hello, i'm j.c. hayward. thanks for being with us. it's a scene being duplicated across the country. thousands have taken to the streets. they're protesting the u.s. government policies that many believe favor the rich.

ruth is at freedom plaza with more information. bruce. reporter: yeah, j.c., the protests, the marching, the music, the speech making set to begin right at this hour back up on the stage which is behind me. but this place is starting to take on the feel here at freedom plaza of woodstock, but with a decidedly political bent or as the protestors are fond of saying, square square in cairo -- tahrir square in cairo. here's one sign, a favorite one, corporations are not the people, referring to the supreme court decision. you can see nationalized the federal reserve, stop corporate greed, imagine, act and create. and then down over here all these booths representing troops who have been killed in iraq and afghanistan, each one has a name. and over here shoes representing some of the civilians who have been killed in afghanistan and in iraq. take a look at the videotape.

the numbers here not significantly larger than a lot of the anti-war protests have been. but they say the organizers, that this is very different because people are staying here, they are staying indefinitely, they have a permit through sunday. they're planning to sleep out here on freedom plaza until the system changes. >> i'm a history major. there are no jobs for history mainls out there. there aren't even jobs for physics majors out there. >> we were planning on trying to kick off this movement and it's happened organically and it is growing amazingly. so it feels like the time is right for a transformation in this country. reporter: now, the protestors are planning on civil disobedience. they've been going out on marchs around the city. they want to disrupt, they say, the white house, the pentagon, k street lobbyists, congress. so far now at this point no arrests and no trouble. these guys are planning to

stick around, j.c., and we will too. back to you. >> bruce lashan, thank you very much. we do have some positive news to report on the state of our economy. new unemployment figures show that 100,000 people went back to work last month. alexis chris christoforous shows us how this could fight off a recession. reporter: 32-year-old jason croft has been out of work for months. >> i just recently resigned another unemployment and i'm waiting on it. reporter: croft is one of the millions still out of work. new figures out today show the unemployment rate remained at 9.1% in september even though employers added 103,000 jobs, that's better than most analysts expected. but jason and others who joined the ranks at the occupy wall street protests don't feel the small month-to-month differences. unemployment has been stuck near or above 9% for more than two years. >> by seeing the way the market goes and i've seen the way

between the crashes and the debt crisis and all that. i wasn't really surprised at all. reporter: the frustration felt on wall street is spreading and now protests like this one are popping up all across the country. from sacramento to tampa, from texas to ohio, tens of thousands of americans are demonstrating against economic inequality. the white house says today's new unemployment numbers are unacceptable and underscore the need for president obama's $447 billion jobs bill. >> i expected to get a job right away, actually. that's what they told us in college. as soon as you graduate you get an internship and i had one, but that never turned into a job. reporter: the president warned congress if they don't pass the bill, an angry public may run them out of town. but republicans say the president is to blame for the stagnant economy and high unemployment. alexis christoforous, cbs news, wall street. economic analysts say that today's jobs report may help calm fears of another

recession. a fist fight escalates into a deadly hit and run and now police are looking for a suspect. this was the scene yesterday afternoon near 14th and webster streets northwest. investigators say two men were fighting in the middle of the street. suddenly one of the men hopped into his jeep and drove on the curb and struck the other man. the driver struck two cars before speeding off. police have not released the names of the victim or the suspect. a fairfax, virginia woman could wind up spending the next 35 years in prison thinking about why she killed her granddaughter. a jury yesterday convicted 50- year-old car medicalla del rosa. she threw her granddaughter from a sky walk at tysons corner last november. we caught up with one family member after the verdict was

read. >> it was the thing for everyone. >> i thought the case was a difficult case from both sides and so nothing really surprises me in the jury system. i'm disappointed. >> she was really an intemperate, mean and angry person. depression certainly played a role, but it certainly wasn't an excuse for killing a child. >> a judge will sentence del rosea in january. 9-year-old calliceta kelly was last seen on goarman and terrace southeast. police believe she may be with her mother, cynthia kelly, but cynthia kelly is not the child's legal guardian. callista was wearing a tan skirt, a blue shirt and a black coat. if you see her, please call police. three women will share this year's nobel peace prize. the three are being honored for their struggle for women's rights in the developing world. the honorees are ellen johnson- sirleaf, of course, she is the

president of liberia, the first democratic-elected woman on that continent. fellow liberia leymah gbowee helped bring an end to her country's second civil war in 2003. and tawakkul karmen is a politician in yemen. she organized pro-democracy rallies earlier this year in yemen and egypt. congratulations. 10 years ago today america went to war in afghanistan, less than a month after the september 11th attacks. 10 years later, nearly 1800 u.s. troops have died and soldiers are still battling militant groups. tina krauss reports. reporter: hundreds of angry protestors rallied on the streets of kabul. they want american troops to get out of afghanistan 10 years after the u.s.-led invasion began. these demonstrators say too

