outside the bacard health center in rockville. anne fisher the first in line came around 12:30 this morning. >> i have three children in three different schools. there's quite a bit of swine flu already in the schools. so i want to protect my children. >> reporter: as the morning wore on, the line grew and grew until it snaked around the parking lot and around the building. then came the disappointing news. >> i want you to know is that we have a limited amount of injectable vaccine. >> reporter: only 1,200 doses of the nasal mist. only 200 doses of the shot form of the vaccine. erin martin is having her baby next week so she can't get the mist, only the shot. standing at the back of the enormous line she realized her odds weren't good. >> i work in a public school system. i'm due next week. we have a small child. so we wanted the vaccine. >> reporter: what will you do if you don't get it today? >> cry. i'll call my doctor. >> reporter: like many jurisdictions, montgomery county is struggling with a supply shortage. it's unclear when the health department will receive additional shipments of vaccine. >> that is hard to predict. we know that the state is placing orders daily. we do not know what is going to be shipped out from the central supplier. >> reporter: so montgomery county health officials will continue to take the situation day by day, as more of the vaccin becomes available, they will announce additional clinics. in rockville, megan mcgrath, news4. in virginia due to the swine flu vaccination clinic in saturday at the government center, residents are being asked to vote at a satellite location. absentee voting is open through october 31st. since the swine flu already claimed the lives of 86 children, in about a half hour we'll look how the outbreak is affecting local daycares. we are following breaking news near the florida/georgia border. authorities searching for 7-year-old summer thompson converged on a land fill in georgia. a body has been found that appears to be the body of a small child. summer thompson hasn't been seen since she got off a school bus near jacksonville, florida, two days ago. florida governor charlie crist is on the scene on that land fill and just spoke with the media. he said the body hasn't been positively identified, but all signs point to it being that of summer thompson. some sad news near the florida/georgia line this afternoon. we'll continue to monitor developments and bring you updates as they warrant. in boston, a 27-year-old pharmacy college graduate is under arrest tonight, accused of conspiring to commit acts of terrorism heren the u.s. and abroad. federal investigators say tarek mehanna and two other men plotted to attack shoppers inside u.s. malls and american soldiers in iraq. authorities say the men tried, but weren't able to join terror groups in their plans to shoot up malls were thwarted when they couldn't get automatic weapons. the d.c. sniper case was an inspiration to the men. >> it is alleged there were multiple conversations about attaining automatic weapons and randomly shooting people in shopping malls. it was planned by the d.c. sniper incidents in 2002. >> investigators accuse mehanna of plotting to attack two executives who used to work at the white house. a gunman is on the run after a shooting at a gas station in prince george's county. it happened this morning at a exxon station on landover role in chevrolet. the gunman did get away. a grocery store in d.c. busy petworth neighborhood turned into a crime scene when a teenager was shot at point-blank range. this was on georgia avenue last night. pat collins joins us live from northwest with a story that has shaken up this community. >> reporter: a 16-year-old teenager in a fight for his life tonight after being shot here at close range. the scene. the parking lot of this popular safeway store in the pentworth section of our city. another teenager fell victim to gun violence. people who shop here, people who live around here, upset by what happened here. >> you're safe nowhere these days. just not safe nowhere. >> 16 years old. >> he's a baby. he's a baby. these are babies. >> that's too much. that's too much. >> reporter: this is how they say it happened. the victim, a 16-year-old, was in the parking lot of this safeway. he was here with some friends. they say a guy comes up with a gun and fires the shot right into the 16-year-old's head. this was no random shot. this was no random act of violence. the police chief herself was here last night. this is how she described it. >> the shooter approached and as soon as he made contact, fired a shot then took off. that this was somebody that the shooter was looking for. >> reporter: this happened less than a block away from the pentworth metro and a huge development project designed to bring growth and prosperity to the neighborhood. gun fire like this most detrimental to that effort. joseph fahn is an anc commissier here. >> there's been a ton of economic investment in recent months. if people are afraid to come to the stores in their community, that hurts the communication of the community and folks don't feel comfortable in their homes. roup how did the gunman make his escape? some people say they saw him pedal away on a bike. back to you. >> pat collins, thank you. four days after a virginia tech college student disappears, investigators announce they are ending the ground search. 