occupy d.c. movement. they came right along here on m street where there were policeofficers at every intersection and then they marched right out on to the bridge, wanting to make the point that there were a lot of unemployed people, that the groups, they are really strong on that issue. and the key bridge, structurally deficient. they say that it is in need of work and they say that unemployed people in d.c. are also in need of work. police are out in force, keeping a close eye. there were times when they pushed that crowd back. they asked people to wait. but all in all, very peaceful and no trouble whatsoever, no arrests. let's take it back to you, derek. >> all right, thank you. we'll get a check on the protest on the virginia side of the bridge where ken ken is right now with a look at the situation there. >> everything has cleared up now. when they did show up, if i could be honest, quite

uneventful. only about 20 give or take came down this area. they marched right up to the key bridge. and police, however, they were ready for them. the small group of protesters chanted and held signs as they walked on to the bridge. about half way down the bridge, they were greeted by a much larger group of protesters. the group eared this protest, inviting the occupy d.c. movement. they gathered mostly on the northbound walkway of the bridge as police stood guard. >> i think that we are being taken seriously. i think that if we were recorded as foolish, there wouldn't be a severe crackdown like there has been in new york and in other places in oakland. >> and again back out here live, all clear on this side of the key bridge in arlington.

the protesters have gone home as well as the riot police that we saw here several dozen arlington police officers are dressed in riot gear just a couple minutes ago. you saw them leaving this scene here. once again, everything back to normal on this side. >> thank you. and all right, traffic not as bad as some might have expected. >> all right, we'll get a look at your time saver traffic. >> reporter: well right now, we are not looking at too much volume there. it has been slow along here on the bridges as bruce and ken showed us here. things are flowing pretty smoothly. causing the most disruption earlier this afternoon. that's good news. elsewhere, a little bit of a weekend or pre-holiday getaway going on around town. outer loop of the beltway, jam packed here, this has -- this is south of the georgestown pike. an earlier crash in the backup here has cleared.

we also have province up here to 270 northbound. these delays began back in gaithersburg. 395 southbound has been hung up here. and delays are leading the pentagon now. back to you. >> all right, thank you, beverly. occupy demonstrators took their demands for economic equality to the streets and cities across our country. he is in new york city where they have several confrontations between the marchers and police today. >> reporter: anita, phase one of the occupy movement day of action is over in lower manhattan. several thousand are now gathered north for a rally. and then an attempt to occupy the subway system. and all of it, they say, in an effort to get their message out about economic and equality. >> police arrested protesters here in the park. but the occupy wall street movement started. one man's face was covered in blood as he was lead away. several blocks away, officers in riot gear pushed back

demonstrators, trying to shut down wall street. hundreds of protesters marched to mark the 200th anniversary. demonstrators greeted human chains across wall street, cutting off traffic and blocking some people from getting to work. causing several confrontations. >> i want to get to work. >> they should get a job. >> reporter: protesters who did not move were arrested and hauled away. demonstrators were arrested and several police officers were injured, but for the most part, the protests were peaceful. >> there weren't that many people out here. most people expressed themselves and then went about their business. >> reporter: marchers wanted to shut down the financial district, but police set up barricades, only letting in workers with identification. and the stock exchange opened for business without incident.

demonstrators believe their protest of corporate greed and economic and equality was still a success. >> right now they have been in and i have friends who are down the street. >> reporter: they plan to get them at subway stops and march on city hall in the evening. >> the new york mayor said that the protest took place without too much disruption. several police officers suffered minor injuries. in new york, randall pinkston, back to you, anita. >> thank you. the west coast, where at least two dozen occupy l.a. protesters were arrested when they refused to get out of the streets. they marched through los angeles' financial district. and disrupting the morning commute. officers in riot gear, they moved on in when the protesters pitched tents in the streets with their baton raised. they created a blockade around the protest, ordering them to move or they would be arrested. they started their day with a rally outside the l.a. bank of america and they will end it as well with the march on city hall, lesli?

