doing all day long today. because of the way the calendar fell we get five weekends instead of four. essentially we have lost the first one. nobody found anything usable about yesterday's winter. unless you can find something good with yesterday, you can't find anything good today either. a scary and ominous looking sky over washington thanks to all the city lights lighting up the bottom of the cloud deck. temperatures are cold. 45 in washington. 43 in germantown. 44 in manassas. so cold they didn't even send a temperature out. here's digital doppler. just like yesterday, the majority of the rain will be north and west of washington. if you turn your back on mother nature, you will get wet. be on the ready for a chilly day today. temperatures will struggle to get back into the low and mid-50s. there's a possibility of rain almost any time of day. even though it's not going to actually rain all day long. if you're headed up to the ravens, jets and ravens on nbc tonight at 8:00. 8:15 kickoff, 49 degrees at the game. that is a bundle-up factor for sure. let's make sure that favors the home team. back to work and school. 4 or 5 degrees warmer than today. sunshine is head mid week. >> thanks so much. a chaotic scene in lower manhattan. hundreds of protesters on the brooklyn bridge taking a protest to a new level. police arrested 700 of them. all part of a movement called occupy wall street. >> reporter: this cell phone video given to an nbc affiliate, shows some of the protesters along the brooklyn bridge. police taking others into custody. as many as 700 such arrests took place saturday, as demonstrators aired their grievances in a march along the bridge. they've been gathering in new york city for two weeks now. hundreds camping out in a park near wall street demonstrating against a wide variety of social ills, from corporate greed to global warming. their numbers from continued to grow. last weekend saw as many as 80 arrests and squirm issues with the nypd a youtube. by design there is no one leader of this group and no organized set of demands. >> we're doing it together. we're coming together and we're saying things need to be changed. how are we going to do this? >> reporter: movement has spawned similar protests across the country. labor experts say it's gaining the attention of high-profile activists. >> this is the liberal version of the tea party, especially with young people who are expressing their grievances. this could potentially carry over into the 2012 election. >> reporter: attention that could spread from this bridge to the political stage. on a much smaller scale that movement spread to d.c. two dozen protesters are camping out in mcpherson square. they are calling it occupy d.c. grievances are similar to those in new york. they're calling for less corporate influence on government. fear retaliation against americans, the state department issued a worldwide travel alert. the warning in response to the killing of the al qaeda cleric. smart traveler makes it easier for the government to contact travelers in case of emergency. this one will not expire until the end of november. now, the drone strike that killed him appears to have killed a key al qaeda bomb maker. intelligence shows al asiri is among the dead. accused of making the bombs in several attempted attacks, by the so-called underwear bomber christmas day 2009. new trouble from the cia contractor accused of who men while working in pakistan. he faces charges. he got into a fight over a parking spot at a colorado shopping center. he was charged with killing two men who claimed -- who he claimed were trying to rob him. he was eventually released after the u.s. settled with the families of the victims. president obama used a dinner here in washington to chastise the republican presidential candidates. last night he celebrated the repeal of don't ask, don't tell at the human rights campaign annual dinner. the president also took republican challengers to task for not defending a gay soldier booed in a recent debate. >> it's okay for a stage full of political leaders one of whom could end up being the president of the united states being silent when an american soldier is booed. we don't believe in that. >> during his speech, president obama also called for the end of the defense of marriage act which defines marriage as between one man and one woman. the redskins looking for their first road win of the season today. washington heads to st. louis to face off against the 0-3 rams. players and coaches say they're not taking the game lightly and the wynnless rams are still a tough time. it's expected to be a challenge for the burgundy and gold. but the skins's offense is expected to face the struggling ram defense. they gave up 37 points to baltimore last week. redskins and the rams kick off at 1:00 this afternoon. all right. well, after last week's loss to the cowboys, let's hope they are pumped up, ready to go. let's hope also they have a little better weather than we're experiencing in d.c. >> the beauty of that game is it's in the dome. there will be no weather-related excuses. you can blame it on anything but the weather today. for us they've been playing here in redskins -- at fedex field, there would have been trouble. but out in the dome, let's just show what we can see. they're playing sam brad tpofrpltd i i don't know about you, but i ran into the building this morning. >> you ran into the building? you weren't injured in in way? >> no, not at all. in my heels all. it was chilly. >> there was a difference from the heat in the car -- >> i saw the car up on the grass in the front lawn and i wasn't sure what had gone on. i can't runny further to the parking lot so i'll drive up to the front door and leave it there. >> call me out. >> cold, cold, cold outside for now. >> yeah. >> and this isn't going to change any time soon. so don't be expecting some beautiful, sunny warmup today. the clouds and chilliness are stuck in place for at least another 24 to 36 hours before improvement does show its face. but it might be tuesday before improvement gets here. outside on your sunday morning, cloudy, wet, and cold. whoo! it is an unusually cold october day. so cold that we may actually set a record low maximum temperature for the day. we may not get up 53 degrees, which would make it one of the coldest october 2s in 10 years, that's how cold it will be. yesterday we officially had a high in the 60s just after midnight. so today will be the day we might be able to set that record. 45 degrees at national airport. that northwest wind still blowing 12 miles per hour. won't be quite as blustery today as it was yesterday, but still any bit of a breeze with temperatures stuck in the mid-40s right now might get into the low 50s later on today for a brief time. but any breeze at all will keep the windchill factors in the 40s all afternoon. as far as rainfall right now, most of it is far north and west of town. hagerstown, martinsburg, west virginia. notice the direction of the showers. they are southbound movers. so you folks western montgomery and eastern loudon county, those will be in your backyard here in the next 30 to 45 minutes. and look at the mother lode of rainfall in central pennsylvania. that's also spinning back around that area of low pressure so we have rain chances increasing as we go through the rest of the day. temperatures today stuck in the low 50s at best. look how much colder it is out to the west. 40 now in columbus, ohio. their skies are trying to clear out a bit. for us, this area of low pressure spinning its wheels right on top of us. this is going to continue here through the rest of the day. out it goes into western pennsylvania by late this morning. south and west you can get the sense here, cold and damp. as long as that area of low pressure wobbles around the next 24 to 36 hours, nothing will improve weatherwise. for today, cloudy, chill, showers likely, on the breezy side. temperatures stuck upper 40s, low 50s today. tomorrow, cloudy, wet again. passing showers. a touch warmer tomorrow. just a little touch, though. