come on, topper, in october? >> it sounds crazy but it is really not. you see andrea's hair blowing around. that's the beginning of the cool down. it is not really crazy to have snow in october. we actually average a trace of snow downtown and average a tenth of an inch at dulles. earliest measure of snow was back on the 10th of the month in 1979. so we are at the end of the month right now. the good news is there is warm ground and really no worries in terms of accumulation especially south and east of town. so we will keep you posted. we said all along it will snow in the mountains and it will accumulate in the mountains. most of the showers south of us. residual moisture in arkansas and deep south. that dumped all the snow in the rockies. 73 in fredricksburg. 52 gaithersburg. 48 cumberland. 36. we will come back and talk about frost advisories and have an update. >> thank you, topper. >>> we have got some new information for you this evening in the grand jury probe of the d.c. mayor. the "associated press" is reporting that sulomon brown said gray ha

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topper shutt in the weather center. topper, this seems early even for denver, isn't it? >> it really is. the problem is, they still have foliage, leaves on the trees. joining us from our sister station is kuas. >> it has ban mess, topper. you are right. we were so warm on monday, it was 80 degrees on monday. set a record high temperature. a lot of warm pavement. roads really haven't been a problem. people are driving around, driving home from work. we have had so many trees either damaged or destroyed and a lot of power lines down. we have had power outages in sections of the metro area and up and down front range. when i say front range i'm talking about the denver area all the way up into fort collins and greeley. 50, 60 miles away. places out on the planes in greeley, colorado, where they have had over a foot of snow today. they actually had more snow at lower elevations out on the plains of eastern colorado that we have had here in the denver area. we are looking at about a good 8 inches of snow here at downtown denver and up in greeley on north side of greeley they

first, here is topper with a look at the ever improving forecast. >> after our weekend streak finally ended. let's talk about temperatures. we are looking at temperatures on the cool side, but a vast improvement. already down to 59 in gaithersburg and 61 in leesburg. 64 in fredericksburg. for tonight, clear to partly cloudy. it will be chilly. lows 46 to 54 downtown and winds northwest at about 10 to 15. we will come back. we will talk about how long we can keep this streak going and look ahead to the weekend forecast as well. >> thank you topper. tonight, police are looking for a would be rapist who attacked a woman in her silver spring home. this is a computer generated picture of the suspect. he is described as a latino man. about 185-pounds. the attempted rape happened on the 9400 block of shay brook avenue at around 6:30 sunday evening. >> she heard her side door opening. she was approached from behind who pushed her down on the kitchen floor and attempted to remove her clothing. >> it's still a safe neighborhood. you have to keep your doors locked and just be vigilant. >> the la

topper, things looking nicer out there. let's go to you. >> much, much calmer. one thing i want to talk about tonight is we have winds. i want to show you the storm report. we have wind damage the last 4 hours and we do have one tornado, a possible tornado south of dale city and possible tornado in fairfax county. wind damage. a possible tornado. much quieter tonight. cold front through. we are in great shape, actually, for high school football. except for the wind. you've got to kick a winning field goal in the wind tonight. it will be tough. winds gusting 18 miles per hour downtown but a 38-mile-per-hour wind gust in martinsburg and 36- mile-per-hour wind gust in hagerstown. right now, temperatures still nice. 70 in manassas. 69 in downtown. we are looking at 66 in leesburg. and 66 in frederick. so high school football forecast, grab a sweatshirt. it is going to be clear. temperatures 69 at 7 p.m. for the latest go to dc highschoolsports.net and we will have complete highlights at 11 p.m. we will take you all the way through the weekend when we come back. >> t

