down webster street here and hopped into a jeep liberty. a burgundy jeep liberty proceeding to drive his jeep liberty over this curb, you can see paint mark, then appeared to have struck the victim right there, hitting the mitsubishi galant and that toyota sienna, proceeding northbound on 14th street and now is being actively searched for by metropolitan police. they are still processing the scene. we will have more on this at 11:00. >> all right, thank you. now, moving on to this story. guilty of first-degree murder. that is the verdict for carmela dela rosa. she is, as you know, probably the virginia woman who stood trial for tossing her 2-year- old granddaughter off a bridge at tyson's corner. she has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. the jury did not buy it. after finding her guilty, they

recommended a sentence of 35 years in prison for her. a judge will issue that formal sentence in january. now to the occupied wall street movement. it is spreading around the country in a pretty big way. in los angeles, police arrested about 11 anti-wall street protesters. they entered a bank of america during the downtown march. hundreds of people were out there. protests are also being held in the streets of utah where thousands braved the cold weather to get the message out. right here in washington, d.c., thousands marched on the u.s. chamber of commerce and they promised to occupy freedom plaza until the demands are met. they want more jobs, less corporate greed, and to the end on wars and more taxes on the rich. >> reporter: yeah, they have been making a lot of noise, these protesters all day today. take a look behind me right now. we have seen a steady stream of more protesters that are joining in on the activities here at freedom plaza.

about 30 minutes ago they were talking on an open mic giving people instructions on what the rest of the night is going to be, derek. they are giving people plans on how they plan on staying here, occupying freedom plaza. and we are being told they were given a permit by u.s. parks to stay here through sunday. of course, they are not allowed to sleep here. i spoke to police officers who told us off camera that the folks who decide to spend the night here will not be allowed to sleep here, but they are, in fact, allowed to stay here to occupy the area. they have been at this all day again. as you mentioned earlier today, what they are asking for is more jobs, less corporate greed. they want to end wars and they want more taxes on the rich. as part of this, they marched up to the u.s. chambers of commerce, demanding jobs. a lot of these folks are holding resumes in hand. right now the night is falling here. a lot of folks are still pledging to occupy d.c. to occupy freedom plaza and, again, the numbers right now seem to be growing. we'll see how the rest of the night will go for these folks,

derek? >> thank you for that one. now joining us right here in the studio is one of the organizers of occupied d.c. his name is david swanson. i guess on top of mind is exactly what is it that you're looking for because you have this broad range of demands that would be amazing if they could all be met. but what do you really want? >> majority rule, right? we have majority teammates, we are disregarded by our government. taxing the rich is the overwhelming majority. the rich are not getting taxed. ending the war, we are getting out of them. move the money from the military and the war machine to where we need it. peoples needs, infrastructure, jobs, it's not that complicated. >> a lot of this stuff with all due respect sounds like the left wing demand. we want, you know, guns, no butter, kids, not profit, all this kinds of stuff. what's different about this? >> left wing when the left wing is 85% of the country. then i will call it left wing, but these are majority demand. everybody says get the money

out of politics. this is not coming from a political party, not from a politician, it's coming from people. and people, not just marching and waving flags, but people that are willing to non- violently shut down offices day after day after day until we start to get some satisfaction. >> all right, now what would be a sign that you could end your protest and go home. because you're not going to end the wars tomorrow, you won't be getting jobs tomorrow. how will it all work out? >> well, i think we could have a cease fire in afghanistan today if the president wanted to have it, then we could get out of there within a few months if we wanted to do it. we could tax the wealthy, we could tax corporations. if congress put their mind to it, it could be done in a week. these are not difficult things, but the will power is not there, the political power is not there. but if we just begin to build the people's movement and build our awareness of our size and our strength and that there are 99% of us and 1% of them, and that we can influence our government even a little bit. and will it have started

something different? >> is this really mostly about the economy that folks are angry with a lot of justification that there is no job out there? >> yeah, it is. but all the money going into jobs is going into the war machines. 65% of the discretionary spending is going into the war machine in one way or another. we are 10 years today. ten years this evening from going into the longest war in u.s. history in afghanistan with no end in sight. people are making the connection. >> now, herman cain says you guys need to go out and find jobs instead of protesting. and you'll find out to be a lot happier. >> uh-huh. thank you very much for that help. people have been struggling, fighting to fight jobs. people are out there every day searching for jobs. the jobs are not there. why aren't the jobs there? because we are given trillion dollar bailouts to bankers that have more money than how they know how to deal with -- than what they know how to deal with

