in uniform. it also banned colleagues and commanders from asking. >> today and every day, i can go back into work with just that burden lifted off my shoulder and not have to worry about it anymore. >> reporter: lawmakers who pushed to have "don't ask, don't tell" repealed say the policy was outdated and kept qualified members from serving their country. >> if you're a patriot, if you want to defend your country, it won't matter your sexual identity just like it doesn't matter what your gender or race is. this is a huge victory for our national security. >> reporter: since the practice was adopted in 1993, an estimated 14,000 military members were discharged after disclosing their sexual orientation. others served in silence until now. >> i'm 31 years old. i'm a woman. i'm a united states marine. and i'm a lesbian. prior to today, if i had said that, i could expect to be discharged from the military. >> reporter: army chief warrant officer charlie morgan says the repeal means she no longer has to hide her family. >> i have a 4-year-old daughter, but i also have a same-sex spouse. we have a civil union of almost 11 years and i have not been able to until today to actually share my family. >> reporter: meanwhile, service members who were discharged under the old policy will now get a chance to reenlist. michelle franzen, nbc news, new york. d.c. police are investigating a double stabbing that they believe started with a domestic dispute. it happened just before 6:00 this morning. authorities say a man and woman were stabbed inside an apartment on 1100 block of massachusetts avenue. the woman was rushed to the hospital listed in critical condition. the man suffered serious but nonlife-threatening injuries. a second man, believed to be the stabbing suspect, was taken into custody. we're learning more about the death of an oxen hill toddler today. a 2-year-old apparently shot himself with a handgun last night and it turns out his mother was home at the time. so far, no charges have been filed. tracee wilkins has more on the investigation. >> reporter: prince george's county police say they are continuing their investigation to try and figure out exactly what happened inside of that apartment. in the meantime we spoke with the grandmother of the 2-year-old boy who apparently shot himself yesterday. and her response was, he was the love of my life. >> the love of my life. i've got to go. >> reporter: it's all the grandmother of the 2-year-old victim could say before pulling off from their apartment this morning. it was a sentiment echoed by neighbors. >> she loved him, yeah. family loved him. bad things happen sometimes. >> reporter: prince george's county police say that last night they received a 911 call just before 8:00 p.m. reporting that a 2-year-old child had shot himself in the head. when they arrived to the riverside apartments in oxen hill, they found the boy in the room with the gun. he was taken to the hospital where he died from his injuries. police say the child was not in the apartment alone. there was an adult present but he was in the room with the gun alone. >> it was very horrible. yeah that's all i heard. i heard a pop and just loud crying from the mother. >> reporter: police are now working to determine if the adult who was home with the child was negligent in this case. >> it's tragic, sad. 2 years old just starting life just really sad. just parents got to be more careful, you know? this is a tragedy. >> reporter: prince george's county police say that they are now focused on two aspects of this investigation. first of all they want to know where that gun came from and how the 2-year-old was able to get his hands on it. secondly, they're awaiting the medical examiner's report before they say they know for sure exactly what happened inside that apartment. in oxen hill, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. turning to the weather, we had morning rain. now we've got a cloudy afternoon. >> >> and those clouds are not done with us for the rest of the week. doug kammerer joins us with the latest word. >> i'll tell you what, some areas even saw some sunshine and they've warmed up very, very nicely. a little bit on the humid side in most locations. but the district saw a sun for a brief period. then the clouds rolled right back in. 69 degrees out there right now. winds out of the south at 8 miles an hour. the humidity up to 84%. i think we are a-okay as far as the rain is concerned. i think we're going to stay on the dry side. but look at the temperatures. you can see where the sun has come out. 69 in the district. but 77 in leesburg. 79 in fredrick, maryland. 70 in annapolis. shower activity still well back toward the west into the mountains of west virginia and western maryland. i don't expect to see anything east of the blue ridge overnight. this is the last 12 hours. rain moving there, 9:00 10:00, 11:00 before it finally moved on out. i think that is about it for the rain for the rest of the evening hours. i also think we'll continue to see clouds. where you have clouds now, probably see them all night long. maybe even a little fog when you wake up tomorrow morning. low temperatures around 63 at 5:00 a.m. more rain chances to come. i'll explain when the best chance for rain are going to be. and not just a little rain. >> thank you, doug. president obama hand house speaker john boehner appear to be headed for another political rumble. the president's approach to fixing the nation's economic woes have shifted from an effort to find a bipartisan deal to head-on confrontation. steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: he's in new york but president obama hopes he's got washington and voters nationwide seeing him in a new way, as a fighter. since he demanded a tax hike