how about michigan state's kirk cousins, spencer. >> spencer: fine job. finding the end zone. recovers the ball. recovered by joel foreman for the touchdown. great job of negotiating himself into the end zone. >> tim: officially cousins was credited with the touchdown. he did cross the plane but foreman was there to pick up the garbage if it had been ruled a fumble. the standings in the big ten. just as spencer mentioned because we have a three-way tie the standings come into play which favors wisconsin for the moment. just for the moment. let's go into the big 12. oklahoma state taking on k.u., tony. >> tony: i like this team a lot. weedon's throw to blackmon for the touchdown. that is an oklahoma state record. >> tim: helgeson is doing a nice job, the coordinator. [ male announcer ] rated m for mature. [ explosions ] ♪ [ mortars and airplanes overhead ] ♪ ♪ there's only one vehicle tough enough to play in this world: the 2011 jeep wrangler call of duty black ops edition. with a redesigned interior, the new jeep wrangler remains one tough 4x4. help us put on a play. is it a s

off to the races we go, spencer. >> spencer: they revamped their offense. urban meyer said we don't need to get aur offense to get big plays. andre dubose returns the opening kickoff. 7-0 florida. >> tim: if you want to get it done it goes through the swamp. gators up by seven. t.c.u. andy dalton going to on work. >> spencer: jeremy kerley's third catch of the day. dalton had a huge day. san diego state trying to close the gap. 35-yard touchdown strike. 40-35 at that point. only hapless new mexico state stands between perfection for t.c.u. >> tim: eddie williamson had a heart attack during the first quarter of this game. he is stable, that is good news but it had to be a distraction for the horned frogs. colton browning is going to throw it. picked off by ron brooks who returns it 32 yards for the score and the fighting tigers of l.s.u. under les miles out to the quick start 7-0 over todd berry's warhawks. indiana taking on wisconsin. monty fall had to start this game for an injured john clay. three touchdowns on the ground. 31-10. they'll play michigan nex

spencer christian is here now. the storm is already moving through parts of the north bay. >> it is. it is rainy in parts of the north bay right now. it is raining more heavily even farther north. that's moving our direction as well. you can see here on live doppler 7hd up in the north coast and around eureka. but we have a line of shower activity pushing through parts of sonoma county and down into the northern part of marin county and north of that area we have already seen .03 of an inch in ukiah. it is getting wetter and wetter. meanwhile in the sierra, they are preparing for a big blast of snowfall. winter storm warning from 4:00 tomorrow morning until 4:00 sunday morning. we expect accept to 18 inches of snow, about 16 feet. the snow levels will be p droing on saturday. they will be here, more on that in a men. >> spencer, we'll see you shortly. >>> the cold weather didn't keep people from showing up for hot black friday shopping deals. a couple of stores closed a few minutes ago. amy? >> yeah, it is still cr

spencer christian. beginning to feel a lot like november.ls on the cold and rain in the accuweather forecast. >>> oakland's mayor addresses questions about leaving offense [ woman on tv ] if you won't l me in, you can't really lovee. i know aboutayle. [ man on tv ] i don't know what you're talking abou if you just tell me what happened... [ ding ] [ man ] 35th and archer. next stop hamilt. [ akes hiss ] ♪ [ male announcer ] u-verse brings you entertainment across all three seens on your tv, smartphone and online. now get up to $300 back . at&t. rethink possible. >>> oakland mayor ron deloms today denied a report that he would leave offense early. he issued a statement saying he would complete his term january 3. he has been under pressure from the irs to pay a $250,000 tax debt and the chronicle reported he was considering an early departure to take a job as a washington lobbyist. he said in a statement "i remain committed to oakland to finish what i came here to do because i care about the future of this great city." he did release his fina

spencer back with the latest on the cold we got spencer. >> you are right.hat extreme here but it is extremely cold tonight. freeze warning in effect from the north bay. east bay valley. frost advisory in effect for bayshore line and santa clara valley and north monterey bay so certainly very chilly tonight. low pressure dropping into the mid upper 20's part of the north bay. low 30's just about everywhere else. nationwide if travel tomorrow big travel day you have nice travel conditions over the western half of the nation bumpy and stormy in the nation mid section and clear on all coast east/west and gulf. here's the accu-weather 7 day forecast. chilly mornings ahead for the next three days. sunny days including thursday thanksgiving. rain on saturday and then clearing out on sunday monday and tuesday. >> i like that. all coast east/west and beautiful. thanks very much. >> larry is here with all the sports and a big deal for the giant tonight. >> you have to get ago with the business of baseball in the off season. giant taking care of business. ante up big

