the yankees are up 4-2 when robinson unloads on guthrie.ot called the bronx bombers for nothing, folks. they win 11-3. >> it is almost time for off the wall. martin what are you and i going to discuss after the bra he can? >> how about a little controversy? 40 who should be in the locker room and who had the best week in the nfl the opening week. >> i can't wait to hear your answers. i'm sure they are wrong. stick around we are up after the break. e check the tag. made in france. wow. the price tag. double wow. up to 60% off. find what makes you happy at a price that makes you homegoods happy. . >>> fox 5 news is brought to you in hd by verizon fios. ;@3@b [ music ] >> welcome one, welcome all to off the wall. dave ross and martin whiz. what do we have this week? >> let's talk controversy. >> controversy with you, okay? >> yes. controversy. controversy. >> controversy. >> we will talk about the reporter dealing with the new york jets. >> yes. >> the female reporter who got all of the attention, negative attention from th

third quarter, robinson looking for more.uess who, smith, wide open, down the field, a perfect pass. 80 yards, touchdown. it deep into the fourth quarter, one last shot for maryland. there goes the ball game. robinson is sex. western virginia turns beside the terps. bridget robinson is sacked. >>> big scare early for virginia tech against carolina. east carolina, second quarter, va tech on top. east carolina came back. it fit. here come the hokies. look at this. play of the game. dominic davis back to pass, interception. clear sailing. it breaks and other tackle. somehow he stays in bounds. a touchdown, 68 yard intercut -- interception touchdown. i>>> navy and action tonight, under the lights in louisiana. navy's quarterback, floats set up, touchdown. tied at 13-13. late in the third quarter, the backup freshman chris procter running the show. he keeps it himself. rumbles and for the score. the navy comes back home with a victory. 37-26. >>> other local teams in action, georgetown puts together a good season, running into a t

>> i am david robinson, and i have a fourth grader his school. >> thank you, mr. robinson. [inaudible] >> well, i am hunter. thanks for letting me talk. i have a couple of kids in the district. i wanted to also address the assignment proposal for middle schools. i apologize, but i am going to be a lot more blunt than david robinson. this proposal is a disaster in the making, and i want to highlight three problems for you. i think it is worthwhile highlighting it now because you have a very impressed schedule for considering this in a couple of weeks. one, the assignment provisions are going to basically lock the east side families into poor performing middle schools, and that hurt is going to mostly fall on low income families and latino families. two, as david pointed out, this proposal is going to tear apart the spanish language immersion program in the middle schools in san francisco. and three, this proposal essentially abolishes the sibling preference program in middle schools. i realize it is a complicated program, but all you have to do is take a look at the math tha

courtney robinson reporting. >>> another big race in d.c. was the battle to succeed vincent gray as council chairman. with 90% decrease is reporting, kwame brown defeated vincent orange. brown faces no republican opposition in november. >>> former governor bob ehrlich in maryland won the chance to try to get his old job back. the defeated business investor brian murphy in the republican primary. that's a similar format with incumbent gov. martin o'malley, who easily won the democratic primary. >>> maryland senator barbara mikulski has won a fifth term in the u.s. senate. she will face republican eric wargotz of queen anne's county in november. she's a longest-serving female senator. >>> stay with us for continuing coverage of all of our local races. the third time could be the charm for one democrat in the prince george's county executive race, coming up later. >>> besides d.c. and maryland, voters in six other states went to the polls as well yesterday. they got some key victories for the department. >> career politicians need to go for a w

robinson and mr. jefferson told us know usno -- told us no. given the services early before they are in and out of jail and they can prevent -- the comfort of the citizens. that is not just a hope. that is actually a reality. you heard two examples of it. so yes, we have budget restraints, and yes, the city is asked to do the cutbacks that jennifer has described to us, but the programs that we are asking for are actually cost- effective. without adequate services, we are sending people of 5150 you into a medical hospital where they are not treated at all -- they are giving 50 given a little valium and set up to the streets fidget over sending a full 5150% into the cabin, and the budgets of what that costs are much higher than it would be if we did the right job here in san francisco. so we lose money when we send out of county. we lose money when we cannot live patients through the system because there is an adequate follow-up. we lose money because of the revolving door of going in and out of jail and in and out of the hospital 11 times in tw

