finished. >> if thing himself gone differently without these now five women coming forward, he could have been the black male republican version of sarah palin, media star. >> four harassment charges drove down cain's numbers. then came ginger white on fox 5 atlanta. >> i was involved in a very inappropriate situation, relationship. >> reporter: white claims a 13-year affair with cain, travel, hotels, gift, late night calls. >> i didn't do anything wrong. >> he has to do what he thinks is best. >> reporter: newt gingrich admits he had an extra marital affair with the woman who became his third wife but in conservative south carolina today, the former speaker insisted he's the one who can beat barack obama. >> because i am a student of history and, unlike the

president, i've studied american history. >> thank you, thank you. >> reporter: mitt romney was in florida praised by cuban american leaders and his son craig who speaks spanish. >> reporter: long before the florida primary, the political fate of herman cain could be clear. the godfather's pizza ceo a short time ago gave a hint he's going to stay in the race. he said 9-9-9-9-9 we're doing fine. but if the current polls are accurate, cain no longer has a shot at winning any of the early contests. iowa, new hampshire or south carolina. back to you. >> thank you, steve. >> a murder suspect who was miss it andly released on bail on november 10th is back in jail. his name is fred wreck scott. he's a suspect in a murder in

chillham, maryland that happened back in march. he was arrested in las vegas and extradited to prince georges county. he was supposed to be held without bond but authorities say a clerical error at the courthouse brought about his release. he's turned himself in today and is being held on a half million bond. >> the man from gaithersburg suspected in the district attorney of his travel companion in aruba is set to walk free from jail in just a few hours. but the investigation is far from over. >> reporter: gary giordano is expected to board a plane tomorrow morning at 9:50 a.m., a flight from aruba to new york city. the question remains if and when he will return to maryland. the prospect of gary giordano being released from custody in aruba after four months and being allowed to return it his home in gaithersburg leaves

robyn gardner's friends that justice may never be served. >> it makes it touch because he gets to come home and robyn doesn't and where's or friend? >> reporter: lee ann had just gotten off the phone with robyn gardner's cousin when we spoke with her. >> it's brutal to think that she might be lost forever butch it's just -- it's harder on them and us just to not have any answers, to not have any closure and gary has to know some answers. he has to know something. >> reporter: robyn gardner's family issued a statement about giordano's release. "as we deal with our grief privately, we are honored by the strength that robyn's friends have shown by speaking out on her behalf publicly. perhaps the public attention this has generated will result in someone stepping forward with information that will help find her. in the meantime we hope everyone will continue to keep robb nn their prayers." this maryland lawyer is an authority on the law in aruba.

he's written seven books on caribbean history and culture. heap says aruba held giordano as long as they could without filing a criminal charge against him. >> i think they're reasonably assured if he were to be released and to return to maryland, they would still have access to him. >> reporter: i spoke with a boyfriend of robyn gardner who had been dating her at the time he traveled to aruba with giordano. richard forester told me i want to speak out but i want to see what happens when giordano comes back, if he comes back. >> reporter: a local woman told me she wants to see what giordano has to say and if he is angry about being held in jail the past four months. that's the latest from the newsroom. back to you in the studio. >> turning now to our weather and the drastic drop in the temperature as we started this day up in mid to up ever 60s. sure doesn't feel like that now, does it? doug kammerer, what's the latest? >> not at all. temperatures 52 degrees, some

areas into the upper 40s, a little bit of a cool breeze. it is damp outside. a big change out there. it's 52. not too bad right now because most of the rain is now out of the region, at least for now. can you see the rain well off to the east towards the eastern shore but there are a few more showers associated with the upper low that will try to pin wheel their way in here throughout the next couple of hours. a few showers from washington off to the west overnight tonight but that's going to be about it. your good night wake-up forecast showing temperatures falling down to about 42 degrees by the time you wake up and step out the door tomorrow morning. a much chillier start to your wednesday than we had on our tuesday. what's the rest of the week looking like? i'll show you in my full forecast in just a minute. >> in syracuse police are beefing up how they handle sex abuse allegations in the wake of this month's scandal at the university. officers will now formally document all reports of sexual abuse.

