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some more. gary. >> reporter: the security administration -- e transportation security administration was born after the 9/11 attacks by terrorists who managed to get weapons aboard aircraft and then change history and the united states itself. now the man who named that agency ten years ago has a sobering judgment. how bad is it, we ask? his answer, it's bad. >> this is going to come out in about, well, the next week or two. >> reporter: john mica chairs the house transportation committee that has looked at the pat downs and scans. >> there are documented incidents of thousands of breechz of things getting through. i think some 25,000 over the life cycle of the last decade of tsa. so objects that can pose harm are getting through. >> reporter: and not just objects. >> the gao found that in 24, 25

instances, 17 known terrorists people have been on watch lists have gotten through. >> reporter: but what about all of the high tech screening we keep seeing? >> the deployment of this advanced imaging technology equipment is sort of helter skelter. some lanes have it. other lanes don't have it. so, again, it's sort of a system that's broken up. >> reporter: even as it has geared up from 16,000 employees to 65,000 in a country that only has about 400 airports. mica points to the shoe bomber, the christmas day underwear bomber, the exploding ink cartridge plot. >> it wasn't in any of the instances of terrorism that we've experienced so far that was stopped by tsa. ♪ singing >> reporter: tuesday he compared tsa to the marks brothers. >> marks brothers at least they were funny. as my evaluation, we have the general accounting office and

others who have analyzed the effectiveness of the system and said it's failing. >> reporter: mica would like to see the tsa move towards intelligence collection and coordination with a smaller bureaucracy that would supervise private contractors who would do the actual screening. tsa did not provide an on camera response but said tsa will continue to work with the appropriate committees in congress to the security challenges facing our nation's transportation system. we expect to see that ten-year anniversary report in a couple of weeks. but some of the most damning information, actual failure rates, for example, is expected to remain classified. derek and anita. >> gary nurenberg, thanks. well, if you take the metro on a regular basis, we don't have to tell you when the escalators break down, it's a hardship. in fact, it so gets on people's nerves, we wondered what happened to their heart rates and blood pressures after they climb some of the longest

staircases in town. ken molestina is live to take a look at how metro can escalate your blood pressure. >> reporter: it was back on october 14th all of the three escalators here at the bethesda station were out of service. that created a huge mess. that mess prompted an emergency meeting tonight between montgomery county leaders and metro officials. but before that meeting, we went down there to take a look and see how stressful all of this is. take a look. >> this is what it's going to take me right now so i don't have to go to the emergency room because i was forced to take the escalator -- i mean the steps up. metro, you should be a shamed of yourself. >> reporter: here at the bethesda station , there are three escalators. two of them are broken. ironically the only one working is the one going down. so this is easy. however, for other folks having to come up, not so much. we were interested in finding out just how stressful it is for all of these commuters to walk

up the steps, to we decided to take their blood pressure just so you know an ideal almost perfect blood pressure is a reading of 120 over 80. >> 128 over 72. >> at 3:00 p.m. today. >> reporter: let's see what you're running now. >> yes, no [ bleep ] . quote me. >> reporter: you know what you normally run at? >> yes. 120 over 70. >> reporter: okay. you're at 141 over 103. >> right. >> reporter: for coming up the steps. >> what is my pulse. >> reporter: 110. >> yes. that's a lot. >> reporter: 182 over 105. >> yes. it's crazy. it's crazy. . >> reporter: well, derek, that also the blood pressure depends on the person. every individual has a different fitness level. but usually the high blood pressure like we saw here today leads to things like dizziness, shortness of breath and in worst

cases strokes and heart attacks. >> so we let our viewers know, you do have some basic experience with emergency medical care. you used to be a firefighter and emergency first responder. you've seen this thing firsthand. >> reporter: yes. we see it all of the time. >> all right, ken molestina. we thank you. new tonight a montgomery county judge has limited the amount of photos prosecutors will be able to show in the opening statements of the brittany norwood trial. norwood is accused of bludgeoning her co-worker jayna murray to death at the lululemon athletica store and then concocting an elaborate coverup to throw police off her trail. the judge says he was concerned that showing the murder of her gruesome injuries would make jurors immediately disturbed and emotional and cause them to tune out testimony. 65 perspective jurors have been asked to come back to court tomorrow. this afternoon jayna murray's college roommate from george washington was in attendance and spoke to 9news about her

