clouds pull in late this afternoon. this morning though, clear skies overhead. with the low level moisture, the longer nights, that's allowed the fog to form. south and east until 10:00 a.m., dense fog advisory in queen anne's county again, a 90-minute delay going to schools like yesterday due to the fog situation. charles, calvert, st. mary's county down toward richmond all under dense fog advisories this morning. this visibilities, they're not bad in town. we dropped to a quarter mile in the northern neck. southern maryland down through southern calvert and st. mary's counties and also the lower eastern shore. visibilities way down. even in annapolis, we dropped to two miles. temperatures are running in the 30s and 40s. grab the jacket this morning. a great afternoon ahead. monika? >> we'll take a live look from sky 9 right now with serious accident in the germantown area. this happened right around 5:20 this morning, northbound on route 27 at brink road. it looks like authorities are making some progress and you're able to get through the intersection with some police

direction. but be aware of this as crews do their work there. northbound route 27 at brink road. let me show you where it is on a map. if you're planning to head through germantown, this is south of clarksburg, another option for you to get over to the damascus area, go ahead and use route 124 to get around it. route 27 north at brink road. let's take a live look at the american legion bridge. no problems to report here. between 270 and tysons corner, everything is doing well on the beltway. we'll go over to a live look right now. if you're head from southern maryland, route four, route five, route 301, everything is fine. live at the wilson bridge through oxon hill across the bridge span and into alexandria, got a bill of volume. no big deals as you head toward 95 and 395. i'll update you on the situation over in germantown at 6:12. andrea, back to you. i'll take it, monika. >> all eyes are on virginia's 17th district this morning. just 86 votes separate the two

state senate candidates and it will decide which party controls the virginia state senate. republican challenger bryce reeves is now in the lead but that is for now. again, the margin over democratic incumbent edward houck, just 86 votes! governor bob mcdonnell declared victory on behalf reeves but this is likely headed to a recount. it covers parts of fredericksburg along with culpepper, spotsylvania, louisa, orange and madison counties. republicans only need to equal the democrats in the number of senate seats as well in virginia because the lieutenant-governor bill brohling is a tiebreaker. he's a republican. quick check of some of the other headlines from tuesday's election. in rockville, voters re-elected mayor phyllis maruccio with 53% of the vote. mississippi voters rejected the personhood amendment which would have outlawed abortion and birth control by writing into the state constitution that life begins at conception. in ohio, labor unions are celebrating after voters rejected a law that would curb

collective bargaining rights for state workers. more local results will run all morning long at the bottom of your screen. andrea? >> now to the 2012 campaign. the republican presidential candidates meet for a debate in michigan tonight. herman cain is trying to move past the sexual harassment allegations dogging him. in a press conference yesterday, he didn't mince words. >> with respect to the most recent accusations, i have never acted inappropriately with anyone, period. >> cain says he's in it to win it. can he move past this? we're joined this morning by perry bacon, a political reporter for "the washington post." good to have you here with us. >> good morning. >> cain says he expects more women, more allegations to be made. can he get past it if more people come forward? >> i think two women are talking about having a press conference together. if that happens, that would be

a real problem for him. so, i think as the story continues to go on, it hurts him because voters are no longer hearing his ideas about tax policy or anything else. >> are voters concerned, a rasmussen poll from last week had cain in the lead substantially for the first time at 26% followed by romney at 23%. gingrich at 1% and the latest "usa today" poll has cain and romney neck and neck. 21%. why isn't this make significant difference? >> the short answer is we don't know. last week, it was anonymous charges. so, monday, we had a woman in great detail talk about what happened and then tuesday, another person who lived in washington came forward as well. i think now, this is going to change a lot. you're seeing now mitt romney, the republican candidates are attacking cain about this in more detail. i think that's going to change the discussion. >> romney still in the tie if not in the lead. but if cain is forced to drop

