>> but first tonight, the super committee. a super failure. and today's impass has american's fuming. this is 9news now. and here we go again. the badly named supercommittee that was supposed to come up with more than a trillion dollars in deficit cuts by tonight said this evening it just can't get it done. >> so now automatic budget cuts of 1.2 trillion are supposed to kick in instead. but some in congress were to stop that from happening too. gary. >> reporter: these automatic cuts were described as so draconian they would force the committee into a compromise. it didn't happen. so now there is a movement to stop some of those cuts with president obama saying forget that. he'll veto it. in typical we've seen it too many times before. last minute scrambling. they tried but before the last minute quit. issuing a statement saying it will not be possible. republicans unwilling to accept

the tax increases democrats want. democrats unwilling to accept the program cuts republicans want. so now automatic cuts of 10% with social security, medicaid, food stamps, children's health and nutrition. but defense gets hammered. $600 million, meaning. >> buildings and bombs without enough trained soldiers able to accomplish the mission. >> reporter: and around the beltway, defense contractors like manassas aurora aviation which employs 400 persons. >> employees are incredibly nervous. >> reporter: so some republicans want to change the automatic cut. want fewer in defense, more elsewhere. >> my message to them is simple. no. i will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts. >> reporter: monday's failure means an end to payroll tax cuts that affect american families

and will cost them an average of $934 more next year. it also means 1.8 million unemployed workers see the end of benefits at the end of the year. >> yes, not extending these programs will increase the risk of the economy slipping back into recession. >> reporter: ready made campaign issue for each side, it's their fault. no, it's their fault. we'll be hearing that for the next year. and the fight over whether to change the rules on automatic cuts is still ahead. the fight over next year's budget is still ahead. the fight over those payroll tax cuts over expiring unemployment benefits, overhead care payments for doctors, they're all still ahead too. the current pay for a congress person, never mind leadership or committee chairs or any of that, the cheapiest congress person up there, you're only paying that one 174,000 a year for not getting a deal. >> it sounds like we got fights ahead. tonight strong reactions, almost all of them negative to the supercommittee's failure to

reach an agreement. we sent matt jablow out to see what people are talking about. >> pretty sad day for american. >> reporter: on a night in the nation's capitol, a few hours after the congressional supercommittee failed to reach an agreement, the mood in washington perfectly matched the weather. dreary, the state of congress. what do you think? >> it's pretty bad. >> reporter: and dark. >> i think people are so caught up into being in office that they're not doing any work. >> reporter: literally every person be spoke person we spoke with said the supercommittee didn't do what they're supposed to do and they're furious. >> our elected leaders should come together and work out the solution. >> reporter: and it wasn't just in downtown washington where people were upset with the country's elected leaders. >> they're hired to do a job. we would like to see them do it. >> reporter: in downtown bethesda, we heard almost the exact same thing. >> they have been very disappointing. >> terrible. we voted them in to do our business and they're not doing

it. >> you wish they would get something done. on the other hand, given the disagreements, it's not surprising they haven't. >> reporter: and the online world was even harsher. on the 9news now facebook page, one person called congressman idiots. another called for them all to be fired. and yet another said herpes is now more popular than congress. in fact, a recent poll says the public approval rating of congress was now 13%, an all time low. if you would like to voice your opinion of what is happening these days in congress, you might want to call congress directly. the number for the capitol switch board is 202-224-3121. anita. >> all right, matt jablow. thank you. yes, these are tough economic times for everybody. so how do you react when a mob of more than 50 young people invade your 7-11 and they start walking out with all of your goods. the latest flash rob to hit the dc area. ken. >> reporter: it's a trend that

we're seeing just way too much. this time it was saturday night just before midnight. the pack of 50 teenagers walked into the 7-11 store. they ripped the place up. but what they didn't know is that this surveillance camera was catching their dirty dealings. they start off a few at a time. and before you know it, 50 teenagers pack into the 7-11 off of tech road in silver spring. some loaded their pockets and hands with food, drinks and candy. then they stormed away without paying. >> i thought it was real crazy. that was uncivilized man. >> reporter: take a good look at the video. montgomery county police are hoping the public can recognize some of the teens and lead detectives to them. those who frequent the 24-hour convenient store are now asking security be tightened up. >> more police officers or at least security or something, you know. >> reporter: investigators say only a few of the teenagers were stopped in a nearby parking lot when police responded to the 911 call. the rest got away but not before