20-year-old morgan harrington was last seen saturday in the john paul jones area where she was attending a concert for metallica, theock group. about an hour ago police announced they have recovered her purse and cell phone in a parking lot. they have no other evidence. they csider her disappearance a missing persons investigation. >> it is, however, being handled from the methodology of a criminal investigation. why would we do that? because we still have not located the victim. we do not know whether she is alive or has met some kind of ill fate. >> police plan to set up a reward to help find her. $50,000 for information that would help solve this case. from parking lots to your pockets, thieves are taken advantage of metro riders and it's happening more and more. there has been a 42% increase in crime for commuters. news4's keith garvin joins us live to tell us where the people are targeted the most. >> metro transit police have designated october crime prevention month. new figures show they certainly have more crime to prevent these days. riding the rails of the metro transit system has gotten riskier. new numbers show your chances of becoming a victim of crime in and around metro stations have increased dramatically the first eight months of the year. >> mostly these are crimes of opportunity. >> reporter: crime in the metro system jumped nearly 42% between january and august, compared to the same time last year. the five locations with the highest number, new carrollton leads the way with 80 reported crimes. then southern avenue, college park, gallery place chinatown and suitland parkway. the type of crime depends on the location. with its large parking lot and nearby garage, most of the crimes at new carolton are vehicle related. this woman who did not want to be identified says thieves have broken onto her cars twice. >> need to see more policemen on the train. you feel more comfortable. >> reporter: inside the city at stations with no parking, pick pockets mainly operate. >> they plan, they look at their victims several stops in advance and anticipate when doors are opening and closing, and use those opportunities to snatch things right out of people's hands. >> reporter: police say thieves are looking for victims using ipods, mp 3 players, cell phones and other gadgets. people who get distracted and unaware of their surroundings. metro customers say there are simple ways. >> make sure everything is put away when i'm on the metro. i don't keep money in my back pockets. i keep all my backpack stuff zipped up and keep it on me at all times or in my hands. >> you never see me walking around with head phones on, nothing like that. i have good peripheral investigation. i pay attention what's around me. if you walk around with a sign that says, "rob me," you are going to get robbed. >> reporter: there are two main factors, more customers creating more opportunities for thieves. in 2005, the system traveled about 650,000 customers on average a day. today that number is approaching 750,000. the other factor? the struggling economy. reporting live, keith garvin news4. >> don't wear that sign like that guy said. >> reporter: good advice. >> thank you, keith. mild, are on a late september mild temperatures. got into the mid 70s today. there is a look at the clear skies as we take a peek out of our weather window. temperatures have dropped 71 degrees here. hagerstown at 76. our friends down south virginia 76. richmond, virginia. as nice as today has been, the evening fully nice. it's going to be delightful. tomorrow morning, a comfortable start for us. 52 to 51 degrees after sliding through the 60s tonight. another gorgeous evening for us. the temperatures are going to go even higher tomorrow. like everything nice, it's got to come to an end. some rain in the forecast and a cooldown that will be affecting our weekend. i'll have the details in a few. >> we'll see you then. thank you. news4 at 5:00 is just getting started. coming up, pay to ride. we'll find out if prices will hit the fast lane on the dulles toll road. indecent exposure. why a local man was arrested inside his own house. >> small boost for business. how big government is trying to score points with the little guy. >> rocking and rolling. a spin with very fast ladies. saying they are the corner stone of our ecomic recovery, president barack obama unveiled a new plan to help small businesses expand and create new jobs. the president made the announcement at the economic archives in landover, maryland. under the initiative, small businesses would be able to borrow money more easily and lower interest rates. the president said that's key because many entrepreneurs want to expand but just don't have the capital to do it. >> metropolitan archives is one of these companies. last february, joe and doug were able to purchase the building we are standing in with an sba loan, an expansion that alrdy helped them retain ten jobs and one that will create ten new ones in the months ahead. in fact, business is going so well, they're already hoping to expand again, but they need another loan to make it happen. >> the president called on law makers on capitol hill to increase caps for existing small business administration loans to $5 million. >> in his speech, the president singled out a few small businesses in our area. one is pizza pizza in columbia heights, d.c. the small shop has visions of expanding, but knows how hard it can be when you are a small business. tom