that chang comes days after a former assistant basketball coach is accused of abusing boys more than 20 years ago. reports of bernie fine's crimes surfaced if 2002. it's taken nine years to launch a formal investigation. fine, who has been fired, denies the allegations. basketball coach jim bay heim is also battling calls to step down. >> police are looking for a driver who killed a 72-year-old man. it was a hit and run. it happened yesterday on the parkway near powder mill road in beltsville. officials believe the suspects may have been drag racing at the time. darcy? >> reporter: police are continuing to look for the two vehicles that were involved in a street race that led to this fatal hit and run. one was a mercedes-benz, a dark color that now has front edge damage. the other is a silver lexus.

i talked to friends and relatives of the victim today. they're hoping the person sfon turns himself in. >> i'm really going to miss him. he was a real good friends of mine. >> reporter: this is the man friends affectionately cause poteat. he was 72 years old and although retired from the post office, he stayed busy stocking shelves at area food stores. he was heading to work around 2:30 monday morning on the baltimore washington parkway while highs car was struck from behind while he was driving. he died from his injuries. the driver didn't stop. police believe a striking car, a mercedes, may have been streak racing. >> park detectives would like to hear from anybody who may have witnessed this crash. >> reporter: it happened in the northbound lanes of 29 south of the powder mill road exit in beltsville. police say poteat was driving a

chevy equinox. he was struck at a high rate of speed. >> apparently the collision was so hard that he was pushed into the median strip. we believe the vehicle may have rolled and it was found on its side. it was a pretty hard collision. >> reporter: his son tells news 4 the family hopes police catch the driver. he said if you're going to have an accident, just stay at the scene. it's not right, especially when you kill someone. poteat was a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend to many. they say he played golf at langston golf course in d.c. every day. >> louis poteat, i've known him about 20 years. >> reporter: what kind of guy was he? >> very, very nice guy, one of the best guys you ever want to meet. very friendly, very kind, real hard worker. >> reporter: anyone who may have witnessed this incident early yesterday morning or knows where these vehicles are located, you're asked to call us park police. reporting live from laurel, darcy spencer. jim, back to you. >> the family of a florida man

killed in the anthrax attacks has settled a multi-million dollar lawsuit with the federal government. 63-year-old robert steph convenience died in 2001 when a letter containing deadly anthrax supports arrived at the office building where he worked as a tabloid editor. he was the first victim. the fbi learned those supports came from a lab in fort detrick. a lawsuit claims the government did not do enough to keep the anthrax safe. the government has agreed to pay the family $2.5 million to settle the suit. >> coming up in the broadcast tonight, a mob of protesters storm the british embassy in iran today. >> a judge throws the book at michael jackson's doctor. what the singer's family is saying about the sentence. >>and a twice who having three money money jers who came forward to claim a $254 million jackpot. >> and now so mobile phone apps could come with their own rating

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a cycle of horrible medicine and madness, those words from a judge today as he sentenced dr. conrad murray to four years in prison for the death of michael jackson. but he may not end of serving most of that time. stephanie stanton has our report from los angeles. >> reporter: dr. conrad murray had no visible reaction as the judge gave him the maximum sentence.

>> the court has determined that the appropriate term is the high term of four years imprisonment. >> reporter: the 58-year-old cardiologist also got a stern reprimand in court when judge michael pastor spoke for about 24 minutes, laying out why he believed murray should get the max. >> he has absolutely no sense of remorse, absolutely no sense of fault and is and remains dangerous. >> reporter: during the hearing a jackson family attorney addressed the court. >> we are not here to seek revenge. there is nothing you can do today that will bring michael back. >> reporter: murray himself did not speak at he is sentencing but his attorney ed chernoff asked for leniency. >> i do wonder, though, to what extent the court considers the entirety of a man's book of life