on the rich. >> this is not class warfare. it's math. >> reporter: but it is political war. after a summer of compromise the president's posture has changed, says his budget director. >> it's tough balance. it's balance by asking for spending cuts and by asking for tax increases. i think that's leadership. >> reporter: the obama deficit plan would cut medicare spending by hiking premiums, co-pays and deductibles after 2017 but only if republicans agree to tax the rich more. today they did not. >> he has chosen what i think is election-year politics over what's good for the economic. >> reporter: republicans want bipartisan obama back. >> if the president needs to move to the middle to get something done, he needs to do it. >> reporter: but democratic mayors at the white house demanded republicans pass the obama jobs plan. >> they need to take action. they need to do something. it's not the american jobs talk not the american jobs debate it's not the american jobs jerk-around. it's the american jobs act. >> reporter: both sides of congress are preparing to fight through 2012. >> if somebody buckles before then or if both sides decide it's in their interest to make a deal, they will. >> reporter: in november the congressional super committee is supposed to have a compromise plan on debt spending and jobs. but the two parties are so far apart on taxes, it's not clear if the super committee can agree. and not clear if congress would pass what the committee recommends. i'm steve handelsman, news 4, capitol hill. here's a question for you -- would you rather be reached by a text message or a voice phone call? >> it seems a whole lot of folks prefer a text message. a pew research study found nearly a third of the adults surveyed, 31%, choose texting over talking. however, the majority, 51%, still prefer getting that telephone call. 14% said it depends on the situation. >> the study also found that young adults ages 18 to 24 text most frequently, sending on average about 110 messages every day. their fingers are getting a workout. >> how do you send that many messages a day? >> a lot of exercise. cable company comcast is making good on its promise to bring low-cost internet service to low-income families around the country. >> the company unveiled its internet essentials program today which it hopes will close the digital divide. the plan provides low-cost internet service, low-cost computers and free digital literacy training, every family with a child eligible for free lunch under the national school lunch program is eligible for this program. >> internet essentials is the nation's largest and most comprehensive broadband adoption program for low-income americans. we're launching it across the entire comcast footprint, which is 39 states and the district of columbia. 4,000 school districts more than 30,000 schools. >> comcast is the parent company of nbc universal, the creation of this internet essentials program was part of the deal when the fcc approved the merger of the two companies. when news 4 at 4:00 continues, it's another new reality tv show based on sarah palin's do. big changes are coming to the "biggest loser." we'll talk with the new trainer. and a touchdown celebration turned really painful for one intern. plus, do you have an awful, ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a pnc performance select checking account and get up to 1.75% cash back for just about every purchase. learn more and apply today at pnc.com/cashbuilder. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. v bf palin her trademark hairdo is now the subject of its own tv show. "big hair alaska" make its debut tonight on tlc. the salon is owned by jessica steele, palin's longtime hairdresser. tlc aired "sarah palin's alaska" as well. if you're slugtruggling to shrink your waistline, we can help you beat the battle of the bulge. >> if you're not moving, you're not losing, people. do not hold on to my treadmill. >> and season 12 kicks off tonight. for the first time in the show's history, 15 koescontestants will be divided into groups for a battle of the ages. two new trainers one you've probably seen making headlines on the tennis court. >> i've been an athlete my whole life. i have been taught by the best nutritionists, psychologists, trainers, the best coaches. so i just felt like it was the perfect opportunity for me to share all that knowledge and experience that i gained. >> anna kournikova, big off the court and on the court. probably a bigger success off the court if the truth be told. she's exciting to watch. you can catch the two-hour season premiere of "the biggest loser" right here on nbc 4. >> she could be tough. >> she could be tough on them. wow. the new york giants were the winners in monday night football. they were tough against the rams. nl goes.)touchdown throw the linebacker instea up a fumble and returned it 65 yards for the touchdown. check out what happened when he crossed the goal line. oh, he goes to throw the ball against the wall but instead nails intern ryan brown in the face. brown wasn't injured. he was a little red-faced, though. the linebacker later gave brown a great hug in the locker room. of thegfred-faced and swollen-faced. >> hopefully he felt better. now to our weekly segment the local hotties with hot 99.5. >> each week listeners of the cain show weigh in about their favorites. this week, we're talking about something that might better be labeled least favorites, traffic. which road has the worst of it? here to talk about it is hot 99.5's own cain himself. who's in the lead here? >> we're lucky. i don't have to worry about a roads in1h;ommute. you guys don't have to worry v@t)"oon >> although we do rainyi@ drags on sometimes. >> heading into d.c. area. hot 9 have95.com.