than your words. and will carry with you for a very long period of time. i believe in your right to assemble and your right to express your opinions. i do not believe nor do i think anybody believes in your right to violence. >> well, last night thousands of students were out protesting after they heard joe paterno had been fired. in fact, the crowd got so upset they actually knocked over a t.v. news van and at least one photographer was pelted with a rock. investigators in state college are now looking at video footage of those riots trying to i.d. suspects who could be charged with riot, attempted arson or other crimes and now the campus remains divided on the issues. i'm scott broom in state college tonight in pennsylvania where the governor has called for calm in the wake of rioting after the firing of joe paterno and meanwhile students are

grappling with mixed emotions. >> it brings shame. seriously. >> on campus today a counter demonstration to denounce the violence that marked the firing of joe paterno last night. meanwhile other students remain in their traditional pregame campsite for prime seats, a place they still call paternoville. >> it is not how we are. we don't support monsters. >> now the broadcaster for penn state for 40 years tried to put it all into perspective. because of our affection, dedication, understanding to joe, i'm blinded a little bit. i can understand that. two days from now we may have a little better site of the situation. >> reporter: in state college, scott broom, wusa 9 news. >> to the baseball world now hoping for the safe return of nationals catcher wilson ramos who was apparently kidnapped in venezuela nearly 24 hours ago now. police that confirm ramos is a

live and detectives now have sketches of two of the four suspected abductors. but as delia gonclaves reports, they are fearing for the worst and hoping for the best. >> ramos. >> reporter: wilson ram os is the nats rising star and now hearts are heavy for number 3. >> first thought i had was sean taylor type stuff. you see the news and suddenly it is bad news after that. i walk by national stadium every day and this morning when i walked through it, i was just saying a prayer for him. >> reporter: the 24-year-old catcher was playing in the venezuela winter league and was visiting with family last night when police say four armed men abducted him. >> reporter: they are working with the nats in major league baseball. >> makes it a little more scary. >> reporter: u.s.a. today baseball paul white saying these abductions are common in venezuela but in this case the stakes are higher because players themselves

usually aren't the ones abducted. >> one had his mother kidnapped. >> reporter: but he says the big stars of the mlb making big paychecks can pay for security for themselves and their families. another reason why the young up and comer may have been targeted. >> ramos 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: abductions in venezuela are on the rise. in 2009 alone police reported 618 kidnapping. white says this crime is likely to affect the working relationship between venezuela and the mlb. >> major league teams have other alternatives. they are going to be very rehuck tant to send their guys here. >> reporter: the nats and mlb released a joint statement saying their thoughts are with ramos and his family but they have been instructed not to comment any further. in southeast washington, delia gonclaves, 9news now that land fill east of fredricksburg probably the very

last place you would expect it find the remains of our war dead but today we learned that between '03 and '08 that's exactly where the military dumped the cremated ashes of body parts identified after the burial ceremonies. this woman found out about it appalled and disgusted to learn that's where part of her husband is. >> reporter: they said that no one wanted my husband so he was cremated with the rest of the medical leave from the hospital and thrown in the trash. >> how could they think that nobody wanted him? >> i have no idea. >> reporter: and, in fact, the pentagon says those ashes are now being buried at sea but the chair of the joint chiefs of staff said he is still unsure if what happened there was actually wrong. it is now official, republicans are in charge of state senate in virginia. this afternoon the seven-term democratic conceding to the republican in virginia's 17th district. finishing just 220 votes behind reeves and that's less than half a percent and would allow

him to call for a recount. each holding 20 cents in virginia senates but the lieutenant-governor bowling will break any ties. the white house says he will comply with the republican will investigate. the first to get a federal loan out of the 2009 stimulus law. however, it quickly declared bankruptcy in september, laid off 1100 workers, leaving taxpayers on the hook for more than half a billion dollars. last week a republican led house committee subpoenaed the white house for all the internal documents. the obama administration calls the move politically motivated but says it will provide responsive materials sometime this evening. >> the federal emergency management agency now says it will provide funds for earthquake damaged schools in virginia. engineers estimated that damage will cost about 31 million bucks to fix.

