much worse than that. companies are bracing for the expected fallout laying off workers and postponing major purchases. the democrats in government have no consensus on how to deal with it. with business on capitol hill pretty much on hold until the election i wouldn't expect one any time soon. sorry to be doom and