she hopes to be in a much better place health wise. nevertheless she will be out there cheering next week when battlefield begins their playoff march. anita, over to you. this is 9news now. we have more big news tonight in the herman cain front. an accuser decides she is not going to come forward in person and cain still gets wildly enthusiastic greetings from the republicans. bruce, talk about this for me. >> yes. the other big news is this poll that has come out. even with the scandal he is neck in neck with mitt romney nationally. by coincidence the two appeared one after the other at a conservative convention here in d.c. and guess who got more applause? >> my pledge to you as your president is back to the top of the hills where it belongs and i will never apologize for the greatness of the united states

of america. [ cheers and applause >> reporter: herman cain bask in the adolaation of the faithful at the convention center. cain was once a hired speaking for a right wing group. >> this may be a breaking news announcement for the media. i am the coke brothers brother from another mother. >> reporter: a new washington post poll suggests seven in ten republicans think the sexual harassment allegations do not matter one wit when it comes to picking a presidential candidate. >> i think allegations are absolutely frivolous. >> my opinions on herman cain have not changed one bit. >> i don't care. i think herman cain would make a wonderful president. >> show me the proof. where is the soiled dress? >> reporter: the cheers for romney more muted. a promise to repeal obama care.

>> when i'm president that bad news will be over. >> what did you think cain or romney. >> cain. >> definitely? >> yes. >> doesn't matter about these accusations? >> accusations don't prove guilty. >> reporter: cain is still confident to mock mitt romney's use of teleprompters. >> whose telepomp teleprompters? i don't need them. >> having the public staying behind herman cain despite all these harassment allegations. >> do you think it would be different though if this woman came forward? >> that would be interesting. she was given this opportunity to come forward today and instead her lawyer came forward. he had a very kind of legalistic statement. wouldn't go into any details. as the national restaurant association waivings these confidentiality agreements and see if that makes a difference.

latest job numbers out today show for the first time since july the unemployment rate edged lower last week but the economy just added 80,000 jobs in october which is the slowest growth in four months. alexis christophorus is live in new york to break it down for us. >> reporter: lesli, the job crisis may be easing slightly but not fast enough for the till millions of out of work americans. investors largely unimpressed with today's job report and worries about europe cast shadows over stock. wall street knows it will take more than a slight drop in the unemployment rate to get it going going. >> reporter: trying to get his career going since graduating college a year and a half ago. >> i have held small jobs here at cafes and things like that to pay the pills but it is not really a job that will lead me to any type of career. >> reporter: stanton is one of millions stuck in place as the

job market stagnates. new labor department figures show things are improving slightly. the unemployment rate dropped to 9% from 9.1%. that's its lowest level since april. >> it is keeping up or close to keeping up with a population which means it is not strong enough to start lowering the unemployment rate. >> reporter: the economy added just 80,000 jobs in october. that's the fewest in four months. but there is also some good news. revised numbers show the economy added about 100,000 more jobs in august and september than first thought. the jobs report seems to have little impact here on wall street. instead investors seem more concerned about the debt crisis overseas. the stocks traded lower as investors waited on a confidence vote for greece's prime minister. investors also say news of a slight increase in hourly wages here at home isn't enough. >> we need to see wages grow substantially in order to really see the economy grow. >> reporter: william stanton

isn't giving up. >> i'm just going to keep looking, keep working side jobs. >> reporter: but it may take awhile. the federal reserve says it doesn't expect the unemployment rate to go any lower this year. and today's jobs report may be a modest improvement but president obama will still likely face voters with the highest unemployment rate of any post-war president. lesli? >> alexis christophorus, thank you. a big scare in a small city out in west virginia today. the post office had to be evacuated after employees reported a package exploded throwing white powder into the air. our peggy fox has been on the scene all day long live now with exactly how this all went down. okay, what's the deal, peggy? >> reporter: they thought they had an anthrax scare here that the post office. employees thought that they heard an explosion and they thought they saw white powder coming from a package. but it all turned out to be a false alarm. the response, however, from

local and federal response and emergency crews was impressive. they first quarantined the postal employees in a school bus in case they were contaminated. then they sent in a robot to test for air quality. and they in sent in a hazmat worker. all tests came back negative. >> that was the smoke that they were seeing, the light haze, it was due to the electrical issue inside the building. >> so i'm actually happy that they did respond the way they did because it could have been serious. >> thank goodness that everything is okay and nobody got hurt. it was something not real bad. >> reporter: now, after the all clear sign workers went back in to start sorting and sending out mail. it turns out what they heard was a pop but it came from a ballast from a fluorescent light burning out which then put out this whitish, bluish