sherwood is here with their story. >> reporter: small business is the back bone of the american economy. it can be tough getting started. at pizza pizza at columbia heights in northwest washington, the five local owners have been open less than two years, but are busy making their small business work. it's nice when the president of the united states mentions your place on the day he is promoting small businesses around the country and the ways government can help. >> these steps will make a difference for small businesses like pete's pizza in washington, d.c. i recommend it. when the three owners had little more tha a dream, they found it challenging to get financing. >> i'm moving into self-employment, a transition that is the most gratifying thing you can do. one of the most difficult things about it though is securing the capital in order to, in our case, build out a restaurant from scratch. >> reporter: mike wilkerson is one of the owners of pete's. he spoke for many small business hopefuls from trying to get a start. >> it is critically important to be thoroughly prepared, to know the market that you are trying to enter, locationwise, as well as productwise. >> reporter: pete's is one of many small and large business necessary columbia heights. the donatelli development company has been the leader looking for small businesses saying the national economy is slowing but not stopping d.c. developments. >> these neighborhoods have been underserved by retail over the decades. now there is just many new establish miamis here that make the area very livable. washington continues to be poised for a lot of economic development. there's many neighborhoods that have yet to be fully developed and realized. >> reporter: obama made a point of patronizing local businesses around here. it's not clear whether he's had a piece of pete's pizza yet. i wasn't sure i could say that. it sounds like somebody in the white house has at least taken one down to the white house. >> that's nice. it's a good program. >> reporter: it's a strong part of columbia heights wch is redeveloping in every direction. >> thank you. >> i didn't have any. >> you were good. >> we all want some now. unemployment figures are out for september and washington is among the areas with the highest number of job losses for the month. d.c. lost about 10,000 jobs from august to september, raising the unemployment rate to 11.4%. the majority of losses were due to summer jobs ending for young people. the national rate rose vitally to 9.8%. maryland's unemployment rate inched up slightly to 7.2%. in virginia the rate is 6.7%. the temperatures edged up slightly, as well. ooh-la-la-la. >> do we have a graph for one of those? i want one of those graphs. great weather today. we all need more of that vitamin d, right? never seem to get enough of it. >> soak it up. >> and tomorrow, too, we'll get a chance to soak it up and be nice and happy and energized. that's what you get, too, a little bit of energy. a few high clouds is all we have. temperature at 71 degrees. relative humidity at 35% with a south wind, still light. nine miles per hour with a low this morning 47 degrees. not a bad start. even more comfortable for tomorrow morning. let me show you some of the temperatures across the rest of the northeast corridor of the country. 66 in new york, 76 in raleigh, north carolina, and 60s from cincinnati over to chicago. not too bad there either. fairly uniform temperatures. everyone getting in on the warm air. tomorrow, slightly higher. slightly higher temperatures as high pressure starts to shift off to the east. again, we've been talking about how long is this sunshine beautiful weather going to hang on. clouds are going to start moving in. that is probably not until thursday night. rain with the next storm system that is really developing out west, rain will be arriving here on friday. is there a look at your high pressure system for the overnight. we are clear, quiet, doing okay. where is that rain? already some of it is making its way through the mississippi valley. in fact, over the last two weeks, today the wettist day for the upper mississippi valley. snow with this storm system, too around the denver, around seven senl, colorado. several inches one to three. east showers, storms and heavy rain. look at wichita and oklahoma city. showers and again thunderstorms could be severe weather there later tonight. leesburg at 81. a little cooler around houston, texas. let me show you the kind of rain this storm system is producing. over four inches in and around houston, texas. it's a slow moving system. it's being fed with a tropical system that made its way on land, mexico and gulf of mexico moisture, as well. flood warnings for eastern areas of texas, for arkansas and now south down to louisiana and even mississippi. we'll track that storm as it heads to the east. the heavy rain into missouri and arkansas by late thursday. we'll still be doing just fine. you'll be able toqueak out another nice day. friday though, kind of downhill. clouds will be on the increase. we'll go from mostly sunny to partly sunny skies. cloud cover thickening by late afternoon and evening, with showers on us about 5:00 or 6:00 on friday. here is a look at your high temperature tomorrow. 