before today's game virginia tech's defensive coordinator bud foster challenged his yupt to start living up to the traditions of hokie defense. he posted a note in each players' locker. where tech has been and where they are now. in the last five years virginia tech has been ranked in the top seven in defense, this season 77th. that challenge is noteworthy here is that note. at the bottom it reads you have the responsibility to uphold the tradition. first quarter, hokies on the doorstep. ryan williams gets the pitch and dives into the end zone for six. 7-0 hokies. williams 150 yards rushing and two tds. next possession, tirod taylor connecting with boykin. you've seen the offense. now see the defense. miami punting away. check out jacob sykes. matt reidy scoops it up and scores. the hokies' defense allowed 209 yards of offense. 11th ranked virginia tech knocks off miami 31-7. >> it is just a fact. you didn't hear about virginia tech this week. you heard a lot about miami. rightfully so. it should be that way. but like i say, i'm proud of our guys. i'm proud of what we are all about at vi

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. >>> virginia tech and maryland both involved in blowouts.which one won and which one lost. >>> you don't have to be born in the usa to study springsteen. >>> let's check in and see what the shows are working on. >> coming up, the biggest problem for barack obama, the huge numbers of people out of work. after he gets health care done will he have political capital to get a jobs program? with so much unemployment will he give up the campaign promise to raise taxes on the wealthy? and are democrats in enough troublee could lose control of the house? that's what is coming up at 10:00. >>> coming up this morning, president obama on the word stage at a time of world information. and then david patterson speaks out about his plans for re-election in an exclusive interview, and that's all this morning on "meet the press." >>> and the virginia techs fans should hear this. >> virginia tech's defensive coordinator, foster, challenged his unit to live up to the traditions of hoeky defense. and each in the last five years virginia tech has been ranked in

elsewhere, virginia tech taking on the big boys from nebraska. this heavyweight battle did not disappoint. down in blacksburg. the hokies started strong. virginia tech by five. tie rod taylor trying to make something happen. pump fakes and goes up top and deep to a wide open danny cole. off to the races. he is knocked out of bounds at the 3 yard line. tech, here we go. three plays later, tech on the 11 yard line after a sack. tyrod taylor had the hokies in business. let's go, guys. come on. taylor, sees dyrell roberts. check out roberts. makes an incredible catch for thegame-winning touchdown. virginia tech beats the cornhuskers 16-15. >>> let's go to hatsymississipp. toree morrison, a speedy fellow. 57-yard touchdown. the cavs led 27-10 at halftime. they lose 37-34. virginia falls to 0-3. >>> to pittsburgh. navy playing pitt. second quarter, the panthers up 14-7. they are threatening. deon lewis stretches in for pitt. pitt downs navy. the mids back home on next saturday against western kentucky. >>> in the wnba playoffs the mystics, win or the s

in blacksburg yesterday, 11th ranked virginia tech hosting 9th ranked miami. the hokies had no problems with the hurricanes. ryan williams ran for 150 yards and 2 touchdowns. tech downs miami 31-7. >>> in college park, maryland turned the ball over five times against rutgers. the terps lose it 34-13. maryland has committed 13 turnovers in four games and fall to 1-3 for the first time since 1997. >>> in annapolis, navy taking on western kentucky. navy's qb ricky dobbs had a field day, rushing for four touchdowns. navy finished with more than 470 yards of total offense. the mid ship men top the hilltoppers 38-22. >>> in baseball, nats and braves, atlanta scored four runs in the first inning and never looked back. the braves win big is 1-5. atlanta has won 14 of their last 17 games. meanwhile it was loss number 102 for the nationals. >>> later today the redskins take on the lions at 1:00. that's your sports minute. i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. >> next up on nbc 4, "reporter's notebook," an inside look at the stories affecting your community. we'll be back

finishes the job, 7-0 for virginia tech. score, nebraska on top. 12-10. you talk about tyrod taylor. at some point you got to dance with the girl you brought. he wants to throw the football. that's what he's done. >> i don't get it. you're one of the most athletic quarterbacks in college football. last year run 70 yards which led your team. yet he has four carries for negative 18 yards so far, two of which were sacked. two times in the entire first half he's taken off and run the ball. i think until they get the quarterback, tyrod taylor to start running and taking advantage of his feet, this virginia tech offense is going nowhere. >> speak of offense it doesn't go anywhere. it's important to play good special teams. it's even more important when you talk about offense that you're facing that has difficulty moving the ball. i think that's why that first return by virginia tech was so significant. but when i look at offense of nebraska, their ability to start running the football and exposing this run defense for virginia tech which has struggled. gave up

robert, we'll get your thoughts now on virginia tech.ebraska, we talked about the hokies' quarterback. what's critical for you in this game? >> i think when you look at this nebraska team, a lot of people think that now it's been almost exclusively a running team. but zac lee, he's done just an incredible job there at quarterback. but the running game is also dangerous and that should be a concern for virginia tech. they gave up 268 yards rushing against alabama earlier in the year so they've had some problems on their defensive line so this nebraska offense, a lot more balanced than people would realize. >> picking up what i'm putting down with the upset special or what. >> picking up with what i'm putting down! what? >> i don't know if it's an upset special but -- >> yeah, i like them. >> so then it is? >> yeah. i agree. i wouldn't say i agree with you but -- >> no. >> no upset special in austin? >> no. >> not going to happen again. it is a rematch. the red raiders looking to upset the second ranked longhorns and claim their first-ever