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. here's your extended forecast. cold and wet today. mostly cold and mostly wet tomorrow. and then as we get into tuesday, any rain on tuesday i think will be in the front half of the day. we'll get sunshine back by tuesday afternoon. once we get the sun back, we may be in store for a very nice extended nice period of weather through the weekend and into next weekend. for now it's cloudy and cold outside. so be ready for that. >> a lot of people in our area looking forward to that. >> to the extended period. >> they have already put the blinders on. no. >> chuck bell, thanks a lot. next up is reporter's net book, where they're talking traffic. >> and we'll be back in 15 minutes with the top stories and your sunday forecast as well. >> good morning. welcome to reporter's notebook. i'm pat lawson muse. putting the breaks on brack. they want the pentagon to slow the transfer of thousands of workers to the mark center. senators webb, warner and members of the kopbgz delegation from written to leon panetta complaining the transfer should stop until road improvements are made. this is not a new concern. these leaders have been complaining roads and infrastructure are not adequate to handle the influx of some 5,000 workers expected this year alone. the question is will this collective appeal directly to the boss at the pentagon work? >> well, it is certainly coming from really powerful group. you have two united states senators very well positioned in armed services and spendinging matters. jim webb on the armed services committee. you have mark warner, one of the gang of six. deficit reduction. and they're saying stop the mark process now. let us know more about what you're doing. give us detailed reports. they're going directly to leon panetta. what it will achieve, as we said before, this train has left the station. it will be hard to slow it down. their best shot is what they're leveling at top brass right now. >> i think where this ends up is some marginal efforts to mitigate the impact of traffic patterns. let's face it, when we're talking about moving people to a new area as daily commuters, there's going to be an impact. if you start talking about significant impacts on 395 and other major arteries in this area, something will be done. will there be a sweeping mandate from the director's office or cabinet level? i doubt it. but we're going to see some efforts afoot to try to mitigate some of the damages caused by this. >> i think both jim and dave are absolutely correct. but you said something that caught my ear. and that is these men have some say on allocation of funds. now, that may be where the real pressure comes. can they hold up funds for this train that has left the station? and that won't be discussed publicly until later on. so even though i think dave is right, the train has left the station. you might see some temporary police assignment, controlling traffic. that might be offered. but if they get serious they may say, you know what, we'll just hold up some funding here, some funding there until you come to your senses. >> prince george's county police say their anti crime initiative is paying off. crime has fallen significantly in five neighborhoods targeted by police over the summer. police held face-to-face meetings with 67 of the worst offenders, violent offenders. they offer them social services and they warn them that they were being watched. crime rates are down all over the country. but do you believe prince george's police deserves special credit here. >> well, it was unique, audacious, amazing tactic to use. it's unheard of. you bring the guys in you suspect say, look, we can do good things for you or you can mess up and get in trouble on your own, think it over. according to the police they thought it over and crime went down. that's pretty amazing. >> i think you can't -- well, i think you better be really careful if you start touting crime statistics. because that can turn on you really quickly, unfortunately. but i'm thinking this framework is in the larger model of this $250,000 grant that was put out which governor has been talking about which covers the period in question. so is it total aly a county effort? i think it's a county to state effort. they closed 800 some odd warrants with the 250,000 grant. and it was in that same period. >> i love the question. i mean, this was an amazing thing when you think about it. wait a minute. this is 67 violent criminals. these folks had committed violent acts and murder. and to tell them we're watching you. oh, by the way, we can help you. they were all brought and made -- because of the parole officers. it was a condition of their parole. but then to say not one got re-arrested? this ought to be really examined. and i think people who study criminal justice and should be looking at this. so i think prince george's county, to answer your direct question, should be very proud, at least in these neighborhoods. now, that's not the total county. but this is an interesting model. >> murder rates remain high. so we're not out of the woods yet. >> yeah. >> but it's an interesting model for this neighborhood. >> to pick up on your point, dave, every day, every night there are shootings in various neighborhoods. if you live where the bullets are flying, do these crime statistics really matter? >> well, obviously they don't. >> but they do matter to these five nakeds. >> you have to compare it, the neighborhoods and the tactics police used, which they say really work. >> d.c. police is planning to hire 300 new police officers. mayor gray says training of the newest recruits will begin shortly october 4th. they will have 25 to 35 recruits in them, but the force is losing 15 to 30 officers every month because of retirement. so the union is complaining that the department is dangerously understaffed and even if training, this hiring plan won't be enough to stem the tide. >> well, the argument for them would be to have to start somewhere. people are leaving faster than they can hire, they better hire and fire quickly and get them incentives and get the best people for the job. the mayor apparent live he has the money to do it, which is interesting in a straightened city -- >> where did he get the money? >> there's been talk about new tax revenues, economically while things are still in the doldrums they have been getting more than they expected. they found money on other programs that hadn't been spent. that's always the case. and they're desperate. they need to hire these police officers. >> what's the worst scenario? having too few cops by a few hundred or having more poorly trained cops? in the ranks. i'm wondering. i think it's very dangerous to consider trying to rush people into service. >> well, they assure us they will be trained. they always say that. but, you know. >> we've had these conversations before about the qualifications for d.c. police officers. cap a tan -- chief lear came in, there was talk of even raising the standards. if you're talking about people moving in quickly you can't be talking about raising the standards of who qualifies. >> joe, 3,900 are currently on the force. 3,800 rather. the goal is 3,900 by the end of next year. so at this pace, would it be enough to offset the losses? >> no. you have this natural attrition that take place. so that won't be the case. and jim has a point, too. however, when i hear all of this it simply lets me know this is more of a budget battle. i'm battling for my position in the budget. i want 300 now. but at some point in time we're going to look at this budget and down the road and it's going to come sooner than later. i want more police officers and i'm getting the public ready for a budget battle. >> we've got to take a break. we'll be right back. stay with us. welcome back. a disturbing story now. d.c. schools chancellor henderson that 1 in 10 children have tried to commit suicide over the last year. 1 in 5 missed classes because they don't feel safe traveling to school nearly 14% have feared being beaten up at school. what is going on in d.c. middle schools? >> well, school is a difficult experience for many children. it's certainly challenging. it's a bittersweet memory for most. yet when kids are afraid to go to school because of violence, when they're afraid once they get to school they won't be in a safe haven, that's pretty bad. and most children get through it somehow. they find a way. but there's that core that really gets through to them. there have been a lot of concern about young people committing suicide one reason or another. and here we have another example. >> well, my eldest son is 30. and my youngest son will be 2 this year. and two in between. i have several generations within my own household. and things are definitely different now. it's a different dynamic for children. but 13, 14, 15 are difficult years for all kids. >> sure. >> everywhere. you're in between being a child and an adult or teenager. you're going into those years. peer pressure is probably more dynamic in those years than any other time in your life perhaps. and i will say one other thing, chancellor henderson, maybe she doesn't take those figures on face value. they got the information from the kids. it's not like a scientific group studied a group over time. there was a questionnaire. kids have anxiety. they have concerns. >> i had anxiety when i was a kid but i didn't think about killing myself. this is one of the most disturbing stories i think of the week, quite honestly. and let me talk solutions. we've got parents who are to get out on the street monday morning. and with or without children in their household. and be on those corners so a kid you can go to school and learn and succeed. we need to have the city look at