. >>> i'm meet meteorologist topper shutt. a beautiful day. 74 and 54 go in the books. average is 68 and 48. above on both counts. we declared tomorrow a severe weather alert day. we'll tell you why. full forecast coming up. >>> today marks 39 years since the clean water act took effect. in this month, the house and senate are considering bills that would help water providers and other utilities keep up with the times. maryland senator is sponsoring the senate measure that would establish a set of federal grants that would allow water system operators to upgrade their facilities to cope with climate change. >> there are concerns about keeping the water clean off the coast of new zealand. bad weather is moving into the area, hindering the crews trying to get the oil off a stranded containership there. that ship hit a wreath almost two weeks ago. crews are worried the approaching storm system will break the ship apart, spilling more oil into the sea. >>> one concern from the spill, the wildlife living near the shore. that's why this team of knitters is taking action. they

the man to blame is topper shutt. when will it get better? >> through the rest of the week then big changes. start with the satellite picture, radar combined. we actually have lost the first round of showers. they are gone. showers are now in west virginia. they roll through just in time for the morning commute. in the meantime temperatures are okay. 62 downtown. a bargain. 54 gaithersburg. 57man57 inman assess. we will come back and tell you if your morning and evening commute will be wet and we will also talk about really kind of a winter storm over the weekend. >> thank you, topper. >>> heads up for drivers who take the dulles airport access road. starting tomorrow crews will start narrowing some of the westbound lanes on part of that road. those are the lanes that are going out to the airport. the narrowed portion is 600 feet long just west of the leesburg pike overpass. drivers are being asked to use caution when driving through that area. the narrowed lanes will be in place until sometime around thanksgiving. >>> coming up, a republican

. >> thank you, topper. this one just in. former alaska governor, sarah palin, says she is not going to run for president. palin said in a statement that she and her husband, todd, will quote, devote ourselves to god, family, and country. palin has been teasing for months. with her announcement, the field is set and mitt romney appears to be back in the front runner spot. >> tonight, a warning for thousands of homeowners about gas appliances that were never inspected and could put your family in danger. an investigation by the montgomery county office of consumer protection found that contractors violated county law in more than a thousand homes. delia with the advisory for homeowners in prince georges and montgomery counties. >> i might as well leave a loaded shotgun down here in the basement. >> frank of silver spring had a subcontractor install this water heater early last month and he instantly knew it was a dangerous install with a flexible connector that leaves this pipe completely unstable. >> this is a perfect place f

. >> and you know it, the man of the hour is topper shutt. the only question, how much and when.. >> well, when now. if you're actually in parts of virginia west of i81. for the rest of us we'll have to wait awhile. we declared tomorrow a severe weather day for heavy wet snow. if you are east of i95, not that much is going to fall. phrase to an inch. if you get -- trace to an inch. if you get west, places like the district, rockville, bethesda back into fairfax, you get north of that near gaithersburg, up into southern frederick county 3-6 inches. that includes all of loudoun county and back into northern sections of fauquier county. there is going to be a bulls-eye of six plus. also a little bulls-eye around loray. why are we so concerned about this? the ground is warm. but there is a lot of trees with a lot of canopy left. so we're looking at major tree damage and the potential that would translate into a tremendous amount of power outages. now, here is the deal. winter weather advisory in baltimore, howard county, montgomery county back through fairfax and prince william and s

topper is up next with the forecast.

topper shutt has analyzed it and tells us what is happening there. top. >> yes, guys, this is incredible video. and textbook video in terms of we always talk about flying debris. get out of the way. this is i95 and there was a tornado warning at this time. you see the trees just flying back and forth. bending back and forth in the strong wind. what this really shows is the debris. and we always talk about flying debris. get out of the way of flying debris. anything that is blowing at 60, 70, 80 miles an hour can cause injury. so this is a textbook case of flying debris. now, what is going on now? all right. well, now we look at the live radar. most of the showers and thunderstorms are on the way out but we're not done yet. no warnings, no watches right now. all of the flood warnings have expired. still a pretty good thunderstorm. pretty good rains in parts of montgomery county, paths of the district as you're -- parts of the district as you're going out 50. we'll widen out just a little bit. and then we're going to put this into motion. where is it g

