heart attack. a spokesman for the hospital says she did see a doctor and a cardiologist upon her arrival before passing. >> should he remained on the scene? >> again, we have a protocall that dictates the employee's actions and that's why we are looking at this. we want to make sure protocall was followed. the employee might not be obligated to remain on the scene. there may have been an obligation. >> the case is bringing up david rossenbomb. he was beaten and robbed near his home in upper northwest washington. responders misdiagnosed his injuries. he died at howard university hospital. >> and that was bruce johnson reporting. the judge overseeing the sentence of michael jackson's doctor says conrad murray is a disgrace to the medical profession. murray sat with his hands crossed as he was sentenced to four years in prison for

involuntary manslaughter. the jails are so overcrowded, he could cut that sentence in half. former gop front runner, herman cain, is reassessing his run for the white house tonight, a day after a georgia woman alleged a 13 year affair with the married businessman. bruce leshan is here and says cain is set to deliver a major policy speech tonight in michigan. >> lesli, he says he is sticking to his schedule for the next few days while he tries to figure out if his run can continue. >> herman cain leaving a tyson's corner hotel after telling staffers on the phone there may be such a cloud over his candidacy that he'll lose any remaining support. he admitted knowing ginger white and helping her financially, but unequivocally unequivocally denied an affair. ginger white says she expected

that response. >> i can't imagine him actually confirming. it's the name of the game, i guess. >> cain's drop helped newt gingrich, although it might remind voters. >> he's not -- >> gingrich is offering only sympathy for a man he calls a friend. >> i was supposed to be dead in june or july. i'm not going to go around and declare anyone else dead. any candidate has the right to recover. >> ginger white says her relationship with cain was sexual. she knew he was married, but he flew her around the country and showered her with gifts. she felt pressured to release her side of the story. >> there were leaks. there were people. there were threats of people coming out with their version. >> now five different women accused cain of sexual misconduct and he denied all. the polls suggest a lot of

republican primary voters no longer believe him. his numbers dropped by half. they had dropped by half even before this latest allegation. lesli. >> we'll see what happens in a couple days. bruce, thank you. tomorrow, a federal judge will begin hearing arguments about whether john hinkley should get out of the hospital. the man who shot ronald reagan has spent the last three decades there and doctors think he should be able to leave for a series of visits to his mother's home in virginia. >> gary giordano could be released from prison. the question is, will the suspect in the disappearance of a frederick woman be able to get out of the nation before a hearing to appeal his release. scott broom has been in talk with the top prosecutor this afternoon. scott, he is ready to rearrest giordano if he can? >> he says he is ready to rearrest him.

that's if giordano does not manage to get himself out of the country between his expected release tonight and that appeal hearing of his release order tomorrow morning and frankly, the prosecutor told me on the phone this afternoon, there are a lot of flights leaving. >> he's an american citizen with an american passport. he doesn't need to go directly to the u.s. there will be a number of flights still leaving tonight and tomorrow going to other places. >> when is why stein says he is prepyred to extradite giordano back to aruba if his release order is overturned at tomorrow's 11:00 a.m. hearing. that assumes he comes to the u.s. or is in another country where aruba has an extradition treaty. meanwhile, you can see robyn

gardner's family releasing this statement. we are no closer to what happened to our robyn. stein says he still holds out some hope of eventually charging giordano with the murder of robyn gardner, but stein says it's still open and he doesn't have the evidence that he wants to move forward right now. gardner's body has never been found. reporting in the satellite center, scott broom, 9news now. >> the man being called the east coast rapist is back tonight. acould you described of raping 17 women. all of this over a ten year span. he was arrested in connecticut back in march. he faces his first trial for the assault of two girls in woodbridge two years ago. we also have breaking news out of prince georges county. frederick scott, a murder suspect who was mistakenly released back on november 18 due to clerical error. he is now back in custody.

he turned himself in this morning at the courthouse. scott is being held on a $500,000 bond. >> tonight, a top pakistani general is adding fuel to the fire that damaged the country's relationship over the u.s. this weekend. he says the nato bombing that killed 24 pakistani troops was a quote, deliberate act of aggression. pakistan is pulling out of an upcoming meeting on the future of afghanistan, but yet to say if it will join an investigation into the incident. vice president joe biden made a surprise visit to baghdad today. he met with the united states ambassador to iraq and the commanding general of u.s. forces there. and his visit is focusing on the new relationship between the u.s. and iraq once american forces leave. and tonight at 7:00, apparently even santa is not recession proof. the largest santa -- high priced requests that santa might get from the kids.

we'll tell you what they are telling santa to say to the kids. yes, there is a santa claus, but also a recession. >> still ahead in this half hour, these long lines were not for santa. find out what people were waiting for in the rain. top. >> the rain is pretty much cleared out. we'll take you out with the almanac. a little deceiving. lows so far 52. that will change as it gets colder. averages, we should be 53 and 37. records 73 set back in 1905. record low 14 set in 1930. we picked up just a half inch of rain. we'll come back and talk about how cold it's going to get and what you'll need for the weekend. >> the future is now. a glimpse of what is being call add smart phone on four wheels. we'll be right back.