murdered friend. >> she lived life with open arms. she embraced everybody. she loved what she did. i want to celebrate her life. i want to carry on her legacy. >> 12 jurors and five alter nits will be seated. -- alternates will be seated. new details in the murder of a taxi driver. the suspect had left a community based correction facility just before the killing. rashad slaw has been charged with first degree murder. the cab driver had picked him up at the metro early saturday morning as he was shot and killed shortly after arrived at their destination anacostia road. sources tell 9news now sly walked away from a community base facility ignoring curfew this past weekend because he was denied a past to visit his home. now to turkey where they are

calling it a miracle, and maybe you will too. two days after the powerful earthquake, rescue teams pulled from the rebel of an apartment building a baby girl. >> oh, my god. >> then hours later, they got to her mother. finally the grandmother as well. one ray of joy on an otherwise grimm day over there. at last check, the death toll from sunday's quake 459. hundreds more injured and thousands left homeless. well, now to oakland, california where tonight we've been monitoring the situation in the streets. hundreds of protestors affiliated with the occupy wall street movement in a faceoff with the cops in riot gear. now, so far there has been no trouble. but early this morning the police did clear out a makeshift camp the demonstrators have set up in a plaza outside city hall. the officers swarmed in, made dozens of arrests and got everybody out of there. it's all about cleaning up. not the politics. >> it was physically damaged on a daily basis by graffiti and

vandalism. fire hazards continue including cooking with open flames. >> the conditions are fine. what they're saying is sanitation issues, as far as i'm concerned, all of that is bull. >> now, with the protestors all gone, the clean up crews can move in and the demonstrators will be allowed back but nobody is going to be permitted to camp there overnight. in tonight's health alert, new recommendations for both boys and girls to get the hpv vaccine stirring up con trever see. -- controversy. now a government panel recommends all 11 and 12-year-old boys get this vaccine. the shots are already advised for girls and young women because hpv increases the risk of cervical cancer. >> the hpv can be transmitted from girls to boys and from boys to girls very easily and led to the recommendations that the boys also receive the vaccination. >> hpv is very common. most people don't know they have

it because the virus rarely causes any symptoms. there is no evidence it can increase the risk of mouth and throat cancer and can increase a woman's chances of having a heart attack or stroke. these shots may seem like a no brainer to folks. >> some parents are skeptical of any new vaccine. they worry does their child need it. let's be honest, none of us with kids in this age range, 11, 12, want to think about them having sex. but obviously at some point in their lives, they will. the idea is to get protection before a person is ever exposed through sexual contact. and to be blunt, this is not just spread through intercourse. it's hard stuff for parents to consider when looking at the preteen, but the hpv vaccine requires three shots. they're trying to get to them early so the boys and girls minimize the spread. >> prevention. >> that's what they're trying to do. people in maryland could be paying a lot more for the privilege of getting around.

the commission is recommending that lawmakers increase the state's gas tax by $0.15 a gallon. and that is not all. the commissions also suggesting a doubling of the cost of emission inspections, increasing car registration fees and striking the fees to ride the bus. it says it will help offset maryland's shortfall in transportation funds. a pretty nice evening. temperatures in the 50s. we'll show you the wakeup weather and it will be breezy tomorrow but really not that crazy cold. 48-56 if you're an early riser. by 9:00 temps will be in the 50s under partly cloudy skies. we'll come back and tell you if it's going to stay dry through wednesday and there are big changes on the horizon. stay tuned for that. still ahead tonight, a dc tradition that is pretty racy. it's the drag queen race. plus the verdict is in at the local pooper scooper trial. here is a