spencer christian says changes are coming up this weekend. and he's live with tonight's tree-lighting ceremony. >> hello, everybody this, is the 21 annual mace ease great tree lighting kicking off at 6:00 p.m. hope you'll be tuning in there. glad you're tuning in now this, big tree behind me is 80-foot tall fir going to be wlit 20,000 light bulbs. and there is a look at changes coming our way. there is rain developing tonight. you can see it's raining up in parts of mendocino county and pushing south. and by 10:00 tonight we'll see rain pushing into the immediate bay area into north bay. so there is a wet night. good news is that this cold snap we've had is going away. that doesn't necessarily mean goitsing to be warm this weekend. i'll have details on the next seven days when i come back later with the accu-weather forecast. >> and dan and carolyn? cheryl? >> it's me. >> and the children's discovery center had to be evacuated because of a strong smell of gas. a hazardous materials crew checked out the odor. there was no gas leak. it turns ou

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reporting liverom rockville, darcy spencer, news4. back to you. >> darcy, thank you. >>> still ahead, a taste of home, with joe bin and paula deen. also ahead, we're going to talk about this beautiful weather we've been having. saturday was fantastic. what about sunday? a live look at the kennedy center tonight. chuck's forecast, right after this. [scraping] [piano keys banging] [scraping] [horns honking] with deposits in your engine, it can feel like something's holding your car back. let me guess, 16. [laughing] yeeah. that's why there's castrol gtx... with our most powerful deposit fighting ingredient ever. castrol gtx exceeds toughest new industry standard. don't let deposits hold your car back. get castrol gtx. it's more than just oil. 's liquid engineering. >>> families of gun violence vems held a prayer vigil at the district heights gun shop today. they joined the faith-based group in protesting the store. they're upset over a report that lists the store as one of the top ten in the united states for criminals to get weapons. s

spencer christian with a look at how low it will go. >> a bit lower tonight than it did last night in some places. first take a look at the know record lows for the date. oakland 49 degrees. all new records for this date. south lake tahoe in our coverage area, temperature minus 8 shattering the old record for this day of 5 above zero and san francisco with 41. oakland airport at 34 tied the existing records for this date. a freeze warping in effect overnight from 1 a&m to 9 a&m for the north bay and east bay valleys. temperatures drop into the mid 20s to low 30s. freezing temperatures could last four hours or more. and a frost advisory in effect for a widespread area including the coastal north bay. bay shoreline. santa clara valley. and there is more on the way and i will have more on that a little bit later. dan. >> thanks. see you again shortly. >>> gas usage was up 65% last night because of the cold. people trying to stay warm. others braving the cold deliberately to get a jump on black friday deals. lisa amin gulezian is live from a store where people are camping out. have to adm

spencer will be our point man on the abc 7 thanksgiving food drive. >> yes. starts next week.er here to remind us how it work autos join news helping food banks feed hungry families. every night we'll mention anyone who gives $350 equivalent of 35 thanksgiving meals, you can call the number on the screen here. and there is a link at abc 7 news.com under see it on tv. the food drive goes through thanksgiving weekend wex need your help. please give. >> and people rerespond as they always do. >> thank you very much. >> still to come tonight at 6:30 our special report on special education. and the crisis that could drive school districts across the state into bankruptcy. >> big problems in the post office tonight. why the u.s. postal service is drowning in red ink. >> 35 years after their break up, new pictures from a day in the life of the beatles. x!ñ!ñ!) verizon's your home for samsung galaxy. like the exclusive continuum. and the fascinate. or the samsung galaxy tab that runs flash. >>> late word. the district attorney filed charges against a man that tide up traffic during th

spencer baucus was for the wall street bailout.cer baucus for many reasons. but it cannot be true that palin is against baucus because he voted for the wall street bailout. that's why she says she's against baucus. but that can't be the reason. because sarah palin herself was for the wall street bailout. >> as for the economic bailout provisions and the measures that have already been taken, it is a time of crisis and government did have to step çin, playing appropriate role to shore up the housing market and make sure that we refine out some of the potentially frozen credit lines and credit markets. government did have to step in there. >> david corn did a great piece on this. he said governor palin said she is anti-spencer baucus and lisa murkowski before they were for the bailout but she was for that bailout too. there's got to be something else going on there. >>> story number three. u.s. senate race in alaska is done. is that true or false? false. all three falses today. the associated press called it for incumbent and write-

