three total. >> word i'm thinking is shocked. i was really shocked. >> a parent of a seventh grader, even though he is shocked, he is still impressed with the school's response. >> administration has handled this extremely well. >> not only did administrators notify the parents via e-mail, but it was school staff that initially smelled the alcohol on the teacher's breath. >> we want the parents to hear it from us. good, bad, or indifferent. they have a right to know what's going on in the school. >> all the parents i talked to say they are satisfied with this teacher's resignation. he will no longer be teaching their kids and maybe now he can get the help that he needs if in fact he does indeed have a problem with alcohol. i'm kristin fisher, 9news now. >> thank you kristen. new information in the vanessa case. that's the northern virginia case abducted and killed. fairfax county police are investigating whether or not

that crime could be linked to what they call a suspicious event in falls church just a couple of weeks ago. in this latest instance, surveillance video shows a man entering her car in the same apartment where she disappeared. that woman creamed and ran away and she wasn't hurt. both cases remain unsolved. police are looking for a man believed to be in his 20s or 30s. >> strong reaction to former penn state football coach, jerry sandusky's comments last night about the child sex abuse scandal. he proclaimed his innocence and denied the charges against him. andrea mccarren is here. >> child sex abuse survivors around the country are reliving their painful pasts and in some cases, no longer staying silent. >> there was a couple of times

i thought i might throw up. it was that sickening. >> jaycee derek's reaction to the grand jury indictment, detailing the allegations. >> sexual predators flourish in the dark like roaches. they just spread and the only way we can combat this is to shine a bright light on their operating. >> from the age of eight, he was molested by a relative. >> obviously eight years old is not nearly enough to make a decision like that. and that was something i really didn't understand for more than a decade. it wasn't until i became an adult that i understood how i had been taken advantage of. >> in a phone interview, sandusky said he is innocent. >> i have done some of those things. i have horsed around with kids. i have showered after workouts. i have hugged them and i have touched their leg. without intent of sexual

contact. >> are you sexually attracted to young boys? to under age boys? >> am i sexually attracted to under age boys? sexually attracted, i enjoy young people. >> a long pause. you shouldn't have to pause to answer that question. the predators oftentimes aren't liars. they are dilutional, and they don't understand what they are. >> sandusky's lawyer says his client regrets taking showers with young boys. he also said some of those alleged victims may recant and are coming forward only because of monetary gain. lesli. >> andrea, thank you. a georgia grand jury indicted a man today for the murder of a laurel, maryland, law student. steven mcdaniel is accused of killing lauren giddens. giddings was his next door neighbor. her remains were found in near the apartment building where both she and mcdaniel

lived. prince william county, one person is dead after an suv and dump truck collided head on. it happened two hours ago on post office road. that road is still closed. we don't have any information yet about the driver's identity or the cause. we will be following this accident. meantime, it's been a shocking day for at least 160 student athletes at the university of maryland. their athletic programs are now on the chopping block. eight varsity sports, including swimming and men eats track and field could be eliminated. scott broom has reaction from college park. >> all 50 of the university of maryland swimming and diving team members converged on the administration building this afternoon prepared to beg to save their team. >> and to see this team be cut is devastating. we worked so hard. >> getting here and hearing this, we are cutting not only the mens and women's swimming

programs, but eight is on the chopping block is a shock to me. >> track and field runners, men's tennis runners and tumbling members are all among the eight varsity teams recommended for elimination to save up to $5 million a year. university athletics are hemorrhaging money with moneymakers like football struggling under new coach, randy etzel and men's basketball looking for a return to glory years. sports revenues and giving are down. at let athletic loss peeked at $7 million. swimmers are among those to be paying the price. >> i mean, we aren't going to blame football and basketball. they are two other teams that work just as hard as we do. it comes down to budget and spending and some mistakes have been made. >> among the mistakes, a $50 million redo of bird stadium where luxury boxes are still not sold out. current athletic director has been criticized fiercely for

dumping popular 2010 acc coach of the year in favor of etzel. he refuses to be interviewed. the final decisions rest in the hands of university president, wallace d. lowe and he is not aiming to prolong the pain. decisions are expected by the end of the year. at the university of maryland, scott broom, 9news now. at least eight members have qualified for olympic trials. breaking news from new york city where a judge ruled against the occupy protesters in new york city saying those protesters first amendment rights do not entitle them to camp out indefinitely in the plaza where they've been. police kicked out the protesters over night as cleaning crews moved in for the first time in two months. randall filed this report just before the judge made his ruling. >> occupy wall street protesters lined the streets outside the park waiting for police to let them back in.