thomas jefferson elementary and lauisa county high were closed indefinitely following the quake on august 23rd. the federal aid will pay for what insurance doesn't cover. it will help state and local governments recover response costs from the 5.8 magnitude earthquake. topper warmed thus would happen. the warm sunny stuff we have would end up rainy and chilly. >> you're right, sir. >> the showers are pretty much out of here. now the winds are picking up. the cold air is moving in. here are the temperatures. in the 40s everywhere. even downtown 45. 45 in frederick. look at our four friends over in oakland. 32. they are going to see snow showers in the next few hours and through tomorrow morning. clearing, windy. winds northwest at 10 to 20 and gusty. we will come back and talk about our veterans day forecast and look ahead to the weekend. >> thank you, topper. coming up on 9news now. a virginia couple grieves over their family dog who was

euthanized by a vet without their permission. why they claim it happened. >> a decision about a child's statement has two parents headed to court and what doctors say ought to happen and what the parents disagree with. that's up next.

a mother knows best or doctors orders. that's the debate going on right now in michigan where the parents of a 10-year-old cancer survivor are being accused of negligence. their son jacob was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer back in march. then he received a dozen rounds of chemo and radiation. now he is cancer free. but the doctors say jacob still needs even more treatment. his parents say the chemo and radiation ravaged his body and any more would be excessive. >> he told me numerous times he wished he would fall asleep and not wake up. >> they will use alternative methods to keep treating jacob but the doctors took that case to the state and now the michigan department of human services is taking them to court accusing them of negligence. a hearing in the case is all set for next month. now, this is a tough one. sounds like everybody involved wants to to right by this for a kid but who want to have the

final word, mom and dad or the doctors who say his health is in danger? weigh in on mcginty's mail bag. the address is mailbag@wusa9.com. coming up, first the rain and the cold. how low will it go? topper will let us know and will tell us if we can expect a little better over the weekend. but first, 80 years old and looking not a day over 20. the district of columbia war memorial reopens after some very fancy renovations. a look when we come back. [ male announcer ] the chicken marinara melt

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flags lowered to honor a resident killed in afghanistan. he died when his vehicle was attacked in kabul province last month. governor martin o'malley ordered the flags flown at half- staff in memory of lieutenant cabrera. the d.c. war memorial was rededicated today after getting a 3.6 million face lift. seven years ago we showed you what the memorial looked like. kind of moldy and leaking. well, today that is all gone. looks brand-new. even put a bronze medallion on the floor of the memorial and organizers are hoping it will be used again as a band stand. built in 1931 to honor those that fought in world war i. hard enough to decide when

your pet needs to be euthanized but imagine this a stranger making that decision for you. that is what happened to a couple and in a story you'll only see on nine, peggy fox reports their beloved dog was dead just two hours after she disappeared. >> 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 she was in the yard i didn't use the collar. >> reporter: allen said he was checking on her every 10 minutes or some the picture was taken at 12:06 on november 1st. 15 minutes later the dog was gone. they searched everywhere with these flyers. >> we didn't think that she had 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. she had been euthanized at the cross point animal hospital in fairfax station a few hours

after she went missing. they learned a client of cross points said she found the dog wandering and thought she was a stray so brought her in. >> so give us no opportunity to claim this dog was horrifyingly wrong. i am devastated by this. we both are. >> reporter: a staff 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 vets. this is the vet's report from its examination of the dog. noting several health problems with the dog. the owners acknowledged she wasn't well but that she wasn't ready to go yet. >> she died alone with strangers which is the real tragedy. >> reporter: peggy fox, 9news now. >> sometimes you just want a chance to say goodbye. allison and allen did call prince william police and they sent an officer over to investigate but the police tell us there was no evidence of a

crime and that both the woman who picked up the dog and the vet appeared to be doing what they thought was right for the dog. you're planning on cooking a big thanksgiving dinner in the next couple weeks? if so you might want to get ready to shell out a few more bucks than you did last year for the turkey and all the trimming. 13% more this year than last year. a dinner for 10 will run about 49.20. now, the group says the jump is because of increased costs for everybody from the farmers down to the grocers. >> a lot of our local food banks are looking for all the trimmings for their folks and if you've got a couple of days left you can join in and help them out. they need food and other items like the ones you have been looking at us behind us for the past few weeks and we have teamed up with the boy scouts to make donating easy. last week they handed out more than 800,000 bags all across maryland and virginia and if you've got one fill it up with

nonperrishable food or paper and the scouts will be back over the weekend to pick them up. people in d.c. did not get bags bah we have got that bag tax here in town but you can make your donations at 15 area safeway stores. topper this is the kind of day if you went out for a bike ride just enough rain to make you cold and miserable. >> high was 59 today. >> no. > >> yes, at 10:40 this morning. temps in the mid-40s. start with the satellite picture, radar combined. we will zoom into the storm. the storm itself is just running north of the great lakes. the cold front has pushed through. mixed precipitation coming off the lakes and that will turn to snow later on tonight. i think we will see some snow showers even into southern pennsylvania and western maryland and northern west virginia after we get into the midnight hours or so. as far as we are concerned the showers are through. the clouds still lingering but includes will clear out later on tonight and it will be cold.