striking a pose for the cam. >> we got the kids together, man. there ain't no excuse for that, man. not at all. >> reporter: and police believe these teens were at a nearby party somewhere before they decided to come on over here and rob the store. montgomery county detectives are asking anyone who might recognize the faces in the individual video to give them a call. they want to talk to you. oscar ortega, the man who fired shots at the white house made his appearance in courts today. one of the nine rounds he fired cracked a women in the first family's living quarters back on november 11th. the judge ordered him held without bond and he has to undergo a psychological evaluation. there is no probable cause in the case. the government's witnesses have not been able to identify the client and they have not been able to prove the bullets fired belong to his rifle.

tonight we know more about why an accused killer was able to walk out of jail, an accused killer that is still out there somewhere. there was a mixup in the paperwork that allowed frederick scott to simply post his bail and hit the road. >> 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. >> it took days for the prosecutor in this case to realize that scott was out on the street. now he's nowhere to be found. scott is charged with first degree murder for the shooting of a man last march. if investigators ever capture him, they'll put a bench warrant out him that spell out do not release this man on bail again. a mother in northern virginia is taking on the catholic church fighting for women's equality, and it is all about altar girls. jennifer sickle led a group yesterday. her church is keeping young

girls from exercising their faith to the fullest. last fall her parish corpus christy catholic church announced it will no longer allow girls to serve at the altar. >> the people who are making these decisions aren't bad people. they're just making choices that we don't agree with and that hurt our sense of community. and so that we need to find another home that accepts everyone for who they are. >> the church says it made the change in hopes that the altar boy only services would help serve as more of a spring board into the priest hood which needs new candidates. $30 million. that's how much money eight university of maryland athletic teams need to raise to keep from getting scrapped. the school's president announced this decision today to get rid of swimming and diving, women's water polo and acrobatics, men's tennis and men's track. it was purely a cost saving decision to pull the school out of its growing deficit. only maryland basketball and football programs bring in revenue, and those help fund all

of the other programs. but it's not enough money to keep those teams viable. >> i want to make it very clear that this is perhaps one of the most painful and heart wrenching decisions i've made. >> it's very disappointing. it's a huge upset. but we're staying positive and we're going to work really hard to raise all of the money so we don't get cut. we're going to prove them wrong and we're not giving up. >> currently maryland operates a 27 team athletic department. if the university loses those eight sports, it will be down to 19 teams making it the 4th smallest in the acc. topper. >> well, despite the showers and the drizzle, got up to 64 today. here is your wakeup weather. you need one of these. i'll tell you what, 48-54 at 5:00. 45-50 at 7:00 and 47-52 at 9:00 with rain. we'll tell you when the heaviest

rain comes in. still ahead tonight, 'tis the season to go shopping. and there is are deals in our area so good they have been hidden until now. >> exclusive black friday bargains you can't pass up, and you'll only see them here. that is coming up. [ male announcer ] the chicken marinara melt is the featured $5 footlong™ of november. 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.

the bells are already ringing and retailers hope their cash registers will as well. so if you plan to brave the crush of black friday shoppers, we have an exclusive bet you will not be able to resist. >> that's right. lesli foster takes you behind the scenes at four retailers to bring you the big deal reveal. >> reporter: black friday, this is what we look for. >> this is our time. >> reporter: and yours too for holiday savings. >> i got what i need. >> reporter: at hhgreg, you will literally clean up on this first deal, so huge it's not even on the floor yet. a front loading maytag washer-dryer combo. >> originally 1559 marked down to 699. >> reporter: this toshiba 2367

32-inch. >> we will have a tablet display here. >> reporter: looking to gift the active ones in your life. sports authority says it is going the distance. >> 50% off. basketballs, baseballs, footballs, golf balls, tennis balls. >> reporter: golfers may want to take a swing at this callaway driver deal. >> we're going to have it for $99. >> reporter: and a $3,000 elliptical trainer for just 799. >> it's like buying a cadillac half price. >> reporter: to get in on all of these deals, you have to have a plan with all these stores opening at midnight. some retailers, like best buy, have decided to push all their black friday deals out there right now. and paul furman shows us a couple of items that you can get without waiting in long lines. >> we have a 46 sony bravia for $1,100. regular price it's $1,900. >> reporter: then there is the toshiba computer bundle. >> the computer goes from