as opposed to just one chapter. >> reporter: a plea that had no impact on the judge, who threw the book at murray. >> i think the judge was fair. i want to thank the fans for being so loyal and supporting us and i think we got a fair trial. but thanks you, fans. thank you very much. >> reporter: murray remains in a los angeles jail but it's unclear how much time he'll serve due to prison overcrowding in california. the prosecution is also asking for $100 million in restitution and $1.8 million for funeral expenses. those issues will be addressed in a separate hearing january 23rd. in downtown los angeles, stephanie stanton, nbc news. >> the british government is warning iran there will be serious consequences for an attack on two diplomatic posts

in tehran. today harrline students associated with iran's ba siege movement stormed the british embassy. they burned documents and set fires and tore dough a painting of queen elizabeth. six embassy workers were taken hosta hostage. police eventually convinced students to turn over the hostages. the violence came after britain tightened sanctions on iran because of its nuclear program. >> so we woke up this morning to the high for the day, right? >> pretty much. >> and it just went south from there. >> downhill ever since. >> the low normally takes place when you wake up, the high is in the afternoon. today it's exactly the opposite. the high was early this morning, 66 degrees and so far we've been down to 52 and we're going to continue to go down. not all that much more. it's not going to be frigid moving in but it's going to be a lot cooler than it's been the

last couple of days. still dealing with that cloudiness across the area and still a chance for a few showers later this evening but i think most of us should remain on the dry side as we make our way through the night tonight into the day tomorrow. there it, is the high temperature, 66 degrees earlier this morning. the low, 52. that's the current temperature outside. we saw about 0 .4 of rain at the airport and a 20-degree temperature drop from where we were during the day yesterday. 63 the high temperature in gaithersburg, 67 in baltimore. if i just showed you the numbers, you'd say, hey, nice day out there on your tuesday but that's not the case. these are the numbers now, fredericksburg coming in with a temperature of 50 degrees. all of that cool air associated with that area of low pressure is this is now making its way to the north and east. normally a southerly wind is a very warm wind. not today.

that is where the cold air lie, to our south. that's why we're so much cooler right now. still rain out there towards the eastern shore, towards philadelphia and down to the south and west, this is what i'm talking about. more showers trying to move in and even snow into the mountains of west virginia. but a few showers making their way mostly west of i-95 so most of us should stay on the dry side but still a few more showers to go, all of that rotating around that upper level loaf moving overhead right now. behind it we have snow up there towards portions of indiana. winter storm warningsin effect there. last night it was tennessee. they did see snow, a very early snowfall for them. the average first snow in western tennessee a late december in towards january. they did see some accumulating snow there. at least the good news is they'll be warming up, back into the 60s over the next couple of

days. winter storm warnings forward fort wayne and southern portions of virginia, that's where we have a winter weather advisory still in effect. i told you the winds are coming from the south. look at this, 38 in atlanta, 62 in new york city. new york city warmer than jacksonville, florida. a little topsy-turvy storm, cold air moving around. new york, their temperatures are going to be dropping over the next couple of hours but really an mazing storm. here comes the chilly air now. tomorrow we're on the chilly side but not a bad day tomorrow, temperatures about 1 or 2 degrees below average for this time of year. so right around where we should be. more of the same on thurs, still chilly. thursday's looking very nice. friday looking great, temperatures nice and warm

before another frontal boundary moves in. but it lab dry front out there. much coder, 46 to 51 degrees tomorrow morning waking up on the cold side. -- low temperature of 42, a high tomorrow of only 51. and we stay in the 50s, 7 on friday, friday again just a beautiful day, saturday and sunday not bad, dry. saturday lab little bit cool, most areas on saturday will stay in the 40s but with some sunshine. we're still looking okay there, too. >> no real big storms until next week. >> it will be nice to see sunshine. >> coming up, american airlines files for bankruptcy protection. >> dozens camped out and lined up for hours today here in the district but not because of any

