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[ male announcer ] visit verizon.com/hotprice. that verizon.com/hotprice. welcome t to the vavalue you deserve. welcome to life on fios. contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. >> passengers are still running into delays. track work is continuing on four lines and only the yellow line is running with normal service. buses replace service between there and groob and the work will last through closing -- green belt. if you have more details do go to our website. there's no relief if you decide to drive. the national average for regular unleaded jumped 5 cents and is now $3.87 a gallon. that's 24 cents higher than a year ago. gas in the district is averaging 3.99 a gallop. in virginia, 3.71 a gallon. >> another great day to be outside and thousands of athletes took part in the half marathon this morning. >> so many still recovering from injuries sustained in the battlefield raced for charity. >> get set. >> and they're off. wounded warriors hurt in the battlefield now racing into recovery. more than 4,000 runners joined these warriors for today's air force half marathon. the support was especially porpt to those like lance corporal. rir run with my boys and every time i see guys coming around. >> the retired marine was injured in battle a year-1/2 ago. he lost both legs and also lost one of his best friends. >> he wasn't able to make it so i run this race for him. >> he ran with his friend's picture strapped on to his back pack. >> to see them and know what those -- the family members of those participants go through and what those participants go through. it's an honor to have them at our race. >> the half marathon was running in conjunction with the ninth annual navy. they decided to add the half marathon to celebrate the running together of both the naval and air force bases. while the curnout was great this year officials hope next year's run will be even bigger. >> support our warriors and celebrate physical fitness and come together with two services with a common cause. >> officials say they had the most runners ever this year and all of the money raised from today's race will go to help active duty military wounded warriors and their families. >> they couldn't have asked for a better day to have that happening. >> i hope they enjoyed it. >> it's going to deteor yor rate. we have to get through tonight and tomorrow looking good for at least the commute into work. or if you have other plans. by tuesday looking right now at national quiet and dry. the clouds are beginning to break up just a little bit to the west. we'll see a little bit of clearing across the valley into the high lands but the clouds will start to increase again tomorrow. 74 degrees at reagan national airport. winds out of the west-northwest. made it up to 72. high of 74 over dulles. a little warm tore the south of us. germantown now 72 degrees. temperatures really have not moved a whole lot all day long. now 71 degrees. they dropped 1 degree. howard university in the district looking at 72. our final stop alexandria now 75. winds not a problem. no rainfall but i can guarantee over the next 48 we may see upwards of an inch-and-a-half of much-needed rain. can't complain for this time of year. now 7 head over to the eastern shore. now the tremendous amount of cold air out there right now. chicago at 76. but this moving into northern minnesota the leading edge of the cold front is going to come plowing our way over during the day on tuesday bringing us a better chance for some heavier rain, some gusty winds and severe weather. the frontal system will come by. clouds stuck around for good part of the day. high pressure moves out of here. clouds to the west. as they move through the day tomorrow, clouds will increase and by late afternoon, especially out to the west we may see just a few stray showers. but most of the rain will hold off until the daytime hours on tuesday and we could be looking at some heavy rain off to the west of us especially in the mountains. we'll be in the warm sector here in the district temperatures around 80. but compared to wednesday about 10 degrees cooler. nighttime lows in the 50s. lower 60s. tomorrow increasing clouds. a few showers late in the day around 80 degrees. here's the extended outlook calling for temperatures in the lower 70s on wednesday and thursday. friday looking great with lots of sunshine. a few clouds moving into saturday. but tonight for those who may be heading out for services it's going to be dry and quiet for tonight. >> great. >> get to celebrate the new year in style. >> thanks so much. coming up, this video you're about to take a look is of a speeding cop. >> and remember the occupy wall street protest? the buzz has died down but today they are celebrating. anncr: a good job. it's the key to a good life. but it isn't always easy to find one... tevote for question seven is a vote for maryland jobs. two thousand construction jobs to build a new resorort casino. four thousand permanent jobs paying... on average fifty five thousand a year. six thousand jobs from increased tourism... and table games like blackjack and poker. add it up: it's twelve thousand new maryland jobs. but to build it you have to vote for it. vote for question seven. and get maryland back toork. >> the celebration of occupy wall street anniversary continues today after about 