75, 76 degrees. close to 80 down south. southern maryland and northern neck. sunset at 6:21. we'll drop off from the low 70s to low 60s. by tomorrow morning, again, very, very comfortable start. sun's up tomorrow the at 7:25. we'll start out between 45 and about 51 degrees. so again, another delightful day. feeling nice and pleasant throughout. temperature going up tomorrow 73, 77 and feeling more like september around here. we'll take a look at the seven-day forecast in a few. >> all right. it doesn't get any better. >> no. >> october's our month. >> it is. coming up, don't believe everything you read. why that rule may apply to your food. >> door to door police alert. parents covering their k a police chase in fairfax county caused a big backup. a sheriff tried to pull a car over. the chase continued until the suspect's car hit a county police cruiser on i-95 and public road. the suspect was arrested and there weren't injuries. police tell us a man shot dead and the police pulled the trigger. it began with a domestic dispute early this morning. >> i don't know what happened, but the police shot my little brother. and he's dead. >> reporter: family members say 25-year-old james miller of northeast washington was the man shot and killed by d.c. police early this morning. officers say the shooting was the result of an armed confrontation following a disturbance call from his apartment. >> when they arrived on the scene, they met a family member who made the call. once they got inside they tried to communicate with an adult male inside the apartment. during that attempt to communicate with the adult male in the apartment, there was a confrontation at some point between the adult male and two officers, where he displayed a hand gun and there were shots fired. >> reporter: it happened before 5:00 a.m. in this apartment building in the 900 block of 21st street. police don't know what led up to someone calling for police help. family memrs say miller had three children and lived in the apartment with his girlfriend. they say they, too, are waiting for the police investigation to wrap up becse they aren't clear on what went wrong. >> they killed my little brother. that's all there is to it. >> reporter: police say they did recover the suspect's weapon there on the scene. we are told it looks like both officers fired at the suspect. they both have been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of this investigation. they are veterans on the force. tracee wilkins, news4. >> police say the victim james miller was only 19 years old. still ahead, newly released video of that deadly metro train collision is being used now as a new education tool. >> and if drivers have to pay more to ride on the dulles toll road. >> as we travel around the capital beltway today, the inner loop is coming at us. those delays begin solidly at 66, virginia. the pace does not get better. this is connect avenue where the delays keep coming. the inner loop is jamm emed in through tysons. outer loop a little better, but not up to speed. welcome back, everyone, to our second half hour. i'm jim handly. >> i'm wendy rieger. coming up in this half hour, daycare concerns. how to protect the youngest victims from the swine flu. presidential power. how much will it help in the race for the governor? a dramatic protest against the cdc. we start out, when is it a crime to walk around your own home in the buff? a 29-year-old springfield man is facing indecent exposure charges for doing just that. the charge is indecent exposure, but what is unusual is the springfield man was arrested for the crime that took place inside his own home. so what's wrong with walking around naked? a fully-clothed christ gordon joins us live from springfield, virginia, with more on the story. >> reporter: the story began with a man who claimed that he was brewing coffee monday morning 5:30 in his kitchen in the buff, in his kitchen behind me a was spotted through that window by a woman and her son on that sidewalk. the question arises, do you have a right to be naked in your own home? the answer is, it depends whose story you believe. >> to be naked in your home to be seen through a window. 29-year-old eric williamson has been charged with indecent exposure. he told another news station he was in the buff monday morning at 5:30 a.m. making coffee in his kitchen. he didn't know anyone could see him. fairfax county police say that a mother walking her 7-year-old son to a school bus stop complained that this happened about 8:30 a.m. >> she says she heard a noise, looked over and saw a naked man standing in the open doorway, that carport doorway you see. and that she quickly got on the sidewalk and started to pass by the house, and once again saw the same naked man in one of the front windows. >> reporter: eric williamson is an underwater construction diver. the company he works for rents this house. one of his roommates tells us williamson was fired from his job for missing work on friday. monday morning the roommate says williamson was acting strangely. >> we wake up to eric running around the house with nothing but a work hard hat on, butt naked. >> reporter: eric williams is no longer in the area, but spoke with me by phone. >> at that time, i was upstairs, downstairs without clothes on for several hours. then i put pants on. when that act got old. >> reporter: was it about 8:30 when you were still naked? >> if she is walking around the road and saw me naked, that is a good possibility. i don't have a time frame. >> reporter: fairfax county detectives are canvassing the neighborhood handing out a flier asking if