penn state university, its students, alumni and supporters. graham spannier and joe paterno are being criticized for not doing more after learning in '02 that former assistant coach jerry sandusky allegedly sexually assaulted a boy in a campus shower. thousands of students protested last night after hearing joe paterno was out. tipping over a news van and a light pole and clashing with police. many students here on campus are embarrassed by the violent reaction. they say it only hurts the university more. >> i think that is bad. tarnishes the name further. >> embarrassing. >> reporter: jerry sandusky is charged with sexually assaulting eight boys over the course of 15 years. he denies the charges and is

free on bail. two former school administrators are charged with trying to corf up the sex abuse and prosecutors are saying they are not ruling out charges against the school's former president. joe paterno is not the target of a criminal investigation. after the current assistant coach, who says that he witnessed that alleged sexual assault back in '02, he is going to be at the game this weekend working. that is the latest from here in penn state. now back to you. >> meanwhile, new reactions today in the wake of last night's protest. >> today a much smaller and far more muted reaction. scott broom continues our team coverage tonight live from state college pennsylvania where both sides are just trying to make sense of all this. scott? >> reporter: yeah, they sure are. right here on west college avenue, the campus on this side, town on this side. the scene of the confrontations last night. they have a motto at penn state let no action of ours bring

shame. seven words i have heard repeatedly today as people try to make sense of joe paterno's firing and the reactions to it. thousands of students riot in the wake of the news and direct their anger at the people flipping the van of a t.v. station. today the other side of the story. students gathering in front of the administration building old main to denounce the violence. >> be better to everybody. >> we do want to support one another and we want to consider the victims and what happened last night wags a shame. >> reporter: but it was hard not to notice the crowd here numbered in the dozens. contrasted with the thousands the night before. >> the first thing i thought about was people affected. >> reporter: but this morning after at the student pregame encampment at beaver stadium the conscience of the university is weighing more

heavily. >> flipping over vans. that's not who we are. we are penn state and we go all out for everything and we were obviously upset about what happened and i think we probably could have handled it a hill better. >> these people are upset. they are taking action and don't know what to do. >> it is tough for me to be objective about this. >> reporter: fran fisher has been broadcasting penn state games for 40 years. the riots are the end of an iconic era he never could have imagined. >> blinded a little bit. i can understand that. two days from now we may have a better sight of the situation. >> reporter: it is quiet tonight here on west college avenue but still clearly people are not emotionally settled about what has happened and clearly not settled exactly what their reactions are going to be to it. when i come back 6 p.m.

we will have more reactions including a live interview with a student body president who will try to explain what's going on in the student body after all these riots. scott broom, 9news now. >> a lot to figure out. appreciate it. thank you. the baseball world is hoping tonight for the safe return of nationals catcher wilson ramos who was kidnapped in venezuela nearly 24 hours ago. delia gonclaves is live outside nationals park with the very latest on this developing story. delia? >> reporter: matt, we should first report that venezuelan police are confirming to us tonight that in fact wilson ramos is still alive and detectives we are told have sketches of two of the four suspects they say ambushed him at his home in venezuela last night. meanwhile, here at his other home outside nats park fans are fearing the worst but hoping for the best. >> ramos. >> reporter: the nats rising star and now hearts are heavy

for number 3. >> had the thoughts of sean taylor type stuff. this morning when i walked i was saying a prayer for him. >> reporter: the 24-year-old catcher was playing in the venezuelan winter league visiting with family last night when police say forearmed men abducted him. venezuelan authorities promise a thorough investigation and are working with the nats and major league baseball. >> reporter: u.s.a. today's weekly baseball editor says these abduction often for ransom are common in venezuela but in this case the stakes are higher since players themselves usually aren't the ones abducted. >> a former player had his mother kidnapped. >> reporter: but he says the stars can pay for security for themselves and their families. another reason why he may have been targeted. >> reporter: he made $415,000 last year. major league perspective that's

