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it's the annual dupont circle drag race. drag race. really. tonight and has some entertaining details. >> he's going to win. >> reporter: the race goes for three blocks right in the middle of dupont circle. >> don't get crazy. >> reporter: from s street to p. the race is straight, far like the runners. >> it's all about letting your hair down. it's all about tradition. >> reporter: it is, of course, the one and only dc drag queen race. arguably the most fabulous two minutes in sports. >> i'm not optimistic but i'm going to try for it anyway. >> reporter: a colorful celebration of divery held annually on the tuesday before halloween. >> it can't be flats. it has to be a heel. >> reporter: an event that never fails to entertain and clearly didn't fail this year. when the race started 25 years ago, it consisted of five drag queens and nobody was watching. this year, as you can see, tens of thousands of people came out to watch about a dozen drag queens compete for the coveted trophy. when the extravagant pre-race festivities ended just before 9:0

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it was a different story for dow component dupont. the chemical giant soundly beat estimates with profits of 69 cents per share. thanks to solid demand, dupont has raised prices on many of its products, including a key ingredient used to make paint. so far this month, its shares are up nearly 17%. turning now to a trio of steel makers getting hammered in today's trading. the metals companies are becoming less optimistic about future business. a.k. steel shares fell nearly 14%. that's after the company postponed its fourth quarter outlook. u.s. steel fell about 10%. the company said it will post a loss in q4. and, the nation's largest steel maker, nucor, fell 3%. its c.e.o. blames china's unfair trade policies, in part, for the steel industry's troubles. a quick update on former wall street darling netflix. the shares plunged 35% today. as we reported last night, the company said it lost nearly a million subscribers in the third quarter. netflix says more defections are likely as customers continue to protest recent price increases. it

construction and farm equipment maker caterpiller and chemical maker dupont were up at least 3% each. dupont rallied after failing to get the okay to take a majority stake in a south african seed company. energy giant chevron added almost 3%. transportation stocks were moving up thanks to trucking firm j.b. hunt. this almost 9% increase came after j.b. turned in strong quarterly results with revenue increases across its businesses. tonight the stock is at its highest price since august. one input cost for the transportation industry may be heading higher. oil prices have been staging a bit of a rally as stock prices have been moving higher. more confidence that europe's problems can be addressed, coupled with today's much stronger than expected retail sales in the u.s. helped push oil up to its highest price in three weeks. crude is back into the upper '80s, closing at $86.80 per barrel. another factor that may be pushing up oil is the falling dollar. here is the dollar index. the u.s. currency against a basket of six others. the dollar has fallen sharply this month as the euro especi

thousands flooded into dupont sickle for the annual high high pressure heeled race.and s street. it features guys running in heels at least two inches long. >> usually around this time, everyone will start getting towards 17th street and strutting up and down, giving people picture opportunities and things like that. e that. >> a couple drag queens decided they would start something about having a drink at one bar, racing down to jr's, having another drink there and racing back to dupont italian kitchen. it then turned into what you see today. today. >> it's just good fun. i think it is one time a year everybody does not mind being silly and a big kid. they love to play dress-up. i think a lot of people, this is the one day a year they can play dress-up and not feel embarrassed and just be themselves. lves. it is a great fun event that people can come out and laugh

the high heeled drag race is tonight at 9:00 at dupont circle. crowds gather much earlier down 17th street to see the runners promenade up and down the strip. these regular racers mean business in their six-inch stilettos. it's gone on for 26 years. only in america. >> you're going to need more than just high heeled pumps for that race for sure. >> i'm going to need? >> if you're going to go out there, you know. >> i'm going to need a car to carry me if i do that. our time right now 6:21. time for weather and traffic on the ones. here's tom. >>> good weather for the event tonight. right now it's chilly. we are down into the low to mid-40s through most of the region. bee do have patchy fog as reduced visibility is a half mile in some locations. it's not really dense fog yet. however, it could get dense over the next hour or so. it's only near 40 in parts of prince william county to culpeper and fauquier. much of montgomery and prince george's, arlington, fairfax, in the mid-40s. we've had these overnight showers quickly exiting. being replaced by

