temperatures were very chilly. 70 will go down in the books as the official high at reagan international. the record was in 1978. this morning was the coldest morning since april 18. it dropped down to 33 degrees at dulles international. when some of the south that three miles per hour. as we live in our view a bit, there is cloud cover outside. 51 degrees in martinsburg, west virginia. 61 degrees in indianapolis. 45 in albany. cooler air could eventually make its way to our area by the end of this upcoming work week. we have a ways to go. everything is moving in our direction. the clouds and rain will hold off until monday. we may just see a few thunderstorms on monday. he made at unstable air will move back into the area. -- he made and unstable air will move back into the ebert -- humid and unstable air will move back into the area. by wednesday, more showers in the forecast and to work -- and cooler temperatures might thursday and friday. partly cloudy skies for the overnight hours. to mergers in the mid 50's downtime. by afternoon, high temperatures in the mid-70's. here is the sena

reagan national official high, 83 degrees. the average is 71. the record, not even close, 94. that was back in 2007. we have dropped to degrees, currently 65 at the airport, the wind out of the north at 3. gaithersburg 54. annapolis 60 degrees. warm air to the south and west. the warm air slowly moves in our direction, temperatures in asheville at 55 degrees. warmer air on monday. then we cool down, just another couple days. the satellite radar, very weak frontal system just to the north. that will extend the south overnight. then and eventually will lift to the north for the day tomorrow. we look for the wind to shift out of the south tomorrow afternoon, warming temperatures. the cloud cover keeps us cooler compared with what we had today. showers and the forecast, clouds moved and by tomorrow afternoon. the best chance of showers on columbus day later in the afternoon, vary widely scattered, only about 30% chance of anything. the forecast tonight, temperatures fall in the suburbs to the mid 40's, low 50's downtown, mostly clear skies. tomorrow morning, beautiful, lots of sun

. >> beautiful. 7 was the official high. a couple of degrees warmer tomorrow. a little dip in the temperatures on send but mid- 70s an back up columbus day up to 81 degrees. nothing negative in the forecast. 81 to 76 to 81. might see a couple more clouds. nothing in the way of cloud cover today. blue skies all day long. another one or two tomorrow and few more on monday and i will show you why with a weak system north of here. overnight not as chilly as it has been but still cool. outer suburbs upper 40s to near 50 and closer to downtown we will work to mid-50s for the lows on saturday morning. we will quickly rise to the 50s and 80s and 70s by mid-morning before the noon hour an we will top out in the 80-degree territory tomorrow. i normally show you washington. what's really going on outside of the door temperature you have to look at the big picture here. there's almost nothing east of the rocky mountains. beautiful weather there. show you this five in the 5:00 news. that was a little bit of snow. highest elevations of the rockies. 73 in washington. 64 gaith

with the clouds, it kept us below record levels. 84 was the official high at o'hare.omorrow, actually, we are thinking upper 70s will be a closer call, but it isn't beyond the realm of possibility that an 0 or even more could possibly occur. look at the clouds over our time lapse camera and you can see we didn't get a lot of sunshine late this afternoon. we did get some. these were mostly high, thin clouds being spun up by an area of low pressure down in the southern plains. that low will keep skies cloudy around here, as we say, tomorrow, and a couple of systems we are watching cog increase clouds on tuesday and wednesday and bring us some showers. high, again today, 84 degrees. but we are watching with great interest, the cool air that is pooling up in canada. that will swing through here the middle of the week and drop our temperatures into the 60s. for friday, in fact, we may not get out of the 50s. look at the numbers across the area. dew point temperature, there at the airport, 53 degrees, the dew points have not changed very much all day. that's generally consi

today official high. these were records santa rose 97 degrees broke previous record of knick knicks. san rafael 90 today. yip in nap a.both of those were ties. sfo 88 degrees. smashed its previous record of 87 and moffitt field coming in at 87 degrees. which was a tie for the previous record set back in 1991. numbers right now look like high for today. look at how warm it is still. it is 83 in fairfield. 80 in antioch. we have 70's around the bay and coastal areas like half moon bay fall to the mid 50's range. fire danger on the rise. warm and hot next two days and warm records likely the next todays. set up bring about the heat. higher pressure pushing inland to the offshore flow continuing to strengthen. that's what is going to bring the wind. wind basically flows off the mountains and blows towards the ocean. as it happens even the coastal areas really get warmed up and of course the humidity drops in the situation like this which is why we are looking at the high fire danger for the next couple of day

