or creates another laptop bag, or hires another employee, it's not just good for business. it's good for the entire community. at bank of america, we know the impact that local businesses have on communities. that's why we extended $13.2 billion to small businesses across the country so far this year. because the more we help them, the more we help make opportunity possible. we begin tonight with breaking news in alexandria. a stand down that locked down a

campus and had students stuck in buildings for hour has ended. it began this afternoon near the northern virginia community campus in alexandria. please got a call about a man with a gun high above mason drive with king street. jackie bensen reports now from outside the building that became the focus for the swat team. >> reporter: this ended in a somewhat unusual manner about an hour ago. we're told the suspect climbed down from his eighth floor apartment, climbed down from the balcony and broke into an apartment on the seventh floor just below. he was unaware that police were inside there waiting just in case that happened. this all began about 4:15. this began about 4:15 this afternoon. we're told a man made a call to police saying that there was someone inside at the address, saying he was armed with a gun and threatening to kill himself. police in floors 6 through 12 of

the 26-story building were told to stay inside their apartments. the school was placed on lockdown, classes were cancelled. it is final exam week for students. >> i have to take my finals thaend haand they have the whole school in lockdown. >> i'm happy because i don't have to take my exams tonight. this is my final exam tonight. pretty happy. >> i'm cold, i'm hungry and i have a headache. >> the suspect is in custody. he was taken to a local hospital to be checked out. jim, back to you. >> and thens, jackie. >> take a look at this crash scene under investigation in montgomery county. a chevy chaseville and police cruiser flipped on roof. the injuries are described as minor. >> in charles county, maryland, the coast guard is looking for a

man who fell into the potomac river. here and another man were hunting when their boat capsized. one of the men was pulled to safety. the other man is still missing. the coast guard plans to search all night if they have to. >> on capitol hill, clong finalfina -- congress finally agreed on a spending peckage. right now lawmakers are burning the midnight oil sorting out the exact detafls the $1 trillion spending bill. one thing we do know is that it looks like the payroll tax cut will stay in place for at least a few months. legislation is being written up as we speak. >> government gridlock was one of the topics tonight at the final gop debate before the ayia caucuses are held. unlike previous debates when the candidates went after each other, tonight they took aim at

president obama saying he has not proved he can bring republicans and democrats to the in a divisive time. >> i worked things out with bill clinton to get welfare reform tax cuts and four balanced budgets designed. >> i had to get receipt expect of the senate, house, and democratic leaders. >> after three years would you think that this president had learned how to work in washington, d.c. >> the iowa caucuses will take place on january 3rd. >> outside tonight temperatures are still in the 60s in some places. don't expect this warm air to stick around. doug? >> right now we're at 62 degrees at 11:00 at night. these were are highs today, 63 in washington, 68 in fredericksburg, annapolis at 65 degrees. yes, there is a cold front back to the west. take a look at the numbers. last night at this time chicago was at 54 degrees. they are now at 34 degrees.

that is the colder air making its way our way. a couple of interesting systems coming our way. we'll talk about them in my full forecast. >> another story that has the nfl up in arms and concerned, as well it should be. a player for the chicago bears has been charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine in the amount of several kilograms each week. >> reporter: sam herd is is a wide receiver for the chicago bears and a former member of the dallas cowboys. authorities say he's one of the biggest drug dealers in chicago. he was arrested by federal agents last night after allegedly trying to buy a kilo of cocaine from an undercover agent inside of a chicago restaurant. during the meeting authorities say herd told the agent he wanted to buy more than $100,000 worth of cocaine each week in toward distribute the drugs. he's also alleged to have told

the agent he already distributes four kilos a week but needed more supply. he faces up to 40 years in prison. things could get a lot worse. there are reports out of chicago that police have a list of nfl players that were herd's client and the list is reportedly in the double figures. so this could be just the beginning. jim? doreen? >> the fair tax county school board is still meeting tonight and has yet to vote on whether to allow security cameras in high school. the issue came up after a series of disruptive food fights. each school's principal would have the final say. >> some council members reportedly paid for a party by dipping into their constituent service funds. critics say those funds are rarely used to benefit constituents. >> well, what we found is that