i just can't believe the torture that we read going on at virginia tech.two young people got slaughtered like this. i don't know. was this close-up? was it a rifle? what was the caliber? what information do we have? >> right now not very much is being released, is it, mike brooks? >> not at all, nancy. and that's the whole thing. apparently one victim was inside the car, one outside the car. they apparently vacuumed it with a forensic vacuum to try to get any hairs, fibers, dna, any kind of fingerprint evidence. taking a look at -- i know it's not pleasant to talk about with both the gentlemen there, but angle of the bullet, all these things. but it's going to be very, very important in determining was there one perp in this, was there two? what exactly happened? we don't know right now, nancy. >> to the lines, melissa in west virginia. what's your question, dear? >> caller: yes. i would like to congratulate you on your twins. you are a wonderful mother. i have twins as well. so i know what a blessing that is. and my question is when was the couple last se

virginia tech racked up 605 yards of total offense. the hokies win big 52-10. >>> let's go to charlottesville, sab ter horse gets excited and throws cav man to the ground. he did get up but the cavs did not. joseph turner, tcu up 14-0. more tcu in the second half. andy dalton with a ton of time delivers a strike. he is in for a 31-yard touchdown. the horned frogs beat virginia 30-14, the fans spelling their displeasure for al grohs. >>> navy's head coach knows how to get his kids fired up. last week the mid shipmen nearly knocked off the buckeyes. today his speech was simple but effective. it's go time. >> whatever it takes we are leaving everything on the field. >> that is coach speak for you but gets the players going. early in the game it was all louisiana tech. the punt for the bulldogs. avoids a tackle. goes to the outside. see you. he takes it back 85 yards for the touchdown. louisiana tech up 14-0. just like that. navy would answer, though. late first quarter, ricky dobbs to mario washington. he makes a nice catch for a 29-yard

. >>> virginia governor tim kaine met with victim's family of the deadly shootings on the virginia tech campus. a 32 people were killed in the deadly rampage in 2007 before the gunmen killed himself. relatives called the meeting productive, but they are concerned about corrections made to reports about the shooting. the state has contracted a private company to oversee the revisions. >>> people in one district committee are dealing with traffic problems. the neighbor said the construction is dangerous. john gonzalez is live in northwest with the details. >> essentially, city officials want combia heights to become part of the city. right now, it is a massive construction zone. residents say it has been here way too long and they are getting impatient. this has become a common, dangerous scene and columbia heights, people waiting and getting picked up by metrobuses in the middle of street. >> it is terrible. nothing is going to happen until somebody gets killed. >> it is all because of this project. it started in april and will go till next summer. it has narrowed sidewalks, closed lanes

virginia tech and nebraska. said we'd know for about these two teams. did we?int game. we'll explain and florida, tennessee, their first meeting at the swamp since lane kiffin took over at the hemingway of the volunteers. fireworks, yes, no, maybe? up next. cordless multi-tool. re-model. re-grout. re-store. all re-powered. meet the hand tool, re-thought. the power and versatility of six tools... packed into one. more innovations. more great values. craftsman. trust. in your hands. ♪ >>> georgia at arkansas. third quarter. arkansas down 27-21. mallett to child. it's a strike. one-point lead. >> lose asher allen. didn't know when to make a play. >> still a one-point game. cox defies king. offensively that looks pretty good. arkansas, that was 34-28. later in the third, ryan mallett, d.j. williams, a one-yard strike. arkansas up 35-34. >> in the end georgia 42, 35, over arkansas but it was back and forth all day they had to rally. tim tebow and urban meyer. sporting the professorial look. >> looks like clark kent. >> change it up. out of the shotgun scrambles righ

virginia tech has a 7-0 lead then just before the break, tie rod tailor will get flushed out of the pocket here but in big deal. he'll find roberts way in the back of the end zone and a 21-yard touchdown. they rolled big to win it 52 to ten. meanwhile up in morgan town west virginia hosting east carolina and down three in the second. jared roles right and fires one and johnson that's a four yard touchdown and west virginia leads 28-20 in the fourth. -- last week down 11 in the first but the come back corey for a 16-yard touchdown and the navy would add another one 25- 14 in the fourth. howard opening their season today on the road. the seconder quarter down 17 and hooks up with drayton and that's a fumble and recovers. three plays letter the knights would punch it in and howard trailing 42-7 in the third. >>> the redskins open the season in less than 24 hours and there is no doubt the giants defense has had some extra studying up to do because eliminating should not long washington without options. the redskins believe kelly is the team's number two receiver and should stop teams from doub

