delia. >> that's right. i have to tell you they are very concerned, wondering if this is the beginning of the end of the movement as they know it. especially after hearing new york's mayor bloomberg site concerns over safety and sanitation as his reason for moving in and shutting down that occupation. that's why folks here are doing whatever they can to keep this camp clean and healthy. >> this is a ma rirksrinara. >> i tell people not to throw trash around. >> witnessed occupiers occupiers being kicked out of a new york park. >> i cleaned out my tent and packed everything up. >> ann is manning the dish washing station. >> this is as healthy as it can be. >> built a makeshift water fall to help control the spread of germs. >> people who show up may be sick, but that's going to

happen anywhere. >> park service tells us trash is picked up three times a day and kitchen inspections have passed. since park rules state three porter john per 300 people, they have two. but overhead vents make for an unpleasant walk for passer byes. >> the porter toilets, i called them yesterday and demand they come clean it. >> signs remind occupiers not to use the toilets when they over flow. >> you see, that's another sanitary issue. >> as they try to keep their community clean, protesters remain cooperative with police. >> the police went to the square with a picture of someone that was the shooter at the white house. >> as we spoke, they returned to ask more questions and then moved on. >> and though we have no indication from the administration that they want to move in and shut down this occupation, we have indeed seen stepped up police presence. in fact, just about a half hour

ago, we saw a half a dozen park police officers. for the first time standing inside the park side by side with a protesters during what they call the general assembly. that's when they all get together and talk about their action for the night. then, they were all escorted os the protesters marched down to the white house for demonstration. derek. >> delia, thank you. the dozens of protesters are marching from new york down here to d.c. they left the park last wednesday and hoping to make it down to mcpheer son square by next wednesday. right now, they are in philly where they paid a visit to the campus. they have been in the city of brotherly love since sunday, taking a break, because the walking is tough. lesli. >> all the talk in our newsroom today was about jersey sandusky's first interview since being accused of sexually assaulting eight boys over a 15 year span. >> i enjoy young people. i love to be around them.

i -- no, i'm not sexually attracted to young boys. >> andrea mckaren spoke, getting them to weigh in about this. what are you hearing? >> very interesting perspective. like the rest of us, jaycee, derek doesn't know if the former coach is guilty or innocent. but he says all the classic warning signs are there. including the coverup and secrecy. >> it's an issue that never goes away. >> j.c. derek was sexually abused by a relative. he broke his silence and watched last night's shocking interview with sandusky. >> 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.

>> like many survivors, derek felt shame and humiliation and kept quiet for years. >> best way to cope is to disconnect one self-from reality. and so it seems like it happened to somebody else or such a distant memory. it's like a dream. >> positive that has emerged from this penn state scandal, it is that people are talking, lesli, about child sexual abuse and survivors are no longer silent. >> coming forward to share their story in hopes they will help. >> exactly. >> thank you so much. >> you bet. >> during last night's interview, he would be comfortable leaving his children alone with the former coach. but tonight, there are questions about that attorney's own behavior. several media outlets are quoting court records this show joe amendia represented a 16- year-old girl as she tried to get emancipated from her parents. he was 49 at the time. the girl's mother says he impregnated her daughter and

then married her. they had two children before they eventually divorced. anita. lesli, athletes at the university of maryland may tell opponents to fear the hurdle. tonight they find themselves in fear of budget cuts. >> i'm scott broom at the university of maryland where the athletic's department is hemorrhaging money and where a commission has just recommended cutting eight varsity sports, including swimming and track and field. 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. >> it's just devastating. we worked so hard and came so far. >> track and field runners, men's tennis players and tumbling team members are 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, and men's basketball looking for a return to glory

years. sports revenues and giving are down. swimmers are among those who appear to be paying the price. at the university of maryland, scott broom, 9news now. >> we are waiting for congress to vote on a stop gap measure that will keep the government running. and scrambling to cut $1 trillion. today defense secretary warned the senate armed services committee is mandatory cuts kick in, the u.s. military would see levels. >> more than 40,000 american troops that remain in the gulf region. we're not going anywhere. and we will continue to reassure our partners, deter aggressors and counter those seeking to create instability. >> almost all u.s. troops are set to leave iraq by the end of this year. >> and coming up tonight on 9news now at 7:00, herman

cain's campaign goes in search of damage control after an awkward response to a reporter's question on libya. >> and still ahead in this newscast, shoppers may be excited about black friday, but what ability the people working in the stores? we'll take a look at some of the fallout of those early hour openings. top. >> yeah, we'll take you out with the almanac. 68 and 61 today. average is 59 and 41. we'll come back and talk about if you need your umbrella and a coat. full forecast coming up. an amazing view of something that happens too quickly. you'll never be able to see it with the naked eye.