out or his numbers start to drop, who will benefit the most? who comes up to take his place? >> probably not romney. maybe someone like newt gingrich or perry. a lot of people who like herman cain are in the tea party, they're more conservative republicans. people who generally do not view romney at too moderate. they're looking for someone who is more of an insurgent. maybe michele bachmann, rick santorum or maybe newt gingrich. they might benefit from cain if he doesn't do well. >> do you think we'll get to the issues in michigan's debate? >> i do think we will because the debate is asking questions about the economy. i think they'll focus on the economy and not spend an hour about sexual harassment charges. >> perry bacon, thanks for being here with us. >> thanks for having me. emergency responders trying to save a frostburg state university student feared for their lives at an offcampus party sunday. frostburg police chief royce dowdy said there were verbal death threats made to the fire

department and the ambulance people at the scene. people were upset that they didn't get there quickly enough. 19-year-old courtney mccoy of baltimore died from her injuries at an off-campus party. dowdy said most of the calls his department gets are linked to college students. however, campus police paint a more subdued picture. >> frostburg state university police and the entire administration and all of the personnel here are active partners in dealing with student conduct whether it occurs on or off-campus. >> 23-year-old shanay liggins is charged with the killing. she's being held without bond now. u.s. senator jim webb of virginia is asking the president to reconsider plans for offshore oil and gas exploration. the white house left the commonwealth off its list where exploration was allowed over the next five years. webb contends exploration would boost domestic energy production and the state's economy.

jessica doyle is here with another "your money" report. >> and another recall from toyota. wow! >> that's right. this is a big recall that could affect your ability to actually steer the car. very serious problem. toyota is recalling about 550,000 vehicles worldwide. mostly in the united states. the possible problems relate to something called a crankshaft pulley that's attached to the engine. it can affect how you steer the vehicle. it affects 2004 and 2005 toyota camrys, highlanders, siennas and solaras also the 2004 avalon and the 2006 highlander hv as well as the 2004 and 2005 lexus es 330 and rs 330 as well as the 2006rs400s. >> former president bill clinton has a new book coming out called back to work. like the title suggests, he offers ideas for fixing the job market and the overall economy. among his proposals, more investments in green jobs and

infrastructure. that must be increased. he also suggested homeowners with underwater mortgages should have their loan principal reduce. he would want to rework the corporate tax code to lower tax rates but not the amount of revenue being collected. 's when you put together the thanksgiving budget, plan to pay more for the pecan pie. pecan prices expected to hit $11 a pound this year, up 22% from last year. and double prices in 2009. you can blame drought conditions which damaged crops this year and also demand from china is way up. everything costs more nowadays. >> the pecan pies will suffer. >> it will cost you more. >> thanks, jess. >> 6:08. all week long, we've been focusing on issues facing veterans in our region. more on a job fair and concert aimed at everyone who's served our country. >> howard says we have one warm fall day left before a slight cooldown.

it is 6:11. chilly out there. we've got some dense fog, south and east of town. southern maryland, eastern shore. dense fog until 10:00 a.m. sunshine, 60 by noon. highs today mid to upper 60s. your seven-day forecast in the next five minutes. monika is look at our timesaver traffic. >> we're going to take a live look from sky 9 at an accident that happened at about 5:20 this morning in germantown. northbound route 27 is blocked at brink road with heavy delays

on the southbound side. i'll have more on this coming up in my next report. back to you, andrea. >> thank you, monika. the occupy movement is hitting the road. protestors from new york are making their way here to washington. that's one of the stories making news now at 6:12. a small group of activists will leave manhattan today at noon and walk to the district. they hope to arrive by november 23rd, the deadline for a congressional subcommittee to decide how to make serious budget cuts. a jury has cleared maryland state senator ulysses curry on corruption charges. the 74-year-old prince george's county democrat was accused of peddling influence for his supermarket chain. executives from that chain were also cleared. and the head of the house transportation committee is backing off a plan to privatize amtrak between d.c. and boston. florida republican john mica wanted to sell the northeast corridor to the highest bidder. now, he's back-pedaling. the house will hold a hearing next month.

