for herman cain. he was previously scheduled today for an appearance at the national press club in d.c. >> he looked beyond all my thoughts. >> a candidate so unconventional he will sing to a roomful of reporters issuing a blanket denial. >> i have never sexually harassed anyone. >> reporter: but politico citing multiple sources say two women claimed of sexual behavior that made them angry and uncomfortable. >> while at the restaurant association i was accused of sexual harassment, falsely

accused i might add. >> reporter: politico says there were financial settlements with the women and agreements that bar them from talking about the agreements. >> i am unaware of any settlement. i hope it wasn't for much because i didn't do anything. >> reporter: he said he has a bull's-eye on his back since he climbed to the top of the republican primary polls. his denials are unlikely to detour investigators. >> he has not answered all questions and trying to track down the folks that made the allegations. >> because of today's big news story, i know what it's like to be number one. >> reporter: he is appealing to a gop base angry and suspicious of the mainstream media and perhaps expecting these kinds of allegations. some are looking back to the harassment allegations 20 years ago by anita hill and clarence

thomas and the columnist says these allegations could ends up being a wash with his base. >> he really is going to have to answer the question definitively because, as you said, he is quickly actually rising up the projectory of the republican party. >> he said he answered them. enough said, nothing more to investigate. >> you can bet there are people looking for the women. if they talk, we could have another story. >> bruce leshan, thanks for the reporting. president obama signed an executive order urging the food and drug administration to work fast to identify and reduce shortages of vital drugs. >> recently we have seen the potential of drug shortages for vital drugs including some cancers can have an adverse impact on patients and those who are caring for patients.

>> in fact, people have gotten sicker and some have died. this is a 5th in a series of unilateral executive orders the president signed since he has been in office. the verdict is guilty for a man that killed a nonin a drunk driving crash. >> this is a case that has a lot of people angry and upset. it lead to an investigation at the department of homeland security. >> reporter: the issue is not that carlos montano is an illegal immigrant. he is 24 and lived in the country since he was 8. his defense attorney says he has a legal work permit but he was going through deportation. the issue is that he was a drunk driver that didn't learn from his mistakes. >> mr. carlos montano. >> reporter: a father of two small children pled guilty to five counts in the drunk driving crash that killed sister jeannette mosier. >> reporter: the two nuns in

the front seat were severely injured and left with life long complications. they hug a marine reservist that happened upon the scene and gave them first aid. >> had him sit in jail and think about what he has done. >> reporter: montano had a blood alcohol content of point 2 more than twice the legal limit when he struck a guardrail and smashed head on into the nun's vehicle. he pled not guilty to felony murder. his phone is arguing that he didn't mean to kill anyone. >> what he is not guilty of is felony murder. >> reporter: but because he had been convicted of twice before of dui, malice and intent were there. >> in taking an innocent life of a person applies to the felony murder rule, this is it. >> reporter: the judge agreed. >> i deny the motion to strike and find the guilty -- defendant guilty of felony murder.

>> reporter: montano's uncle says the family feels guilty they didn't take the alcoholism serious enough and force him into rehabilitation. his sentencing will be in february and the prosecutor will ask for a lengthy sentence of at least 25 years. >> everybody is taking it seriously now, peggy. thank you. to another trial in rockville. this is the brittany norwood trial where the jury heard painstaking details of evidence collection today including dna and blood splatter analysis. it's what the jury is not hearing that has so many people upset. andrea mccarron joins us live to explain. >> the jury will not hear about jayna murray's calls to a coworker and manager to discuss brittney norwood's theft from the lululemon store. the jury did hear plenty of shocking new details. late this afternoon, a montgomery county police

detective testified that on the night of the murder, apple store surveillance video showed two men, all dressed in black, wearing mask. that lead credibility to norwood's story. they through norwood on her body and told her it was all her fault. also revealed the most gruesome photo of the day, significantly more subdued in this sketch showing jayna murray's head completely unrecognizable. we learned that despite norwood telling police from her hospital bed she had not had sex recently, see man was found inside her body. the prosecution implied that norwood was so cunning, that may have been part of the plan lending greater credence to her tail of two masked intruders. a dna analyst testified that murray's finger nail clippings revealed only her own dna, evidence that what transpired between norwood and murray was

