government programs. except entitlements like medicare and social security. half the cuts would hit defense. $450billion over ten years. >> the so quester is ugly. it was designed to be ugly. >> the cuts start slicing in january 2013 and that gives congress 13 months to undo them. it is unclear if it will. >> if you undo this trigger, you will increase the deficit of the united states by $1.2 trillion. >> look no further than europe to understand what lies ahead. >> still, if congress does absolutely nothing over the next 13 months, we will get some serious deficit reduction. $1.2 from the sue quester and trillions more from the bush tax cuts. >> not clear if any of the politicians have the stomach for that. we may well be struggling with other issues way before then.

the super committee was also considering extending that payroll tax break and extending long-term unemployment benefits. now if all that money, millions and millions of dollars gets pulled out of the economy, experts say we may well slip back into recession. derek. >> nobody wants that. thank you bruce. lesli. >> so, what does cutting $1.2 trillion mean to you, the taxpayer? the so-called super failure will trigger automatic off the board cuts starting in 2013. andrea mccarren continues our team coverage. she hit the streets today to find out what you had to say. andrea. >> we suspected taxpayers wouldn't be happy about this. what we didn't anticipate was their level of anger at what they see as inexcusable incompetence. >> i think it's ridiculous. >> pretty disgusting, actually. >> how do taxpayers really feel? >> we barely making it as it

is right now. >> dependent on medicare, which could face $9 billion in cuts. >> i'm scared to go back to work and do myself more injury. >> a moderate washington think tank calculated what cutting $110 billion a year over the next decade could mean. $54billion in annual defense cuts. roughly the cost of six months in afghanistan. federal law enforcement could lose 3700 agents. federal prisons could lay off nearly 7,000 corrections officers. 1200 fewer faa air traffic controllers could lead to more flight cancellations and delays affecting more than a million air travelers. >> playing games with people's lives and people don't have much respect for congressmen, i don't think. >> also on the table, a 25% cut in customs and border patrol agents. a decrease in 600 food inspectors. potentially leading to more

food born illnesses. >> i think communities across the united states need to get together, organize, and put new people into congress. we are going to do what we voted them to do. >> the browns no longer worry about the future of their children, niece, and nephews, but the outlook for their parents. >> i have to worry about my mother's retirement, my father. and things are bad. >> it is bad and it will be even tougher to extend payroll tax cuts, unemployment benefits and other tax breaks set to expire early next year. these are all viewed as important economic stimulants and in case you were wondering, more taxpayer dollars were spent on taxing. >> you can understand the anger. thank you andrea. as we mentioned, the markets took a nose dive with the collapse of the deficit reduction talk with even bigger losses overseas. alexis joins us with the latest. what's the feeling on wall street in regards to the effect on the u.s. economy when it

comes to growth in the near future? >> there's a lot of frustration here on the floor of the stock exchange. i can tell you, anita. failure by the u.s. leaders and leaders in europe to get a handle or their representative debt crisis have investigators very worried. and the latest failure could put our credit rating in jeopardy once again. remember back in august, of course, stripped this country of its aaa credit rating. the fact we can't do anything about this debt facing the country could force them to jack rates up again. >> the wild swing we saw today, this has been going on since the summer. today's announcement wasn't a surprise. are we going to see this volatility for the months to come? >> you know, all the experts i talked to seem to think this is going to be the word on the street. volatility going forward, and we don't expect a lot of action, unless something real,

really big takes place. like a drop in the unemployment rate or one of the countries was able to come up with a debt deal. without that in sight, investors are putting their money in safer places. today we saw money being pushed into the u.s. dollar and treasuries as investors still remain very skeptical about the global stock market. anita. >> you can understand the frustration. alexis, thank you. >> we're going to be following any late breaking developments out of the supercommittee. and when we're not on the air, watch for updates at wusa9.com. >> game over tonight for athletes on eight teams on the university of maryland. that doesn't mean they are going to go quietly. peggy fox is live where these kids are fighting to keep their programs alive. >> they will try to raise money. the president agreed to a plan that if these teams can raise operating costs for the next eight years, they can stay. but they only have seven months to do it and it's a total of $30 million.

