lamp. >> reporter: the 1,000 foot vessel was inched into deck? it left a bad taste in my arm. >> reporter: to make up for the trip, carnival is offering passengers a full refund. >> this is our first time. can't get worse than this. >> reporter: they call this trip memorable. dozens of buses lined up to whisk passengers away. family members picking up loved ones had special t shares. the ordeal inspired donna hobbs to write a song.

she's got a verse for each day the carnival smen door spent in darkness. the splendor will get moved to a nearby shipping yard for repairs. the ntsb to investigate what caused the fire. some scary moments for metro riders with a mother left on the platform. this happened yesterday morning at the west hyattsville. >> reporter: exactly. pretty frightening, right? many are wondering how this could have happened, why the mother let go, or who attempted to push the stroller in the

first place, or why the train operator didn't look back to check to see it safely before closing the doors. whatever the case, the baby was left in the stroller to ride by itself for several minutes on the train. >> we were trying to figure out what to do. during the time, the train operator never came back to us with any instruction or information whatsoever. >> barbara on her way to work just before eight yesterday morning when a surprise rider came on board. >> the door slammed in front of her, leaving the mother on the platform and the baby on the train. we were left with a little infant baby in a stroller. >> reporter: not only were the good samaritans left in a panic, there was also a mother on the platform trying to get to her baby. while on the train, several people huddled around the

stroller to protect the baby. the trip took two and a half, three minutes. the baby was left alone for that amount of time, plus the amount of time it took mom to take the next train over and be reunited with her baby. metro wants to remind people when you see the flashing lights and the announcement the doors would be closing, to use your best judgment. >> i wouldn't have done it. >> because this baby was saved, it had a happy ending. what's to say what would happen the next time? >> reporter: metro personnel waited for the mom to arrive. the good thing is that the baby, we're told fell asleep. she went to sleep the whole time it was happening, while everyone else panicked.

police trying to find these two men. witnesses say they did it inconspicuously. they were holding the cam at their side. police say they don't have specific concerns, but want to talk to them. more on the story coming up at six. a silver spring man under arrest charged with what police are calling a case of road rage. this went down sunday afternoon around powder mill road near the parkway at green belt. police say andrew dunn and another driver exchanged words after a second driver was run off the road. the search underway for a would be robber.

police say a gunman approached the off-duty cop in the 8500 block of green belt road this morning and demanded money. the cop refused and shots were exchanged. the officer escaped injury. his jacket tore by the gunman's bullet. >> unclear whether the suspect knew the officer or not. the officer was not in uniform. he came from working a desk assignment. he was not identifiable as an officer. likely the suspect didn't know he was a police officer. >> reporter: authorities are checking hospitals for reports of people coming in with a gunshot wound, but so far no luck. five greek houses are under investigation, four of them for hazing allegations.

a suspect in college park is no longer accused of murder. . prosecutors said they dropped the charge against leonardo ramos because new evidence shows he was acting in self-defense. he was accused of cutting three students and another man outside the thirsty turtle. he faces assault charges. owners of the store surrender their liquor license. meanwhile a signature issue while the maryland governor's -- tuition at state universities is likely to continue bumping upwards at about the rate of inflation. that's what the governor told scott broom. >> frozen college tuition for

four years in a row. commercials like this one has tuition on the radar of students at the university of maryland. >> way too high, putting college out of reach for most people. >> reporter: before the election, tuition began raising again in maryland after a four- year freeze. >> i know my dad was unhappy about it. >> in april the board of regents approved a hike. fees rose from $8,053 to 8,416. >> it is a far cry from the increase in california or the 17% increase in south carolina. >> reporter: o'malley denied any suggestion there was a bait and switch in his campaign. the april hike was public and widely reported. the point, he says is that america remains a bargain for

in-state students. >> if we do that, we will continue to make our state a state that's -- where college is becoming more affordable compared to other states. >> reporter: all the talk about tuition in maryland comes as virginia is poised as virginia raises its tuition 10%. they approved a more than 9% rise at virginia tech, which makes maryland seem like a bargain. at the university of maryland, scott broom, 9 news now. the university board of regents will take up the issue again. today veterans day, celebrated every november 11th to celebrate the anniversary of the end of world war i. vice president biden honored the nation's vets by laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery.

