season. looking back at last season i thought technique was terrific and wanted more personality. this season i think we've got both personality and technique. >> reporter: the judges say the key is throwing yourself into it 110%. >> reporter: let going of the we're -- >> letting go of the fear, keeping the excitement because you need to be able to explore the music as much as possible. >> it varies from dance style but they'll be working very hard thinking about it and trying to rehearse for it. . >> reporter: mary adam and nigel will send two more home next week. then it's your turn to chime in. see what all the excitement is about on "so you think you can dance" right here in fox. adam housley, fox news. >> sure is fun to watch them move. shawn is up now with the "news edge" at 11:00. the crisis in afghanistan is taking its toll and we're following breaking news right now. reports of gunfire at a large plume of smoke over the skies in kabul just some of the signs of violence. it is the deadliest month in afghanistan. three dea agents were killed yesterday in action and the death toll now stands at 55 for the month. bob sellers is live in the news room with more on a country in crisis. >> reporter: afghanistan is still in the process of electing a neweade insurgents are raging and the big question for the obama administration remains what to do next. this deadliest month for the u.s. military in afghanistan started with the ambush killings of eight soldiers october 3rd. their remains returned to dover air force base. army specialist stefan mace of virginia among the dead. monday morning these three washington based agents of the drug enforce administration were killed in a helicopter crash after fighting taliban drug lords in western afghanistan. >> we're quite saddened by the loss of all three. three terrific heroes who were doing a great service to their nation. >> reporter: seven u.s. helicopters were killed in the same crash monday. eight more soldiers died today in two separate roadside bomb attacks. >> one thing we've seen that's been disheartening is as our troop levels have increased in afghanistan the number of casualties have increased as well. it's certainly something that the mrt have to consider when he weighs bringing additional troops. >> reporter: president obama is considering his war commander's request that an additional 40,000 troops be sent to afghanistan. more closed door decision-making sessions at the white house this week. experts say the taliban is watching. >> look at the president, ditherring on making addition and doubt in the congress and allies question u.s. leadership. the answer for them is easy. the more american we can kill the more likely it is americans will quit and go home. >> reporter: counter terrorism expert rick nelson is an afghanistan war veteran who served on the security council. he says there is no easy decisions. >> i think we need to be cautious of any increase in trooch commitments to make sure it doesn't defeat our ultimate goal, to defeat al-qaeda. it requires pakistan report. >> reporter: a larger press may under mine pakistan's ability to report the war on terrorism. today a state department employee working in afghanistan resigned. foreign service officer matthew howe is thought to be the first u.s. official to quit in protest of the war. >> bob sellers live in the news room. thank you. u.s. troops could use blast proof vehicles and a kofl kol company is close to making that a reality. they've come up with a vehicle that withstand heavy explosions. sky deck's technology claims it's as durable as steal but lighter and made from 85 percent recyclable material. it can be designed for humvees to better protect agnst mines and other explosives. a deadly crash has investigators trying to put the pieces together. one teenager is dead, two others hurt after a 17-year-old driver lost control. tonight police want to know if the teenagers were drinking. fox 5's sherri ly has the "news edge.". >> reporter: the chevy fan flipped over landing on its side in the middle of the road in winchester. killing the driver, 17-year-old james gleason. two passengers survived. one of them 18-year-old derrick matthew, jr. his father says his son is hanging on in critical condition with a skull fracture and arm injuries. >> they have him sedated because of the ventilator and so he's not going to be able to say too much to anybody right now. >> reporter: the other survivor, 17-year-old nico mason is out of the hospital. he pulled the other two boys out his mother said but knew one of his friends was no longer alive. in the daylight you can see the tire marks on valley mill road in channing drive where the van ran off the road. virginia state police say gleason over corrected and lost control and alcohol may have been a factor. >> with this happening it will be a wake-up call. sometimes it takes this to straighten things like that out. you know, as far as underage drinking and stuff like that if that was the case. >> reporter: matthew says his son passed a breathalyzer test but can't speak for the others. family members of the two survivors say the boys were hanging out at gleason's house and were on the way to the store when the accident happened around midnight. police say they were not wearing seatbelts. under virginia law drivers under 18 are not allowed on the road after midnight. there are exceptions but a trip to the store is not one of them. in winchester, sherri ly, fox 5 news. three masked men forced their way into a home. tonight a search is underway to find them. laura evans is everywhere at 11. this happened at an apartment in prince georges county. a man returning home was accosted by a masked man who forcedis way into the victim's apartment. two other suspects joined in sdeelg cash, cell phones and a laptop. six people written side the home. no one was hurt. an arrest in the murder of jasper howard the university of connecticut football player. john lomax is accused in the stabbing following a school dance. howard was there celebrating a homecoming victory when someone pulled a fire alarm and howard was stabbed. lomax's attorney says he was trying to break up a fight. the coast guard admits a training exercise near the pentagon this past september 