mike? >> thanks, andrea. all this week, we're focusing on veterans issues leading up to veterans day on friday. so, this band you start to hear in the background now... , there it is. that's daughtry. they're headlining a concert saturday night in fairfax, virginia. part of the annual american freedom festival. channel 9 is a sponsor. the concert benefits active duty and military veterans. tickets are still available through ticketmaster. military ticketmaster. now, before the concert, there is a big job fair for veterans and active duty military. it is being sponsored in part by our partners at career builder. phil is president of cpf professional services. also on the board of the american freedom foundation. here to talk about the job fair and a list of companies that's impressive here. >> we did a great job for the first time to sponsor this kind of employment services for our veterans. and we haven't taken that on. we've been working with american freedom foundation and

raising awareness, raising money for the cause of our wounded soldiers and their families but this is the first year we started the unemployment activity. >> among the list, companies like microsoft, washington gas and a long list of others. this is a good thing. veterans are trying to find employment in a difficult economy as they come home. >> that's a great point. especially, we tie it around veterans weekend. what we found is the population between 18 to 24-year-olds for our veterans has a 22% unemployment rate. we thought it was very important for us to try to find employment for some of the young veterans coming back. i will tell you the reception from the corporations, from the government agencies and from a lot of the nonprofits has been absolutely outstanding. >> have they given you an idea and i know this is a broad question, idea of what types of jobs some of the organizations are available? >> i think there is a number of jobs, everything from administrative to i. t. to construction. it goes across the spectrum of the job opportunities. >> companies like washington gas, dow chemical, security finance. an excellent event. remind people when it starts,

the time. >> we're doing it at george mason university at the patriot center. we'll hold the concert that night as well. from 9:00 to 3:00 p.m. asking veterans to come with a resume, a spouse and another friend. >> one of the other things we've talked about over the weeks is getting veterans' spouses employed is important for the family health as well so they can at least be a part of the job fair as well. >> i believe it is a family unit. it is the community that makes our veterans get engaged. if we can tie the community and the family and the friends because we're doing some caregiver programs to help their families as well. some of the soldiers are coming back with triple amputees and they have to take care of their families. the family unit is very important. if the spouse can be employed as well, that would also benefit. >> great cause. just to recap, we want to let you know it is this saturday and where is the location again? >> george mason university patriot center. >> 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. more information at wusa9.com. andrea, howard, over to you.

a good concert. >> she will be the loud one screaming and dancing. >> we're screaming and dancing over another fine forecast. >> it will be great today. we have a couple of problems this morning. queen anne's county, delayed 90 minutes due to the fog in the eastern shore. chilly. frost in spots. dense fog advisory, calvert, charles, st. mary's, eastern shore and down south into the northern neck and down toward richmond, anybody traveling those directions in the next one to two hours, you'll be dealing with that. we get toward 9:00 a.m., we'll be doing better. dense fog advisory until 10:00 this morning. visibilities are low, south and east of town. i'm talking about areas down tappahannock, quarter mile at pax river. quarter mile dover down to salisbury as well. annapolis has been two to three miles. you head toward the metro, the visibility is much better. quantico reporting a mile and a half visibility. we'll watch that to see if it

gets thicker. clear and chilly with patchy fog. sun is up at 6:44. temperatures down in the 30s and 40s. definitely jacket weather. a great day ahead. by lunchtime, 60 degrees. winds out of the south and southeast at 5 to 10 miles per hour. 4:00 p.m. temperature, 63. we'll top out in the mid to upper 60s this afternoon. kind of like yesterday. maybe just a couple of degrees cooler. right now, 39 in arlington. 35 in laurel and laytonsville and crofton. out to the west, we've got 34 for leesburg and centreville. manassas down to 30. reston, an even 32. reagan national, 42 degrees. clear skies, calm winds. and the barometer right now, slowly dropping to 30.19. lots of cold out west. mild temperatures here in the tennessee valley out toward detroit, 57. this storm system will bring a front to us late tonight, early on thursday with some showers. the core of the storm, that's tracking northeast through the great lakes in toward ontario

province and canada but today at least on the east coast, we're protected one final day with high pressure and a really pretty day ahead. we'll put our future cast in motion. show you that as we go into the nighttime, clouds will thicken up. we'll see the showers start to arrive here by late tonight, early tomorrow before clearing late in the afternoon and then a much chillier air mass for friday. today, 67. not as cold tonight with clouds around. maybe a shower. upper 40s to low 50s. we're staying in the 50s. winds turn northwest. definitely a cooler day with some showers. by veterans day, blustery. chilly. only around 50. the weekend gets better. don't panic. saturday, 59 and sunday, 64. nice and mild monday and tuesday with possibly 70 by next tuesday. monika? >> you mention queen anne's county. dorchester county, maryland is also running two hours late because of fog. dorchester county in maryland, two hours late this morning. right now, taking a look live