this is a unique caught on tape. check out this video by researchers at berkeley. how humming birds deal with wet

weather. what they found is these tiny birds can shake their heads at 34g's in less than a tenth of a second. similar to the way a dog would shake when it's wet, just a whole lot faster. human beings lose consciousness at 5g's. wow. you can call it the pizza loophole. congress may decide that tomato paste on a pizza counts as a serve ing of a vegetable. they want to make school lunches healthier, but congress says they are resisting. the deal is, if enough lawmakers agree, the lunch lady will pile on the salt, push those whole grains away. even retired generals are pretty upset about this. one in four young people are too big to join the military. and they are hoping that congress will reconsider. the holidays fast approaching and montgomery county police warn a pair of

scrooges are out there. here's surveillance video of the two men police want to snare. investigators say the pair recently stole a wallet from an elderly man and from an elderly woman in a silver spring grocery store. ran up the credit cards. if you recognize these men, please contact police in montgomery county. >> an industry does renovating. but first, a preview of tonight's cbs evening news. police are investigating even more claims in the penn state sex abuse scandal. we spoke to assistant coach today who is a key witness in the investigation. that story is tonight on the cbs evening news.

oh getting up early for black friday specials is such a tradition for many people. so stores are opening even earlier this year. now you'll have to stay up

later. toys r us opens at 9:00 thursday night, but there's a growing backlash against the late night openings. >> i have to be up here to get my stuff. >> target wants monique's business so bad, it's opening at midnight instead of 5:00 in the morning like it has in the past. >> michael hamilton is not alone. more than 85,000 people have signed an online petition through change.org, requesting that target remain closed until 5:00 in the morning so employees can spend thanksgiving day with their families and still be able to rest up for black friday. >> in general, a lot of people come out anyway. there's no point in opening earlier. >> the companies are competing for the biggest slice of black friday pie worth $11 billion. >> a target spokeswoman says the reason stores are opening at midnight is because it's what customers want and as long

as they believe customers will show up, they'll stick with their plan. >> many shoppers say in this economy,. >> the economy already know how that is. that means go to work and make that money. >> i do think it's a rough economy and there are people who do not have jobs and those who have jobs should be fortunate. >> i feel the ones that don't want to work on thanksgiving, then don't work. the ones that do want to work, time and a half. >> in a written statement, a target spokeswoman says employees will receive holiday pay and the company is doing its best to accommodate their employees holiday plans. in washington, i'm lindsey mastis, 9news now. >> now we did ask target about that petition twice, but in its statements, the company did not acknowledge it. right now, the dupont circle citizen's association is holding a protest outside the embassy of the republic of congo. that's on 16th street. members tell the washington examiner they are upset the

embassy chose to pave over the grass in front of the historic mansion. this is what the lawn looked like before. the zoning officials say once the country bought the mansion to make it an embassy, they lost any say in the matter as to it is considered foreign soil. we want to know what you think about some of the renovations in your neighborhood. you can submit pictures of the best and the worst to our wusa9 facebook page. a green alert tonight that could help people struggling to find jobs here in the u.s. so today is america recycles day and one nonprofit research group finds if we recycle more, like our papers and other things like that, we'll create more jobs. right now we recycle about 33% of things like paper and cans. but if we can increase that, that will translate into 1.5 million jobs. federal regulation run a muck or a reasonable attempt to protect the world's most precious forest. a capitol hill guitar maker is

pushing for relief from the lacy act. it imposes harsh penalties on those who trade an illegally logged wood. >> first defense is $200,000. i'd be out of business. >> if david or any guitar manufacture can't prove that that wood was legal or illegal, do we realistically think the government is going to be able to do that? >> the amendments passed three years ago to the nation's oldest wildlife protection act are designed to stay places, which it h been decimated by illegal logging. >> you are dealing with a mess, you have new access to help. the small business administration issued a disaster decloration. money is available to help families and businesses to help