go to the high ranking officials. specialized in military equipment like this heavily on the. security hardware exhibition that's just taken place outside. first a new spy scandal has flared up between georgia and russia after reports of twenty people have been caught allegedly spying for moscow although many experts say this could be a p.r. stunt by tbilisi. has more now from georgia. what we do know about this story is that twenty people all of them georgia nationals have been arrested by georgian authorities no other details have been released in fact georgian authorities say that no information will be available and to the end of next week and they're all keeping mum about the details refusing to give out any comments whatsoever and fred we are from christian science monitor believes this is something to be this is something to pay special attention to when someone is arrested they're entitled to due process that means they can call a lawyer that family members can be contacted therefore arrests are announced and it never happens i can't tell you how bizarre it is to hear

. >> new ethics questions are being raised about overseas trips about high speed rail officis. the bills were paid by officials from several nations tat are trying to build the bay area rail project. they took tours of train systems in spain, france or germany last year. the details travel gifts to agencies are required by state ethics regulators but high speed officials have not provided accounting or details of their trips. >> an autopsy will be made on an employee from a state hospital in napa. suspect is 37-year-old jess with witness ard massey is in police can you tell. he was declared nine and placed in the hospital back in 1993 the victim was donn gross and the body was found in the courtyarof the hospital. she had worked as a psychiatric technician at the hospital for 14 years. some say her death was preventable and they spoke to abc 78 news on the condition they disguise their identities. >> we're talking about getting hit over the head with cement. we're talking about attempted rape. >> we don't don't want to be exposed. the hospital system does not want to be exposed

a look here, today's highs, we did pop up to some 70s, it was lows to 70 at at&t park, 68 the official highsan francisco. lows to mid-70s in the peninsula, 77, san jose, los gatos, 77. sun setting right now, fog moving in, but compressed down pretty shallow as we have this warming pattern, short-lived warming pattern right now. mainly clear skies, temperatures already dropping off 60s at this hour in the south bay. 68, san jose, close to the 60s in livermore, 73. the clear skies, setting ourselves up, a cold night, upper 40, low 50s inland. for tomorrow, still near average, still comfortable. then in the 7-day forecast, still looking at these much larger changes, kind of looming out here in the pacific. look right now shows this clearing slot we are kur respectly under here way in the area. a look out here several hundred miles, elong getted frontal system, stalled out, once this moves across california later in the week, it is going to open the door to three more systems this upcoming weekend. for now, high pressure stays in place that will keep it mild for wednesday. for the east bay tomo

the law the daughter of a high ranking official who killed a woman with a car is facing every trial due to major violations during the first hearing. the u.k. gears up for massive cuts to public services but some economists warn it may not help slash debt and could instead bring about a downturn. and new york is no longer just a city of the. homeless and hungry a survey shows. in india. those are the top stories here in our next hour to talks to political experts. about russia's future as a european power. which is loving kind of thank you very much for your time and agreeing to my pleasure now one of your recent article says that russian democracy still making baby steps is also something that we've been hearing for the past twenty years what is coming in its way to becoming full fledged the most important thing is history heritage. all the western countries started democratic development in the eighteenth century they have the legal basis for democratic development russia doesn't pee in illegal street and when you start to create democratic institutions with no established legal syste

altogether, about 800 students took part in the event in the woodland hills where the official high temperature 97 degrees. >> they are not drinking enough flutes and especially when it's humid weather, it really drains you a lot quicker. >> three people were briefly hospitalized and then released. >>> well, one more win, that's all the giants need to clinch the n.l. west. once again they beat the diamondbacks yesterday 4-1. fans were willing to swim in cold water as they often do here to get that home run ball in the second inning. rookie madison baumgardner pitched five innings striking out seven and allowing one run. the giants now face the padres. if san diego sweeps, the two teams would play a one-game play-off on monday. >>> check out this catch. it happened in the 8th inning in the giants game last night. a father made a one handed grab while holding his baby! he kept the ball and the baby. the crowd cheered him on for that amazing catch. >>> well, excitement at china basin as it looks like the san francisco giants will make it to the post-season next week for the first time since 2003.

children of russia's elite are accused of acting like they're above the law the daughter of a high ranking official who killed a woman with a car is facing a major violations during the first hearing. the u.k. gears up for massive cuts to public services but some economists warn it may not help slash debt and could instead of bring about another downtown. new york is no longer just the city of the rich and glamorous but also increasingly the homeless and hungry a new survey shows the income gap is now bigger than that of india. well next aussie talks to a political expert of just off the cuff about russia's future as a european power stay with us. which is loving kind of thank you very much for your time. now one of your recent articles russian democracy making baby steps is also something that we've been hearing for the past twenty years what is coming in its way to becoming full fledged the most important thing is history heritage. all the western countries studied democratic development. in the eighteenth century they had the legal basis for democratic development russia hasn't been illegal stat