there's turbulence in the air for american airlines, the nation's third largest airline filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today. american says it will cut its flight schedule but that passengers shouldn't notice any big changes. it says it will continue to operate flights, honor tickets and take reservations. the bankruptcy filing, however, is bad news for investors. american airline stock fell more than 80% today to 26 cents a share. >> if you've ever played a video game or seen a commercial for one, you've probably noticed the rating system. there's m for mature, it. for -- t for teen. now they are coming out with a rating system for mobile apps. it would also let you know if an app collects or shares your private information. the cell phone industry is backing the plan but apple,

google and blackberry all say they're sticking with their own rating system for now. >> up next, local leaders are making it harder to fight traffic tickets in the district. >> three people killed in a house fire. tonight the sole survivor speaking out about that tragedy. >> a good samaritan found him running around in traffic. now the search is on to foundow. >> coming up, dale hunter's coaching debut against the blues toni [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] movie buffs! this film is tres bien, but the interest rate on your checking account is le pew. interest on your checking?

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herman cain told his senior staff today that he is reassessing his campaign. cain's deputy campaign manager said -- later said that a good

businessman looks at the entire landscape, he said, before making decisions. this news comes one day after a woman in georgia came forward and said she had a 13-year affair with cain that ended just before he entered the presidential race. cain says he and the woman were simply friends. >> in just a couple of hours, the man being held for the disappearance of a maryland woman in aruba will be free to leave jail. gary giordano has been held since robyn gardner disappeared nearly four months ago. the judge said there wasn't enough evidence to keep holding him behind bars. prosecutors say their investigation will continue. >> police are looking for the driver of a mercedes that slammed into another car on the bw parkway on monday and then kep going. 72-year-old louis poteat was killed. authorities believe the suspect was racing a third vehicle on the parkway just before the crash. >> a tragic twist in the effort to save two prince georges county women pulled from a

burning home this weekend. >> firefighters say the women have died and now their loved one is struggling to deal with the loss. pat collins reports. >> this has been so devastating. all the three deaths. my grandson, my daughter. >> reporter: merle monroe, the only survivor of a ferocious fire that swept through her home in louisdale and claimed the lives of a three of her relatives. killed by the fire, 6-year-old omai knoll, her grandson. killed by the fire 36-year-old simone monroe, merle's daughter, the mother of omari. killed by the fire 61-year-old janet maclin, merle monroe's sister.

that fire started around 3:45 sunday morning in the living room of miss monroe's home. it's here on griffin street in louisdale. the cause investigators say an overloaded power strip. they say they found no evidence of a working smoke detector. merle monroe says she managed to get out of the house. she said she tried to get back to save her family but the fire was too hot. the smoke too thick. merle monroe so upset she had to sit on the steps to recount what happened that day. >> i was able to get out. i get up and i heard a noise and a siren and i saw smoke. i got out through the kitchen door. tried to go back in to get simone. the smoke was too much. i went by her window and knocked

and wake up! >> reporter: so moved by what happened, prince georges county police and fire departments have set up a monroe family fund at the bank of america. the money will go to help pay for the funeral expenses, the money will go to help this family try to get its life back together. thursday night between 6 and 8 p.m. at the louisdale elementary school, police officers and firefighters will be collecting donations of money and household goods for the monroe family. i'm pat collins, news 4, prince georges county. >> to a wild scene this morning after a three car accident ended with a car crashing into a building. it happened at about 10:00 this morning at the intersection of wisconsin and western avenues. police say the drivers of a taxi cab, mercedes and suv collided. the taxi cab ended up on the

steps of the chevy chase pavilion mall. one person was hurt and had to be taken to the hospital. >> a loophole that let d.c. drivers escape paying for a red light or speeding camera ticket may soon go away. right now you can avoid the ticket by signing a notarized letter saying you weren't the driver, even if it was your car. now the d.c. council is considering legislation to close that loophole. the new law would make the owner of the vehicle responsible for any moving violations caught on camera. it would be similar to parking tickets that are issued against the vehicle. >> an affordable housing cop plex in northwest d.c. has prompted long lines of people looking for a home. hubbard place apartments began accepting applications at 11:00 this morning but people began lining up around that complex last night. applications are for efficiencies, one bedroom and two bedroom amounts. in this tough economy, people say they need all the help they