. >>> let's get to meteorologist topper shutt. he's got a look at the weather which is rapidly deteriorating. >> i'm inside. we had a great streak, and it's now going to come to an end. i want to talk about the moon halo. this was sent into us by a facebook follower from nokesville, virginia. you see this ring? it's a full hunter's moon. these are just high clouds. you see with it the sun as well. it generally mean, from folklore, within 24 hours we get precipitation. it's pretty close to true because we have some showers in parts of the metro area right now, especially to the south. the real heavy activity is not going to roll in until after midnight but it does appear it's going to be a wet commute going and probably coming hope from work. 67 right now in bethesda, 70 inly collins park, 70 in beltsville. to the west, upper 60s. even 68 out towards leesburg. so the outside story, dust off the umbrella. rain and showers developing. morning commute wet. afternoon and evening commutes possibly wet, especially north of town, and show

topper let's us know in his forecast. you might need a jacket. >>> a daring gas station robbery that was caught on tape. what alexandria police are doing to catch these guys. we will tell you. stay with us. s çñ >>> today the iphone 4s went on sale today. sales figures show apple could sell as many as 4 million of those bad this weekend topping all previous versions in opening weekend sales. >>> caught on tape. the robbery of a local gas station. in the tape you can actually hear the terrified clerk begging for his love. it all started early sunday morning when the two robbers entered the store. one clerk called 911 and slipped out the back. the other as you'll hear just wanted the crook to leave. >> don't kill me. >> after watch that tape police are convinced these robbers have done this many times before. that store located near 395 which place say it makes it easier to make the get away. >>> his death ruled a homicide but no one was charged with the crime but now one year after a man died following an incident outside

hallowe'en yet but topper has the forecast. give us the latest models. >> they are consistent. still looks like a big snow north and west. a big snow. gives you an idea how dynamic the system is. here is what we are thinking in terms of snowfall around the immediate metro area. south and east of i-95. maybe a trace. to maybe an inch. i think it will end in snow all the way down into st. mary's county before it gets out of here tomorrow night. but essentially in terms of the accumulation east of i-95 not that much. west including the district, gaithersburg, rockville, 1 to 3 inches. out no loudoun county west, up into hagerstown over to cumberland 6 inches. almost a lock at this point. already snowing in oakland, parts of west virginia. a couple of pictures from timberline in west virginia. already snowing there. it is on the way. we are still concerned about this though because of the potential for tree damage and then power outages. a lot of canopies still on the trees. and it is what happened in denver on monday could happen here. a warning for frederick county, loudoun count

topper, we know that today was nice but can tomorrow follow up? >> i think it can. in fact, looking at really a nice cool, crisp evening and very nice cool evenings. temperatures. if you're headed out you need a jacket. 56 downtown. low 50s in the burbs. high school football if you haven't left yet. bring a sweatshirt. temperatures are going to be 55. 52 by 8 p.m. barely hanging on to 50 by 11. for tonight then, we are in pretty good shape. chilly. lows in the 40s. winds northwest at 10. we had come back and let you know if we can make it three in a row. >> thank you, topper. >>> the jury selection in the lululemon murder trial is about to get started and before the questioning begins 9news now learns more about the suspect from one of her closest friends. we will have that coming up. >>> first a warning for some folks that live in prince george's county. a sex assault suspect out on the loose and he is very dangerous. the details are up next. >>> in prince george's county police are looking for a teenager that they say sexually assaulted a young girl yesterday afte

topper, you were talking about this last night at 11 p.m. that's on i-95. >> just actually north of the entrance to quantico and it was confirmed about 5:30 many. that was insane. >> you see that and you understand why you were so concerned yesterday. they were coming rapid fire. >> we get doppler warnings and they are automatically sent to us. once we get them we can say a high risk or low risk and the ones yesterday, i was concerned. i was concerned. and i was concerned looking at that video too. if i would have been in that car i wouldn't have been shooting video. what is going to happen the showers pulled out today just about what we thought early afternoon. we have a couple of sprinkles in the mountains but this area of low pressure will sit and spin up in southern quebec and that is going to drive our winds tonight and really through tomorrow. the winds are picking up. 23-mile-per-hour wind gusts downtown. 28 up in frederick. and 26-mile-per-hour wind gust out towards martinsburg. they will be with us really through tonight, tomorrow.