from sky 9 in germantown, southbound at route 27 and brink road. this is a two mile back-up getting to the accident in germantown which is actually on the northbound side of route 27 at brink. northbound lanes are blocked. southbound only one lane is getting by. if you're sitting at home and watching this right now, you want to choose an alternate route. let's go to the maps. because of the delay on the southbound side, pretty much begins at hawks road. maybe you want to use the stringtown hawks road combination to get around this. another way is to use route 124 and avoid that altogether. again, northbound 27 at brink road is blocked. just took a look at the delays. let's take a look at 270 at shady grove road. no problems, 270 has been incident-free from frederick, germantown and down to the point where the lanes divide. we'll go back out to the district. this is constitution avenue at 23rd street. you're ok coming off the roosevelt bridge down the mall

here. independence avenue at 23rd, the signal lights are dark without police direction so use caution in the intersection. i'll update you again on the accident in germantown at 6:25. andrea and sneak. >> thank you, monika. next in sports, the redskins make a big cut and the capitals lose their first game at home. >> another check of the question of the morning. what were animal crackers originally used for? was it a, as a snack. b, as christmas ornaments or c, arts and crafts? our facebook friend jean says none of the above. ask my mom. she used them as bargaining chips with my brother to get him to eat his vegetables. it worked. >> leave your guesses on our facebook fan page. we'll have the results at 6:53. stay with us.

6:23 on this wednesday morning. grab a jacket. you'll need it. you might have to scrape a little frost north and west of

town. south and east, patchy dense fog. it will be a great day nonetheless, our day planner calling for sunshine. winds out of the south and southeast 5 to 10. by lunchtime, we'll be in the low 60s this front. mid, maybe upper 60s for highs. changes coming tomorrow. mike and andrea? >> thank you, howard. in sports, the capitals was the last team to lose at home this year. emphasis on was. >> a team from dallas ruined a sporting event for a team from washington. the caps trailed the stars by a goal in the second period last night. john carlson tied it up with this long distance shot. it was 2-2 after 2. the third period was absolutely dreadful for the caps. they only made 7 shots and they gave up three unanswered goals. washington falls to dallas 5-2. the caps visit the devils friday night. the nba players association says there's no way it will reach a labor deal by 5:00 tonight. that's the ultimatum set by the league and its owners. the lockout is in its fifth

month. so far, five weeks of the season have been canceled. the redskins are getting ready for this weekend's match- up against the dolphins. they'll be in miami playing without donte' stallworth. the team cut him in order to pick up a play making receiver. they signed david anderson, he played under kyle shanahan at houston. you thought albert haynesworth didn't last long here. he barely made it a half season in new england. can't say i'm sad about that. patriots cut the defensive tackle. haynesworth said if he couldn't make it there, he may leave football forever. it is 6:25. still ahead, the nationwide test that's happening this afternoon and no, you don't have to study for it. >> students showing their support for penn state coach joe paterno amid the abuse allegations against a former assistant coach of his. next, the latest from happy valley. >> monika has a quick check on traffic. >> accident in germantown, northbound route 27 at brink road is causing this delay,

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here's a live look at national airport and you can see it is a bit foggy there as well but so far, no cancellations on the departures board there. might be a delay so you'll want to check before you go. it is 42 degrees there right now. thanks a lot for joining us. you made it to wednesday. i'm mike hydeck. >> i'm andrea roane. meteorologist howard bernstein is live on our weather terrace with today's forecast. >> it is a chilly morning out here. we have the jacket on, some gloves. colder out in the suburbs. some areas down to 30 degrees right now. fog, a bigger problem. south and east of washington. our day planner though, it looks good. once again, going to be sunny and warm this afternoon. in fact, by lunchtime, we'll be at 60 degrees. highs today mid to upper 60s with a drive home temperature of 61. dense fog advisory across southern maryland. the northern neck and down toward richmond, where visibilities in some spots are running in the half, quarter mile range, even less down toward tappahannock. pax river down to a quarter of a mile. look at southern maryland, a lot of quarter mile visibility.