can get. >> i need it real bad. i sent my daughter home. we've been traveling from house to house. >> all you can do is keep your fingers crossed. hopefully we get called. it's been six months. >> reporter: all the applicants must meet dc housing authorities requirements. the applicants will also be accepted tomorrow from 11:00 in the morning until 3:00 in the afternoon. >> a driver stepped in to help a wounded dog that was wandering the streets in oxen hill. now the search is on to find that animal's owner. but the good samaritan might have made the search much tougher. >> reporter: in a shelter full of kennels, it can be easy to become just another face in the crowd. going on 11 days now, the fairfax county animal shelter is afraid that's what's happening to this little guy. >> the amount of time that we hold them while looking for an owner is over. >> reporter: he's a sheba inou, anywhere from 4 to 6 years of age.

karen calls him foxy for obvious reasons. he was roaming the streets bruised and wounded when a woman thought she was being a good samaritan. >> the untension was great, not to leave him there, get hit by a car or injured any further. >> reporter: picked him up, drove to work more than 20 miles away, kept the dog in the car for several hours and then called animal control. >> he would have had a better chance, i believe, finding his owner if he had said in his own area. >> reporter: it's tempting to put a stray dog in your back seat but are you really doing what's right? first, write down the exact location the animal was found. leave on any and all. >> g. th-- i.d. it may be weari call local police and/or animal control and don't take the animal out of the jurisdiction where you found it. he's more than cute, well trained and seems to like being

around people. all though euthanasia is not entirely out of question, she believes foxy will be placed in an adoption program by weeks end. utah, north carolina, that might seem like a long shot but believe it or not, other animals that have been brought to this shelter came from those very same places and were able to return home. so the fairfax county animal shelter says it has hope for this little guy to be reunited with its family members. >> rich to richer. three money managers claimed a $254 million lotto jackpot but they may not be the real winners after all. >> in old town, alexandria, a plan to redevelop the waterfront is pitting citizens against a

welcome back, everybody. i'm meteorologist doug kammerer. we're right here in storm center4. we're washingtoning the low clouds still hanging around. can you see them right over the capitol building. current temperature 52 degrees. a lot cooler than where we have been over the past couple of days but not all that bad, winds out of the south at about 13

miles per hour. some areas are seeing wind chills in the low 40s. it's going to be a cool evening. storm 4 doppler radar showing the rain way out towards the east and also to the west we're watching an upper level low that's spinning over southern virginia. it will try to move in a few showers into our region. can you see a couple down towards raleigh and north carolina. they'll try to come through later this evening. expect a chance for showers right on through midnight tonight before that storm system begins to exit the area. overnight tonight mostly cloudy skies, low temperatures down to about 42 in the city, 38 back to the west in leesburg and gaithersburg, cull pep ever and around 35 degrees. tomorrow waking up to a cold star. it's going to be a really chilly afternoon, high temperature around 51 in washington, 50 in leesburg. most areas to the north and west staying in the upper 40s just about all day long but we will see some sun in the afternoon so not all that bad for this time of year. coming up on thursday, we'll have our first holiday lights.