not a mutual fight. from the beginning, the defense strategy has been to say brittney norwood killed jayna murray but didn't mean to. her defense lawyer says in the heat of an argument she simply lost it. to talk about that, i'm joined by our legal analyst. you called it brilliant. why? >> it's -- it stunned everyone of us. the overwhelming evidence is that the murder was committed by brittany norwood what we don't know is that the jury will be tasked with reading her mind. what was she thinking. did she plan to do this. clearly this is not a murder for hire. will we see -- where we see premeditation. all the cover up activity, that is post meditation which is not the same thing. >> reporter: is the defense trying to he volk sim pay through for brittney norwood. today on cross-examination, the

blood splatter expert was asked is it possible that the smear on the face was caused by her tears. >> brilliant too. they needed to make a less evil explanation plausible for why there was diluted blood on her cheek. there you have it. >> thank you so much for joining us. we will be back in the trial tomorrow morning and all day bringing you live reports starting at noon. reporting live. >> we will be following, thank you. a couple of hundred college students in maryland will have to wait another day before moving into their floating dorm, a rented cruise ship. the coast guard found a way the sea voyager is docked. a slight delay for 240 students living on the ship. they were forced out of the dorms at st. mary's college because of a big mold problem. cleanup can take months. the school decided rather than scatter the students in rented motels, why not put them aboard

a rented ship. >> what you are looking at behind me is once the way the students got to st. mary's. until the bridge was built in the 30s, this is the way they got here. >> students will have full access to the ship from the ballroom to satellite tv and free linen service. the world's population hit the 7 billion mark today. it was a dozen years ago that that number was six billion. the historic milestone is rekindling age old debates of birth control, protecting natural resources and reducing consumption. now, the world's population is expected to hit the $9 billion mark by the middle of the century or a few years earlier by 2043. on 9news now at 7:00, the ticket amnesty program is one of the stories we are

following. we will talk about that and where the money is coming from tonight at 7:00. >> look forward to that, derek. topper is outside taking in the halloween forecast. it's not quite ghoulish yet. >> not yet but it will but it will be dry if you are an early trick or treater. temperatures are in the low 50s. it's cool outside. 51 arlington. 50 bethesda. 52 in leesburg. the forecast, by 7:00 temperatures in the low 50s. by 8:00 temperatures around 50. by 9:00 temperatures in the upper 40s. it will be dry through 9:00. we will tell you when the showers will roll in. . still to come on 9news now, fright night. a closer look at the lucrative business of scary people. ♪

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an iconic washington tour operator called it quits after 42 years. tour mobile that operated the buses on the mall seized operations due to financial issues according to a u.s. parks service spokesman. as many as 200 employees are out of work. >> i never thought this day would come but it's quite a auspicious day for those of us who joined the company in its infancy to be here on its last day of operation. >> you can see why he is the narrator. the park service hopes to have a replacement service operating within weeks. visitors to arlington's expansive 640 acres will have to watch. coming up on 9news now,

trick or treat. young goalies hit the street.

the big night arrived. anny hong is live on connecticut avenue. you had quite a crowd out there. >> it has been that a little bit. it's winding down. we found great trick or treaters out here, a pizza slice and elvis out here for several years every halloween. earlier we had hundreds of trick or treaters of all sizes including little dogs. great homemade costumes, one including a starbucks latte cup and a family that dressed up as characters from madagascar. businesses have been donating candy. elvis has been here eight years, every year standing in

front of the cvs giving out candy. they want to say something tonight. what do you want to say. >> happy halloween. >> it's a happy one for sure tonight. getting cool and chilly. otherwise kids say it's not too bad because the candy is keeping them warm. back to you. >> we have a number that fly over head. gigantic puppets. a huge amount of actors concealed in every possible way and gruesome costumes coming after you. >> that is a house of horrors. scaring people is big business. they bring in a half a billion with a b dollars a year. the owner of this one in georgia was a late night horror film host. he says he spends the entire year putting the house of horror together and boy does it pay off. >> i cannot do those things. the kids love it.

