where they were at a party, and she stabbed mccoy in the neck. >> it is really messed up what happened to her. nobody deserves to die like that. >> reporter: we here at the university are reeling from this tragedy and are very sad over the loss of such an incredibly young woman. >> reporter: fsu is providing counselors for grieving students and staffers. investigators have not said exactly what led to that deadly fight. allred line trains on metro transit are back to normal. last night the line was single tracking after a woman was killed by a train. just after 8:00 last night the woman put herself in the path

of the train as it entered the station. she died at the scene. police are urging parents and students to be extra cautious after another apparent abduction attempt. an eight-year-old girl told police four men and a man approached her and tried to get her into the van. the girl managed to get home safely. it is the fifth reported abduction attempt since mid october. americans don't like wall street, occupy wall street movements or the tea party. it is found that only 35% had a favorable opinion of the out -- of the occupy wall street opinion. only 16% of the people surveyed viewed wall street and large corporations positively. with that on their minds the presidential election is one year away and the gop

contenders continue to battle across the country and on air waves. a new washington post poll suggests herman cain and mitt romney are neck and neck at the top of the base. >> reporter: herm says he is done talking about his sexual harassment scandal -- herman cain says he is done talking about his sexual harassment scandal. >> reporter: the republican presidential candidate cut off a reporter who tried to bring up the allegations against him. cain has repeatedly denied sexually harassing anyone and says he wants to return to focusing on the country's major issues. >> we are getting back on message. end of story. >> reporter: while cain may be finished discussing the controversy, his rivals are just getting started. it is still unclear how much

the scandal will impact cain's campaign. a poll friday had him still tied with mitt romney, but another on sunday shed a nine point drop in his favorability rating. >> he can't basically say i'm not going to answer any questions on this. as facts come forward, even though it is unconvention al, republicans want to win. >> reporter: cain will likely face more questions tonight. he will join six of his republican rivals in a lee hour town hall -- three hour town hall broadcast on the radio. and at 4:33, here's a look at other things making news now. a former penn state football coach is free on $100,000 bail. police arrested jerry sandusky over the weekend for allegedly sexually assaulting 18 underage boys over a 15 year period. two top university officials have been charged after failing to report an eyewitness acount of the abuse to authorities.

lawyers if all three men say they are innocent. andy rooney had a special give for specking for every man. rooney died friday night from complications after minor surgery. his death comes just one month after he retired from the show. and for 33 years, rooney concluded 60 minutes with his quirky and sometimes controversial essays. he was 92 years old. parts of oklahoma are recovering from a weekend earthquake. it shook homes and rattled nerves across the state. several buildings have been damaged. the epicenter was located 45 miles east of oklahoma city. >> the power went out more than a week ago. the state's largest utility company says tens of thousands are still without electricity. at the height of the storm more than 800,000 were in the dark

in connecticut alone. it was about 2 million on the eastern seaboard. redskins quarterback john beck started yesterday and is still searching for a victory. skins just could not get the offense going again. they were only able to put up three points on the board. finally 1:10 in the fourth, john beck finally airs one out and hits gaffney in the back of the end zone. their first touchdown in seven quarters. >> the uniforms made it so obvious they within going anywhere. the niners offense now, that was a completely different story. running back frank gore finished with 10 yards. smith 200 yards. david acres added four field goes. despite the offensive problems, coach shanahan says he is

sticking with beck as his quarterback next week. we want to remind you here at 9news now, we are sponsoring a food drive, looking for your donations of nonperishable foods and other items like we have here. did you get the plastic bag on your door? we did at my house. donations links are at 9 news.com. don't forget you can also bring supplies too, like paper towels or diapers. the boy scouts are trying to make this as easy as possible. if you live in maryland or virginia you got a bag on your door. the district you can go to safe way. next saturday they are going to pick up all the bags on november 1st. >> please help those less fortunate than yourself. it is definitely needed in these tough times. coming up, forget traditional online purchases. new numbers suggest we are

using our mobile devices to do our holiday shopping. parts of virginia affected by the august earthquake are finally getting much needed federal relief. sort of. we are back in two minutes with your weather first. you are watching 9news now.