only an average of 12 cents for every dollar is spent of this money was spent on real needs. >> every year it's a tradition that we have a holiday party, that we provide for our staff that works so hard every single day, working with the residents of the district of columbia. >> council member phil mend elson declined to pay his share. he planned to stip the party. chairman quame brown said he will write a personal check for the party. others are free to do the same. >> four occupy dc protesters are losing weight fast. it would have the men have lost 20 pounds and the other two have lost about ten pounds. the men have been walking the halls in congress, sometimes being pushed in wheelchairs to save energy. they are no closer to getting reputation for the 6,000 members of the district. >> the u.s. combat mission in

iraq is officially over tonight. defense secretary leon panetta lead a small ceremony at a military base outside of baghdad. complete military control of the country is now in the hands of the iraqi government. it marks the end of a conflict that lasted nearly nine years, nearly 4,500 u.s. servicemen and women were killed. another 32,000 were injured in iraq. more than 4,000 service members are now making their way back to the u.s. >> the white house responded this evening to reports that a medal of honor recipient's actions on the battlefield were embellished. marine corps sergeant dakota myer got the medal in november. but a report says many of the reports were inaccurate. the initial report said he killed one taliban fighter and saved nine afghans. other accounts from the white house and the marines say meyer

killed a number of enemies and saved a as many as 36 lives. marine corps attributes the differing accounts to what they call the fog of war. the pentagon and the white house both stand by the award. they say they have no plans to investigate the discrepancies. >> more than a hundred angry women rallied at the university of vermont today after a fraternity questionnaire was made public. last question stated if you could rape someone, who would it be? the significant if a -- sigma pfiepsilon chapter has been suspended. >> the justice department is giving a sheriff 60 days to change the way he does business

or they say they'll sue him for discrimination. the sheriff says the government's move could also mean the release of illegal immigrants who previously have been arrested for other crimes. >> the much anticipated blackberry 10 is being delayed until late next year. that new phone was scheduled to be out before march but chips for the phone won't be ready in time. research in motion executives say they want to wait to make sure the phone's performance and battery life meet expectations, but that also means no competition for the new android and other smart phones expected to be out early next year. >> coming up tonight, an unusual object falling from the sky in arlington. >> that's right, jim. a woman in this 500 foot tall tower. tonight you'll hear from a man who watched her fall from the sky. >> a couple of crooks planned the perfect getaway not knowing

one of them butt dialed 911. >> debris is washing up on the shore of the pacific southwest. a lot of

the perfect getaway not knowi . some potentially dangerous debris from japan has been washing up on the shores of washington state and british columbia in canada. cans of air freshener, water bottles, a large black drum likely ended up on this side of the world following the tsunami in japan back in march.

scientists warn that some of the debris could be contaminated with radiation from the nuclear plant that sustained catastrophic damage in that tsunami. >> when something fell from the sky in arlington last night, people on the ground new something was wrong. turns out it was a dangerous stunt. new at 11:00, we're hearing from an eyewitness. shomari stone joins us live. >> reporter: well, doreen, the police say they've never seen anything like this before. that eyewitness watched the woman jump from the tower. >> i saw this big, black, shadowy thing coming out of the sky. >> reporter: david goodman can't believe the woman jumped from the 500 foot weta tower. police say around 10:30 wednesday night a group of five people scaled the to youer to base jump, a thrill seeking sport. the first jumper was a