courtney robinson reporting from northwest. abc 7 news. >> there were scary moments at mayor fenty's election headquarters last night. a fenty volunteer felt through a glass window. paramedics treated the man at the scene for minor injuries. primary day started with voting problems in d.c. >> the machine is not counting automatically like it was last year. >> mayoral candidate vincent gray was among those who have trouble voting. some polling places opened late because the workers could not get the touchscreen machines to work properly. elections were monitored at 14% of the precincts. >>> it appears rushern baker and will be the winner for prince george's county executive. he holds a wide margin against its closest competitor, mike jackson, the shares. baker told supporters he is ready to lead. >> prince george's county is ready to be first in education, first in job creation, first in opportunity, first in innovation, first in integrity, and first in public safety. >> baker went on to say it is time to make a good county grea

courtney robinson reporting. >>> after a full day of rain, the skies are clearing a little. steve rudin is joining us with a look at the forecast. looks like we are going to have a break in time to get more rain again. >> exactly. enjoy the rest of the afternoon. a little breezy. if we or watching the doppler. the heavy showers are well to the east of d.c. the delmarva peninsula, ocean city. shower is beginning to exiles barry. they will move toward the north and east. we will see breaks in the clouds and sunshine this afternoon. high temperatures will reach the low 80s. winds will pick up out of this out that 10-15 with higher gusts. dugan will eventually subside this evening. coming up, the extended outlook. there's a lot of rain on the way. if we will talk about the upcoming weekend in a few minutes. thank you. >>> fire officials want your help solving multiple cases of possible arson in the district. multiple vehicles have caught fire in columbia heights and mt. pleasant, mostly happening late at night or early morning. for at least five of the car fires were deliberatel

yet monica robinson was reportedly with harris the night of the incident. took the stand and said harris was in a hurry when he returned to the car trying to get away from a masked gunman. robinson said she didn't recall hearing a gunshot but the defense pointed out she did say she heard a shot in an earlier recorded statement to police. >> baltimore police are trying to figure out how they ended up in a car in the 800 block of eighth avenue -- they were not sure how the car got where it was found. meanwhile, power is expected to be returned in little italy. power was knocked out early in the morning after an underground cable fire sent white smoke spewing into the air from fawn and south heights street. >> it woke me up with a big thumping. then i heard the electrical sparking. i was sleeping right upstairs. and i -- after the smoking and stuff, i saw the fire start. >> b.g.e. officials say crews are replacing a burned cable and it's resulting in a significant loss of revenue. >> ahh, it was a prime time showdown we won't soon forget. a dejenthed rex ryan

jamar robinson, torre smith living up to his reputation. 28-7.rtly thereafter, robinson from his own 20, plenty of time, drops it into the basket for smith and nobody is going to catch that guy on an 80-yard touchdown. next time with the ball, smith dropped the touchdown pass. terps can't complete the comeback, west virginia the winner, 31-17. rob ambrose looking for the upset on the defending champs from villa nova. the wildcats, pass to dorian wells. 22-0, villanova. crise hart, nice roll, a nice throw to hakim moore and dropped it. that's a drop. frustrating to say the least. chris whiny, back comes villanova, avoiding two defenders and dwayne wells is uncovered, too. villanova having its way, 43-7. michigan's denard robinson puts on 502 total yards against notre dame. did the minutemen forget how to tackle? 66 yards down the sideline he streaks. umass leading. michigan in front by 11. kyle havens, he was open, tight end for the touchdown. 32-47 game. massachusetts still has a chance in this one. the on-side kick out of bounds. michigan surviv

second half, robinson and they're down, 28-7.n goes deep to tory smith, the senior and 80 yard scoring strike. and smith also had a 60-yard td catch. they cut the deficit to 14. later in the third, robinson back to pass and under heavy pressure. check out scooter barry. takes them down one of eight sacs and e mountaineer's defense. maryland 21. and they play flori international next week. west virginia is at lsu. >>> if there was ever a must-win game in september for virginia tech today's game against east carolina was it. the hokies started the day with a 2 record and a 0-3 start would be disaster. the last time that happened, bon jovi's "living on a prayer" was e number one song in the u.s., that was in 1987. today they tried to change their tune. they go agains a very good east carolina team and put up 100 points in two games, second quarter, the hokies are trailing. 24 yard touchdown and the hokies within three, an impressive play. six minutes later, daryn edwards gets it and they get the lead. hokies down at halftime. frank