if you would like me to come do the weather live in your front yard, send us an e-mail with the pictures of those lights. >> the three money managers who claimed a $345 million powerball jackpot may not be the real win percent. they came forward yesterday approximately all work at a weathermanagement firm in greenwich, connecticut. a friend of those men reported that the real winner actually is one of their clients. heap says the claimed the prize so their client could remain anonymous and he says they will manage the money. the payout is about $1 04 million after taxes. the three men claimed it as a trust. today the lottery commission says it is perfectly legal for the winnings to go to a trust. >> dan hellie is live at the

verizon center. >> bruce boudreau is out, dale hunter is in as the capitals coach. we'll hear from a couple of people who played tore dale hunter in junior hockey. and house of representatives does this new head coach who used to be a tough guy as a

so, dan, let's hope this tough guy approach will make a difference, huh? >> you know, the caps taking on the blues tonight, vance. obviously more than just another game because for the first time in for years bruce boudreau's not here, replaced of course by the tough guy you're talking about, dale hunter. he is one of the four greatest players in washington capitals history and they're hoping that he can turn this season around for the capitals. they've been in a november funk. they've only won 3 out of their last 11 games and now dale hunter comes in as the new head coach. he commands immediate respect during practice. he was definitely one of the toughest players in the nhl during his 19-year career and just one of four former capitals to have his number hanging from the rafters. he coached in junior hockey for

the last 11 years in ontario. coaching on the same level he excelled on as a player is a whole new ball game and hunter fully expects to be a little nervous when the puck drops. >> he's up front for the giants all season with his ten and a half sacks. >> all right. moving on this is dale hunter and his head coaching debut in the nhl. he coached juniors which means he has never, ever before coached on the professional level. there are a couple of players on this team who did play for hunt are on the professional level. they do they he is going to have success on the nhl level. >> he was actually -- he's pretty calm most of the time on the bench but, you know, he's not going to -- i don't think he

runs up and down the bench screaming and yelling or anything like that. but when the times comes to lay the hammer down, i'm sure he will. i think he's a motivator, a teacher and he's a guy that when you played with him or you played for him he's a guy you respect so much and you look you don't want to let down. >> any time you get a new coach in there, it really does energize you but especially him, he's a gritty guy. he played hard all the time and i think that will trickle down to us. >> all right. now if you want to hear from dale hunter, we do have that video clip. this is a guy who is, i don't know how you put it, maybe one of the toughest players in the history of this franchise money so it's going to be very interesting to see how that translates into coaching. this is hunter talking about how he's going to be a little nervous before his nhl coaching debut. >> i imagine i'll have some butterflies in my tummy.

and it lab high. i know have i to keep calm because i got to run the bench but definitely to be back in there playing around having and enjoying the moment. hockey is a great game and when i come down here and watch the caps play a couple years ago, the fans -- in the playoffs fans were going crazy. and that's great to see. >> vance and doreen, i don't know if you remember when bruce boudreau first got here but only had a couple of ties and a couple of suits. dale hunter has one-upped him because he has one tie and one suit that he has worn in every game for the last three or four years. he says he goes to the dry cleaner after every game. you have ever heard of such a thing? >> you're getting on the new coach's case awful early here, dan. i don't know if this is the best way to start off on the right foot with him. >> the deal is, man, if it's worked for him, ride it, ride that horse. >> wear the same thing every night. >> what he did do after he won a

championship in juniors, he took the suit in the middle of the locker room and let his players tear it to pieces. maybe if they go to the stanley cup finals, it happens this year. >> whatever he wants to wear as long as he wins. >> exactly, there you go. i like that philosophy. moving on we're talking football are skins had the day off but they did get a piece of good news. fullback deron young who suffered a mile concussion in the seahawks game could play this weekend against the jets. the other new york team absolutely pounded on "monday night football," eli manning and the giants visiting drew brees and the new orleans saints. brees fakes the handoff looking downfield. how good is this guy. jimmy graham, maybe the best tight end in football. a 29-yard touchdown. it graham's second touchdown of the game. brees throws for 368 yards and four touchdowns.