anyone knows about similar incidents. neighbors are angry and upset. we'll hear from some of them in the next news hour on news4 at 6:30. that's the latest from this neighborhood in springfield, virginia, back to you in the studio. >> chris gordon, sparing us the pictures. thank you. we have new video showing heroic actions of d.c. firefighters moments after last june's deadly crash. this video provided by wpot radio shows ems and firefighters helping to rescue passengers from the wreckage of the red line train. they intend to use the video for recruitment and training purposes. the june 23rd crash killed nine people including the driver of the metro train. a dramatic protest today outside the centers for disease control head quarters in atlanta. about a dozen people dressed in full hazmat suits came out to voice opposition to the government-recommended flu shots. organizers are with the group mothers against mercury. they claim the vaccines are toxic, they say they wore the hazmat suits because if the vile were to spill, that is what cleanup crew was have to be wearing. some of those at highest risk for the swine flu are children under the age of 6. at among county nursery school today we found few people worried about the vaccine, but more concerned about the virus spreading. pat lawson muse with that story. >> reporter: these children take their play time seriously. and their hand washing, after playing, before eating. >> do another squirt of soap. >> they wash their hands a great deal. this is what we can do. >> reporter: this is a 50-student co-op where all parents rotate as volunteers. while the kids focus on their toys, the grown-ups are watching out for signs of swine flu. >> we have parents clean toys in the rooms and what we call a deep cleaning once a month. everything does get washed, but all it takes is one jeremy hand. >> reporter: with these children in the high-risk group, most of these parents do plan to get them vaccinated against swine flu, but susan says she won't stand in line. >> i've got to call my pediatrician. i'm not going to stand in line for the one s provided by the county. >> reporter: this woman is pregnt, anxious to get the whole family vaccinated. >> i think if i get it, if i'm down and my kids are down and it's a quarantine issue, so i would rather take precautions against getting it than have the risk of having it. >> reporter: while this school has been hit with the seasonal flu, so far there's been no known cases of swine flu. parents and teachers are doing some real team work to try to keep it at bay. and there are rules. no green goo from little noses and no fevers allowed. and soap for little hands and big hands only. >> we are trying. i think our best bet right now is sneeze and cough onto your elbow, lots of tissues around the room. washing hands just the minute a child sneezes, coughs or the children around him. >> reporter: pat lawson muse, news4, bethesda. >> the government hopes to have 50 million doses of swine flu vaccine by mid november and 150 million out in december. drivers hold on to your wallets. a plan to raise rates on the dulles toll road just got another green light today. a committee of the airport's authority board moved the proposal forward. the plan would raise tolls an additional 75 cents at the main toll plaza over three years, up to $1.50 total and go up 25 cents at ramp ps next year. the money would help pay for extending metro dulles. a final full vote is expected early next month. still ahead, keeping an eye on your kids. a real concern for parents if your child sucks his thumb or uses a pacifier fo my job is a buyer for tj maxx. i'm a shopper at heart. i have a passion for finding a deal. i do my homework to figure out what's going to be the next best trend. our customers know their stuff. it's fashion direct to them... we're dealing with the designers. after that it goes straight to our customers. i get the best deal, so they get the best savings! my goal is to evolve our customers from fashionistas... to maxxinistas! tj maxx. let us make a maxxinista out of you! we first met this week's wednesday's child a few years ago when she was looking for permanent home. now she has one and her new parents say they are just as lucky as she is. here is barbara harrison. >> the adoption was final july this year. >> we had a little party. just the three of us. >> reporter: meet the johnsons, matt, patty and their brand-new daughter kim, who you may remember as a wednesday's child we took to a visit at forget-me not, a daycare center for pets. >> one that is loving and accepting for who i am. >> reporter: kim was invited to participate in a mentoring program for foster kids. >> to spend quality time with our kids at prearranged, twice-monthly community activities. >> last spring she gave us a call and said she had a 16-year-old girl that she thought we would be great mentors for. she said go on to the website and see kim's clip from wednesday's child. so we saw it. >> kim was in a group home not far from here. the group home wasn't the most exciting thing for kim, so on friday afternoons or saturday morning, depending on their schedule, we would pick her up and she would spend the weekends with us. >> reporter: kim said she really liked the johnsons, but didn't think they were interested in adoption. >> i thought they were just mentors, not looking for a family, anything like that. >> reporter: after all,im already had a room