1,000-year flood. there is a suggestion this week that women can change how often they undergo a screen deeg signed to detect cancer. i'm jim vance. >> i'm doreen gentzler. earlier it was mammograms. now a doctors' group is saying st women in their 20s can have a pap smear every two years instead of annually. tracie potts has more on the story. >> reporter: it's a lot for women to digest and try to break apart and understand. like you said, for the second time in just a few days, scientists and experts have turned conventional wisdom on its head recommending that women get fewer screenings based on science. annual pap smears to detect cervical cancer are no longer necessary for most women. the american college of ob-gyn said today. women under 21 don't need them at all. women in their 20s can get them every other year, and women over with a history of normal pap smears can be screened every three years and stop when they're 65 or 70. experts said because cervical cancer develops slowly, skipping screenings won't make a difference. >> we'll still be able to detect it in a timely fashion and put women, particularly young women, at less risk. >> reporter: there is literally a 1 in a million chance of developing cervical cancer before age 21, yet teenagers are often screened and treated for abnormalities that experts say would clear up on their own. >> these patients, based on the fact they had minimumly abnormal pap smears end up getting part of their cervix removed or destroyed. >> reporter: a government task force also recommended fewer mammograms. it leaves women wondering why so much furor over mammograms but not pap smears? this time there is more agreement in the evidence. >> since we feel this is to the going to diminish our ability to screen for cervical cancer, i think we are all in favor of this recommendation change. >> reporter: women are still urged to get an annual exam every year. so earlier this week the american cancer society opposed those changes for mammograms, but when it comes to pap smears, the american cancer society says they're on the right track. live from capitol hill, tracie potts, news4. >> thank you. there are important differences to note about where these new sets ofecommendations came from. the breast cancer and cervical cancer screening studies were done for different reasons by different groups. the mammogram recommendations came from u.s. preventive services, a federally-appointed task force. cervical cancer screening guidelines are from an independent group of doctors. some doctors are already following these new pap smear guidelines. the u.s. senate is moving into an important weekend as it regards health care reform. tomorrow night there is an important vote onhether to begin debate on the democrat's controversial bill. steve handelsman has our report. >> reporter: the key vote on whether to start debate comes tomorrow night, but both sides argued again today. over the public option, who pays, who gets covered. the democrats' $850 billion health care reform plan. >> it's going to reward what works in this system and change what doesn't. >> this bill will raise taxes by $500 billion. >> this bill is shall rushed. >> reporter: to formally begin debate, majority leader harry reid needs 60 senators, that's every democrat. >> i'venly been asked 30 or 40 times, do you have the 60 votes? we are not assuming a thing. >> reporter: at midday ben nelson of nebraska said he will vote yes. mary landrieu of louisiana and blanche lincoln of arkansas were holding out. an insider said reid has probably won the whole fight. >> i think at the end of the day, reid gets his 60 votes, senate passes a bill, house and senate reconcile something and we have a bi, a health care reform bill. >> reporter: not yet. now we have a health care reform fight. >> higher premiums, higher taxes in the middle class, including small businesses. medicare cuts. there's nothing here to like. >> just criticizing isn't enough. stand up and tell us what you are for. >> reporter: one day till democrats have to stand up, unanimously. and the betting up here is harry reid wouldn't have called for a vote if he didn't think he could win. from capitol hill, steve handelsman, news 4. the senate bill would extend coverage to millions of uninsured americans. it would ban insurance companies from denying coverage to people with medical conditions, and it will require nearly all americans to buy insurance. the bill would cost nearly $1 trillion over ten years. after months of investigation, a senate ethnics committee cleared roland burris of legal wrong doing, but the panel did officially reprimand the senator. they had a moonished burris saying he was less than candid about his appointment. he was appointed by former illinois governor rod blagojevich, who was later impeached and charged with trying to sell the seat. burris says he is glad the probe is over. he is not planning to run for a full term. a couple in d.c. accused of spying for cuba pleaded guilty in federal court today. retired state department official walter myers and his wife were arrested in june after an undercover fbi investigation. court documents allege