not a lot. but for a kidnapper this is a guy that's got a lot of money. >> reporter: in 2009 alone police reported 618 kidnappings. white says this crime is likely to affect the working relationship between venezuela and the m.l.b. >> major league teams have other alternatives and they will be very reluctant to send their guys there. >> reporter: venezuelan police have found the get away car about an hour away from ramos' family home but they still have no other lead at this point. in the meantime, the nats and mlb released a statement earlier today expressing their thoughts for ramos and his family but they say they have been instructed not to comment any further. matt? >> delia, thanks very much. well, our mild november is about to turn much cooler. topper out on the terrace with chilly details for us. >> coat often and umbrella. need the umbrella in the next

couple hours. need the coat the next couple days. many essentially the last back edge of the precipitation, the showers essentially west of 95 but moving eastward. a you folks up and down 90 and points east will have a nasty, wet commute home. mid-40s in manassas. gaithersburg. frederick. 48 at leesburg. for tonight showers ending early. we will come back and tell you how cold it will be for veterans day and look ahead to another nice november weekend. derek? >> thank you, topper. only on 9 tonight a virginia couple is grieving over their family dog who was euthanized by a veterinarian without their permission. peggy fox is here now. we all know how hard it is to put a dog down. somebody doing it without your permission, how could that ever

happen? >> reporter: look, here is a picture of the dog. she was a border colly corgie mix. 17 years old. her owners say not ready to be put down yesterday. they let her out into the yard and within the next 15 minutes somebody picked her up, took her to their vet where she was killed within a few hours. >> reporter: the last time allen holmes would see his beloved dog was when he snapped this picture. she was drinking from the basin in their yard. >> she was very old. she was 17. and the collar had been irritating her neck so when she was in the yard i didn't use the collar. >> reporter: he was checking on her every 10 minutes or so. 12:06 the picture was taken. 15 minutes later the dog was gone. they plastered flyers throughout the neighborhood. >> we didn't think she left the yard on her own. she moved very slowly. >> reporter: the next day they

found her cremated remains at the fairfax county animal shelter euthanized in fairfax station a few hours after she went missing. they learned a client of cross point said she found the dog wondering and thought she was a stray and so brought her in. >> to give us no opportunity to claim this dog was horrifyingly wrong. i'm devastated by this. we both are. >> reporter: a staffer person at cross point animal hospital says they were acting on instructions from the fairfax county animal shelter but fairfax police which oversee animal control say that the shelter would never give such advice. that the decision to euthanize was solely the vet's. this is the vet's report from its examination of the dog noting several health problems with the dog. her owners acknowledge she wasn't well but that she wasn't ready to go yet. >> she died alone with strangers which is the real

tragedy. >> reporter: they did contact prince william police to investigate but filed no charges. it appears both the woman who picked up the dog and the vet were both doing what they thought to be the right thing. >> wow. >> but allen and allison really issue they had been there. this was their dog for 17 years. >> that's very, very heartbreaking situation. very sad. all right. let's go back to you in the newsroom. >> all right, derek. republican presidential candidate rick perry says this is not the day for quitting the race for the white house. danielle nottingham reports the texas governor is vowing to stay in the campaign despite a majorly embarrassing flub in last night's debate. >> sure it impacts you, but the fact is one error is not going to make or break a campaign. >> the republican white house hopeful spent the day on damage control after this embarrassing flub at wednesday's g.o.p.

debate. >> it is three agents of government that are gone when i get there. commerce, education. and what's the third one there? commerce. and let's see. i can't. sorry. oops. >> reporter: perry was reaching for the department of energy. he is trying to slug off the laughs as a minor mistake. >> reporter: for now perry's brain freeze is taking the heat off herman cain. cain has been fight to go keep his campaign on track after sexual harassment accusations overshadowed his message. >> in fact, cain only fielded one question about the sexual allegations during the debate from one of the panelists. meanwhile, governor perry is expected to take more ribbing when he appears on the late show with david letterman tonight right after 9news now at 11 p.m. coming up 9news now. getting the washington monument ready for winter. why engineers will soon be scaling the monument once

again. plus, chicken pox lollipops. the length that some parents are going to in order to keep their kids from coming down with the chicken pox. >> reporter: a guilty plea after a tragic crash that claimed three lives. i'm andrea mccarren. the story live from rockville next on 9news now.