300 people marched through the park in manhattan. the birth place of the movement. and served as its head quarters. police arrested more than a dozen people. the march came on the first of three days of events that are planned. the official anniversary is tomorrow. the protest against economic disparity eventually spread to other parts of the country including here in d.c. and the world. trr chicago teachers union strike could soon come to an end. reallied yesterday officials were at the table until midnight. the president says it's up to the union house of delegates to improve a new deal. kids have already miss add week of classes. >> it's apparently a growing concern. out of control officers behind the wheel. one off duty miami cop was pulled over doing more than 120 miles an hour in his cruiser. the officer has lost his job but john tells us it might be a trend. >> this is not your typical speeding offender. the squad car clocked 120 miles an hour. behind the wheel? an off-duty officer who is about to get busted. >> put your hands out the window. >> at gunpoint florida highway patrol arrested the officer speeding back in october. after the video went viral an investigation was launched and authorities found lopez was a habitual offender. he was fired and charged with reckless driving. believe it or not, this is more common than you may think. back in march two cops in florida were fired after leading another officer on a high speed chase. >> he's doing over 90. >> once pulled over the officer started laughing claiming it was all a prank. later that same month two officers were relieved of duty after this video caught them ca reining down a sandy stretch on miami beach even going air bjorn. >> it is a serious problem. speed kills and it doesn't differentiate whether you're a citizen or a police officer. >> according to the orlando sentinel in florida alone there are 7400 patrol car crashes annually. >> the average citizen sees a police car going by they don't know whether they're responding to a legitimate call or whether they're speeding because they're going home late or to a second job. >> officer lopez was speeding to his off duty job at a private school which eventually cost him his real one. >> many american airlines flight attendents have decided to walk away from the company. they're taking advantage of the airline's 40,000 early out cash incentive as the airline tries to emerge from bankruptcy. it was described as a tough battle to get the incentives but now enough people have opted into it to prevent the airline from having to lay off attendents. >> i feel we're going to get through this. >> those who offered the cash will lose all seniority and cannot be rehired by the airlines. >> coming up more on the violent protest that received sparks by a film made in california. >> we have an updated forecast. 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because the president has a slight lead among voters to win he is running away in the likeability numbers. this week the president will laugh it up on the letterman show. but does he need to? when we ask which canned dated is more personable and likeable it's obama. but would you want to have dinner with? obama. who would make a more loyal friend? obama. but the real worry for romney is the question about the economy. which the obama campaign set up in a new ad. >> this president cannot tell us that you're better off today than when he took office. >> here we are today. >> call it the clinton bounce. the argument seems to be working. since may when we asked who do you trust to hand tl economy, romney was ahead until after the democratic convention. now it is the president up by 2 points. >> both are back on the campaign trail on monday in battleground states. as for that romney appearance with his wife on live with kelly and michael it is set for tuesday. >> of course you can watch that right here at 9:00 on tuesday morning. you think telemarketing was a thing of the past when the federal do not call list became an option? not so fast. in 2007 65,000 checked that list but last year only 34,000 did so. there were about 65,000 complaints about robo calls back in october of 2010 compared to 200,000 this april. the federal trade commission says the registry is doing an effective job preventeding unwanted calls from going out to more than 200 million phone numbers. >> thousands of people have spent time in centerville to attend this year's fest val cell brating korean culture. people attending the festival were treated to songs and dances and even a taikwando demonstration. people turned out for the festival. there was plenty of food, event tainment and crafts for people to enjoy. the 31st year for the festival. >> coming up, hurricane floyd you may recall made it to landfall 1 years today. let's take a look back at one of the most powerful east coast hurricanes in memory. >> an ampty is set to race for the world championship thanks to a lot of help from her families. >> this looks nothing like floyd but we do expect rain in the at bank of america, we're continuing to lend and invest in the people, businesses, and organizations that call greater washington home. whether it's funding an organization that provides new citizens with job training, working with an anacostia school that promotes academic excellence or supporting an organization that serves 5,000 meals a day across