if they don't, they are gone. >> i want to make it very clear. that this is perhaps one of the most painful and heart wrenching decisions i've made. >> university of maryland president, dr. wallace lowe explained the painful decision he made to cut eight teams. both mens and womens swimming and diving. the women's acrobatics tumbling. the athletics department is $4 million in the hole. the president says that the deficit would keep growing if the cuts weren't made. >> i have responsibility for insuring the financial responsibility of this institution and financial responsibility means we cannot continue year after year. living beyond our means. >> it was heart wrenching to go team to team and look these young people in the eye and tell them that there was a

possibility of discontinuing their program. i didn't come here to cut sports. >> athletic director is hoping a major fund raising effort can save the sports. here's the plan. they need $11.6 million to save swimming. $9.5 to save track and acrobatics and $9 million to keep women's water polo and tennis. the top rated acrobatics and tumbling team. >> it's very disappointing. we are staying positive and we are going to work hard to raise all the money so we don't get cut. we are not giving up. >> now the president was asked if past decisions like expanding byrd stadium had an effect on this decision. he said very little. the real effect was the recession. they have to trim the costs. i'm peggy fox reporting live at the university of maryland.

back to you. >> millions of dollars. that is a lot for kids to raise. let's hope they can do it. thanks, peg. an employee of the social security administration is behind bars accused of sexually assaulting a woman in manassas. harry rodman attacked a woman. they believe he engaged in some sort of pat down to assault the woman on the street. after ortega, the 21-year- old idaho man accused of firing shots at the white house made his first appearance in d.c. federal court today. our bruce johnson was there for the proceedings. joins us live outside of the federal courthouse in downtown washington and bruce, give us a sense of what happened inside today. >> okay lesli, he says he is jesus christ. the government says his real name is oscar ortega ramiro hernandez. determine if he is competent in

his own defense. >> it's not just a coincidence that i look like jesus. >> it's the government and that's a defense that suggested in court today that ortega was not a sound mind when he allegedly fired shots at the white house back on november 11. he was arrested five dais later at a motel in pennsylvania. >> i am the modern day jesus christ that you have all been waiting for. >> people who know oscar ortega from idaho falls, idaho, had this response. >> my reaction was, what's going on in this guy's head? obviously he is off his rocker. he's not there. >> in court, he is accused of trying to kill the president and if convicted, he faces life in prison. authorities say one of the rounds fired from a semi- automatic rifle cracked a window of the first family's living quarters. president obama and the first lady were away in california at the time of the shooting. >> ortega came into the

courtroom today with a chain wrapped around his waist that was attached to cups that were attached to his wrist. now, his defense, public defender, because he told the judge he didn't have any money to hire his own attorney. the public defender said no probable cause here. the two witnesses, the defense says they can't positively identify this guy. they also say that the bullets that were fired at the white house and discovered some days after the shooting cannot be traced back to ortega or the rifle that was found in his car. back to you. >> bruce, you gave us some sense of what ortega looked like. where is he being held right now? he's being accused of trying to assassinate the president? >> where do you put someone accused of trying to kill the president. he wasn't in the traditional orange jump suit. he had an oversized white t- shirt and he had some dark trousers on. the guests among those familiar with these cases is that he is

being held somewhere else. probably in one of those facilities under contract. probably just outside of the city. >> all right bruce. thanks for your reporting. anita. >> did federal authorities fail to follow up on a tip about another terror suspect? still ahead, what new york city police are saying tonight about the guy they have in custody. topper. we have a wet evening commute. nothing heavy, but some drizzle and light rain. you can access this on our website. everything is light. we have activity south and up 270. we'll come back and let you know if the morning commute is going to be wet. look ahead to travel day wednesday. but first, penn state taking action in the mist of that swy's scandal. how the university plans to proceed. that's coming up.

two women basketball coaches both killed in a plane crash are being remembered tonight. head coach and assistant coach, miranda, were killed in that crash. the pilot and his wife were also killed in the crash last thursday in central arkansas. the coaches planned to watch the recruits at a game in little rock. investigators are trying to figure out why that plane went down. the board of trustees is now turning to a former fbi director. >> lead its investigation into the child sex charges against a

former football coach. manuel brings us the details. >> former fbi director, lui 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 ensure we rectify such failures of leadership and control environment at penn state that allowed anyone to prey on children with impunity. >> a special committee to investigate allegations that former assistant football coach, jerry sandusky sexually abused eight boys during a 15 year period. two officials face criminal charges for allegedly lying to the grand jury. >> 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. >> the university's president

and legendary coach, joe paterno were fired. >> we will also thoroughly study all of the university's policies, procedures, compliance and internal controls. >> the investigation is one of four underway. two of them criminal. >> no one is above scrutiny. including every number of the administration of the university. every member of our board of trustees and every employee at penn state university. >> sandusky denies all the charges. he will be back in court december 7 for the first time since the scandal made headlines. cbs news. a suspected murder is on the loose in our area tonight. it's not that police haven't caught up with him yet. it's that a paperwork glitch let him go. scott broom spoke with the state's attorney in the last hour and he tells us the office taking partial responsibility for the messup.