. >>> virginia tech already playing number 4 alabama now getting set to host nebraska. which hokie's offense will show this week? the one in the opener or the one that exploded for 600 yards of offense last week against marshall? if i'm frank beamer i would vote for choice b. >> we are going to throw the football. game plan is to go and try to stretch the field. of course, trying to get the running game going. >> it will be crazy around here. that's why everyone came to virginia tech for to play in a game like this. >> day 5 of training camp for the capitals and three-day tournament is over with alex ovechkin's team a capturing the cup. he had four assists in today's final game as he and nicklas backstrom knocked them off. preseason already tomorrow in buffalo. >>> nats in philadelphia tonight except jesus flores. he had surgery on his shoulder. he just came off the dl last week after missing 105 games was diagnosed with a torn muscle. he will be out with three to six months and hope to have him back on the field at some point during spring training but who knows. nats

. >>> families of the virginia tech shooting victims met with virginia governor tim kaine. it is the second of three meetings. those meetings were part of a settlement to avoid lawsuits over the 2007 shootings that left 33 people dead including the gunman. some of the families want to make corrections in the report issued by the state panel that investigated those shootings. they have described today's two- hour meeting as productive. >>> funeral services were held in california today for annie le. the yale university student found murdered in the university lab on the day of what would have been her wedding day. family and friends remember the 24-year-old girl as a bright and ambitious woman whose life was cut short. the family thanked everybody for their support. >> i would like to express our deepest gratitude and appreciation for the love and compassion you have extended to our family during our time of bereavement. >> the lab technician who worked in the same facility where le did her research is behind bars and charged with her murder. >>> legendary cbs newsman walter

nebraska/virginia tech. usc/washington or tennessee/florida.hink that urban meyer may want to have his team score some points tonight. and now t.j. yates goes out. his team only up by a touchdown. would love to burn some of that 6:15 remaining in the game. erik highsmith, the true freshman, breaks away. the true freshman with a ton of talent with a huge gain. all the way up to the 42 yard line. >> ray: they've been running this kind of play all day. just a one-man screen on the outside. and dekota marshall is going to get kind of rolled over in this tacklep you will see they released mike ingersoll the right tackle and that forced the corner over there, darryl reynolds, he missed it. kind of ducked down. marshall missed it from the other side and highsmith was off and running. >> pam: that was a 43-yard play for highsmith, who has five catches, over 100 yards and a touchdown today. >> ray: boy, he came on the scene last week, as we mentioned, pam. and all of a sudden, those big shoes of those receivers who left the tar heel program last year, t

they play virginia tech followed by a visit from oklahoma.k goldberg has more on the storm brewing in south florida. >>> head coach randy shannon knows what the good old days were like at the university of miami, having won a national championship as a player under jimmy johnson in 1987. the hurricanes ranked in the top 10 for the first time since 2005. shannon is making sure that the 2009 version of the u does more walking the walk than talking the talking. >> you got to take one game at a time and tell the players, after four galms you're going to -- games you're going to find out where we are as a football team but one at a time. go one game at a time because you cannot defeat the first opponent trying to think about the fourth. and those guys, so far, they've done a great job of concentrating. >> coach smith, compartmentalizing each game, ok, this game's over with, let's go. next game. >> sophomore quarterback jacory harris has carried shannon's personality on to the field. bringing a quiet confidence to the rest of his team to feed off.

if nebraska does it will be the first against virginia tech.lay at home against notre dame. wait, the spartans play property taxes on the golden dome and it's touchdown sparty. they haven't lost in south bend since 1993 irish or spartan. >> you have to go notre dame and i still believe they're one of the best football teams in the country offensively they're explosive. look at their running back allen is averaging over 100 yards a game and claus en's averaging over 324 yards a game passing and in addition they have two receivers michael floyd 160 yards a game and golden tate 87 and the offense successful the problem is on defense. they have had problems on defense. i don't think michigan state can beat them i don't care where they play. they haven't decided on the quarterback but i think they'll go with kurt because he's the 6th ranked passer. >> you still think they're one of the best teams in the country? how many games have they played. >> two. >> what's the record? they're 1-1. they can't beat michigan state at home and they find a way to w

virginia tech gets it back at their own 16. under a minute and a half to go. desperation time. taylor loads it up, he's got danny cole. behind everybody. cole finally knocked out at the 3. huge play for the hokies. the husker fans are stunned. sean mcdonough now with the call. >> taylor roll to the left, now comes back to the right, waving receivers around. nobody open. running out of time. finally throws! and it is caught! touchdown, roberts! >> roberts atones for the earlier drop, and for the second straight year, the hokies nip the huskers, 16-15. >> ding, ding, at the m.g.m. grand last night. floyd mayweather jr. taking on juan manuel marquez. may weder is one of five fighters to have held five major world titles in five different weight divisions. mayweather knocked down marquez in the second round and continued to dominate throughout the fight, landing 59% of his punches. mayweather winning by unanimous decision. he is now a perfect 40-0 in his career. brian ken east caught up with junior after the win. >> gone from the ring 21 months, floyd mayweather comes back and pitc

they play virginia tech followed by a visit from oklahoma.k goldberg has more on the storm brewing in south florida. >>> head coach randy shannon knows what the good old days were like at the university of miami, having won a national championship as a player under jimmy johnson in 1987. the hurricanes ranked in the top 10 for the first time since 2005. shannon is making sure that the 2009 version of the u does more walking the walk than talking the talking. >> you got to take one game at a time and tell the players, after four galms you're going to -- games you're going to find out where we are as a football team but one at a time. go one game at a time because you cannot defeat the first opponent trying to think about the fourth. and those guys, so far, they've done a great job of concentrating. >> coach smith, compartmentalizing each game, ok, this game's over with, let's go. next game. >> sophomore quarterback jacory harris has carried shannon's personality on to the field. bringing a quiet confidence to the rest of his team to feed off.