that will slow you down. queen anne and dorchester county have delays due to the fog. 30 in manassas and martinsburg. 34 la plata. let's go inside now. monika samtani, problems up in germantown. >> very tough in germantown this morning. now, sort of a good news, bad news situation. you're looking live at route 27 southbound heading toward brink road where an early morning accident has been cleared. now you've got a two to three mile solid back-up out of damascus trying to get into germantown using route 27. you want to plan early, maybe use route 124 as your alternate route. another way coming in from the west is go ahead and use hawks road combination. this is southbound route 27 heading southbound to brink road, solid three mile back-up for you this morning. let's go over to the maps. another accident. this one is on the southeast southwest freeway eastbound at south capital street where only

the right lane is getting by. the accident. police are on the scene right now. let's take a look at the back- up live on 395, solid from at least boundary channel getting across the 14th street bridge and on to the freeway because of the accident with only the right lane getting by. we'll go further south into springfield, overall delays at route 630 in stafford where there is debris in the road. you've got this in woodbridge and coming up from lorton into springfield but on 95 up north, all of those lanes are open. coming up in my next report, i'll update you on the incidents at 6:45. mike and andrea? >> thanks, monika. the scandal at penn state is moving far beyond sports. >> the university is appointing a special panel to investigate sexual abuse allegations against a former assistant football coach. legendary head coach joe paterno is reportedly on his way out. >> there is still support for joe pa in state college. >> joe paterno!

>> fans swarmed joe paterno's house to show support for penn state's head football coach and he appreciated it. >> god bless every single one of you. >> former assistant coach jerry sandusky is accused of sexually abusing eight boys from 1994 to 2009. paterno's son reminded the crowd outside paterno's home that people were allegedly hurt. >> as you're cheering, as you're going through this, please make sure the first thing you remember is keep the victims in your thoughts. >> paterno's son call -- they say they're planning to fire paterno premature. >> college administrators have stepped down to fight charges they covered the abuse. a reporter says she spoke with the mothers of two alleged victims. she tells cnn's anderson cooper the mothers feel the administrators paterno and the college president, dropped the ball. >> both of them are extremely -- feeling extremely let down and betrayed by penn state and those feelings come from the charges that are levied against

him currently and gary schulz and then the moral allegations basically that were made against joe paterno and they say they should have done more. the associated press is reporting jerry sandusky was on penn state's campus as recently as a week ago. they say he was given an office and a parking pass and other amenities as part of his retirement package he received in 1999. in politics, republicans in virginia need one more seat to win control of the state senate. right now, they lead the race which would give them that seat by just 86 votes. republican bryce reeves leads incumbent democrat edward houck. governor bob mcdonnell declared victory for his party but this will probably head to a recount. a win would give the senate an even 20/20 split with lieutenant-governor bill bolling holding the tie breaking vote for the g.o.p. republicans already have in the majority in the house of

delegates. other election headlines from tuesday, democrat stephanie rawlings blake won re- election as mayor of baltimore. she was appointed to the job last year. people in maine will be able to register to vote as soon as election day. voters repealed a law requiring registration at least two days in advance. kentucky voters re-elected steve berber, the second democrat to win a governor this year. parties meet at a debate in michigan tonight. you can be sure the sexual harassment allegations against herman cain will be one of the topics of discussion. surae chinn is live in northwest washington with more on cain's attempt to put this story to rest. surae, good morning. >> good morning, michael. herman cain said he would be willing to take a lie detector test. he said he rejects any and all of the accusations. he does so as another accuser reveals her identity to cbs news yesterday.