>> these guys are getting paid to be here and we believe. they are going to run out of money before we run out of faith. >> we refuse to leave the park. we'll be subject to arrest. >> new york city police e verdicted demonstrators. promising to let them reenter, but without tenteds and sleeping bags. police arrested about 200 protesters who refuse to leave. >> unfortunately, the park was becoming a place where people came not to protest, but rather to break laws and in some cases to harm others. >> police moved in after midnight with almost no warning. mayor bloom burg said the rate was in the middle of the night to minimize resistance from the protesters and disruption to the neighborhood. >> it was unnecessarily provocative. local merchants complain the protester's presence hurt their business. and it frustrated workers in the area. >> i don't think anyone has

the right to take over someone else's property. >> demonstrators say their fight against corporate greed and inequality will go on. they are planning a demonstration on thursday to mark the two month anniversary of the occupy wall street movement. randall, cbs news, new york. >> again, a short time ago. a judge upheld new york city's dismantelling of the wall street encampment. you're going to hear from occupy protesters here in washington coming up at 6:00. derek. well lesli, is it regulation run a muck or a common sense law meant to protect some of our most precious forests? bruce leshan is here with a story about a guitar maker who is fighting over the wood he needs to make his guitars. >> you know, this has really -- this new federal law played into the tea party argument that federal regulations are stifling small businesses. but environmentalists say you need to dig a little bit deeper.

>> i wanted to do this since i was four years old. it is really all i've ever wanted to do. >> david crafts a dozen fine guitars a year. the neckings, a new federal rule threatens his livelihood. >> first defense is $200,000. i would be out of business. >> bipartisan amendments three years ago to the lacy act, the oldest federal wildlife law was designed to protect the national park. it has been decimated by illegal loggers making just dollars a day. >> that trade is not supporting economic development. it is supporting the distraction of the national park. >> but the language of the law is so broad it could hit a musician headed to toronto on vacation. >> they are confiscate your

guitar. >> guitar makers are pushing a bail that would amend the laws again. but the justice department says it has never intended to prosecute those who have exercised due care or who had no idea the wood was logged illegally. >> david or any guitar manufacturer can't prove that the wood was legal or illegal. do we realistically think the ghost government is going to be able to do that? >> no one wants a guitar built for the ages if a decade from now the government might seize it. >> we're road kill on the way to legislation. now this is more than just hypothetical. federal investigators have hit gibson guitars twice seizing guitars, ebony, and indian rose wood. advocates insist that gibson

was far from innocent. that its buyer went to madagascar, purchased illegal wood, even after two other buyers backed out. so interesting. >> interesting tail, but 12 guitars a year. >> yeah. >> that's something. >> up to $10,000. not a whole lot of money. >> back to you in the studio. up ahead, the unique challenges facing military spouses and helping them out. topper. >> well, i just popped the umbrella. light showers. we'll show you a broad live doppler. you can see most of the activity in western maryland. we'll tell you when it's going to roll in and if you need a coat and umbrella tomorrow. this is bruce johnson along martin luther king avenue. the congress heights area of washington, d.c. in southeast. a number of the businesses along here are asking for more police protection because they have been robbed, say salted, and there's a murder. we'll talk live to some of these business people when we come back.

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some business owners in dc's tough congress heights neighborhood are demanding more police protection right now. >> that's right, the call comes after a string of violent armed robberies and one instance, a murder. >> bruce johnson joins us from one of those target businesses and he has some dramatic surveillance video. >> we are inside the shop. how many people in here have been touched by crime out here? how many people have been held up, robbed at gunpoint? let me start with this gentleman right here. your name? >> you own a service station across the street? your brother was shot and killed. >> my brother was shot and killed. three weeks ago they killed my brother for nothing. we need justice. >> what do you want from police? >> protection.