11th was not a good idea. an internal review finds the exercises did not violate policies but did prompt panic on the anniversary of the terror attackst fate grounded 70 flights during that incident. thank you. d.c.'s mayor and city council are still feuding over millions of dollars in questionable park contracts. the stick point here, whether the mayor illegally steered those contracts to one of his friends. fox 5's karen gray houston has the . >> reporter: rosedale community center in northeast has all the signs of trucks coming, including this fence around it. go on mayor fenty's website and you can see they've already broken ground, there and on numerous other parks. >> it was okay when we had groundbreaking and now it's a flop. that will be terrible for the children. >> reporter: perry roots is a long time supporter of the community. he now worries about what happens next. >> i heard this morning that the work has stopped on it and they have to go through property says too find out where all this money is goingto come through again. >> reporter: it's obvious the work is being done here but how rosedale rec center is being improved we don't know. ban kerr venture supposedly has the contract but nobody there would talk to us. baniker ventures has no comment. we called the interim parks and recreation director to get details. a spokesman said hartsock would have information at friday's meetings called by city council member harry tos to get to the bottom of the controversy. >> quite frankly i think the council is not powerless because i believe these contracts should be null and void. >> reporter: we contacted the d.c. how bigs authority to find out if work has stopped on contracted construction. spokeswoman dina michael son says there is only one contract, a $40 million deal for baniker ventures to be the project manager. michael son says other details are forthcoming at friday's hearing. in the district, karen gray houston, fox 5 news. the housing authority insists the contract was competitively bid and says the agency solicited bids in a washington post add in march. is it really all sudan snyder's fault? -- dan snyder's fault? why some say his approach is bad for business. the balloon boy saga continues. video could prove richard heene is a dangerous dad. what he was caught on camera doing with his infant son coming up next. pranks may not be something new for richard heene. years before the balloon boy hoax he put his son in actual danger. ten years ago he tried to shove a cigar in his infant son's mouth. the alleged video is on their website. baby bradford is also seen clutching a beer bottle. it's unclear if the video is real or fake. change are coming to your facebook page. laura evans is back with top five. we begin with the new facebook feature. it helps you memorial lies a friend or loved one who has died. it loose friend to share memories and insures privacy of the person who has died. after a loved one contacts facebook the site will remove information from the page making it private so only friends have access. let google answer your cell phone when you can't. google launched its free voicemail service automatically tribes messages and let's users customize greetings for frequent callers. keep your current cell phone provider and use the service. number three could mean more flights and hopefully better fafrmentz continental airlines is teaming up with united and 23 other airlines to create the world's largest network of independent carriers. number two, will knowing how many calories are in your food change what you order? new york city fast food places are required to post calories on menu boards. as a result people are ordering lower calorie foods. on thursday montgomery county council will consider requiring campaign trail information on menus throughout the county. and number one tonight, ladies you want to know what you'll look like in 30 years in look at your mother. a recent study found daughters age and wrinkle like their moms, especially around the corners of their eyes and lower eyelids. we have posted the top five on myfoxdc.com and click on web links. >> very interesting. i always said you'll end up being like your mom. the redskins cannot seem to find a way out of the slump. some say dan snyder's approach is dad for business. the rain is coming down. we're going to need the umbrellas when you go running for the car and may need them for the morning commute but not all day. i'll have your forecast coming up. teen vogue fueling a cover controversy. turns out the 19-year-old model circled there on this month's issue is pregnant. parents and add advocacy groups republic 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premium price. >> reporter: scott eblin coaches company executives to be better leaders and he's also a redskins fan. his latest blog listing nine examples of what he said dan snyder is doing wrong. high up on the list, chasing shine objects and running the skins like a fantasy football team. >> it's always the latest and greatest thing. albert hainesworth, or bruce smith a few years ago, and as great as joe gibbs it was part of the pattern. what's the quick fix. snyder is a great business person but i think he's probably learned quicks fixes don't work. >> reporter: continuity is another big factor in success haze eblin, giving employees time to de a long-term game plan. >> he's had six head coaches in ten years. tear robitski was in there and problem hardly anybody remembers him. that's no continuity. >> reporter: and then the fans that are getting squeezed until they bleed. >> he's forgotten his customers. a lot of the comments i've gotten on the blog post have been exactly tha there are fans who are disheartened and discouraged that it's not going to change and feel left out of the equation. it's not a great idea as a leader to insult the intelligence of your customers. i think there is a number of ways he's doing that. people in this area are smart folks. >> reporter: a backlash from fans could get results. eblin says a growing number of empty seats at fed ex field may force the team to lower concession prices but turning around the losing record is up to the team and its owner, allison ymour, fox 5 news. >> eblin also says it's bad