. >> new ethics questions are being raised about overseas trips about high speed rail officials. the bills were paid by officials from several nations that are trying to build the bay area rail project. they took tours of train systems in spain, france or germany last year. the details of travel gifts to agencies are required by state ethics regulators but high speed officials have not provided accounting or details of their trips. >> an autopsy will be made on an employee from a state hospital in napa. suspect is 37-year-old jess with witness ard massey is in police can you tell. he was declared nine and placed in the hospital back in 1993. the victim was donna gross and the body was found in the courtyard of the hospital. she had worked as a psychiatric technician at the hospital for 14 years. some say her death was preventable and they spoke to abc 78 news on the condition they disguise their identities. >> we're talking about getting hit over the head with cement. we're talking about attempted rape. >> we don't don't want to be exposed. the hospital system does not want to be

now there's a case in point right here in the bay area at martinez high school. officials at alhambra high have taken action against seven students accusing them of hazing a student there. rita williams has our report. >> reporter: the freshman football team at alhambra high practiced today without seven of their players. five suspended for five days from school and suspended from the team for good. one facing expulsion. all this because of what school officials are calling a hazing incident with a 15-year-old teammate before practice last week in the locker room. >> there was taping of a students legs and a couple other students holding the victim down. a couple of players took some shots at him in the stomach and the arms. >> reporter: officials say cameras and a confiscated cell phone video one of the players planned to poston you tube show the incident lasted two minutes. that night the victim told his parents who reported it to the school and police. the superintendent says the boy's mother was -- >> upset not only about the event but after the event there were studen

now there's a case in point right here in the bay area at martinez high school. officials at alhambra high have taken action against seven students accusing them of hazing a student there. rita williams has our report. >> reporter: the freshman football team at alhambra high practiced today without seven of their players. five suspended for five days from school and suspended from the team for good. one facing expulsion. all this because of what school officials are calling a hazing incident with a 15-year-old teammate before practice last week in the locker room. >> there was taping of a students legs and a couple other students holding the victim down. a couple of players took some shots at him in the stomach and the arms. >> reporter: officials say cameras and a confiscated cell phone video one of the players planned to poston you tube show the incident lasted two minutes. that night the victim told his parents who reported it to the school and police. the superintendent says the boy's mother was -- >> upset not only about the event but after the event there were studen

the high ranking officials this gives. a child to get. specialized military equipment like this heavily on the. state of the military hardware exhibition underway just. a new spy scandal has flared up between georgia and russia after reports that twenty people have been caught allegedly spying for moscow although many experts say this could just be a p.r. stunt by tbilisi. what we know at the moment is on friday the reuters news agency put out a report that said twenty people have been arrested in georgia were accused of trying to set up a spy ring for moscow now we still haven't heard anything from the georgian side from they say so far to say where they confirm or deny that this was happening they've said they will issue a news conference later on what we have heard though is some comments from the russian side russian politician saying that there is no need for russia to have a spy ring in georgia it would be a waste of resources and suggesting that perhaps these people who have been arrested could be police using these they spy a cove

. >>> intelligence officials on high alert and believe that tractor teams from pakistan are already in europe prepared to strike. this information caused the state department to put americans traveling in europe on alert. here is john hendron. >> american tourists are getting a mixed but troubling message. be cautious if traveling in europe but don't cancel the trip. >> this is not a warning, travel warning, telling people not to go, this is simply to raise awareness and alertness. >> but law enforcement is concerned enough to issue a travel alert cautioning them about possible terrorist attacks in europe warning tourists they should take every precaution to be aware of their surroundings. >> what they are wrestling with is they feel some threat out there, and they feel compelled to share that. >> reporter: they also have what they say a credible information that a plot aimed at tourists is underway. it involves command oh raids. these german tractor recruits were shown practicing on propaganda camps. many of these people may have already been dispatched. >> if they believe they can pu