the lawyer for the prime suspect in the disappearance of robyn gardner has now quit. michael lopez was representing gary giordano in aruba. now casey anthony's lawyers have taken over the case. gary giordano claims robyn gardner was swept out to sea while snorkeling. the police don't believe. it. the 24-year-old driver

pleading guilty to the crime. andrea mccarren with details on what happened today. >> reporter: while the victims' relatives sobbed in court kevin coffee took responsibility for the fatal crash pleading guilty to three counts of vehicular manslaughter and one count of fleeing the scene of an accident involving death. >> he is devastated. and obviously not any more than those families and parents and brothers and sisters. it is just an awful, awful thing. >> reporter: kevin coffee's blood alcohol level more than three hours after the crash was .16, twice the legal limit. >> it was an horrific accident that affected thousands of lives t could have been any of our children. >> reporter: now months later parts of the vehicle in the

tree are still visible and the loss of three lives here. >> i didn't realize how much i had a until i lost it. >> reporter: the crash killed three friends and hospitalized one other. killed in the crash were 18- year-old hailee mcguire and 20- year-old johnny hoover. >> when i go home today johnny won't be there. i'm not going to be table to call spencer. i'm not going to be able to see hailee around. >> johnny was full of life. he was always smiling. i can't find someone that did not like my little brother. >> reporter: coffee had gone to two parties before getting behind the wheel. one begging him to slow down.

he fled the scene on foot without checking on his friends, without calling for help. kevin coffee remains out on bond and will be sentenced on january 5th facing a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison. now, a judge had to be brought in from frederick county to hear this case because two of the victims' fathers are well known lawyers here in montgomery county. live from rockville, andrea mccarren, 9news now. anita? >> as you said the reverbations of this for years to come. daring engineers back on the job on the outside of the washington monument. this morning they were putting the equipment into place to winterize the monument. those engineers will be repelling down it and using a special sealant to keep the rain and snow out. work begins monday and expected to take five days.

>> i could feel it coming out of this parent teacher conference. went in, not so bad, came out it was cold. >> that was a scheduled conference. >> it is that time of year. all good. >> all good. >> we will be sending andrea to that school. >> let's start with live doppler because a lot of you still have a wet commute aheaved you. just got a picture from fairfax sent to me and you can see the sunset back there. but right around 95 and points east still have some light activity. all late shower activity. moving off pretty quickly. but still wet roads around college park and beltsville and also as you head out toward 50 towards annapolis and down tort upper marlboro and southern maryland just some light shower activity. some showers also around old town and national airport and

essentially down past waldorf down 301 and route 3 and 5 south. taking it to alexandria. 45 in bethesda. arlington. rockville. still 48 downtown. so here's the deal. cooling down for now windy and colder tonight. you need unglasses and coat all day friday. milder weekend. in fact, a very nice november weekend heading our way. tonight's showers ending early. lows in the 20s and winds increasing northwest at 10 to 20 and gusty. tomorrow morning, mostly sunny, windy and cold. going to feel like it had been in the 20, 30s with the wind.

by afternoon we will say partly cloudy. windy and chilly. windchills in the 40s all day. temps struggle to get to 50. rather gusty. next seven days. as cold a it is tomorrow it gets milder right away on saturday. winds turning southwest on saturday. mid-60s on sunday and dry. showers in on monday. temperatures still mild. around 60. a nice day on tuesday in between take cold fronts. still 64. showers and rain on wednesday. even next thursday. temperatures mid to upper 50s. now, it is thursday and i thought this was a great shot here. >> fantastic. >> fantastic. this is from shirley up in ashton. >> what is it that. >> heavy frost on the grass and they had lots of snow that melted. >> wow. >> just a spectacular shot. >> great perspective. >> foreground, background. >> nice job, shirley. and don't call me shirley. if you want to send something

in, go to our website, include your name, location and brief description. >> all right, topper. >> shirley, thank you very much. up next, a warning about the danger of these magnetic balls inside desktop toys made for adults. [ male announcer ] the chicken marinara melt