business to publicly embarrass your own employee. he says the treatment of coach zorn and the jason campbell drama over the summer. as to the response to his blog he has received plenty of comments and everyone is agreeing with him. see what you think. we've put a link on the website, myfoxdc.com. all right. in case you've been outside or if you haven't it's just been spitting rain. >> why are you outside? >> go back in. it's been raining all day long. >> heavy rain in the morning and spitting and drizzling and that's annoying too. it's scary? don't you find it slippery? it's raining harder now shawn. steadier soaking rain and that will go another six or seven hours. in that time we'll collect another half inch of rain or so. the bulk of tomorrow will be dry but it will be a so iing start. that's for sure. guess where that rain is going, folks. it's going to be heading up to new york city. we've got game one of the world series. i have that forecast in a moment. i want to sh you on true view. here's the rain. notice from roanoke back through southwestern virginia we're getting the dry slot as the area of low pressure is moving pretty quickly. several more hours of heavy steady rain which may impact the morning rush houfrment winding down quickly after that. let's talk about the world series forecast. game one tomorrow night, phillies and yank. i know everybody knows that. what about the weather forecast? it looks like there will be showers early on but then they should rapidly wind down. maybe an inningr two with a couple of showers. it will be cool. 50 to 54 degrees. first pitch 7:47 on fox and a breesz out of the northeast. the fans have been through worse weather up there this year. it should be a very exciting game. a lot of people are happy about this match up. rain in the forecast for us tonight. temperatures in the low 50s for the most pt. only another degree or two down from where we are actually right now. tomorrow we will redeem at least a few dry hours. rain in the morning. we start breaking tout. certainly close to the end of the morning rush hour and definitely before noon at least the way it's looking for us. and with that sunshine we should be able to get back up to about 65 degrees. max hd future cast a great tool for us here in the weather center. 11:00 tonight showing all the rain. i paufzed this at 7:00 in the morning with the heaviest rain on the eastern shore and showers still left but if your compute takes you before that we may be dealing with a lot of rain. noontime i think we're seeing partly sunny skies and on thursday morning a few clouds around. it will probably end up being more cloud and sun during the day thursday and friday. what about the weekend? we can only go out 72 hours. on friday a couple of showers and a bigger batch we may have to watch as we head into halloween but it doesn't look like anything terribly heavy. our early showers will be departing as the area of low pressure moves out of the way and then some drier days for the next two or three days. so 65 degrees with the morning showers and sun for thursday and friday, not bad at all. halloween we have a couple of showers we have to watch. the trend has been for these to hold off until late in the evening or overnight hours. we're keeping our fingers crossed. maybe a lingering shower or two on sunday, 60 degrees with all the stomach aches that the kids will have. that's it 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(announcer) get your first prescription free and save on refills. advair. now you know. good evening, i'm dave feldman. gilbert arenas opened his campaign in dallas. he scored more points than he had in almost two years. is that something that might interest you wizards fans? first half, gilbert arenas drives into the lane and finds big brendan harris. moves to the fourth quarter. the big fabrizio alberto. wizards up 10. 87-77. more great passing. arenas to miller. he took four shots, made both. then gil keeps it for himself. 29 points. # of 9 from the free throw throw line. wizards win their opener, 102-91. >> shaquille o'neill hosting the celtic. rajon rondo drives. lebron pins the ball against the backboard with his off hand. wow. second half celtics up by 8 go inside. the kevin garnet and shack going for the block takes down garnet with a hard foul. but garnet would have the last laugh. kg spins, fades and sinks the jumper. garnet with 13. celtics defeat the cavaliers, 95-89. chris cooley is out for the season o out for four weeks, or somewhere in the middl depending who you ask. we do know that captain chaos will have surgery on his broken ankle. he tweeted he hopes to be back in four weeks. jim zorn said he would miss a minimum of six to eight weeks. cool ey has never missed a game since he was drafted in the third round of 2004. he broke his ankle when he stumbled on the turf last night against the eagles. carted off the field and did not return. a terrible start for a quarter that included donovan mcnabb arrange it out to a wide open de sean jackson. they fall 27-17 on national television. vinny seraddo was asked about his job security today. >> i feel like my job is on the line all the time. so it's not something that i really worry about. my job is to get us going and to fill these holes when guys get hurt. i'm not -- thing take care of themselves after the season. i don't worry about those things. >> reporter: the hot team in town, the capitals, hosting the flyers. second period caps trail 2-0. just over two minutes later caps on the power play scoreless on the previous 14 attempts until alexander sem inscores his third. tied at 2. until sem inrisks one past semry. 3-2. backstrom to ovi. his nhl leading #13eg9 goal they rally to defeat the flyers 4-2. >> it would be great against a good team to start off really well and it's well earned but i hope it didn't take too much out of us that we don't have anything le for the three. a reminder the world series gets underway on fox. yankees host the phillies on game one. our coverage begin at 7:30. the national made two front office moves hiring casey mckean as director of player procurement and jay robertson as special assistant to the general manager. i'm dave feldman. shawn is back to wrap up the edge right after this.