we have some patchy, dense fog out there. that may slow you down a little bit in the next couple of hours. upper 50s by noon, 60 to 65 for a high. by 6:00 p.m., under the moonlit skies perhaps, the star lit skies, temperatures back in the 50s. we'll come back after the upcoming weeks. monika santani, back to you. this story this morning is

eastbound route 50, john hanson highway, it is closed outside the beltway with an overturned truck and a couple of vehicles involved. it should be there for about an hour. i'll tell you more about that and other area roadways andrea and mike? 4:40. time for the first your money segment of the morning. jessica is off today. investors are expected to turn their attention, once again, to europe. on friday the modest improvement in the job markets overshadow the debt crisis in europe. the dow slid 61. s&p 500 was down 8. the nation's general wealth cap is -- generation al, excuse me, wealth cap is at its widest margin on record. the number suggests a person who is 65 or older has a net worth 47 times greater than someone

35 or younger. the disparity has the highlight of what a down economy is having on younger americans. mortgages worth more than the value of their homes and huge college debt are contributing. the deal to buy t-mobile usa may make until the middle of next quarter i don't to close. the deal has been held up as at&t fights antitrust regulators. the company hoped to complete it in year. in august the justice department filed a lawsuit to stop the deal, saying it could harm consumers by reducing competition and raising prices. this could be the year mobile shopping goes mainstream. 15% of consumers are expected to pay for purchases with their mobile devices this holiday season. that is compared to 4.5% last year. we all know that sexual

harassment often can happen in the workplace. >> it is more of an epidemic. that story and more when we return in two minutes. these sweet honey clustery things have fiber? fiber one. almost tastes like one of jack's cereals. uh, forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? uh, try the number one!

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morning. we are excited about trying to help people who really need help. 9news now sponsoring food drive 9, we are looking for dope nations of nonperishable food. find donation links to the capital food bank and other charities across the area. remember you have probably got one of those plastic bags on your doorknob. we want to you fill the bags with nonperishable food items. still donate to the 9news drive if you live in the district by taking your donations to any safe way area. absolutely. good weekend for anything you wanted to do, heart walk or put out the bags on people's door steps. >> uh-huh, we are just waiting for next saturday. should be another weekend, coming up. >> it is a perpetual weekend i

don't i don't know what that means, but okay. >> well you are always in that good weekend mind frame. >> we saw mlk jr. for the first time, spend some time with fdr, had a great weekend. it was great. we have several good days until maybe a couple of showers as we head toward thursday. let's get you started with the bus stop forecast. our friends in fairfax enjoying a couple of days off here for service issues. what? teacher work days, that sort of thing that goes on every now and then. clear and chilly in most areas with patchy, dense fog. 43 to 51. we were in the 30s and 40s this morning. 30s and 40s and the sunrise is at about 6:41. will be 47 by 9:00. with calm winds. then we will look at winds light today, generally out of the south 5 miles per hour or less. highs between 60 and 65. a pleasant afternoon.

here are the weather headlines. nice and mild today. tomorrow and wednesday very few problems except for the morning fog. shower possible on thursday as the front comes through. that will give you a chilly friday. friday you may need jackets or even sweaters. back in the 60-degree range or better as we head in toward saturday and sunday. this coming weekend. that is good news again. clear skies, high pressure is in control. we have the fog, temperatures are down in the 30s and 40s, 32 in culpepper. we have visibility issues in leesburg and over toward bowie reporting a little bit of fog. into southern maryland. also to fredericksburg, 36 degrees with the fog. reagan national clear 44 no winds. the dew point is 42. so you don't have much of a spread. just a 2-degree spread. we are seeing the dew point, other areas where it is cold

enough. here's the jet stream taking a big dip in the southwest. you have cold and unsettled weather here. south of that across the type south pushing milder temperatures our way. through north texas and oklahoma and missouri see the showers and storms that are firing here this morning as they try to move off toward the north and the northeast. for us, with high pressure in control, we are kind of going to be twenty the system out west. this area of low pressure southwest of bermuda this may produce sprinkles, more likely fog to the east along coastal areas with any showers remaining well west of us through the day tuesday. lots of sunshine again tuesday afternoon, into wednesday as well. with i think the moisture here along the coast, that is really some morning fog as opposed to any real showers going on your high temperatures today, along the bay around 60. mid-60s off to the shenandoah valley.