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a growing problem that can be a serious danger for children. an warning was issued about ball bearing magnets like these. this year alone that have been 14 reported cases that involve children between 18 months and 15 years old who swallowed the tiny magnets. in 11 of those incidents the children had to have the magnets surgically removed. when two or more of the magnets are swallowed they can cause small holes in the stomach and lead to blood poisoning.

the nation's largest retailer will kick off the biggest day of the shopping season on thanksgiving day. 10 p.m. on turkey day at wal-mart, two hours ahead of target and other competitors. so you won't have to wait until the holiday week to put your shopping game plan together, wal-mart is givenning everyone a look at their in-store deals on its website starting right now. what do hot wheels, a dollhouse and a blanket all have in common? they are the newest inductees into the toy hall of fame. other hall of fame toys include the bicycle, jack-in-the-box and of course mr. potato head. >> if you're not talking gio you're not really having a hall of fame. the smithsonian museum of national history showed a new display of thomas jefferson's

bible today. it is 200 years old rebound now with its original cover. the goal preserve the bible for future generations. you can see the book in the american history museum albert small documents gallery. that is on the second floor. still ahead james murdoch clashes with british lawmakers as he defends his father rupert's media empire. for decades the war memorial was in disrepair but now it has been rededicated. i'm lindsey mastis. i'll show you the changes coming up. would you give your child a lollipop infected with chicken pox if you thought that it would help your child build imunity to the virus. sounds crazy but believe it or not it is happening. i'm kristin fisher. we will talk about it coming up. state farm. this is jessica.

hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a little fender bender. oh, jerry, i'm so sorry. i would love to help but remember,

you dropped us last month. yeah, you know it's funny. it only took 15 minutes to sign up for that new auto insurance company but it's taken a lot longer to hear back. is your car up a pole again? [ crying ] i miss you, jessica! jerry, are you crying? no, i just, i bit my tongue. [ male announcer ] get to a better state. state farm. now we are talking about a bizarre new twist in the vaccine debate that is both dangerous and illegal. have you heard about those chicken pox parties where parents would get their kids together with a kid who has chicken poxes naturally instead of getting them vaccinated. some are taking it a step further by ordering chicken pox lollipops. kristin fisher has the story. >> the way this works is the parent of a child who has chicken pox will get that

infected child to lick a rollpy pop then they will drop it into the envelope and mail it to a parent who wants to give chicken pox to their kids. it is a rage on social sites especially facebook. it is in these kind of facebook groups that parents have tried to sell these chicken pox lolly pops. >> such a bad idea. >> reporter: that was this doctor's reaction when he first heard about these chicken pox lolly pops. >> first of all, it won't work. not likely anyhow. it is a respiratory virus. you might have a real negative surprise because something like hepatitis could be passed in the lollipop. >> reporter: if that's not enough to detour you maybe this

will. >> it is illegal. >> reporter: it makes it a crime for that reason many facebook groups have been altered or taken down some we asked on our facebook page whether you would give your kid a pox pop? one said i intentionally let my kid catch chicken pox from my neighbor's twins but not by licking a lollipop. parents should be charged and sent to prison if they did this. one saying why risk prison when there is already a chicken pox vaccine, one that is safer than an infected sucker. >> better to get the vaccine and a booster if necessary than your child having a serious infection or later in life as an adult having chicken pox. >> reporter: no federal prosecutors will say if they

are pressing charges for people selling lollipops. if convicted you could face up to 20 years behind bars. >> that's stunning. there is trepidation about the vaccine. >> a lot of these parents are into natural immunization. they don't want to get their children vaccinated. it seems to be pretty safe. >> chicken pox in many cases is a childhood illness. in some cases it is a very serious child and could send kids to the hospital. >> and even worse getting it as an adult. rupert murdoch's son facing questions. one politician compared murdoch to a mafia boss and said the