virginia tech racked up 605 yards of total offense. the hokies win big 52-10. let's go to charlestonville. virginia hosting texas christian. saber the horse gets excited and throws the cav man to the ground. he was okay but the cavs are not gone. joseph turner busts in for the score. 14-0. more tcu in the second half. andy dalton with a ton of time delivers a strike to jimmy young and he's in for a 31-yard touchdown. the horn progresses beat them 35-14. uva is now 0-2. >>> navy's head coach knows thousand get his kids fired up. last week they nearly knocked off the big bad buckeyes. yesterday his pregame speech was simple and effective. it's go time. >> whatever it takes, guys, we are leaving everything on the field. >> whatever it takes, we're leaving everything on the field. that's coach speak for you. it always gets the players go. early in the game it was all louisiana tech. he takes the punt for the bulldogs, avoiding a tackle and goes to the outside. see you later. he takes it back 85 yards for the td. louisiana tech up 14-0. just like that. navy would ans

which is at florida state, at home at georgia tech and then you have virginia tech and oklahoma.you cannot defeat the first opponent trying to think about the fourth. those guys, so far they've done a great job of concentrating. that's what the coach has done a good job at. compartmentalizing each game. and ok, this game's over with. let's go. next game. >> jacory harris, quarterback, a personality on the -- bringing a quiet confidence and personality for the rest of the team to feed off of. >> the pressure in a comes with winning and the hype that comes with winning i understand. and i don't let it get to me. and i try to let this mentality brush off on the rest of the team. and so far, it has done a wonderful job. >> he's worked all he can in practice. i think the game does come to him easy and that's the one thing about watching jacory operate. >> while the team isn't ready to say that the u is back, the buzz around campus would suggest otherwise. i stopped by the ticket office and asked the lady behind the counter if business was brisk. she said, things are getting a little c

bama and virginia tech. if you're wondering who do i take in these games, we've got that figured out for you. reese davis, mark may and lou holtz pick some of saturday's biggies. is. >> four games matching ranked games none of them with a greater mar he quay value. alabama and virginia tech, lou, take your pick snieflt i love alabama. i love coach saban. he loves this football team. when you think about coach saban, his team played well in the opening ballgame. on the other hand, virginia tech lost to usc and got beat decisively by lsu in big ballgames in he recent years. in addition to that, virginia tech is 0-20 versus top 5 teams away from home. i could go on and on about cody, and the talent they have at alabama. i'm just saying alabama's enough for me. >> i love this team particularly the way they play defense, and that is ceet. >> if you look at last year they were able to run stop just about everybody they were playing against. they've got nine starters back on defense. i think with virginia tech you'

any time you play a team in a close proximity, whether it is west virginia or virginia tech or virginiaout there, i think that there is a rivalry involved. >> and as for high school ball, don't forget operation football, tomorrow night here on nine, our game of the week is robinson out there. we'll have that live webcast on wusa9.com. they will be live out there at the park. other games for highlights as well off the football tomorrow and 11 at night. >>> nascar's chase for the cup continues this weekend.and they do so, just 90 miles off the road in d.c. in dover, delaware. that's gate news for the series leader, mark martin. the 50-year-old veteran, he has four career wins at the monster mile. and 21 top five finishes there. and with martin winning the chase opener last week in new hampshire, he's got a major chance to open up a gap on the left field. >>> dover is one of my favorite racetracks. and that is the wildlife officials for them, getting caught in all sorts of things

number 11 virginia tech. is the winner of this game a legitimate national title contender? >> absolutely. if you think about it the winner is in the driver's seat to get to the a.c.c. championship game. miami, if they win, they are going to continue to move up in the polls. i have them at fifth this week. i think this team is for real. the thing that really stood out for me has been the leadership and poise from jacory harris. physically he is making every throw. the way he is leading this team, and the way the team is responding to him, i think that puts miami in a position to be taken very seriously. >> can virginia tech generate enough offense. >> exactly. >> we will find out saturday on abc at 3:30 eastern time. >> all right. coming up on "sportscenter" not all is going as predicted so far. see if you agree with the choices for the nfl's biggest surprises and disappointments through week two. from cruise control to hitting speed bumps. with a key piece to their october puzzle struggling how concerned should the yankees be? and one quarterback to win a last minute drive.