with cleanup. money to repair or replace what lee damaged. >> so many people in apartments don't have rental insurance. they don't have resources to replace all that stuff. >> yesterday we were 72. 73. we were talking about tornado watches. well check out this damage. this is from southern indiana. kind of neither kentucky border. they had a tornado go through. they estimated winds of 95 miles per hour. knocked down several trees and caused significant damage to the town square. and the good news is, don't see any injuries. took a narrow path, about 25 yards west, but knocked down street signs and some other things. here's the deal. it's a 61st tornado to hit the area this year. that's a record for them. for us, still mild today. you know, any time it's in the 70s in november, one thought goes, we could see severe weather here? not for us. that said, we may hear the rumble of thunder.

here's where all the showers and thunderstorms are lining up. back into kentucky and tennessee. and they are getting a little closer to us. they were up here in this area yesterday. haven't moved very far. and until that front sinks further south, we are looking at light showers tonight. that's going to be the trend. want to take a walk tonight, you can. i would bring the umbrella, but nothing heavy until after midnight, unless you are west of cumberland, there will be showers throughout the evening. here's a look at live doppler. some showers showing up. south of fredericksburg and laplata and southern sections of prince georges county. up toward hagerstown. they are on the light side. temperatures are great. they are 10 degrees cooler, but above average. 61 arlington. 63 college park. 61 in beltsville. looking at 60 in springfield. i would locate the umbrella and bring it with you. don't leave home without it.

some showers tonight. a thunderstorm is possible south and east. wetter tomorrow than today and a wet commute. you'll have a morning commute that will be wet. your even your evening commute will be wet as well. notice as we go throughout the night. the yellows and oranges. that's some good rain fall. south and east of town. but that's enough rain in the green to just provide us all with a wet commute to and from work. the good news is, we'll get out of the activity by tomorrow night into thursday morning. things will clear out. thursday is going to be a little bit on the blustery side. a temperature correction. next seven days, 62 tomorrow. low 50s on thursday and friday. sunny on friday. weekend looks great. temperatures going up. 60 on saturday. dry for the redskins game. maybe some showers sunday night. >> thanks top. enter sweeter than the game will be. >> the redskins are not our top story today. something else is. >> another team struggling,

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the redskins were as good as that what do, a lot of folks would be ecstatic. when the redskins lose, it's

here we go again. people start saying, what's up with bruce's team? what is going on? you are hearing those whispers these days. including two at home. tonight on the road to nashville. in this first leg, won't be easy. >> looks like going from the frying pan into the fire. played nashville twice in preseason. we didn't solve them. we expect they will be tough. >> it will be a great week on the road. a lot of fun to spend some time together and win games. >> homecoming. thomas played for the seven seasons. mike green still not playing. he is suffering from a lower body injury. maryland fans have been pulling their hair out over the quarterback scheme. danny o'brian one series, cj brown the next. just settle on one guy. that's what fans have been

telling me. that decision became easy on saturday night when o'brian broke his arm against notre dame. the rookie of the year gone for the season. so, what can brown do for the terps? well, for starters, he can be compassionate towards o'brian. >> i was there last year. you know, when i got hurt. i know what he's going through and it's hard. luckily, hopefully he doesn't have to get surgery. i don't know the extent of that. but you know, he's going to help me out and i'm here for him for the emotional support as well. >> no surgery for o'brian. the redskins need receiver help. now that hankerson is done. they waived him last week. skins also waived safety. time to announce our games in this week's game of the week viewer poll. it's playoff time. south county stone ridge in maryland, churchill. thomas johnson.

go to dc.highschoolsports.net. finally, rule one. when it's not going well, topper, let go of the pole. >> oh. >> those things are reenforced metal. when you don't let go, look at it in a replay. we don't know what happened to this guy on the other side, but boing. not good. >> and it's holding on to him. >> let go of the pole. >> all of your weight is on that thing. >> water skiing. let go. >> i have no problem with that. >> letting go. >> let it go. >> we're going to say good night right now. the cbs evening news is next. >> and derek is back with our area's only local newscast. and join our morning team at 4:25 a.m. >> have a good night. w