they spied on the u.s. government for cuba for three decades. the couple is accused of using a short wave radio and swapping shopping carts at a grocery store to transmit national secrets. walter myers agreed to serve a life sentence for plotting to commit espionage and wire fraud. gwendolyn will serve between 6 and 7 years in prison. there was a crash involving teenagers at 4:00 in the st. charles area at mcdonnell and middletown roads. four people between 18 and 20 were riding in a p.t. cruiser when it collided with a pickup truck. people in the cruiser were coming from virginia beach heading to arlington county. two of the people in the car were flown to the hospital. they are expected to survive. we are told the driver of the pickup truck was not seriously injured. a 9-year-old boy from d.c. who was killed inside his own house was remembered today by hundreds of family, friends, even city officials. his funeral was an emotional affair. it was held blocks away from the crime scene in columbia heights. it comes days after police arrested a suspect in that case. elaine reyes is here with more on the story. >> reporter: the church was packed. some people didn't know oscar. they came by to show their support. in fact, one relative told me hundreds of people stopped by the wake. funerals are never easy, especially when a child is being remembered. >> oscar is not here, but he's in heaven. he's enjoying a better life with god. >> reporter: the ceremony at st. stephen's episcopal church was celebrated in spanish. oscar loved wrestling and loved to paint. his art teacher wrote a poem in his memory. >> we will miss you. we will miss your quiet demeanor. your kind heart and spirit that would not soon depart. >> reporter: last saturday night oscar was shot insi his columbia road apartment. relatives told police they returned from a baby shower when a man tried to rob them. they got inside their home, but a bullet was fired through their front door. oscar was on the other side looking through the peephole and was hit. police later arrested and charged josue pena of hyattslle with murder. >> when you look at that small con and the young man laying in there, it just brought to mind what everyone has been thinking. that is this is too young a person to have died, especially this way. >> reporter: the arrest brings some comfort, but their hearts are broken for a little boy they'll never see again. >> the suffering, the pain that the family is suffering right n now, that brings a lot of comfort to the family. >> reporter: some of oscar's friends attended his funeral. he was buried this afternoon at the gate of heaven cemetery in silver spring, maryland. coming up on our broadcast, on the same day u.s. health officials announce a decrease in swine flu cases, officials in norway say they discovered a potentially significant mutation in the virus. >> a woman was sexually assaulted on a popular jogging trail. >> a deadly crash involving the tour bus of singer miley cyrus. >> flooding in britain has dozens of people trapped inside their homes. >> not any storminess like that. as a matter of fact, a nice quiet weekend coming up. >> joe bugle talks about the redskins' running game. a maryland women's team one win away from repeating as national champions. plus a woman gets into it in a hockey game. health officials say four patients at a single hospital in north carolina tested positive for a type of swine flu resistant to treatment with tamiflu. tamiflu is one of two medicines that helped fight against the h1n1 virus. health officials have been watching for signs that the virus is mutating, making the drugs infective. 52 drug resistant cases have now been reported worldwide since april. in norway, health officials are looking at mutated swine flu linked to two deaths. the world health organization estimates the swine flu is to blame for more than 6,750 deaths worldwide. that news comes on the day the centers for disease control announce there's been a notable decrease in the swine flu cases they are seeing in the u.s. they caution that americans aren't out of the woods yet. michelle franzen has our report. >> reporter: the latest numbers from the cdc show flu activity remains high, but may be on the down swing. >> all ten regions of the country are starting to see a decrease in the average influenza-like activity. >> reporter: 43 states reported widespread flu last week, down from 46 the week before. however, experts say flu activity is higher now than peak levels seen in years past. unfortunately, children remain the victims. >> we are up to 171 h1n1 influenza deaths in children that are laboratory confirmed. of course as we've been seeing, this is just a partial counting. >> reporter: nearly 55 million doses of the swine flu vaccine has been made available to states, and data show more than half have been given to children. welcome news that experts say there is more flu in our future. >> nothing is typical about this year's influenza. we may have weeks and months of a lot of disease ahead of us. >> reporter: a spike in cases may come sooner rather than later, with holiday gatherings kicking off next week where family members