a state audit shows officials with the california high speed rail project paid millions to engineeringnd environmental consultants without adequate documentation. it was paid in may and june without records showing how many hours the consultants worked. an agreement by high-speed rail officials to set aside $700,000 for a consultant that works for a council of local governments but not the project. >> the latest field poll on the governor's race shows jerry brown pulling ahead. now leading meg whitman by 10 points. shows 49% of likely voters favor brown compared to 39% who support whitman. the poll shows brown leading among women and independent voters. the survey was conducted in a 12-day period right up to this week's women's conference. brown released an ad taken directly from his debate at tups's women's conference. he'll stop running negative ads if she would but whitman refused. >> if she takes her negative ads, i'll take mine off. >> i don't think we can take down the ads that talk about where governor brown stands on the issues. i just think it's not the right thing to do. >> s

the high ranking officials of the participants of the exhibition the child to get. the some of the specialized military equipment like this heavily on the report from the state of the art military hardware exhibition underway just outside. a new spy scandal has flared up between georgia and russia after reports that twenty people have been caught allegedly spying for moscow although many experts say this could just be a p.r. stunt by tbilisi peter all of a know more on this and joins us live from moscow so peter what do we know about the case of the states can you can you bring us up to date please. what we know at the moment is on friday the reuters news agency put out a report that said twenty people have been arrested in georgia were accused of trying to set up a spy ring for moscow. we still haven't heard anything from the georgian side from they say so far as to say whether they confirm or deny that this is happening they've said they will issue a news conference later on what we have heard is some comments from the russian side russian politicians saying that

the high ranking officials. will have more from the state of the art security hardware exhibition that's taken place just outside of moscow. georgia and russia might be on the verge of another spy scandal as reports emerge of the detaining twenty people allegedly spying for moscow and with no official word from tbilisi yet observers say it's another sign of a police state. is following the developments. what we do know about this story is that twenty people all of them georgia nationals have been arrested by georgian authorities no other details have been released in fact georgian authorities say that no information will be available and to the end of next week and they're all keeping mum about the details refusing to give out any comments whatsoever and fred we are from christian science monitor believes this is something to be this is something to pay special attention to when someone is arrested they're entitled to due process that means they can call a lawyer that family members can be contacted therefore ar

high government officials will still be identified. all names are available if you have a subpoena. for people who were tortured or lost their families, the papers mean a new chance on what they call a holocaust. >> this is very important for us. as iraqis and as victims. we just want to know. >> when assignment 7 continues, largest restoration project in u.s. history. and one san francisco man who found an unusual way to get back into the working world with jelly f we'll explain, next. [ fema announcer ] why settle for plain bread when you can have pillsbury grands! flaky layers biscuits? the warm, light delicate layers are like nothing else. add a layer of excitement to your next meal. ♪ to bring the family together on sunday mornings than with thwarmth and aroma of freshly baked pillsbury cinnamon rolls. [ wink! ] [ wink! ] ♪ >>> in california's central valley. second longest river in the state has been dry. the water of the san joaquin river the tap has been turned on once again and now the real work begins. dan ashley reports. >> the san joaquin river was once big enough to car

. >>> in europe, officials are on high alert due to fresh intelligence of a potential terror plot by al qaeda. france's interior ministry said in the last few days saudi intelligence services have alerted them to a new threat in europe, particularly in france. in recent weeks there have been similar warnings, including from western security officials concerned al qaeda may be planning a strike similar to the 2008 mumbai attack. >>> the pentagon is reportedly bracing for a massive release of intelligence files related to the error -- the iraq war by the whistle-blower website wikileaks perhaps today. the pentagon says it has a 120-member team ready to review up to a half million documents expected sometime today. although the timing of any release is still unclear. if the reports prove true, the new leak would far eclipse wikileaks previous publication of 70,000 afghan war documents in july. >>> now here's a look at some other stories making news "early today" in america. >>> in new york, over 800 first responders and over 100 actors participated in a full-scale emergency preparedness

now 500 high school students must be tested for tuberculosis. officials at james logan high in new york city say someone connected with the school was identified as an active carrier of that disease. the public county health department is working with logan to identify staff members and students who may be at risk. a notice was sent home today telling parents their kids need to be tested. carla fiorina on the defense aimed at barbara boxer. fiorina organizations running the ads on her behalf to take them off the air. the commercials claiming senator boxer voted against immigration reform are false. in response, the fiorina campaign claims senator boxer has an inconsistent record on immigration and said, quote, it it's clear that she is not a friend of the latino community. they said they have no control of the ads which were pro duduc and paid for by a conservative group. so >>> the new patent unveiled would block iphones from sending and receiving texts with certain explicit messages and words. the objectionable content would be redacted. apple said its