president obama is in south korea on a 10-day trip to asia. veterans were also saluted at the world war ii memorial in washington. a hundred vets from the battles gathered there this morning. there was a special focus today on the women who served during the second world war. the keynote speaker was general ann dunwoody, the first female four star general in the u.s. >> today on this special day, we're 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. >> reporter: retired sergeant major grace mueller of the women's army auxiliary corps was there to present a wreath at the wall of stars. joining forces to raise

money for the holiday -- a way to say thank you to service members. >> reporter: air force staff sergeant nicky cob prepares the sergeant. >> reporter: tonight she got help from two-year-old olivia. >> in the kitchen at all times is a paper her son jeremy wrote for school. he talked about when extended family was far away and money was tight. >> wrote that we don't celebrate thanksgiving. we sat around and watched movies and ate chicken. >> words that pained nicky. >> reminds myself that my son finds the holidays important and family is important to them. we don't have family in the

area, so we don't celebrate thanksgiving. >> reporter: then they learned about the holiday basket program. >> helping to create memories like the one she has from her childhood in iowa. >> making pies from scratch. she would be making the dough and have all different types of pies, lemon mer range, pumpkin, french silk. >> reporter: thanks to donations like you, she and others will cherish holiday memories again this year both for themselves and for their children. >> thank you to uso.

>> reporter: now if you want to help out staff sergeant cob or other service members in our town, we have a live phone bank. call in, make a donation -- the number is 202-432-9045, and our lines will be open until 7:30 tonight, or perhaps you like to make your donation online. do that as well by logging on to our web site wusa9.com. the phones ringing, and that makes us feel good. we're trying to raise enough money to help out the families. we appreciate every call and donation. okay? >> no, more warnings. starting tomorrow if you get caught by red light cameras, you'll get a fine.

inincludes connecticut avenue and third avenue at new york avenue. a ticket if you get caught. still ahead tonight a database of the head at arlington national cemetery. coming up at 5:30, how one teenager did what millions of dollars could not. >> i'm meteorologist tom pre- shet. let me show you temperatures. 54 frederick, 57 leesburg. colder tonight. talking about that, and take you back in a time machine. a different story 23 years ago.

he said america's commitment to south korea would not waiver. >> he is in south korea for the g-20 summit. the fifth such meeting since the global financial crisis. many aren't banking on success. the u.s. being accused of upsetting the trade plans by deliberately hurting the dollar. >> reporter: many wealthy economies sparring over ways to rebuild the global economy. >> we need to ensure balance and sustainable growth.

>> reporter: president obama -- critics accused 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 the lucrative auto market. >> we about it to be done in a matter of weeks. thousands of protesters rallied in the street claiming world powers aren't taking responsibility for the world crisis. police arrested a woman who threatened to. >> reporter: so far g-20 leaders can't agree on an agenda. they have one more day to figure it out. charlie d'agata. michelle obama wrapped up

her part of the international tour in germany. she served food to some at runsstein air force base. benjamin net tanya huh said he is serious about reaching a piece deal with the palestinians. he met with hillary clinton today in new york. it's their first face-to-face meeting since december. 46% of people have a favorable view of the democrats, 46 have a negative. as for republicans, 40% have a favorable view, 48% have an unfavorable view. a majority of those potted --

here's a look at campaign spines in our neighborhoods. on route 450. each jurisdictions has it own laws. officials say enforcement is a problem, since it's hard to prove who put them up. police people are intoushlthd, by the way, to remove them themselves or call the public works department if they need help. today would have been a nice to hang out, whatever. >> my wife does that. >> good for her. >> beautiful today, 64 degrees, take you back in time to the earliest snowfall on record for the metro area. >> nobody wants to go back. >> twenty five years today.

>> 11.5 inches at nashville, and some of the eastern suburbs, where they had snow, they had 13, 14 inches of snow. >> i know. that's what it can be in november. it will be an october pattern, at least for the time being. here's the forecast first. for the next three days, looks like this, low 60s, a great night for high school football, talking playoff weather, upper 60s, 70 degrees. >> the air mass is dry.

64 in college park. for tonight clear skies, a little bit colder tonight. lows 32 to 42, winds northeast at 5 to 10. so there will be some areas flirting with the freezing mark. 33 gaithersburg, buoy and out to the west, close in fairfax, 33, 32 out in leesburg. friday morning, sunny with a cold start, but a beautiful morning. by afternoon, sunny. highs between 60 and 65 and winds out of the northeast at 10. we have a storm coming our way on monday. appears rainy and showering by the red skin game by night fall. temperatures cooler on monday, upper 50s. a nor'easter goes up the coast,

low 50s, showers on wednesday, then 59, cooler on thursday with sunshine and speaking of thursday -- look at this, out hunting. did the columbia furnace. big -- look at that, weird. out of nowhere. >> go to our web site and click on "weather." follow the drop-down menu. inclined your name and town. the red cross sets up shop in d.c. to bring cheer to our troops for the holidays. we want to remind you we are taking donations for the uso holiday food basket

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bank going. seems like more than last year. >> the demand increased. last year we supported -- >> our phone bank is offering matching donations this year. >> they are. quest software agreed to match the first $15,000? pledges. >> they'll give another 15,000. >> it's a thanksgiving dinner. we have a turkey and the fixes for the family of six to have a turkey dinner. a tangible way for people to show their supports. >> if you want to help, call the phone bank at 202-432-9045.