not only share the love, but also their germs. michelle franzen, news4. health officials say 2/3 of the children who dd from swine flu last week have underlying medical conditions. they say the other children who were otherwise healthy caught other infections like staph or pneumonia. four students at the university of california in berkeley were arrested during a. those arrests came a date after a vote by leaders of the university of california who decided to raise fees by 32% next year. yesterday students began taking over buildings on four campuses. they remained on two of those campuses today. at berkeley, about 50 people barricaded themselves inside a building. about 100 students are staging a sit-in at uc santa cruz. school officials say the tuition hike is necessary because of the financial crisis in the state of california. on wall street, stocks fell for a third straight day as investigators fretted over weaker than expected earnings from the technology sector. dow jones industrial average fell 14 points. nasdaq composite closed 10 points lower and the new york stock exchange slid seven points. one of the astronauts on the international space station might not be totally focused on his mission today. he can probably be forgibb for that. lieutenant colonel randolph bresnick is about to become a father. his wife is due to give birth to a daughter today. they have a 3-year-old son. he hoped to be in contact by phone for the birth. his wife, rebecca, works at the johnson space center. she is a lawyer there. before the launch, she said they were hoping she would give birth by today because lieutenant bresnick is scheduled for a space walk tomorrow. >> cell phones don't work everywhere. coming up, two private islands off the coast of maryland are being auctioned off. >> we'll tell you about what is described as biblical flooding on the british isles. >> bob has a lk at our weekend weather forecast. >> good evening. traveling around the area at this hour, feels like friday out there both inner and outer loop travelers are finding big delays. inner loop are the headlights coming out of virginia, solid up to new hampshire avenue. outer loop is slow from the bethesda area down through tysons. 95 very heavy. a sea of brake lights there. hov in the center of your screen aren't necessarily a better bet. while i was building my friendships, my family, while i was building my life, my high cholesterol was contributing to plaque buildup in my arteries. that's why my doctor prescribed crestor. she said plaque buildup in arteries is a real reason to lower cholesterol. and that along with diet, crestor does more than lower bad cholesterol, it raises good. crestor is also proven to slow the buildup of plaque in arteries. crestor isn't for everyone, like people with liver disease, or women who are nursing, pregnant, or may become pregnant. simple blood tests will check for liver problems. you should tell your doctor about other medicines you are taking, or if you have muscle pain or weakness. that could be a sign of serious side effects. while you've been building your life, plaque may have been building in your arteries. find out more about slowing the buildup of plaque at crestor.com. then ask your doctor if it's time for crestor. announcer: if you can't afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. environmental officials in the united kingdom are calling this a 1,000-year flood. heavy winds and torrential rains flooded parts of england, scotland and ireland last night. in one town in england, the rainfall set a new record with more than 12 inches in 24 hours. about a dozen people have been reported missing. they include a police officer who was swept away as he tried to keep drivers fromsing a bridge that collapsed. at least 200 people found themselves trapped at home by rapidly rising waters. they were rescued by helicopters. house to house searches were conducted when that rain finally stopped today. >> very rare to see that. >> many of the scientists studying global change, global warming are reaching the conclusions these type of extreme events are becoming a little more likely rather than once in a thousand years. we are seeing that with floods in our own country and weather extremes. could be more subtle signals we are changing things. talk about international weather. if the countries of the world could get along as the different counies that coordinate their christmas bazaars -- this week is the fins. they coordinate very nicely. this weekend it's the finnish christmas bazaar. there is a gingerbread house. course there is herring. this is under the patronage of the ambassador of finland and they dropped off a nice donation for children's hospital. tomorrow at the river road unarian church. get a taste and sample of finland from 11:00 to 3:00. outside right now, we've got another mild night after a pleasant day. our temperature outside now, our high temperature today made it to 60 degrees. our november rainfall well above average. look at the record, from 1877. i mentioned that because there is more rain coming, but not until we go through the weekend right now outside our current temperature, and it's still pleasant with light winds. a breeze earlier. northwesterly winds at 7 miles per hour. look at the temperature. 