redline trains will be single between union station and dupont circle. one more note for you. they are launching a new service for providers today. they will transfer between the on the red line west station on the blue without paying an additional fare. they will walk one box to the other. 42 degrees. >> we're hearing more amazing stories of survival. >> do not be surprised if rick missing from a future debate. but his aid ♪ [ gasp ] [ mom ] my husband -- he thinks it's a 3-sheeter. i say 1-sheeter. bounty can clean the mess with less. [ female announcer ] in this lab demo, 1 sheet of bounty leaves this surface as clean as 2 sheets of the bargain brand. ♪ dance cooking? bring it. super durable. super absorbent. super clean. bounty the 1-sheet clean picker-upper. and try botyty napkins. back carried turning campaign.2 president obama took some of his dinner.ut to they dined in arlington last night. people that from in a context. each of them donated at least $5 to the obama campaign. associated press reports donors andf strongholds are holding off this time. mitt romney is get

all proceeds will go to charity. >>> and the high heel drag race takes place at 9:00 in dupont circlebut the clouds will gather earlier to see the ladies strut their stuff down the strip. it's an october tradition and has been for 26 years now. we had our own high heel race right here at nbc 4, and we will show you the results later in the newscast. >>> coming up in the next half hour of "news4 midday," police are asking for the help of the public [ male announcer ] does your cable company keep charging you more... and more... and more? stop paying so much for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for our best price -- just $89.99 a month guaranteed for two years with no annual contract required. go to verizon.com/greatprice and save $600 in your first two years with our best price online. fios is a 100% fiber-optic network that delivers superior picture quality, more hd, plus america's fastest, most consistent and most reliable internet. why keep paying so much for cable? get fios tv, internet and phone for our best price online -- $89.99 a month with a

there are plenty of black berry users on dupont circle. >> i'm good with e-mail. i'm not good when i want to surf the net. >> it's tough. everyone is in the situation. >> it's a work e-mail. >> are they okay with it? >> you have to be in your office more than you are used to. >> this is how i facebook all day. >> i facebook on the phone and haven't been able to get through all day. >> don't mess with facebook. a lot of blackberry users use it for work and the bbm service. it's like sending a text message, but it's free. apple had a similar software and friday, they are coming out with a new version of the iphone. plenty of user who is use blackberry say with the latest problem, it might be time to switch. we are live in dupont circle. >> thanks, john. >>> a surprise decision by defense the conrad murray trial. lawyers are changing their tune about how they think michael jackson got a lethal dose of prescription drugs. >>> people stuck on a train platform, we are asking how the situations can be prevented. >> reporter: a car from d.c. a crime in fairfax county. an

police want to know who robbed and beat a man in dupont circle. the victim took a cab from the 930 club. that is when someone attacked the man and hit a woman on the head. there is no word on the severity of the injury. >>> police in montgomery county are searching for a man who attacked a woman inside her home. police released this composite picture. he entered the home and through a 56-year-old dictum on to the -- system onto the floor. she managed to fight off a man and escape. >>> police are making a rare move, offering refunds father in -- following a speed camera mistake. they fixed a glitch in bowie maryland, on high bridge road. jummy olabanji has more. >> this camera has only been up for a couple of weeks, but drivers say is doing a good job. >> it helps to control traffic a little better. >> prince george's county police found out they were doing too much. the camera caught 18 drivers and september 26, but the camera is only supposed to site drivers monday through friday, and one of the violators told police about the mixup and how bad d

durante el fin de semana se produjeron varios robos y asaltos en la zona de logan circle y dupont circle... algunos de los ladrones estarian armados... hoy nuestra companera de labores claudia uceda sufrio el robo de sus pertenencias mientras hacia entrevistas justamente sobre esta ola delincuencial... el gobernador de virginia, bob mcdonnnell se quejo hoy porque las autoridades federales aun no habrian autorizado el entrenamiento de los policias estatales para combatir la inmigracion ilegal... el popular gobernador republicano dijo que es desalentador el tiempo que estan tomando las autoridades federales para responder a sus pedidos para que los policias cumplan labores similares a la de los agentes federales de ice... las organizaciones que defienden a los inmigrantes estan criticando las intenciones del gobernador.... mientras tanto en capitolio la bancada democrata esta impulsando una nueva iniciativa para legalizar a las personas sin documentos en un intento de contrarrestar las iniciativas de los republicanos, que quieren extender el programa de verificacion para obtener un trabajo