in their house and their hearts. patty said they thought kim wasn't interested in being adopted. kim says lots of people think that about teenagers in foster care. >> i think everyone needs a family, you know? it would be good for them, you know? grow up with someone to love them. >> when you have that fraction. >> reporter: kim as a high school senior likes help with homework. parenting is a new thing for the johnsons. kim is their first child. >> when we did this, it took a lot of people by surprise, the fact we had not had children and that we made this decision at this point of our life, but the it's been the best decision i think we ever made. it's really added to our life to have kim in it. it's never too late, i think. >> reporter: never too late for children or for parents to give their love to each other. barbara harrison, news4 for wednesday's child. >> if you have room in your home and your heart for a child who is waiting, please call our special adoption hotline 1- 88-to-adopt me or go to nbcwashington.com. creigh deeds is getting some oval office support. how president obama hopes to help move the democrat in the virginia's governor mansion. >> roller derby madness kicks there could soon be a vaccine to fight cervical cancer for girls and young women. health officials say the new vaccine does not protect against forms that cause genital warts. both shots are a three-dose series for almost $400. the cdc still has to adopt the new recommendations for this to become official. parents, if your children suck on a pacifier or thumb more than three years, they could end up with speech problems. a study in chile found they could be three times more likely to have a speech disorder. while the pacifier can be beneficial to reduce the risk of sids, many recommend weaning that after they're a year old. the fda is trying to crack down on false claims with food labeling. this is an effort to stop the obesity issue in our country. the fda is looking to regulate food companies' assertions on the front of their products that suggest they are healthier than they really are. the agency is looking to create a uniform labeling system by the end of next year. we have a beautiful, beautiful day. can we get another one, veronica? >> yes, we can get another one. for you, wendy, of course. you know what? i ask for your fall foliage pictures and boy, i have been getting them. ask and ye shall receive. this looks like a painting from christine holder. this was taken sunday. berkeley springs, west virginia. look the at that gorgeous sky, the wonderful color. right now western maryland, skyline drive seeing conditions near peak on the fall color. some of the most prevalent colors the yellows and gold. this from john roddy. can't get prettier than this. i grabbed this image about an hour ago. if you go to their website, you can look at it live. 45 to 51 degrees with sunshine. sun's up tomorrow at 7:25. it's more comfortable to start and boy, it's going to be a warm finish tomorrow. 76, 77. warrenton, for exampleburg around 78 or 80 degrees. mid 70s tomorrow so yes, wendy, there is your day. hopefully you can come in late tomorrow. rain's back in the forecast for friday. mid 60s, should be out of here by late saturday evening. for the big marathon, marine corps temperatures starting out in the low 50s. not too bad. should be a good day for running. >> thanks. we are laughing because i came in te today. i had things i had to do. members of the washington wizards took time out of their schedule this ternoon to honor american military personnel called salute to a stars. it's part of the nba cares week of service. wizards players, coaches and staff served as what iteaiters waitresses. they said they are honoring to be serving men and women who put their lives on the line to protect our country. jim vance joins us with a preview. coming up at 6:00, more on that terror arrest made by federal officials today. authorities say the man they arrested plotted attacks on shopping malls and white house employees. >> archaeologists in a major european city discovered an auditorium that dates back to the second century a.d. >> we'll report on a 54-year-old surfer who was attacked by a shark, but he says that shark is not going to keep him out of the water. those stories and more coming up in a few minutes. >> they always say that, you know? >> what are the odds? how often can you be attacked by a shark? roller derby in our fair town. >> you can't wait for this story. >> i can't. >> you know that old saying, what's old is new again? it applies in the fashion world and now in the sporting world, as well. remember roller derby? it was huge in the '70s. now it's back inspired by leagues from new york to texas. roller derby has come to maryland. more than 80 women make up the charm city roller girls. here is an inside look. >> i used to skate as a kid and i played football. i wanted more contact sport. from then on out i had to be a roller girl. >> i'll tryout. you can't get more real than this. >> it seems complicated because you have to play defense and offense at the same time. >> every time she passes a player of the opposing team, she score as point. >> we go in here and we play our hearts out because we all want to win. >> one, two, three! >> it's definitely empowering for women. >> i think a little bit more the concept of when you watch the game, trying to understand it would be more offense than defense, sort