this. and if necessary, with these 300 new cops we talked about. >> yeah. >> then put the trainees and their brown shirts on the corners where they're having these problems. if the kids can fill out surveys and talk about who is killing each other or who is thinking about committing suicide, i'm sure they could tell you what corner it is. >> sure they could. >> this is different than when we were in school. and i say there are solutions to this. it lies with parents. get up out of bed, go out on the street, take your coffee with you. i don't care if you wear your bedroom slippers. and then the city should respond and put the necessary law enforcement on these corners so young people know we care. >> when you say parents should get more involved, you're absolutely right. not just walking the corners, but mormon tors in schools, pta meetings, watching who your children's friends are, what they're studying, what's happening. >> and i wonder if these statistics -- well, i wonder if they apply just to middle school students in the district. take a survey in prince george's county or montgomery county or fairfax. >> i'll go further. if, in fact, can we lay all of this on the doorstep of the school process? or the gang process. or is this study scientific enough to indicate that there are underlying issues that have nothing to do with the pressures of gangs or homework. i'm not sure the study gives us all of that. >> it's a very disturbing issue. >> it's real. >> but it is 1 in 6? >> 1 in 8. but it's very real. if you don't join a gang your life is threatened. >> is that what this study is about? >> it should be. >> i'm not so sure it is. >> whether it is or is not, i'm telling you there is a solution. there is a solution. it's not just within the board of education. >> and solution will be multipronged. >> yes. >> another interesting story, the tea party, this is a wtop radio story, but it showed that significant -- there are significant tea party support here in the washington area. >> we did a study. we commissioned a study. it was quite interesting. 19 in maryland. some people i talked with think it's more than they would have thought. 23% in virginia. very strong support within the republican party. here's a state that voted for barack obama in 2008. and then sent some of his top lieutenants in the congress out packing last fall. and now it's a neck and neck race between kaine and the senator he is running against whose name escapes me. >> george allen. >> jim allen sits next to me. >> the fact remains virginia is changing. part of the change seems to be reflected in the new tea party statistics. >> i think virginia -- we've watched this. the blueing of virginia. i think it's turning back to purple. it's not surprising. virginia is a cycle at a time. >> i'm just surprised it's only 23% quite honestly. i thought it would be much harder. >> jim allen, jim addison and dave mcconnell, thanks guys. thank you for being with us. stay with us now. news 4 today continues. last call. it's as close as a tavern can be to a political institution. the famed hawk n dove opens today. good morning. welcome to news 4 today. i'm angie goff. >> i'm john schriffen. thank you for joining us. we'll start out with weather. meteorologist chuck bell is here with our cold, cold forecast. >> you know, a lot of people look forward to october. it's my favorite month of the year. >> right. >> so beautiful and sunny. not too cold. forget about it. mother nature playing a little hardball with us after a blazing hot summer. we have started off the month of october just about as cold as you possibly can. there's a sliver or two of clear sky out there but that is few and far between. not much in the way of sunshine today. the further south you go the best chance you have to see a little peak. but that's it. mid-40s around town. upper 40s in southern maryland. you can see on the radar not a whole lot of rain just yet. the heaviest are along the maryland/pennsylvania border. there's a whole lot more rain in pennsylvania that will start driving south on i-81. as a result it will be a cloudy and chilly day today. temperatures will struggle to make it into the low, perhaps mid-50s for a brief time today. if you sit around and watch football all day, watch it on nbc tonight. the game of the week, the jets go to baltimore to take on the rave epbts. if you are one of the 90,000 folks headed out to the stadium, you need to be prepared for a very cold and wet football game tonight. back to work and school tomorrow. more of the same. cloudy, wet, passing showers. tomorrow just a touch of improvement. a 4 or 5 degree warmup. sunshine comes back late tuesday afternoon. there is gorgeous october weather just around the corner. >> you promise? >> i promise. >> we're going to hold you to it. >> would i lie to you? >> never. thanks, chuck. >> thanks. we're following some breaking news in the middle east this morning where yemeni officials say a mistaken bombing army position. the bombing happened overwhere militants have been in control since may. yemeni army has encountered heavy fighting in a month-long campaign to win back the province. >> the state department issued a worldwide travel alert. the warning in response to radical al caye you da clairic. the state department is urging them to register with the smart traveler program. that makes it easier for the government to contact travelers in an emergency. they issued a similar alert after the death of osama bin laden. it will not expire until the end of november. the drone strike killed a key al qaeda bomb maker. intelligence shows al asiri is among the dead. he is believed to be responsible for making the bombs used in several attempted attacks. among them, the failed terror attack by the underwear bomber on christmas day of 2009. today marks the end of an era in d.c.. a watering hole that earned its place in political history is shutting its door. it is closing its doors after four decades. but you can take a piece of the tavern home with you. the hawk n dove is closing after 44 years of serving drinks and good political conversation. >> it's a big loss because it's like losing part of your family. >> once patrons walk out sunday night, into monday morning, the doors will close forever. >> i never thought it would end. yes. it just seems like all of us as a generation never think it's going to end. >> never dreamed of it lasting this long? >> i was trying to do 50. and go out with a bang. i almost got there. >> you can own a piece of hawk ndobe history. everything will be auctioned off including this goose. so why get rid of everything? >> cut loose. bring an end to everything. do a closing. >> it's the end of an era. >> many of the bar's waitresses and bartenders stayed for decades. several former employees got together to talk about a great run and to reminisce about the past. >> this is a little reunion here tonight. >> yeah. kind of bittersweet. but we're here, yeah. it will be really kind of sad. >> it was a real neighborhood place. it was very laid back. a lot of other people worked here the same amount of time. it was like family. >> if you want to get in on the auction you can go to nbcwashington.com and search under hawk n dobe. it's an internet only auction and they're selling everything, down to the bar stools. a fire at a prince george's county apartment complex forced more than 60 people out of their homes. the fire broke out 4:30 yesterday afternoon at the berkshires at briarwood on huntington lane in laurel. investigators say a malfunctioning furnace on the first floor sparked the fire and spread to the two floors above, badly damaging 22 apartments. everyone inside is okay. firefighters rescued a cat from the second floor. damage is estimated at $250,000. prince george's county police are looking for a pair of armed thieves who held up a university of maryland student. police say the student was waiting for a ride outside her off-campus apartment on baltimore avenue. two men in a black and purple toyota scion called her over. then they pulled out a gun and took her purse. the men drove away and the victim was not hurt. we now know the identity of a man shot and killed in the district yesterday. someone shot 25-year-old carlos edie. new this morning, the family of a maryland man who died of listeria is suing the colorado melon farm linked to the nationwide outbreak. baltimore sun reports the family of clarence wells filed the lawsuit on friday. wells died in august. according to court documents, he ate cantaloupe several times before his death. jenson farms in colorado is believed to be the source of the outbreak. wells's family said he ate a cantaloupe from that farm but it's not clear where he bought it. 84 people in 19 states have been affected by listeria and 15 deaths are blamed on the bacteria. a northern virginia community is coming together to try and help families left homeless by the flooding. devastating flooding practically washed away the holly acres mobile home park in prince william county. more than 60 families are now homeless. today the woodbridge community will hold a concert to raise money for them. it starts at 12:00 and goss until 6:00 p.m. it's on b-thrifty shopping center on jefferson davis highway. . today we continue a 58-year-old tradition with red mass. the day before the start of the supreme court's new turn asking for god's blessing on the justices, diplomats and attorneys. red mass take place at 10:00 on the cathedral of st. matthew the apostle on rhode island avenue northwest. last year six justices attended. this year the high court could deliver a number of landmark rulings. the justices could possibly take up president obama's health care issue, gay marriage, abortion, immigration. 