topper is back with your full forecast and we'll take another look at your headlines. what was he doing there? we'll explain after the break. >>> an area food pantry forced to temporarily shut down yesterday after they literally ran out of supplies for needy families. organizers at the community down in dumfries say they seen a nearly 50% increase in demand almost overnight and they simply can't keep up. peggy fox now with more on the efforts underway to help these folks out. >> they get empty -- >> the ax food pantry serves 4,000 needy people every month. but a 40% spike in demand empties their shelves and forced the pantry to close temporarily. >> this is the worse i have ever seen. we just couldn't put together a basic bag. >> hungry people looking for a bag of food were turned away. >> it was heartbreaking. it was a very difficult decision to make. having families come up to the door. because we don't have groceries to give them. it's very hard. >> part of the increase in demand came from the 400 displaced people from the holly acres village mobile home parks, whic

. >> topper saying a nice blue sky. >> not like last time. >> many all the rain. >> we are looking at showers. drizzle. and some fog out there tonight. maybe allow extra time tomorrow morning. live doppler 9000. nothing is heavy. but it is kind of persistent and that is going to be sort of the theme for tomorrow and has for friday. again, light green indicates light activity but we find some light showers, some drizzle up in the western sections of montgomery section. out 66 past manassas towards warrenton. nothing heavy. where does it go for the next hour? put this into motion. generally drifting back to the north and to the east where it pretty much has been doing for the last couple days. more activity around leesburg and chantilly but nothing heavy. if you are not seeing anything in the immediate area where you are there is still some cloud and drizzle around so you're not totally dry. for so many morning a wet commute. some showers possible. leavings -- leaves on the road. by afternoon even a better chance for showers. so probably a wet evening commute. friday some showers and th

topper? >> reporter: records on this date 86 and 33. we'll come back and tell you how many more nice days we can squeeze out of this week before big changes roll in. >>> first, talk about a bump in the road. more on this morning's traffic mess, up next. >>> back now with good news for commuters in the morning. i 295 is back open tonight over south capital street. this morning a three by six hole opened up in the southbound lane. nobody hurt but cars were damaged, either by hitting the hole or by the debris that fell on to south capital street below. the overpass was just inspected at the end of last month. >>> the united states department of transportation is giving our area $928.5 million in grants for public transportation projections. transportation secretary ray la hood announced the move today and that will go toward more commuter buses in maryland. a study of transit and a new system for metro to keep track of its buses and trains. >>> a health alert tonight about the cost to society from excessive or problem drinking. the cdc est

. >>> topper declared this a severe weather alert day. we have crews tracking the storms. >> that includes andrea mccarren. andrea, what's happening >> reporter: guys, it seems to have lightening up. it was the strangest thing. we traveled through gaithersburg, north potomac, travilla road, and as you mentioned, we are on river road just west of the village of potomac. the sky is brightening once again. for a while there, it got absolutely dark. a deep gray, pelting rain, a whole lot of lightning. it appears that there may already be some power outages in montgomery county. we did see some utility trucks. it was so dark with the storm that it was hard to tell if there was power out in neighborhoods. i will say what is odd, there's a whole lot of lightning. very little wind, which i'm so used to these storms that we cover and you see the branches falling and the trees bent over. not the case in this one. i will say driving is fairly treacherous. water is very quickly pooling up on the sides of roads. people just need to slow down, very . r

i'll be become on monday. >> check with topper at 5 for the weather. see you tomorrow! >> thanks for being with us!

. >>> topper? >> yeah, we actually have some breaks in the clouds, but check out the almanac. the high and the low only 53 and 46. averages are still about 74 and 55. we'll come back and tell you when we will be turning it around and show you the snow over the weekend. >>> but up next, some star power that comes to virginia to draw attention to breast cancer research. we will be right back. >>> they hope to call attention to the fact in a visual way. the staff is turning the white house pink tonight after dark. and they have been placed on the lights that have illuminated the north side of the white house. look for that. jill biden, the wife of president joe biden participated in the round table discussion on breast cancer today. it was at the breast cancer center in alexandria. and actress jennifer aniston. they also had breast cancer patient survivors and medical staff. they held an emergency meeting to decide if one of the winners for this year will be honored. and that is because shortly after being announced that they had one, where they had learned about it on friday. th

