jim handly. >> yeah. thanks a lot. >> or anybody else. >> ben can afford it much more. >> billy, danny devito and rita pearlman have been married for 30 years. they were thought to be inseparable. what happened? >> well, i don't know. but it reminds me of the joke my father told me about old mrs. goldberg who goes to court, and she goes to divorce court she's 85 years old, and says to the judge, i want a divorce from my husband. he said, how long have you been married to solly? she said, 62 years. 62 years? why after all that time? enough is enough. who knows. maybe ria hit that point, too. you thought forever, these two. danny devito, will he get on match.com? i don't know the ins and outs of the whole thing. but it is sad. we had danny here recently and he said the key to a successful marriage and it sounded believable to me. >> that is so sad. >> that is sad. like father not like son, according to around schwarzenegger. what's this all about? >> yeah, the "meet the press" interview with david gregory w

i'm jim handly. >> i'm barbara harrison in for pat lawson muse. the rain and potential for long commutes. >> big cloudy start to this week. chuck bell joins us now with word on if that could include some storms. how about it, chuck? >> well, j and barbara, yes, indeed there's still an opportunity for rain showers. i can't rule out one or two isolated rumbles of thunder. no widespread severe weather. that's the good news in all this. there are actually breaks of sunshine between some of the rain drops right now frl. 70 degrees at national airport. winds gusting to 22 miles per hour. we're still waiting on the cold front to reach us in the immediate washington area. temperatures remain very, very mild indeed. still 70 downtown. 70 in manassas. 70 degrees in culpepper. a bit of the cooler air arrives across parts of northern and western maryland. rain showers northern montgomery, maryland and more showers out to the blue ridge. once you get south of the winchester area, front royal. we'll keep an eye on this over the next couple hours. nothing all th

i'm jim handly. >> i'm wendy rieger.e begin with a teacher at a child care center in northwest d.c. who is facing disciplinary action after a toddler was left behind in a nearby park. >> the child is okay, but word has spread like wildfire among district parents who want to know how this could have

i'm jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. first up tonight, a beautiful landmark with an ugly problem. dozens of workers are down on the national mall today trying to solve an algae problem at the newly renovated reflecting pool. >> they're using all sorts of high-powered equipment to clean up the spot. it's proving to be a much bigger task than anyone imagined. >> it's slippery when you walk on it. but it sticks to the bottom of the shovel. >> reporter: the last thing the national park service wanted to do after the $34 million renovation to the reflecting pool. tack on another $100,000 service to the invoice. >> it's frustrating. we did not expect to have to do this so quickly. but this is a maintenance problem. >> reporter: after an ongoing battle with the severe algae problem, they took the advice of an aquatic geologist and drained the pool. >> probably another day or two before we get everything out. our company has five or six guys, and 100 of the free lance companies. >> we came here to see, and we are very, yeah, dis

i'm jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. >>> the weather is about to change. >> storm team 4 meteorologist doug kammerer said severe weather could be on the way. how soon? >> it's going to be tomorrow, and probably tomorrow night. outside right now, it does not get better than this. most of the forecast has a lot of days like this in it. again, tomorrow could be a different story. we could be seeing severe weather. right now, a very big storm is taking shape in the middle part of the country. 68 degrees currently. winds out of the south at 9 hour. per around the rest of the region, simply gorgeous. temperature of 66 degrees right now in gaithersburg, 68 degrees in washington, and 70 degrees in through the fredericksburg area. once again, very nice conditions. with plenty of sunshine and light winds, this is simply a gorgeous, gorgeous afternoon. there's no rain right now. we're not going to see any rain for probably the next 24 hours. but there is that chance of severe weather during the evening hours tomorrow. we'll talk mu