the city here is 60 degrees and officially the high temperature is 63 and the temperature is 48 degreesnd pittsburgh, 52 and you see where the cool stuff is. boston, 57. and philly at 60 degrees and you will find temperatures warming up. little rock, 81; saint louis, 78. this evening, 7:00, there could be a spotty sprinkle farther to the west and to the northwest and not in the city. there could be a lingering shower rotating around the area of low pressure and we'll show you that in just a second and still clouds at 11:00. the temperatures it into the 50s and this is that area sitting and spinning and this this is that area of rainfall. it could pipwheel around and bring us some showers later on this evening and looks like overnight, this area of low pressure finally is going to start getting on out of here and this is the high pressure. not too far back out to the west and this is going to start nosing in tonight and tomorrow morning. that is going to bring us nice weather conditions. you notice this front, too. this will eventually come through and that is going to be little fan fift

seven suspects are scheduled to appear in court november 15th. >> a state audit shows officials with the california highed rail project paid millions of dollars to engineering and environmental consultants without documentation to fair vie the spending. the audit revealed nearly $9 million set by rail officials. about $3.5 million was paid out in may and june out records showing how many hours they had worked. >> contra costa health officials are holding a town hall meeting today focussed on preventing bed bugs. they will teaches residents how to detect and manage bed bugs and landlord responsibilities. these small insects feed on human blood and the bites cause itchy, swollen bumps. they have received reports of bed bug infestations in apartment buildings in the monument corridor in concord. the meeting tonight at meadow homes elementary school in concord. a serious issue. i wouldn't be surprised if somebody snuck in smart phones to watch during that meeting. >> smart phones everywhere. the pressure on for game two and keeping those sprinkles north if you can. take the credit, go ahead. >> putting that

. >>> a vietnamese court has sentenced a former high-ranking official to life in prison for accepting a bribe related to a highway construction project funded by the japanese government. they found the man guilty of receiving $260,000 from a japanese firm while he was in charge of the project. the court said he tainted the nation's honor and fueled public distrust and that the bribe was quite large. he has denied the charges and said he would appeal. former executives of the consulting firm were convicted on bribery charges by a japanese court last year. the scandal prompted japan's government to temporarily suspend new yen loans to vietnam. >>> japan's business leaders have urged their government to step up efforts on promoting economic partnership agreements or epas with other countries. that's in a bid to boost expo s exports. a panel of government and business representatives met for a second time on monday since its launch last month. >> translator: a survey shows japanese companies have a combined savings of $200 billion that can be tapped. the government will do what it can to

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children of russia's a leader accused of acting like you are above the law the daughter of a high ranking official who killed a woman with her car is facing a retrial due to major violations during the first hearing. the u.k. gears up for massive cuts to public services but some economists warn of a not help slash dad could instead bring about another downturn. in new york is no longer just a city of the original glamorous but also increasingly the homeless and hungry survey shows the income gap is now big urban india's. and x. would take it to last until the story of how became part of the u.s. after it was sold by russia. once it was a part of russian territory there are still reminders to this day children wearing russian national costumes people having russian names and many orthodox churches are standing here but more than one hundred forty years ago it became the u.s. territory though some americans still don't know about it. just over the last i have no idea about that stuff like nothing i don't know anything about that alaska is cold. it was cold a box of ice a polar bear garden and one ru

let me show you the high and low officially at national. not a record but close. averages are down to 70 and 51. record high 90 set back in 1919. national did not set a record. we will come back and tell you who did and talk about the changes on the way. >>> but first a literary icon in dc passes away. a look back at the owner of the famous politics and process. prose. i'm bob ehrlich. i'm not the kind of guy who likes to hang on the sidelines. today maryland's in trouble. we're worse off than we were four years ago: dangerous debt, higher taxes, not enough jobs. we need real leadership to turn this state around. fix the budget -- honestly. grow small businesses -- really. excellent schools -- everywhere. protect the bay -- finally. it's why i'm running -- to make the state we love not just good, but great. now let's get down to work. >>> a commuter alert for drivers. work on the dulles metro rail. all four lanes of 95 northbound or the inleer loop will move to the left over 12. once drivers cross chain bridge road the lanes will shift back to the right and tie in