>> as prosecutors fine tune the murder and handgun charges against frederick scott, they were dropping some charges and adding others. that's all routine, but along the way, prosecutors failed to ask a judge to keep scott held without bail. because they claim there was some incorrect paperwork in his file. instead, scott was offered $75,000 bail. he took the deal and walked out of jail on november 10. he hasn't been seen since. prince georges county state's attorney did her best to explain this late today. >> and the status hearing, there was no mention of his bond and what happened is there was an erroneous bond for $75,000. that was placed in mr. scott's file by the clerk's office. that paperwork belonged to another defendant and because the issue was not raised, the defendant was subsequently -- he made the bond through a bails bondman and the jail released him using that bond

information. >> meanwhile, frederick scott, age 24 is now missing according to prince georges county police who have a warrant for his arrest. last time police went looking for him, he was found in las vegas. scott is charged along with a codefendant with the murder of phillip watson outside a nightclub in march. the bench warrant specifies he would be held without bail when and if he turns himself in. in prince georges county, scott broom, 9news now. >> an unemployed veteran? get a tax break. it does just that today. the measure creates tax breaks for companies that hire jobless vets. it also helps vets get job training and counseling. the measure will help $850,000 unemployed veterans now and tens and thousands more when they return from iraq and afghanistan in the next few months. >> you're saying a little wet here, but a lot wet out west. >> they don't deal with the

rain. they were freaking out. rained all day sunday in l.a., but some of it was bad and heavy. a little mud slide here in los angeles. and this broke away in # 00 foot section of the road. this is a pretty amazing. it's incredible. it broke away into crumbles into the pacific ocean. they had pretty much consistent rain all day sunday. their soil can't take it. they live on a desert. nobody tells them that, though. let's talk about our weather. we have some rain, but nothing heavy. this is light activity as you head down 95 south and through woodbridge and some light activity up to the north. up around baltimore and inbetween baltimore and frederick. lighter activity out around i- 81. but nothing is heavy just yet. it will pick up in intensity, but not until tomorrow afternoon. temperatures are mild. 54 in college park. 54 in great fall. 48 out toward leesburg. one of the cooler readings. 57 in springfield and 55.

here's the deal. umbrella, still need it. nothing heavy overnight. steadier and heavier activity on tuesday afternoon. morning rain on wednesday. that's probably going to be three commutes that will be wet. both tuesday commute's and wednesday morning's commute, but a great thanksgiving. here's the deal. tonight some light activity across the metro area, but nothing heavy. kind of stays that way for the early morning commute. 5:00 in the morning. it's all green and light. it does start to pick up as we get into the late morning hours. heavier activity south of fredericksburg. still wet across the entire metro area. we stop at 5:15. just in time for the evening commute tomorrow. the heaviest activity rolls in. this is orange and yellow and you can see that is almost the heavy activity. so a real mess tomorrow afternoon and evening. showers linger. then they pull north of us by wednesday morning and we will begin to clear out quickly wednesday afternoon. so for tonight, cloudy and mild with showers, drizzle, and fog.

low 45 to 50. winds easterly at 10. lows with the clouds and the rain, pretty uniform from north to south. 46 in gaithersburg. 49 in fort bellvoire. and 37 in reston. tomorrow morning, cloudy and mild with rain and showers. grab your umbrellas. 40s and 50s. by afternoon, cloudy, a little bit cooler than today with heavier rain and steadier rain developing. showers also. keep your umbrella handy. high temperatures around 55. winds easterly at 10. let's talk travel weather. very quiet this wednesday. some showers out in the pacific northwest. nothing in the rockies. nothing in the plains and really very little in the east. this storm will be lifting out. some showers in the morning and some rain in the early afternoon for new england. but nothing cold. no big storms on the way. pretty quiet wednesday travel day. next seven days. we're going to set the stage for a fantastic thanksgiving. sunshine and 58. 63 on friday. just absolutely gorgeous. and look at the weekend.