one of the people arrested is maurice robinson, one of those making the accusations.ing this young man was going after money. what you hear his attorney saying is at the time this was when he was finding out object the other relationships going on between eddie long and some others and this was his way of lashing out. obviously people have to make up their own minds but that's what we hear now. >> we are hearing more young men will come forward and file as well. >>> new twist in the foreclosure crisis could mean a break for thousands of home owners and a big headache for some of the nation's largest lenders. [ male announcer ] ever have morning pain slow you down? ♪ introducing bayer am, an extra strength pain reliever with alertness aid, specially formulated to fight morning pain and fatigue. ♪ so get up and get goin'! with new bayer am. the morning pain reliever. this site has a should i try priceline instead? >> no it's a sale. nothing beats a sale! wrong move! you. you can save up to half off that sale when you name your own price on priceline. but this one's a de

. >>> i am courtney robinson in college park. in a few days it will be time to put this all fall away behind the wheel in maryland. details on the new law coming up. >>> parts of southern california are baking under late fall he auglaize. laytonsvil >>> in our top stories, a two- year-old boy accidentally shot himself. his older brother and another teenage are facing charges. if it happened yesterday and an apartment in hagerstown. the bullets found a gun under the bid, a weapon that had been reported stolen. fees at children's national medical center in d.c. in critical condition. >>> president obama could be looking for new chief of staff. rahm emanuel will go back to chicago to run for mayor. >>> forecasters say it will be another day of scorching heat of southern california. yesterday in los angeles bill was a record high of 113 degrees. some people suffered through without of air-conditioning and others used a the heat as an excuse to go to the beach. sounds good. >>> let's looking at the day ahead. maryland is three days aw

the surprise was seeing michael robinson's name on the list of cuts along with jason hill.inson was excellent on special teams. th guy was a pro bowl alternate the past two seasons. robinson's versatility as a quarterback at penn state figured to work in his favor, doing a lot of things. but singletary didn't feel they were getting a lot of value. you want to talk value, anthony dixon, the 6th round pick at mississippi state. the kid, the rookie earns a spot on the roster. >> when you have a guy like that, yes, it is going to be a role. what it is right now, it will define itself and yes you will find a roll. >> from the pros the college football, second quarter off the draw. nick grigsby and he goes right. see you later. 36 yards and the route was on. the wild cat and arizona may be good in the pac-10. 41-2. top seed nadal meeting istamen. he was president going to wen this -- he wasn't going to win this match. nadal was thrown out in the third set and eventually comes up with the winner here. but again, nadal is just too much. on to the fourth round is the top seed. earli

according to the flagg and robinson lawsuit, the they were 17 and 18 years old at the time. anth an flagg had to share with the bishop. this is what his lawyer says happened. >> on that 18th birthday, bishop long engaged in oral sodomy with this young man. >> bishop long's third accuser said he would discuss holy scripture to justify and support the activity. bishop long denies all of the allegations. these photos of bishop long in tight gym clothes which appear to have been taken by the bishop himself were reportedly sent to another so-called spiritual son and released by the attorney involved in the lawsuit who you saw moments ago. bishop long's lawyer says the photos do not corroborate the charges and in a radio interview the attorney says he's a health advocate and weight lifter. he wears muscle shirts. earlier i spoke about the allegations with two ministers with deep experience in the intersection of religion, sexuality and in the case of one of the ministers, sexual scan dal. this summer ted haggard launched a smaller church with his wife, gail, author of "why i staye

i am courtney robinson live in wheaton. a communications meltdown on metro has left if customer is in danger. what that means for your morning commute, coming up. >> oil >>> it is primary day in maryland and the district. in d.c. the voters will cast their ballots in the mayor's race if between adrian fenty and vincent gray. they will choose candidates for several city offices. maryland voters will decide governor and other state, county, and other local offices. >>> the obama administration hopes a federal judge in florida will toss out a lawsuit by that state and 19 others over the new health-care reform laws. they say provisions requiring people to have held insurance or face tax penalties are unconstitutional. >>> d.c. says -- bp says crews of baghdad where drilling a relief well to permanently sealed blown-out oilwell in the gulf. most of the oil that gushed from oil well has been appearing in the sediment at the bottom of the sea floor. >>> to officials of trying to determine what is to blame for the charlottetown on