26 states have filed a lawsuit against the law say forcing people to buy insurance is unconstitutional. virginia is not among those 26 states, but state attorney general ken cucinelli is fighting health care reform. a lower court denied his right to challenge the law. we'll have to wait and see. >> that's right. >> thanks, john. still ahead this morning, the scare for one of the workers dangling from the washington monument. plus, a terrifying ride for people on a ferris wheel. but howe this mid-air collision happened. and the behind the scenes work by a bid by governor chri decision 2012. he has not said yes yet. but this morning advisers to new jersey governor chris christie are trying to figure out how quickly they could get a presidential campaign up and running. the first republican primary is about three months ago. his team is not sure if that's enough time to set up effective campaigns in iowa and new hampshire. they would have to recruit volunteers, set up a travel schedule. of course the biggest thing of all, raise a lot of money. christy repeatedly said he is not money. but sources say he is reconsidering. presidential hopeful michele bachmann is turning to her iphone for help. the minnesota congresswoman sent a mass text message to supporters reminding them that every little bit helps. her plea came hours before the third quarter presidential finance campaign late this week several reports surfaced that her pain is running out of money. after heated evidence over evidence and character we could learn tomorrow if amanda knox will be set free. knox is trying to overturn her conviction for the murder of her roommate. dna evidence was unreliable. prosecutors attacked her character, calling her a witch. courtroom observers say the case is too close to call. >> okay. a small plane crashed into a ferris wheel. two children were trapped on the ride for about 90 minutes. and the pilot and passenger were stuck in their plane three hours. they were suspended 30 feet off the ground. amazingly no one is seriously hurt. the pilot said he just didn't see the ferris wheel before hitting it. another scary moment for the engineers repelling down the side of a washingtonme. he was hanging 50 feet off the ground when it happened. the team of engineers is inspecting every inch of the monument to look for damage caused by the earthquake back in august. they cut their work short yesterday because of bad weather. weather permitting, the crew hopes to resume the job today. that's when we turn to chuck bell, weather permitng. >> his mouth is agape after watching that ferris wheel. >> pilot's license revoked. it won't be quite as breezy as yesterday. but still not the ideal outdoor weather day for the first weekend of october. a revolutionary green home built by university of maryland students has taken the top prize in the u.s. energy department's annual solar decathlon called watershed. the solar-powered home was designed to use water so efficiently it would have no runoff whatsoever. a wetland runs through the core of the house. 19 teams from as far away as china and new zealand. by just looking at it you can see why it took top prize. there were a couple different categories but they took number one in architecture. >> university of maryland producing a lot of big things this year. >> not only cool uniforms. >> well, they got the -- >> cool is one way to say it. >> how did dartmouth do? >> under the lights we lost to penn on a second touchdown. >> we all were losers. >> oklahoma won, yeah. >> don't call us all losers. >> carolina lost. >> and what's worse, as you know, worse than your team losing is your arch nemesis winning. clemson went into blacksburg. carolina fan she is. >> and i told you guys i didn't want to talk about this. >> i thought we would item base. >> rub it in. >> well, next week is oklahoma/texas. >> yeah. >> so that's what i'm focused on. texas state fair. fried everything. should be a good game. >> hopefully no planes into ferris wheels. >> that's a big ferris wheel. for us what we were concerned about here is whether we will get one teeny tiny sliver of sunshine on your sunday. for 99% of us, the understand is no. expect another day much like yesterday with temperatures really struggling to get out of the 40s. there's a look outside. it looks cold on city camera. a thick deck of low clouds hanging over washington on your sunday morning. a little bit of brightness in the sky. a few lucky folks might get a look at the sunshine. 45 degrees at national airport right now. winds west-northwest at 12. humidity, 86%. that high humidity will be with us all day. even if it's not raining on you all day, the streets will be wet, the grass will be wet, the trees will be wet. 42 in hagerstown. 45 in winchester. 48 at the n ra val academy after a back-breaking loss on a missed extra point yesterday. not much in the way of rain around the area. couple sprinkles towards hagerstown areas. not all that much right around the city at this point in time. but look at all the rain across central pennsylvania. area of low pressure spinning its way into central pa. it will throw it into until later this afternoon. notty drizzle primary in maryland. temperatures really not moving much. we'll be 20 degrees colder than average for early october around here. average high temperature, 73. today we'll be lucky to get to 53. all of this wheeling its way back down into northern maryland, northern virginia as well. look how it wobls around him. just enough moisture around to keep the phroudz in place. that you know rain chapses throughout the day. cold and wet weather today and tomorrow as well. as you get into tuesday, we'll start to return to the area. after tuesday lunchtime it's looking great. but today, not so much. cloudy, chilly. showers likely by later this afternoon. breezy but not as blustery as yesterday. tomorrow, cloudy, wet, passing showers. a little warmer tomorrow. maybe minus 15 tomorrow as opposed to minus 20 on the high temperatures. ea here's your extended for the benefit. just a couple sprinkles tuesday morning. wednesday, beautiful. thursday, friday, saturday on and a stretch of nice weather coming our way. go on line to nbcwashington/winner or on twitter @chuckbell4. >> you've got it all. >> sports, news. >> traffic. >> traffic is clear. >> we can go home. >> thank you so much. no problem. >> it was a busy day in college football, especially a huge game between virginia tech and clemson. let's take a look in your sports minute. >> reporter: hokies fans pumped up for to top 15 matches. boyd and the tigers would play. up 10-3 in the third. boyd, a virginia native, recruited by tech, hits allen for a 3 the 2 yard touchdown. clemson takes the 17-3 lead and goes on to win big, 23-3, snapping the 12-game ac winning streak. coach sweeney gets a nice gatorade blast. navy comes back. down 8 with 25 seconds to play. chris proctor finds green in the end zone. two point conversions good. midshipman start with the ball. but i said something to the air force player on the way back. they get a penalty backed up. and it is clocked. they get the first part of that in the overtime. now comes the p-a-t. here we go. the snap. the kick. it's good. air force wins by one. unbelievable game. all right. college park. danny o'brien and the terps hosting townsend. o'brien finds dorsey who pushes his way to the end zone for a seven-yard score. first itemdown pass in his last quarters. they snap a two-game skid. howard snaps a 29-game losing streak beating savannah state, 34-18. >> busy in college football. >> sure thing. she's pop lay known as senator barb and the longest serving in history or known as the longest female senator in history. but now there's a new distinction, women's hall of fame. she was inducted yesterday, with 10 other women. she was inducted alongside like loretta scott king, wife of martin luther king jr.'s wife. >> he has a lot on his plate but he still keeps time for the love of his life, michelle. tomorrow will be their 19th wedding anniversary. after 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weekend before thanksgiving. >> wow. >> that's how