thank you for joining us, i'm j. c. hayward. we begin with new developments into the investigation of the sex scandal at penn state. the school's board of trustees has appointed former fbi director lewis free to investigate the response to child sex abuse allegations against former assistant coach jerry sandusky. manuel gallegos has more. >> reporter: former fbi director lewis free says he will lead a lengthy investigation into the child sex abuse scandal that is rocking penn state. >> we will make recommendations to the board of trustees which

will make sure we rectify environments at penn state that allowed anyone to hurt children with impunity. allegations are former football coach jerry sandusky abused boys during a several year period. >> we are committed to leaving no stone unturned, to get to the bottom of what happened. who knew what, when, and what changes must be made to ensure this doesn't happen again. >> reporter: the university's president and legendary coach joe paterno were fired. >> we will also thoroughly study, review and test all the university's policies, procedures, compliance and internal controls. >> the trustee's investigation is one of at least four underway, two of them criminals. >> reporter: no one is above scrutiny, including every number

of the administration of the university, every member our board of trustees, and every employee at penn state university. >> sandusky denies all the charges. he will be back in court december 7th for the first time since the scandal made headlines. manuel gallegos, cbs news. the alleged sex abuse happened in campus showers, both before and after sandusky retired. well it is now official. university of maryland president wallace lowe announced this morning that he is following recommendations from a special committee and he is cutting eight sports programs on campus. track, tennis and swimming are among the team's being eliminated. the president is attempting to close a $4.7 million deficit in the athletic budget. prince georges county police are blaming a clerical foul-up for the release of a murder suspect. 24-year-old frederick scott was mistakenly granted bond and let

out of jail earlier this month. scott is charged with murdering a man last march in he had mondayston, maryland. scott was arrested in may in las vegas, he was extradited to maryland, where he is being held on no bond status. police are now asking for the public's help in finding him. >> we are hoping with these broadcasts that we are sharing with you guys that maybe he sees these broadcasts, has a conscience to turn himself in, and realizing that this ising, you know a release that was accidental and hoping he, you know, would come back to face the charges that were brought against him. >> if you have any information on scott's whereabouts, prince georges county police would like for you to call them. the number is 1-866-411-tips. a 21-year-old man is under arrest in connection with a robbery on the campus of a university of maryland.

police say isaiah graham was arrested by george washington police on an unrelated charge. police believe graham and an accomplice put a knife to's student's throat outside a college park dormitory last week. the victim's credit cards were used at a nearby cvs. police are still looking for the second man. more than two dozen people are out of their homes in sterling, virginia. fire tore through an apartment building, on reserve falls terrace yesterday morning. two people were taken to the hospital, doctors say they should be okay. and a massive fire broke out today at the old basset furniture plant in basset, virginia. dispatchers first reported the flames around 1:30 this morning. the shooting flames and the loud explosions from the building woke up residents in the neighborhood. the flames could be seen almost 12 miles away. there are no reports of injuries. time is running out for the

so-called super committee appointed to cut $1.2 trillion from the federal budget. negotiators are expected to announce today that they have failed. danielle nottingham has the latest. >> reporter: lawmakers on the so-called super committee appear ready to declare defeat. >> nobody wants to give up hope. reality is, to some extent, starting to overtake hope. >> reporter: the six democrats and six republicans charged with cutting $1.2 trillion from the federal deficit were supposed to have a plan ready to show the public today. but so far, there is no deal. each party blames the other for the deadlock. democrats argue republicans insisted on making the bush era tax cuts permanent as part of the deal. a move they say would only benefit the wealthy. >> we are not a tax cutting committee. we are a deficit reduction committee. >> reporter: republicans insist

democrats were more focused on raising taxes instead of finding ways to cut medicare and medicaid, two big drivers of the debt. >> we are not going to tax our way out of this. we need to grow. and you can't grow if you raise taxes in the middle of a recession. >> reporter: congress created the super committee over the summer to end the debt ceiling standoff. talks broke off sunday. the group's real deadline for a plan is wednesday, but congressional rules say any proposal has to be ready 48 hours ahead of time. if the group makes no progress, steep spending cuts automatically kick in. virtually every federal agency will see 10% slashed from its budget in 2013. danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. the cuts included slashing the pentagon's budget by $454 billion. it is a move that defense secretary leon panetta says would be devastating. faa investigators will be