courtney robinson is live in silver spring. >> good morning.s is a tragic story as the 24-year-old woman is in a hospital in serious condition. officers have a piece of the vehicle they say it her. it happened on saturday night around 8:00 here on carroll ave. it is unclear whether the woman was in the process of crossing the street or was on the side of the road. witnesses say they saw the car hit her and she flew 30 feet through the air. they say the driver kept going. officers say it would be impossible for the person not to know they had something extra in heart. we can show you that this happened it directly across from a school on carroll ave. many of the neighbors in this area say the children are all often crossing the street and going to school. people drive quickly through this area and children are not being monitored during the time that school is not in session. if you have information, officers are asking that you call the police. >>> we are following a developing story this morning where police are searching for a gunman after a

through the political looking class with gene robinson coming up. f@@ >>> good news for democratic candidates this year trying to figure out how to run on the democratic record. today, republicans started running on the democratic record. so now democrats can just copy them. that's coming right up with eugene robinson. >>> i want to say to every american that we believe in this contract and these reforms so deeply that we have not only put them in writing today, but that they will be in a full-page ad in tv guide that we encourage every american when that ad comes out, which i believe is october 27th, to tear that page out, to stick it on your refrigerator until january 3rd and join us -- and i want to promise every american -- we will have the same ad at the speaker's desk every day until we meet our obligations. we will begin the session every day by rereading the ad until we have met our obligations. >> we will reread the ad every day. that was what it was like when the republican party unveiled their big legislative agenda in 1994, the first mid

robinson has plenty of time and is able to step into the throat.he deep crossing route and smith is gone, 80 yards this time. 28-14. the next time, smith dropped the ball. 31-17 for the victory. 37-23 past louisiana tech. ambrose of towson looking for an upset with the national champs from villanova. second quarter, matt caesar were from the wildcat formation. touchdown, 22-0 nova. thousands rebuttal, a nice effort but he drops it. villanova looking every bit the part of the reigning champ beat towson, 43-7. some good high school football tonight. tonight they get together under the lights at towson university. getting used be digging is to the college campuses. darrius jennings, 274 rushing yards for the night. gilman has little trouble from the stags, 35-10. going on the road following monday night on road feels like a recipe for disaster. ray lewis in his 15th year at middle linebacker demonstrated he is not hanging on too long. the ravens won a game many thought they would not. ray earned a 15-yard penalty. a natural letdown after beating the j

courtney robinson is live at the scene with a late-breaking developments.3 to figure out exactly how started, exactly why this fire started. you can see on 16th street, it all began inside an apartment building. you can see the fire trucks over there with the latter's extenddders extended. the fifth floor and a common area. because it started in the common area, it made it difficult for residents to get out through normal exits. many had to sq&l a evacuate. eight people were taken to the hospital. one child was taken to children's hospital. we also know that one individual jumped from the six story tried to get away from this fire. he is an extremely critical condition at this hour we will get the latest on his condition as soon as we can. it is a very a scary experience for them. -- it is a very scary experience for them. many had to evacuate. >> there was of fire in the fifth floor. there was smoke everywhere. people were panicking. >> crews arrived within one minute and found heavy fire coming from the test floor. they encountered numerous rescues. at this time, we have transporte

courtney robinson explains. >> a 24-year-old woman is fighting for her life. officers say she was left for dead after someone hit her with a car on carroll avenue around 8:00 p.m. saturday night and never stopped. >> they could not have dragged her. >> they say the driver hit her with such force that she flew into the air and landing 30 feet from where she was struck. there is likely substantial damage to the car including a missing side view mirror they found at the scene. they believe the person responsible was speeding. the hit and run happened directly across from this school, a place where children often played on the evenings and weekends. during the school week, officers are here helping children cross. >> some cars go really fast. some cars and never stop. >> they say they do not want to release the description of the vehicle. they said the woman is still in serious condition in the hospital. he had any information, they are asking you call police. in silver spring, according robinson. >> a patient at a state psychiatric hospital is facing murder charg

lisa robinson had the latest numbers coming up. david collins, wbal-tv 11 news. >> tonight could provide some clues about the big race. the rematch in november between o'malley and bob ehrlich. neither of them had primary competition, but that does not mean there are not political tea leaves to read. jayne miller is live in our newsroom. >> some of those tvs concerned the tea party which bob ehrlich will be keeping an eye on. martin o'malley has to worry about an anti-vote within his own party, something we have seen before. >> the governor who voted early last week can take it easy this election day. he faced no real primary competition. he does have to worry that the ghost of election past. remember 2002? kathleen kennedy-townsend won her primary but had to endure the sting of more than 100,000 democrats who went to the polls and voted instead for a little long retired grocer store clerk. we know what happened next. townshend lost to ehrlich. her defeat made possible by democrats who crossed party lines. o'malley had -- and now h