far we have fallen. >> it may be cool running the marine corps. mayor than. >> it's four weeks from today. i will be running it. it can't be almost any colder than this. we're so sold at this point average would be warmer than that? >> is it good to have that kind of weather for the marathon? >> for me i don't want to run when it's wet. but spbs it's chilly, that's true. >> have you run before? >> yeah. >> he's a pro. >> i'm not a gloves person. it can't be that cold. not in october around here. i shouldn't say that. i don't want to tempt mother nature. if you're going to get a train ride or walk the door. as long you are moving around, you'll be fine. most of the showers are in northern pennsylvania. folks north and west of town, again, just like yesterday, that's where the showers will be. temperatures stick in the 50s. spend tonight watching football at 8:00. if you're one of the 90,000 with a ticket, bundle up. i would suggest something warm and dry to put under yourself. >> your bottom. >> between you and the stadium sunshine comes on tuesday. >> looking forward to it. >> not too much of a wait. >> thanks, chuck. >> here are some of the top stories we're falling this morning. police in new york rescued 700 pretesters as part of a new two-week long protest call. the state department is warning that u.s. citizens could be the target of attacks in response to friday's killing of al qaeda clairic. >> the popular d.c. bar hawk and d dobe. the schools and the signs will be auctioned off. >> redskins travel to st. louis to play the 0-3 rams. the skins are 2-1 right now. three-way tie a top the nfc east. a bye off next week. >> no, red difference! >> yeah, i think they should pull that out. but with the red sox we have learned not to taking anything for granted. those are some of the stories making news today. >> back in a few up dates. >>reporter: good morning. welcome to newspaper. this morning we introduce you to a wonderful program that is taking the pieces of young lives and turning them into paster cheeses. our guests thrpbg are lore citizen zoe mcdonald, a student on the boise state university. and andrew kearns is a member of the board. life piece toss masterpieces. tell us what this is all about. mary? >> yes. well, it is a 15-year-old organization creating art and changing the lives of beautiful young men and boys. we have assisted our young men in making positive decisionsy our life. we provided them an opportunity to share their stories. they might not some of the victory they actual hi win. we've been to go that 50 years. >> so this is male only. >> yes. 3 all the way to 25. >> we're so excited. because people in the district about 41% of african-american males actually graduate high school. that's a pretty daunting statistic. but for the past six years, 100% of life pieces to masterpieces have graduated high school. 100 place has been put in poef secondary training. >> i'll tell you every now and then they come to us. on the partnership in the fourth play. we have men who come from words seven and eight. the public schools, charter schools. we helped with homework assistance. they learn about the global, other lance wapblgs. they engage in this process. they paint the con vaas collectively. they decide on their stories and sew the paintings together. >> so, now, art is a common denam tphaeurt here. it's something they all study lorenzo you can talk about that. >> i enrolled in 2003. my brother was in the program, so he got me interested in the program. >> it was an aoefpbs i caevent. >> are you an artist? >> yes. . i do some painting. >> and the way al roker found out is probably about 10 years ago it was mr. jim vance who came out to us and run a two-day story on black men and boys in washington, d.c. so that was your major entre in terms of knowing life piece toss masterpieces. this week, at the willard oelt, october 16th. we'll set berate 15 year anniversary. we're excited about that. >> that's exacting to us before. you're on the board. you've been on the board six years. >> for a year. >> what attract you to to this buy and would are you involved? >> i'm a native washington yann, which is where it is. my wife and i are collectors. so i found the art really compelling. my wife and i are raising two sons in washington, d.c. so when i interview with the exact and i see the intelligence, promise, talent, i can't help of but about those things interesting in trying to figure a way to get with the program. >> when i think of boys, i don't think of girls. and that may sound sexist? >> absolutely. one of our main program is a native b. quick. he grew up in wedgewood in public housing. overcoming. >> and he went the art as a little secret. it's something he would do on the side because of that. because of the thought, oh, it's just something girls do. but art was really his salvation. it was his artistic act that landed him four years at the college of art and design where he graduated and developed the unique statistic style that serves life pieces to master poses. >> we'll continue our discussion right after this break. stay with us. at bank of america, we're lending and investing in the people and communities who call greater washington, d.c. home. from supporting an organization that helps new citizens find their way... to proudly supporting our washington redskins... and partnering with a school that brings academic excellence to the anacostia community. because the more we do in greater washington, d.c., the more we help make opportunity possible. welcome back. i guess i should say although you traditionally might think of art as a project or an interest for females, of course there's a rich tradition and history of african-american males involved in the arts. but i think when you talk about an enrichment program, a mentoring program, that's what i was sort of referring to when i said, you know, generally you don't think of boys. >> well, it's -- >> andre? >> but as you say, there's a rich tradition there. that's just one of the unique aspects of this program. yet you're right. there aren't a whole lot of programs like this that we see elsewhere. but it's amazing how the art brings the young people together, teaches them how to collaborate, work together to express themselves artisticly and intelligently. so there's a lot of skills and values that come out of creating a piece of art that are valuable. >> and art is a great tool forex pressing -- for young people the express themselves, mary. >> exactly. the young men we work with have gone through a lot in their life. but several challenges oftentimes we don't hear about until it's on the news where these young men are being incarcerated or we find them as either the victims or the perpetrators of crimes. because there's a whole story and so much behind it. what we try to do with our curriculum that we have developed, home-grown curriculum from lifepieces is we try to provide this forum where young men can express themselves, their challenges, their fears. and as a result that's why we've again getting the great outcomes. and one of the things we really would like to do is codify this more so we can share it on a broader level through d.c. public schools. and then we're very interested in the future the next 15 years, at looking at a learning center where people from all different backgrounds can explore how they can tap into unplugging, you know, kind of purging themselves of the pain, purging themselves of the obstacles that keep them from succeeding. >> talk about that. talk about some of the obstacles that young men like you face and how this form of expression using the arts is helping. >> well, coming from ward 7, you have to be tough or -- that's what they say. and you're forced to grow up faster than you're ready to sometimes. so in the neighborhood it's kind of maybe looked at as girlish to show emotion. at lifepieces they give us the opportunity to show our emotions through artwork in a different way than we're used to. without this type of expression it bottles up into we're older to violence or maybe looking to substance toss kind of cope with the pain. but this is a way to get it out right now. >> so you have a natural talent for art, but you're studying broadcast journalism. >> yes. i was told i had a nice voice so i wanted to use my talent to good use. i wanted to do print journalism. but michael willburn of the "washington post" got me to do broadcast journalism. i saw he had a tv show on espn and that intrigued me. >> interesting. >> and his talents really that's representative of the value of the program as well. because the program is all about well-rounded -- producing well-rounded black men, whether they're athletes, artists, intellectuals, right? >> lifepiece toss masterpieces we build gentlemen, artists, scholars and athletes. so with strong values, positive values. and we provide opportunities for lorenzo and other men to meet writers from the "washington