55 degrees. no sign of any cold stuff coming our way. i think as we get through thanksgiving we'll be seeing some of that. there was a little wave that brought those unusual nighttime thunderstorms as a cold front was coming through last night at 11:00. the next wave will be dipping down, picking up this moisture. there's been heavy rains through parts of the deep south again. remember how much of a drought there was, terrible drought down through the southeast, texas coast, victoria, corpus christi reported over ten inches of rain. other areas several inches of rain and strong wind gusts. this is from the folks at university of wisconsin. there you can see that storm and there is another storm heading into northern europe and the british isles which may aggravate the terrible flooding they had. it's been some nasty storminess off the north atlantic. there is that area of storminess beginning to develop in south texas. the pacific is quiet as are the tropics. look at all that gray area. that's super cold northern parts of siberia. 35 below zero right now. around barrow, alaska, dawson and the yukon, cold is building. still dry weather here. delightful day tomorrow. we'll see increase in high clouds as some of that moisture begins to come our way. any of the storminess and the real rains not showing up until we get int sunday night and monday. tomorrow, high 50s. mid to high 50s on sunday. this evening, clear, delightful, temperatures later on dipping into the low 50s. tonight overnight tonight for the most part, clear skies. depending on what time you get up tomorrow. will be clear to sunny. at sunrise, 6:57. another night tomorrow night. you see that nice crescent moon in the sky. we'll see a few high clouds beginning to show up as we get into tomorrow evening and tomorrow night. temperatures around 60 degrees. high 50s to about 60. next seven days, no rain coming in for the daylight hours of sunday. maybe a few rain drops beginning to show up late sunday. i think anything will hold off until sunday night. monday is a wet day. after that, a good travel day on wednesday. late thursday we may see showers as colder air comes in. friday as we head towards december, could be some chilly weather. nice weekend coming up. enjoy. >> thank you, bob. coming up, two private islands near ocean city, maryland, are being auctioned off. >> a tour bus that belongs to miley cyrus was involved in a deadly crash in virginia. a female jogger sexually assaulted on a popular trail in montgomery county. >> and a toddler separated from his faer. >> in sports, george mason trying to slay the giant again. it's a crazy fight in the stands at an nhl game. plus, carlos rogers talks about trying to defend tony romo. we take a look at some of the stories making headlines tonight. >> the american college o ob-gyn release nude guidelines on cervical cancer screenings. they say women do not need as many pap smears as currently recommended. only once every two or three years depending on their age. unlike the new mammogram recommendations from the government, the american cancer society agrees with the new pap smear guidelines. there is a key vote tomorrow night in the senate on health care reform. law makers will decide whether to start debate on the rorm bill. republicans vowed to vote against debating the bill, but it seems likely to happen if all 60 democrats vote yes. health officials say swine flu cases appear to be declining throughout most of the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention says report of swine flu illnesses were widespread in 43 states last week, down from 46 states the week before. however, they say thanksgiving gatherings will make it difficult to predict what will happen next. coming up in this half hour of news4 at 6:00, the tour bus of miley cyrus was involved in a deadly accident in virginia. two private islands near ocean city, maryland, are being auctioned off. dan comes back with a preview of the skins-cowboys game. police in takoma park, maryland, are looking for a guy accused of attacking a woman. the man grabbed the female jogger on the sligo creek trail and sexually assaulted her in the woods. the case is making people in the area very nervous. >> reporter: takoma park residents using the sligo creek trail say the news a jogger was attacked here thursday evening at twilight is making them more cautious. >> i'll continue using the trail, but just the thought there is any violent crime going on o the trail is definitely, gives me pause. i'll have to rethink the hours i use the trail. >> reporter: marlene and david stewart lived near the trail and used it more than 30 years. >> i'm devastated. we consider it part of our community. it's relatively safe. there have been a fewinor incidents. this is major. >> reporter: police say thursday evening between 5:00 and 5:15, a female jogger in her 30s was grabbed by a man armed with a knife and forced into a wooded area where he sexually assaulted her. shortly after the victim was able to summon a takoma park police officer with