determining what caused a small plane crash in calvert county, maryland. the single engine plane went down last night at the chesapeake ranch estate. a father and son made it out of the plane with only minor injuries. neighbors say the two were flying back from illinois and it appears the plane overshot the runway. >> the president of the university of california system is promising an investigation into a pepper spray incident on the campus of uc davis. students were sitting with locked arms when police released the spray. two police officers involved have been placed on administrative leave. we have a commuter alert now for motorists in maryland. by this time tomorrow the hinter county connector will be open from interstate 270 to interstate 95. the ride will be free for the first two weeks, and maryland's

lieutenant governor anthony brown led dignitaries this morning during a ribbon cutting ceremony. on the road again bruce springsteen announces plans to return to the stage. we'll have details. plus we'll introduce you to an extraordinary soldier as we look to raise money for servicemen and service women this holiday season. we'll be back.

in today's hero central, 9news now and the uso of met poll tan, washington are partnering to provide military families in our area with holiday food baskets. we know that you are probably bombard with donation requests this time of the year, but before you say no, meet carol and robert roddy. maybe you'll find it in your heart to donate in honor of their son. >> it was the end of a wonderful day. >> reporter: a soldier, about to ship out. >> thomas decided to say good night to his friends. >> reporter: before he goes, he records a story for his son, back home. a few feet away, a life story for a son lost. >> we say goodbye to him to father's day 2006. >> reporter: petty officer second class david broad did i was responsible for saving

lives. he disabled bombs on the streets of iraq. >> what david was doing would probably 162000 lives. >> reporter: in 2006 david was killed on a mission to take apart an ied. now, to honor their son. >> some of them resemble him. >> reporter: carol and robert make it their mission to take care of every soldier, sailor or airman who travels through bwi airport. >> anybody else for ice cream? >> reporter: carol and robert volunteer at the uso international gateway lounge. >> can i get you anything else? >> with her around, i'll probably end up fat. >> i would hope they feel the warmth i'm trying to give them. >> i just really enjoy interacting with them. a lot of these kids this is their first time away from home, robert and carol admit it was hard at first. a face, sometimes a voice, reminded them of david.

but now, these men and women are their kids. and the roddys hope you will see it in your heart to superthem and their families this holiday season. >> they are giving up their families to go defend us. the least we can do is show them the support of the american people that we are behind them 100%. >> hello, percy, said thomas, can i help you get up the hill? >> reporter: here's some more information you need to know about david. he was given the opportunity, twice, by the military, to come home. once, when he was seriously injured in an accident. the second time, when his partner, out on the battlefield, was blown-up by an ied. and david was the one who had to retrieve the body parts. david said no, he had to stay in iraq to finish what he started. winning the war. if you would like to honor david, and the other military families, this holiday season,

you can donate the uso turkey to troops. for $50 you can help provide a holiday meal for six people. if you would like more information, go to our website, wusa 9.com. and if you can't donate $50, that's okay. any amount is appreciated. we have good news for bruce springsteen fans. the boss is going back on the road. springsteen and the e street band have announced plans for a 2012 tour. the first in three years. plans call for them to open in europe in the spring and tour dates in the united states will follow. this will be the first time the band has toured since the death of their saxophone player, clarence clements. and another familiar rock star will absolute peering on television tonight. jimmy buffet will trade margaritaville for another island location when he guest stars on hawaii 5-0.

buffett plays a helicopter pilot who helps the team rescue a hostage in north korea. his character is named frank bam may. coming up on 9news now at noon the jersey boys are at the national theater and i'm going to talk to unwith of the -- stars, in just a moment. i'm meteorologist howard bernstein. we have rain on the way. we'll talk about how it is going to affect the pre thanksgiving plans. here's a look at the temperatures. see how much cooler they are in pennsylvania. 60s south, we are currently 63. don't go anywhere, 9news now at noon returns in just a moment.

welcome back on this monday afternoon. we are doing okay. lots of clouds today, spotty showers and breaks of sunshine earlier. temperatures shot into the lower 60s. they will be fading this afternoon with the spotty showers developing over the next few hours. by 7:00 you see down to 54. winds northeasterly. not bad, by 9:00, 52. we will have rain moving back tonight, tomorrow, tomorrow night and wednesday as well. it could pile up here a little bit over the next few days.