is this november or what? we're back in the 60s saturday and sunday. clouds come in as we get into sunday. but it stays dry. next chance of showers will be monday with temperatures still around 60. even next monday. it's pretty good. >> break out the short sleeves. >> all of us crazy people are very happy to see 60. >> you're an early riser. >> i'll be up. >> crazy. >> still to come, the flames could be seen from ten miles away. what this fire wiped out in virginia. >> i'm kristin fisher for sensitive santa. autistic children are given a chance to get their picture taken with santa in a quiet, comfortable setting. i'll talk to some of the carpets coming up. >> carpets participants coming up. >> password would be the worst

password. that's followed by 123456. if they tell you you need eight digits, you could go with 12345678. and abc123 comes in five. some of you are saying right now, no wonder i keep getting hacked.

shopping during the holidays is intimidating enough with all the crowds, lights, music. it can give anybody a headache. >> suppose you're a kid and you have autism or some other disability. >> today, potomac mills mall held a special event. kristin fisher introduces us to sensitive santa. >> how are you doing? good to see you. >> antwon blake wants the same thing from santa. >> let him know what i want for my christmas gift. >> i want to get a ps3. >> a charles kickens book. >> i like puzzles, that's one of the things i like. >> santa and the mall can be scary for antwon and his classmates. >> autism, it affects the

senses. it can't come with the noise and the crowds. >> so this is a sensitive santa and a sensory friendly setting. >> we don't really worry about the pretty picture so much. we are just giving them an opportunity to do something that all the other kids get to do. >> normally when you get your picture taken with santa, you are blasted by holiday music. not here, it's completely quiet. even the neighboring stores in the mall agreed to turn down their music. >> pay attention, guys, we're going to show you your picture. >> your idea that it's okay to be out and seen with everybody else. they learn a lot, especially from key figures like santa clause. >> oh my gosh. look at your picture. >> thank you. >> did you like that one? >> i like that one. >> it's nice to see the joy on their faces. >> tell santa thank you. >> kristin fisher, 9news now. >> everybody deserves a chance. >> look at the happy faces.

>> potomac mills is going to have another sensitive event. if you're interested, check the mall's website sometime early next month. >> we're going to tell you which stores will be naughty and nice to you this holiday season. you have to wait for that after the break. >> and still ahead, a common acne medication comes with a side effect. slots disrupted. police caught a lone wolf who is ready to prey on all of us. juicy chicken, marinara sauce, and melty cheese served toasted on freshly baked italian bread. get it pronto, cuz this november only, it joins our everyday $5 footlongs! subway. eat fresh.

tonight, a new york man is behind bars charged with plotting against americans. police say federal agents declined to take any action. jose was arrested over the weekend. investigators say he was targeting police officers. live in new york with more on this arrest. randall. >> anita, born in the anyone con dominican republic. he never showed any signs of trouble. at most, he was a nuisance standing outside the building bumming for cigarettes. never, ever they say showed an interest in violence. >> new york city officials described terror suspect as a lone wolf who sympathizes with al-qaeda. authorities don't think he has any terrorist connections, but he was making at least three bombs in a manhattan apartment. >> the guy was actually ready

to assemble the bombs and whether they went off deliberately or accidentally, people's lives were in jeopardy. >> police released a video of a bomb they constructed to show how much damage the bomb might have caused. he sped up his plan after the death of al-qaeda's al-awlaki. he is being held without bail on multiple terrorism related charges. >> he talked about killing u.s. servicemen returning from iraq and afghanistan. particularly u.s. army and marine corps personnel. >> police say the 27-year-old naturalized citizen was targeting police cars, a police station, and postal facilities. the suspect known as mohommed lived with his uncle and mother in this apartment building in upper manhattan. >> i'm sorry about what my son did. i didn't tell him to do this. he did that by himself. >> her son made a mistake and now must face justice. >> everybody has to pay.

