their fourth week overall. demonstrators have popped up from des moines, iowa to california. they are angry over corporate greed and what they call the corruption of the nation's wealthy. in campaign 2012, mitt romney's religion dom tornado the talk shows. romney's political drivers were asked to respond to the controversy, instead the gop presidential candidate answered questions about their religion. >> i am not going to do an analysis of mormonnism versus christianity. >> none of us should sit in judgment on someone else's religion. >> the candidates didn't say it, but some of the participants characterized the religion as being outside the mainstream

and possibly a cult. a house panel may soon send subpoenas to the justice department in connection with the probe of a government run arms operation on the mexican border. in 2009 the bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms allowed members of a drug cartel to buy thousands of weapons from arizona gun shops. officials lost track of about 1400 out of 2,000 guns and some of the weapons have been recovered at crime scenes in mexico. less military spending or the economic stability of montgomery county. that is the decision members of the county council face this had weekend. they called for the pentagon to drastically cut military spending and end wars abroad. the measure has now been killed. the decision was made after defense contractor lockheed martin voiced its displeasure

with that bill. lockheed martin is the largest private sector employer. >> also in montgomery county, police are investigating an apparent murder suicide. on saturday police went to martin oh tool's bethesda home after a family member had been unable to reach him. police entered the home to find the bodies of o'toole and hong. britney norwood will face another hearing in montgomery county this week. she is accused in the brutal slaying of her coworker. 30-year-old jana murray. at the time of her death, dana was working in downtown

bethesda while completing two master's degrees at johns hopkins university. her parents described what it was like for them to visit the store after their daughter's murder. >> when we went into the store, the first step was so difficult. and the lights happened to be out in the entire block. and we went to the site where they found jana's body, and we prayed. and as we felt ready to move on, it was dark the in the store, but there was a ray of light that came through the stained glass. >> it was time for the party to begin. jana is here. >> exactly. jana arrived and then, the lights came on. the first of our special reports of the life and death

of jana murray airs tonight. you'll hear how the family plans to carry on jana's legacy and you'll be amazed to learn their thoughts about murder suspect britney norwood and the justice system. scores of homes are being demolished in virginia where families were displaced by tropical storm lee. as britney more house reports, families are trying to salvage whatever they can from the rubble. >> reporter: diego reyes found where his mobile home was totally destroyed. father of four, ages 6 through 13, he is one of many families still searching for a new home. it is stories like his that inspired. >> my mother and i own rental property in a mobile home park

down in my direction. i thought about what would happen if it was mine. i decided it was the best way to step up and help people out. >> he is helping by heading up the demolition of roughly 60 mobile homes. >> 100% volunteer. the equipment 100% donated. >> the only cost they will recoup will come from the recyclable material they find. >> take that and subtract fuel costs and equipment break town costs and maintenance costs and give that check to the families. >> reporter: families like the reyes, who watched as water took over their home last month during dropical storm lee. >> we went inside to get papers and then we just ran away. >> reporter: now they run back, hoping they can find one or two personal valuables to save in the wreckage. britney more house, 9news now. last week a benefit concert was held for the locally acres

families. another 100 dumpsters are still needed. at 4:35, here's a look at other things making news now. egypt's cabinet is holding an emergency meeting today. christians clashed with military police in cairo sunday after blaming hard line muslims for an attack on a church. an american citizen, charged with insulting thailand's monarch, says he will plead guilty. joe gordon has been detained in thailand since late may for allegedly translating parts of an unauthorized biography of the king. gordon is accused of posting links to that book online. one of the biggest names in the american civil rights movement is celebrating his

90th birthday. joseph lowery turned 90 last thursday natlanta sunday night, the reverend was praised for his legacy in the fight against poverty, hunger, racism and injustice. affluent americans say they plan to spend less this holiday season. exercising your muscles, gets rid of migraines? who knew? we are back with your weather first. you are watching 9news now. i could have three auditions. and, it's really important that you go in looking like the role. i go straight to t.j.maxx. i find what i'm looking for. done. it's amazing to find so many gorgeous designer clothes. i'm like dut, dut, dut... yes, yes, yes. and, it also works with my somewhat unpredictable paycheck. fashion direct from designers. savings direct to you. this fashionista... is a one-to-watch maxxinista. t.j.maxx. let us make a maxxinista out of you.