>> we're going to show you some surveillance tape right now. a package that gives you an idea of what people are up against. take a look at this. >> 7:00 p.m., the city beat store is closed. the staff is taking inventory. a familiar face comes to the door. he's allowed in, but watch this. it's a setup. he signals three others. they barge through the door. they are all armed. this is a robbery. the owner of the store isn't here. he's in jail because a month ago police discovered a shotgun here. a relative brought it inside for protection, but mal malcolm is a violation of his parole. >> twice at gunpoint, he came in, put two guns to me. >> other store owners are asking for more police protection. >> we plan earlier by putting additional officers from the day and evening shift.

>> here's the mayor's response today. >> we have bicycle patrols. we increased the lighting. and we're asking the officers now to stop at every one of the businesses in the 2900 block up until the 3800 block of martin luther king avenues. >> standing to my left, she's the wife of the gentleman in the dc jail. he had a shotgun in the place. that's why your husband is in jail looking at up to three years in prison, right? >> up to ten. >> up to ten years. what do you want the public to know? >> i want the public to support him and i want them to judge the man he is today. >> you have two stores. a store here. >> and northwest. >> you told me it's like night and day. >> police presence is completely different. i know every police officer by name. i have their cell phone and they come into the store regularly to police us.

>> you aren't getting that here? >> we've been here for 3 1/2 years. i have a son-in-law that not one officer signed. >> we have seen a few officers on the beat out here since we have been here. these people are suspicious. they are not sure it's going to continue. you own a barber shop, right? >> when were you last robbed? >> wednesday. >> came in with guns? >> yes. >> so you were threatened? >> yes. >> is it the first time? >> fourth time. >> what do you need from police? >> we need protection. this has been forgotten. 30 years they have deserted us. and we need help from the people we pay taxes to. >> also these people live here in the community, they hire people in the community. these businesses fail, it's bad news for the community. you have an incredibly high unemployment rate. that's it from southeast d.c., back to you. >> bruce johnson, incredible

work. thank you, sir. sky 9 flew over a rush hour crash in loudoun county this morning and it happened on the loudoun county parkway at route 7 in ashburn. 18-year-old jacob was driving under the influence when he failed to stop, went airborne, and struck another vehicle. both drivers suffered serious injuries, but they are both expected to survive. he is facing dui charges. union station rolled out a new bus depo where you can catch popular new york bound buses from there including megabus, d.c. to new york. sprinter bus, and washington deluxe. local politicians and transportation officials took part in a dedication ceremony for the new depo. riders can pay extra for the convenience of having the depo. >> slowly but surely seems to be running down. topper is out on the terrace. >> the good news is, i haven't popped the umbrella, but you're right, it is going to go

downhill. satellite picture and radar combined, we are looking at a lot of rain and showers. pretty much where they were this time last year. on a northeast line from texas up in through tennessee and kentucky. through the ohio valley and into pennsylvania and new england. we'll zoom in a little bit. most of the activity stayed north and west of us. this is going to be the main event. until the frontal boundary gets closer to us, we aren't going to see anything particularly heavy or organized. that will happen tomorrow. in fact, most of wednesday it will happen. right now, just a couple light showers here and there. especially south of town. and most of the activity is clipping garrett county at this hour. live doppler 9,000. you can access this on our website at wusa9.com. there are showers showing up south of warrenton and north of fredericksburg and charles county and southern prince georges county. nothing really heavy and nothing widespread. temperatures are still great. they aren't in the 70s like they were yesterday, but still, this is nice.

61 arlington. 61 down downtown. over to the northeast. 62. so the west, it is still 60 in reston and sterling and 61 in leesburg. that's a good deal. now, need your umbrella. a coat is optional. the umbrella is not. a thunderstorm is also possible south and east. both tonight and tomorrow. much wetter wednesday and looks like both morning and the evening commute will be wet. in fact, we'll put this into motion. 10:00 tonight, not a lot happening in the immediate metro area. some light showers. put this into motion for the rush hour. everybody is going to have showers and you see the yellows and oranges here. that indicate heavier activity. they will be thunderstorms into charles county. even around lunchtime, another batch of showers and storms east of town. at least east of i-95. some of us will hear the rumble of thunder. finally as we get into thursday morning, all the showers are pushing through southern maryland and see some clearing