48-year-old woman from connecticut. her parachute got stuck in a tree. then she unclipped it and fell to the ground suffering serious injuries. >> every single one of them has been charged with trespassing because they climbed the tower without permission of weta. >> base jumping has become an increasingly popular sport with people taping their leaps and putting them on youtube. >> that has to be a pretty stupid stunt, no matter what age you are. what with all the trees around here. >> i was thinking, wow, i've never seen certainly like this in my neighborhood before and probably not likely to see it any time soon either. >> that woman is still in the hospital. you heard that woman say it was a pretty foolish stunt. one of the reasons is that she could have landed on these power lines right here and killed herself. she's still in the hospital and her friends tell us she has no comment about what happened. i'm sure once he get out she'll

have quite a story to tell her family and friends. live in arlington, i'm shomari stone. back to you. >> two shoplifters are in jail tonight. they called the cops on themselves. a guy stole some dvds and computer games from a target in madison, wisconsin on tuesday. during their getaway, they kept bragging out loud about all their loot. but authorities were listening in because one of the guys had butt dialed 911. when the thieves tried to sell the stolen goods at an exchange store, cops were there waiting and busted them. >> i hate when that happens! >> that's right. >> and who hasn't had that happen toll-t them at least onc. >> maybe not 911 but somebody yes or no list. unbelievably warm out there. >> when we get this warm, we're go b to see some changes. you do not get this warm in the month of december without changes right around the corner

and those changes will be coming during the day tomorrow and into the weekend. don't expect this warm weather to last. winter will make a comeback by saturday. out there right now it is still remarkably warm. that cold front still well back to our west. high temperature today got up to 63 degrees. the average high is 47. so we were 20 degrees above average in some locations. 16 there at the airport. last year our high, 34. wind gust of 30 miles an hour and our wind chill was in the 20s all day long. a little bit of a difference between last year and this year. december last year extremely cold. december so far this year very, very warm. and on the mild side. 62 degrees the current temperature. at 11:00 at night on december 15th. just amazing. wind out of the south, southwest at 14 miles per hour. current temperatures still on the warm side. almost like an october afternoon out there right now. but the cold air, it's back to

the west. behind this frontal boundary, you can still see some shower activity around the front. we're not going to see any around our area. if we do, it will just be a sprinkle or two. you can see what i'm talking about. here's the frontal boundary. these are the interesting systems i was talking about. one down to the south. this has a lot of moisture and it's going to make its way our way. there's another system in canada. that's the one that's going to bring in colder air. here's our frontal boundary, nice warm air out ahead of it. behind it, here comes the cooldown for tomorrow. we'll start off with at least some sunshine buff then t then increasing cloud during the afternoon. we could see some snow, maybe mixed precipitation. southern maryland, i think you have the best chance to see rain from this and it would be rain here. but bu back to the mountains,

maybe a little bit in the way of snow there. the big deal will be the colder temperature on saturday. saturday afternoon partly cloudy, a very chilly afternoon. watch what happens sunday. look at this snow coming out of the north. this is is an arctic front, really the first one of the season that we're going to see. it going to bring a very brief shot of the moisture, a slight chance for snow shower activity late saturday night in early sunday morning. you may walk up to some snow on your car. big are deal is the cold behind it. sunday is going to be chilly. tomorrow afternoon we're going o see numbers well below where they were today by about 20 degrees. cloud will be thickening. we'll see possible showers. best chance will be in the south and it will be late in the afternoon tomorrow. then we see the cooler air settle in. on sunday an a.m. flurry chance but that will be most likely

before dawn but sunday is going to be a cold day. but look at the rebound on monday, right back to 54 degrees so we can't have the cold air very long. a lot of people are saying, hey, that's fine with me. temperatures on tuesday and wednesday ahead of another front into the 50s once again. >> it's supposed to be cold this time of year. christmas decorations and all that. >> it felt good out there. it felt good. >> thanks, doug. >> sports next. caps looking to get well out west. stay tuned. >> hello, my name is colonel rich root. i'm serving in kabul, afghanistan. [ female announcer ] at verizonfios.com,

you can choose your channel package. ♪ you can choose your own internet speeds. ♪ you can even choose to chat with a live person. ♪ now you can choose to save $35 a month for fios tv, internet and phone for just $79.99 a month, plus get a $300 verizon visa prepaid card with a 2 year agreement. but hurry, offer ends soon only at verizonfios.com. contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v.