post" so they can explore options. that's the key. that's one of the reasons we're breaking a lot of outside around black men and boys around the country, quite frankly. >> we've got to take a break. we'll continue our discussion about life piece toss masterpieces when we come back. welcome back. we're talking about lifepiece toss masterpieces. an interesting and unique program here in the specificallo men 3 to 25. how many youngsters or men, boys or men, are in your program. >> per year, we have anywhere from 115 to 125 boys and young men. over the past 15 years, we have touched the lives of over 1,000 boys and young men here in washington, d.c.. >> now, what does it cost to take part? >> it is totally free. it's your time and your willingness to experience something new. and to take a few risks, so learn something new. so it's been thanks to a history of strong family foundations and supporters over the years. we've been able to provide this to the community at no charge to them. >> and they are learning lots. they're getting literacy training, math skill development. tell us about more. >> absolutely. we have wonderful partnerships. currently we have a great partnership with d.c. reads of american university where they're coming in, doing more work around literacy because we know that's the foundation. of course we can come in and create all the artwork in the world, become gentlemen and learn how to act in certain settings. however, if we don't know how to read, that's the underpinning of a lot of unemployment we see with this population here in the district. so we're focusing on it head on. now we have our guys engaged and we build them in all those different ways. >> i want to show some of the artwork that has been created. we brought in a couple pieces to our studio. tell us what we're looking at. >> these are three pieces of art that is coming out of the program that actually we're going to be auctioning off at our 15th anniversary gala. you will see very bright colors, a unique distinct style. acrylic painting. and you may not be able to see it on the tv. but a lot of those blocks of colors are sewn onto the canvas. that is this particular technique on the kids use. >> so they're not just learning to paint. these pieces are collaborative effort. >> absolutely. we use the metaphor of everyone's lives. we all come in as a blank canvas and different colors are applied to us. some decisions we make. others that are thrown upon us. we teach all of our young men that you have the power of your thoughts, your words and your actions to sew those pieces together to create a masterpiece. >> so you have groups that work on each piece. no single one is made by a single participant. >> that's right. it's a very collaborative process. >> did you work on those? you've graduated so i guess you didn't. but you've worked on some like that. >> we started off by coloring one square of canvas. >> each young man will? >> yes. a few young men pittsburgh a color they want. they cut out the pieces they want. once they're done, they throw it into our scrap bin. so when someone else comes to the bin and they see that color, they may choose to cut i a piece there and put into a different painting. they might have a piece of the same block. >> so those are life pieces. >> it is collective art. so you never can say one child created it. it's always a collaborative. >> what a wonderful lesson in teamwork and working together. >> it really is. it really is the key. those are very important skills. of course conflict sometimes arise. you want to learn how to manage conflict. so we really use our space as a laboratory i think for our boys and young men to experience life and to be exposed to the world. >> you also have a saturday academy. >> yes. very excited. that's going to be started up again in october. thanks to the d.c. children and youth investment trust corporation. we were able to pilot a saturday academy where we could focus on the needs, very specifically, of young men that are in late middle school to high school to get them ready for college and job training. we have had great success with that. >> you mentioned your age group, age range is 3 to 25. what do you teach a 3-year-old to do? a 3-year-old boy, what do you start with? there's a lot of advocacy for early childhood education. getting children exposed to learning before they begin school when their brains are actually forming. >> i wouldn't say this for all of our population of little ones. but over the years these little boys are exposed to a lot very young. they're walking through metal detectors visiting their fathers in prison. very young. they may be exposed to violence. and things a 3-year-old shouldn't be exposed to. so what we have done is help the boys have some purpose to their pain. help them understand how to process it, to turn it into something positive over time. because a number of our young men are exposed as lorenzo stated, to things they shouldn't be exposed. early on we try to unplug that so they can open up to joy and to learning and to possibility and resilience. >> never too early to start teaching those lessons. >> absolutely. >> we'll take another break, but we'll be back. stay with us. i am a face unclogger. i am a nose coach. i am a throat untickler. i am a human cough suppressant. and i am the sniffles worst nightmare. i am a target pharmacist. ask me about cold and flu remedies. welcome back to our discussion about lifepiece toss masterpieces. tell me about your corporate art program. what is that? >> so i'm really excited to bring my business and marketing background to the program to launch a new business venture called corporate art by lifepieces to masterpieces program. it's a new venture where we will go out and offer to local washington businesses the opportunity to lease or to purchase that incredible artwork we showed earlier. >> let's show it again while you're talking about it. >> absolutely. we're really excited about it. the main benefit of this program to companies is it will give them an opportunity to hang up this compelling, distinct, original artwork and brighten up their office space. i have been to a lot of different office spaces in washington. it's interesting. you see a lot of stock art in the lincoln memorial. there's nothing wrong with that. but this is such amazing art that i imagine businesses will be excited to hang those up in their office spaces. >> businesses are hesitant, mary, to create jobs because of uncertainty about their financial futures. but how does your organization -- how can you advocate for the creation of more jobs for youth facing staggering unemployment rates in excess of 45%? >> absolutely. we're going to continue to do what we have been doing. and that is, one, create a space where we can develop their resilience. and address their basic needs in terms of reading and academic performance. but moreover, we do create gentleman scholars, artisan, athletes, who are comfortable in any environment, interfacing with any population. they're very accustomed to divorce population because of our exposure. we have been very fortunate in doing over the past 15 years is contributing to the workforce here in the district of columbia. a large percentage of our young men have gone on and they work either here in the d.c. metro area. we have a number of our young men in the military and actually throughout the world. >> lorenzo, you're at bowie state. which year are you in? >> i'm a sophomore. >> are you worried about finding a job when you graduate? >> me? i'm not very worried. because i feel lifepieces has prepared me for a lot of things. so whatever comes my way once i graduate i feel i'll be prepared to step into the workforce and give my best. >> what will be your best? what do you dream of doing? i know you're studying broadcast journalism, but you're also an artist. >> i would like to be in many fields. i want to be kind of a renaissance man. so i wish to pursue some art, but my main focus is broadcast journalism. so maybe one day being the local sports guy or on espn or maybe being in a seat like yours one day. >> or taking jim vance's job. you mentioned jim vance. we can't leave the program without pointing out he will be at the gala. >> yes. we're going to be honoring jim vance, who is helping us with wendell pierce, the great actor and fi philanthropist coming to to serve as emcee for the event. we're excited. right after the event we will be doing the soft launch of this corporate art by lifepieces to masterpieces at pepco edison gallery. we're very excited about that. our eyes are to the future. >> so that exhibit is happening october 11th through the 28th. it's free to the public. a lot of pieces that will be exhibited at the gala will be available for sale. come out and enjoy the exhibit and support lifepieces to masterpieces. >> the website address is www.lifepieces.org. the phone number 202-399-7703. anndr andre, lorenzo