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morning, columbus day. high clouds around today so we'll call it partly to mostly sunny. still comfortable. 73 by noon, 77 at 5:00 with highs up around 80. right now here's monica. >> reporter: howard, we are going to fly to the bw, parkway, into greenbelt, everything is fine this morning on the parkway. coming up, a closer look at maryland roads at 4:48. mike, back to you. the first money report, the stock market is open for business but the bond market is closed for this columbus day. friday stocks smashed a three day winning streak. however the government showed the job crisis isn't getting worse but it isn't getting much better either. hiring still too week to bring down unemployment numbers now which have been stuck at 9. 1% for two years. on wall street the dow down by

20 the nasdaq down by 7. we'll find out if consumer spend asking holding up later this week. wall street will also get the latest figures on the trade deficit and consumer sentiment as well. for the wealthiest americans it is quality over quantity. a new survey finds households with incomes above $130,000 this year are expected to spend 6% less on gifts this year than last. they are buying fewer gifts this holiday season because they don't need as much stuff. they plan to buy gifts or plan trips that have special meaning instead. a family of a missing activist is working to keep his name in the public's mind. and weekend work means a slow commute on metro transit. we'll be right back.

good morning, welcome back to 9news now. i'm andrea roane. mike is here and howard is here and hopefully a lot of you are at home watching through your toes because you have the day off and can enjoy the gorgeous weather. >> reporter: i was up in fred rick yesterday morning, fog there. more fog this morning. the colors, the leaves are starting to get a lot of nice color up there. they had the big color festival

in hawkins yesterday as well this whole weekend. another nice weekend potential, extension of the weekend to look at leaves or something. or just enjoy it. we have cooler weather days coming our way. here's a look at the moms like me bus stop forecast. decent this morning, patchy fog. sunrise 7:12. day planner 61 degrees at 8:00. low 70s, northeast winds will be comfortable today, 78 by 4:00. but you notice the mostly cloudy, high, thin clouds will be moving in. could be enough where it won't be nearly as pretty in the afternoon. right now 50s here. upper 50s in washington. mid-50s east and southern maryland and upper 40s. where it has cooled down enough it is able to can't dense out the moisture. we have fog, dense fog in frederick.

zero mile visibility. a quarter mile at petersburg, west virginia. southern maryland four miles. temperatures upper 50s at reagan national. mostly cloudy skies being reported. a four degree spread with the humidity high at 87%. rockies and west, a lot of the temperatures in the mountains are dropping into the 20s and 30s here with a 42 at denver. we have 67 in kansas city this morning. you can definitely see the southerly flow here with the showers moving south to north. that is not our problem. our problem is coming out of florida. a tornado watch is in effect this morning across parts of florida and georgia. you can clearly see this well defined circulation spinning toward gainsville this morning. this thing is creeping up the coast and looks like another area of low pressure is going to be forming offshore and kind of come our way. that will bring us the better

threat for rain as we head toward wednesday. looking at the futurecast, we have sunshine here. at times the high clouds will be spilling across us, especially in the afternoon and the later afternoon hours. headed down toward atlanta today you might run into showers down there. as we head into tuesday, not a bad day but looks like partly to mostly cloudy. clouds thickening up in the afternoon. by 6:00 p.m. tuesday we have showers here. some of that will be creeping toward us heading into tuesday night and wednesday morning. low pressure look at that, not too far from hatteras inland, there may be a tropical connection to that. so wednesday could end up being a rather damp day around here. so enjoy today. highs around 80 here. 7 winchester. and looking very, very nice. here's how it breaks down. today temperatures around 80, give or take a couple of

degrees. yesterday 78. the average is 70. tomorrow only 73. still mild with increasing clouds. could be a late shower south and east but more likely it is going to hold off overnight until wednesday, wednesday a damp, cool day. temperatures only in the mid, upper 60s. going to be around thursday. the weekend looks okay. temperatures in the 60s friday and saturday. back toward 75 as we head into sunday. monica a very nice start to the week. >> it is, that is why i'm giving it the green light. if you are deciding to head out, maybe into downtown, you are planning to take the trains, they get started, the green and yellow lines are closed through today. between u, street, columbia heights and shaw station for