many afghan civilians have been killed in the conflict. about 100,000 american troops remain in afghanistan, nearly 1800 have died. >> i think that the way this conflict turns out is going to be looked at for years to come as a defining moment. reporter: the biggest success for u.s. forces came in may when navy seals killed osama bin laden in neighboring pakistan. but troops say they are still facing a fierce insurgency. >> well, we got a crafty enemy, the insurgents that operate in this area are determined. reporter: u.s. soldiers have already handed over much of security to afghan forces. they're planning to give them complete control by the end of 2014 when all u.s. forces are set to pull out. this man says during the past 10 years we have just seen war and more war. we didn't see any benefit from the presence of foreigners. but some afghan women say they're grateful to america for

freeing them from taliban rule. she says 10 years ago women couldn't go out without a man. now we're able to shop and work. but on the 10th anniversary of the war, the taliban is leading an insurgency, determined to derail u.s. plans to stabilize the country. tina krauss, cbs news. >> president obama says that he will pull 10,000 troops out of afghanistan this year and then 23,000 by september. coming up on 9 news now, we will show you a new 3-d ultrasound machine. it can detect breast cancer. and a man brutally attacked with a crow bar for no apparent reason shares his story. it's one you'll only see on 9 news now.

i want to remind you to go to my new website, jchayward.com, full of information about events that are occurring around town, charity work that i'm involved in, and if you ask, i'll even give some advice. jchayward.com. go to it everyday. well, the obama administration is blaming republicans, republicans are blaming the president, what is it going to take to pull this country out of the recession

and really start producing more jobs? well, i have someone who can possibly answer that. he is an economist, he's a well known author. his name is paul ladacina and he is the ceo of a.t. kerney consulting. so thank you for being with us. but what is your response to the report that 100,000 jobs were created last month? >> well, the good news is, j.c., that we did create, in fact, jobs. the previous month's data was somewhat less favorable in that. the bad news is we didn't create enough jobs to put a dent in the unemployment rate which is at 9.1%, so we're kind of flatlining it right now. >> also, the government had predicted that we would be doing better than we are now, that the economy would grow by 4%, it's been about half of that. what is your suggestion? >> well, i think that we need an all-party agreement. part of the reason that consumers and businesses are not spending as much money as

it will take to really fuel a robust recovery is because they're concerned that this country is so divided about what we need to do to move forward that they're nervous about their future, so businesses don't spend enough on creating private sector jobs and consumers don't spend enough to generate the economic activity which really fuels growth, so what we need is an all-party agreement. we need to stop the bickering. we need to focus on what the issues are. we need get the private sector, public sector, congress, the administration together to say here's the plan forward and to give confidence based on reliable path forward to the american people. >> well, you know that's easier said than done. and you certainly are aware of the administrations that are -- the demonstrations taking place all around the country, even here in washington d.c. >> sure. >> are they going to have an affect? >> i think they're having an affect because they're serving to underscore how the middle class has been squeezed in the middle. we have an hourglass economy with the rich who are the mobile minority who are doing

well and the poor, the immobile majority who are doing not so well. and the middle class of being squeezed in the middle. this has to be a solution which addresses our economic problems and rich and poor and like as kind of a rising tide brings up all boats, we need to have that rising tide and it's not so difficult to do if we can get the political will to get it straight. >> but that's a tall order. >> it is indeed. >> very tall order. it is so nice to have you. may i tell you that you have one of the nicest sons ever, chris? he works here at channel 9. >> we are very proud of him. >> i love him, he's just a sweetheart. thank you for coming in. >> thank you, j.c. >> nice to have you. >> pleasure. let's go to howard, he has our weekend forecast. >> yeah, j.c. it's only in the 60s, but without the wind and the sun, it's feeling warm. that's going to be the case all weekend long. one thing that's come down is the mold spores as we look at the allergy count, weeds and grass and mold spores only moderate. that's an improvement.

the weekend forecast looking through columbus day as well when 9 news now at noon returns. state farm. this is jessica.