. >>> topper? >> very mild outside but don't leave home without it tomorrow. here is your wakeup weather. more showers on the way. in the 50s to start though. pretty mild. 50 by 7. temperatures still in the 50s by 9 p.m. we will come back and tell you it is going to rain tomorrow and take a look at the forecast. >>> tonight a verdict of guilty in the first criminal trial to come out of this country's worst coal mine disaster in decades. on trial in west virginia the former security chief at the massey upper big branch mine. last year in april the explosion there killed 29 miners and late today a federal jury found that security chief did try to impede the investigation into the disaster by lying to investigators and trying to destroy thousands of documents involving security at the mine. >>> tomorrow hundreds of volunteers are expected back in hanover county virginia carrying on a search for a missing child with autism. his name robbie woods. he is nine years old and he disappeared sunday afternoon while out for a walk with his family in the north battlefield

. >>> i'm here with topper in the radar center where the radar tells the ugly story.ere weather tomorrow. >> yes. we'll show you the radar. we're looking at the potential for a wet commute in the morning and a wet commute on the way home. so get ready. and, in fact, it could be heavy by 7:00, 8:00 in the morning. and we could even see some heavier thunderstorms around lunch time and again around evening. we don't have one, we have two storms. this is one storm we talked about last night coming out of the gulf of mexico. this is kind of tropical moisture just streaming northward. this is another storm out in the ohio valley in the midwest. that is going to sit out there and spin for a couple of days. so we're looking at unsettled weather all of wednesday, even into thursday morning. temperatures one ingredient for severe weather, warm air. it's warm out. 63 downtown. 62 in rockville. 63 in sterling. that's pretty warm for this time of night and for this time of the year. your wakeup weather then get ready. i mean, an umbrella needed across the board. 55-62 to start. mo

topper? >>> well, it was wicked scary of course they were scared. wicked scary. all right, we have a couple of showers around. nothing heavy. that's the good news and look down to the south. some showers in richmond and charlottesville. >>> but up next part two of the interview with the parents of jayna murray, ho they're honoring the memory of their daughter who was killed in a bethesda lululemon store. if you've got pain? you need the patch. (announcer) icy hot patches. targeted no-mess relief. icy to dull pain. hot to relax it away. pain's no match for the icy hot patch. >>> only on 9, a rare look at how a family copes in the wake of the unthinkable. >> in march, 30-year-old jayna murray was beaten to death. you certainly remember the crime. it was vicious. it stunned the community and devastated her close-knit family. >> andrea mccarren recently travel today houston for an -- traveled to houston for an in- depth interview with her parents. >> we carry jayna in our hearts wherever we go. >> reporter: jayna murray's life was soaring. and on the fast track at lu

topper has a severe weather alert day for tomorrow. right now a storm is headed our way. places could see half a foot of snow, yes, in october. topper, you've got the answers. >> i like your thinking about downloading the weather app. good time to do it. really tough call in terms of how much it will fall. it will primarily on the grassy surfaces. temperatures above freezing while it is snowing in most locations. east of i-95 an inch. fairfax 1 to inches. dark

let's go back to topper shutt. >> tornado watch covers most of the metro area. montgomery county south, all the way to the bay and south until 11:00. we have tornado warnings in effect for fairfax county and prince william county. here's a look at live doppler 9,000. my hunch is, i think you're going to be okay in prince william county. a couple things i want to point out. a couple heavy storms. they are going to produce very heavy rains and also possibility of some small hail and also some of the storms have moved across 95. so you folks in charles county and southern section of prince georges county, even waldorf, i would keep an eye to the sky with this tail end of the thunderstorms. we do have a pretty good chance of hail. reports of hail, and this storm south of springfield has some big time hail. no doubt about that. this is state highway 644, just to the south of springfield. we're on the west side of 95 here, and also right around pohick road, there's a little bit of hail. springfield, get ready. rush hour is going to become more fun than it normally is

. >>> out to the weather with topper and derek. >> this is pretty darn nice, that's all you can say. >> no complaints. >> not even a little. although it was cloudy this morning. >> a mainly satisfied customer. a different story in oklahoma. this is hail the size of baseball. >> wow. >> this will go through a windshield. >> that's a car messer upper there. >> that will damage your house and your roof. look at that. it's unbelievable. here's the deal. they have stronger thunderstorms in thunderstorms and they fall. the stronger the updraft, the bigger the hailstones. there you go, that is incredible. you cut the hail in half, you can count the rings. that's how many times it circulated in the thunderstorm. and you cut something like that half, you're going to see ten trips up and down. that's how it gets so big. a different story, a little calmer here. temperatures in the 60s. 61 in downtown. 64 in bethesda. upper 60s in rockville and 66 in great falls. pretty nice. satellite pick picture radar combined. doesn't have a lot of rain with it. most sprinkles will be i-80 westward. most wil