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in inn easy to use web site for anyone to see. this is the home age. >> reporter: . . >> one father had to go and identify his son who had been dead for a few years by a tattoo on his arm. >> reporter: he comes from military family. his brothers in tear force. >> . >> used the index cards predictably. >> reporter: told his mom he wanted to build a web site to honor those who died in the war

on terror. he and mom spent every weekend over the summer at arlington taking pictures of the front and back of the grave sites and forming a database. he turned it into an easy to use web site. >> this way they're remembered. >> reporter: the web site only includes the 750 graves of the service men and women who died since 9111. he is opening to the idea of opening all of the graves, but -- ricky says the site is not for sale and will not sell on it either. he says he does not want to profit off of other people's tragedy. peggy fox, 9 news now. his mom said they found a few errors in the cemetery resident's crypt section and corrected them on the web site.

we will have a link on our web site. if you live in virginia and want to keep the white pages coming, you have until november to weigh in on the plan to continue distributing the phone books. telephone companies argue these days most of us use the internet to find phone numbers. amazon books pulled the plug on a controversial book for ped files. the author argues that ped files are misunderstood and offers advice on how to make a sexual encounter with a child as safe as possible. after it became acknowledged, the book started a firestorm of controversy. >> it seems to normalize the lifestyle. >> it is sexual crimes against children, and amazon should do

the right thing. >> all the reviews condemn the online bookseller. the company bowed to pressure and pulled the book from its web site this morning. the big moment that the eager harry potter fans have been waiting for. after camping out for two days, fans seeing the premier of harry potter and the deathly hallows part 1. many have been living in a line in london since tuesday. >> coming up at six. >> anger and fear this veterans day at the national museum of the ma routine corps. the story coming up. >> we are always on wusa 9 where today you can brighten up the holidays for our local military families by doteiating

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wow. flames shooting up to 50 feet and through the air this morning in lehigh acres florida. witnesses say a backhoe hit a pipeline, causing this. a mess on the roads. not good for the guy in the backhoe taken to a tampa hospital. police had to shut down roads over the area. this is before dawn, a roof collapsed on the dunkin doughnuts. investigators are focusing on the heating system as a possible cause. residents fighting an unusual nuisance, wild turkeys. >> it seems like these bad boys

are everywhere in a certain neighborhood. they seem to have no fear of anything. in addition making a mess of traffic, they're making a mess. if you know what i'm talking about they're not the neatest creatures. >> they crap and make a mess all over the car. >> they're not bad but they make a mess all over. i'm not going there. >> a person said somebody dropped off a couple of you are the kits a couple of days ago. there they are. >> let's see how the roads are looking in our area. >> there are no turkeys on the roadway now. cars, up from around connecticut avenue to georgia avenue. volumes lighter than normal. in virginia brake lites heading

to gallows road. lights going out to 153. route 56 and centerville has the two westbound lanes closed. finding extra delays. good news on southbound 395, no problem there. moderate to heavy, from the beltway to beyond. back to you. not a fan of taking medication? we'll tell you about a new treatment for high blood pressure that doesn't require you to take any. brett. >> we say good-bye to baseball season with the minor league meltdown of the year. it's a goody. . you'll see it in 9 minutes lesley. wal-mart ups the ante in

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ma-jigs. these are on everybody's list. and safeway is selling them for 12.99. >> am i the only person who think they look like mini al jolesons? ? >> drugstore.com is offering sales on their site, including 20 to 25% off certain makeup products and beauty products. if you need help, costko is offering a garvin gps. get a blackberry for a buck, but you have to pay the two-year activation fee, and when they are gone, they are gone. you can find the deals on our ready set shop banner on our web site, wusa9.com.