. >>> >> governor kaine discusses the traffic events of the virginia tech shootings and first responders race to save the lives of people in crystal city but first a focus on virginia weather and traffic. here's kim. >>> we do this every morning. the focus on the commonwealth. start with the temperatures where we have had 50s all over the map and a few sneaky 40s crept in overnight. manassas 48. 53 winchester. the goal today in strasbourg only 71678 the first to see hours around the lunch hour. as we head to fairfax 74 for the high. a couple of rain drops approaching there. at 6:37, how's the drive? >> we are tracking that trip on the toll road in virginia. making your way from the greenway toe this beltway. drivers are hitting the road past the herndon area. to arlington we go. look at a live shot of wilson boulevard and lynn street. flip that camera over and i can show you there are no incidents or accidents. just take my word for it. end with a fly over the bw parkway. the shot from the beltway past 132 to -- 123 to alexandria. we are doing okay. 9 news now will return after these mes

virginia tech, hokies fired up to take on the cornhuskers. in blacksburg.ning kickoff and we have done that again. i'm telling you. every time we go to tell you about nebraska -- >> holding call for a touchdown. zach lee. >> cover, cover. up five, nobody gets deep. are you kidding me. >> what's interesting, nebraska really outplayed virginia tech for much of this game. >> watch this play -- watch the defensive line on nebraska on the next play. you have to go after tyrod taylor on this. you can't stay back and let him scramble all day. there's no way your secondary can cover this long. >> tyrod taylor. gets away with it. but again, threw the ball, the rushing situation continues. seems to shy away from. >> negative 22 yards rushing. he's not running the ball. he's not getting the looks he wants as a passer. when it came down to it he made the one throw they needed and they won ugly but still won. >> scorecards don't take picture. >> tough for nebraska. outplayed them for 3 1/2 quarters. >> michigan state and notre dame. to south bend for this one. notre dam

he's been an under dog since he walked on at virginia tech. chad reinhardt, his nfl experience, known. joe is fond of both guys. >> i have great respect for both those kids. i was surprised with will montgomery. he can play left and right guard. that's why he made the squad. chad, we wanted in one position. reinhardt had the first chance of being there. he played real good. when randy got healthy, he was a starter. either one of those kids, we won't lose a beat. they are both good players. >> the deal is jim zorn is going to decide before practice which guy is going to start. >> they need to make some kind of decision. >> they waited until the last minute. hopefully, they feel comfortable when they make one. >> the puck drops in exactly one week. tonight, they were ott the garden against donald. he dropped the gloves, twice. looks kind of weird. second period, throwing down with brandon. look at him. he gets the best of him here. drops him in three punches. they have a rematch later. three-on-one ru. over to keith. that is perfect. coin scores

the terps win it 38-35 in overtime. 14th-ranked virginia tech hosting marshal first quarter. williams fakes it up to middle, 57 yards for the first of the three touchdowns. he would finish with 164 rushing yards. it's 7-0, tech. second quarter, hokies up 14-0. takes the punt at his own 36 and gets a huge block right from. that would bring him down the right deline and goes 64 yards for the touchdown. tech pounds marshal 52-10 to even the record at 1-1. virginia looking for win win against ccu. virginia falls off the horse. i don't think that was planned. tcu leads 14-0. andy dalton has time and finds young over the middle, 31-yard strike. tcu up 21-0 and late in the fourth quarter, the cavs down 30-0 playing in desperation mode and chucks it deep. luckily, he's got brown wide open and hauls in the 56-yard touchdown. virginia avoids the shutout and not the loss. they fall to tcu, 30-14. in annapolis, navy hosting louisiana tech. here, the pick to finerty and finds the end zone from 16 yards out and navy cuts the deficit 14-10. rickey dobs on the option and for a two-yard score

. >> special task force set up in virginia to find the killer or killers of two virginia tech students. they were found shot to death at a park popular with students and hikers on august 27. investigators say they're doing all they can to try to solve this crime. n there is unsolved homicides across the united states all over the place. we do not want this to be one. and as long as i am in office and the men and women working here, we're committed ourselves to solve this at all possible. >> investigators from several local, state and federal agencies make up the special task force. they'll be fielding calls and following up on all leads. >>> danger at disney, cops say an orange county florida deputy is under investigation. he's accused of giving his taser gun to a walt disney world employee who then shock add co-worker with it. the tasered man is okay, but paramedic high school to be called to the scene. deputies was working off-duty at one of the security offices at the time. >> a man impersonate ago cop busted by dash cam in iowa. take a look at this. you see him driving 59-year-old

. >>> state and local investigators are teaming up to solve the murders of two virginia tech students. there were murdered at a campground at jefferson national forest. the bodies of the students were found august 27, about 15 miles from campus. it includes the fbi, the u.s. forest service, and virginia state police. >>> coming up, president obama eesls vefoolhe sleeves for the national day of service. >> and will the rainy weather cleared up? we have the complete forecast coming up. >> of the redskins e making their last minute preparations for opening day in new york. the can't wait to unleash one of their biggest new weapons on defense. i'm creigh deeds, candidate for governor and my campaign sponsored this ad. the washington post calls bob mcdonnell a "culture warrior." and what does that mean for virginia? it means: bob mcdonnell introduced 35 bills to restrict a woman's right to choose. he wants to outlaw abortion-- even in cases of rape and incest. and mcdonnell opposed birth control for married adults. learn more about bob mcdonnell's crusade to take virginia backwards. if you

the cornhuskers are trying to return to glory, playing against virginia tech tomorrow, right here onbc 7. >> i will tell you, it will be a challenge to beat this crowd right here. he turned the video on these guys, y want to turn it off. >> the nationals lost three straight in philadelphia and now travel up to play the mets in new york. >>> the play of the day, ryan zimmerman going after the foul ball. look out, zimm, here comes the tarp. up and over, makes the catch. that is a gold glove play by ryan zimmerman. >>> sportsmen story of the deck, the cadets from vmi and the rotc cadets from james madison are marching from boxing tend to harrisonburg to present the game ball. they are carrying the football with them. that is what makes college football so special. college football, traditions are hard to beat. big weekend coming up in college football. >> i hope they have new shoes g for them. them. $5 for the sub, huh? what about the drink and the chips? extra. think a $5 sub is a good deal? it's time to unthink. kfc's new $5 fill-up boxes, each with a side... and medium drink for just