>> his lawyer says the case against his client is not as strong as prosecutors claim. he will face state charges, not federal terrorism charges. he lived in new york. police had him under surveillance for more than a year and as indicated, federal authorities were not involved in this investigation. reporting live, i'm randall, back to you. >> thank you for that report. meantime, investigators want to know what started the fire that sent flames shooting up into the air at an old furniture plant in henry county, virginia. this fire broke out in the middle of the night at the old basket furniture plant. it was so big people could see it ten miles away. investigators say several aerosol tanks in the building exploded. damage expected to be in the millions of dollars. prices at the pump are coming down just in time for your thanksgiving travelers.

according to aaa, the average of regular unleaded is $3.35 and that is down 11 cents in just the last month. just one day to go before drivers can travel the complete intercounty connector. today, maryland lieutenant governor, anthony brown, montgomery county executive, and maryland's transportation officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony. that toll road connects gaithersburg and montgomery county and laurel in prince georges. it is the state's first all electronic toll road. good news is, it will be free to travel it through december 4. we have an update tonight on a consumer alert we brought you two weeks ago. the japanese auto maker says it resumed production a month after the company shut down its factory due to flooding. the disaster caused a disruption in the supply chain and forced it to close its plants in october. toyota says it is using other suppliers and the factories

produce about $600,000 vehicles each year. one consumer watchdog group has just released its annual holiday naughty or nice list. it names companies that do and do not have consumer friendly policies. and wait until you see who gets the lump of coal. >> before you buy the next holiday gift, book a flight or purchase tickets to a holiday event. todd mark says check this year's naughty and nice list. >> consumer reports is out with a collection of company policies we like or loathe, depending on how consumer friendly they are. our list was put together at consumer reports along with our facebook fans. >> return policies carry a lot of weight. outdoor store made the nice list with its superfriendly return policies. >> they'll accept any item for any reason at any time. it doesn't matter whether you bought it online or at the store. you can send it back or bring

it back to matter where you bought it. >> game stop made the naughty list. its laundry list of return conditions and this proclamation we reserve the right to refuse any return. american apparel is naughty, too. >> they have two different return policies. one for in store customers. another for those who buy online. >> watch for radio shack. the retailer admits it sometimes charges online and in store customers different prices. last year, southwest made the nice list. now, it landed in naughty territory along with air tran, which charges $6 to $20 to reserve a seat when you book. now with southwest, they don't have assigned seats. but for $10 more than the price of your ticket, you can board early and snag a better seat. the basic cost of the ticket just doesn't buy you very much these days. >> all right, and tonight at 11:00, we're going to bring you the big deal revealed. showing you big holiday offerings.

just in time for black friday and you will only see them here tonight at 11:00. but come with me now because our hot holiday toy will take you for a ride barbie style. you can call it the camper. this pink extravaganza is officially the sisters go camping popup camper. it is fully furnished. you have to bring your own barbie to play. the camper is two stories. oh wait. don't fall out, barbie. she's falling. all right, you can use up to four barbies in here. back here, she even has a pool. >> wait, wait. look at this. she has a big screen. >> that is exactly what i knew you would go for. >> look what is on it. something really bad. >> this sells between $64 and $80. you can find it online and just about all of the brick and

morter stores. >> i'm glad my girls are older. >> i think is this cute. >> i think it's adorable. >> go ahead, derek. >> still ahead, jimmy buffet brings one of his fictional characters to life. where you can see him in action. and don't forget, we are always on wusa9.com. someday with us, we'll be right back after the break.

singer, robyn gibb reportedly is fighting for his life after being diagnosed with liver cancer. the british newspaper, the daily mail says the 61-year-old singer was rushed to the hospital last week. he was diagnosed with a disease several months ago. tonight, music legend, jimmy buffet is going to trade margaritaville for another island location. >> buffet helps the team rescue a hostage. the character is named frank bama. just like the character in one of his novels. >> frank bama was a character in a book that i wrote about

six or seven years ago. he was one of my favorite characters and it was a book called, where is joe merchant? >> you're kidding, right? >> his attitude is so cool and fun to be around and really nice guy. >> in high school, a couple of my friends went to the concert and i tagged around with them. one of the best concerts i went to. >> buffet holds a helicopter license in real life. he says he was a big fan of the original hawaii five-0 program. >> how funny. as the saying goes, close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. our experts break down the skins sixth loss in a row. coming up in sports. top. >> we have light drizzle and a little bit of light rain. we'll take you out with wide doppler. southwest virginia and heavier

activity in carolina. we'll let you know when that will roll in. drugs commonly used to fight a problem could be contributing to another. antibiotics and sore throat. we'll talk about the connection next.