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courtney robinson is live in college park with what drivers need to know.ood morning. >> good morning. by friday if you are caught holding a cell phone behind the wheel, you will get a ticket. this will be considered a second offense. the officer left to pull you over for something else if in order to give you a ticket for violating this law. the first ticket will cost $40. any ticket thereafter will be $100. you can have the first fine waived if you can prove that you purchased and handsfree device. you are allowed to talk on the telephone in maryland starting on friday, but you will not be able to hold it in your hand. tamela becomes the eighth state in the nation to announce such a law. if transportation officials say distracted driving accounts for about 5500 deaths last year. cracking down on distracted driving. there are a lot of applications for the cell phones that allow you to have a voice command to get texting and email and dialing. there are ways around the law, including cancer free devices -- hands-free. >>> the washington post reports that th

robinson reports -- lisa robinson reports. >> we are tickled to death that is finally here. >> when the doors opened, there were plenty of people ready to take a chance with their money. many of them believed that they did not back to make the drive across state lines to do so. >> i do not have to go all the way to delaware. >> we go to delaware. >> we do not have to go to delaware anymore. >> finally. >> that is exactly what national gaming is counting on. >> people have to pass us to get to the delaware casinos. been the closest to baltimore, i do think it is great for the state. a much shorter drive. >> the casino has two restaurants and 1500 classic and a new generation slot machines. you can play penney machines or a plate $25 bets. there are no table games here. >> it is just slots. we do have electronic table games as well. >> the state is banking on the casino having a huge economic impact. the states says that the venue is expected to gross $160 million in the first full year of operations. >> for the casino was being built, it created 900 temporary construction jobs. it is exp

we have a strong basis for an appeal. >> that was lisa robinson reporting live. authorities are investigating a drowning in edgewood. investigators say he drowned after he fell off a pier last night around midnight. died teams found his body under the pier. right now, there is no evidence of foul play. firefighters have their hands full with a two-alarm fire in west river. they were called last night and it took about 90 minutes to give the fire under control. fortunately no one was injured. the causes under investigation. >> stay with us. a lot more news ahead including the celebration of citizenship in baltimore county. >> tonight, we learn more about what happened when a high school student was killed trying to cross this intersection in the hartford county last week. >> you think you had animated discussions about the ravens today? john harbaugh explains his heated thoughts from yesterday's game later in sports. >> a beautiful monday afternoon with the beautiful temperatures. it will stay that way for another day or so. heat and humidity on the way. your seve

courtney robinson is live on 11th street.ncil is helping to sort this out. >> there is stopped in front of the and across the street, behind me, it really goes for blocks. we saw councilman graham come out last night and help make up stuff. in a few hours, we will see the city bring in dump trucks to haul all this away. nearly four city blocks are allied with the belongings of eloisa diaz. >> the job, no money >> she recently lost her job and your landlord evicted her. she wanted to help family members in venezuela. >> i was working hard for years and collected things to send to my country. >> the concern from neighbors came from the amount of stuff when it came out of her home. >> we have been calling the mayor's office. we have been calling the police. we have been calling politicians. >> residents got no help. we got involved in called councilman jim graham who came up with a short-term solution. >> if she can identify the things that have value to her, we have a truck, we have a place to take it right now, we can store it

monica foreman robinson described seeing a suspect wearing a white halloween mask.uspect say that suspect was to room williams -- jerome williams. the baltimore ravens took on the new york jets last night. it was not a banner day for the offense. the ravens got just enough to get the job done thanks to anquan boldin, todd heap, and t.j. who houshmandzadeh. the jets were held to just six first downs for the entire game. the fight over your tax bill is raging on capitol hill. the legislation would extend the bush-era tax cuts for everyone. president obama says that is something america cannot afford right now. >> that brings us to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- do you think congress should exclude the top 2% of americans from tax cuts in order to pay for the other 98%? >> we will post more of your answers on the front page of our website, wbaltv.com. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. we have some pretty heavy delays on northbound 95. we have an accident just past the beltway tha