continuing track. the orange line between the east and west falls church. here's what it looks like at university boulevard, i saw crews picking up the cones right along this side of the roadway here at university boulevard. this is the outer loop. they need to stay to the right if that is where you are headed right now. over to the other side of town now. southbound 95 in from baltimore past 198 no problems here. my next report we'll fly the dulles toll road. 4:48 now. family and friends of lenny harris do not want you to forget about him. this weekend they held a individual jill for the missing activist. >> lenny harris disappeared last month after leaving the charles houston recreation center in alexandria. the 53-year-old was last seen after police say he received a

phone call from an unknown person and left to meet the caller. the next morning his family reported him missing. we are here today to do a celebration to collect money to add to the help any harris reward fund. >> please come forward. he is well loved around here and i justify want my father back. >> harris' light blue toyota corolla is missing. police say someone may have used lenny harris' bank card at an old town atm last month. they want to talk to the person seen on the surveillance camera using the bank card. the man is black with a mustache and small goatee and tattoos on the right and left forearms. no more tanning beds if you are a minor in california.

governor jerry brown made it illegal for teens under the age of 18 to use the tanning beds. the law goes into effect there january 1. exercise may offer a free -- a drug freeway to prevent migraines. a swedish study found regular exercise worked just as well as a drug in preventing the headaches. the nation appears to be making some progress in its battle against the bulge. a percentage of americans who are overweight or obese fell slightly in the third quarter of this year. but they still account for more than 60% of the population. dc firefighters kicked off a month long initiative to promote fire safety this weekend. >> firefighters were front and center in northeast washington to offer safety demonstrations and tips. above all, they want to make sure every home has a working

smoke detector. >> the national theme, if fact -s from text your family from fire. we are kicking off today. a major safety initiative. particularly in ward 7 and 78, this is a safety initiative every day until may. firefighters will be out checking smoke alarms, installing smoke alarms. >> if you live in dc and need a smoke detector, call 311 and you can get one free of charge. before we head to break, it is time for our question of the morning. what dessert may actually reduce the risk of clogged arteries? lemon pie, cherry pie or apple pie? put your answer on our facebook page. we'll give you the answer in just a little bit.

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70s with highs today around 80. thank you so much howard. we are going to fly the dulles toll road. leaving the grown way past dulles airport, everything is good on route 267 this morning. coming up a closer look at virginia roads at 5:01. back to you guys. the worldwide chili eating contest was held this weekend at the taste of dc. oh, my. joey jaws chestnut ate two gallons of chili. six minutes. chestnut also the five time winner of the nathan's hot dog eating contest. >> i don't feel full.

>> you know, she still looks like she is in pain in that interview. she came in fourth place from the chili contest. joey chestnut says it is time to rest up, he is going to enter an eating contest in hong kong. >> i don't know how they do it. leroy the horse, recovering from a strut that went terribly wrong. he became stuck in mud. this happened at a place that rescues horses. the day's inn. leroy had to be rescued from about five feet of mud. >> i got a call that he was stuck in a ditch and alice was riding him. i came out to see what it was. once i saw him, he was stuck with his hind legs in the mud. >> the horse was very aware

what was going on he was trying to help us. he was very tired from being stuck in that mud. so we got under there and tried to keep the horse calm. he did really well. >> it took 12 firefighters. leroy was not injured during the ordeal. we are told he is going to be just fine. >> they are the undisputed champions at the weekend box office. >> hugh jackman's real steel. robot fighters replace humans in the ring debuted at first place. dreamworks release added 2. $1 million. $49.4 million. . the ides of march opened at number two. dolphin tales slipped to number three. moneyball $7.5 million. sir paul mccartney and his

new love are spending their first full day together as husband and wife. >> the former beatle married sunday. >> reporter: family and friends showered sir paul mccartney and his new wife, nancy, with flower petals. 30 family and friends joined the celebration, including ringo starr and journalist barbara walters. walters introduced the american heiress to mccartney four years ago. the singer's designer daughter, stella, created the knee length white dress and her father's blue suit. the newlyweds were playful as they went to a reception at

mccartney's home. this is his third marriage. he we had linda eastman at the same place back in 1969. mccartney's second marriage ended in a bitter divorce. hundreds of fans gathered to get a glimpse of the newlyweds. >> she is not marrying him for his money. >> i think she is really in love with him. so this wedding will be this marriage is going to be the last one. >> mccartney reportedly boat a new song for his bride. tina krause. cbs news, london. >> mccartney shares his wedding day with john lennon's birthday. mccartney and his wife will have a second celebration in the states. good morning, i'm andrea roane. >> happy monday. ha