a canine dog that began tracking the suspect. >> we were able to start runng a track. we ran it for 45 minutes, took us back into a residential area where the track died. we talked to the people at that house. they didn't see anything. >> reporter: a search team of officers from the maryland national park police combed the trail looking for anything that might lead to the arrest of a suspect in thisattack. >> we increased our patrols, uniform as well as plain-clothes presence looking to loce any possible suspect. >> reporr: police feel the attacker knows this area and may even live around here. they are asking anyone in the public with information about the suspect or this assault to call the takoma park police department at 301-270-1100. all calls can be kept confidential. christ gordon, news4 in takoma park, maryland. >> police say there have been other assaults along jogging and bike trails in the past year in montgomery county. this doesn't appear to be connected to other cases. a tour bus belonging to singer miley cyrus flipped over this morning in virginia. a member of the road crew was killed. it happened just south of richmond in dinwitty county. it ran off the rd and overturned along i-85. they are still investigating what might have caused that crash. cyrus is scheduled to perform this sunday in greensboro, north carolina. an alexandria high school is mourning the loss of a beloved spanish teacher killed in a bizarre car accident outside her home this morning. those who knew emma cabrera describe her as a vibrant woman full of life, who loved to share her knowledge with her students. julie carey has her story. >> reporter: even at 71, emma cabrera was known for arriving at school 1 1/2 hours before class started, opening her colorful classroom early to students who needed extra help. this morning colleagues knew something must be wrong. >> the staff member who parked beside her every day said, where is emma? she never misses work. >> reporter: the terrible news reached t.c. williams mini howard campus. backing out of the driveway around 5:30 a.m., police surmise she suddenly got out of the vehicle to retrieve something, but was run over by the still-rolling suv. a neighbor found her body. cabrera lived in this tight-knit area for three decades. >> she belied her age. she was trim . we will miss her. >> special counselors were available for students. this eye-catching classroom greeted ninth graders each day, enriched with decorations she made to reenforce the spanish lesson. added in english, this message, "i love you, ms. cabrera, rest in peace." >> she had a love of teaching and a love of people. >> reporter: cabrera's dedication was on display in this side go last month as she transported her classroom into a spanish-only restaurant. as the mock dinner wound down she pulled the group up to dance. >> she is a wonderful person. you can see in her classroom the minute the children walk in the classroom, you are going to learn to speak spanish. >> reporter: administrators sent a letter home with students to inform parents of the tragedy. counselors will be stand buying on monday when students return. julie carey, news4, alexandria. emma cabrera taught at northern virginia community college. more than a million people from the d.c. metropolitan area are planning to travel for the thanksgiving holiday. that's according to aaa mid-atlantic's travel forecast. that was released today. aaa says more people will be traveling by car this year. they say high fees for travel, crowded planes, fewer flights, all those things have many people opting to drive instead of fly. >> more people will be driving, although gas is 60 cents more a gallon than last year. normally that's a deal-breaker, but this time around people are going to bite the bullet. >> more than 820,000 people from our area will drive 50 miles or more. aaa says air travel in our area is down by as much as 6% from last year. two islands off ocean city, maryland, are being auctioned off sunday. according to delmara.com, the islands cover 30 acres at the northern end of ocean city on the bay side. there are no hotels or condos. there is only one tiny trail with bunk beds and a lean-to with a generator-powered tv. accommodations are not likely to get much fancier than that. those islands are part of the wetlands so developing them is not possible. it could be right for a fishing camp. the current owner says he used to take his boys camping on the island, but it's time to move on. he expects the winning bid to be as high as $400,000. >> could be your weekend get away. >> could be. coming up, the doors of a train shut and leave a child stranded on the platform with his father inside the moving train. >> the largest cruise ship in the world is now at its new home. >> a first ofts kin nice evening with clouds. the clouds associated with last night's wild storm that moved up into new england. still raining in far northern new england. a lot of things this weekend. the swedish yule tide bazaar. abermarle street. outside tomorrow, beautiful day. a lot of sunshine. good football weather. good outdoor hiking weather. clouds will be increase as we get through