i am a wimp. >> it's creepy. >> you know what i have come to like as much as the chocolate and peppermint patties. >> did you ever bake pumpkin seeds. >> did last night. did you bring some in. >> no, we took them out. haven't baked them yet. nice trick or treat weather. it will be the 11th year in a row without rainfall. 53 right now. 46 up in gaithersburg. some of the burbs are dipping into the showers. we are in good shape. late tonight, out to georgetown, you may have a couple of sprinkles 10:00, 11:00 or midnight. a couple of showers west of hager towns but this is -- hagerstown but this is not reaching the ground yet. not a lot heading our way. whatever heads our way will be light. not as cold. early trick or treaters.

you will be fine. a few showers late. nice on tuesday. a little cool. you will need shades and a jacket. tonight, mostly cloudy and chilly. a shower possible by midnight. 38 to 46. winds southeasterly at 10. lows 10 before they were last night. upper 30s in gaithersburg and rockville as opposed to the upper 20s. 40 in arlington. down to the south, waldorf, 40. upper 30s in hearn done and in manassas. tuesday morning, 30s and 40s. bind is light -- wind is light. high temperature near 60. winds northeasterly about 10. generally sunshine from the mountains to the coast tomorrow. 45 in oakland. 55 cumberland. 60 in culpeper with sunshine.

67 warrenton and leesburg. 57 or 58 in manassas. no wind to speak of. no small craft advisory for the bay. 38 to 46. grab a jacket. walking to lunch you probably need the jacket. by evening sunshine 56 to 61. the next three days, temps go up slowly. sunshine wednesday. 60. nice on thursday. clouds come in late, keep it dry. temperatures in the low 60s. the next seven days we will keep it going. temps dip back to the 60s. over the weekend they go back up. low 60s saturday. mid-60s sunday. the terps in town, the heart walk and we have the redskins in town. and then we have showers on monday with temperatures in the 60s. >> can i take my hand off my eyes now. >> i got bad news for you.

>> keep them there. it's still bad. >> redskins park not a great place to be when you lose like the redskins did yesterday. players in no mood for interviews but we do it anyway. wait until you hear what the skins have to say. ♪

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welcome backment there are game takes -- welcome back. there are game takes you watch and some that you burn. i digress. when it comes to the buffalo game, there wasn't one positive thing that came from that thing that we watched yesterday. nine sacks to a defense that had four all season long coming in. defensively they were gutted. >> everybody is [inaudible]. >> guys have to play well on game day. >> a matter of looking in the mirror. taking it upon themselves to go out and see what they got to do to get better and move on. >> continue to work, continue to look at yourself and see what you need to do individually to improve to help this team win football games.

>> more problems. mike shanahan says fred davis has a grade one ankle sprain. he was seen in a walking boot but avoided reporters. the coach hopes davis will be available for sunday's game against san francisco. back to the run game for a second. 12 carries, 26 yards is paltry by any standard. tim hightower is out but where have you gone ryan torain. remember he rushed for 135 yards three games ago. last week two carries against the panthers. what is up. sources say the redskins claimed deshared choice off waivers. dallas put him on waivers before the game against the eagles. he still has to pass his physical. dave very johnson will return to the nats as manager. he went 40-43. high school now, time for the high school football game of

the week poll. go to dc.high school sports.net and vote on the game. things not good at redskins park. >> well, but things at least are good for trick or treaters. >> yes, they are. temps in the upper 40s and low 50s. out late trick or treating you may have a shower. sunshine tomorrow and wednesday temperatures in the upper 50s to near 60 which is below average but not bad. the weekend looks great. it will be a 49 hour weekend. i will be saying that all week. >> dreamy. >> all right. that is it for us on 9news now at 6:00. "cbs evening news" is next. >> then at 7:00 our area's only local newscast. and don't forget tomorrow morning at 4:25. have a great day.