three little girls are without a father after a horrific crash this week. a dump truck hit him head on. tonight, we're learning more about the truck driver and the man who died. peggy fox joins us live with the story so tough, peggy, and so close to the holidays. >> reporter: we want to show you first, lesli, just how violent this impact was. take a look at the guardrail. it was destroyed. the driver had nowhere to go when that dump truck hit him head on. he was charged with wreckless driving, spending the last two nights in jail, went to court this morning where he was released with bond. the commonwealth attorney is calling him a danger on the road. he didn't have a chance, the air bags in the honda crv were useful when that dump truck hit him on tuesday afternoon.

crunched like an accordion, killing the 40-year-old instantly. >> dan was amazing. he was, he was sunshine. and he was a family man, adored his wife, adored his children, an amazing artist. >> reporter: he was a stay-at- home dad who watched after his three little girls,ages 7, 5, 3. his wife is an attorney. >> just crushed. just absolutely at a loss for how to proceed with her life. this is obviously not what anybody plans for, not what anybody wants. it shouldn't be this way. >> reporter: the driver of the dump truck was charged with wreckless driving. he struck the first vehicle and then back into oncoming traffic

and truck our victim's vehicle who was pronounced dead at the scene. >> reporter: the family said they were told he fell asleep. police have not confirmed that. they say he does have a good driving record and was not speeding. >> it's just sorrow of what they took that belonged to her that she no longer has and what her daughters no longer have. >> we also learned that the d.o.t. is investigating this crash. peggy fox, 9news now. back to you. >> so sad, thank you. well, the board of trustees has now hired a large pittsburgh-based lawsuit -- law firm. they will be working on the connection of the arrest of the former football coach as well as administrators. police say that a search so far has turned up absolutely no

record to support the assistant coach. on the 10-year-old boy and the campus shower back in 2002. and the california congressman is now calling for the capital hill hearing and whether or not charges, or should i say changes are needed in federal laws designed to protect children and students. a former kindergarten aid is being held without bond in manassas, charged with child sexual abuse. this suspect is the 48-year- old. he is accused of abusing a boy starting back in 1993 when the child was in the 4th grade. police say the abuse lasted for about four years. prosecutors say that victim called police after seeing reports on the penn state university scandal. she is also a coach at baldwin elementary. the high school student is telling a terrifying story tonight. the 19-year-old woman says that a man grabbed her from behind as she was walking towards lee high school yesterday morning.

the woman yelled out and the man ran away. police canvassed the area looking for him, saying that security around there has been increased. anita? we have breaking news in the celebrity world. demi moore is ending her world to ashton kutcher. she is filing for a divorce with, "great sadness and a heavy heart." she added, "as a woman, a mother, and a wife, there are certain values and vows that i hold sacred and it is in this spirit that i have chosen to move forward with my life." she married him in september of 2005. their relationship was tabloid as rumors swirled about his alleged infidelity. it's big, it's bad, and it shows no for more than one lane of traffic. and road crews are showing off their newest weapons against the winter weather, topper? oh, i love that. and you know, they love plowing the snow too. that looks like a big-time toy. all right, let's talk about temperatures. almost cold enough to snow. 45 downtown already in the 30s

in gaithersburg and frederick. 31 in leesburg. we'll come back and show you the windchill if you are headed out tonight and a look at your weekend's forecast and a turkey day. coming up, the new charges against the idaho man accused of opening fire on the white house. [ male announcer ] the chicken marinara melt

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we've got breaking news for you. this one is in aspen hills, where it happened less than an hour ago. we are told that there were 15 children from harmony hills elementary on board that bus. luckily all the injuries are described as minor. gun control activists held dualing rallies today at virginia tech. that issue is the state's policy allowing guns on campus. survivors of the virginia tech massacre are among those calling for a gun-free campus.