# d.c.? springfield interchange, one of the finalists for the worst roads in the5'ql. we basically 25 online that you can go vote for right now. >> we could go sit in traffic all day on any one of those. >> not that it's an award to win this. we want to acknowledge the fact that you sit in traffic. >> we all know what the pain feels like. >> right. when it comes to relationships, single men think they do better at work than when they're dating someone than, say, a married man. what do you think about that? >> there is a new study out which was kind of shocking that women don't do as well at work when they're in a relationship. men do better in work when they're in a relationship. why do you think that would be? >> someone in our newsroom mentioned that dating is expensive and they realize they've got to keep the job to -- >> jim, that's actually much whenf i didn't thinkw,t÷t. but there may be something to that. we had people call in this morning about men not going out to party with their friends as much when they have a woman in their life. >> so they're more rested at work. >> they're more rested, go to had some% much more alert. >> they can pay attention. >> that makes sense. >> for the women, why they do worse? it depends on your opinion as to why. we've had some that are saying it's the chemical composition of the female brain that changes when you're in love or you're thinking about planning other things like weddings and the future with the guy. some even said that when you have a job, not that this is the pc answer, that when you get a man, you don't have to necessarily worry about your future working. >> but we know love changes the chemical composition of anybody's brain. >> why are you doing this to me? are you trying to say you're in love with me? >> because there's a connection f=#e. your brain, my brain, anybody's tips,u16!n. loveh.r. that to you. >> we know it's a tight job market out there. some people are resorting to crazy schemes. are these tricks working? >> one of the tips some h.r. managers got together and said, listen, what can we do to give tips for people who are out of work. what if you went outside to the parking lot here and somebody was washing your car that wanted to work here? 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some parents are complaining about being broadsided by what are called in-app purchases by things like gems or bricks or smurfburies and advance to the level even faster. it may look like child's play but it's real money. >> i was scared to death when i saw the potential to lose thousands of dollars. in a day. >> free game apps, or is it pay to play? my story tonight at 11:00. if you've ever handed that phone or that ipad over and said just for a few minutes, while we're finishing dinner -- >> yeah, a lot can happen. >> see you at 11:00. >> look out. >> thanks, liz. >> i'm absolutely amazed that my 4 1/2-year-old when i give him my phone knows how to work my phone and get into those apps. >> you're here at 11:00, aren't you? >> yeah, i think i have to be. >> yes you do. >> watch it in person. >> yes i will be here. >> and you're here now. and a lot of that's here now that's been withc >> some places got a lot of sunshine today. and the temperatures soared by about 10 degrees. it also became very, that's the, not exactly one again.e/tzdzhem. it above4!y #ufdeg that was it. then the clouds rolled right daysño in. that's what we are dealing with outside right now. there's the cloud cover once again. but of the sou 5 mi we did#edegrees. the%3about regio you can ze]ç the ihéta aqj temperature out there now of west,ó that right now at 74sn. winds out of the southwest at aboutmner hour. temperatures around the region you can see where the sun has come out here, back to the west, 77 in winchester. 74 right now in martinsburg. 75 in leesburg. this area has seen some sunshine into the mid to upper 70s. but we're running the upper 60s to around 70 degrees. we've stayed in the clouds and those clouds are going to in around the rest of the sun.usooon, too. doppler radar not rightgr anything right now around our rolledyo>s came through early back>'w morning.db. into the made the roadways a little on theak.g loo% clo maybç e / aroundo3 swversion 7:00n'x[ tryáms to right back into the area. tonight, around 12:30 in the morning, looking at just some cloud cover across the area. maybetatomorrowc6v but then here comes wednesday tomorrowj5 bit on thd# a little right on through the night23 l6 evening, partly cloudy to = clouds to umbr tomorrow morni you have&ysí pretty much dry to start.ñdc2roadways will be a little bit on theyyn+. but you may not need later sella tomorrow morning. but take it we couldn make sure you have it with you pretty much all week. tomor passing showers tomorrow. will be later in the afternoon and fridayh& thunderstorms. look!t s forç in the mid to r éwr 70s. soñ couple of justywvnx@dwinky a)1cethat day tnews. y rain. but 1 to 2 inches in some spots but not the flooding we saw a couple of weeks ago. just maybe a day to stay indoors. >> good news. still to come fashi parents, [ female announcer ] at verizonfios.com you can choose your channel package. ♪ ♪ you can choose your own internet speeds. you can even choose to chat with a live person. ♪ ♪ and you're always guaranteed the lowest prices online. so don't wait... try, compare and buy at verizonfios.com today. because there's never been a better time to build the perfect fios bundle. i fashion military'sá and welcome back at 4:30, everybody. i'm jim handly. >> the military's ban on openly gay service members is over.97% 5 of the3t tell" country's me and+'sñr z÷rs silence are free to serveu@0ken.tc3g identien as 2- far,bwkíniform chargese the new rules. 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