not crazy cold but pretty cold. temps right now in the mid- 40s. 45 in bethesda. 46 in rockville. 46 in beltsville. will feel like it is in the 30s with the wind. 45 in reston. 47 right now in sterling. so we will be cooling down for a while. windy and colder tonight. windy and chillier for veterans day. sunglasses and fairly heavy coat tomorrow. another nice november weekend. for tonight clearing skies. windy much colder. two blanket night. lows in the 30s. winds northwest at 10 to 20 and gusty. by morning mostly sunny, windy and cold. you'll need a coat all right. 30s and 40s. winds west-northwest 10 to 20. the kids will fight you but bundle them up in the morning at the bus stop. by afternoon partly cloudy, windy and chilly. high temperatures will struggle to get to 50. windchills in the 40s all day. winds west-northwest at 10 to 20 and gusty.

look at this sunset now. well before 5 p.m. 4:58. high temps then looks like this. if you're in arlington or springfield probablyla make 50. maybe even downtown you'll make 50. 49 in rockville. 49 in college park. we are looking at maybe 50 down at waldorf but upper 40s in fairfax and in reston and in sterling and herndon and leesburg and middleburg and manassas. probably 48 or 49. we will break it down for you. tomorrow morning cold. sunshine in the 30s. by evening 45 to 50. i guess i need to take the sun off. 4:58. make that correction. the next three days looking like this. chilly tomorrow. and then milder on saturday. we are almost 60 on saturday. we are over 65 with sunshine on sunday. next seven days. we have got some showers in the forecast for monday. temps because of that will go back down to 60 but then they will rebound back into the mid- 60s on tuesday. and then showers and some rain on wednesday. and then next thursday

sunshine. temperatures go back in the mid to upper 50s. not too bad. >> we know. don't ask, don't tell. that's history. gay marriage, legal right here in d.c. a lot of other places. however, there appears to be one place where being gay just is not going to work out. to the toronto zoo where a couple of gay african penguins may have to take one for the team. pedro and buddy and as you can see they are very close. they are bonded as if anyone else would be. so much so they ignore the advances of female penguins who look to mate. you see that's the problem though. african penguins are an endangered species. for the good of the species they have to separate them. people say that is not okay to force them back into the closet so to speak. what do you think? do the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few? weird news mail bag question. that's unusual. mailbag@wusa9.com.

in the mail bag tonight the firing of penn state football coach joe paterno in the wake

of that child abuse sex scandal. our good friend john from chantilly says for all the wrong reasons the trustees did the right thing. this per version was reported to state police and they investigated and no charges were brought. the perpetrator retired in '99 but there is much more to this that meets the eyes and i have to trust the trustees and because of the media spotlight finally they acted for the good of penn state and hopefully the interests of those young boys will now get proper attention. believe it or not joe paterno has some defenders out there and laurie is one of them. we are all told in our jobs go to our superior and that's what joe paterno did. could he have done more? maybe. but sometimes there are repercussions for not following your chain of command. in the military they will write you up for that. except joe paterno wasn't in the military and in fact at penn state he probably had more real power than anyone. if joe paterno had taken charge of this thing from the start, called the police, followed up,

nine years worth of possible victims could have been spared. heck, if anybody had called the police, that's why john sadly is right about this joe paterno and the rest of them all had to go. finally, there was this on the new federal management plan to prevent a repeat of the carmageddon snow mess we went through last january. rob from alexandria says new rules on when the workers can go home or stay put at their offices really won't have much. there is not a job out there, be it federal or not that i would let interfere with my own personal safety. if bad weather is expected then opm shouldn't wait until the last minute to make a decision. that's the problem with this whole issue. nobody wants to make a decision because they are afraid of reprisal. actually, john, the problem is that everybody is on the road at the same time and capacity is down because the weather is so bad. opm is trying to manage that with staggered lead times and so forth. but i'm not sure there is a magic bullet. every situation is so very unique. just like your e-mail. the address mailbag@wusa9.com. that is our report.

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