and mary brown, thank you all. >> thank you very much. >> good luck to you. and keep making beautiful pieces of art. >> and beautiful young men. >> that's right. and thank you so much for being with us on viewpoint. i'm pat lawson muse. stay with us. news 4 today continues. a mass arrest. hundreds of protesters locked up. part of a growing movement occupying lower manhattan. plus, last call at a watering hole that's earned its place in political history. today the famed hawk n dove will serve its final beer. and road warriors. redskins facing a desperate team as they try to stay a top the division. good morning and welcome to news 4 today. i'm angie goff. >> i'm john schriffen. it is sunday, october 2nd. thank you for joining us. let's get right to the forecast. many people are still in bed, underneath the covers. it's not very pretty outside. >> they had the covers up over the their head. i'm afraid to pull the covers down and see if it's going to be as ugly as it was yesterday. >> many of you don't. many of us would love to stay under the covers. >> you should do that. whatever that entails. it will be a great day for sitting down with your favorite book. this might be a war and peace kind of day. that's how much reading you could get accomplished on your sunday. cloudy skies out there. not much in the way of rain just yet. if you're headed out for a morning walk, jog, bike, ride, a little exercise first thing to get your blood pumping on a sunday morning, it will be good for that. the rain is holding off the next couple of hours. but it's chilly. temperatures in the mid-40s pretty much area wide. 46 in stafford. 42, hagerstown. 45 in bowie and brandywine. 46 in manassas right now. here you can see on the radar, not much rain in our immediate future. there are showers across much of central pa. they will be moving southbound later on today. drizzle in northern maryland. again, just like yesterday, not expecting a lot of rain. but if you smear a supporter inch over a five mile stretch that's what the second half of the day will feel like. chili, hot chocolate and a good book and a blanky. >> sounds like a good combination. thanks, chuck. >> all right. a chaotic scene in lower manhattan as hundreds of protesters clogged the brooklyn bridge taking the protest to a whole new level. police arrested 700 of them. all part of a movement called occupy wall street. >> reporter: this cell phone video given to an nbc affiliate, shows some of the protesters along the brooklyn bridge. police taking others into custody. as many as 700 such arrests took place saturday, as demonstrators aired their grievances in a march along the bridge. they've been gathering in new york city for two weeks now. hundreds camping out in a park near wall street demonstrating against a wide variety of social ills, from corporate greed to global warming. their numbers from continued to grow. last weekend saw as many as 80 arrests and squirmishes with the nypd a youtube. by design there is no one leader of this group and no organized set of demands. >> we're doing it together. we're coming together and we're saying things need to be changed. how are we going to do this? >> reporter: movement has spawned similar protests across the country. labor experts say it's gaining the attention of high-profile activists. >> this is the liberal version of the tea party, especially with young people who are expressing their grievances. this could potentially carry over into the 2012 election. >> reporter: attention that could spread from this bridge to the political stage. on a much smaller scale that movement spread to d.c. this weekend. two dozen protesters are camping out in mcpherson square. they are calling it occupy d.c. grievances are similar to those in new york. they're calling for less corporate influence on government. we're following breaking news in the middle east this morning where yemeni officials say a government warplane mistakenly bombed an army position. at least 30 soldiers are dead and many more are wounded. militants linked to al qaeda have been in control since may. the yemeni army has encountered heavy fighting in a month-long campaign to win back the province. >> the state department issued a worldwide travel alert. the warning in response to radical al qaeda cleric. the state department is urging them to register with the smart traveler program. that makes it easier for the government to contact travelers in an emergency. they issued a similar alert after the death of osama bin laden. the drone strike killed a key al qaeda bomb maker. intelligence shows al asiri is among the dead. he is believed to be responsible for making the bombs used in several attempted attacks. among them, the failed attack by the so-called underwear bomber on christmas day back in 2009. a cia contractor accused of killing two men while working in pakistan is now in trouble with the law in colorado. police arrested him after he got in a fight in the parking lot. he killed the men he said were trying to rob him. he was eventually released. president obama used a dinner here in washington to chastise the republican presidential candidates. last night he celebrated the repeal of don't ask, don't tell at the human rights campaign annual dinner. >> during his speech, president obama also called for the end of the defense of marriage act which defines marriage as between one man and one woman. he took the gop candidates to task for not defending the soldier. >> we don't believe in the kind of smallness that says it's okay for a stage full of political leaders, one of whom could end up being the president of the united states, being silent when an american soldier is booed. we don't believe in that. >> during his speech, president obama also called for the end of the defense of major act, which defends marriage between one man and one woman. the redskins looking to bounce back after a tough loss to the cowboys last week. washington heads to st. louis to face off against the 0-3 rams. players and coaches say they're not taking the game lightly and the winless rams are still a tough team. it's expected to be a challenge for the burgundy and gold. but the skins's offense is expected to face the struggling ram defense. st. louis gave up 37 points to baltimore last week. the redskins and the rams kick off at 1:00 this afternoon. let's go, burgundy and gold! >> tune in for that one. >> they're looking good this year despite the loss. >> the stadium atmosphere is just alive this year. >> everyone is pumped. >> keep it going, redskins! a scary moment at the washington monument for one of the engineering daredevils dangling high above the ground. also, new information about the maryland man who died of listeria. next, after 44 years of shared secrets and spilled beers, the hawk n dove is ♪ [ male announcer ] when 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to a massive recall of can't load. and drugstore face lift. they have gone to big-time better surprises. but are you saving money? we'll tell you when we see you on a special edition of "today." back to you in washington. >> thank you, lester. it's last call for a d.c. main stay. the hawk n dove is closing after serving the district for four decades. don't worry, you can still enjoy the bar even after it has closed. darcy spencer explains. the hawk n dove is closing after 44 years of serving drinks and good political conversation. >> once patrons walk out sunday night, into monday morning, the doors will close forever. >> i never thought it would end. yes. it just seems like all of us as a generation never think it's going to end. >> never dreamed of it lasting this long? >> i was trying to do 50. and go out with a bang. i almost got there. >> you can own a piece of hawk 'n' dove history. everything will be auctioned off, including this goose. so why get rid of everything? >> cut loose. bring an end to everything. do a closing. >> it's the end of an era. >> many of the bar's waitresses and bartenders stayed for decades. several former employees got together to talk about a great run and to reminisce about the past. >> this is a little reunion here tonight. >> yeah. kind of bittersweet. but we're here, yeah. it will be really kind of sad. >> it was a real neighborhood place. it was very laid back. a lot of other people worked here the same amount of time. it was like family. >> if you want to get in on the auction you can go to nbcwashington.com and search under hawk 'n' dove. it's an internet only auction and they're selling everything, down to the bar stools. darcy spencer, news 4 today. a fire at a prince george's county apartment complex forced more than 60 people out of their homes. the fire broke out 4:30 yesterday afternoon at the berkshires at briarwood on hunting lane in laurel. investigators say a malfunctioning furnace on the first floor sparked the fire and spread to the two floors above, badly damaging 22 apartments. everyone inside is okay. firefighters rescued a cat from the second floor. damage is estimated at $250,000. prince george's county police are looking for a pair of armed thieves who held up a university of maryland student. police say the student was waiting for a ride outside her off-campus apartment on baltimore avenue. two men in a black and purple toyota scion called her over. then they pulled out a gun and took her purse. the men drove away and the victim was not hurt. the family of a maryland man is suing a melon farm after he died of a listeria outbreak. baltimore sun reports the family of clarence wells filed the lawsuit on friday. wells died in august. according to court documents, he ate cantaloupe several times before his death. 