haze that haze that they thought was white powder in the air and it wasn't. and inside the package it was just cookies. so we hope that those cookies got wrapped back up and sent on their way. i'm peggy fox, reporting live. back to you. >> good news is it was just cookies. thank you for that, peggy. coming up at 7 p.m. tonight the people in charge at the arlington national cemetery update their ongoing check into those mismarked graves. where that investigation stands. and what they found over the past few months tonight on 9news now 7 p.m. coming up this half hour, looks like something you might see in a movie and now the investigation is on to find out just what happened on a residential street in the middle of the night. we have cleared out nicely. we will take you out with the almanac. here is what goes in the books for now. 59 and 50. way below 50 before midnight. 59 was the high. average 63 and 42. we will come back and tell you how cold it will be if you're headed out and take you all the way through the weekend. up next, you see those

little ladies out this time of year but you may not believe what happened to one group of girl guides selling cookies. we will be right back.

police hope you can help them find two people suspected of stealing from a girl scouts troop. the kids were outside trying to sell cookies at the wal-mart along crane highway when this man walked up and asked how much the cookies cost then grabbed the cash box and ran. that's when witnesses say this man ran after him saying he would catch him. then both men ran into the woods together. we will tell you more about this investigation tonight at 11 p.m. a guilty plea today from the man charged with starting several fires including one that injured four firefighters. agreeing to serve 25 years in prison for setting a series of fires over the last three and a

half years but a judge will rule in february as to whether or not that agreement will be actually accepted. dues still faces charges in maryland for three fires in prince george's county. new information tonight in the case of the fire that severely damaged the georgetown libary four and a half years ago. a settlement means the district will get $6 million from the contractor's insurance carriers. contractors were renovating the building and fire started at wisconsin avenue. the second floor ceiling collapsed and there was major water damage to the library. still ahead. we are not quite ready to make a mission to mars but six people spent the last year and a half simulating one. we will talk about that. [ speaking french ]

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line. glenmonte and fort tauton. until the system closes on sunday. everything will be back on monday but this weekend are the closures. takoma, silver spring, wheaton, forest glen, glenmont. a car apparently at one point went airborne and left this mess. delia gonclaves is live to show us what is left behind. >> reporter: these damaged cars left behind. and it really is painful to take a look. these two cars behind me, the worst hit. the car swerved down the street. you can see this tire mark here. the car hopped onto this maxima and landed upside down on that grey jeep. take a close look at this picture. 9news now just exclusively obtained this picture of the suspect's black suv on top of that jeep early this morning. police are confirming the crash did occur around 2:30 this morning and that the driver took off but witnesses here on

the scene believe this all started with a police chase. >> looked like a meteor shower. honestly, it looks like a van hit the car and ran over the ore. >> both the people ran. originally they were behind that gate look to go see if they could find somebody. >> reporter: now residents are telling us there was a female passenger in the suspect's vehicle that was appended and questioned by police. detectives are not confirming that for us but they do tell us they are working hard to identify this driver and they hope to have an arrest warrant very soon. lesli? >> all right, delia, thank you. researchers in moscow finished up a grueling simulation to mars. the crew suffered confinement, stress and fatigue but not the weightlessness. today they carefully walked out

of the set. >> it is really great to see you again. >> the crew everyone included three russians, frenchman, italian columbia and a chinese man. a reel flight to mars is still decades away. conneticut needs more help recovering from last week's fierce snow storm in october. that was the message today from the state's governor to the administration. conneticut's leaders are asking for another emergency declaration in order to get even more aid. 310,000 people still have no electricity. at the peak 830,000 were without power. >> wow. >> the snow for us was just sort of a source of beauty and it left but there it is lingering.

>> unless you were up in allegheny county or frederick. there were 3 million people without power. that is crazy. all right, a fine fall weekend for us. a little bit cool maybe for some. hardly a cloud in the sky. temperatures. if you're headed out, haven't left for high school football game, dress warmly. temps still in the 50s in most spots. 53 in arlington. we are already sneaking into the 40s. 48 in gaithersburg. feeling like it is in the upper 30s before the game is over. here is the deal. a great fall weekend. cold for high school football. saturday a very cold start. kind of chilly for the terps game. the silver lining there is not much wind on saturday and cool for the redskins game. silver lining there. not much wind. for tonight, clear, breezy and cold. i would say a two blanket night. everybody falls into the 30s. and wind continue. north-northeast 10 to 15. so you go far enough north and west you will be right around the freezing mark despite the winds. winds keep temps up a little