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topper? >> we have got a couple of showers pushing through the metro area.rough chantilly, vienna and here in d.c. we will tell you when the showers roll out and if the showers could turn to flakes. >>> also coming up. some very reassuring news for any woman that may ever face a breast cancer diagnosis and hag to make medical choices after that. that is our local health alert. a new study from a local hospital coming up. >>> promising news for women against breast cancer. a new study released just today from georgetown university hospital shows there is a same and effective option for women who want to keep their cancer from coming back that also want to preserve their own body image as much as possible. >> it felt like a bean underneath my skin. >> reporter: she found her stage ii breast cancer through a self-exam. because of her family history this mother of three wanted to fight that cancer with all the weapons available. >> i chose the bilateral masectomy as the option that fit me the best. >> reporter: and kristin also chose a different type of masectom

. >>> topper is outside taking in the halloween forecast. it's not quite ghoulish yet. >> not yet but it will but it will be dry if you are an early trick or treater. temperatures are in the low 50s. it's cool outside. 51 arlington. 50 bethesda. 52 in leesburg. the forecast, by 7:00 temperatures in the low 50s. by 8:00 temperatures around 50. by 9:00 temperatures in the upper 40s. it will be dry through 9:00. we will tell you when the showers will roll in. . >>> still to come on 9news now, fright night. a closer look at the lucrative business of scary people. ♪ [ jerry ] attention shoppers. your groceries are the size of idaho but the interest rate on your checking is small potatoes. earn more at capital one bank. get new high yield free checking. your interest rate will be 5 times the national average. that's huge. and free atms at any bank. free is good. sign up at capital one bank. what's in your wallet? what is he, a clydesdale. >>> an iconic washington tour operator called it quits after 42 years. tour mobile that operated the buses on

topper will be here to tell us when we'll need the umbrellas. and we're going to need them. that is coming up. >>> but first, they conquered the washington monument and now it's off to the national cathedral. the team of rappeling engineers checks out the damage from the earthquake and what they found is up next. >>> all of those fancy rappeling engineers are back and this time they are inspecting the national cathedral, which, as you probably know, was also damaged during the quake which happened on august 23rd. now the cathedral is structurally sound. however it has been closed down ever since the quake because those stone carvings, those fancy things up on the walls outside could become unstable and fall over and hit you. well today two female engineers began inspecting the outside using cameras and ipods to keep track of what they found as they slid down, down, down the outside of the national cathedral. >> you know what they said? >> what. >> it was way more interesting than the washington monument. >> because more to look out. >>> let's talk about the bad weather. >> t

. >>> well, topper is back with your full forecast right after the break. >>> plus, helpful folks who are facing foreclosures. çñ >>> mor gauge rates remain unchanged. they report the average rate is 4.11%, slightly down from 4.12% last week. the low rates have not done much to revive the lagging housing market. as a matter of fact, sales of new homes are on pace to finish at one of the lowest levels ever. well, we got a glimpse at one of the country's biggest lenders and how they are handling the foreclosure crisis around here. wells far duo wants to modify as many loans as they can for people in trouble. scott broom reports that the odds are only about one out of four. but it is clearly worth a shot. in our region alone, they've got 16,000 people who look like they are potentially on their way to foreclosure. all 16,000 were sent mailers to come here to the convention hall at national harbor and to try to work out new terms this week. >> and i was reluctant to come. >> that is jesse ferguson and their wife who noticed right away that boxes of tissues on every desk with all of that h

it will not be a record topper, but from our area, you might want to take the kids. >>> the health crisis has risen 18 people have been confirmed dead because of cantaloupe. the cdc has found 100 illness in 20 day. >>> blackout in a can are coming up with a fresh warning. they are changing drink labels showing that a can as much alcohol as four or five beers. this is after the federal trade commission accused them of being deceptive. >>> dogs are searching through the scrub bushes by elaine. the crews will be searching through the end of the week. they are going to focus on the southeast edge of the island. where she was reported missing by gary. >>> a mom has agreed to sell her newborn son. $15,000. police charged the woman and a friend. now, in foster care the baby. the mom was raising two children and living with her mother. she had fallen on hard times and a friend offered to help. investigators got tipped and when they want searching for the two, they found the document being signed on surveillance video. >>> this story is wide. this is a sign for residents. two full grown mountain l