. >> and virginia tech, more nuttiness, one of those weeks, hokies fired up to take on 19 nebraska inields it, cuts up the middle. >> that was zach lee. so 15-10. nebraska right here. tyrod taylor. the safety didn't rotate over in time. but clearly nobody was covering the guy there. >> and nebraska played excellent defense and then some mental mistakes in the end, todd, that cost them. >> you saw that one play. you can't have a bigger mental breakdown. tyrod taylor who finished the day with 12 of 27 passing negative 22 rush yards gets one opportunity. comes up big. throwing that touchdown pass and virginia tech in a game to be honest with you they were flat out played for 3 1/2 quarters go on to win 16-15 and stole one in blacksburg. >> one of those ones where you say score cards may be not pretty but effective. tyrod taylor been so determined it would seem to throw the ball this season todd, obviously he can do things with his feet extremely well. >> creating in the pass but as i said negative 22 rushing yards. he's got to get above the line of scrimmage. >> let's move to south bend

. >> reporter: virginia tech policy professor says the controversy could jump start a stalled democratic campaign. >> i think bob has done for deeds what he has been trying to do for some time, ignite the race. >> reporter: it was mcdonald who revealed the existence of the paper which begs a question, in some soas sense in the back of your head are you kicking yourself. >> everybody what to died what is important. >> reporter: well, we thought it was important to talk to deeds himself about this. we contacted his campaign. we were told he is in meetings all day. after a few more phone calls we found out where the meetings were. deeds was not in virginia but on a fund-raising trip. >>> consumer alert, popular water bottles holding a dangerous secret. they are made of aluminum, marketed as better for the environment, wildly believed to be better for your health but some of them contain bpa's. >> reporter: brian, in a letter from the ceo, the company admits battle liners -- bottle liners made before 2008 contained pba's. what is more, they started working on a bpa free bottle in 2006 meanin

>>> disturbing graffiti and threats at virginia tech. one mentions the killer sung we ch obey name. the phrase a cho reborn, it will be avenged showed up on a bathroom wall. police believe that is a reference to a man that killed 32 people them himself. someone left threats to blow up randolph hall. >>> in the district, a former intern in jim graham's office pled guilty to shooting two people at a metro stop. he shot the victims outside the columbia heights metro station in june. evidence in court claimed he shot one person that he had an argument with earlier and hit an innocent bystander. >>> still to come at 6:00, the divorce drama surrounding red skins star robert haynesworth. you thought that hip injury hurt. >>> a tsunami in the samoas. 119 people are dead. the number is likely to continue to crime. let's turn it over to le. >> reporter: there were four waves. each between 15 and 20 feet. let's show you what was left after the water recedes creeded. homes destroyed, personal belongings scattered everywhere. vehicles washed away like toys in the middle of floodwaters. there is

next up a trip to virginia tech. >> randy shannon knows what the good old days were like at the university a national championship as a player under johnson in 1997. ranked in the top 10 for the first time since 2005 shannon is making sure they do more walking the walk than talking the talk. >> you got to take one game at a time and tell the players after four games you are going to find out where we are as a football team. you have to go one at a time. one game at a time. you cannot defeat the first opponent thinking about the fourth one. so far they have done a great job of concentrating. >> coach has compart ment liesed each game. this game is over with. let's go. next game. >> jacory harris carried shannon's personality on to the field bringing a quiet confidence for the rest of the team to feed off of. >> the pressures that come with winning and all of th captions by vitac e rstand. i don't want to let it get to me. i try to let this mentality brush off on the rest of the team. so far it has done a wonderful job. >> he has worked in practice, the game should come to him easy. are >> w

. >> college football this weekend. 19th-ranked nebraska in blacksburg taking on number 13 virginia tech. virginia at southern miss trying to turn their season around. the terps at home against mtsu, middle tennessee state, a team that shocked them on the road last year. last night, howard had trouble in tallahassee. due in part to this guy. this is florida a&m punt returner leroy van back to catch this thing. this is not the way he wanted to start the return. he's 5'9", 185 pounds and he can absolutely fly. one of two kick returns for a touchdown in the game. he's had four in the last two weeks. famu beats howard 48-10. our high school football game of the week at prince george's county. suitland players with a heavy heart after head coach nick lynch died in a car accident last december 31st. they did make him proud today. guys playing well honoring their fallen coach with stickers on the back of their helmets. suitland up 6-0 and on the move. kevin williams getting the handoff and taking it to the house. 15 yards for the touchdown. his second td of the game. the two-point conversion. 1