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single-tracking on the red line between dupont circle and union station. and on the orange lines between cheverly and -- >>> first netflix, now more rental costs going up. 7 is on your side with details. and a high-tech makeover for lady liberty, making her mark on line. and in great britain, big news for william and kate's future children. and adam caskey will be back as we press the >>> today the statue of liberty is getting a high-tech makeover just in time for her 121st birthday. the park service has installed webcams that will show the harbor and the new york city skyline. 125 immigrants will take the oath of u.s. citizenship on liberty island. >>> keeping an eye on the weather close to home. >> this does not happen often in late october. snowfall. i'd think we will see a few wet snowflakes locally tomorrow afternoon and evening. the grassy services will have a frosting around the beltway. higher accumulations north and west of the metro. we have beautiful sunshine right now. road temperatures in the 50's and 60's right now. that helps in terms of det

. >> dupont street. [applause] president newlin: you got it. >> good evening. i am a retired administrator from the school district and from city college, where i taught for 25 years. i am also a senior. i also saw the shows. i want to share with you. i was dancing along with the actors and actresses on the stage, because it was so much fun. when tim invited me to go see "assisted living," i did not want to go. but when i went there, it was good. the music was entertaining, and the theme was very pleasant. i hope some of you, all of you, will go see the show. we need that in chinatown, this kind of entertainment. the most important thing is i found out that not only is the show we saw a chinese american. we saw a different ethnicities of people that have loved the diversity. we see young people dancing, old people dancing. if you saw me there that day, i was dancing. i was actually standing up there the whole time. do not think senior citizens can hardly walk. i danced hours. i am advocating for seniors to dance and enjoy life. president newlin: thank you very

. >>> of you men got into the spirit of this early for special events in dupont circle last night. race. more than 100 men ran down 17th street to the finish line. even a parade was held before the race. >> that's always fun. >>> our next facebook prize we have reached 50,000 fans on facebook. to celebrate, we're giving away another ipads to. go to our facebook page and sign up for your chance to win. we will announce a winner if on friday on abc 7 news at noon 5:00. >>> 53 degrees. >> still ahead, we are following a bizarre story in san francisco. more on the search for peace who

folks in the gay community dumped their beer out in the streets of dupont circle. >> can you say now gosh, back when "the blade" was founded you couldn't park your car in dupont park for too long because police would arrest you and now couples are married. >> that's a big change. >> you even have pictures of the first d.c. gay pride event. become such a big event. let's see some of the pictures from the earlier ones, if we can. actually we don't have those pictures and those are very significant. >> go to washingtonblade.com, and, yeah, we go back to the all the pride prides in the early '70s, pretty modest compared to today's very large-scale, quarter million people come out for the pride now, but back then they were very small and very few people were comfortable being seen in public. >> when was the first one? >> '73. >> 1973, and how many people showed up? you probably weren't there. >> i wasn't there. a couple hundred. >> yeah. >> just a couple hundred. >> yeah. >> now how many? >> now 250,000 roughly. >> 250,000, incredible. that's amazing, and it's one of our biggest annual ev

. >> this roaming street party is going to last until 1:00 in the morning in dupont.know you're dying to know, how am i dressed up, i'm dressed up as a very cold reporter tonight. back to you. >> you can switch into the lady who's going home to warm newspaper her own house now, darcie. >> yes. >> thanks a lot. >> some area kids took a trip out in the snow today too to do a little trick or treating at the white house. each guest was greeted by president and mrs. obama and given special white house m&ms. the first family has held the halloween party every year since moving into the white house. >> the kids had to put on the slickers and big coats and the whole nine yards. >> it's probably one of the coldest halloweens we've had in a very, very long time. >> we've seen some nice warm halloweens. a cold one, halloween on monday. a lot of people got out and about. the snow, it came across the area, a little earlier, and we did pretty well with our snowfall predictions, in most areas. some locations in the west picked upwards of 6 to 12 inches. flurries and snow showers tha

hat with the fbi logo robbed the wells fargo bank in september and tried to rob another branch near dupont circumstance alweek later. he is armed and dangerous. >>> full education funding tonight is back for active duty u.s. marines. that decision just comes days after local marines complained about the cuts to news4. john schriffen has the report about a major update to a story you saw here first. >> reporter: according to the department of defense enlisted members of the military are given $4500 a year to take classes while they are in active duty. but on october 1st that funding was cut by 80%. from the time our story first aired about this change it took less than a week for the u.s. marine corps to retreat. >> they ugt it would take more time. >> reporter: this marine who asked us to conceal his identity is thrilled to lunch that the tuition assistance program is back. he spoke out to news4 on friday an ray ri that the u.s. marine corps redoosed the $4500 down to $875, the only branch of the military to do the reduction. >> allows the marines to take one class a year. >> we feel we ar