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a historical milestone was hit today. the final chapter of the cold war came to an end with the last b53 bomb being dismantled at a facility in texas. the nuclear war head was immortalized in the 1964 movie dr. strangelove. . [ bombs going off xen. >> the ] >> the bombs were created for bunkers. it carried hundreds of pounds of high explosives. the b53 was retired in 1997 and president obama scheduled for its total disarmament last year. a jury in fairfax county has found a woman not guilty of violating the pooper scooper law. two sisters had accused a neighbor of not cleaning up after her friend's dog after taking the pooch for a walk. the sister said she intentionally let the dog do its business right near one of their

windows just to bug them. the women say they took a picture of the dog's poo and they actually presented it at trial. however, the jury did not find that evidence compelling. >> it was hard not to laugh, you know, but it was -- and it's humiliating to me. i mean, to have to be here for something like this and to have it, you know, on the front page of the news. >> we didn't like it either. after the trial, the jury foreman told 9news now the jurors simply decided the two sisters who had complained about this had a vendetta. they did not like her. the next story will have all of you germ phones say saying i knew it all along. the things are dirty that we touch and use all of the time like a gas pump nozzle, mailboxes. and things that can give you flus this time of year.

public devices don't get cleaned. when is the last time you saw somebody disinfecting the soda machine at work. today the food pantry was open for business after a truly amazing surge of local generosity. last week we reported the food pantry's dire situation and since then six tons of food, $65,000 in cash poured in and then there was a case of warren mitchell when we reported someone had stolen his power washer he had no way of making a living and a neighbor stepped in and offered a free replacement. >> while the circumstances of all of this weren't new, the story behind them has gotten old. times are tight, poverty numbers are way up, food pain trees and soup kitchen -- pantries and soup kitchens are in. the viewers response shocked us so much. was it because we put the story

on tv? that was part of it says tim siler says. video of empty shelves are far more urgent. far more real. there is also proximity. many of the folks you see were dropping groceries by on their way home. we are much more likely to help when it's a neighbor in danger. plus one empty food pantry feels like a problem small enough for regular folks to actually solve. but there is one other thing. he calls it identification. i call it there but for the grace of god. people looked at those hungry families and saw themselves. looked at warren mitchell and his stolen power washer and wondered how would i make a living if that happened to me. the whole thing was almost a perfect storm of inspired generosity. the only question now, is there anyway to keep this thing going? anita. >> oh, that would be nice, derek. thank you. men in high heels wearing

makeup and wigs. it's not the casting call. it's the annual dupont circle drag race. drag race. really. matt jablow was there tonight and has some entertaining details. >> he's going to win. >> reporter: the race goes for three blocks right in the middle of dupont circle. >> don't get crazy. >> reporter: from s street to p. the race is straight, far like the runners. >> it's all about letting your hair down. it's all about tradition. >> reporter: it is, of course, the one and only dc drag queen race. arguably the most fabulous two minutes in sports. >> i'm not optimistic but i'm going to try for it anyway. >> reporter: a colorful celebration of divery held annually on the tuesday before halloween. >> it can't be flats. it has to be a heel. >> reporter: an event that never fails to entertain and clearly didn't fail this year. when the race started 25 years ago, it consisted of five drag queens and nobody was watching. this year, as you can see, tens of thousands of people came out

to watch about a dozen drag queens compete for the coveted trophy. when the extravagant pre-race festivities ended just before 9:00, it was time for the racers to put on their heavily made up game faces. what is training like? >> it's non-existent. training is getting ready and look pretty. >> reporter: then the race began. and in several flamboyant flashes, the race was over. a new winner had been crowned and there in dupont circle for everyone to see was the thrill of victory and the agony of high heeled feet. >> numb. just numb. that's all i can say. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: matt jablow, 9news now. >> oh, man, i was so hoping we would have jablow in some high heels. >> oh, i am so impressed. i can't even walk in heels that high, let alone run. >> i don't think it was going to happen. we're looking at a nice wednesday. not as spectacular as today.