paper operated under a code of silence. >> mr. murdoch, you didn't know he was running a criminal enterprise? >> mr. watson, please, i think that is inappropriate. >> reporter: both executives told lawmakers murdoch knew what was depending on. >> the believe the familair was misleading and i dispute it. >> reporter: lawmakers did not call rupert murdoch back but they wanted more answers from his son james. >> now is he fighting not just for his political and profession life here he is fighting for the right to run the company. >> that company new admits paying a private detective to

listen in on victims. repairs to the war memorial along the national mall are finally all done. this is a memorial that honor d.c. men who died during world war i. lindsey mastis has the story. >> reporter: this is what the war memorial looked like in 2004. this is what it looks like today after 3.$6 million in repairs. >> clean and restored stone. install new paving. replace electrical systems and lighting. >> reporter: back then the pillars looked stained. today the marble looks new. inside the rotunda that was once old. now it is clean. for the longest time there was a manhole cover here. >> reporter: seven years ago we found cracks on this

inscription. those cracks are still there. >> there is a series of repairs that get done on masonry structures. >> reporter: the national park service will keep an eye on those cracks. other plaques have been repaired. >> we did all of the border all the way around. >> reporter: the memorial was originally dedicated in 1931 and was meant to act as a band stand. at today's rededication music. >> i think what anyhave done is a first class restoration. >> reporter: in washington i'm lindsey mastis. 9news now. >> first class indeed. honoring 499 d.c. residents who lost their lives in that war and unlike all of the other monuments down on the mall this memorial was paid for by city residents. delegate eleanor holmes says those repairs were paid for by the american recovery and reinvestment act. being called the world's most capable military hospital and today defense secretary

hosting a dedication ceremony for the medical hospital in bethesda. the workers and patients were moved to the new walter reed and this new one merges with the former medical center. coming up a first for firefighters in sacramento when they are called to rescue a dog who got her paw stuck in a shower drain. but first, a new bell ringing world record holder answered comes from right here in the d.c. area don't forget we are always on at wusa9.com. stay with us. we will be right back.

update for you now on that salvation army bell ringer. he rang it for 36 consecutive hours in bethesda. he was saluted today at the regional headquarters in foggy bottom. >> this is the end of his 36 hours. i'm going to count down three, two, one. let the bells begin and the campaign is open. >> you can see mayor vince gray kind of trying to see what was going on. you're going to hear a lot of other bell ringing. red kettle christmas campaign this year was started today. man's turn to help his best friend. >> firefighters were called to an apartment in sacramento to

rescue a dug dog from a drain. firefighters had to cut the drain apart. the vet who treated lulu said he had never seen anything like that. >> i was trying to -- i just can't think of anything, i really can't. nothing that i have done would match it. >> she freaked out and she was going backwards and she got her paw stuck and that is all there is. >> the vet says lulu came out of the ordeal just fine. the owner says he will make sure the drain is not open during the next bath. >> do they not have a laundry tub? a discount grocery chain. topper? > hours are gone at least here in northwest and take you out with radar. showers east of i-95. they are pushing on out across the bay and eventually on into new england.

i will tell you when all the showers will be gone and how cold it will get tomorrow in the wake of the front. close to 2 million of your tax dollars to fix those. we try to dig up truth after the break on 9news now.