sunday. i think any rain will hold off until sunday night. pretty good travel weather and thanksgiving may the tail end of the day with more showers. back to you. thank you. a 3-year-old got separated from his father after a train door malfunctioned in portland, oregon. this happened during the morning rush hour. as the little boy stepped off the train, he pulled a handle. the train doors shut leaving the boy alone on the platform and his dad still on the moving train. >> i frantically tried to push the open door button. they did not open. being a father i panicked. not knowing what to do, i pushed the emergency intercom button. there was no answer. >> the boy's dad quickly hopped off the train at the next stop and got on the first train headed back. a good samaritan standing near the boy held his hand waiting for the father to return. officials don't know what caused the doors to do that. the boy promised his father to never push another button again. the world's largest cruise ship arrived at its new home today. it's called "oasis of the seas" now at port everglades in ft. lauderdale, florida. the ship is 1,200 feet long. it arrived surrounded by several escorts. the vessel is owned by royal caribbean cruise lines. it can hold 6,300 passengers and 2,100 crew members. the ship is enormous. it took two years to built. price tag is $1.5 billion. >> the first air france airbus a-380 jumbo jet took off from paris to new york today. this was the first a-p 80 flight for a european carrier. the plane is being used by singapore airlines, united arab emirates and qantis airlines. >> that boat costs less than the cowboys' new stadium. $1.5 billion to $1.8 billion. >> they are having more fun on the boat. >> redskins getting ready to get after tony romo. the capitols back on the ice tonight dealing with more injuries, plus george mason has their hands full against another top 20 teams. cowboys. >> what more do you need to say, right? >> it used to matter so much. >> if they can go down there and do something special, maybe the hype will return. if the redskins are going to win, they have to do it as double-digit underdogs. cowboys favored by 11 points over the redskins. one reason to believe an upset could happen. e offensive line. yes, i said it. the first time all season, the five men redskins put out in the field resembled and performed like a professional unit. we will be seeing the same five players started in dallas. levy jones was a present surprise. the line helped clear the way for betts to rush 114 yards against the broncos. betts will be running behind the patchwork line once again. for the first time, joe bugle smiled a bit during practice this week. there are never any excuses in the nfl. >> with the injuries we had, nobody cares around the nfl how many guys you have injured. it's just who you replace. chad reinhardt has been working his rear end off. we decided it was time for him to get out of solitary. he is doing a heck of a job. stefan goes from right tackle to left tackle, but he adjusts well. real proud of the group. the group played solid. >> they did cowboys have been an interesting case study this year. they started the season with a 2-2 record and were left for dead much like the redskins. unlike the skins who lost four in a row after that rocky start, the boys won four in a row and vaulted into first place in the nfc east. part of the reason for their success, quarterback tony romo. the cowboy had been flourishing under mo. he has 14 touchdown passes on the season and is getting plenty of help from his receiving corps, especially miles austin. he has seven touchdown catches. if you are romo, you better watch your back. the redskins can get to the quarterback. brian o brian orakpo has shown what they are capable of. >> we've got romo down. he is a guy squirming around all the time, making guys miss, pump fake. he's the key to their offense. if we keep him, we keep harassing him and able to get him down, keep this thing one-dimensional. >> he keeps the drive going. he stays in the pocket. he's not an easy quarterback to set. he pumps. he's got different weapons he throws to you. i think he is one of the laid back, kind of the coolest quarterbacks there is. with a guy that just won't go down. he continues to fight. >> the big question for the redskins' secondary is that guy you saw carlos rogers going to get to start at cornerback or will fred smoot start? i couldn't tell. later in the week you get the feeling carlos rogers will be injected back into the lineup. >> that is a good ballplayer, carlos is. >> people forget quickly he had six, seven good games last season. clinton portis seeing a specialist in pittsburgh today. it's the same concussion expert who looked at brian westbrook. the injury report lists albert haynesworth as questionable. after a near-miss yesterday, george mason, remember those guys? the basketball team tried to pull off an upset. patriots taking on 21st-ranked georgia tech. early first half, tied at 8-8. patriots in white. kevin foster shot blocked. mike morrison there to clean up the mess. patriots up by five now. luke hancock drives and dishes it out to andre cornelius. andre