as we go through the day on thursday. for tonight, mostly cloudy, cooler. the thunderstorm possible by dawn. south and east. lows 50 to about 55. all right, next seven days. once this moves through tomorrow, much cooler on thursday. in fact, really cooler, all things considered. friday night, sunshine, but chilly. 51. and then we're still in this nice pattern where it gets milder on the weekend. mid 60s sunday. a drop sunday. that would be sunday night. the next chance of showers would be sunday. i thought this was a great picture. susan sent this from gainesville, virginia. >> is that a horse? >> she called it the glows horse because it has that ghost sort of imagery to it, which was cool. this was taken not too long ago on the 7th of this month in gainesville. >> sunrise or sunset? >> derek, i don't know. she did not include that. she included everything she had to include to get everything on

the air. go to wusa9.com. click on weather and be sure to include your name, town, location. just a ghost horse. >> i love the sunlight. >> it looks pretty nice. >> coming up on 9news now. >> with the nba season in jeopardy, businesses here are already feeling the pinch and they fear it could get worse. i'm anny hong with more. >> coming up, how a combination of high-tech and alternative treatments can make a huge difference in consoling pain. i've covered health stories for 15 years, but few have touched me like this one. it's about my sister who lost 120-pounds. see how she did it and you can too. the taste of triumph tonight at 11:00.

topping tonight's health alert, a new weapon to control cholesterol. looks at a pill that raises good cholesterol or hdl while lowering the bad stuff. the good cholesterol protects your heart. researchers looked at 400 people who took the pill alone

or with other cholesterol lowering drugs. the results showed drugs raised good cholesterol levels by almost 130% and lowered the bad cholesterolly a third. >> many people believe, and i'm among them, that raising levels of the good cholesterol of hdl is the next frontier. >> the doctor is a pioneer in heart health testing on a similar drug was halted because it was raising blood pressure levels. not this time around. researchers are pretty cautious because so far, stray been tracking patients for three months. we'll keep you posted. millions of americans suffer from lower back pain and if you are one of them, it can bring your life to a halt. massage and the cutting edge medicine. the best pain control comes from not just one treatment, but a combination and thinking out of the box. >> frank had the life he dreamed of and worked for. young and successful. a career in finance. until last year when a car

accident changed it all. his injuries left him with relentless pain in his back and neck, which doctors treated with pills and more pills. >> everything from vicatin, zanax. >> uses both ancient and modern techniques to fight pain. that means alternative therapies like acupunture and cupping, as well as the latest in traditional medicines. it's called integrated pain management. >> more prospectives, the more tools you have will increase your chances of having success with a patient. >> along with the alternative remedies, he uses a medical tool called radiofrequency. a needle sends radio waves, so they stop transmitting pain signals. >> some patients have a couple years of good relief if after such a procedure. >> that is what worked for

frank. and he believes the alternative therapies enhance the benefits. >> tomorrow morning, i might feel better. >> some 8 out of 10 americans suffer from low back pain. so many. in fact, it's one of the most common reasons people go to the doctor. coming up tomorrow at 5:00, we're going to take a closer look at knee pain and a new treatment using donor tissue to keep arthritis at bay. coming up, an unbelievable story of survival. a nine-year-old girl trapped in a car for two days and survived. >> military wives put their lives on hold while their husbands go to war. now scholarships are helping many achieve their dream. i'm peggy fox, he'll have the story coming up. >> first, the iowa caucuses are turning into a four candidate race. just not the candidates many of the experts thought they would be looking at. we'll tell you about them. >> 9news now is brought to you by your local toyota dealers.

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it is a four-way tie at the top of the republican presidential race in iowa. just seven weeks away from the caucuses and the latest bloomberg news poll puts herman cain at 20%, followed by ron paul, mitt romney, and newt gingrich. cain hit the campaign trail at iowa fighting to hold on to his lead there. he's trying to move past his shaky response yesterday. >> libya.