the world's largest retailer shaking up the landscape. wal-mart is offering free shipping with no minimum requirement on more than 60 items. this is raising the stakes before the traditional shopping rush. that kind of break a welcome news for many who fill their list without going into brick and mortar stores. shoppers spent about $27 billion for the convenience of purchasing gifts online last holiday season. if your site doesn't offer free shipping, be careful, because the extra fees can be costly. >> reporter: when marry ann coughlin went online to send her grandson a $45 gift, the cost to send it came as a shock. >> the shipping cost was almost $16, plus five something for task, and i was astounded. >> reporter: there are ways to avoid the sky high shipping fees. >> there are sites that offer

free or low-cost shipping. check for those before you start shopping. some like zappos.com offer free shipping both says even if you decide to return an item. >> another site is freeshipping.org. just type in the name of a store, and you can see whether there are coupon codes that you can use on a store's web site. some shipping fees listed at separate p and h are tacked on to each separate item, including the bonus drill. they sent the bill up to $56, more than double the cost of the original product. shop early, read the fine print, and avoid sending your gifts at the last minute to avoid shipping shock. >> if you think you've been charged fees that are too high

and misleading, report it to your local consumer protection office. derek, i know you are keeping up on our holiday food basket drive. >> we are. an update on the food basket drive. so far i am told, and this is up to the minute, we raised $3,760. and that will provide baskets. >> [ applause ] >> that's right. it will provide 75 families with holiday meals this coming thanksgiving. if you would like to join in and make a military family's holiday brighter this year, call now 402-432-9045. we want to get to 1,200 families, a ways to go. we are joined by the midday host. you guys at the radio station have been supportive of this. why did you decide to take up this cause? >> you probably know, as do your listeners, that country music is synonymous with

patriotism. look at how many go out and do the tours. they do the overseas. a natural paring for us to help the families this holiday season. >> great fit to be here on veterans day. we appreciate your time and phone calls. a ways to go. we have 75 om ysk. the number to call 402-432- 9045. 432-9045 or donate online. use your phone or iphone, whatever you want to do. make a donation for a good cause. back to you. we love this. >> nice. >> call us up. don't worry about disturbing us. >> the next three days spectacular. looking at temperatures temperatures in the 60s, near

70 on sunday. more like october. clear skies and colder, temperatures in the low 30s in the bushes and low 40s downtown. some areas around freezing. tomorrow morning, sunny with a cold start, 30s and 40s, winds out of the north at 10. sunny and beautiful. high temperatures 60 to 65 and winds northeasterly at 10. 53 tomorrow, upper 60s. looks like some rain or showers by monday, hosting the eagles at fedex. a cold rain on tuesday. maybe a leftover shower on wednesday and cold next week with highs in the 50s. >> hope they get a good laugh. >> was that gratuitous?

our weekly look at the not -- the good, the bad, the ugly for november 11th. start with the good. the best tribute, the l.a. kings and to honor ryan smith for playing his 1000th career game. because he had been a proud wearer of the mullett, the rest of the team joined in. everybody has the mullett. not just the nfl guys who goof on the rook kits. these are the clippers forced to wear tuxedos to the game. >> where did they get my tuxedo from? >> did you wear that to the prom? >> where did they get it? >> and they wore the glasses, too. >> our salute to baseball season. not only does he bury home plate, he runs it over, takes it, leaves with it and not before he autographs and gives

it to the guy in a crowd. a rollerblade sport in peru. the guy in the black has the race. he slows down to celebrate the finish, and the other guy beats him. the anaheim ducks' goalie jonas hill argued gets the love tap. he the funny part it's his own teammate who hits him with the stick. >> these are the norway guys who brought up the flopping fish. they're going for the toilet celebration. they converge, three guys lift

the toilet does his business. if you eat too much floppy fish, you wind up on the toilet. go to the ugly. the folks in where civil put the stairwell past the end line at the soccer stadium. he didn't get his. could have been a ruffinish. fine untilly, most unadulterated bias. the announcers calling this pass in texas. that's a backward pass and a touchdown. the refs get the call wrong. they say it was an incomplete pass, and look at this reaction. >> an incomplete pass. >> absolutely not. >> i never heard that

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compliance. >> reporter: dorian showing signs for improvement. >> the opportunity for the procedure to come along my way, i was overwhelmed. >> reporter: it means he'll have more time to watch his family grow. anita brick -- >> researchers are not currently recruiting patients; but if you have chronic high blood pressure and want to keep tabs on the research, go to our web site. thanks for joining us for 9 news now at 5. 9 news at 6:00 starts now. new at 6, a battle with death. >> i was being torn apart from the inside out. >> a woman was being eaten alive and survives. first police are trying to find these men to find out why they were recording video on the me