planners are considering a number of zone changes including plans for high density housing near the warm spring's bart station. >>> officials with the california high speed rail project will learn later this week if the project will get another billion dollars in funding. the project received almost $200 million in federal stimulus funding last week but some supporters and opponents warn that futures federal funding may be in doubt. >> reporter: the project that promises month bring faster, cleaner travel to the bay area just got $194 million richer when the california high speed rail authority got more stimulus money to get construction on track. taxes onto the 1 pointl $85 billion they got in the first stimulus round and it's full speed ahead right? maybe not according to cal trans head of rail. >> biggest issue as we go forward is going to be the money issue. >> reporter: he was in washington to meet with officials to ensure that uncle sam keeps cash coming. though california voters in 2008 approved a measure that provides more than nine billion dollars in state funding the project needs the government to pony up double

edgewood high school officials issued a statement saying appropriate disciplinary action is being taken with the students involved. the victim's mother says she warned school officials that her daughter had been threatened by the suspects days before the attack. >> i fear for my child. i don't trust the school anymore. i don't trust them to protect my child. >> according to police, there is video of the fight taken from a surveillance camera. the video was used as part of the investigation. kai reed, wbal-tv 11 news. >> in carroll county tonight, two men are dead, and police are calling it a murder-suicides. it happened earlier today in 1500 block of pilgrim lane. police are still trying to figure out exactly what sparked the dispute, but they think it stemmed from a typical neighborhood argument like cutting the grass. 48-year-old stephen potts was found in his driveway just after midnight. >> the suspect all the victim into his driveway this morning. a confrontation occurred. the suspect shot the victim, we believe multiple times. >> the gunman, 51-year-old gregory martin, was found t

what's happening today. >>> and a fire destroys a local high school's cafeteria and fire officials thinkrson. we'll tell you the clues they are investigating this morning coming up. >>> and we have big problems right now on your northbound 880 approach to the bay bridge. traffic alert and lane shutdown. we'll tell you what's going on after the break. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, this morni fire >>> good morning. it's friday, the first day of october. i'm julie watts in for sydnie kohara this morning. >>> now it's 6:29. this morning, a suspicious fire at a school in richmond has officers investigating the cause. anne makovec has more. >> reporter: no food served in the cafeteria in de anza high school. that building has been destroyed by fire, the kitchen for sure. one to $2 million worth of damage according to school officials this morning. fire officials were called in the early-morning hours and they put the fire out quickly and isolated it to the kitchen area of the cafeteria building but significant damage throughout that entire building. the good news is that the fire did not touch the rest of

officials hope that these high level talks will lead to more scenes like this -- low level taliban fighters turning in their weapons with a promise to stop fighting and pledge allegiance to the afghan constitution. every official i've been in touch with stresses that these talks with the taliban are only in very initial stages, diane. >> but why now? why are we hearing about them now? >> reporter: well, i think they need to show something by december and certainly by spring. progress. the administration knows this is not a war that the public really supports, so, they need some hail mary progress. >> okay, martha, so good to have martha raddatz reporting. >>> and we turn next to the gulf. six months ago tonight, april 20th, bp's deepwater horizon exploded. 11 men died. and the worst oil disaster in american history began. 206 million gallons spewing into the ocean. and the fears were grave. but matt gutman has revisited the worst sites and brings us some encouraging news. >> reporter: the gulf is healing, but where oil remains here in bay jimmy, 40 miles from new orleans, it has leached int

officially 55 degrees after the high temperature of 65.ot that far away from the average wage is 68. here's a look at the doppler. nothing going on around us. remember the big storm we had? there it is producing some rain. even some leftover cold rain showers in new york. that wind is continuing. that will be the story. here is what is going on. the wider view of things. there is that left over a span in the atmosphere. that is the area of storm and is that has moved to the north. we have these gusty winds and once again we will be saying more the same. the storm will continue to move away. once again, see those lines? those are isobars. the closer they are the greater the pressure and the stronger the wind. the pressure comes over and the winds diminish. a lot of sunshine and some delightful weather coming up for the weekend. temperatures into the mid- to the high 60's. some of that mile there comes our way. for sunday, temperatures on sunday will get into the low to the mid-70's. a wonderful time of the year. a little book of -- bit of f