she is 55-year-old karen kraushaar of germantown, maryland. she is one of the first to accuse cain of sexual harassment in 1999 while both worked at the national restaurant association. it ended in a financial settlement although cain said it was a financial agreement to end her employment at the lobbying group and says the accusations were baseless. and by the way, she filed another complaint three years later at another job and that one involved a sexually charged e-mail and later, she dropped the charges saying they weren't sexual harassment. she did release this statement to cbs. the whole situation is so volatile right now, she says. i just don't want to say anymore but not keeping quiet is the fourth woman, sharon bialek who went public monday about an alleged groping incident that happened in a car outside of this building. >> on my leg, under my skirt and reached for my genitals. he also grabbed my head and

brought it toward his crotch. >> i tried to remember if i recognized her and i didn't. i tried to remember if i remembered that name and i didn't. the charges and the accusations are absolutely reject. they simply didn't happen. >> well, cain blames the democratic machine. he squares off in the debate tonight with g.o.p. republican presidential candidate tonight in michigan. they meet for the first time since the scandal broke. and most likely, this topic will be brought up again tonight at the debate, mike. >> it won't go away. thank you, surae chinn live in northwest washington. more on this, of course, also coming up at 7:00 a.m. on the cbs early show. this afternoon, at 2:00,

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>> it is wednesday. 6:43. almost ready to bid this day good-bye. in the morning, anyhow. >> i don't want to bid it good- bye. it will be a nice day. >> give us a great forecast and keep the good news going. >> we'll do it for today. things will change tomorrow as a cold front heads this way. it is nice out there this morning. it is crisp, chilly. frosty. foggy down south and southeast. dense fog advisory is still in effect until 10:00 this morning. out across areas in calvert and st. mary's and charles county across the eastern shore down in the northern neck. that's where some of the visibilities are the lowest. i'm talking about low, i'm talking quarter mile or less in many areas. down to a 16th of a mile in easton. quarter mile to pax river.

quantico, also dealing with the fog. one half-mile visibility. everybody else in pretty good shape. our bus stop forecast this morning, it is clear and chilly. but the patchy dense fog, 30s and 40s with sunrise occurring right now. 6:44. sun just coming up. it will set a minute after 5:00 today. in fac, today does look good. by noon, another good day to be having lunch outdoors. 60 degrees. south winds at 8. 65. we'll top off somewhere, 67, 68, maybe 69. by 6:00, a couple of clouds starting to roll in. temps in the upper 50s. 30s and 40s. low 40s in the warm spots but 30 degrees in culpepper and down toward harrisonburg, we've got readings into the upper 20s. clear skies, 42 degrees at reagan national with calm winds. humidity up at 92%. we're watching a storm system in the middle of the country bringing rain and snow to parts of the mississippi valley. trailing that is a cold front. had all sorts of severe weather with this. it is weakening but this front will get here tomorrow.

give us a chance for a few showers and behind it, it is going to get downright cold here. for veterans day. just kind of a one-day shot of cold air. today, upper 60s. tonight, not as cold. clouds roll in. 40s and low 50. for tomorrow, winds pick up 10 to 15. with the front, some showers. 57. we clear late tomorrow. by friday, chilly, blustery. only around 50. the weekend looks good. upper 50s to near 60 saturday. low to mid-60s sunday. still nice monday and tuesday. >> the big story of the morning has been an accident in germantown. we'll take a live look from sky 9. this is the delay getting to it. southbound on route 27 over to brink road in germantown. so, actually, the delays begin at kings valley road out of damascus, southbound, it is solid into germantown toward brink road. i suggest either use route 124 or route 108 coming out of damascus. let's go over to a map on the southeast southwest freeway eastbound on south capital

street, a four car accident with only the right lane getting by. solid trying to get to that point. in fact, let's take a look at the 14th street bridge on the northbound side of 395, jammed trying to get across the bridge span and on to the southeast southwest freeway with the accident at south capital street. over to 66 on the inbound side. no problems leaving centreville. inside the beltway though at east falls church, westmoreland street, an accident sitting on the shoulder with now delays getting by. i'll update you on everything going on around town at 6:58. jessica, back to you. >> thank you, monika. it is 6:46. i'm jessica doyle. i'm here to help you get hired. here are the five worst college majors for getting hired. number one worst is clinical psychology. 19.5% of people with that major are currently out of work! the second worst, miscellaneous fine arts majors. that's followed by u.s. history, library science and