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spencer christian is here with a look at the weather. spencer? >> answer to question one is very cold. two, about three overnight and mornings tlchl is a freeze warning for much of the bay area. and what will conditions be like? there are freezing temperatures that can last four hours or longer. there is a frost advisory in effect. and pretty cold, temperatures upper 0s to mid-30s including bay shore lines, santa clara valley and north mount ray bay. near-freezing temperatures could last up to two hours, looking like three overnight and early mornings we'll have conditions like this. tomorrow night, maybe the coldest night in the spell. dan? carolyn? >> thank you. >> and in the sierra, thousands of people are still in the dark. pg&e hopes to get power restored by 10:00 tonight. the rest, tomorrow is the plan. the bulk in novatoa, an and -- novato. also, shasta, butte and of course, just in time for thanksgiving. >> and with cold weather, it's time to cover plants tonight. gardeners are worried about the freeze. vulnerable plants are citrus and tr

speaking of spencer kringel let go back to update the forecast.lad it took place tonight. >> great way to kick off the holiday season. how about this. winter storm warning in effect for tahoe area much of the sierra nevada from 4:00 o'clock tomorrow afternoon to continue okay subpoenaed night we expect up to four feet of new snow above 7000 feet. snow level down to 2000 feet by sunday. wind gust up to 60 miles per hour over the ridges. meanwhile in the bay area our accu-weather 7 day forecast. approximately continues overnight tomorrow night into saturday into sunday and going to be cold. high pressure only in the mid 50's from coast to the inland and rain ends next week but the chilly weather stay was us. >> okay. hockey weather. >> exactly. >> to larry. shark. >> l i hope doors but think about big game. could be rank the big game. and for the forty-niner game against tampa bay on sunday. rain rain rain. >> yes. >> ugly. the sharks they know exactly what the problem is. finishing. second night in a row. third period lead and row. third period lea

spencer here were that forecast.t l this is an area of heavy rainfall way up north around you'ree a and line of other rain cutting through ukiah. they measured 1 $100 of an inch or so. so here comes the wet weather starting 8:00 o'clock tomorrow morning. it will arrived tomorrow morning and showers through the day an temperatures rising only to the mid 50's in mildest location and tape hearing awful in the late afternoon and 7 day forecast so rain tonight showers tomorrow. then sunny sky and wednesday and thursday slight chance of light rainfall and then we get dry weather again on thursday-40. wet for shoppers tonight. >> yes then agent warm-up that's true. >> thanks. as we have been reporting the holiday shopping season is now well under way. number of researchers are breaking down exactly boys spending the most money. according to bundle.com men spend 19 percent more than women do in general and 3 percent more on holiday shopping. harrison interactive goods more people who consistently buy on the internet out spen

let go talk to spencer about the weather. another gorgeous day. we have another couple to go. we do indeed. everything will turn more winter like direction at the end of the week but 2 more very pleasant days of dry weather coming our way. live view from the high definition camera on top mount tam looking down across the bay and downtown san francisco. sky lean area of san francisco and agent portion of the bay bridge there. pleasant evening around the bay area. cool in some pots as evidence by our current temperature readings. let's look at 48 degrees right now in napa. 49 in santa rosa. low 50's in most other location. upper 50's us a mav to the south bay. 60 in antioch and they are highlights cooling trend continues which is apparent when you lack at the temperature readings. rain begins late friday and we have chilly weather with showers this weaned so not only cold but wet as well. pacific satellite image l this is weakening bringing us lovely, lovely, dry, sunny mild weather all week long. slipping south ward and will open the door for arrival of the cold air mass in the

darcy spencer has the story. >> reporter: the crash happened at this intersection in gainesvillabout 9:15 friday night. prince wilam county police say the man who caused in firey crash was under the influence of pcp. >> i wish i couldake the clock go back but i can't. e.r.a. debbie lost her 20-year-old daughter, megan, in a fiery double-fatal crash at intersection of lee and james madison highways. the police say the has been who caused the crash, 22-year-old carlos lucas, was speeding and under the influence of drugs. >> i'm him to pay for what he's done. it's not fair that someone as innocent as she was was taken away from us because of his foolishness and -- i don't know, hi stupidity. >> reporter: police sayucas was driving on lee highway when he lost control of his chevy, cross the median and struck a honda acard which burst into flames. megan, the front seat passenger was ejected an died. r boyfriend was pulled from the burning car by witnesses. another man was trapped in the back seat and died. they had just made a run for kerosene. >> reporter: megan was the youngest of three