of like football because of the blocking. >> you never know what you are going to see at a derby bout. >> woo! >> it's easier than you think once you figure out what you're doing. if you can skate,hat's the basis and you build from there. >> four points. >> we do everything. we build the floor, do the publicity, we skate, we strike when we're done and it's all women. we have a couple of men helping out here and then, but it's empowering for us to get together and do this. it's fabulous. >> some of those girls scare me a little bit, especially with the costumes. blood dpping down lips. >> that's t a costume. >> now you are trying to scare me more. it's physical out there you can see some of those spills. there must be busted tailbones and arms. >> and it's being popularized in the new movie "whip last year, virginia, you helped lead a movement. >> democrat creigh deeds is bring in the heavy hitters in his final push to become virginia's next governor. president obama is appearing in a new tv ad for deeds. in it, mr. obama calls for virginia voters to get fired up again. it's the first deeds' ad to feature the president. last november mr. obama became the first democrat since 1964 to carry the commonwealth in a presidential election. deeds is trailing republican bob mcdonnell in recent polls. to win he has to score big in northern virginia and hampton roads, both area mr. obama is popular. this is not the only state contest drawing national attention. "meet the press" moderator david gregory joins us to talk about that. too bad timing and everything in politics. too bad these races weren't going on maybe in february or march when obama was wildly popular. >> it's interesting. for creigh deeds the difficulty has been not hitching himself to president obama because that's costing him in certain parts of the state, and among independent voters who are so important to president obama when he won the election last year. are now turning away from some of the government activism. really worried about the deficit and the jobs picture, et cetera. now for reasons you mentioned, creigh deeds needs the president and particularly among african-americans where he is underperforming, deeds is. is is the push. he is behind and has to have turnout here. >> we mentioned the president is in new jersey campaigning for jon corzine. important for him to campaign right now? is this a measure of how popular he is? >> that's the factor. people have called these the mini midterms. two governor in potential swing states and to gauge the president's popularity when put to a test. some people will make conclusions based on these results. govern corzine in new jersey has the opportunity to pull this out. part of that is because of an independent running in that race there. the president wants to move the needle a little bit. >> let's turn to health care if we can, where things are looking on that front. president obama having to get the democrats to focus on the goal. >> right. that is to get legislation, to get a bill. right now there is a big fight in the party about a public option, a governor plan that would drive down costs ultimately. the president wants that. he is not going to demand it. he is saying we can't have all these intramural fights here. there are a lot of people in the house, democrats in the house who want that public option. some think they can get it. this is where the negotiations are going to be fierce here at the end. >> who is on the show this week? >> we are certainly working on that. we'll have more about health care and politics. as well as the economy and this executive pay issue, the administration is going to have new rules of all that coming out in the next few days. they'll cut those compensation packages at the banks that got the bailout dollars. this is a hot issue. >> nbc moderator of "meet the press," we look forward to seeing you sunday morning. a spectacular day out there can we keep it going? >> we'll keep it going at least one more day just for you, jim. we are on a roll. this is shenandoah national park sent in by brandon randal this past weekend. gorgeous blue sky. skyline drive showing more of the rust colors, the yellows and the golds. that's what colors are popping out there. nice frosty nights, mornings helping the colors to show their vibrance. usgs web cam shenandoah national park, same thing. beautiful conditions across the area. send your pictures in. here we go off to school tomorrow morning. a comfortable start, 45 to 51 degrees. sun's up tomorrow at 7:25. maybe you're lucky enough to have the day off tomorrow. upper marlboro 77. st. mary's, fredericksburg up to 77 degrees. by friday, more clouds. a big cooldown by ten degrees. we still could get about an inch of rain out of that storm system. back to you. that's it for us. coming up, a major terrorist arrest. >> jim vance and doreen gentzler are next with news4 at 6:00. hundreds of people turned out for a swine flu vaccine clinic in montgomery county today. >> metro officials have seen a 40% increase in robberies in the first eight months of the year. >> president obama visited hyattville today. today federal officials arrested a man they say plotted terrorist attacks on american malls, u.s. soldiers in iraq and two white house employees. good evening, i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance. tarek mehanna was arrested today. he was defiant in his appearance in federal court. initiall