. >>> topper, there were some emergency messages about severe weather that had people in our newsroom jumpy. >> supposed to be an internal test not from sterling. >> national weather service. >> headquarters in silver spring. and they it put the word test in the body of the warning but they encoded it wrong so it triggered all of our alert systems and it went out and caused quite a stir. >> it was from headquarters in silver spring. all right, let's take about the next batch of showers because we got rid of one batch earlier. now see another batch out to the west of us, ohio, kentucky, about to enter west virginia. and this will more than likely about our wet morning commute on thursday. rest of the showers are pretty much history. generally less than a 10th of an inch rolled through the metro area earlier this afternoon. temperatures really still fairly mild really. 61 in arlington. 62 downtown. 61 in college park. some upper 50s. go up 270 to rockville and gaithersburg and we are looking at upper 50s towards reston and sterling. but the cold front hasn't moved in so the colder air,

. >> as topper likes to say a fight between the fall and summer and summer is losing. thank you so much. >>> let's get to our weird news file because we have got a motorcycle that literally lives by the phrase waste not, want not. it is called toilet bike neo. testimony runs on human poop. not the sexiest fuel you've heard about as really, really cheap as in completely free especially since the rider can fill it up via that toilet- style motorcycle seat there. it is from a company called toto. it is the engine that converts the human race into what they call biogas. the goal actually is to cut co2 emissions. but carbon dioxide gas with fuel like this might be the least of your problems. >> and privacy issues. >> we won't go there. we will be right back. >>> aheads up for metro riders in virginia. expect disruptions on the orange line on the weekend because they are working on the dulles rail project. there will be free bus shuttles replacing trains between the east falls church station and west falls church station. the shuttle service starts tonight at 10 p.m. and wil

topper tells us when. but first, texas governor continues to slide in the polls, but the republican presidential candidate just unveiled a new tax plan he is hoping can reverse the trend. we'll tell you all about it up next. >>> businessman, herman kaine is the new front runner for the presidential nomination. that's according to a new cbs new york times poll. kaine takes the top spot. he is picked by 25% of likely republican voters. mitt romney is number 22 and rick perry, the front runner back in september plummeted to 5th place. perry is counting on his new economic plan. he unveiled it at a plant in south carolina. it is called cut, balance, and grow, and hoping to win over conservatives with it. >> it reorders the way they do business in washington, by reinventing the tax code. >> the plan features a 20% flat tax. private social security retirement accounts and lower corporate taxes. perry made the announcement as president obama continues his swing through the western states. the president is holding

. >>> topper? >> a little below average in terms of the temperatures but not too bad. we will show you the almanac. got up to 62 downtown. low is 47. average is 67 and 48. record 85. lows is 30s. there are frost advisories and we will talk about that and full weekend forecast coming up. >>> up next a major employer plans to eliminate hundreds of jobs. we will tell you where. >>> ?u at 6:00 tonighter northrup grummen says it plans to eliminate 800 jobs in maryland and most of them will come in the form of buyouts or layoffs. majority are at jobs at facilities in linthicum, sietsville, and in annapolis. >>> tonight seven in ten americans asked say they believe the country is heading in the wrong direction when it comes to the economy. and 43% describe the nation's economy as very poor. now this poll of 1,000 adults by the associated press found that 40% of americans believe unemployment will rise in the next year. >>> but at least not in one part of this country. >> the world's series is giving st. louis an economic boost so much so that the city is canceling mandatory f