the shooting rampage in 2007 left about 31 people dead. and the virginia citizens defense league is on the other side. they want the state to allow college students with permits to carry weapons on campus. the man accused of firing shots at the white house is now charged with attempted assassination. >> reporter: he appeared before the federal judge as investigators are looking around trying to figure out why he did it. we have a live look from the white house with the latest. danielle is this >> reporter: well derek, prosecutors told a judge today that the idaho man called the president a devil. e he said he needed to be killed. >> reporter: the 21-year-old made his first court appearance on thursday in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. he is charged with trying to assassinate the president or the presidential staff. and investigators say the idaho man drove to an area near the white house last friday and fired an ak-47-style weapon from his car. one bullet hit the exterior of

the mansion. another round cracked a second floor window of the first family's living quartierers. authorities caught up with ortego hernandez five days later in the hotel lobby about an hour outside pittsburgh. a front desk clerk recognized his picture and called police. >> reporter: the white house is not commenting on the shooting, the arrest, or who was home at the time. the president and first lady were on their way to hawaii. authorities are examining his mental state. believing he has an obsession with the president and the white house. the idaho businessman recently met ortego hernandez and said he compared president obama to the anti-christ. >> people said he had become troubled in recent months and told his family that he believes that the world was going to end.

if convicted, he could face life in prison. he will be brought back here to washington to face his charges. he will remain in federal custody for now. live at the white house, danielle noddingham, now back to you. >> thank you, danielle. president obama for his part is in valley tonight, the final stop on the nine-day tour of the asia-pacific region, holding economic talks with several world leaders including the indian prime minister, the president of the philippines. this is as he wraps up his chip on saturday and heads back down to d.c. they also released a new web video. great american smokeout. >> and that will be 46 million americans that are still hooked. tobacco remains the leading cause of preventable early deaths in this country. the fact is quitting smoking is hard. believe me, i know. >> they call kicking the

nicotine habit. several tobacco companies recently sued to lock the new warning labels. the president is calling on those companies to change their tune. by the way, the president's own last medical report shows he is now tobacco free. violent storms now killed at least six people. several confirmed tornadoes touched down in louisiana, mississippi, alabama, and south carolina yesterday. dozens of homes and buildings were all damaged. thousands of people still have no electricity tonight. the world town of rock hill, south carolina is among the hardest hit. three people killed there. a man was also killed in north georgia when the tree fell on his suv. top, we were talking about this system yesterday, just how powerful it was? >> yeah. >> and i mean, it is not crazy unusual. it's not a big tornado month. but you know, the fall and the winter, they are fighting a little bit. there were watches at least for many of those areas. and all right, we are on the

other side of the coin, looking at windshields in the 20s and 30s. we'll start with the wind gust. the good news is that they will be dying down late tonight. right now, you are going outside, it's a big deal. 23 miles an hour wind gusts downtown. 18 miles per hour wind gusts up in frederick and gusting to 23 in hagerstown and gusting to 18 in leesburg. now, you factor in that wind, what does it feel like? it feels like it is 38 downtown, 34 in gaithersburg. 36 in leesburg. these are just going to fall into the 20s by about 9:00 to 10:00 tonight. it feels like it is 18 for our friends out across the divide here. and so the outside story, winds will diminish late tonight. clearing and colder tonight. grab your sunglasses for friday. it will be chilly again on friday, but not as windy. and it will be down right cold for high school football and if you were lucky enough to have sun in the playoffs for football or soccer. well, you know, bundle up. clearing and much colder tonight. winds will diminish. a low 26 to 34.

winds are northwest at 10 to 15 early. they will be diminishing around midnight. and the sun is already down. i don't know. tomorrow morning, sunny, breezy, cold. a great mixture to have a coat, especially the high school kids. temperatures in the 20s and 30s. and the winds are northwesterly at 10 to 15. the windchills are early on in the morning. by the afternoon, mostly sunny and still chilly. you will need your sunglasses. a high of 46 to 50. the winds are not strong. other good news, they are from the southwest. that will drive up the milder air on saturday and sunday for us. now, the zone forecast, sunshine for the mountains to the coast, only 35 in oakland though. upper 40s for winchester. only 50 in culpepper. upper 40s in warren, manassas, and leesburg. downtown, you'll get to the bay and it will be around 50 into southern maryland. now, let's break it down. 26 to 34 to start. 45 to 50 by noon. pure sun and then 46 to 50 by