darcy spencer is live in the area where a communit meeting is about to happen. >> reporter: hi, craigeting is happening in this alley where the attack happened on wednesday night. residents hope police can make a quick arrest. they have leads in the case. apparently the suspect used the victim's credit card and cell phone. a european awe pair and her boyfriend visiting from paris were attacked and robbed in an alley behind 13th street northwest wednesday night around 10:00. dara says her au pair is frightened and going back home. >> initially the au pa gave them her purse but they just wanted to beat them up. they all had pistols. ey hit them inhe head, kicked them in their bodies with their boots and then after all of that then they robbed them, ran off and lefthem bleeding in the alley. >> reporter: the couple were walking home after leaving the restaurant on u street. they were in the alley, a popular cut-through when they re attacked by three young men in masks. >> she's traumatized, scared to sleep. every time she closes their eyes she sees the three men. this act of violence tha

reporting live from fairfax, darcy spencer news4. back to you. >> thank y, darcy. >>> the jury still has not reached a verdict in the trial of the man accused of killing chandra levy. his name is ingmar guandique. he is the man accused of killing levy back in 2001. the jury has been deliberating more than 15 hours since wednesday. today the jurors sent a note to the judge. they asked for the legal definition of assault. the judge gave them an explanation and the deliberations resumed, proving that there was an assault in the case is an important element of the felony murder charge that guandique is facing. >>> an assistant chief has been suended from the d.c. police department. diane groomes was put on administrative leave while an internal investigation is conducted into cheating allegations. a statement from the police said she is accused of helping members of the command staff take a test for a training course. the entire class will have to take a new test now. tonight groomese mailed a response to news4. she said in her words, i

darcy spencer spoke to the man saying he defended himself from an intruder. >> i was terrified, honestly>> reporter: this man, who doesn't want to be identified, shot and wounded an intruder about 1:00 sunday morning. >> i hear the glass start breaking. so i ran to my room, grabbed my shotgun. >> reporter: you can see the broken window and glass on the ground at the governor's square apartments. the resident says,fearing for his life, he took action. >> i gave a verbal warning not to enter the household. they kept trying to come in. i fired one shot to the bottom right corner of the window, hoping to scare him offut i actually did, in fact, hit the person. >>> police are investigating as a possible burglary. the intruder told them that he lived in the building and may have gotten lost or confused. >> the home owner, ten ant who discharged the shotgun does not know the individual. the individual didn't have permission to be there. he broke the window, suffered lacerations from his hands. >> at this point policeay it does not appear the respect will face charges. >> you can discharge a wea

but firs to darcy spencer at the green belt. darcy? >> jack jhnson is maintaining his innocence and says he'll stay on as county executive. prince george's county executive jack johnson emerged from u.s. district court after being released from federal custody. he declared his innocence that he tampered with evidence and with witnesses. >> i am absolutely convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that i am going to be vindicated. >> reporter: johnson skmand his wife leslie are facing charges of a five-year probe of kickbacks for favorable treatment. >> these investigations involve allegations that real estate developers have been regularly paying off government officials in return for official actions. >> federal agents served search warrants at 13 locations friday, including johnson's office in the county administration building in upper marl boro and at their home. he conspired to receive a check from an unnamed developer. >> leslie johnson flushed the check down the toilet. >> federal prosecutors said they had secretly been listening to

tanya spencer has both sides of the controversy. >> reporter: it's an eye catching slogan that is raising eyebrows in some school districts. the i love boobies bracelets are part of the keep a breast campaign to raise awareness in young people about breast cancer and early detection. it even gained the support of katy -- celebrities like katy perry. >> to educate them and have a healthy mind set. >> reporter: she was wearing her bracelet until the school corporation banneded them. >> i don't understand it. everyone knows what it is for. it shouldn't be a big deal. >> kids. kid that i talked to have had mothers, grandmothers, that have gone through breast cancer and they are wearing them in support of their family. >> reporter: her mom tarry says with a history of breast cancer in her family, she will encourage her daughter to wear her bracelet despite the ban. what do you say to people they are crude or offensive? >> well, they can be be taken -- it can have a dual meaning. i can see that but i mean, part of the appeal to teenagers is that dual message. but i think in the long run, it's d