84 people in 19 states have been affected by listeria and 15 deaths are blamed on the bacteria. today the supreme court prepares for an upcoming annual red mass the day before the start of the new term asking for god's blessing on t justices, diplomats and attorneys. red mass takes place at 10:00 on the cathedral of st. matthew the apostle on rhode island avenue northwest. last year six justices attended. it's expected to be a very busy session for the high court. the justices could possibly take up president obama's health care initiative, as well as gay marriage, abortion, affirmative acon and immigration. 26 states have filed a lawsuit against the law say forcing people to buy insurance is unconstitutional. moyer mother nature provide a scary thing yesterday. he was hanging 50 feet off the ground when it happened. the team of engineers is inspecting every inch of the monument to look for damage caused by the earthquake back in august. they cut their work short yesterday because of bad weather. weather permitting, the crew hopes to resume the job today. a spokesperson for the difficult action team has come out and said, hey, it's not unusual for our guys to be put under these circumstances. >> right. >> this is something they're prepared for. so for us it's like whoa. >> it's pretty amazing. the crowd was formed around the washington monument. not for the monument but for the repellers themselves. >> i was over 15th street there and i crested the hill and satellite trucks everywhere. i was like what's going on? everybody is doing this. now i know. >> right. >> so the question is, will we get any sunshine on your sunday? well, maybe a sliver. we'll talk about your forecast next. when it comes to getting my family to eat breakfast, i could use all the help i can get. like nutella, a delicious hazelnut spread that's perfect on multigrain toast, even whole-wheat waffles, for a breakfast that my kids love and i feel good about serving. and nutella is made with simple, quality ingredients, like hazelnuts, skim milk, and a hint of cocoa. it's quick, easy and something everyone can agree on. ♪ nutella. breakfast never tasted this good. ♪ [ male 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support that. >> we don't need anymore rain. >> really, since the earthquake back on august 23rd, the hurricane came right after that. that was really the turning point. we went from blazing hot and dry all summer into right then and then starting with irene the pattern really changed around here. and we have had 300% of our average rainfall since august. 300%. and so little sunshine in september that a lot of people are screaming do-over because they want their september back. not any success getting october started off to a nice, sunny, dry start either. yesterday was cold and wet and not all that pleasant. today will be colder but probably not as wet as yesterday. so pick your poison a little bit. we were in the low to mid-50s for much of the afternoon with a steady rain showers north and west. today a few ticks cooler than that. and the rain showers are on their way back. again, these were off to a rain-free start around washington this morning. 45 degrees outside. dewpoints in the upper thirds and low 50s. 82% humidity. northwest wind at 7 miles per hour. 43 now in western maryland. 46 in st. mary's county. northern virginia not feeling any warmer. temperatures in the mid-40s pretty much all over the region this morning. not any rain in washington. one or two spits and drizzles towards springfield and woodbridge. a few lonely showers across response vane ya county. there you can see the big batch of rain pinwheeling over the area of low pressure. this will pinwheel back to west virginia and back to our area later this afternoon and tonight. as a result, your forecast for today is mostly cloudy this morning. cloudy with a risk of showers coming back later on this afternoon. and the cold air that's in place now is going to stick around for most of the day today and tomorrow as well as this area of low pressure just up to our north now does the loop-the-loop to western pa later this afternoon. back to central west virginia late tonight, early tomorrow. 7:30 early this morning. back around the washington area. that means cold and damp with a chance of showers to get your monday started. a little improving weather coming our way on tuesday afternoon. so that's when you can start focusing on your return of sunshine. today cloudy and chilly. showers likely, especially later this afternoon. we get a little break in the action right now. so take advantage of it if you get stuff done without getting rained on. tomorrow, not a lot of rain. a little rain spread over the long stretch of hours tomorrow. it won't rain quite as hard. today's high, 54. tomorrow, 59. average high, 73. so that's still minus 15, 20 degrees average from this time of year. but average is average for a reason. as soon as we get rid of the clouds and the sun shies comes back you can follow the forecast online, on air or @chuckbell4. >> thanks, chuck. a group of volunteer dads who have gone back to school. >> not just for their own kids but for those who don't have a male role model in their lives. they go by the name watchdogs. >> there you go, buddy. have a good one. >> for some kids 7:30 in the morning is just too early. >> wake up a little bit. wake up! >> a group of dads who volunteer at the elementary school in ashburn make the students feel like superstars. it's part of a new program called watchdogs, standing for dads of great students. fathers take the day off to be part of the learning process. >> a lot of children don't have necessarily a man in their life full-time. it's just important for them to have that role model and to see what a professional man acts like and looks like and how they can respond to them and work with them. >> the national program started in 1998 after two middle school students went on a shooting rampage at a school in jonesboro, arkansas. it's now grown to 2,000 schools, participating in 40 states and virginia as the third largest state. parent elmo green volunteers to run the program. >> mom is here all the time with parties and pta but this is a vehicle for the dads to take a whole day off and volunteer the same -- make the same commitment as the moms do. >> it's really fun. i like my dad here because usually he doesn't get to come here. >> in this first year of the program the goal is to have at least one father come into the classroom for every day of the school year. that's 180 days. right now the program has about 90 fathers signed up, covering a little more than half of that number. but with the early success, the school is confident more fathers will sign up soon. ♪ sometimes i think about america ♪ >> the close interaction has become an eye-opening experience for many of the fathers. >> my dad, like, doesn't spend that much time with me. especially on school nights and stuff. so i'm like, like wow. this is like really, really, really an honor. >> was it tough hearing your son saying he didn't think you guys spend too much time together? >> yes, it was. it's kind of a check to make sure that i am going to be spending enough time with him. i do. i pick him up after school, help with his homework, put him to bed. i'm there. but it makes me think about the quality of time i'm spending time with him. >> to make sure all children feel loved and safe. >> i enjoyed my time at the elementary school. this is a fantastic program. it's interesting. it's in virginia. a few schools in maryland. it's not in d.c. yet. as you just saw it's a very eye-opening experience for these fathers it's not just the time you spend but the quality time. >> it is a concept that can cross board, and state lines. and i can see this taking off in other parts of our area. and how about the moms? >> the moms, like he said, are always there. it's the fathers they want to get in their lives. >> that's wonderful. certainly great role models. thank you for that report, john. >> thank you. >> thank you for joining news 4 today. we'll be back [ female announcer ] at verizonfios.com, you can choose your channel 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