some adams morgans residents are getting a little more than assimilated. >> used to expand the dirt surrounding the trees and people are saying it is destroying what took them years to make their neighborhood pretty. >> this is not about tax dollars going down the drain. >> reporter: a pretty neighborhood residents love. >> i live in adams morgan and our street is lined with tree boxes. >> reporter: those dirt areas surrounding the trees next to the curb. >> our neighbors and ourselves we invested time and money into our tree boxes. >> reporter: putting in iron

fences. >> it is very disappointing to see the city come in and destroy that. >> reporter: by increasing markedly the area the dirt surrounding the trees and getting rid of fences that prevent water from entering the dirt. >> goes off the curb, down into our streams. >> reporter: storm water that. >> dumps sewage into our river and also dumps sediment into our river. >> reporter: city wide tree box by tree box. >> we have taken away 100,000 square foot of paveed space. >> reporter: and created two and a half acres of new dirt. about the size of dupont circle. that can soak up some of the storm water. >> less space we have to shovel. less space we have to put salt on to melt snow. >> reporter: 1.78 million in federal stimulus money. >> put five people to work since september 2010 and kept two crews on the books during slow times. >> reporter: but in adams

morgan some question this use of stimulus funds. >> i'm sure there are better projects where this money could be better spent. we have homeless people living in the park. people are asking for money on the streets. and i would like to see some help go to them. >> reporter: it is expected the project and jobs that were created will be done in january then the city will monitor water rates to see how good it works. gary neurenberg. a watch dog group is calling for even stronger regulations of paveed surfaces. the condition of the potomac is a d down from a d plus from its report card back in 2007. the group said the potomac which provides much of the d.c. area's drinking water continues to face challenges through farming and rural upstream areas and developments downstream. >> a new decision count grocery store opens tomorrow in north

east washington. it is aldi's first store in the district. it is in district 5. it opens to the public tomorrow. the company says it looks forward to providing this community with fresh and affordable grocery options. getting stuff for thanksgiving likely to take a bigger bite out of your wallet. the american farm bureau says on average a turkry for 10 people with all the trimmings will cost $45. the biggest hike is for the main course. a 16-pound turkey will cost 21.17 a 4% increase over last thanksgiving. >> we are now just two weeks awafrom thanksgiving but already local food banks are worried more families than ever will be left in need. we are looking for your donations of nonperrishable

food and other items like the ones you see behind us on the set. right now go to wusa9.com and find donation links to the capital area food bank. we are teaming up with the boy scouts. we do this every year to make donating food as easy as possible. last sunday they dropped off the empty bags. this sunday they will come and pick them up and fill them full of food. in the district they couldn't drop off the bags because of the bag tax so you just have to go to your safeway stores and just donate that way. >> again, even while you're out there doing your shopping it is so easy to put it right in that bin. >> some changes on the way. but nothing crazy. it is november. >> kind of icky today. >> that's a meteorological word. wait until tomorrow. live doppler 9000. still some showers. essentially east of town into the south of town. nothing is heavy. a couple of showers pushing up into prince george's county.

into st. mary's county. most of the showers now pushing into annarundle county. showers won't be around long. temperatures falling. not like a tank or anything. but 45 in bethesda. 45 in rockville. 45 in arlington. 43 in leightonsville. 45 in reston and great falls. 48 leesburg. so we will be cooling down for now. windy and colder tonight. windy and downright chilly tomorrow. you'll need sun glasses and a coat tomorrow. good news though we can hang our hat on another great weekend. a milder weekend. temps rebounding very nicely over the weekend. for tonight showers ending early. clearing, windy and colder. lows in the 30s. two blanket night i would say. by morning windy and cold. plenty of sunshine. 30s and 40s. winds west-northwest 10 to 20.

partly cloudy, windy and chilly. highs only near 50 tomorrow afternoon for veteran's day. winds west-northwest 10 to 20. will feel like it is in the mid-40s pretty much all day. your day planner looks like this. 30s to start at 7 a.m. windy by noon. only 45 to 50. kind of chilly by evening. next three days. this is kind of nice. as cold as it had been tomorrow temps warm back up on saturday. near 60. then 66 by sunday with just a few afternoon clouds. nice weekend. next seven days. we have some showers in on monday. temps around 60. mid-60s pop in on tuesday. more rain and showers on wednesday. then next thursday temperatures in the mid-50s. >> i will give you my meteorological assessment for tomorrow. >> icky today, something tomorrow. >> thank you, topper. look, folks, we all know it is really not easy when you start a brand-new job and it is a lot worse when you're