we still have a ways to go. >> reporter: robinson says despite increased awareness, the requirements for medical screening still vary from state to state and no state requires teens to have trainers with medical expertise. but the biggest hurdle is convincing the kids. >> i've seen that warrior mentality where they don't want to letdown their teammates. they don't want to letdown their coaches and they don't want to come out of games or practices. >> reporter: for those who once cheered reggie garett all they can do now is mourn. >> i just miss him. >> reporter: and hope one tragedy on the field can help prevent others. don teague, cbs news, dallas. >> mitchell: still ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news", closing the book on the gulf oil spill. >> mitchell: 153 days after the worst wauf-shore oil spill in american history, b.p. said today its run away well in the gulf is officially dead. >> crew as board the oil rig completed the final pressure test early this morning. the government's pointman thad allen said, quote, we can now state definitively that the macondo well pose those co

robinson had been in a custody battle with the mother. he found out he was not child's biological father, he kidnapped him. back to you. >> thank you. anyone with information about tony robinson or tony, jr. should call baltimore city police. >>> the other big story we're following, it is primary election day in maryland and there are several key races. mary bubala is live in baltimore county. >> reporter: good afternoon. i am falling the baltimore county executive race. it is a contentious matchup much like the sit ti state's attorney -- city state's attorney. >> it has been a contentious praise for the city state's attorney race here in baltimore. in fact, both sides in this campaign are running on patricia jessamy's record. it's a choice for voters, 15- year incumbent patricia jessamy running on her record or challenger gregg bernstein who calls jessamy ineffective. both were at polling places to ask for votes. the campaign has been anything but friendly with bernstein tapping into some voter discontentment. >> miss jessamy is the high

starting qb jamaal robinson has a sore shoulder but threw for a career high 222 yards in the loss tovirginia. the team has already lost t.j. brown to a broken collarbone. robinson will start against florida international want. >> i thought we would be pretty strong the quarterback having three guys pretty good and one of them is done and the others are nicked up. so hopefully we can get them well. that's the biggest concern i have right now is be able to get them well. >>> it's going to be over 90 degrees tomorrow. this according sue palka and that can only mean one thing, time to drop the puck, blow the whistle. this afternoon caps participated in an inner squad scrimmage. no. 76 garrett mitchell the member of the red squad found the back of the neck and so did sharpshooter al axe -- net and so did sharpshooter alexander semin. tomorrow night is season opener on the road. caps sign defenseman top poti to a two year -- tom poti to a two-year extension. >>> nats in the bottom of the 8th. off the foul pole, if it hits foul it's fair. a two-run home run ties it at three. four batters la

it is ed robinson. you can read more of his story in the latest bloomberg markets magazine on news stands -- be stands tomorrow. >> susie: tom, you know what they say about september down here on wall street, it is a time when we get all the meltdowns and sell-offs. but so far the dow is up 5.3% for the month of september, so far so good. >> tom: yeah, so far so good. this has been a month to remember as long as you've been long in the stock market there is no doubt about it here, susie. let's get everybody updated in tonight's market focus. >> tom: the major indices are up four sessions in a row, making this the best september for the dow since 1939. the s&p 500 now is close to where it topped out at in early august. the index has shot higher by 7% this month. three of the top four gainers for the dow industrials were tech heavyweights, and they were also the most actively traded on the nasdaq. microsoft was the dow's top gainer, jumping more than 5%-- its biggest one-day gain since march of 2009. fuel

courtney robinson is live from police headquarters to tell us what happened here. good morning, courtney. >> good morning. we can tell you yesterday morning we understand this family tells us that one of the brothers pulled into the driveway. he says he was approached by two armed men who demanded his car. he was able to get away and run into the house. he got a gun and came out and fired a shot. they the police and police responded. but occurring the response the brother says he was assaulted by police officers and in the process an officer shot and killed their family dog a 4-year-old rottweiler mix. nothing was stolen during the attempted robbery and officers have not been able to locate the alleged robbers. also, the owner of this dog was arrested in the process, charged with a number of things including assaulting a police officer. joining us live we have major andy ellis of the prince george's police. what you say happened and what they say happened is different. >> our officers responded for a call of shots fired. the neighbors called us. the dog's owner had