. >>> cooling down tonight after a high of 79 officially at reagan national today.lly as it has been the last couple days. coolest spot. upper 40s. towards 60 degrees with your wakeup weather. i will tell you how long beautiful weather lasts. >>> still ahead. just two minutes into the caps opener. paramedics rushed to the house. we will tell you what happens. >>> a major bank says hold on be >>> for the first time in five months the dow closed above 11,000 points today. blue chips ended their week by closing up almost 58 points today. nasdaq rose 18 and a quarter. s&p 500 up more than seven points. >>> home buying frenzy of just a couple years ago now seems like a distant memory as hundreds of thousands of americans are facing foreclosures. it is a problem in all 50 states but today some hope for the struggling as one of the largest banks in the country says it is taking a step back to review the process. >> they sold my loan to the bank of america. >> this woman isn't even sure who holds her mortgage like so many people in america right now. >> they bought it from

the official numbers for reagan national, 61 high. 69 and 50 are the averages for this day in octoberwe're all right locally, but we are still fighting the try to moderate to severe drought out in the mountains and the potomac highlands. the wins will be picking up later tonight and it will be a chilly night. this storm is expected to move in fully overnight. there's the possibility of gusty winds and a german -- intermittent sunshine and clouds. saturday, dry air builds in a lot -- a large amount of high pressure. partly to mostly cloudy, breezy and don white windy at times tomorrow. temperatures -- downright wende @ * tamara. temperatures in the 60's. -- temperatures are downright wende tomorrow. the temperatures in the 60's. >> the coach would not say whether gilbert arenas will start the game. he says that he told the coach that his knee was hurting and he could not go. after the game, he told reporters that he lied about the injury. he lied to his coach. >> it was a mistake. you deal with a mistake and move on. >> he did not practice with the team today, but could be playing tomo

the specialist so to be flying and taking this building so this was a high ranking officials this gives all the participants of the exhibition a chance to get up close and personal some of the specialized military equipment like this heavily armored vehicle. take a look they could easily carry up to ten sodas at a time and you can see that it really does provide a unique opportunity took the disappearance of the exhibition to see exactly how these vehicles were in combat situation sir further porting right now an army over zombies and vampires is coming out to play this weekend here in moscow but still a fairly new thing here more about the ghoulish celebration in russia and the latest edition of a moscow out next hour here's a preview. so it's it's midnight it's a couple unfinished pumpkin and i'm all alone here in the park just opposite the crowd and. it's about this time of nights where all the ghosts of the spirits are meant to come out. and whether some people like it or not follow it it's definitely be it's in. and in just a moment stephanie is here with the business. hungry for t

you i mean the united states constantly and listen western media and you can get from our high government officials to be on the administration. using the words like dictator or strongman or certainly a disparaging term for the venezuelan president but on the other hand the united states has lots of friends in the world that really truly are dictators but they're not demonized in western media is very very they're just not talked about because they're going to be knighted states go ahead sure there is a chinese give us levels of corruption the same as the congo and the same abang goal if you look at inflation in venezuela inflation is highest in venezuela than in any other nation in this hemisphere in the americas. and what crosstalk in twenty minutes time here in r.t. . most americans see the wars in iraq and afghanistan as not affecting them directly but that's the view of u.s. defense secretary robert gates who was addressing university students he said the majority see this as something for other people to do and their young americans to sign up but artie's military analyst says the u.s. should

they munich security conference is an annual meeting of high level officials from around forty countries and nine hundred sixty two leading discussion meetings now attracts more and more nations that are not actually in the bloc this year the conference is taking place here in moscow. and talking to r.t. a top russian diplomat responsible for smoothing relations with europe says russia's relations with nato will thrive when cold war stereotypes are dropped well the full interview is coming up in fifteen minutes from now but here's a brief preview for you. we have a full fledged dialogue with nato there have been certain unpleasant incidents of course but today we have a common understanding of the fact that we have to move forward we live on the same continent so we've been facing up to the same threats and challenges for quite some time i think that labor's new strategic concept should be free from such a vista concepts of perceiving russia as a possible threat of were hints about needles global rule in circumvention of international laws. and some more news for you now the state of the

they're above the law the daughter of a high ranking official who killed a woman with a car is facing a retrial major violation during the first hearing. the u.k. gears up for massive cuts to public service but some economists warn it may not help slash debt and could instead bring about another downturn. new york is no longer just the city of the rich glamorous but also increasingly homeless and hungry a survey shows the income gap is now bigger than that of india. well up next to join the peter lavelle and his guests for the cross-talk debate on the role of the international monetary fund and the danger of currency wars stay with us. if you can. follow me and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle mission not obvious what is the relevance of the i.m.f. today at its recent annual meeting in washington it failed to resolve the crucial issue of global currency imbalances and should we question the logic of an institution that pays its clients for taking its advice. and you can. discuss the i.m.s. role today and in the future i'm joined by jeffrey frankel in cambridge he's a professor