. >> and i'm jim handly. hear we go, folks. tonight is game five after the dramatic night of baseball here in washington. and now they need a big win tonight to keep their play-off hopes alive. we have team coverage for you. pat collins is outside the park. but we begin with dan hellie on the field where it all happened last night. can they pull it together tonight, dan? >> this could be the biggest night in d.c. baseball in 80 years. of course, if they win this game, they advance to the national series. that is, if they win this game. the game starts in about 4 1/2 hours. the stadium is empty. i'm sure there are people starting to trickle in outside. gio gonzalez will be on the mound facing adam wayne wroiwri. in the ninth inning last night, jason werth just epic at-bat against kyle lohse. and on the 13th pitch, he goes yard. that's the 14th postseason home run for jason werth. but his first as a national. and the biggest home run in nationals history. it wins the game. a walkoff home run for the nats. so they advance to game

. >> and i'm jim handly. do you drive with one? the national highway traffic safety administration says cars, trucks and suvs might have fake air bags. and the owners might not even know. >> tony explains what you need to know to determine if your car could be affected by the problem. >> reporter: it doesn't happen often, but it's a chance you don't want to take if you have to replace the air bag in your vehicle. severe faults have been found in one-tenth of a percent of air bags replaced outside of car dealership repair shops. >> i want to be clear, this is not a recall. automakers did not make these counterfeit bags, so they are not required to cover the expense of providing drivers with a new one. >> reporter: the counterfeit air bags have all the markings and insignia of major car manufacturers, but the malfunction can be disastrous, from nondeployment to metal shrapnel flying through the area that is a potential for severe injury highly possible. >> safety is our number one priority here at the department of transportation. an

i'm jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. jerry sandusky got a 30 to 60-year sentence for abusing young boys. during today's sentencing, three of his victims stood up in court to talk about how their lives have been derailed by a man they once saw as a father figure. >> but sandusky pro claimed his innocence today and declared himself the victim of a conspiracy. brian moore was in the courtroom today and he joins us live from bell font, pennsylvania with reaction. >> reporter: the judge could have sentenced jerry sandusky to hundreds of years, but said a 68-year-old defendant, the practical effect was the same. jerry sandusky left the courthouse to begin what amounts to a life sentence behind bars. the former penn state football coach once hailed as a hero on the gridiron, now officially labeled a violent sex predator under pennsylvania law. before sentencing, sandusky delivered a rambling 15-minute statement. he choked with emotion as he talked about smiling through his pain and he declared himself a victim. repeating claims

i'm jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. right now, well-known swimming coach rick curl is in police custody. he turned himself in to montgomery county police today. a former student of his, now 43 years old, says the abuse began when she was 13. pat collins spoke to her today. we'll hear from her at 5:00. >>> the candidates are doing marathon campaigning today making the most of the 12 days left in the presidential race. president obama is traveling from tampa to richmond and chicago to cleveland before he ends the day at the white house. mitt romney is making at least three stops in the critical battleground state of ohio. >>> right now, hurricane sandy's track is moving the storm closer inland. threatening the mid-atlantic and the northeast. the storm passed over the bahamas and cuba today with winds of more than 100 miles per hour. two people have died. here at home, power crews are getting ready, just in case sandy knocks out the electricity. >>> we've been keeping a close eye on sandy today. and its potential impact on

i'm jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. hurricane sandy is churning north, killing at least 29 people. >> utility companies up and down the east coast are warning for the potential of widespread outages for days, folks. both maryland and virginia have already declared states of emergency. and in virginia, the navy ordered all ships in the hampton roads area to move out to sea away from sandy's path. >> because this hurricane is being combined with a strong cold front from the west, that in the wake of this storm, as opposed to excessive heat, we're expecting cold temperatures, 50s during the day, 40s at night, and in some of the western parts of the state, in the 30s. in fact, there's actually a threat of heavy snow in the western part of virginia, as well as west virginia, maryland, pennsylvania and other places. >> let's get the latest on sandy's projected path and the possible impact on travel in the washington region from storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson. >> we're really talking about a big wet mess that will