>> cain's popularity has taken a hit from sixth sexual harassment allegations that surfaced a couple weeks ago and another poll released shows 3/4 of republican women nationwide now call those harassment charges against the candidate serious. >> we are talking about military spouses, lesli, they put their own lives on hold, moving from base to base keeping the home life in tact while their husband and wife is deployed. some scholarships for military spouses are helping make up for that and peggy fox is here to talk about that. >> that's exactly right. the need for more education is great when their husbands come home wounded. they are asked to step up in ways they never expected. >> when your spouse is deployed to a war zone, you know the risks. you can't always prepare for

what lay ahead. >> he was getting ready to come home for vacation when he gm got run over. >> lazondro sustained major injuries after being run over. he's on a liquid diet for the rest of his life and hasn't been able to work. that's where molina plans to step in. >> when i graduated with 3.44. >> she received a military spouse scholarship. she is getting that with the help of the national military family association. it just received a $250,000 grant from dominion power. >> their role has changed in many ways. especially the spouses of wounded warriors. they are being asked to step up and support their families. >> i have a wonderful family and i love my daughter. she is my support 100%. >> when her father was

injuried, their oldest daughter was a junior in high school. >> i graduated high school and i thought it was selfish of me to go on to college while my dad is injuried. >> she hopes to enter college college herself in the next few years. >> i want to tell you, thank you guys for what you do for us means a lot. and i wish everybody can say i got educated and i can be a better help for my husband today. >> for molina, it's more complicated because her husband is here being treated at fort mead and they actually live in a hotel room on the fort mead base and they have a home in miami. she is often traveling back and forth to make sure things at home are okay. her daughter is here and her other daughter are going to school. but things are very complicated and her oldest daughter wants to go to college, but hasn't been able to yet. >> sacrifices you don't always see. >> the whole family

sacrifices. thank you. back to you guys. an extra mean arused of firing shots at the pentagon and the marine corps museum pled guilty. he was sentenced to six months in prison and after that, he will be transferred to federal custody where he is expected to face charges in a series of overnight shootings. now to an amazing story of survival from north carolina. a nine-year-old girl trapped in a car for two days somehow made it out alive and you're looking at surveillance video taken just minutes before the crash that killed her father on friday night. doug landon and his daughter had gone to a gas station just a few miles from their home. after driving off, their car disappears in the dark and not spotted for two days. that car ended up side down in a ditch. the child ate pop tarts and tarts tarts and gator aid.

the nba season now officially in jeopardy. the player's union rejected the latest proposal and they have taken steps to resolve the union. fans are upset about this. but as anny hong tells us, it's the businesses that are feeling the pain. >> many of the businesses count on the verison center to bring in a lot of their customers. with the nba season in jeopardy, businesses fear it may not be a slam dunk anymore. >> it's 41 opportunities to have 10,000 people delivered to your front doorstep without you doing anything at the restaurant. missing those opportunities certainly does affect our top line sales. >> during a full nba season, there are more than 40 home games. local businesses stand to lose thousands of dollars. especially when on game nights, the sales peek 10 to 12%. so managers are forced to get

more creative and aggressive. >> so we are doing trivia nights and hosting different contests and things like that. we are trying to give people an opportunity to go out and have a god time. >> empty seats at the bar. fewer diners at tables. it's a more common sight on what would have been game night. especially when the wizards are playing at the verison center. staffers are faced with fewer hours and tips. >> there are days when your pockets are lighter, but you hope the next day they will be fuller when you leave. >> managers say it's tougher to fill seats when they aren't able to count on wizards fans. >> we miss having the wizards fans in house. they are a big part of what coming to the bar, filling up our restaurant. >> frustrated by the lack of an agreement. local fans are hopeful to salvage part of a season. especially by february when it is cold and football season is over. >> i watch basketball and football, so without

basketball, there's no, i mean, you'll be thinking about football, but it's going to suck because nothing else to do. >> need the return of basketball. that was anny hong reporting. we'll get the latest on that nba stalemate in new york city. >> a local principal is $25,000 richer tonight. osbourne park high school principal won an educator award. hundreds of teaches and principals across the country. beach is originally from england. he began teaching in the united states in 2001 and became principal last year. >> coming up on 9news now, a deer in headlights meets a friendly officer. >> but up next, why did the wild turkey cross the road? to attack the motorcycle rider, of course. and don't forget, we're always on at wusa9.com. stay with us.