the evening. the next three days, milder on saturday, 54. milder still on sunday. next seven days. now on monday, it might be a mild shower. rain and showers are on tuesday around 60. cooler on wednesday. it looks like it will be a quiet travel day in the east. and my goodness, a week from today is turkey day. i don't know, i'm ready. i hope you guys are. temperatures in the upper 50s. >> yes, that's right, you're a fried turkey guy. >> yeah, do it outside or in the living room, right? >> no, i'm trying to be a consumer advocate, okay? >> i love this picture taken in the october snow. >> crazy. >> jennifer, you are a trooper. martinsburg, pennsylvania. that's her tent, huh? >> not a great weekend to camp. >> the snow acts like a blanket, i don't know. go to our website, wusa9.com, click on weather and include

your name and location and description and we'll put it on. >> only fry your turkey outside, right? >> yes. not in your living room. >> i thought the garage was a good place. >> okay. let's move on. coming up, a new treatment is botox. how does it work? we're going to show you. >> but up next, a popular brand of peanut butter is being recalled. we'll tell you why after the break. [ screaming ]

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including in maryland, virginia, and the district. we're continuing our focus on fighting pain. millions of people suffer from jaw pain that could radiate into the head and the neck. to relieve it, doctors are using injections also associated with beauty. >> reporter: this woman suffered for two decades with excruciating pain in her jaw that went straight to her head. >> i have such bad headaches and i couldn't sleep at night. >> how are you doing today? >> reporter: she is one of about 10 million people living with a joint disorder or tmj. >> the chewing muscles that you have here, they swell up, okay? and they have inflammation in them. and the reason usually is because of a clinching or grinding problem. >> reporter: now, she tried mouth guards and even had her teeth shaved down. finally got relief when her dentisted used botox. >> it is by far the best thing. >> when you inject it into the jaw, the muscles are being relaxed. >> reporter: it is fda approved for wrinkles to treat migraines

and eye muscle disorders, but still being treated for the jaw chain, which means your insurance does not treat it. she pays about $400 to $500 for each session. >> it has changed my life completely. >> reporter: now, they do recommend that people with this tmj to go through the more traditional treatments first before trying botox including mouth guards, hot and cold packs for on the jaw, followed by stretching the jaw muscles out and even eating softer foods during the worse flare ups. you know when you are a kid you can't wait to get that driver's license, but perhaps nine might be true. this kid's mom is in trouble for letting him drive himself to kid and he's in the 4th grade. we'll have the story. i'm scott broom behind the wheel of a snowplow in montgomery county. coming up, a new lane-blocking side is about to be let loose on the maryland roads. there's the safety warning about it you need to see before winter sets in. but up next, the super

committee deadline and what could happen if the panel fails to reach a $1.2 trillion deficit cutting deals by thanksgiving. it should be $1.4. back to you.

we are just six days from the super committee to vote on

a plan to cut $1.4 trillion. and whatever remaining hope there was appeared to have washed away yesterday after both democrats and republicans are on the 12-member panel, accusing the other side of not negotiating in good faith. we've never gotten to the point where it was a yes. >> the plan to extend the the bush tax cuts and to repeal the medicare guarantee for our seniors. well, that's not balance and that is a place we cannot go. >> house speaker boehner made it clear today he opposes the democratic proposal to use savings from the winding down to pay for obama's job program. if the super can committee fails to reach a deal by next

wednesday, automatic spending cuts totaling $1.2 trillion would take effect beginning in 2013. it airs every sunday here on wusa9. thanks for hanging around and talking to us about this very important issue. if this super committee does not reach an agreement and they are triggered, what could it mean? >> in the near term, not a lot. they have an entire year to make good on the frustrations. it is not something that is as automatic as you would have it. everything on capitol hill has an escape clause built into it and also members who are saying that, you know, they are going to try to change that budget control act, which is what drove it. right now from the pentagon's perspective, they are planning on $450 billion in cuts over the coming e decade. the question is, if those $600