i'm jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. a document league has plagued the vatican. >> today in an italian courtroom, pope benedict's butler admitted to stealing private documents from the pontiff's offices. >> as claudia reports, the butler says he's innocent. >> reporter: the pope's former butler took the witness stand and confessed being the person that stole and leaked private documents from the papal apartments to an italian journalist who later published them in a book. nevertheless he said he did not feel guilty of aggravated theft, the charges brought against him but he did feel guilty of having betrayed the pope's trust. he said he just acted alone with no accomplice. he never took money or presents in exchange for the documents. he just wanted to expose the evil and corruption he saw all around him in the catholic church. something that he saw but the pope apparently did not. during a personal anecdote, he explained he had lunches and dinners with the pope sometimes during which time he had a chat and realized, he

. >> and i'm jim handly. the wheels have officially come off on the career of lance armstrong today. for decades he reigned on top of the sport of cycling overcoming a number of difficult conditions. >> but now doping allegations have tarnished his golden image and erased his tour de france titles. >> reporter: he became a legend by conquering the rugged mountains of the mostrueling bike race. now it seems lance armstrong faces an even tougher road. >> lance armstrong has no place in cycling. >> reporter: today the international cycling union officially removed armstrong from the sport he once ruled and the record books. >> usi will strip him from his seven tour de france titles. >> reporter: the governing body of cycling will also demand armstrong return his medals and millions of dollars in prize money from those wins. exactly how much will be determined later this week. it's the latest fallout from a u.s. anti-doping agency report released earlier this month that outlined overwhelming evidence that lance a

i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly.f the bay bridge for a hazmat situation creating a traffic nightmare along maryland's eastern shore right now. >> this started with a tanker truck that was carrying several thousand gallons of propane fuel. it sprang a leak on the bay bridge. that truck is just now being moved off of it. and they are just starting to let traffic move on one of those lanes. it was closed in both directions.

i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handly. breaking news out of olney, maryland. 4 over a townhouse fire in the 4500 block of cain's lake. fire officials tell us there may be a floor collapse so they are battling this blaze from the outside because it is so intense. again, these live pictures from olney, maryland. >>> let's take a look at our weather, which is about to change. chief meteorologist doug kammerer has the latest. >> yeah, we're at 70 degrees yesterday, so far today we're at 62. that's with plenty of sunshine. and the numbers are going to continue to go down. especially tomorrow night. 62 here in washington. 57 in hagerstown and 54 up towards pittsburgh. that's the cooler air that continues to settle on in. temperatures from new york down to richmond are between 5 and 10 degrees below average. even a little bit more in some locations. so we're in for quite a chill. not just tonight, but really tomorrow night. once again, some locations under a freeze watch. we'll talk more about that coming up in my forecast in just a little bit and i'll give you the r

. >> and i'm jim handly. >>> it's got a population smaller than the district of columbia. but it's a big weekend for the tiny european country of luxembourg. >> its crown prince has just tied a knot in a civil ceremony. as duncan shows us, that's just the start of a lavish two-day royal wedding. >> reporter: for a small country, luxembourg is planning big celebrations for its royal wedding. two days starting with a civil ceremony, and including fiveworks, concerts and a gala dinner. royals from across europe will be in attendance. it's a rare moment in the spotlight for a country smaller than rhode island with a population of just over half a million people. >> they could have all the crown princes and princesses and queens, and many people coming. it's very honorific. >> reporter: his bride is from neighboring country belgium. she will renounce her citizenship so she can eventually become leks em bourg's grand duchess. she's also learning the country's language. among other royal romances, they have so far avoided scandal and controversy. back to you. >> as for the britis

