thanks for joining us. veterans day ceremonies are taking place all over the country today and especially here in washington.

kristin fisher spent the morning at the world war ii memorial ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: about 800 world war ii veterans from -- about 100 world war ii veterans from across the country spent this morning at their memorial in washington ♪ [ music ] this ceremony, of course, honored all veteranning but this year there was a special focus on honoring the women of world war ii. and for that reason the keynote speaker was none other than general anne dunnwoody. the first female four star general in the united states. >> today, on this special day, we are here to remind ourselves that half of the greatest generation were women. and more than 350,000 of them served in uniform during the second world war. >> she's a very lovely lady.

>> reporter: retired agent is mueller served in the women's auxiliary corps in 1942. she was invited to present a wreath at the freedom wall of stars. >> i'm very honored they wanted me to come and i thoroughly enjoyed it. it was very impressive because it is very nice ♪ [ music ] [ playing "taps "] >> reporter: in washington, kristin fisher, 9 news now. construction on a mel yam dedicated to -- memorial dedicated to disabled service members is underway. yesterday, hundreds of veterans and guests gathered on the southwest side of the capitol for the ground breaking ceremony. the 2 pitch 5-acre site is dedicated to the millions of living veterans were disabled by their service. organizers want to formally dedicate the memorial on veteran's day in 2012. the website ancestry.com is

posting 115,000 u.s. military academy applications on-line. it includes some famous west point names like george custer. and william tecum is a sherman. you can view them on-line through sunday. the united states is being accused of upsetting the trade balance. deliberately weakening the dollar. charlie d'agata has more. >> reporter: fingerpointing is threatening to derail the g-20 summit in seoul. leaders of the world's wealthy economies are sparring over ways to rebuild the global economy. >> we need to ensure balance and sustainable growth. >> reporter: president obama was forced to defend the federal reserve's plan to pump hundred billion dollars in though u.s. economy. critic accuse the u.s. of deliberately devaluing the dollar to boost trade.

president obama shook hands with south korea's president but couldn't strike a trade deal. the sticking point, access to south korea's lucrative auto market. >> we don't want months to pass before we get this done. we want this to be done in a matter of weeks. >> reporter: thousands of protesters rallied in the streets, claiming world's powers aren't taking responsibility for the financial crisis. police arrested a woman who threatened to set herself on fire. it's not peaceful inside the summit either. so far, g-20 leaders condition agree on the agenda, much less a draft statement on the way forward in the financial crisis. they have one more day to figure it out. charlie d'agata, cbs news. federal workers have the day off and many are talking about comments by house minority leader john boehner. the ohio republican is talking about a pay freeze for federal

workers. >> we say there out to be a freeze on the hiring of new federal employees and frankly we ought to freeze the pay. it's gotten to a point where the average federal worker makes twice as much as the average private sector worker. >> our partners at "usa today" report more federal workers are making $150,000 a year. we got reaction from some federal workers. >> you are working for america. so i don't see what the problem is? >> i serve the american public, so i work hard for what i get. my counterparts in the private industry make more than i do. >> reporter: what do you think? are federal workers being unfairly targeted? or should they tighten their belts like a lot of private companies? leave your comments on our facebook page. facebook.com/wusa9. a silver spring man has been charged with trying to kill another driver after a

road rage incident. u.s. park police say the 47- year-old andrew dunn opened fire on a driver after a near collision along powder mill road near the baltimore- washington parkway on sunday. fortunately the victim was not injured, but he told police exactly what happened and he described the suspect and police arrested dunn on tuesday. an off-duty prince georges county police officer exchanged gun fire with a would be robber early this morning. a department spokesperson says the plain clothes officer was getting out of his car in the 8500 block of greenbelt road. a man approached him in the apartment complex parking lot and demanded his wallet. at some point, the suspect fired and then fled when the officer returned fire. the officer has a bullet hole in his jacket, but he was not injured. defense attorneys and in she chandra levy murder trial could complete their case as early as monday. prosecutors dropped think

attempted sexual assault charge against ingmar guandique kidnapping and murder charges, however, still stand. levy was the washington intern found murdered in rock creek park back in 2002. yesterday, prosecutors revealed that dna belonging to former representative gary condit, was found in levy's underwear. it is believed that the two were romantically linked. condit never admitted anything. amazon has pulled a book that is caused a storm of controversy. the title is "the pedophile's guide to love and pleasure, a child lover's code of conduct." 2,000 amazon users complained about the book by phillip grieves. amazon said it does not support hatred or criminal acts but supports an individual's right to make their own purchasing decisions. metro is confirming some