right now, president obama taking to the podium to talk about the supercommittee. >> spending over the next ten years. part of that law also required congress to reduce the deficit by an additional $1.2 trillion by the end of this year. in september, i sent them a detailed plan that would have gone above and beyond that goal. the plan that would reduce the deficit by $3 trillion by cutting spending, slowing the growth of medicare and medicaid and asking the wealthiest americans to pay their fair share. in addition to my plan, there were a number of other plans for them to consider from both democrats and republicans. all of which promoted a balanced approach. this kind of balanced approach to reducing our deficit.

an approach where everybody gives a little bit and everybody does their fair share is supported by an overwelming majority of americans. democrats, independents, and republicans. it is supported by experts and economists from all across the political spectrum. and to their credit, many democrats in congress were willing to put politics aside and commit to reasonable adjustments that would have reduced the cost of medicare as long as there were part of a balanced approach. but despite the broad agreement that exists for such an approach, there are too many republicans in congress who have refused to listen to the voices of reason that are coming outside of washington. they continue to insist on protecting $100 billion worth of tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of americans at any cost. even if it means means deep

cuts in medicare. at this point, they simply will not budge from that negotiating position. and so far, that refusal continues to be the main block for congress to reduce the deficit. now, we are not in the same situation we were in in august. there's no imminent threat to us defaulting on the debt that we owe and there are already $1 trillion worth of spending cuts that are locked in. and part of the law that i signed this summer stated that if congress could not reach an agreement on the deficit, there would be another $1.2 trillion of automatic cuts in 2013. divided equally between domestic spending and defense spending. one way or another, we will be trimming the deficit by a total of at least $2.2 trillion over the next ten years. that's going to happen. one way or another. we have $1 trillion locked in

and either congress comes up with $1.2 trillion, which so far they failed to do, or the sequester kicks in and brings in an additional $1.2 in deficit reduction. the question is whether we can reduce the deficit in a way that helps the economy grow, that operates with a scalpel, not with a hatchet. already some in congress are trying to undue these automatic spending cuts. my message to them is simple. no. i will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending. there will be no easy offramps on this one. we need to keep the pressure up to compromise. not turn off the pressure. the only way these spending

cuts will not take place is if congress gets back to work and agrees on a balanced plan to reduce the deficit by at least $1.2 trillion. that's exactly what they need to do. that's the job they promised to do. they still have a year to figure it out. although congress has not come to an agreement yet. nothing prevents them from coming up with an agreement in the days ahead. they can still come together around a balanced plan. i believe democrats are prepared to do so. my expectation is that there will be some republicans who are still interested in preventing the automatic cuts from taking place. and as i have from the beginning, i stand ready and willing to work with anybody that is ready to engage in that effort to create a balanced plan or deficit reduction. now in the meantime, we have a lot of work to do this year before congress leaves next month, we have to work together

to cut taxes for workers and small business owners all across america. if we don't act, taxes will go up for every single american starting next year. i'm not about to let that happen. middle class americans can't afford to lose $1,000 next year because congress won't act. i can only hope that members of congress who have been fighting so hard to protect tax breaks for the wealthy will fight justice to protect tax breaks for small business owners and middle class families. we still need to put construction workers back on the job rebuilding our roads and our bridges. we still need to put our teachers back in the classroom educating our kids. so when everybody gets back from thanksgiving, it's time to get work done for the american people. all around the country, americans are working hard to live within their means and meet the responsibilities and i know they expect washington to do the same.

thanks. >> and that was the president speaking about the super committee's failure to reach a deal. saying there's no imminent threat right now, but he says he will veto any effort by congress to get rid of these automatic spending cuts which were triggered if they weren't able to reach an agreement. there were no easy offramps. congress needs to get to work to make those $1.2 trillion in cuts to the deficit. >> let's go over to top we are a look at the forecast. >> here's the deal. you need your umbrella for the next 36 hours. look at live doppler 9,000. nothing is heavy, but we have light rain up 270 and also down 95. temperatures are still pretty nice. i mean, low 50s. 53 in bethesda. 53 in arlington. 52 toward college park. 50 up in rockville and you go further north of that, you're in the upper 40s. an umbrella is still needed. nothing heavy.

steadier and heavier rain will develop tomorrow afternoon and that will continue into at least early morning. we'll have rain and showers on wednesday. a great, great thanksgiving. here's the model forecast. late tonight, late activity. down to fredericksburg, this is generally light. tomorrow morning at 5:30. that means a wet commute. by late morning, heavier activity down to the south. that moves across the metro area, just in time for the evening rush hour. and activity does lift north of us on wednesday and we'll be in good shape. cloudy and mild tonight. showers, drizzle, and fog. a one blanket night. the next seven days, great on thanksgiving, 58. and 60s friday, saturday, and sunday. and dry. back to you guys. >> great stuff. thanks top. >> all this rain would be easier to take if the redskins found a way to beat the cowboys yesterday. sadly, they fell short. let's talk about it with kristen bur after the break.