and then virginia tech hosting marshal. look at this 57-yarder. and the score is 52-10. and then in baseball, nationals, marlins. the game was delayed by almost three hours, and it did not delay what was the inevitable. the nats fall big to the marlins ending the two-game winning streak. the mystics win and are in the playoffs. the redskins kick off a game tonight against the giants later tonight. >>> we have more on kids' post on tv. >> kids' post on tv, vaccine, the no vaccine and the model scene. join me as tracy grant of the "washington post," kids' post page. we will talk about the swine flu vaccine. a lot of kids are concerned about whether they should get it. is it safe? >> we will explore this on tuesday and wednesday in kids' post, because the cdc just came out and said that kids seem more likely to get it than anybody else. and so the question is, what can kids do to keep themselves and their families safe. we will talk about how, you know, they need to get their regular flu shot, and talk about the h1n1 flu shot. and also other things they can do. hand washing

. >>> federal, state, and local investigators are teaming up to solve the murders of two virginia tech students. the 18-year-old and a 19-year- old were shot to death on the 15th at a campground of the jefferson national forests, about 50 miles from campus. the task force includes the fbi, the u.s. forest service, and the virginia state police. a federal >>> appeals courts as detainees at abu ghraib prison cannot sue contractors for anything. khaki international is protected by laws. they provided interrogators at the prison in late 2003 when much of the abuse happened. >>> a state-of-the-art security system to protect the new york city subway system is not in place. the $200 million system was ordered three years ago that run under the east river. the new report says the tunnel, if attacked, which it down the entire system for years and a number of deaths and injuries would be catastrophic. >> the water of the east river would start pouring in and it would not stop. the report estimated about 19,000 casualties. >> lockheed martin says the workers could not get access to the underwater

george mason and virginia tech are fielding larger classes and virginia's state universities are facing furloughs. >>> well planning on heading home for the holidays? book your flight now. prices are low and there are seats available because airlines are doing everything they can to fill the seats. right now many travelers haven't made up their minds about flying because of the economy. matt acland has more. >> reporter: it can be down right stressful, traveling home for the holidays. packed terminals, full flights and the potential for knowy weather. but this year airports across the country could look more like this. fewer passengers and fewer flies. >> it's a bad time if you're an airline, it's a good time if you're a traveler. >> reporter: airline analysts say the airlines are sperate and just like retail stores, airlines need holiday business. >> we've seen the biggest cut in capacity that we've ever seen. the cuts in capacity since the spike in jet fuel prices and the dropoff in traffic because of the recession has been greater than after 9/11. >> reporter: we decided to see how m

elsewhere, virginia tech hosting untee feasted miami. scoreless game. he is hit hard. he fumbles and forced to make the recovery and return it's to the 11-yard game. that would set up the game's first touchdown. and taylor with time a throws to a wide open and he goes 48 yards for the score. the hokies in the rain cuise to a victory. >>> after a tough weekend around redskins park, the team seems to be ready to move past the struggles. it doesn't mean they don't have talent on their team. take for instance, calvin johnson. he's a big became with a big play that amassed over 1300 yards last season. his 12 touchdown catches tied him for the lead. this year johnson already had had has 150 receiving yards. he's one of the line players at a had you not be taken lightly. >> he catches the ball at 18 yards and takes it 80. he makes a guy miss and go 60. the balls in the end zone, he's going to win. he's a mismatch. he's kind of a positive freak in nature to be so tall and so athletic. >> come on. 6'5," running the way he does. so he'll be a threat and he's going to be the guy

if you are traveling down towards the virginia tech for the game today, expect cloudy skies and rain in southwest virginia and that rain is coming towards our area as well. temperatures on your way out the door. upper 50s to 60 degrees first thing this morning. clouds will be on the increase. they will lowe and thicken during the course of the day. any time after about 3:00, 4:00 this afternoon, rain becomes more and more likely. a 100% chance that it will rain tonight. >> all right. we heard it from you. thanks, chuck. >>> in the news this morning, horrifying crime has shaken one quiet maryland community. the police found the bodies of four family members last night. two of the dead were children. investigators are not releasing their ages. officers are investigating the crime as a murder/suicide. police came to the house after hearing from a concerned friend that hadn't heard from the family in a few day. neighbors are still stunned. >> i have been here 42 years. this is the saddest thing i have seen. er very close neighbors around here. nothing violent around here. it is really sad

> there is a new task force that is just set up in virginia to try to solve the murders of two virginia tech students. they were both found dead together at a national forest last month. they are saying federal, state and local officers are working together but trying to find leads in the case. here is the local sheriff. >> unsolved homicides across the united states all over the place. we do not want this to be one. as long as i'm in office and the men and women working here, we're committed, we're committed ourselves to solve this. >> jamie: heidi's father was state trooper and they are looking at number different theories. for any information for that case, the task force begin work on wednesday. >> gregg: heavy rain pounding the alone star state. that is great news for southern texas, but flood watches and warnings in effect in northern parts of the state. domenica davis is following it all in the fox weather center. >> it is a lot of rain and yesterday, all the way into oklahoma and goes all the way across the gulf states even to florida. low pressure system that is off the gulf. so man