set to start in memory of the plane crash in a rush to kill president of poland many of its high ranking officials it's been six months since a tragedy took the lives of ninety six people near the city of civilians now more on this from our correspondent alex hibbard tell us how the families of the victims are at the side it's a somber setting as. well today's commemorative events are being held at the requests of the victims' families who was just beginning to make their way to this memorial site on the tenth of april twenty ten that two people one five four crashed in heavy fall killing all ninety six on board ignoring the advice of air traffic controllers here warning not to land in the dense fog very sadly they were of coals on their way to the seventy one of those three of the the massacre in which some twenty thousand poles lost their lives at the hands of the soviet secret police so within that one day that one plane crash poland lost its president lech kaczynski his wife maria and a number of senior polish military and political personnel russia was very quick to offer its condolences and

been a specialist so to speak like it is taking this building ever so this was a high ranking official says gives all the participants of the exhibition the chance to get up close and personal to some the specialized military equipment like this heavily armored vehicle. take a look they could easily carry up to ten sodas at a time and you can see that it really does provide a unique opportunity took the disappearance of the exhibition to see exactly how these vehicles were in combat situation brings up today time now for other business with kareena. hello welcome to weekend business program thanks for joining me one of the world's top auto parts suppliers has opened its fifth plant in russia kind of as much as ramping up production here as more foreign carmakers are expanding their operations but as medina coach there reports the relative lack of locally produced components is putting the brakes on the russian auto industry. dashboards bomb her radiator grills and other components that's what this newly built plan and the kaluga region will produce and more importantly that's what the

specialist the so-called it'll be going and taking this building here by still says was a high ranking official says gives all the participants of the exhibition the chance to get up close and personal some of the specialized military equipment like this heavily armored vehicle. take it live they could easily carry up to ten sodas at a time and you can see that it really does provide a unique opportunity took the disappearance of big submission to see exactly how these vehicles were in combat situation. sara for porting there now you know also find more in our reports as well as expert analysis blogs and more on our website which is r t dot com but here's a taste of what's in line for you right now. a rogue spine at under the command of a renegade american officer not a hollywood movie but the details of a real pentagon investigation into one of its own man in afghanistan. and a career marriage for why they were borden's daughter a solo newspaper reports she's engaged to a retired admiral son check out put his reaction at our t. doc top. news today vorlon shoes once again flared up. these are t

russia which is immune from criminal prosecution it's not the first time that children of high ranking officials have caused controversy with their reckless driving an apparent lack of punishment when an ash evan cave are not down to women killing one and severely injuring. another images of her checking the damage to her car and not the victims caused outrage a three year suspended sentence was recently revoked she to problems with the legal proceedings but the case will be retried in time to continue to kill one person and enjoy nada and remain unpunished. was not found to be counted properly for what she did you are. going. to larry's repeated attempts to get the case tried in the criminal cause could lead to accusations against him with the abuser family claiming he jumped in front of the car and was trying to extort money from them in response to larry made an online play to president dmitri medvedev. i hope for your objective help mr president. an investigation into the legitimacy of the refuses to launch criminal proceedings has now been ordered. i made my own statement not because i want

to you i mean the united states constantly and listen western media and even get from on high government officials to putting on the administration. using the words like dictator or strongman or certainly a disparaging term for the venezuelan president but it on the other hand the united states has lots of friends in the world that really truly are dictators but they're not demonized in western media and after. they're just not talked about because they're not it states go ahead sure well responding. you're brought up the word communism with regard to talking about. and i think your viewers will well remember eighty years of communism and what they did for russia and they will remember what actually it meant in terms of political prisons in terms of the standard of living in venezuela that ranks very very low on transparency international one hundred sixty to one hundred eighty with regard to corruption twelve years of chinese give us levels of corruption the same as the congo and the same of angola if you look at inflation in venezuela inflation is highest in venezuela than in any other nation in

in memory of the plane crash in russia that killed the president of poland and many of its high ranking officials is now taking place it's been six months since the tragedy took the lives of ninety six people near the city of smolensk let's get more now on this from our. live for us on location right now alex some of the families of the victims are at the site it's somebody who isn't. indeed rory now underway today's commemorative events are being held at the request of the victims' families on the tenth of april twenty ten a little before eleven am to two point zero one five full crashed in heavy fog it did so coming in to land near the airport against the advice of air traffic controllers here all ninety six so i'm bored what killed tragically they were of course flying to his hand on the of us to remold king seventy years since the canteen the massacre in which nearly twenty two finals and polish person of those rules died at the hands of the soviet secret police the russian. government was of course very quick to offer their sympathy declaring the next day a day of mourning and indeed today's