west to east that is how everything is moving this afternoon. you see the rain in pennsylvania. a few sprinkles trying to get going into west virginia and out toward garrett county where the fog was quite dense this morning. 60s south of town. fredericksburg 64. culpepper 64. 54 in winchester, only 51 north to 63 south. big rains and we are sitting in the low 60s here in washington and in easton. cloudy skies, light north northeast winds and the dew point has warmed into the upper 50s. with the north northeast wind a frontal boundary has sagged south of us. that is important, that is going to help the rains get going. one branch of the jet stream here. the more active branch seems to be the southern one. see how the weather is exploding here in west texas. showers and storms expand in the last six hours or so, along with another batch of rain from arkansas to tennessee, northern mississippi, all moving in our

direction. we are going to have several waves of energy and rain headed our way. the one last night that is now out in the atlantic ocean. that is now long gone. we are watching one right now passing to our north. other than the spotty hours for the afternoon, we are going to be in pretty good shape. the clouds around, the spotty showers for the afternoon, better chance in the mountains in pennsylvania. also look at this. northwestern north carolina southwestern virginia. we'll bring the rains in overnight. generally light stuff here, winds out of the north and east that drops us into the 40s with the rain. another batch of rain as we head into tomorrow midday across kentucky and had i highway. around here the light showers we are assist. but as this energy comes book, maybe heavy rainfall at times, starting late tomorrow. then on wednesday warm sayre going it shoot in here. we'll be back in the 60s but with the warm air wednesday that means the threat for thunderstorms mixing in as well. how much rain? some of the computer

projections when you see the blues here that blue is one to two inches. so area wide, maybe one to two inches locally. somebody could get up to three the way this is setting up. there could be issues as we get into the travel. the problem is a lot of people will hit the road excuse wednesday and with all the rain around that could mess things up. temperatures in the mid-40s area wide. cambridge 48. 45 for leesburg, and then tomorrow, we won't recover as well, because i expect more rain it will be a wetter day through temperatures anywhere from 50 up north to low 60s south, mid-50s should do it here in dc. the forecast today, low 60s about where we are. we won't get any warmer than where we are today. tonight tomorrow we have the rain at times into wednesday. wednesday could also see thunderstorms. a warmer day, 64. finally by thanksgiving looking better. 57 looking real good friday and

saturday. temperatures in the mid-60s and sunday a shower there, cooler mid-50s. we are going jersey on you when 9news now at noon returns.

whoever heard of seeing a show four times? i have. if you have not seen jersey boys at the national theater, you better go get a ticket and get one quickly. because they are selling so fast. jersey boys is here until january 7, and i'm delighted to have the star of the show, joseph leo barry. of course jersey boys is the

story of frankie value lee and the -- frankie valle and the four seasons. these were four boys that started on the wrong side of the tracks and boy did they make it big. >> they did. i heard it on the car radio on the old disney station when i heard it. i didn't live it, but now i do. >> you do an incredible these girls don't cry. >> i don't want you to use your voice. walk like a man, talk like a man. >> i know all the songs. you can take my part. >> if you miss any of your lines, i'll shout them from the audience. >> sounds good. >> people i'm sure tell what you they like about it. it is the music. >> some people love the music, some people love the story. but everybody loves to tell me you took me back to when i was a teenager. you brought me right back to the best years of my life, and it

was an amazing two and a half hours. my husband and i or my girlfriend and i or whoever it is that is talking to me, it is a trip down memory lane and like the fountain of youth. >> the audience gets right in with it. you can hear people singing the words. >> any words. they are not always right. they are just singing. why not? >> now, you have been with the show how long? >> four years. >> four years? >> yeah. >> does it ever get tiring to you? >> no the show doesn't get tiring. i personally get tired sometimes just because it is grueling what we do is nonstop. you have seen it four times. >> keep saying that. i love this. >> yeah, come again. we are here until january 7th, we are here. people have a lot of opportunities. we are doing a show tonight even. it is weird because the holidays we do monday night shows sometimes. two on friday sometimes, black friday if you don't want to go

shopping, we have two shows that day. people can see the best show in town. >> let's talk about some of the shows. walk like a man, can't take my eyes off you, working my way back to you, my eyes adore you. >> when you sing my eyes adore you, that is a moving moment. it really is. you do a great job. congratulations. >> thank you. >> you leave here and you go to? >> florida, yeah. fort lauderdale. >> i already saw you to florida. >> you can travel with us. i can't congratulations on an incredible show. jersey boys, i'm a jersey girl, that is why i love it so much. come back and visit us at 5:00. have a great day. congratulations.

>> harmony: it ain't like i was gonna start nothin' at tucker and ashley's wedding. >> neil: oh, really? so you just showed up to the wedding uninvited? uh, how should we categorize that? what should we file that under? disruptive? what is your game, harmony?