299-199 and a $50 printer. >> reporter: finally to macy's where the store plans to knock its socks off the customers with what is next. >> you're about to show us the deal for black friday. what is in that box? >> half carat diamond earrings door buster price 199. >> quesidilla maker. >> i think they're going to be very excited and presently surprised when they come in here on friday morning. >> reporter: something every retailer hopes you'll do. lesli foster 9news now. >> well, in addition to their big deals, sports authority and macy's are also making charitiable donations this holiday season. tomorrow lesli is going to keep the big deal reveal going for us. she'll tell you about mall hours, floor plan and a plan to hit your favorite stores. she knows what she's talking

about. okay. the credit rating agency says it will not downgrade the u.s. government aers credit rating because -- government's credit rating because of the failure for the super committee to come up. the cuts will take effect in january 2013. in august s&p cult its u.s. treasury securities from one notch from triple a to double a+. so lots of frustration that the super committee couldn't get the job done. but derek says perhaps we should have seen this coming. >> well, anita, first of all let me say i was wrong. i really thought this whole divided come thing was going to work out. that both parties figured they had so much in stake that an agreement to fix the long-term money problems was if not inevitable certainly a pretty good bet. but what i was not counting on is most of the energy in the new gop house majority comes from people who argue that every time

republicans compromise on tax hikes, government just gets bigger. so this time around, compromise was a dirty word. no compromise means no deal. now, everybody is calling on lawmakers to put the politics aside. but what they're really asking for is politicians to forget their own self interest and vote for the good of america. that sounds great, but the problem is lawmakers have got very different visions of what that means and so do the voters they represent. in 1990 with the economy down and the automatic budget cuts looming, then president bush broke his no new taxes pledge and made the deal with the democrats. well, he was hammered for it by his own party. and eventually lost reelection. was that political courage or was it breaking faith with your supporters? perhaps it was both. but today all most politicians remember is he didn't win. anita. >> well, who couldn't use a little extra cash with the holiday shopping season about to kick into full gear. that's what we've been talking about. and all this week we've been trying to reunite people with

cash and valuables being held by state treasuries. the assets are from forgotten bank accounts, insurance policies, you name if. and we have the most up-to-date list of names on these rosters. let's begin in virginia. these names are on the list if you recognize any of these names or you want to see if yours might be on the list, go to the claim your cash headquarters. log on to our website wusa9.com and go to our consumer page. it's right there. well, top. >> yes. >> kind of rainy and cloudy and nasty. >> just wait. it gets worse before better. but it's going to be very, very nice for turkey day. >> mild? >> yes. >> it's going to be mild enough to deep fry your turkey. >> all right.

>> just cold enough night for a fire. >> perfect. >> but until then, we have some stuff to get through. let's start with the big picture. satellite picture radar combined. look at all of the heavy activity in arkansas pushing into southern missouri. this is pretty good convection. pretty good thunderstorms right now. and some of this energy is actually going to get in here. we're going to tap some of this energy as we get into tomorrow afternoon and early tomorrow evening. in the meantime, we'll kind of fly to the east here. i mean, there is a little bit of shower activity and a little bit of drizzle here. but as we mentioned earlier, nothing heavy happens tonight. nothing really widespread happens tonight. unfortunately, it's going to be a wet commute. just enough to keep the roads wet. and, remember, leaves are on the road, so take it easy. live doppler 9000, heaviest activity, and it's still light, out towards winchester and front royal in between those two areas around i81 and the rest of us have light rain drizzle and a little bit of fog. you need an umbrella. heavier and steady rain will develop tomorrow afternoon.