replacing a legend. that is the unenviable tasks. kristin berset is at the comcast center. >> derek, we are here at the comcast center joined by terrapins head coach. season opener this weekend. so where does your team stand right now? >> we are getting better. what happened was, is we were really improving then tieshan got hurt and we had to adjust and took awhile to happen. i'm proud of the guys. they worked hard. we are ready for a game. i don't know how we are going to play but we are ready for a game. >> the decision to come here was one of the toughest you ever had to make. obviously you had a lot of success at texas a&m but to come in and replace a legend like gary williams. what has that been like? >> it has been easy because gary has been behind me 100%.

he has helped me. i had a ton of respect for him more but i have even more now having lived in his shoes for six months. i don't want to sound like a dove commercial but i feel comfortable in my own skin. i don't care who i follow. i know what i do works. i just need time and the right people behind me and a little bit of luck we will have a lot of success. >> what are your goals this season? >> i won't judge it on wins and losses. i never look at it that. i will decide whether i am getting the most out of this team. for the last eight or nine years i have been able to do that. this team right now we are working extremely hard. can't say i'm getting everything out of them but hopefully soon i can say that. >> you played under larry brown at kansas. what did you learn from him? >> after my freshman year i was a pretty good player. thought i was going to the nba and he asked me what i wanted to do with my life and he said i'm going to go to the nba and he kind of laughed and said you

have no chance of that. have you a pretty good shot of being a coach. from then i thought about being a coach. >> appreciate it. head coach mark turgion. i'm kristin berset. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, kristin. a long weekend means they will be working on the metro again. we will tell you which stations will be closed down a little later on. days after a massive protest right here in the nation's capital. the government makes a key decision on plans for new pipelines for oil. but up next, the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month also comes in the 11th year this year. how you can cash in on some deals for 11-11-11. next. nfl.

brace yourself. tomorrow is a really big day and not just because it is veterans day but instead because of the date. 11-11-11. >> say that again. > >> businesses are looking to cash in on this rare number holiday. >> reporter: would you get married on 11-11-11?

>> heavens no. but then i wouldn't get married anyway. >> reporter: you're out of luck if you wanted to book the pink caddie package in las vegas at a price of 1,111.11. it is all booked up. no honey, no problem. 11-11-11 is a good day to be single in china. >> not married, i'm single. so it is a day for you. >> so kind of like valentine's day. >> exactly. >> reporter: you still have many options to spend on a day that doesn't come around for another year. >> reporter: falling on a weekend and often veterans day. starting at 11 a.m. on 11-11-11 travelers can book stays for 111.11. at hotels in new york city, chicago and washington, d.c. need a place to stay on friday?

active and retired members of the military will get an 11% discount at some red roof inns on top of the 15% off they get during the month of november. retail chains are rolling out discounts as well. most of which are a modest 5 or 10% off. what about playing the lottery on friday? >> i would not play the lottery because i'm quaker and quakers don't speculate. you don't want to win money unless we worked hard for it. >> reporter: lottery sales are expected to get a boost as number 11 is a lucky manitoba for some. >> we are also hearing we could see quite a few babies born tomorrow as mothers need to have planned c sections elect to have them on 11-11-11 so their kids can boast a special birthday. there is more at our website. tonight a lot of developments to fill you in on the sex abuse scandal at penn

state university. police say they identified several suspects after last night's riot at state college. that followed the board of trustees announcement it had fired football coach joe paterno and university president grant spannier. a lawyer advising some of the victims is afraid they could become scape goats for people that are still mad of joe paterno's dismissal. interim football coach tom bradley spoke to the media. >> right now i think you should know where our team is toward this whole issue and. it is toward those children, toward their families and our thoughtsprayers are with them. >> now scott broom spent his day in state college. he joins us live now. so scott, the mood last night, angry, a little chaotic. what's going on tonight? >> reporter: we are at west college avenue, the very