d.c., what's important to the people of greater washington is important to us, and we're proud to work with all those who are making our communities stronger. >> on this day september 16 on 1999 hurricane floyd slammed into the carolinas. it was one of the most destructive east coast hurricanes in recent memory damaging more than 12,000 homes and killing more than 50 people. even after it weakened to a tropical storm it's reached strong force strength but weakened to a category 2 hurricane packing winds of about 105 miles an hour when it made landfall. floyd caused major flooding from the carolinas to canada. do you remember that? >> 13 years ago. >> we have a nice and quiet and dry evening to enjoy. outdoor activities no problems at all. if you try this let's say tuesday evening you'll probably go and look for a much different picture. beautiful way to end our weekend. clouds are going to start to roll in as they move into the day tomorrow. so enjoy the sunshine that we have right now. 74 degrees at reagan national airport. dew point levels in the lower 50s. highs today made it well into the lower to middle 70s. slightly below average for this time of year. lexington park maryland now at 75 degrees. our weather bug network high today. now dropped by 2 degrees. our final stop takes us to the district. 70 degrees. with winds just out of the west about 8 miles per hour. temperatures are going to slowly cool as they move through the next few hours or so. clearing skies just off to the west of us allowing for more sunshine. a little bump for the next hour but temperatures holding the mid 70s at real national and at dulles warmer air to the west of us that slides our way tomorrow followed by a stronger coldfront across northern minnesota this way you can see the gradient behind it head to north dakota with temperatures in the 50s. compare that to 70s. our temperatures are going to take a slide once the coldfront moves through and the head of the frontal system we will see clouds increase along with a better chance for heavier downpours stronger thunderstorms but i'm growing more confident that the stronger storms won't arrive until during the day on tuesday and to tuesday evening and overnight tuesday finally moving out of here by early wednesday morning. clouds beginning to break up across the shan dolla valley. our future cast looks like this as we move through the overnight hours and into the day tomorrow. notice 1:00 tomorrow afternoon mainly cloudy skies. we are going to look for the clouds to continue to thicken and a few showers may pop up late tomorrow evening with a better chance for the heavier rain especially west of d.c. for the day on tuesday. the temperatureless make it to around 80 degrees followed by about a 10 degree drop on wednesday. partly cloudy and cool for tonight. 52 to 62 for an overnight low. for the day tomorrow temperatures upper 70s with increase in clouds extended outlook shows the cooldown on wednesday. lower 70s in the district could be looking at temperatures on the only in the 60s. out in the mountains on wednesday great golf weather and then warmer turms by friday, chance of showers saturday of next week. so enjoy tonight. changes are on the way. we're ready. >> it seems like we're starting to make that transition to fall-like welcome. >> the leaves are starting to turn. >> it's great. >> three years ago an athletic mother from texas made a life-altering decision that would be gut-wrenching. >> she is now staring at the chance of becoming a world champion. >> jennifer clark is just like many other women. a wife, a mom, and a full-time employee. what makes her different than most is not only can she stand on her own two feet. she can also stand on just one. >> so that was a good seven months that i wasn't walking so it was hard taking care of the baby at the time and a 5-year-old. >> 2009 pregnant with her third child jennifer had a great fruit-sized benign tumor growing on the back of her left knee. >> couldn't do anything. >> after the birth of her child doctors tried drugs to remove the tumor. nothing worked. jennifer was down to two choices. months of chemo which carried no guarantees, or >> the thought of lufing my leg initially was i couldn't stand the thought of it. >> her husband got the phone call while he was at work. >> it was quite a piece to bite off to hear her have to have her removing part of her body just to save her health. >> fast forward three years from that decision to amp tate her left leg above the knee. jennifer has embraced her new life with a passion. husband scott left his construction job and became a certified prossthetic to give his wife the best life possible. now it's all he can do to keep up with her. through programs offered at the challenge to athletes she discovered triathalon, the run bige i can and swim event that challenges the toughest abled bodied athletes. it's here people might see limitations. jennifer feels no limits. >> this is your bike leg. >> yes. whenever i'm running biking swimming i'll forget that i'm missing a leg. i do get more tired than any bodied athlete. >> call it spirit. call it tenacity. jennifer will now travel to new zealand in october. she's qualified to compete at the world championships all because of a choice one that that to this day she wouldn't change. >> it sounds to me like everything that's happened to you has almost led you to an dreamly