so they're playing in winnipeg, what do you call them gu guys? >> the jets. >> how'd they do is. >> i'm the bearer of good news. caps up in winnipeg tonight just informed that 1,500 miles away michael got the start in goal for the caps and didn't allow a goal the entire game. and alex ovechkin did what he gets paid to do. he scored a goal in a crucial situation just what the doctor ordered for the capitals. let's go north of the border. micha michael neuvirth. he had 26 saves in the game. the odd man rush.

shot blocked by dennis wideman. wideman makes a great save here, really helping neuvy out. markus johansson leaves it for alex ovechkin. he rips and t and he scores. his tenth goal of the season. ovie, that little wrister goes in. neuvy gets his fifth career shutout. it was the ovie and neuvy show. one of the best all around games the team has played this season. and coach hunt are likes it a lot. >> michael kept us in the game early and gave us some confidence and we played well in the third and a few penalties, you know, in the third so both of us had a chance but we didn't -- the power play didn't come through. one play ended up in the net. >> actually, i didn't see the puck. when i see the red light i said, gees, it's in. it was an important goal for the

team and i'm happy i scored it. >> still no word from nick young, the wizards' leading scorer from last season, a restricted free agent and waiting for the phone to ring. other teams haven't been calling like expected so he could end up in washington on a one-year deal. >> not so bad. i'd like to see nick young come back. not everybody up here would. >> i'm not so sure. >> but i think he's a player. >> i think he can score a lot of points and he could probably help the wizards. >> the wizards did have media day day. the wizards are a very young team. in reality the leader of this team is second year man john wall. according to head coach flip saunders, wall has vastly improved from his rookie season, which was pretty good by the way. >> as i said last night kind of

kiddingly, there are certain players when you step in the gym and they smell the popcorn that they play at another level, popcorn-type players. i'm anxious to see when they step into the gym, what's game goes to the next level. >> i'm willing to die for this. whatever we do, we got to change this whole atmosphere from losing to winning. >> the wizards open up the preseason against the sixers on friday night. all right. down a level. gw trying to even the record at .500. george washington doing it up tonight. gw goes on a run to take the lead. aaron wear getting the layup to go in traffic. he led the colonials with 13. final minute of the game now tied at 64. walt lemon for bradley pulling the spring from deep and he buries it. he led all scorers with 22. final seconds, gw has one last chance to win, tony taylor

taking the shot but it's blocked by lemon. bradley holds on to beat gw 67-66. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever.

and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to innovate... putting momentum behind our economy. and we can reduce the deficit... with more than thirty billion dollars paid by america's wireless companies. it's simple -- more spectrum means more freedom. for everyone.

you can choose your channel package. ♪ you can choose your own internet speeds. ♪ you can even choose to chat with a live person. ♪ now you can choose to save $35 a month for fios tv, internet and phone for just $79.99 a month, plus get a $300 verizon visa prepaid card with a 2 year agreement. but hurry, offer ends soon only at verizonfios.com. contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. [ male announcer ] it's easy to see what subaru owners care about.

♪ that's why we created the share the love event. get a great deal on a new subaru and 250 dollars goes to your choice of five charities. ♪ with your help, we can reach 20 million dollars by the end of this, our fourth year. [ female announcer ] get 0 percent apr financing on select models for thirty-six months and we'll donate two-hundred and fifty dollars to your choice of five charities. now through january 3rd. the first family has a new photograph for the holiday season. it was taken in the oval office after the obamas came back from church last sunday. that's malia who is now 13

sitting between her mom and dad and 10-year-old sasha on her daddy's lap. this is remarkable, isn't it? look at how those girls have grown since that first official portrait back in 2009. >> students preparing for exams at the university of maryland got a needed break from all the stress today with a visit from some puppies. rescue agency of forever home brought the puppies to campus for today's puppy pluzia. many of the students said it worked. not on are they not thinking about finals for a few minutes but

from "we bought a zoo," 13-year-old actress