billion in additional cuts come through in the first year, that would mean a $650 billion that the pentagon got a whack out of the budget on in 2013. that's the big challenge. no one knows where this will go and that is what makes it hard from the planning perspective. >> clearly a lot of uncertainty. this area is used to being in a bubble. because we are talking about government jobs and huge defense contracts, many of them housed in this area and there is some concern that we could be hit differently than say the rest of the country has starting back in 2008? >> exactly. this area gets about $22,000 a year from the pentagon on the per capita basis. the headquarters will go out here and at lot of general dynamics, as well as many thousands of much smaller contractors. if you are looking at cuts, which will involve cutting back on people and programs, cutting

back on operation, then that will have a trickle down effect. and the question comes whether or not that kind of uncertainty will be driving people to, for example, forego a new home purchase or buying a new car, which then has a trickle down economic look. >> a lot of people are concerned about this. the pentagon is overstating what they could do to their ability to operate. but it sounds like you are saying that the pentagon is really worried about what could happen? >> i think that they are worried for us to make these large spending cuts. we have to take something out in a very major way. that's very lasting. cutting the right people and pay the severance package. that's complicating as well. >> yes. certainly the hope. thank you so much for your time. back to you. in the meantime, we are one week away from the busy holiday

travel time. aaa predicts about $4 -- that 42.5 million people will be traveling over this long holiday weekend. that's a 4% increase from the estimates last year and 90% of travelers, that's 38.2 million people and they will get where they are going by car. experts say despite the tough economic times that americans, they will choose family and friends over this side. >> the outlook for the upcoming holiday season is bright. as americans are showing you the demand, they will be driving the thanksgiving travel. and the first significant increase in any holiday travel this year. and the second consecutive year of thanksgiving holiday travel grows. higher airfare and less available airline seats will be forcing many to drive. now one thing that they will find are gas prices that were 20% more than last thanksgiving. they are about to unleash a

lane-blocking monster of a snowplow this season. >> yeah, we figured it would be better if you see it now before it shocks you out of your seat on the road. and they are introducing you to a new machine they call the towel plow. >> it's big, it's bright, and around here, nobody has ever seen one before. it's called the tow plow. it is a giant trailer, hooked to the back of the more familiar plow truck. now watch this. the tow plow swings wide to cover another lane and a half at which point, the driver drops the big long orange blade and there you have it. one truck is scraping the imaginary snow off the multi- lane highway. it's all at once. >> yeah, it'll take about two and a half lanes. >> safety is an immediate concern. and drivers have a warning to motorists. >> well yeah, they need to understand that. we need to have a big and wide attorney around. it will be an exit ramp. so you know, just have them stay back and let them get off

the road. >> that is the best and important thing to remember. >> all right, here we go. to gain an appreciation for this, they encouraged me to take the wheel of one of the large utility trucks without the tow plow behind. >> and now imagine it's in the middle of the night, you are blinded by snow and you're in a plow train, basically flying in formation. six trucks wide. the truck plow replaces at least two trucks in formation with one giant rig. and the advice, well, stay clear. two tow plows will be deployed in maryland this season in western counties along i-68 and also along i-70 from western maryland and all the way on through the howard county area. >> if we get snow in the metro area, then we could also redeploy these down to the central area. you just need to be careful. >> with the tow plow, scott broom, 9news now. >> okay, so it is really a tow plow? all right, i made a mistake. drivers are also warned to watch out for trucks in the

hours before the snow starts flying. the montgomery county police showed off their new weapons in the fight against crime today. they have firearms. both the german shep hard are trained to recognize the firearm odors to detect those firearms. the dog is a part of the police canine unit that includes 29 dogs and 20 canine handlers. and still ahead, cutting your federal funding to force them to stay. they could change their schedule of upcoming shows. and even more cancellations beyond the way. up next, the unusual highway pursuit. we see the pooch that got loose after the accident. don't forget, we are always on wusa9.com. stay with us, we'll be right back.

