paid agreement to shut up. and we've been chasing this one down for you. what do you have? >> reporter: we've got new numbers, the new numbers for the cost of the settlements from the national restaurant association. numbers of the benefits coming from the cain campaign because of perceptions that he is being unfairly targeted. >> excuse me. >> reporter: cain says it is all politics. >> there are facts that are trying to destroy me personally as well as this campaign. >> reporter: but the story keeps growing. the website reports tonight that the restaurant association settled the harassment claims by one woman for far more than what cain had indicated paying her $45,000 for her silence. and the new york times reports that another woman who claimed she was harassed by cain got about $35,000. >> this morning, you know, i sent my e-mail, they drafted statements to the attorney for the restaurant association.

that they agree to release the statements, notwithstanding the confidential clause within the 1999 settlement agreement between my client and the restaurant association. >> reporter: joel bennett says they will refuse claims denial of the harassment allowed able to break the agreement to be quiet in exchange for money, but she will not identify himself. >> we believe that the statement that we have proposed is a fair and reasonable statement. it will be from me on behalf of my clients that will not identify her and that she will never be going public ny: the r association says that they will be responding to the letter tomorrow. a third woman told them that she considered creating a problem for her -- creating a problem for her, but that story is not true. >> and from the gop, they think that they are responsible for

the start. so far, no one has come forward to say this is who i am and this is what he did to me, allowing the accusations to be examined for truth. >> $4,500 sounds like a lot of money. >> how much do you pay a trial laurel an hour? many associations have decided, instead of doing for the possible legitimate issues -- instead of going for the possible legitimate issues. the killer of the germantown mom and son, no way for him to get out of jail. bruce leshan is live for us at the courthouse in rockville. kill your estrange wife to get her car? is that what we're hearing, bruce? >> reporter: yeah, that's really what it is starting to sound like. he told his newest girlfriend

that he would get her a new car, that he had texted her pictures of his estrange wife's new honda. and that he then murdered her and her 11-year-old son, william, took the car, giving it to his girlfriend. the state's attorney says he is still unsure if he will seek the death pent for curtis lopez. they require dna or video tape of the actual murder. but the prosecutor described what sounded like two cold- blooded pre-meditated murders. the reality is, it's not like tv. evidence like dna will take time to develop. >> reporter: prosecutors developed a picture, suggesting that he murdered hizzes strange wife and simply so he could -- that he murdered hizzes strange

wife and simply so he could please his new girlfriend. they said that he texted the girlfriend pictures of the car before he killed jane and william. and then he texted more pictures after the murders. >> here is your car. we're on our way. >> reporter: prosecutors told the judge that lopez beat jane in the head with a 30-pound weight while she was curled up asleep in her bedroom. and then they say that he picked up william at a sleepover. and drove him to his storage facility and grabbed what was likely one of william's baseball bats. then he took the 11-year-old out in the woods and beat him in the head with that bat until he died. >> the baseball bat was found just a short distance away. >> the public defender described the evidence against him as circumstantial. but the judge found it compelling and with what he

says is lopez's horrendous history of arrests for murder robbery, rape. the judge refused to set any kind of bail, anita? >> horrendous is the word. thank you. convicted of first-degree murder in the slaying of her co- worker. we'll hear from the veteran cop who oversaw the entire investigation. >> reporter: i'm here in police headquarters with the head of the major's crime division will talk about norwood's motive, state of mind, when her story unraveled. >> what it showed us is that somebody was extremely, extremely agitated and that this was a personal attack. >> reporter: he calls it one of the most horrendous crimes he has ever investigated in the 22 years with the suspect. no e cause for the savage

attack. >> i believe that she really felt like she did not want to be accused of or looked at. someone who potentially stole from the store. >> the lives unraveled after days of the crime. andrea mccaren, 9news now. and with only four of the 12 incumbent seeking reelias abuelazam election, the new board could bring in a new agenda. peggy fox tells us what it means. >> that is for the child. >> reporter: seven candidates are running for the three at- large school board seats. only one of them is an incumbent. over the past few years, a number of issues are turning them against the school board. >> there were a series of missed steps. they decided to run for the board after the closed clifton elementary school. it was the son's suicide after harsh treatments from the

discipline policy. >> it's about changing this from being the punitive system to redevelop that student. >> reporter: class sizes and the staffing formula, sending more teachers out there is another hot button topic. all the newcomers say they wanted independent auditors to find more cost savings in this school system's $2.2 billion budget. >> that's the first thing we need to do is to look at how the over $300 million a year that we're spending on central administrative headquarters and their departments is being used. to cut some of that as well. >> reporter: several republicans say that the school system should not ask for anymore money from the board of supervisors and taxpayers the bucket that has been flat for years, despite increasing enrollment, they question that goal. >> reporter: he says no more significant cuts could be made, except those straight to the classrooms. >> we are slipping away from our world class school system. yeah, we cannot afford to keep cutting the budget and expecting a better outcome. we have been doing it for the