details of a horrifying story about a mother, who got separated from her baby on the green line. the "washington post" reports that the train took off with the baby in the stroller leaving the woman frantic on the platform. the baby was turned over to authorities at the fort totten station and eventually reunited with the mother. metro says there are indications that the woman was trying to force the stroller on to a crowded car. 9 news now spoke with the metro transit board chairman, peter benjamin about the safety of the system's escalators. six people were injured on october 80th while riding an escalator -- on october 30th while riding an escalator at l'enfant station. benjamin says they must strip the escalators down and rebuild each by hand because they are so old and out of production. >> we don't want any passenger ever to be injured, and safety is a key thing that we all have to adopt as our number one

priority, and i think we did do that. >> reporter: benjamin admits that metro probably should have placed the escalator brake warnings on the safety sensitive list. that would have given them a high priority. owners of the college park restaurant that has been a problem for police decided to take action before county officials did. we'll explain when we come back. the nightmare is ending for passengers on board the disabled cruiseship splendor. i'm sandra hughs and i will have that story coming up. a health alert, attention deficit disorder impacts millions. >> i was tested for learning disability. >> for some the real problem isn't paying attention. it's their eyesight. >> the two eyes don't properly align. >> tonight at 11:00.

workers began to clean up the damage from the conservative party headquarters. students smashed signs after a demonstration over rising tuition costs. police arrested 32 people. 14 were injured including seven officers. the stranded cruiseship off of the coast of california will be back in port in a few hours. a fire on board carnival's splendor took away power to the massive cruise liner. right now, tug boats are pulling the ship back to san diego sandra hughs reports that passengers cannot wait to get back on land. >> the nightmare carnival cruise is over. the team of tug boats gently guided the ship in to san diego's port this morning tugs

have been slowly towing the ship from the waters off of mexico where it broke down on monday. for four days the almost 8500 passengers and crew have been without air conditioning, hot food and just about everything that runs on electricity. passengers are telling horror stories about bathroom facilities that didn't work for the first two days. >> people getting upset and frustrated by the toilet situation. couldn't flush and quite a big smell issue on the ship. >> reporter: there were two hour lines for food like spam and poptarts but despite the challenges, passengers say they pulled together. >> by and large, people have been really nice to one another and there's almost a camaraderie among the passengers because we are all going there the same ordeal. >> with no working elevators, carnival says getting all the passengers off the splendor could take hours. they promise to be ready with hotel an flight reservations for the passengers. >> we're going to be providing a variety of assistance once

they disembark the ship here in san diego. >> reporter: splendor was scheduled to tuesday the mexican riveria for seven days. carnival has apologized and promised to refund and give a free cruise. coming up next, howard and his forecast. >> i'm thinking back to 1987. remember what happened on that day with the big snow? today is spectacular. i'm looking forward to the weekend and i have more good news. i will give it to you when 9 news now returns.

it is back to the drawing board for virginia governor bob mcdonnell and his plan to privatize the commonwealth's liquor control system. the "washington post" reports the governor had hired a financial management company to come up with a new plan to privatize the state's 32 stores. it's believed that privatization would bring in about $458 million. however, some lawmakers say the plan could cost the state $47 million in annual revenue. the thirsty turtle now is without a liquor license.

the troubled college bar surrendered its license last night. the move came moments before the hearing with the prince georges county liquor control board. the bar has been a problem spot for police lately after four people were stabbed last month. according to police, bartenders also served alcohol to minors. a reminder for you that food drive 9 is underway. it's an easy way for you to help people this thanksgiving season. some of you received plastic bags in the mail, and we need you to fill those bags up with nonperishable food items. boy scouts will pick up the bags on saturday, or you can take your donations to a safeway store. all of the donations go to the capital area food bank. and it's a wonderful organization. >> yeah. everybody is doing a great job with that. we have been doing this for year and we hope you will help us help them. >> please, please, open your heart. what a beautiful day today. >> what a contrast to what was

going on this day in 1987. remember that day. >> no. what happened. >> the famous veteran's day snowstorm. >> oh, my goodness. >> it is interesting. look at these cars moving. kids didn't get home at school until 9:00 because it snowed so heavily. parts of prince georges county had 15 inches. north and west of town didn't get that much but west had 11 1/2 inches of snow and that said we didn't have a lightning detection network or the doppler radar. so this was a system unforecast early and caught us by surprise. what a great day 23 years later. for this veteran's day, a big thank you to our veterans past and present we very much appreciate what you do for us. day planner in washington, this afternoon, 3:00 temperature, sunny and 61 degrees. the wind direction is north at 8. through this evening,