. >>> and topper is here with his man bag. >> i don't think it's manly to ask your wife or your girlfriendo carry something in her purse. >> oh, no. >> it happens all of the time. >> a man bag, no. >> sometimes we don't have room for the thing. whatever it is. >> i think it's more manly than that. >> oh, come on. >> we're looking at a pretty nice weekend. we have a lot going on. and the weather is going to cooperate. the winds are going to be with us, though, through most of the weekend. let's start with the wind gust. where are the wind gusts? that's good news. that's good. winds now are up to 20 miles per hour to the north of us hout towards hagerstown -- out towards hagerstown and winchester. they're going to be with us tomorrow. and over in cumberland, 21 miles an hour wind gusts. all right. well, there is lots to do this weekend. and really we're in pretty good shape. it will be windy and cool. if you're a golfer and you normally hit a seven iron for the 150 tomorrow, you might have to suck it up and put the man club away. milder on sunday and mild monday. but a couple of showers kind

topper? >>> some more showers are developing south of town. in fact, we'll show you live doppler 9000 hd. some of the showers getting heavier and kind of increasing in coverage. we'll talk about what that moons for the rest of the night and -- means for the rest of the night and your morning commute tomorrow. >>> back now on 9news now, with a consumer alert. if you are watching us on a sony tv right now, here's something you need to know. sony is recalling more than 1.5 million lcd tvs around the world. they can lead to overheating and melted parts. now the sets under recall are several bravia models made in 2007 and 2008. go to sony's website for more information. >>> well, they are calling it operation hacker azzi. that's what the fbi is saying after a year long investigation. they dubbed the mission to find the person hacking into the e- mails of several hollywood celebrities. crucifier cheney of jacksonville, florida is accused of getting access to the accounts of more than 50 people including scarlett johansson and mila kunis. >>> now if

topper is tracking it. that's coming up. >>> but first, from the brink of a deadly heart condition to a beacon of health. how this mother overhauled her life for the better. coming up next. >>> in tonight's health alert a focus on your heart and what can be done to keep it beating strong. nothing more important than that, right? >> you've got it, derek. fighting heart disease is a cutting edge proposition these days. it is our own responsibility to treat our hearts right as one northern virginia woman learned just in time. >> reporter: gail remembers with embarrassment her lifestyle of old. no exercise and a diet that today makes her cringe. >> the only exercise i was getting was going from my living room to my kitchen to get my unbelievably unhealthy breakfast which was the chips, cherry pop i told you about and a box of cookies. >> reporter: the virginia mom had gained about 75 extra pounds, had developed sleep apnea and said she was well on her way to the heart disease that contributed to both her parent

all right, topper has more of our unsettled weather when we come back and we'll have more for you. stay with us. >>> now to the trial of conrad murray. the doctor accused of killing michael jackson. prosecutors begun to call their final witnesses. murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter, accused of overloading jackson's body with a powerful anesthetic to help the singer fall asleep and of course that ended up killing him. on the witness stand, a sleep expert testified it was unacceptable for murray to use such a drug for that purpose. >> in standard practice, particularly in a home setting without appropriate monitoring, it is absolutely incomprehensible. >> starting sometime next week, dr. murray's defense team will call its panel of experts trying to counter what more than 50 witnesses testified to over the past three weeks. >>> and a state department dinner just getting underway for the south koreaen president. you are looking live at the white house where folks are arriving for the gala. distinguished guests will be joining the president and first lady. addressed the jo

with topper. are we looking at snowflakes in october, my friend? >> we are not. it is not crazy unusual. the storm would swing to the south and up the coast as a nor'easter. here is the deal. really is not that unusual to have snow in october. we average a trace of snow in the month of october. in fact, we average a tenth of an inch out in the western suburbs. the earliest measurable snow is back on the 10th set back in 1979. also at the end of october. even if it were to snow we have warm ground, no worries. now, that said also since monday we have been saying west of the divide it will be an accumulating snow in the mountains. in the meantime a frontal system moving through ushering in the cooler air then we have leftover moisture and a storm system that was left of the denver snow will swing down south and up the coast. 65 downtown. still 57 in gaithersburg. we will come back. we will talk about colder air tonight. frost advisories posted to the north. we will have more on that as well. >>> today a hushed courtroom listened to dramatic audiotapes of what britt