pulls up for the three. that looks good. cornelius had 11 points in the game. all yellow jackets from there on out. tam long gets stripped right there. bell to derrick fabers. he is one of the best kreshman in the country. georgia tech up by 16. watch this cash. not a good pass in the alley-oop. it was a good finish there. george mason makes the late run, but they los 70-62. >> there is a section of the capitols' dressing room players are calling hershey's corner. it's the fastest growing section with young injury replacements getting called up from the hershey bears. the latest is bryce carlson who will make his debut tonight. bruce boudreau has to know how many are going down with injuries? clinton lang goes horizontal on the ice. takes the puck off the face. he broke his jaw and is out for several weeks. boudreau says it's up to the young guys to step up and take advantage. >> challenge for us and a great opportunity for them. coaches all say it. you don't like guys getting hurt, but boy, it opens doors if you want to take advantage of it. that's the only way i ever made it to the nhl was by guys having injuries. to me it was always an exciting time and a great challenge. >> now to an ugly scene in california. after an nhl game between the ducks and lightning. look at the fans coming to blows, fighting over a hockey stick a player dropped into the stands. this is scott niedermayer. he see as young girl in the stands and says i'm going to give her my stick. look at the idiots like vultures going towards the stick. a fight breaks out. you see this lady here. people are taking full swings. you know what? niedermayer is just like, give the stick to the girl. i think the young girl is apologizing. look at that stuff. that's like wwe. niedermayer is like, just give the stick to the little girl. that is so silly. we have to get in one final note. the field hockey team from the university of maryland won in the ncaa semi finals. they advance to the championship game. they could be back-to-back national championships for the second year in a row. don't forget about the food for families campaign as you start preparing for your thanksgiving meal this weekend. you can donate nonperishable food items today until 7:30 at georgetown university hospital or bring them to the verizon center on monday. food for families is also acceptincash donations to buy fresh turkeys and vegetables for local families in need so they cab enjoy this holiday. we are conditioned to deal with death and tragedy in the news business. it comes every day, but we really have no buffer when death strikes us at home. this week as we noted earlier, our family at nbc 4 has been reeling from the death of our friend and colleague don stumpo. it's been a rough week, indeed. tonight we would like to celebrate his extraordinary life and share with you the simple pleasures of having known stumpo. >> abundanza. that's italian for abundance and what don stumpo brought to life, giddy amusement, crazy adventures and the excitement of a game that's gone into overtime. stumpo knew we were all up againsa clock. he was a cameraman here for more than 30 years. he covered "sports with george michaels" covered rodeos and burning up the sidelines at redskins games. soon he was sidelined by heart disease, the same that killed his father and his sister. his quest for a new heart was chronicled 20 years ago in an award-winning series simply titled "stumpo's heart." he was a lucky man. he got a new heart. stumpo's heart was donated by a young man killed that night in a car accident. stumpo would later learn he knew the family. they ran the deli next to redskins' park where stumpo had been eating lunch for years. stumpo cherished their son's heart and he gave it a good ride. he used it to fall in love with his russian bride. he filled that heart with pride as the doting father of his three little girls, monica, veronica and lucy. his youngest lucy is just 10. she says when she failed at something, he would tell her, it's okay because 1 billion people in china will never know about it. so keep going." stumpo was loud. his voice exploded from him, echoing down the halls. you knew when he was in the building. it was deep and booming and always carried on a bed of laughter. he cckled his way through a conversation. he thought everything was funny, even his own stories. stumpo was unstoppable. he was always teaching, always sharing, always happy to be here. doctors warned him that his new heart may only last for ten years, but don't you know? it lasted for 20. and i wonder if it was stumpo who kept that heart alive, recharging it every day with the full force of his eclectic joy. don stumpo was a lucky man, living every breath and every beat of his life with exuberance. there was no unfinished business, nothing left unsaid. he loved deeply and was deeply loved. and he knew to always leave them laughing. don stumpo died on saturday. he and his heart came to rest. but you know, one million people in china will never know what happened, so let's not say good-bye, stumpo. we'll just see you around. >> quite a man. big loss. never be replaced. that is our broadcast for now.