that's the only thing i can say. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news 4 today. >>> privatizing liquor stores is being considered in montgomery countyhis morning. county executive ike leggett said he rejected the idea in the past but he is wilng to reconsider it. virginia is exploring a similar money-making plan. earlier this weekeggett announced mopt goalry county liquor stores can sell alcohol on sundays. that could bring in an extra $2 million a year. >>> beginning next year paying to go toollegen maryland could cost more money. governor martin o'malley says after a four-year freeze the tuition rate cannot is stay flat much longer. he is pushing for a 3% increase next year. he hopes to keep the increase at 3% the next four years. >>> underage drinking and hazing at g.w. they are investigating five fraternities and sororities. all five of the chapter being investigated occupy university townhomes on townhouse row at the university. according to the school paper, approximately one quarter of g.w. students are involved in greek letter life. >>> the ballot count in alaska is getting pretty ugl

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darcy spencer is in columbia heights with more on the story. darc >> doreen, this gym and this man have been supported by so many people in the community over the years. and tonight some are finding these allegations hard to believe. >> there you go. >> reporter: he's a former world lightweight champion and d.c. boxing hall of famer. but now thompson is accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a gym he started in 2004 to help keep kids away from gangs and violence. >> i just hate to see him in th type of trouble and hopefully he can get out of it because these kids love him. >> reporter: according to court records and executive director district boxg and youth center, thomps gambled away more tn $500,000 in district government grants. >> a lot of people come here to suppt. i love doing it. and he's a great trainer. i can't see him doing that. >> reporter: but court records show since 2004 he used the organition's debit card to get $150,000 in cash while on several cruises and at bally's casino in atlantic city. according to bal

darcy spencer reporting from fairfax. >>> the assistant d.c. police chief has been placed on administrative leave effective immediately. police chief said grooms has been aused of compromising a test given to members of the d.c. police command staff. and an internal investigation on all that is already underway. the jury in the chandra levy trial has ended its deliberations for the day. they've been dlib rating for thredays now. still, no verdict. late this afternoon, the panel sent the judge a note. pat colonlins is at the d.c. superior court house with more. >> reporter: the jury has left the superior court building. they got off to a late start this morning but they made up for with it the working lunch. then they asked the judge for the legal definition of assault. this is way it work. you see, you have to prove an assault in order to prove an attempted kidnapping. if you prove an attempted kidnapping, that gets you to the felony or first-degree murder charge in the case. and that is why the definition of assault is so important here. ingma

. >> let's come back and talk to spencer. huge baseball fan. >> this would have been great if game here. warm. >> great night to stay in and watch the game. >> too warm for a fire. >> maybe it was the with thanks started the fire.so warm. by november standard this is like a heat wave. live view of the current weather condition coyote tower from the roof top camera at 7. giants colors. appropriately displayed on this night of the first world series championship ever for the san francisco giants. long long wait finally the fans and the giants organization are being rewarded with fine weather as well as championship right now temperatures readings are 60 degrees in san francisco. 64 in oakland. really mild this hour tonight on november 1st. 62 over in antioch. 60 at half moon bay and 50's in most other location. 61 at san jose. might throw that into the mix as well. highlights clear and cool night ahead and dangerous waves are building. we need to keep that in mine. right now wave height at average level but high surf advisory i

let check in with spencer christian to see whint will clear out of here. >> the key phrase is in spots because it is spotty widely scattered and light rainfall but most locations around the bay area are seen wet weather. here's live doppler 7 hd and santa cruz mountain where we have a couple patches of light rain right now. some fall down around san jose and lo gattoes and out at ben lo man. light in some location measurable rain and only few hundred of an inch so far. up in the north bay. lighter more widely scattered rainfall yet but still it is coming down. will continue to do so overnight. meanwhile shift over to the sierra where the rape here is translating into snow fall there. light snow. bit is snowing around lick tahoe. give you a look at the complete accu-weather 7 day forecast agent bit later. >> thanks a lot see you later. >> if you live or work in the easts bay some discouraging news tonight. unemployment rate is a bit lower than the state level, the foreclosure rate is very high. and genuine durable economic recovery will take many years. more now from laura anthony. >> i