might even see a couple of spots peak toward the upper 60s. generally 60 to 65 will do it so today, 64. ton we are back in the 30s and 40s. 66 tomorrow. wednesday 69. a nice warm november day. by thursday here comes a front with a shower. chilly friday. we'll struggle to get toward 50. look how quickly we bounce back. that is a good looking 7-day forecast. just a chilly veterans day. if you are aren'ting to head out the door and head eastbound on route 5, crews have been dealing with an overturned truck and two vehicles. eastbound 50 is closed and they will not let you exit at route 704. so you need to plan early again on the eastbound side. maybe go ahead and take route 450 north of this point all the

way over to 197 to get yourself back on to route 50. westbound is open all the way past the accident. 95 northbound, coming out of fredericksburg the left and right sides of the roadway are affected by construction. let's take a live look in springfield on the northbound side of i-95. a little bit of fog reducing visit bit. -- visibility. overnight construction, pretty much picked up between duke street and the pentagon. everyone moving at a good pace. i'll update you on the incident on route 50. andrea and mike? thanks monika. protestors gathered at the white house sunday. some were protesting british

petroleum's handling of the compensation fund for last year's gulf coast oil spill. others were protesting a pipeline that will run from six states from canada down to the gulf of mexico. the company behind the construction says it would create 20,000 jobs. protestors say it will pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. what the major oil companies are doing now is they are going after the more destructive, risky forms of oil. at the end of the day, we build a condition duty from ato become. the pipeline controversy puts president obama in a political bind and pits labor unions. finally federal relief is on the way. relief came after president obama declared parts of the state disaster areas.

residents may not get grants for temporary housing and home repairs, but loans have been made to cover uninsured property losses from the august 23rd earthquake. businesses also lineup for assistance. sexual harassment is an epidemic according to the findings conducted in the survey of american women. the survey found 8% of students in grades 7-12 experience some form of sexual harassment. 56% of the girls and 40% of the boys said they had experienced at least one incident of sexual harassment during the school year. harassers said they thought they were just being funny. half of those who were victimized never reported the incident. only 9% told a teacher, guidance counselor or other dumont at school. kids with asthma from a

single parent home are twice as likely to be remitted to the hospital. as mattics were tracked from one and two parent households and found kids from single parent homes were 50% more likely to return to the hospital 12 months with the initial visit. researchers say controlling asthma takes time, energy, money and resources. sometimes single parents find it difficult to manage all of that. kids with a severe egg allergy may now be able to safely get the flu shot. usually doctors play it safe providing the flu dose. researchers say they have tested a full shot in 61 patients with an allergy and they tolerated it well. coming up on 4:53. before we take a break, here's our first look at the question of the morning. what is the one thing 20% of women say they will never get rid of?

>> pictures of their ex-boyfriend, their wedding dress or a childhood trinket? put your answers on our facebook page. we'll reveal it in just a little bit.

welcome back. 4:55 this monday morning. your weather first. we are dealing with patchy, dense fog in spots. watch out with that. we start with 30s and 40s. 47 by can.

noon looks nice, temperatures in the 50s and near 60. this afternoon we will be in the low to mid-60s. a gorgeous monday ahead. watch out for the early fog. monika. >> reporter: eastbound route 50 after route 704. you will get by on the right shoulder. i'll have more on this and other area roadways. the capital christmas tree is on its way to dc. the 65-fortifier was cut down and is ready for its journey to our washington district here. it is to be positioned on the westlawn of the capital where house speaker john boehner will light the tree on december 6th. cancer comes back for a reality tv star. a new book by arizona

congresswoman gabrielle giffords will soon be on store shelves. >> a winner of the reality show survivor is battling cancer again. ethan sawn is starting a new round of cancer treatments after 20 months in remission. he was diagnosed with hodgkins him foam at that in 2009 and kept a video diary of his treatment. he won survivor africa ten years ago and competed in the amazing race with his girlfriend this year. visitors are coming face-to-face with a huge spider. the spider will be on the auction block at christies tuesday. it is expected to sell for 4 to $6 million. congresswoman gabrielle giffords is vowing to return to

congress. in a new book, written by her husband former astronaut mark kelly. the new book, entitled gab by, a story of courage and -- gabby, a story of courage and hope and details giffords' first few months of treatment. the release date is november 1st. aretha franklin was in the area this weekend celebrating her life. members of the temptations and the impressions took part in the performance. >> that must have been a good sound, there. good morning, thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. it is monday, november 7ing. i'm andrea roane. >> time to get your monday started. i'm mike hydeck.

gm. howard bernstein has your beth. >> reporter: good morning, everybody. i know it feels like 6:00, because it is not, it is 5:00. we did that time change thing. friday it was 6:00, at this time. weatherwise, here is your day planner this monday morning. mike, i think you spilled over to me. funny how that works right? 57 by noon with sunshine. 5:00 p.m., 5, a nice afternoon between 60 and 65. high pressure in micrel on the east. clouds with a system southwest of bermuda. nontropical low and showers and storms from texas coming into illinois and far western indiana. between texas and us, it is quiet. the visibility in leesburg, another quarter mile, right toward sterling and western fairfax