>> reporter: in gaithersburg, maryland, surae chinn, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> well, surae says she regrets not being able to help everyone. she said she had quite a few heart warming stories. topper, quite an interesting story there. >> that is. >> it works out for that other couple. so that is great. >> nice cake too. >> good thing they are not getting married today and the plans weren't outdoors because it is a wash. >> that's what they say when it rains on your wedding that it is good luck. they have to. >> i guess they have to. i wouldn't want it though. >> no. >> we are going to improve. showers will linger to the north of town tonight but even that will dissipate after midnight. here is your forecast first. the next three days lots going on. maryland game tomorrow night. should be dry during the game. some showers are possible tomorrow. primarily north of town. little milder. upper 70s. also have an open house at the county center from noon to 7:00 p.m. tomorrow. that should be fine and the prince george's county fair runs through sunday. that should be fine. the better weeke

surae chinn reports women in northern virginia could be the reason the democrat is now closing in one republican bob mcdonald. >> reporter: okay, let's break down the numbers for you. dies behind trailing by only a 2%. washington post poll. dies pulled ahead. moment um is now with dies. women voters in virginia have now helped make this raise a tossup. >> it doesn't surprise me because northern virginia in particular is liberal. >> reporter: bob mcdonald led with a convincing double digit lead to start. that lead has vanished after mcdonald's controversial college paper surfaced describing working women as detrimental to the traditional family. >> i might hate to be judged on something i wrote in college. i would hope my thoughts would change but it does put a little doubt in my mind. >> good luck to you. >> reporter: mcdonald was tailgating at fedex field. it has become a focal point in this campaign. >> i'm frankly insulted that the senator would continue this really bogus line of attack. >> reporter: are you saying you don't believe in that paper any more? >> no, i believe in stro

surae chinn with an update that it hasn't done much to calm people's fears. >> reporter: it is a sigh of relief for some after a man was arrested in connection with attacking an 18-year-old woman at knife point when she was taking out the trash. >> that's scary. i have taken out trash at night. you just don't think anything can happen. >> reporter: an officer patrolling the area spotted a man that matched the description of the attacker on polo drive. the man was arrested close to where the attack happened. he was arrested at route 50 and penderview drive but police are now saying they don't believe he was involved in a second incident where a 56-year-old woman was grabbed in the 1200 block of penderview drive on september 6th. in that case police released this composite sketch of the alleged attacker. >> i think everybody is still a little worried about the possibility of there being another asalient out there. >> reporter: for most residents in the fair oaks area they are thankful the officer spotted one of the suspects before striking again. >> good to know he is off the streets. >

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i'm surae chinn. derek is off tonight. violent obligation. two suspects accused of plotting to attack a marine corps base at quantico say they believe they had to do it. fingerpointing and food dragging the fight to get enough water to fight fires this the district and pulling out. families are outraged to eleven their children can't stay at the school they love. >>> school children are upset after being told they will have to leave their school. this school takes in 170 special needs children from dc at an

in gaithersburg, surae chinn, 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> you can check out bubba's belly run by goingo our website at wusa9.com. the run is this sunday. you can register on-line or day of for family-fun event and all of that money will go to military families. >>> five more u.s. soldiers were killed in afghanistan today. the attacks come amid word that secret talks took place in ramstein germany about whether to increase troop strength in the region. general mcchrystal took part in those talks. he spoke to david martin about the violence in an interview to be aired this sunday on 60 minutes. >> i think worse or better than you expected. >> they are probably a little worse. >> what's worse than you thought. >> well, i think that in some areas the breadth of violence, the geographic spread of violence, places to the north and west are a little more than i would have gathered. >> reporter: you can watch the entire interview with general mcchrytal on 60 minutes. >> shooting flames and massive clouds of smoke filled the california sky today. an early morning fire broke out at a refinery. n

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