spencer here between the snow and cold weather we are getting some real winter weather. >> we are indeed. only mid autumn but certainly felonies and looks like winter. here's the doppler 7 hd and local weather conditions and we have light widely scattered shower activity right now. mainly north bay just east of santa rosa and out towards light activity in petaluma as well and some new precipitation moving on shore now near bodega bay and this is very light and widely scattered. in the sierra light snow falling for the last several hours. becoming agent bit heavy right now. see some moving into the blue canyon area that get even heavier overnight so with already quite a bit of snow on the ground for the weekend there is more on the way. look at some of the storm total from this past weekend. mammouth 81 inches almost seven feet of snow over the weekend. alpine meadow 6 and a half and boreal has exactly sick feet of snow and of course more will hit the ground tonight. now back in the bay area we have a freeze watch in effect for tomorrow night into wednesday morning. temperatures drop into

on the deep freeze coming up late near thanks spencer.see you then. >> as temperatures begin dip blow freezinging shelters finally all be open in silicon valley tonight. many of the homeless have been out in the cold for 2 nights because of lack of communication between santa clara county officials and the shelters. lisa is at the sunnyvale arm or which is open tonight. >>reporter: this specific armory opened about 3 hours ago and the reason it is open right now its because the county office of emergency services issued an emergency order. and that makes a lot of homeless people very thankful. this armory as well as the national guard armory in gilroy weren't slated to open until monday. but because of the freezing temperatures that started tuesday night, homeless advocate knew that plan had to change. emergency isn't usually declared unless there are at least 3 consecutive days of freezing temperatures. >> to say santa clare county declared state of emergency which was fine with me. i was ready to come into work. good to see it started.

. >> and i'm spencer christian. light, spotty rain now. i'll give you a look at live doppler 7 hd and the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> plus, a man overcome obstacles and can teach us how to live beyond limits of racism. you can see >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> san francisco mayor is moving quickly to try to move forth the 34th sailing cup event. today, gavin newsom as abc 7 reports, the city's chances are actually looking better than ever. >> this is now down to two. there are top contenders to host the america's cup. choice up to the last winner and if you like the parade, the mayor thinks you'll love the sailing races. the city raising $270 million from private sponsors expecting to receive a $1.4 billion economic boost in exchange. >> i think people got a flavor of the world series. what that meant to san francisco and this state is what we're talking about for america's cup at a larger and grander scale. >> so to be able to have that in san francisco, this would be a tremendous boom and job lift

. ♪ it's beginning to look a lot like christmas ♪ >> reporter: spencer is one of thousanding of bellgers today launching the red kettle drive. >> for me it's important to know we are doing something important. >> reporter: slipping spare change and cash into the kettle. >> they take the money and they use it for good reasons. >> reporter: and the salvation army is staying in tune with the times. this year some kettles will feature credit card machines. >> i think that is a great idea. a lot of people don't carry cash. >> we found out in test cities the average gift was $2 that went into the kettle with the credit card machine it's actually $15. >> reporter: salvation army major richard larson said for the first time people can donate by text message which adds a $10 donation to the phone bill. money that is needed. >> in the last three years it's almost doubled. the need this year is great. >> reporter: whether donations come in by card or time honored cash it's all about helping others this holiday season. ♪ it's beginning to look a lot like christmas ♪ ♪ soon the bells will stop >>

darcy spencer is live for us with the details of the take-down. darcy?burglar has been prolific, elusive and tonight he is bend bars. and police are crediting the quick actions, the alertness of a regular citizen in the neighborhood with calling police and rporting a sspicious vehicle. and that helped them to narrow in on their suspect. here he is. 34-year-old brad edmonds. he lives in oxon hill and prince orge's county. police say he is a suspect in more than 100 crime in this region. police have had hill under surveillance in recent days. after that woman report his r

. >>> reality stars, heidi montag and spencer pratt getting married again.steines has the story from hollywood. >>> coming up, heidi montag and spencer pratt are getting married again. but first, if you think you know what reality tv's most talked about couple is all about, i think you're in for a surprise. >> we can't be real anymore because of years of playing fake people. >> on the hills, she's a plastic surgery-obsessed diva. >> if we didn't act that way on the hills, they wouldn't film with us. they'd say, no wors. and then we wouldn't get paid. we wouldn't have money to pay our rent or eat. >> in some ways, does it not seem sort of pathetic to say i want to be famous to be famous. >> i love money. >> okay. >> more than most people. to the point where fame was the easiest. and i learned that really quick. >> now, the couple wants to start anew. beginning with renewing their marriage. we are there as we went shopping for a wedding dress: . >> i feel like a bride in it. so sweet, too. >> also tonight, it is down to 4 on dancing with the stars. we are insi