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this freight train derailment forced hundreds of residents out of their homes this morning. the train caught fire about 100 miles west of chicago. authorities say the 126-car train was hauling several tanks

of ethanol. so far there are no injuries. and this is a story that you will only see on 9 news now. a 32-year-old man is recovering from a shattered jaw in what police say was an unprovoked attack. the assault happened on saturday around 3:00 a.m. in the 1700 block of connecticut avenue northwest. the man says he was beaten with a crow bar and knocked to the ground. doctors had to wire his jaw. >> there was a lot of people out in the street, like fist fights 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 hit me so hard, but he said,

he said pray for your life [ bleep ]. >> family members say that detectives never followed up on the case until yesterday. police say they've been investigating, but they could not explain why this happened. mammography is a mainstay in detects breast cancer, but a group of women cannot always rely on this x-ray to find their cancers and that's why local doctors want to test a new 3-d device. anita brickman shows us how it works. >> i had my routine mammogram. it was negative, nothing was wrong. reporter: and for 50-year-old hally hawn that's how it's always been since she started getting routine mammograms 10 years ago. before she left the doctor's office this time, she was asked to participate in a study using a new machine to screen women with dense breast tissue and that's when things changed. >> they took me into this room,

laid me down, and used this machine on me, and bingo, they found something. reporter: the somo insight auto mated ultrasound found hally's 3-year-old breast cancer which a mammogram had not picked up. >> it was an early cancer, but it wasn't that small. reporter: dr. rachel brem is helping to conduct this clinical trial to see if the combination of ultrasound and mammography will help find more hidden cancers. >> the reason the 3-d is so exciting is because for some women mammography is sufficient, but women who have dense breasts are a quandary and that's because breast density is a strong independent risk factor for developing breast cancer and we know that mammography is not as effective with women with dense breasts. reporter: the machine scans the woman's breast and sends pictures to a computer which reconstructs them into 3-d so doctors can see through the entire breast. >> it's like theater in the round. you can see everything from all perspectives and that's why it

was caught. reporter: anita brickman, 9 news now. >> we have a special programming note we want to tell you about, tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m., we will air a one- hour health special. it's called "cutting edge: beating breast and prostate cancer." we're going to take a look at the newest ways to fight these diseases. please join us. howard, what a lovely day it is. >> you know, we can't get last weekend back, but if you weren't able to do some outside chores over the last weekend or the last month because of the wet weather, you got time now. you got a stretch of weather, you can get outside, enjoy it or do that project or just, you know, be happy that the sun is out and the temperatures are still warm. this afternoon gorgeous, perfect. we got temps going into the lower 70s, winds are very light, northeast five miles an hour or less as temperatures top out between 70 and 75. this evening still a nice evening out there with clear skies and dry air and light winds, temperatures will be

dropping, 62 by 9:00. we'll be in the 50s by tomorrow morning here in washington, but once again lots of 40s. satellite and radar, it's gorgeous. a couple of clouds with some fog early right there it was, but that has all burned off and we have a great weekend. in fact, a fantastic friday. a stellar weekend. 70s, even 80s here. 80s by the time we get to sunday and columbus day. rain probably going to return by wednesday. i was thinking tuesday, now i'm thinking wednesday. this morning it was chilly, fredrick down to 39, leesburg 45, low 40s in the shenandoah valley. low 50s in town right along the bay, bay still giving off some heat so that's why annapolis 51. and with the sunshine today and the dry air we're in the 60s, even 72 in fredrick. easton it's 68. out to the west we're still in the low- to mid-60s there at oakland, 72 in culpepper, just absolutely gorgeous. and that 66, it actually feels warmer because the winds are reported now at calm. so you got the sun out, no wind and a dewpoint in the 50s.

it's just beautiful outside and likely to stay that way for several more days. the jet stream taking a big dip out west, big rise in the east. look how high it's going up into canada. when you get a ridge underneath it, you get high pressure as well. but in the troughy area, you get storminess and unsettled weather. snow in the mountains, cold rains here in eastern montana, heavy snow in the high country in the rockies east of salt lake city. 20 to 30 inches around alta, but with the high pressure with us, it's down towards binghamton and scranton, it'll be sagging south, so plenty of sunshine for the rest of the day. a nice clear, cool crisp night tonight, back into the 40s and 50s. tomorrow high pressure to our east, looking good, we climb into the upper 70s. then as we head toward sunday, southwesterly winds kick in, even warmer, low 80s. keep in mind the average high this time of year is about 72. going to the carolinas, there could be a couple of showers there by sunday. tonight another chilly one, in the 40s, mid-40s, in fact, culpepper, orange,

fredricksburg to some 50s like in annapolis and here in town we'll be down to about 54 degrees. the next three days break down like this, today 73. it's beautiful. tomorrow 77, great, even warmer on sunday, 82. and if you happen to have columbus day off, you're lucky, it's still going to be warm at 82. there's your rain chances coming back by wednesday with highs near 70. stick around, we've got more 9 news now at noon coming up in just a moment.

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