it. >> how do you feel and the rage you feel with what happened to the tea party a couple years ago? >> well, there still is a tea party. they have one thing right. they are somewhat independent of the republican party. they pushed the government as a whole in the direction they want. for and there are some things we all agree with across the spectrum. no one likes him except the people that got through that move the, right? what we need from the left, the 75% of us that want peace and justice is something to push the whole government in the right direction without being under the umbrella of the democratic party. >> all right, whatnot? you have been protesting for weeks now. what now, what will make you begin to say that we have our demands met and we can sit back for a while? >> a spontaneous group called occupied d.c. has been there. we started today in freedom plaza. it's a much bigger crowd. and we are just getting started. when we start to see the culture moving in the right direction, california pulling

out of this mortgage fraud settlement that was going to let the crooks off the hook. these are signs that they are going in the right direction, grilling bernanke. it is starting to change. we are having this conversation on television about how the 1% are mistreating the rest of us. this is how it starts to change, and we'll get as far as we can. we'll talk again, david swanson, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> you just heard what david swanson has been saying on camera. we want to hear from you as well. our address is makebag@- -mailbag@wusa9.com. now what lands a 32-year- old man in the hospital, his jaw shattered. the assault happened on saturday around 3:00 a.m. in the 1700 block of connecticut avenue. daniel said he was beaten with a crowbar and then knocked to the ground. doctors had to wire his jaw

shut. >> there was a lot of people that got in the street, like fistfights going on, and i tried to walk around, and a guy jumped out and he just, he struck me with something. and you know, it kind of became a blur after that. he has hit me so hard, but he said, you know, that's the life. >> last night, he was there. >> they don't know if he will ever be 100% again. the family says that detectives never followed up on the case until just yesterday. and now police tell us that they have been investigating since saturday, but they could not explain what the victim was not contacted sooner. and d.c. police need your help to find this little 9-year- old girl. her name is calista kelly. the last time anyone has seen her was last wednesday. that she might be with her mother, cynthia kelly. her mother is not the legal guardian. if you have seen her or her mom, call the police. and just ahead, metro puts the brakes on the driver who

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in the mail bag tonight, president obama using a morning news conference to crank up the pressure on the gop to follow his lead on fixing the economy. but lee from silver springs says basically blah blah blah. i would like to know why obama is talking about jobs, bridges, roads now, he had almost four years to do all this talking. basically that's why his numbers are falling. he's not doing anything, but talk, talk, talk. well you know what, lee, surveys seem to say a lot that way. and i would like to point out he's president, not the king. he cannot do much without the republican help, hence the blah blah blah. in the meantime over to the facebook page, reactions are still coming in on the death of steve jobs. unfortunately another person

comes to pancreatic cancer. what a sad ending for such a life of brilliance and innovation. at least he did get to see his iphone 4s introduced yesterday. god bless him. finally this, he will never again grace the opening of monday night football. craig from king county, virginia trying to give old hank the benefit of the doubt. hank williams has a difficulty in expressing himself and saying that the presidency is a commitment, not a job. and that president obama should not be playing golf while unemployment, the economy, and the national debt destroys the country. well, just for the record there, craig, the president was playing golf with the house speaker in hopes of improving their relations so they could all work together on problems you mentioned. and i'll await your comments. mailbag@wusa9.com. well olga is back with your weekend forecast in just a minute or two. you'll want to stick around for that. it will be nice.

first on nine, a measure of satisfaction for the family of the mentally disabled man, taken on a four-hour ride to nowhere on metro's power transit tonight. tonight, scott broom is learning that the investigation has concluded with the suspension of the driver involved. >> reporter: the suspension of the cab driver in this case who was working as a subcontractor

to metro access comes as metro continues to try to sort out what happened. doyle is a 21-year-old man with autism that functions at a 7- year-old level using metro access to get to and from the programs that will help him. >> it ties you up to a gps tracking software. >> reporter: it alerted his family to a bizarre four-hour ride in a cab, subcontracted to metro access that went from gaithersburg, inexplicitly past his home before finally taking him home. >> the suspension does not mean that the driver did anything wrong necessarily at this point. but it does show that they are investigating this very carefully and they will take appropriate action. >> reporter: they learned that the driver picked up another metro access customer in rockville during his ride and was headed downtown for yet another customer, while rory sat in the back. they have questioned whether or