darcy spencer reports, one phone call cracked this case. >> he came into our home, we were sleeping. we didn't find out until the next morning and saw our stuff all over the yard. >> reporter: this fairfax county woman is one of the victims of the serial burglary, her home entered through an unlocked door. now that the suspect has been arrested she will sleep a little easier tonight. >> kind much relieved. knowing that this guy is cut. >> reporter: pole in montgomery county arrested brad edmonds after yufrd cover officer caught him breaking into homes. >> they charged him with 13 different crimes and currently in the montgomery county detention center. >> reporter: he's suspected in more than 100 crimes in fairfax, prince william and montgomery counties. they say he entered homes in cars in the dead of the night hunting for cash. according to court records he has a history of burglary arrests. the burglar tried to break into this man's home but his door was locked but couldt be pde open. >> i'm glad he got caught. >> reporte police say they identified edmonds after a resident in fair

. >>> reality stars heidi montag and spencer pratt getting married again.s the scoop from hollywood. >> reporter: coming up on entertainment tonight, heidi montag and spencer pratt are getting married again. but first, if you think you know what reality tv's most talked-about couple is really all about, i think you're in for a surprise. >> we can't be real anymore. because of years of playing fake people. >> reporter: on the hills, she's the plastic surgery obsessed diva, he is a jerk. but they say, don't play -- don't confuse reality tv with reality. >> if we didn't act like that, they wouldn't pay us. >> in some ways, does it not seem sort of pathetic to say, i want to be famous for being famous. i hate famous. >> it's hard to say that you. to be famous. >> i love money. there you go. i love money more than most people to the point where fame was the easiest way to get a lot of money fast. and i learned that really quick. >> reporter: now, the couple wants to start anew. beginning with renewing their marriage. we're there as they went shopping for a weddi

darcy spencer is live in prince georges tonight. >> reporter: he isell known in prince georges unty. in 2002, he ran against jack johnson in the primary to become countyexecutive, and he lost in that race, and he says h is not holding a grudge against jack johnson, and he is sad for the family and the circumstances. he hopes the investigation will lead people to feel confident and vest in e county. yesterday johnson and his wife was arrest after they were accused of conspiring to desty a $100,000 eck, and leslie johnson had $80,000 in cash when she was arrested yesterday. the arrest comes at the end of an eight--year-term. we have seen a lot of progress, d there has been numous developments that started under the administration. a lot of people were hoping this will notave a chilling affect on all of the progre that has been made. >> i just feel a sadness for prince georges county and for the johnson family. i think it's a horrible set of ciumstances for all of us. it really presents a lot of challenges for the incoming administration, and the fact that perception is 90% of the game.

spencer is one of thousands of bell ringers nationwide today that are launching the red kettle drive. passing shoppers dug into their pockets or pocket books to donate, they take the money and they use it for good reasons. and the salvation army is staying in tune with the times. we found out in a couple of test cities that the average gift was two dollars that went into the kettle with a credit card machine, it's actually $15. salvation army major said that also for the first time people can donate by text message that adds a 10-dollar donation to your phone bill. in the last three years it's doubled the amount of money that we collect. >>> it's all about helping others this holiday season however they collect it. the salvation army raised $400,000 last year in the greater bay area and they hope to do just as well this year. >>> president obama today injured his lip when playing a pickup basketball game. another player elbowed the president accidently. and he went to the white house doctor's office where doctors sewed up his lip. >>> little later on first lady michelle obama and daug

here's news 4's darcy spencer. >> reporter: the crash happened at this intersection in gainesville about 9:15 friday night. prince william county police say the man who caused this fiery crash was under the influence of pcp. >> i wish i could make the clock go back, but i can't. >> reporter: debbie lost her 20-year-old daughter, meghan jandrositz in a fiery crash at the intersecti of lee and james madison highway. police say the man who caused thcrash, 22-year-old carlos lucas, was speeding and under the influence of drugs. >> i want him to pay for what he done. it's not fair that someone as innocent as she was was taken away from us because of his foolishness. his stupidity. >> reporter: police say lucas was driving on lee highway when he lost control of his chevy impala, struck this honda acco which burst into flame. meghan, a front se passenger in the accord was ejected and died. her boyfriend, danny, was driving. he was pulled from the burning car by witnesses. 50-year-old david richardson of warrentowas trapped in the back seat and died. they had just made run for kerosene. >> i wis