caught on tape, a little tempe interstate. the pooch is in the back of the car with the rollover didn't. apparent bly the dog got a little nervous inside the wreckage. unfortunately it was out on the freeway. and the officers as you can see, they were eventually able to corner the little fella. no word on exactly what caused the car to roll over. the mother is charged now with wreckless endangerment tonight. the 9-year-old pulled into the parking lot. and he got out and he slid into the driver seat and drove off. police say that the woman begged her to let him make the quarter mile drive from their apartment to the school. and she said by the way, she is allowed to drive in the field

since he was 5:00 5. 5! dozens of angry demonstrators showed up outside the board of trustees meeting in long beach, at least three people were taken into custody. at one point, officers used pepper spray against these protesters. the glass door was open. now, this 9% tuition hike will be taking effect during the 2012 school year and expected to raise the student cost by about $500. coming up on 9news now. >> and there are changes here at the arena stage to this year's schedule because of federal budget cuts. well, the cold air is here too. we'll take you out to the temperatures and tell you how long they will last. and when we come back, we'll tell you what it will really feel like for the weekend. and first the popular way

to feature your children, a new language. this is a part of the hot holiday toy that will open up the world to your little ones when you come back.

they literally transport your children around the road. this is interactive in a different way. it has an animated panda bear teaching children different languages. designed specifically to teach babies, toddlers, pre- schoolers. this is the spanish lesson. and some believe that the best time to start these kinds of lessons is when the children are younger than 5:00. so this sort of educational gift that retails for $59.95. you can find it at their website. in other news, the

volkswagen passat is named motor car of the year. it has a clean and simple style, typically seen on extensive luxury vehicles. they called the ride in handling tasty. and prices for the mid-size passat start around $20,000. and hybrid cars, they might be safer than traditional ones. insurance industry report released today finds the weight of the hybrid car battery might be the reason that they perform better in crashes. the insurance institute for highway safety says that the occupants in the hybrid car were 25% less likely to get hurt in a crash. and there is some new automotive technology out there to make the difference between life and death out on the road. federal transportation officials contested to what they call it a connected vehicle demonstration today. and it is at rfk stadium. this technology would allow them to connect or talk with each other and that would allow them to warn the driver of a possible collision. and the warnings include things like do not pass alert,

sounding the alarm, warning the vehicle ahead has suddenly stopped. if you are having trouble with your cell phone service, the icc could be to blame for it and because that newspaper reports that some people living near the county connector have realized poor reception, which says the problem could be interference from the toll transponders. at least one resident filed a complaint with the sec. maryland transportation officials say that they do not believe that the icc is the problem. when it comes to the arts in washington, congress is tightening their belts. they have cut federal funding to the national capitol arts program by 74%. and the managing director of the arena says that they will need to postpone one of the city's place. lindsey mastis has more. >> reporter: ticket sales, they only cover about 65% of the costs to operate this theater. managing director says they rely on donations, grants, and?

>> 3% to 4% federal funding. and in this season now, we are seeing, well, that percentage drop. >> reporter: he says it is $1 million over two years. they were forced to make some difficult decisions. >> we had to remove the show from the season. it would have been the world for them, which is about the wife and others. people that purchase tickets could use them next season. the stage is swapping the musical like water for strong for -- tropics for this play. now, tickets to these areas will be automatic transferred to the normal hearts. he says so far, very few people have asked for refunds. in washington, i'm lindsey mastis, 9news now. and now this afternoon, the arena did get some good news

about the postponed play. they won a $30,000 grant from the national endowment for the arts. all right, they are taking a bite out of some of their business in our area. today, they opened up their first retail stores. and how they helped to kick off the opening and on saturday, microsoft sponsored a free sponsor here. >> yes. >> this is very exciting to anita apparently. who knew. now, this is 14 different locations here and just a stroll away from apple's first retail store. >> never seen that. >> i have neither. [ laughter ] >> yes. all right, it's cold out

there. prepare for the windchills tonight. and as you factor in the wind, a different story. let's start with the wind gust. they are still gusting to 23 downtown. 17 miles per hour wind gusts in manassas and also in fredericksburg. take a look at this miles per hour wind gust. if you factor in the winds or the temperatures, they are well in the 30s. so here is the deal, the good news, the winds will diminish tonight, the bad news, it had be clearing and colder. grab your sunglasses for friday, it will be chilly and very cold. just very cold for high school football tomorrow night. and for tonight, clearing skies, much colder, winds are diminishing late. two blankets, i take it. 26 to 34. winds are northwest at 10 to 15 early. then in the morning, sunny and breezy and cold. they will be kicking up briefly tomorrow morning. 20s and 30s. a coat for the kids, please, especially the big kids.