last four years with great outcomes. but we cannot continue to do this and not harm the quality of schools that we all cherish. >> and they said that the budget has been audited and that it is all online for anyone to see. lesli? >> all right, we'll see what happens. thank you so much. anita and derek? welcoming up tonight on 9news now at 7:00, the lulu lemon murder trial. and what you will never hear. you can always see the pictures, joining me live to talk about what he saw, what he drew, why he drew it that way in the courtroom. but still ahead in this half hour of 9news now, a family seeking justice after they say that a doctor misdiagnosed their son and that cost him his leg. topper? well, we've got a weak cold front headed our way. we'll come back and tell you what it means. we'll show you the high and lows today. do you want an average day? that goes into the books. average is 43 and 65. the record high is 80 and the record low is 29. we'll come back and get theshowers. stick around for your morning

commute and a look for your weekend. but coming up next, investigators want to know if hoarding played a role in a deadly fire this morning.

a woman who has died and a man is seriously injured. two firefighters are also ending up in the hospital after the early morning house fire. the victim has been identified as the 67-year-old. montgomery county firefighters are still investigating exactly what caused the fires that many neighbors believe that the homeowners alleged hoarding that could be to blame for the quickness on how fast the flames spread. the home also had no working fire alarms. arlington police are on the lookout for a man who exposed himself on a popular bike path. they now reported that it happened around 10:00 last wednesday night in the 1,400

block of lee highway that is right near the key bridge. now, this guy was apparently hiding behind the sign and shining a flashlight on his private parts as the jogger ran on by. he was wearing a suit and his face was covered with pantihose. okay, still ahead, if i tell you about an attack at an atm, you would probably think about a robbery. what was caught on tape at this bank machine. that's coming up next. [ nurse ] i'm a hospice nurse.

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an infection that caused a 6-year-old boy to lose both his legs. now, the family is suing the hospital and doctors are claiming that he was never prescribed anti-biotics, stopping the infection from getting so bad. and we are live outside the circuit court where the suit was just filed. >> reporter: anita, unfortunately that this is not unique. now, we just learned that a 2- year-old california girl, her family just won a $10 million lawsuit after having to lose her hand and both her feet because of the same types of

the aggressive infections. and the pain is still fresh for the family. >> i was i was shown something like that. no kid should have to go through this. >> reporter: he lost his legs last december, just one day after being rushed to the energy room at the baltimore washington medical center. >> and eric, he had almost every single sign in symptoms of a strep infection and a severe infection. >> reporter: high fever, rapid heart rate and swollen tonsil. mom said she asked for a strep test, but he never got one. >> you wonder, you know, why she didn't, knowing that his tonsils were stolen as they were. why she wouldn't have just swabbed, doing a simple strep test, where he would not be in the situation that we're in today. >> reporter: instead, the family says that he was diagnosed with nasal congestion and sent home. not with antibiotics, but

tylenol. and now, the one little active boy underwent emergency amputation to save his life. according to the state board of physicians, the 33-year-old daughter is a 2005 graduate of howard university college of medicine with a clean record in her short time as a maryland doctor. the hospital also released a statement expressing sympathy, saying in part, "the care he received was thorough and appropriate. eric's symptoms were simply not consistent with or indicative of this very aggressive form of infection." the hospital spokesperson also says, "this story is an important one for all parents to hear." anita? >> thank you so much. all right, new at 6:00 tonight, a bizarre lawsuit out of new york over a 2003 wedding that has already ended in divorce. he's suing the photographers from his nuptials claiming they missed the last dance and the bouquet toss and wants to be paid the $4,100 that he spent

on the photography and he wants another $4,800 to recreate the entire wedding so another photographer could shoot it. now again, remember, his ex- wife has already returned to her native country so all of that might be a little speculated. caught on tape tonight, not the kind of thing you would expect to get out of your atm, but when a man in spain went to get some cash, he was greeted by that, a little snake instead. he saw it when he went to reach for the money. he called police, but kept on his cell phone to snap some video while he was waiting. it turns out that the snake was stuck and later freed without anybody getting hurt at that atm. how it got in there though? >> you've got to wonder. >> that's just crazy. initially, you think that the only thing you might find there would be like a skimming device. >> but a snake? no. >> and that would keep me away from atm's for quite some time. >> yeah, don't even start thinking that way.