not the software dispatcher used is to blame. >> we need to know that people are being taken care of properly that they are safe, and that they are not being taked on grand tours of the city just for the convenience of metro access. >> reporter: communication is another big issue in this case, which turns out that metro access supervisors, they had no way to talk to this subcontractor cab truck driver directly and the the driver may have simply mistakingly believed he couldn't drop him off because no one was home. scott broom, 9news now. it turns out the very first apple store opened right here in our area, tyson's corner back in 2001. and well today, many of the stores became makeshift memorials. e people have left plow -- people have left flowers, notes, even apples for the co- founder. it was an apple computer that helped save her life when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. >> during the time when chemo therapy was very bad and i was in a lot of pain and when i

couldn't sleep, i had it set up beside me and i would just reach over. >> last night people were writing messages to steve jobs on the glass store front with the magic marker. they set out some post-it notes hoping people would use that instead. none quite this bizarre. the westboro baptist church is back. they sent out a message via twitter using an iphone. the reason according to one tweet and we quote, "he had a huge platform, gave god no glory and taught sin." the church has become infamous for protesting funerals. members believe god is punishing america for its tolerance of sin and specifically homosexuality. well imagine uprooting an

entire school in the middle of the school year. that's exactly what happened to two schools. after that earthquake back in august. teachers at thompson jefferson emptily have spent the last few weeks moving into 35 mobile classrooms on another school's soccer field. they have to use porta pottities for restrooms. they don't have a cafeteria. but they say that the students are at least back in school and learning. >> my shirt is a gift from actually one of the workers who brought the mobile trailers in saying shake rattle and roll. you can shake, rattle, and roll us, but you won't be bringing us down. >> they are both closed for at least the rest of this school year. the county is still waiting for final damage estimate. but the early damaged estimates are close to $60 million. closer to home, same-sex marriages in virginia, the state banned them, but now a church is taking steps towards

recognizing them. st. paul's memorial in charlottesville joined six other congregations in the diocese of virginia, approving to perform similar ceremonies, but st. paul's director says that the ceremonies are different from what we traditionally think of as a marriage, considering them, and we quote, "a recognition of mutual joy." what do you think of that, recognition of mutual joy, is it a separate, but equal deal? sound off on our facebook page or in the mail bag. the address is mailbag@wusa9.com. and you can comment in the mail bag just by going over to wusa9.com, click on features, and select my brand new page. it's called let's be real. let's talk about some weather, olga? >> well now that the sun has gone down, we're talking about some cooler temperatures already dropping off significantly. we're about 59 for bethesda. close to that 60-degree mark at college park. closer to 50 in town.

it will definitely be a chilly start tomorrow morning. here is what you need to know to get that day going for tomorrow. we'll continue our sunny stretch of days. milder temperatures tomorrow as the sun really kicks in. in fact, when the forecast calls for dry days all the way through our columbus day weekend, we'll even warm it up a notch or two before the weekend is out. here is how we are looking overnight tonight. mainly clear skies with lots of opportunities for star gazing. a chilly start in the morning with the light winds really letting us drop down into the lower 50s for most of us, but now by midday and late day tomorrow, we'll see some improvements. the early morning temperatures will definitely call for a jacket as you have gone out to the bus stop or off to work in the morning. but to midday and late day, that's when the changes will start to occur. mainly sunny skies into the afternoon. we'll get out of the 50s into the 60s by noontime. yes, most of us will be hitting highs in the low 70s by tomorrow afternoon. and now 52, that's about our average this time of the year. so enjoy the warm columbus day

weekend. i'm tracking a little bit of rain in your extended forecast. highs for tomorrow, they should make it to the near 72s in town. and you'll see the pockets here of slightly warmer air. and that is mainly where the sunshine, they will be a little more intense for some reason. we'll see about the middle 70s down off to the south and much cooler for you by the water. here is how we will be looking for tomorrow morning. very chilly start with those 40s and 50s by the noontime hours. we'll make it to close to 60 degrees in the afternoon, and many of us will be seeing about 72, maybe even 73 degrees. but you know again, after sunset tomorrow, we'll be dropping off significantly. i'm tracking a little bit of the change in the forecast. and we will not be seeing it in the next thee days. in fact, 80s for saturday and sunday. and now by monday and tuesday, you'll notice that things will start to adjust just a little bit more. cloud covers will be coming in, then with the next front, cooler temperatures back into the 70s. >> all right, we'll enjoy it while it lasts. >> absolutely. >> thank you so much, olga. we'll be right back.

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