educational psychology. how many will how many times you have checked your facebook page already this morning. you can use social media to your advantage to find a job. here with advice is daniel thomas with kelly services, a staffing services company. thanks so much for joining us. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> why is social media so important in a job search now a days? >> the world has become more virtual. so has the job search. when you think about how we looked for jobs 15 years ago, you pounded the pavement. now, you pound the internet. social media is a fantastic way to get your name out to employers. >> networking, networking, networking. social media makes it different. it makes it digital nowadays. how to use social media like facebook, like linked in effectively so you're not just throwing it out into the universe, hoping that somebody catches a look at your resume? >> that's a great question. linkedin is your resume. think about linkedin as your network engine to socialize

with employers who are looking for employees. when you look at linkedin, you set it up as a resume. it can talk about your job history, what you've done in the past, your education. it is a fantastic tool and i encourage all applicants to use it. >> let's take a look at the actual job market itself. you're seeing some hiring. your staffing company. where are folks hiring now a days? >> information technology is number one. that's a demand that there is not enough supply. life sciences and healthcare are second. engineering is a close third. >> the break, we were talking a little bit about starting salaries for information technology. lay that on us. >> information technology basically, $70,000, $80,000 a year coming out of the gate from college. if i had a son going to college, i would encourage him to go into information technology or life sciences arena. >> the salaries tend to top out around what range? >> anywhere from the mid $150s. >> wow. >> there are actual jobs out

there right now. >> absolutely. my largest customer last week, i said what can i do for you? he said i need more math majors. >> we'll push our kids to study math in school. >> well, we appreciate you coming in to talk about this morning. and the time right now, it is about 6:49. a check on the news before you go. that's up next right here on 9news now. ♪

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three people who oversee a mortuary at dover air force base have been disciplined after an investigation undercoverred mishandling of war remains. the white house has received a report by the office of special counsel. >> veteran journalist hal bruno has died. he worked for abc news and was once the director of the fire department in chevy chase, maryland. he was 83. president obama has signed a disaster declaration for d.c. for the august earthquake. mayor vincent gray requested federal funds to prepare schools, government buildings and a portion of the washington national cathedral. the cathedral will reopen this saturday. now, it is time to answer our question of the morning. jessica doyle went out to ask people what were animal crackers originally made for? >> is it a, to eat. b, christmas ornaments or c, arts and crafts? >> arts and crafts. >> you're guessing c? >> uh-huh. >> the answer is christmas ornaments. b. >> wow! good to know. >> good to know.

you can eat the ornaments afterwards. >> as long as you don't paint them. i had read that before. i didn't want to tip my hand on that. they're a big staple at our house, too. >> we have one more check on traffic and weather when 9news now returns.

we cannot stop talking about this penn state story. people saw things happen. they reported it to superiors but not the police. why were police not called and should joe paterno have to step down. >> howard, you found out more

-- >> prosecuting attorney back then decided not to press charges against sandusky when they had other allegations in the late '90s. sandusky retires in '99. penn state is doing great and he retires? then in '02 the other stuff comes out. they still don't do what a lot of folks think they should have done. the stink test is not being passed at all here. >> the moral of the story is it is about taking responsibility. >> and taking care of children. >> matt milan who is an espn analyst on yesterday, he's a penn state alum, he was on the board of the charity that sandusky started. he said if we cannot protect our kids, we, as a society are pathetic. >> for failing them. >> maybe as a parent, i see it differently. some of the kids out there supporting joe pa and other folks. i think -- >> some people are worried about the football program as mike said. the school had a reputation for integrity in education. >> not right now. >> football would take care of

itself. live up to that reputation. >> all right. let's talk about weather. we've got a great day ahead. sunshine. temperatures later on will make it well up in the 60s once you burn off fog. tomorrow, a chilly veterans day but a nice weekend. monika? >> a quick look at 270. this is incident free. heavy from falls road. the accident, route 27 and brink road has been cleared. we'll go quickly to the southeast southwest freeway. an accident at south capital street causing delays across the 14th street bridge. >> happy birthday to monika's dad. join us tomorrow morning at 4:25. we'll celebrate the reopening of the d.c. war memorial. >> they'll be talking about herman cain on "the early show." >> we'll be back with a live update of traffic and weather at 7:25. have a great day.