bit. 32 gaithersburg. 33 in rockville. but even downtown 39. 34 in college park. 34 in bowie. mid-30s in waldorf. out to the west. 33 in reston and fairfax and sterling and herndon. about 31 for a low in manassas. tomorrow morning, sunny with a cold start. grab a jacket and shades. 30s and 40s. winds north easterly at 10. winds calm down tomorrow. by afternoon sunny and chilly. you still need that light jacket and sunglasses. high temperatures 50 to 55. winds northeast at 10. that's a little bit below average. average highs in the low 60s. 7 p.m. in the 30s but clear. then sunny at noon. 45 to 50. and by evening sunshine. 50 to 55. really i don't think we will see a cloud in the sky tomorrow. all right, the redskins game. mostly sunny. a bit cool. warm in the sun.

49 is game time temps. wind still light northerly at about 10. so pretty good deal. all right, next three days. we have got the heart walk tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. it starts at 10 a.m. get there by 9 a.m. lots to do before and after the walk. mr. howard bernstein will be there with along with bruce johnson. set your clocks back one hour tomorrow night. a race in bethesda called anything is possible. it starts at 1:50 right at the corner of democracy and georgetown. you can finish the race before the clocks go back. benefits soldiers. 58. mostly sunny on monday and 64 degrees. look what happens next week. talking temperatures in the upper 60s tuesday. i went 70 on wednesday. a shower possible. better chance though of showers and some rain on thursday. and we are back in the 50s on friday. >> can he deliver? >> and a reminder. food driver -- i can deliver. we will deliver this weekend

too the boy scouts dropping off 800,000 bags this weekend except for the district. fill them up and put them back on your doorstep a week from this saturday picking them up on the 12th and will drop them off tomorrow the 5th. please, we are scouting for food and making pretty easy for you. >> absolutely. got stuff. >> people will dig deep. they are going to give. >> i hope so. nba is not going to do, it maryland ready to go. it is basketball season already. can you believe it? terps basketball nation. get ready for takeoff. the man replacing gary williams giving the area our first look at his squad and he is facing a legendary coach right off the bat. and remaining hopeful and redskins nation remaining playerful.

welcome back. this is a big night if you're a maryland basketball fan. those terp lovers in their 20s, probably safe to say gary williams is the only basketball coach you have ever known. brought you a national championship and 20 winning seasons. enter mark turjon from texas a&m. the tenure hasn't been smooth. he got a late start recruiting.

only seven scholarships recruits. former villanova legend. sound easy because it is northwood? think again. >> i try to get out of the game when i took the job. i said i can't lose my first game at comcast. he was like, mark. he starts crying on the phone. we are no good. i hear they are ranked number 1. >> ranked number 1 in the little leagues. over in the football complex things hectic. 2-1 in his first season. terps trying to salvage something with a win over virginia saturday. athletic director kevin anderson sent out an e-mail this week urging fans to support the team despite the difficult year. we will see. 12 p.m. kickoff tomorrow. hopeful. that's the word out of redskins park concerning davis. ankle sprain getting better. today they need him bad and redskins faithful hoping he will be there.

he has been the team's most offensive contributor. our cameras heading to the game. game coverage at 11:15. alex ovechkin bench gate is over. bruce boudreau says the caps have turned the page now the team has to do something they haven't had to do all year long. get ready for a back-to-back set. first up carolina. beating the hurricanes in overtime. washington got a much needed win tuesday over the mighty ducks. a little alex ovechkin verbal outburst tested the team. the next few days will test the team physically. >> it is really nice to get the first one. you really want to get the first one. once you can get that then the second day you're feeling good about yourself and you try and carry the previous night into the next night. so the first game becomes very important. >> finally the nats make it official signing a pitcher to a

one-year deal. mike rizzo wanted to make it a two-year deal. wong making a pretty good comeback from shoulder surgery excited about the upcoming campaign. good stuff coming out of nats park. >> all right. big night for friday night lights. love the weather. >> it will cooperate just will be chilly if you're going to see any high school games. next three days. 53 tomorrow. heart walk in the morning. >> that's right. >> 40s. >> bundling up for that. >> then turn your clocks back one hour tomorrow night before you go to bed. upper 50s on sunday. great for the redskins game. then 64 on monday. >> join us for the heart walk. just bundle up. >> there you go. >> that's it for us at 9news now. the cbs evening news is next. good night, everybody. captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com