they are at the 10 to 15. by the afternoon, the winds will be dying down, they switch directions that will be southwesterly at 10. we're back in the 50s on saturday and sunday. and now they may come in late on sunday. the game will be just fine. you could see a shower on sunday night into very early monday. not a big rainmaker though. still 60 on monday and then we're looking at rain on tuesday and right now wednesday looks like a quiet travel day in the east anyway. turkey day looks sunny and nice. >> we'll take it. >> yes. great holiday weather. nascar's chase for the cup ends on sunday. >> yeah, but the stereotypical face of the auto racing, their stories change a bit. we have a look at that story. thanks, guys. in 2004, they launched their drive for diversity program. and it is aimed at attracting more women and minorities to the sport of racing. now, one young man, a product

of the program, he is making history every time he hits the track, dave owens has the story. >> reporter: he hopes to follow them on out there. as winners in the sprint cup series is about to begin begin the journey as he makes it, it could be a rare site. a black man here in nascar's top theory. there have only been 5 ever. in 2012, he was scheduled to compete in the nationwide series event, just one level below the top series. >> it is amazing. going out there and making the nationwide debut. >> reporter: and also a product for nascar's drive for

diversity. attracting minority and women, done through combines like this recent one here at the speedway in virginia, where 25 applicants from the united states and latin america got their first taste of driving fast. i think it's great. >> reporter: she hopes to write a different legacy. the alignment is a good start. and now he, himself, they will be embracing the chance of looking at tomorrow. >> with me being able to go to the next step, hopefully that will attract more attention to african americans and womens, hispanics. >> dave owens, 9sports now. >> he had another great season. and becoming the first african american to win at dover speedway to finish the up the season. he is just 18 years old. >> wow. lots of room to grow.

thank you. well still to come tonight, we are monitoring the situation of the occupy d.c. protesters to wrap up the demonstration down here at the key bridge. have you ever wanted to be an astronaut? well, they have just announced that they are looking for new astronauts. find out if you have what it takes coming up. european lawmakers say the airport security scanners that will see through your clothes could pose a health risk. i'll tell you what they are doing 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.

they have become a staple all over the world. >> and now they are doing away with the security scanners that could literally see through your clothes. >> it is not all about privacy, but about health. when they pass through the x- ray body scanners that will be revealing all. they are banning all of them because of the possible cancer risks from the radiation they give off. >> personally i wouldn't want to have to go through that if i have a choice. >> reporter: and some airports have already removed the scanners, but they are still being used in the u.s. and

tested in airports around europe. south africans have been through the full body scanners several times in america. and she says that they are all concerned what will make them think twice now. >> and they are different. >> reporter: the u.s. radiation expert says they could deliver up to more than 20 times than previously thought, potentially increasing the risk of cancer. the scientists say they are safe. they say the amount of radiation you get while flying is more than what you would get in two to three trips through the body scanners. many call this an overreaction. >> your drive -- you're driving to the airport with the long shot and even depth from that particular machine. >> reporter: and they said that they will be considering lifting the band on the scanners if they give

convincing evidence that they are safe. earlier this week, administrators told cnn that he has no concerns about the safeties of the machine. he said that the agency might cancel plans to do an independent study on the subject because of the upcoming reports from the inspector general's office, claiming that they are not harmful. from new york to los angeles, occupy protesters are marching two months since starting their fight and here in d.c., they are targeting all of the crossings. they made their way from the square and the section of articlington to meet up at the key bridge. we'll begin with bruce leshan