in northwest, darcy spencer, news 4 today. >>> road work on connecticut avenue near the farragut northlresume as early as today. that construction is believed to have caused wednesday's ceiling collapse in the metro station. metro say jack hammering broke through the dome causing huge pieces of concrete to fall on the platform below. it could take weeks to fix the ceiling. plywood is covering the damaged area for now. >>> don't expect new escalators at any meo stations. interim general manager says day-to-day maintenance makes more sense than tually replacing the old escalators which could cost $1 million apiece to replace. metro is inspecting all 588 after last month's doesn't at l'enfant plaza. six people were hurt when the escalator accelerated without warning. >>> ahead at 5:00, an invasion on the g.w. campus that may keep students up at night. >>> plus, why opting for a tsa pat-down could win you a free ipod. >>> breaking news right now, major problems after a deay accident. >>> still ahead the future of learning. students are getting a high-tech upgrade to3q experience the new ai

we all remember the interview with prince charles and diana spencer in 1981. we must get used to calling her katherine. they may want to avoid a bear trap. we might hear from her for the first time, as we have not heard from her in any great sense at all. the public has heard very little from them. their friends talk about it as fantastic and wonderful news. absolutely delighted. the one discordant note over a constitutional monarchy, they say they hope the royals do not use this as the public relations exercise for the british monarchy. >> we have heard a variety of things about how modern a couple they actually are. living in north wales while he continues to serve with the royal air force? >> he had a number of places he could treat -- he could choose to do while rescue. people do take a lot of time to get their. he does pride himself in having a level of privacy and normalcy, he will hope to secure that during his several years as a search and rescue pilot. what it means is that his future wife will not be automatically flung into public exposure doing pub

reporting live from greenbelt, darcy spencer, news 4. jim, back to you. >> thank you, darcy. >>> a bomb threat at ohio state university was sent here to the d.c. fbi headquarters. it ford the evacuation of several buildings. the fbi says the threat was sent to their washington head quarters via e-mail around 8:00 a.m. this morning. no bombs were found in the lab buildings, and they have since been reoped. >>> victor bout is on hisay to the u.s. to face criminal charges. he's a russian arms dealer, arrested two years ago in thailand. arrested by undercover u.s. agents. he allegedly offered to sell them surface to ermis ils. he's suspected ofelli ining weapons to the taliban. wednesday his wife arrived to see him, but he had already been moved. >>> washington archbishop donald worrell is on his way to rome tonight. he arrived at dulles international airpt this afternoon. saturday the archbishop will attend the ceremony at the vatican that will elevate him to cardinal, the highest tight knelt catholic church after pope. i spoke with the arc

darcy spencer is live at headquarters tonight. how did this happen? >> reporter: police are saying it appears this itruder was intoxicated. he told police he live nd that apartment building, but so far, they have not been able to verify that information. the man who fired h gun spoke to news 4. he says he should not face charges because he was defending himself. >> i was terrified, honestly. >> repter: this man, who doesn't want to be identified, shot and wounded an intruder who was trying to get into his apartment sunday morning. >> i hear the glass start breaking, i went and grabbed my shotgun. >> reporter: the resident says fearing for his life, took action to defend himself. >> i ve a verbal warning not to enter the household. they kept trying come in. i fired one shot to the bottom right corner of the window, hoping to scare them off, but actually did in fact hit the person. >> repter: police are investigating the case a a possible burglary. they say the intruder told them he lived in the building. >> the homeowners who discharged the gun did not

spencer, we thank you. >> thank you, judy. >> lehrer: that ends our pbs newshour election night special. our coverage with those great pundits shields and brooks and others will continue online including results and vote tallies from the associated press. we'll see you there and again here, of course, tomorrow evening on the newshour. for now, i'm jim lehrer. and for all entire pbs newshour election team, thank you and good night.

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. >> i'm spencer christian in the accu-weather forecast center. temperature sore into the 80's and heat wave continue. answer in my continue. answer in my accu-weather forecast >> as we go to break here's a look at races around the state with 15 percent of the precinct reporting. incumbent john chang ahead 52 percent to strickland 40 percent. >> and in the treasurer race here's what we have with 15 percent of the precinct reporting keep in mind at the time secretary of state web site is down t-bill lock year 53 percent over walt percent 40 percent of the vote in the treasurer race. >> and for insurance commissioner. dave jones with 46 percent i inrited my father's '69 norton commando. it's been a dream of mine to restoret. and it's my dream for hito finish it. frank has something great t. th is my dad. isn't that cool? and a very understanding girlfriend. i showed him a wells fargo savings account wi my savings plan. [ frk ] and what it does is it takes a little bit omy money and puts it towards my goal. i want to get all the original pts and do i