maybe looking at 1-2 inches of rain before everything ends on wednesday. either late morning or early afternoon. pretty good soaking rain. good news, though, thanksgiving will be great. mild. temperatures even a shade above average for this time of year. all right. here is a look at our future cast and 5:30 in the morning we have rain. nothing crazy heavy but enough to slow the commute. i would go ahead and allow maybe ten minutes tomorrow morning to leave. now, by lunch time, we find, again, light rain around the immediate metro area. see the yellows back in the mountains, that's heavier activity. we'll stop it again. in the evening we see the heavy activity to the north of town. but i think some of the heavy activity can get all the way down to dc into silver spring and bethesda and northwest dc. so we're looking at the worst commute will be tomorrow night just because of the heavier rain. now, we take it into about four hours from now, we still -- 24 hours from now, we still have some light rain. then do you see the little band of yellow and orange go through, maybe some thunderstorms

tomorrow night and this is finally 11:00 on wednesday. most of the showers beginning to lift out. winds pick up. we will dry out very quickly after that happens. so overnight cloudy and mild with rain, showers and fog. just one blanket night. nothing heavy. lows 54. lows 45-50. now tomorrow morning, cloudy and mild with rain and showers. grab your umbrella. temperatures in the 40s and 50s. and then by afternoon, well, cloudy and cooler. heavier rain and showers develop. so keep the umbrella nearby. high temps near 55. that's almost average and winds easterly at about ten. so highs tomorrow with the clouds and the showers are pretty even playing field. 54 in gaithersburg. 54 in reston and 55 downtown. all right. we'll take you out to the mountains. 48 in oakland with rain and showers. 50 in cumberland. low 50s for hagerstown, martinsburg and winchester. 55 in culpeper. 53 in warrenton, leesburg, manassas, maybe 53 fairfax. maybe 54 and 55 downtown. 53 by the water. all right.

so let's break it down. showers and rain. 45-50 in the morning. and then heavier activity by noon. 45-54. and then even heavier activity by evening. 51 to about 55. all right. next seven days, we are going to set the stage, though, for a nice thursday. rain and showers end wednesday. we clear out and get windy and then 58 on thanksgiving. we're back in the 60s friday, saturday and sunday. we have some clouds coming back in on sunday, but we're going to keep it dry with temperatures still in the low 60s and monday rain and showers roll back in. we're talking about temperatures around 60. and i have to tell you we talked about it last week. it's quiet travel day on wednesday across most of the country. and no snowstorms. >> good to know. >> way to go. >> thank you very much. i keep hoping there will be some kind of update like this just in. graham makes the 52-yard field goal. >> i know. and as we were ut canning all of the highlights -- cutting all of the highlights yesterday, you could just see the defeat on their face. and unfortunately for them, the injuries continue to haunt the redskins. they lost another offensive

player on sunday. but it's not all bad. find out which offensive play maker could return this week. and the caps could they snap the four-game losing streak. find out next.

for the past few weeks, all we've been able to talk about is the redskins ash burn. six straight losses ab the inability to -- and the inability to score touchdowns. and even though they let a victory slip away, there is a small silver lining. the redskins gave one of the best performances we've seen this season. they headed into half time with the lead. the hard loss for the players to digest; but there are some positives to take away from it all. >> we showed that we have the versatility on offense to throw the ball. but rex opened a lot of eyes. i was excited about that. >> as impressed as i was last week, i'm optimistic this week. we played great offensively. >> the injury bug hit again. the injury to trent's knee isn't as bad as they thought it was. he should be out 1-2 weeks.

also santana moss will test it out this week during practice. he could return on sunday. some fans are so fed up with the way the team is run is they are urging dan snyder to sell the team. it places the blame on snyder, everything from metalling expensive free agents. after losing six of the last seven games, capital's head coach bruce boudreau was said up. so this afternoon he didn't post his usual lineup telling the players be ready to play. and they did. alex ovechkin and the caps back home taking on the phoenix coyotes. in the first period washington on a power play but they turn the puck over. break away gets the puck past and coyotes get on the board first. but the caps fight back and in the third nick backstrom with help from alex ovechkin put the

caps up 1. the fourth goal of the season. caps broke their four-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over phoenix. >> halfway through the game we thought we were doing all the right things. and if we kept going, that eventually something would break. and congratulations to the guys for pushing through. >> and the caps need the momentum to continue. sidney crosby played for the first time tonight since suffering a concussion january 5th. he scored within the first five minutes of the game and scored two goals. the caps play pittsburgh next week. and the boxer's secret comes out. not only does he get knocked down but so does his toupee. bye bye, hair. >> no. >> it's knocked out as well.

>> oh. >> where is this? >> oh, man. >> that's crazy. >> i guess even boxers. >> just let it go, man. it's not so bad. >> we'll be right back.

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