that was one of five robberies in the u street, logan and dupont circle areas yesterday. all but one happened in the afternoon. people we talked to tonight said they were unaware of the crimes. >> i think it's a great area to live and wuking down u street are safe. people just try to stay off the side streets. >> my parents would be upset if they knew i was walking by myself right now. >> reporter: based on information provided by d.c. police it appears that there may be at least two different groups involved in these robberies. one group two suspects may have a gun. the second group, a bit younger, they may be on bicycles. back to you. >> thank you, jackie. >>> news4 was on the scene of a fire at a d.c. apartment building. and two were rushed to the hospital. the flames broke out in a kitchen on 3rd street southeast. >>> changes in the weather too. nice today but raining out there now. doug what's up? >> rain came through an hour ago and some areas between 7:00 and 9:00 but the rain is about out of here. look over the last six hours how the band of showers moved through.

police are seeking the surveillance tapes from a dupont restaurant and hoping to find clues into a brutal attack with a crow bar. daniel, the man there, his jaw was shattered after the attack. the family says they finally got a face-to-face visit from detectives nearly a week after the crime. >> i felt we were left hanging and that this was just not a priority. and then here he is damaged maybe the rest of his life and nobody -- i guess i thought to them this is run of the mill. >> a police spokesperson says detectives were always on the case saying detectives are continuing their investigation on this case to include obtaining and reviewing any video. >>> suspended from your job for just praying? that's what happened to 32 hertz shuttle drivers in washington state. now the company insists that praying is not the issue, clocking out before you go to pray is. hertz says the workers aren't doing it and that violates the collective bargaining agreement. about 70% of those drivers are muss hims and observant muslims can pray five times a day. what do you think? americans tend to be pretty tou

verizon, dupont. many of these companies. ibm. they have frozen the plan. there are not crying for anyone anymore. they reached the point where the markets went down and there wasn't enough surplus assets anymore to protect the plan. did become underfunded. this was not an accident. it wasn't something that had to happen. the plan said big surpluses another underfunded. companies continued to lobby for the ability to take more money out of the plans for these various purposes, usually explaining that it's good for retirement security, that they have this, you know, flexibility. but it continues to have an affect on retirees and employees. continue to protect their ability to take these assets out companies have been very aggressive in the court system with finding ways to fight retirees the title fight back. you've seen many cases that end up in the court, both over pension cuts which have been challenged by many retirees. retiree health care cuts. companies that have been extraordinarily aggressive with techniques such as suing retirees, especially if thei

. >>> dc police now say a man who died after a fight just outside of a dupont mcdonald's may have been the one that started the trouble. he died after four days in a coma. police say the afghanistan war vet was disturbing customers last week at the mcdonald's on m street late night. he had been out drinking. >> no one is characterized it as looking to pick a fight. he was just being irritating. the initial push came from either -- we believe it was mr. casey. it may have been someone that was with him. >> police say someone from another group pushed or punched back. casey fell, hit his head and suffered a severe brain injury. no one has been arrested and police say at that point it looks like the only charge would be simple assault. >>> you know the saying, you can't go home again. it is really true for one man. steven armstrong. he is going to be spending the next year in jail for committing a hate crime. after that, when he gets out, he is not allowed to go back to his house. >> i went through a lot of stress. >> i prayed for my life. it bothered me and all of them, my neighbors. >>

a lot of pensions now are frozen, like verizon, dupont, many of these companies, ibm. they have frozen the plants. so they are not going for anyone anymore. they have sort of reached a point where once the markets went down, there wasn't enough surplus, not enough asset anymore to protect the plan so they become underfunded. so this was not an accident. it wasn't something that had to happen. the planes have big surpluses, now they are underfunded. and companies continue to lobby for the ability to take more money out of the plans for these various purposes. usually explain that it is good for retirement security, that they have this flexibility, but it continues to have an effect on retirees and employees. to continue to protect their inability to take these assets out, companies have been very aggressive in the court system with finding ways to fight the retirees but try to fight back. so you've seen many cases end up in the court, both over pension cuts which have been challenged by many retirees, and retiree health care cuts. companies have been extraordinarily agg