staying clear, 56 at 6:00. and at midnight 46 and with light winds, that's national airport we will be in the 30s by midnight and a few areas in the 20s. satellite and radar. it is all quiet. what do you see, nothing? sunshine here. there's some clouds that are hugging the coastal areas. so over to ocean city and rehoboth, it's a little cool and cloudy but the rest of us gorgeous. you see the temperatures in the low 50s in georgetown, delaware, salisbury 55. culpeper is already 61. we are enjoying a lot of sunshine. locally fairfax, springfield, 61. college park 59. columbia and gaithersburg 57. a little cooler at andrews air force base. they are at 54 and at ft. belvoir enjoying 58 degrees. one of the keys today opposed to earlier in the week is the wins. they are very light. 57 at national. northeast wind at 7. a lot of areas have winds almost dead calm right now. dew points 29.

relative to that 57, the humidity is dry, 34% and a good thing it is not windy, we may have a fire danger. show you national temperatures. this sort of tells the story between spring-like weather in the south an wenter in the northwestern corner of the country through the rockies. temperatures in the 30s. there's been snow in the mountains. 72 little rock and atlanta. and the warmth will head our way as we head in to the weekend. a little bit of a warmup. we have been watching the snow in the mountains. come out of denver in to wyoming and parts of de nebraska. rain showers in the middle of the country. problem is the storm is still spinning in the atlantic. three days of wet, cool weather in the northeast and new england. they are finally shaking the rain. a few clouds southeast mass but because of the big storm the atlantic things have been been moving in much. high pressure is moving in and this high is blocked by this storm and this high is blocking the next storm. like a traffic jam in thes a

atmosphere. eventually things will get moving. as we go through this afternoon and tonight, through friday, nothing is coming our way except sunshine. we have clear, cold nights and nice, warm, well, cool, comfortably cool sunny day. here we go. 62 on this veteran's day afternoon. it will be cool. tomorrow, 64 after a chilly start. we have lows in rom cases upper 20s. should be in the upper 30s to low 40sin town and by the bay. everybody else in the 30s. pleasant and 64 today. 68 tomorrow. 68 on saturday. sunday a few more clouds and 66. and then looks okay for the redskins game on monday night but tuesday some rain and only 53. we are going to the kitchen. stick around. 9 news now will return in just a

switching to progressive could mean hundreds more in your wallet year after year. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. i'm excited about introducing you to our guest today. he's a chef. he's an owner of the black restaurant group, but what he's doing is so special.

he's trying to raise $200,000 to fight childhood buy diabetes by putting a new state of the art kitchen in the national children's -- children's national medical center and having a wonderful fund-raiser at one of his restaurants often sunday. it is on rockville pike. so we hope that you will go by and support this wonderful cause. it is so nice of you to do that. >> it will be great. my son is diabetic so we are trying to help out, do our part. >> i see. >> we have a bunch of events going off and the next is at eddies. >> sunday all day at noon. but today you will prepare some of mussels. >> we call them a.d.d. ie's mussels. only dish we serve at all four of our restaurants and that was a recipe that was taught to me by a french chef here in town. for the entire month of november, the sales of these

mussels are being donated, weirdo nateing the proceeds to the charity. >> is that so. >> if you like mussels go to the restaurant. what you are doing is sauteeing them. >> in extra virgin olive oil and get them nice and hots well coated in the oil and then to that we will add some shallots. >> okay. >> i'm really not a mussel eater but my god daughter loves mussels. i know people who almost die for them. >> yeah. i'm a big fan. >> i'm a snail person. i love escargot. yes. >> we will sweat that out a bit. once we have got that thoroughly sweating we will get

our goodies down in there. we will put a little bit of this t. add the re as we go along. >> one minute. >> this is fume. >> what is that, it is a fish stock. >> just put that in. and again we want everyone to know, please try to come to the restaurant on sunday 12 noon and you can get the mussels at any black restaurant but the proceeds are important because they are going to go to the children's national medical center. jeff black is trying to raise over $200,000 for a new state of the art kitchen at the center and we congratulate you and we want 0 to support you and the recipe we will put on the website is wusa9.com. and jeff is going to continue with this and he's going to

make me a mussel eater today. >> okay. >> that's a finished one. >> oh. >> we will put it over here. >> all right. >> i have some forks. you want me to try. all right. i told you. i don't know. >> a little bit of that broth. >> uh-oh. >> oh. mmm. i like. >> good. >> see you at five. at.