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caught on tape, when wild turkeys attack. here's something you don't see every day. it's two turkeys out for a particular biker. once a week, dan brown says the turkeys stalk him outside a california office complex and recently he brought along his buddy to video tape the whole thing. turkeys are coming after him. you ate my brother, frank. you ate my cousin, joe. >> they get closer and closer and they start hitting me with their wings and batting at the wings on me. >> the turkey, come on. dan says he actually takes a

different route. let me get this straight, they got you to avoid them by going a different way to work. the police commissioner says those turkeys like to peck at his officers when they are handing out. >> talk about dazed and confused, an officer comes rescue to a deer. apparently it was in a state of shock following an accident and stood there more than half an hour. in order to save the animal, an officer picked up the doe and place on the side of the road. the dash cam captured the video. the deer eventually relaxed and sprinted away into the woods. >> officially comes under things you do not see every day. >> it was the worst kept secret until today. the network is reinventing its morning news show. charlie rose and oprah bff, gayle king will cohost with erica hill and cbs says the show is going to feature more

original recordings. the yet to be named morning program debuts on january 9. >> i'm sure it will do well. >> chopper. >> 61 right now downtown. 59 at manassas. you can leave a jacket at home, but don't leave the umbrella at home. up next, how true natural disasters far from our shores continue to have a big impact on our buying here in the u.s. çñ

honda says it's going to pick up the production of motorcycles and power products after the companies were hit by flooding. supply problems forced them to suspend motorcycle production in early october. the factory in thailand remains closed because of all the water. the company say it's going to continue limited production. >> but car production is not the only thing that has been hampered in thailand and japan.

although these events are far from our shores, they are impacting business here at home and many products maybe hard to find. >> thailand's flood waters continue to ravage cities, neighborhoods, and now factories. >> hard drives that we use in our communities and in the cloud are made in thailand. >> apple, google, facebook, and amazon rely on cloud storage for users data like photos and videos. >> you want to back up your computer to a server somewhere, that data has to go on to a hard drive. we need a lot of hard drives. the cost of storage goes up. >> consumer electronics like personal computers and digital cameras have been affected by the floods. analysts say you should wait until mid 2012 to buy a new computer or be prepared to pay a higher price. >> with christmas budgets on

track, part-time people are going to take a look at what prices are going to be. >> i would probably buy it sooner than later. >> other companies picked up the slack, but they are at capacity after compensating for the earthquake and tsunami in japan. and it may be many months before some tech companies get back to business. >> the car makers like toyota and ford have been forced to close their manufacturing plants in thailand. we are going to talk toys and shopping. toys r us hopes you won't be too stuffed to shop after you are eating your turkey dinner. they are opening on thanksgiving night. stores can get to work on thanksgiving night. and with that, it is day 2 of our hot holiday toy picks of the year. hello. this is let's rock elmo and th

toddlers and preschools will love them, of course. it plays the drums. you press the foot, right? okay. i'll hold the microphone and you play the drums. so elmo rocks out and you can rock out with elmo. elmo can tell when he has something in his hands, right? this is about $49 to $59 on different websites. this is the let's rock elmo guitar, which interacts with let's rock elmo. you turn elmo off for a second, because elmo doesn't like to have -- >> this is enough to give any parent a headache. >> this is for toddlers and preschoolers. they would love this. again, priced at $49 to $59. $19.99.

you can get this whole set right now for $59.99. >> the whole thing. >> to get your inner guitar hero on. >> if there are parents that you don't like, give their kids these toys. >> kids, during the focus groups, love these toys. >> i'm sure they do. >> they don't ask the parents. the parents have nothing to do with it, except you have to get it for them. >> let's go to weather. >> you need a little music to help you? >> some showers off to the south and east and may hear a rumble of thunder tonight. for the most part, the main action comes in tomorrow. temperatures in the 60s. 61 downtown. 60 in andrews. 59 at great falls and 59 in reston. this thing is totally out of control. okay. thank you tom. appreciate that. all right, let's talk about the outside story. we have a pretty big system