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welcome back to 9news. i'm kristen joined by our double coverage team. good to see you again. taking a look at yesterday's heart wrenching 27-24 overtime loss to the cowboys. before we get to your grades, we did find out that left tackle, trent williams who we saw go down yesterday has a grade 1 sprain in his left knee. david, how serious is that

injury and how long can we expect him to be out? >> if people don't know what grade one is, they were relieved they thought it could have been a lot worse. he is going to go this week. i'll have to say. it's 50/50 at this point. >> and brian, trent injured this same knee last season and he was hurt earlier. at this point with no post season to play for, should they shut him down for the rest of the season? >> i see no reason to put him out there. if he's not 100%, let him get an opportunity to play. >> and the. attorney c: you are to trent injury -- as a former runningback, what has gone on with this offense in the run game? it's pretty much nonexistent. what is happening? >> right now they don't seem to be getting it done. my opinion would be that it's because they aren't sticking to it. not giving them enough opportunity and you can't run the football. >> no run game on the offense.

but the rest is solid. he was 25 of 38. 289 yards and two touchdowns. david, what impressed you most about his performance? >> in some ways that he came back from a bad start. impressive. he did it without a running game and if trent williams doesn't play, goes back and starts the next play. >> what impressed you? >> i think the fact that he stuck with his game. he didn't get rattled. he stayed and late in the game he took chances. rex grossman has a lot of confidence in himself. sometimes it gets him in trouble, but yesterday it paid off. >> time to get your grades on their performance from yesterday. we have seen a lot of x's on the board. i have a feeling we aren't going to see a lot of those today. a little better today. how do you grade them? >> b minus. the offensive game was really good. i say a minus, so buy minus.

>> c plus, because they didn't have a running game. you have to have a running game in football. >> passing grades, defense david. >> defense was pretty solid. the cowboys didn't run the ball. three touchdown passes, but sacked four times, pressured a lot. >> you look at it, no turnovers for the defense yesterday. they had some big plays. they gave up big plays and guys that play so bad,. >> real quick, coaching. >> you know, brian isn't going to like this one, but i gave shanahan a b because i came from 10-0 down. and stayed in the game the whole way. time out at the end was a bad move. >> obviously -- wow. they have these guys to come back and play football. in a game we wanted to see them give a good effort. they hadn't done that the week before. >> thanks guys for being here. they'll join me on thursday to look ahead to seattle. i'm kristen. lesli, back to you. this is 9news now.

>> total and complete failure. the congressional supercommittee that was supposed to figure out how to cut at least $1.2 trillion out of the deficit announced just over an hour ago that it was unable to reach any kind of bipartisan agreement. months of work and today's six republicans and six democrats gave up. bruce leshan is here with the fallout. >> fast breaking story. this announcement an hour ago. the president just spoke. and if he is going to run for reelection against the do nothing congress, well he just got a big opening here. >> the agreement that exists for such an approach. there are too many republicans in congress who have refused to listen to the voices of reason and compromise. >> markets and in the accounts of people who are lucky enough to have stocks and mutual funds for their retirement, the dow was off almost 250 points.

democrats and republicans have a fundamental divide on taxes and entitlements and politicians just seem unable to bridge it. >> committee members were still trying at the last minute for some kind of breakthrough. but it had been clear for days that the divide was just too deep. >> they think they are going to win the senate, win the presidency, and they want to wait until next year to write their own deal. >> on the other side, we have a trillion dollar tax increase. >> republicans unwilling to accept tax increases and democrats unwilling to reform medicare, medicaid, and social security without them. >> there will be deficit reduction, it's just that it won't be done through what the committee might have recommended. >> failure triggers frustration. 10% cuts to all government programs. except entitlements like medicare and social security. about half the cuts