. >>> the folks have a good time in dupont circle. >>> look at the national map. we have showers. we've got rain. we've got thunderstorms. we have snow. how will that impact our ♪ ♪ [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innovation, every solution, comes together for a single purpose -- to make the world a safer place. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. >>> a dead body was found on top of a tractor trailer on i-95 today in virginia. someone spotted that body at 3:00 and called the state police. the troopers pulled the truck over. investigators have not released the person's identity nor have they said how he died on got on the truck. >>> a mold problem has forced students out of dorms and on to a cruise ship. these are photos from the ship that will be stationed along the st. mary's river. the president says is it a compromise between keeping the students healthy and give them a better option than the hotels. >> a lot of people think it is inconvenient. the shuttle is an hour back and forth. >> a roommate had to go t

that robbery followed a number of robberies from over the weekend in the "u" street logan circle, dupont circle area. police say the victim was approached by two suspects and threatened and the suspects got away on bicycles. still, many living in the area say they have not heard of these robberies. >> i think it's a really great area to live, and walking down "u" street is really safe. i think people try to stay off the side streets when they're by themselves. >> my parents would be horribly upset if they knew i was walking by myself right now. so, no, i try not to. >> police say one group is believed to be two armed suspects with a gun. the second is believed to be a younger group on bicycles. >>> today in prince william county, a food pantry had to close because it ran out of groceries will reopen at 1:00 p.m. today. the acs food bank serves 40,000 a year. they ran out of resources, but in just one week, acs received $50,000 in donations. that's according to "the washington post." >>> now to decision 2012. this morning republican presidential candidate rick perry is unveiling his econo

exxonmobil and dupont all missed expectations. netflix beat expectations, but it is losingsubscribers. amazon fell sort but it is investing capital in long-term projects. ibm has a new woman in charge. virginia rometti named ceo and president this week. there are now 16 women ceos of fortune 500 companies, the most ever >>> it has been an incredibly event ful week to europe's bailout plan to the gdp. where it might head next, author of the book "overhaul." steve, good to have you on the program. thanks for joining us. >> nice to be here, maria. >> so it seems europe will help bail out banks, holding out for that greek debt. do you think this is a fix here, or are there more bumps in the road? how do you see this? >> i think the best way to describe this is the end of the beginning. the beginning was to solve this immediate liquidity problem, the fear, panic and so forth. and while there is a lot to be worked out, it looks like they made good progress on that. what they haven't addressed are the functional economic problems within

>> it was an unprovoked attack with a crowbar that shattered a man's jaw right in the middle of a dupontcle area and tonight there is anger. >> anger because he tells us police have ignored his case for days leaving him wounded and bewildered. delia gongalves has the story we will only see on 9. there is some language that some could find offensive. >> he hit me so hard but he said pray for your life [ bleep ] . >> reporter: daniel's jaw was wired shut. ct scans showing multiple fractures to your jaw, a torn cheek and severed nerves. >> my jaw was all the way down here and they struck me a couple times. my ear was still ringing here. and there was a lot of blood coming out of my mouth. >> terrible for a mother to watch somebody else go through this. >> reporter: daniel's mother has been caring for him in her rockville home administering a cocktail of meds. >> in case of choking or suffocation so they can cut their own wires. >> reporter: to add to their trauma, the family has returned to the crime scene to look for clues, they say something police never did. the first phone call they rec

third-quarter reports from dow components, boeing, chevron, caterpillar, merck, exxonmobil, procter & gamble, dupontnd 3m. tuesday, the laters reading on consumer confidence will be out. on wednesday, we find how many new homes were sold last month. the gdp is the broadest measure of the u.s. economy and that number typically is a market mover. >>> finally, one of the world's richest men showing off two dimensions. >> you certainly do have a problem. >> everything we've tried -- >> warren buffett stars in the children's cartoon "the secret millionaire's club" previously seen online only. it makes its television debut on the hub cable network this week. also mentoring a group of young investors is jay-z. >> as a team, put your interest in business to good use. that's what i've done, being a good businessman has allowed me to help others. >> building better business, one child at a time. that will do it for us for today. thanks for joining me. next week, a look at where the next generation of high-tech, high-paying jobs may come from. have a great week, everybody. see you again next weekend.