happy place in your life. >> i am. i am happier now than i was before. i wouldn't have had these opportunities that i have now if i had two legs. >> no regrets? >> no regrets. >> how do you feel? >> good. >> that was doug reporting. and the triathalon is set for october 22nd. >> what an inspiring story. >> what a great motivation for all of us. >> i can't complain any more. >> the question is rg 3 inspiring a number of kids. it's a battle. rg 3 is an . he doesn't shy away when things get tough. he doubles down and the city of brotherly love was anything but today. the eagles and ravens were pecking at each other when we switched to fios, we got better tv, better phone, better internet. it was like somebody like took our computer shook all the junk out of it. we're actually getting more for our money with fios. 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[ male announcer ] visit verizon.com/hotprice. that's verizon.com/hotprice. welcocomeo the vavalue you deserve. welcome to life on fios. contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. >> the red skins are playing the rams in st. louis. it has been a good old fashioned donny brook, a physical emotional smackdown. right now the red skins lead the rams 21-16. meanwhile, let's go to philadelphia. ravens and eagles tied at 7. beautiful pass here. look at in the corner of the end zone. str yards 14-7 ravens. third quarter looking tor smith and how about the catch? what a great adjustment he makes. ravens get a field goal. it was 1720-17. michael vick and philadelphia comes back to win it. let's go to buckaneers and giants. eli manning can't find anybody so he throws to eric in the other jersey. nobody can tackle him. reverses. 60 yards for the touchdown. manning with three interceptions today. 24-13 bucks at the half. fourth quarter bucks up 8. manning again with time but looks deep to wide open victor cruise. this time it's a beauty. the giants get the two-point conversion. it was tied. under a minute to play tied game. andre brown bangs it home from the 2. giants win it 41-34. cardinals and paterts under three minutes to play. tom brady to rob, bingo touchdown. paterts close to 2820-18. missed. over 1 minute to play arizona trying to kill the clock. the paterts get it back and there is still time. 6 seconds left. from 42 yards to win it and not even close. the card nalspeat 20-18. they hang on barely. the nationals are trying to avoid being swept by the braves tonight but this has been a nightmare. it could have been a door slammer but instead the lead has been cut to 6-1/2 games and believe me when i say fans are still fired up about the call last night. here called safe. he was obviously out. davey johnson was toss ford the first time when he argued the call but this play is a a small part of the series but had an impact of the game because the next batter went with a two run home run. gonzalez on the mound going after his 20th win of the year. >> we wait for the nats, how about the o's top of the second we pick this up. up up, and away. home run. he would homer again in the fourth. the orioles lead. that game now in the fifth. rankings are out and alabama number one, lsu, oregon, florida state round out the top five. this had a rankings. stanford beat usc. the trojans dropped from number 2 to 13 while stanford moved up to number 9. the crowd was great. they stormed the field. college football is alive and well on the farm. our play of the weekend comes from ohio state. california brendan is like a whirling dervish. watch this spinning like a top keeping his feet using his eyes to move his feet. 81 yards. he has that low center of gravity big time balance. this guy was phenomenal. how about this magic video game stuff. and that is our play of the weekend. a picture of the day 5-year-old cooper barton from oklahoma city told by his teachers he had to turn his michigan shirt inside out at school because it violated the public school dress code. big blue brought him into the stadium. michigan invited him in with his family. the crowd we want crazy. 5-year-old cooper barton. shot of the weekend. and what a run by the castles. 15-0. vene us williams led them to the title game. >> a busy day. >> a little bit. >> back to the highlights. >> coming up, we're going to have the very latest >> the american idol judges table has been finalized. keith urban and niki minage will join maria carrie on the table. officials did say official idol judge randy jackson will still around for the 12th season. >> is that the season or two seasons ago? >> i don't know. but we do have daily numbers to take a look at it. >> this is the u.s. s abraham lincoln. you can check it out. we have a lot of interesting daily eye wonders to take a look at. we are going to look at our own lightning show on tuesday from stronger storms will move across the sthrim thanks to a strong cold front. once this moves by temperatureless drop on wednesday sunshine on thursday and friday and by next weekend saturday looks a little bit unsettled. we have a lot of interesting blogs to read about. especially the one about how much rain we expect for the next couple of days. >> enjoy this evening. dry and sunny at least right now. >> a different story come tuesday. >> that will do it for us. world news is next and then back in about half hour. >> thanks for watching. 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