saints up 35-10. as for his counterpart, eli manning threw for over 400 yards for just the second time in his career and this play was part of that. first and ten, manning gets a lot more than that, hooks up with victor cruz, a 72-yard score. his second of the night. monster game for cruz, nine catches, 157 yards. giants down 35-17. one minute to go. saints still rolling. too th time on the ground. mark ingram, the rookie out of alabama goes 35 yards for the score. saints win 49-24. they're 8-3. the giants have now lost three straight. they are 6-5. >> college basketball, maryland hosting illinois in the acc big ten challenge. last night in this building georgetown getting it down against iup-pui. second half, hoyas up by 3. markel with the ball. spin move here, banks it up off

the glass, hoop and the harm. take another look at this thing. great move by the sophomore. he had 13. later it's starks with the bad pass he turns it over. who will igs thompson steals it right back. a monster dunk by lubic. he had 8 and a career high 14 rebounds. the fans are absolutely loving it. just over five minutes to go, georgetown up by 14. lubic hand it is over to thompson, and hollis buries the 3. he had a team high 21 to go along with ten rebounds. the hoyas are now 5-1 on the season. big game right here at capital center -- how old school am i? verizon center. it's the first game of dale

it's no secret childhood obesity is a serious growing epidemic. a summit kicked off today to help fight the problem "building a healthier future." the goal is to come up with ways to help promote healthy eating and physical activity. the event is sponsored in part bit partnership for a healthier america. first lady michelle obama is the honorary chair. >> there's a battle in alexandria, virginia tonight. some people are worried about the impact of more hotels and housing along the pa tomorrow a river. . >> reporter: where this old warehouse now stands, city planners see a boutique hotel. but this citizens group would tear it down for park land instead. signs of opposition to the city's waterfront vision are multiplying as a vote neers on a

plan to redevelop the waterfront. the city's proposal would connecticut and increase the open space and add public piers bu also allow the owner of three warehouses to redevelop the site noose hotels or housing. >> change is going to come. we're trying to control and manage that change in a positiv and legally defensible. >> reporter: community opposition to part of the proposal led the city council to delay a vote slated for last spring and appoint a waterfront work group to iron out differences. then last month a group called citizens for an alternative alexandria waterfront plan put forward a competing idea. its founders say the development permitted in the city's plan would ruin the waterfront's value as an historic resource. >> the city seems not to recognize sufficientlyly or adequately the value of old town as a national historic landmark. >> this is the last chance to hope for, to work toward more

open space on the river. if the zoning goes through, that's finished. >> reporter: the alternative plan calls for the city to buy the warehouse sites for $100 million and down zone them into park land. but city officials have sharply criticized their ideas as fiscally and legal live unfeasible. >> we don't have $100 million to buy the property. >> reporter: a separate citizens group called waterfront for all is formed to back the city's plan. >> we need an economically viable waterfront. the city's plan does provide park space, provides green space but it also does provide a way for the city to bring in tax revenue. >> the debate shifts to the waterfront work group. it will forward its recommendation on to the city council by the end of the year. >> the alexandria city council is scheduled to take a final vote on this plan in late january. >> one more check on our chilly weather, doug. >> we're not supposed to be in

the 60s and 70s this time of year so we're going to shift it back to exactly where we should be this time of year and that's into the 50s. that's the way things are going to be looking over the next seven days. 51 on your wednesday, 52 on thursday. cool but not cold. you'll need the jacket but not the heavy coat. friday is looking fantastic with a high of 57 with the sunshine. that's a nice afternoon. saturday will be the coolest day in the seven-day period as we will see another cold front move through early on saturday morning. next best chance rain coming up next monday. >> an elderly man went into a sear store in seattle, washington yesterday handed over an envelope and left. inside the envelope was $100 bill and a note. the note read that the man had stolen $20 or $30 from a cash register back in the 40s. he wanted to pay it back with interest. that man did not sign the note.

he left without giving his name. the store manager plans to use the money to buy christmas presents for underprivileged children. security cameras show the man leaving the envelope but sears officials have decided not to release the video. there we go. guilty conscience. that's our broadcast for now. >> we hope we'll see you for on the broadcast tonight, up in the air. the last of the big airlines, a legacy carrier, american airlines files for bankruptcy. tonight why this has happened and what it means for those who fly. second thoughts for herman cain tonight, he's reassessing whether to stay in the race after the new accusations about a 13-year extra-marital affair. under e,