the atf is looking for 29-year- old tony robinson. he's considered armed and dangerous. he is facing charges in baltimore for his part in an alleged violent drug network. but agents say because of his ties to southern maryland and d.c., he could be hiding out in montgomery or prince george's county or the district. if you see robinson call 800- atf-guns. >>> it is a story tough to see and hear but a woman is caught on tape beating her own dog with a gardening tool. find out how she was caught just ahead. >>> but first, don't pay your vehicle tax and lose your license plate. that's one new rule in a virginia county. we'll tell you where after the break. >>> another great day, temperatures above average. we'll take you out with the almanac. you can access this on our website at wusa9.com. go to the weather tab and follow the drop-down menu to weather data. 86 and 62 goes in the books. averages are 80 and 62. record high of 97. record low of 43. we'll come back and talk about the weekend and some unusual stats about hurricanes, including hurricane igor next. >>> let's check

. >> reporter: robinson says despite increased awareness, the requirements for medical screening varyo state and no state requires teams to have trainers with medical expertise. but, the biggest hurdle is convincing the kids. those who once cheered reggie garrett, all they can do now is mourn. >> i just miss him. >> reporter: and hope one tragedy on the field can help prevent others. don teague, cbs news, dallas. >>> while high school athletes get plenty of exercise it seems the same is not true for the average adult in america. a new study finds that only 5% did some type of vigorous physical activity on any given day. most people reported doing sedentary activities like eating, drinking, watching tv. figures, right? >>> actress lindsay lohan could get more jail time. she confirmed on her twitter page that she failed a court-ordered drug test. she served two weeks in jail jail in august followed by 22 days in a rehab program. she has to undergo random test can twice a week. failing one test could put her back behind bars. >>> a man in missouri hailed as a hero. cell phone video shows

were getting out of that position with robinson.f you want to talk value, anthony dixon the star at training camp. the rookie, dixon, earns a spot on the roster. >> when you have a guy like that, yes, it's going to be a role. what it is right now, it will define itself. i just -- when you have a guy that's a talent like that, yes, you will find a role for him. >> now, the raiders finish the preseason 3-1. much improved. nice catch. his game with seattle. asked if he would have made that play last year, he said, yeah, maybe in my dreams after a rough rookie year. hayward bay says his confidence is up. >> may was just being confident in myself like i did playing football. playing the game like i've been playing since high school. simple as that. >> just good to see the depth there and the whole group kind of moving forward i think in trying to develop a passing game. >> we've got college football for you this afternoon. it'ss season opener as we've got lsu versus north carolina, kickoff at 5:00 followed by the premier of after the gam

joining me "washington post" associate editor, pulitzer prize winning columnist eugene robinson. gene, good evening. >> good evening, keith. >> years and years ago, i was seated at the white house correspondents dinner next to tom downey, a nine-term congressman from new york. and gingrich got up and he spoke and i said to thomas, or whispered, i don't agree with a word of this but at least the man believes in his own convictions and tom nearly snapped my head off. believes it? he's reading back what his focus groups and his polling tells him it wants to hear. so, gene, i don't agree with a word of this but at least the man believes in his own convictions, right? >> keith, i don't know how to break this to you -- >> fooled again, am i? >> i have a feeling, yes, you've been fooled again. this might, just might be a cynical political ploy. clearly i think robert gibbs called him out quite accurately as did david frum. it's an appeal to the fringe birthers, an attempt to make the president seem exotic and other and also black, by the way. and, you know, the actual scary thing would

i'm lisa robinson. >> and i'm sarah caldwell. we go first to tony pann for the weather. >> cool stuff for us this morning, not quite as cool as yesterday morning, but you will need a light jacket at this hour. the barometric pressure at 31.5. we will start out with sunshine this morning. it should stay dry during the day with a high temperature of 82 degrees later on today. so slightly warmer during the day today than yesterday. when we come back, we will check hurricane igor and the seven-day forecast. for now, to the news desk. >> overnight bp engineers began the final plugging of the leak in the gulf of mexico spill. >> jay gray has the latest from louisiana. >> engineers were set to begin the final pressure test on the deep water well. after pouring cement, scientists want to make sure the seal will hold more than 1,100 pounds of pressure per square inch. crew members are confident it will. in the final hours, there has been a sense of pride. >> the fact that it had done so much damage. it is the fact that we were able to hel