>> no. >> okay. >> a gorgeous day today. let's get him back on track. >> yes. gorgeous day. i'm easily distracted. a nice weekend ahead. temperatures will take a tumble. and now let's start with the temperatures right now, if you're going to go outside, walk the dog. it's very comfortable. it's not windy, which is just great. these temperatures, you know, you will feel pretty true. 60 in arlington, 58 in bethesda. 59 up in gaithersburg. 56 in reston rather and 61 over at college park. so you know, it is just about an average day and early november could be nice here in the metro area. satellite picture radar combined. a storm that pulled out of the rockies yesterday. and it is going to be primarily left with rain here in parts of, well, the midwest, ohio valley, to the south of us. the storm itself will kind of track to the south. but we'll keep that chance of the shower late tonight after midnight and early on friday. especially south and east. right now, we're clear of the high clouds that will be coming in here shortly. again, showers were able to roll in, it will be well after midnight. storms will be staying south. showers are possible late. a few clouds, well, maybe a

shower tomorrow morning. but really, we're talking about southern maryland. cooler, but nice on friday and cool for high school football. bundle up. it will also be a little breezy. for tonight, increasing clouds. it is just chilly. a shower is possible after midnight. and lows in the 40s. the winds are southwest at 10, becoming northeast at 10 by dawn tomorrow. lows tonight because of the clouds, chance for showers is pretty uniform really. in the metro area, a pretty good amount of rain tonight. this is uniform. 44 in gaithersburg, 46 in arlington. 45 in college park. 44 at bowie. down to the south, 46 out here. we're talking about the mid-40s for fairfax and reston. 43 in leesburg and 43 also down in manassas. now tomorrow morning, a shower is possible, but again primarily south and east, so the charles county, st. mary's county, and east, then becoming partly cloudy, breezy, cool. 40s and 50s. winds are north northeast at 10 to 15. by the afternoon, a bright day for you. just a little brisk, breezy and cooler. we'll keep the light jacket

handy with the shades. winds are north northeast at 10 to 20 and gusty, feeling a little colder than the actual temperature. next seven days, it really drives down on saturday. not windy on saturday. we've got the heart walk at 10:00, wait until you sign up and donate. we've got the turps in town and an extra hour on saturday night. replace the batteries in your smoke detectors and off your carbon monoxide detectors. nice on saturday too with sunshine, back up to 58. then in the 60s next week. that will be milder on tuesday and wednesday. >> we'll have a channel 9 booth at the heart walk harbor. that will be the wusa9 team. >> yes, that's part of it. it will be out there earlier. >> so much to do. great family activity. >> all right, let's hope that the extra hours will help the redskins because they have a big test coming up this weekend. >> yeah, they do. the only hope for the redskins for, you know, the first few weeks, but they have skipped the rest of the team, facing a daunting task on sunday. they have been run over the

past few weeks. how do they plan on stopping the machine that they will call this? and plus, maryland basketball, it could be a surprise this season or it could be a major train wreck. what the coach has to say next in sports.

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the san francisco 49ers have yet to allow a rushing

touchdown this season. it's a pretty impressive stat, but a daunting one as well when you're the redskins and you cannot put a single point on the board. so the skins offense, they need to somehow find their groove again if they want a w on sunday. the redskins defense, they also need to get their act together. the 49ers lead by the qb, alex smith. and they are 6th in the league in points and rushing yards. much of those rushing yards is thanks to the runningback frank gore. and the skins are giving up an average of 151 rushing yards per game. gore had 134 just last week against cleveland. and the defense definitely has their work cut out for them. >> and yeah, that is something that they need to run on out there, you know? and alex smith, he is just, well, managing the games. but they need to run that ball with no secrets. and you need to keep that going. >> and the defense, they might need to try to stop the 49ers without safety that will go out there. they said that out of practice with a knee injury. on offense, mike shanahan said

that he is feeling better today after a little setback yesterday and fred davis was limited again as well. all right, this is shaping up to be a not-so-good season for the big maryland sports teams. the turps football team is just 2-6 under their new head coach. there's not much hope for the basketball team either. losing jordan williams to the draft for about 10 to 12 weeks with a broken foot, just leaving eight scholarship players on the squad, which means the remaining seven are all walk ons. that's a tough sack for any coach to work with. and you'll get a first look to see what he has done with the team when they open up the exhibition plays tomorrow night. >> i do think that they are all getting better. knock on wood that today goes well. and whether or not we'll show it up. but as a coach, i know we have gotten a lot better. >> all right, time for the high school football game of the week poll on the list of the matchups this week. dunbar at coolidge.

rockland at largo. there's your full list right there. that's where you'll go to vote. finally tonight, the redskins could use some extra help, right? how about kevin durant? you know, he's trying to find something to do during the game day lockout. there's him all dolled up in his redskins gear. there's a redskins blogger that asked us if they would have him play in the resounding 81% who said yes. it sounds like the redskins nation is a little desperate. they've got him all in his gear there and he kind of looks like a football player, but maybe that's just his head. >> yeah, maybe. [ laughter ] >> they need whatever they could get. >> will it be a good football weekend? >> yeah, we'll let anybody play. >> exactly. >> cooling down the redskins. >> all right. we'll be ready. >> cbs evening news is next. good night.