coming your way. don't leave the umbrella at home. some showers tonight. thunderstorm possible south and east. and actually east of i-95. much wetter tomorrow. probably a wet morning commute and a wet evening commute. here's the deal. put this into motion. by 5:30 in the morning, everybody is going to have wet roads and heavy activity east of town. by lunchtime, that would be in the form of showers and storms. wet tomorrow night for the commute. finally on thursday, we begin to clear out and gets much, much colder behind the system. that's chilly as we get into thursday and friday. next seven days, 62 tomorrow. rain and showers. low 50s. still warming up over the weekend. 60 on saturday. 64 and dry for the redskin game. a couple showers may move in, but not until sunday night. all in all, cold, but warming up just in time for the weekend. back to you. >> big question tonight, is the nba season on the brink of being canceled? dave owens, answer. >> i wouldn't say just yet,

but it's not looking good; that's for sure. we know games are canceled until december 15. nba players decision to decertify its union, somewhat of a surprising move. suggest the sides were close to a deal. so what went wrong? earlier today, i sat down with jeff for u.s.a. today who has been following every step of the negotiations. he explains. >> all right jeff. in the last 72 to 96 hours, give us an idea of how we got to that point. >> after negotiations ended on thursday night, the owners delivered a proposal to the player's yon yon on friday. it was based on a 50/50 split of basketball related income and system issues, which included a soft salary cap. and they rejected the owner's proposal and at that point, it was a complete break down in the negotiation. >> how much blame do you place on the owners not owning up to

the responsibility. how much blame do you place on the players for not giving back more money in this revenue split deal? >> i think there's lots of blame to go around. when you look at the revenue split in terms of what the players have given back compared to the last collective bargaining agreement, i don't have lots of blame for them. they have given back 300 million a season. nearly $3 billion over the course of a ten-year deal. and the scores are about 100 to 55 in the fourth quarter. the owners still have a full court press on. they are shooting three pointers and dunking. they had victory in hand and instead of claiming victory. it seems they wanted to go for the absolute blowout and that's where their blame is. >> do you see a scenario in which this is decided outside of the courts? are we going to have basketball this year? >> there's not much time left to get a deal done in time for a season. i would place it at 60%.

we won't have a season. 40% we will have a season. and that is a change in the worse from what i last had a couple weeks ago. >> and so it's on to the courts now. stay tuned. >> still to come, local protesters taking part in the occupy movement. reaction to what is happening to new york city. how you can get a trinket that belongs to britain's star. state farm. this is jessica.

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i know derek, you like to gate head start on your holiday shopping. planning ahead. there's something you can get lesli and i. some of elizabeth taylor's jewelry collection heading to the auction block. >> i can take back those cup cakes. >> stunning, really in some blue diamonds. >> you would. >> yeah, i can see he's not really moved by that. heather has a preview of the collection that derek could consider as it makes its way around the world. >> the glitz and glamour of elizabeth tailor are in the spotlight in paris. >> there's no one as glamorous as elizabeth taylor. andy said when he died, he would like to be reincarnated as a ring on her finger.

>> these gems are part of a collection including clothing and accessories on an international tour to drum up interest on the big auction in new york next month. taylor, who died of heart failure in march, was known for her love of pretty. her collection worth $30 million, but banking on people spending much more. this diamond bracelet watch, a gift from michael jackson, is valued between $30 and $50,000. >> that major jewels. that i thinks she wore every day. she loved jewelry. >> elizabeth taylor was born here, a suburb of north london. and married a brit twice. >> this french jewelry director says several pieces were gifts from burton. he gave her the necklace, once part of the spanish crown jewels along with this 33-carat stone called the elizabeth taylor diamond. some are calling these the

hollywood crown jewels. and this could break the record for a jewelry collection set in 1987 when the duchess jewels sold for $50 million. heather cobar for cbs news. >> the auction includes an online portion and no plan for the tour to stop here in d.c., but it is headed to new york city. this is 9 justice of the 9news now. >> refuse to leave the park. you'll be subject to arrest. >> hours after police cleared the occupy wall street protesters from new york's park, a judge is siding with the city. those protesters were removed this morning in a sweep by police who promised they would get back in there. those who will return will not be allowed back with tents or sleeping bags. delia is live down at mcpheer son square where our local occupy protesters are keeping a close eye on what's happening up north in