jim handly joins us. >> a busy afternoon. it can be tough to get into your doctors office.he harm in going to a minute clinic or asking your pharmacist? doctor jackie joins us in the studio to tell us when it's safe and when it could put your health at risk. caught on camera, a 57-year-old woman walking down the street when she's attacked by two men. what the men did next surprised even police. coming up tonight on news 4 at 5:00, president obama and mitt romney have one debate left. did each candidate get the facts right? factchecker.org gets to the bottom of it. those stories and more when we join you at 4:00 and 5:00. see you then. back to you. >> can't wait. see you then, jim. >> it's time for a final check on the forecast. >> tom kierein is here. >> gorgeous autumn color. carol took my advice and sent in this photo of a lake near where she lives in montclaire, virginia. send your pictures in. as we look at temperatures approaching the noon hour, it's around 60 around the area. cool. a light breeze coming out of the south. later, mid-60s by mid afternoon. milder tomorro

i'm jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse.george's county police officer has been critically injured in a crash on branch avenue and clinton. this is at the corner of branch avenue and surratts road. from chopper 4, we can see the officer's car wrapped around a pole. we don't know if anyone else was injured in the crash. but we can see at least one other vehicle involved. stay with nbc washington.com for updates as we learn more about this crash, and we'll have a live report coming up on news4 at 5:00. >>> an update on another developing story. the ballston mall in arlington remains closed after a man threw a molotov cocktail inside. arlington police tell us they have a person in custody now, but have made no arrests. they're about to hold a news conference. we'll bring you an update with new information when it comes in. at noon today, a man dropped a molotov cocktail from the third floor of the mall into the food court. it shattered but did not ignite. >>> thin is no longer in when it comes to many celebrities. >> as mike wi

i'm jim handly. >> veronica johnson joins us now. what are we going to see? >> yeah, meteorologist tom kieran has just handed it over to me. he's been watch the storm throughout the morn. you can see the heavy band making its way from areas of eastern shore inland. what we seen out there in areas east, over 5 inches of rain. areas around ocean city. over four inches of rain. getting into areas of delaware, over 3 inches of rain. those are the kind of rainfall amounts we're going to see before long. as, again, the center of hurricane sandy gets closer and closer to us. it's already made that turn not just to the north but towards the north and west. getting closer to the coast. you can see it there. landfall expected somewhere between delaware and the southern new jersey coast around 8:00 or 9:00 p.m. here's the latest track coming out. this should be the 11:00 p.m. track for you. to the north and west. coming ashore around areas of southern new jersey, northern delaware. then again, the storm system, we're really going to see it spread out even more. talking

i'm jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. >>> a big weather story developing right now. hurricane sandy could have a big impact on us. >> storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson is keeping a close eye on this. >> confidence has really been increasing with each computer models, guidance we look at. the storm system sandy, as a hurricane, could move very close to the east coast in that time period of the end of the weekend. and through the early part of next week. let's talk about it here. today, of course, w50e6 had clouds moving through. storm system right now far koun down to our south. you can see some of the northernmost part of the cloud shield hitting areas of southern florida right now. the position on sandy as a hurricane has winds of 80 miles per hour. you can see right there, over jamaica. it's been producing a lot of rain and battering areas of jamaica with quite a bit of wind today as a category 1. later it will be making its way through eastern -- over eastern parts of cuba, then on to the southeastern bahamas with its track to the north, and again, very

. >>> i'm jim handly. the safety net is shrinking for some families. this morning our guests are making a deference in our community. we have the executive director of the downtown clusters geriatric center. and a pastor at asbury united methodist church and lewis davis jr., he is the senior state director with aarp in d.c. welcome to viewpoint. >> thank you. >> let's start out if we can with the big picture and the challenges specifically facing our seniors today. what are some of the biggest challenges? >> well, they are indeed massive and each and every month i, with other pastors throughout the area, come into contact with people who are just struggling today to redefine retirement. to redefine their existence. thinking that they would be able to do family things and be there for family support and getting other types of work. most of the people are now asking the question will i have to return to work? >> right. >> and this is a real challenge. the issue of uncertainty. i think the issue of uncertainty is the largest cloud around the elderly today