hardly a cloud in the sky. a little different tomorrow. let's start with temperatures. still mild out really. 50s downtown. a sprinkling of 40s in the burbs. 43 in frederick. 43 out in leesburg and manassas but 57 officially downtown and still 55 in gaithersburg. that is pretty mild for this time of night and this time of year. satellite picture radar combined, first we're going to look at this storm in the rockies. they're going to get hammered with snow. their first big snow of the season. that will include denver proper. and this storm could become our cold rain as we get into saturday. and if it hits us, it could be our snow in our mountains. our first significant snow in the mountains. in the meantime we have high mid-level clouds pushing through. much of tomorrow we will stay dry through wednesday. no worries about that. cold front will approach on thursday. so here is the deal. still mild tomorrow which is good. a little breezy. so grab your shades early in the morning. there will be enough sun to cause problems if you're going eastbound on 66. you will need your umbrella on thursday. no doubt about that. and breezy and much cooler.

i could have fit much on here, i would have. much cooler on friday. really probably the coldest air we've seen of the season so far. so partly cloudy breezy and cool overnight. 46-52. by morning partly cloudy, breezy and cool. you need sunglasses early. 40s and 50s. winds increase a little bit now. southwest 10-20 and gusty but at least a mild wind. and then by afternoon, we're if pretty good shape. partly sunny, breezy and milder. clouds will be on the increase, but despite that high temperatures will be around 70. winds southwest at 10-20 and gusty. not that bad. next seven days, goes downhill on thursday. showers and 66. at least it's mild on thursday. very chilly on friday. a low of 55. that still might be a little optimistic. saturday there is still a chance of a cold rain here. will the storm go south of us or east of us? we'll have to wait and see. but i'm going to keep the chance of a cold rain. either way we're going to be okay sunday. mid 50s for highs.

look at that. 39 downtown saturday night. that is a downtown temp. >> crazy. >> and then halloween night 69 and sunny. >> i made my daughter's costume. made it together. i know we have to hurry. crayola crayon box. do you want me to get right to it? >> yes. >> a lot of ou wees at redskins park. kris cooley his season is over. the end is coming for him. he had a surgically knee and a busted left hand. he has been one of the most reliable redskins with the exception of the '09 when he broke his foot. this season he missed the entire preseason and the season opener. he's one of the faces of the franchise and here is why. team's all time leader in receptions. he is also a two time pro boweler. so he certainly will be business misted. all right. the nba forced to cancel two more weeks of the season. what is holding up negotiations?

well, we're going to talk about it and how key is wizards's owner to this whole thing and an nba expert is going

all right. we're back with usa today nba reporter jeff zelga. and inquiry minds want to know, are we going to have an nba season or what? >> we will have a season. i can't tell you when it will start. but at the end of the day, there is too much money for both sides to let it go away on the way side. >> people are glad to hear that. forbes magazine said teams are losing money. players get 50% of revenue right now. how can they justify their stance? >> the one thing is they felt like they already made concessions. they came down. it amounts to 160 million in annual givebacks from players to owners. the players felt they have met owners halfway. they have addressed some of the

financial concerns and that is enough right now. >> when we read the team leads in a couple of weeks, 51%, 50%, do you think that is going to be done. >> the split of basketball related income will probably be in the neighborhood of 51, 52% to players, 48, 49% to owners. and that will be enough at the end of the day to get a deal done. we're not there yet. >> we're certainly not there yet. so what has got to happen in the next couple of weeks so we don't lose more games? >> owners are going to continue to drive a hard bargain. and players are going to have to give up maybe another percentage or two of that basketball related income. and maybe do like hockey did. if there is a great year, revenues to players go a little higher. if it's not as good a year, revenues for players are not as high. and i think that's the direction we're headed. >> you mentioned hockey, nhl model. a guy has been on both sides of this thing with the capitals and now the wizards. how key of a role is he playing on this thing? >> ted is not on the nba's labor relation committee but he has been an important voice in meetings.

and to ted's case and other owners who own both haacke and nba teams, they -- both hockey and nba teams, they know the cost of the season. they know exactly what they want and i think at the end of the day they're going to get close to that. >> ted knows it as close as anybody. prediction. we might see this thing come to closure in a couple of weeks, a couple of months? >> i think we'll see games right around december 25th, january 1st. enough to have maybe 55, 60 game season. >> sort of like we did in 1998 and 99 when the spurs beat the knicks in the championship? >> that is what we're falling. we appreciate your time and breaking it all down for