virginia tech expanded its system following the mass shootings in april of 2007 when 33 people died. >> today the fight against swine flu comes to george mason university. that's where the obama administration is holding a town hall meeting about how to get ready for the flu season. it will be lows ted by the education secretary and the secretary of health and human services. this comes amid some good news about the vaccine. most of us will only need one dose to protect us from the virus. that includes adults, along with kids 10 and older. younger children will probably need two doses of the vaccine 21 days apart due to their weaker immune systems, but doctors are also optimistic that the virus doesn't appear to be taking a turn for the worse. >> number one, whether it has become a more virulent, by then it will cause more severe cases and more deaths. we are not seeing that situation now. the second point, we are monitoring the virus and see whether it has developed resistance. >> they say the infection is generally mild and most people recover without treatment. the swine flu vacci

it is reminiscent of virginia tech but yale university knew she was missing tuesday afternoon.hey saw that she left her purse and her cell and her money and her credit cards. they did not alert the student body that someone was missing. it wasn't until wednesday, yesterday, that they told the student body that there was a missing person. >> thomas kaplan, is that true? and if so, what's going on up there? >> well, we know that her going missing was first reported to the police tuesday evening. the first notification to the public came wednesday afternoon. so it's not immediately clear how quickly her co-workers got suspicious that maybe something had happened. >> well, even at best, we know is tuesday evening. and the campus was not alerted until 24 hours later. >> a little less than that. it was the afternoon on wednesday. but there was some lag. >> why? >> between the two times. that's unclear at this point. >> well, what is the -- what are the authorities saying at yale? >> i think -- i think the explanation is given so far -- >> they're hoping nobody's going to ask? >> i th

on saturday, maryland, virginia tech, leading to the same time. both are at time, both wet.er 60s for the highs. the showers will linger into saturday. we should see the back half of sunday though with highs rebounding into the upper 70s. tonight, mostly cloudy and cooler. and we could see a shower or sprinkle. not much. low temperatures in the 60s. winds are northeast at 10. temperatures right now, they are still 83 downtown. 82 up in frederick. and 86 here. tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy and cool. 60s and 70s. by the afternoon, again, becoming partly cloudy, cooler, nice, high temperatures in the mid-70s. northeast winds at 10. satellite picture radar combined a ton of clouds and a ton of showers back to the west of us. a possibility thereof, tonight through tomorrow morning. next seven days? 75 tomorrow. becoming partly cloudy. rain and showers develop on saturday afternoon. continue into sunday morning. upper 60s on saturday, upper 70s on sunday. pretty warm on monday. back to 80s. another front comes through. showers and thunderstorms are possible. then in the wake of

going to blacksburg today to take on virginia tech. 3:30. kickoff time down there at 3:30. 74 degrees. may have a sprinkle down there. most of the game should be dry. and southern mississippi coming to charlottesville -- going to hattiesburg to play southern miss. warm and humid 85 degrees with a chance of thunderstorms down there. our all important 7-day forecast if you are planning on hanging out around here the next couple of days, you picked a great weekend to hang around. 75 today. 77 tomorrow. a little bit more humidity starting to come back as we get into monday and tuesday and as a result chances for light passing rain showers monday evening and then unsettled pattern lasts not only through monday night and tuesday but on into wednesday and thursday as well. we try to catch up on a little bit of our sneaded rain. it won't be a cold september rain. it will be a mild one with temperatures in the 80s and rest of the all-important college football game forecast coming up next. >> looking forward to that 37 thank you, chuck. >>> there has

. >>> and police are looking to the public for help to solve the murders of two virginia tech students. a man walking his dog last thursday discovered the bodies of heide childs and david metsler. they were at a park in the jefferson national forest. the sheriff's office wants to speak to anybody who was in the area that day. funerals were today for the two people. >>> and keeping an eye on a developing story out west where wildfires in california now cover 164 square miles, more than two and a half times the size of the district, that is just in los angeles. there are other fires burning in other parts of the state as well. tonight firefighters are having trouble convincing people forget to get out of the way of the flames. more on the story. >> reporter: and running out of time, people are trapped in a canyon in los angeles. they were told to get out and they didn't. and now it is simply too dangerous for firefighters to get in there, even dropping them by helicopter to get them out. they can't do it now the flames are worse. parts of southern california under a state of emergency to

. >>> also in virginia, a task force has been established to help solve the murders of two virginia tech students. david metzeler and heidi childs were found dead in the jefferson national forest last month. the sheriff's office said multiple agencies will work together hoping to gather new leads in the case. >>> now to a traffic alert tonight. the nation's triathalon will likely tie up traffic around the potomac river tomorrow. it kicks off at 7 tomorrow morning and wraps up at 1:00. here's a quick list of some of the major closures for you, though. the ramp for westbound 395 toward main avenue will be closed. the potomac river freeway westbound n street at wisconsin avenue to whitehurst freeway will be closed and fox road at reservoir road will be open for local residents only. >>> to other alert for metro riders. you may need to expect delays on the red, orange and green line. the transit agency is doing track maintenance along the lines. the work started last night and will last through monday. details are on www.myfoxdc.com. >>> last night's storm force tracking the weekend weather.