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visit cancercenter.com. tonight u.s. park police are hoping you can help them find the driver that killed a man on the bw parkway. investigators say 72-year-old lewis was rear ended in the northbound lanes just south of powder mill road. police are looking for a dark colored mercedes that may have been racing a silver lexus. a baltimore judge dismissed a count for bob erlich. he still faces two counts of conspiracy, to influence

voters to stay home on election day. he played a key role in sending out those calls aimed at suppressing the black vote. >> a sticky situation for hundreds of drivers leading up to thanksgiving. we'll tell you more on what happened exactly on the pennsylvania turnpike.

the washington, d.c. veterans affairs medical center and wusa9 salute all those that serve abroad. >> merry christmas, this is mom and dad saying happy holidays. >> have a great holiday. >> this goes out to kelsey cameron. love you all. >> this just in, a win for a cancer patient against a major airline. ken joins us live from the newsroom with this update. ken. >> last night we introduced you to lynn mccain. lynn mccain is a stage four breast cancer patient and before she was diagnosed with

the cancer for the second time, her and her family planned a dream vacation to belize. they went to u.s. airways and bought five round trip tickets totaling $4200. but she had to cancel the trip. those tickets were nonrefundable and the airline was refusing to give her her money back. today, rejust heard back, actually just minutes ago i got off the phone with miss mccain that says the airline has chosen to bend the rules of their policy and refund the money. so once again, she will be getting her refund. she will be getting her $4200 back for those airline tickets that she had purchased. back to you guys. >> what a relief for her. thank you. google is moving its map indoors. features indoor directions, including big stores, mall, airports, and transit centers throughout the united states and japan. if you want to find your way around the massive mall of america in minnesota, you just enter the store and google will give you the directions. toyota's latest concept car is

being call add smart phone on wheels. it features a touch screen on the door. but let's not start saving our pennys for this one just yet. this is just a concept car, not ready for production. >> that's an interesting piece of video. hundreds of people camped out to get help. they are hoping to get apartments in a building subsidized by the district housing authority, but the wait has only begun. >> i've been waiting out here since 6:30 yesterday afternoon. >> i've been out here since 9:00 at night. >> these two women have been waiting in line for over 14 hours and for the same reason. >> i'm a single mom with a three-year-old. >> me and me son need a place to stay. >> but one is at the front of the line, another in the middle. >> in line fighting. it's crazy out here.

>> hundreds of people who camped out overnight are pushing because they know their chance of getting subsidized housing is slim. what many don't realize is that there are no vacancies. this line is only to get on the waiting list. and with a turnover rate of roughly ten units a year, these people will likely be waiting at least 14 months. >> i'm trying to go to school. i can't go to school because i'm trying to get an apartment. basically i'm homeless. >> 300 applications are processed in under four hours. the waiting list is closed and hundreds more are turned away. in washington, kristin fisher, 9news now. >> an update tonight on a sticky situation along the pa turnpike. last wednesday we showed you this nasty spill of see saleant. talk about timing. today we're hearing 464 drivers reported damage to their cars.

some vehicles had to be towed after getting stuck in the tar- like substance after it leaked out of a tanker all along the turnpike. the national education association is helping louisa county schools recover from august earthquake. damage from the 5.8 quake forced the county to close two schools for the rest of the year. the nea is donating $10,000 to help with repairs. a lot of kids going to school in trailers right now. >> every little bit counts. that is definitely the case. >> yeah. well we had a correction today. not crazy, but a correction. back to reality really. now in parts of the south, we showed you snow in memphis. now we're going to take you down to alabama. hamilton, alabama. this is the northern part of the state. they had a little bit of snow. it's wrapping around colder air. it's not bringing in arctic air, but wrapping around just enough cold air and generating its own cold air. a little snow in parts of the

south and the midwest. all right, for us, well the rain is pretty much gone. we have to worry about cold air coming in here tonight. you can see the purples and the whites. that's all the snow. you can see it all the way down here into the smokies in north carolina and tennessee. it's going to remain unsettled as we go through the night into west virginia and also western maryland. you will find some snow showers tonight and tomorrow morning. this is what is left of the rain. essentially now delmarva northward and again a half an inch fell across most of the metro area. we also showed you flooding in chattanooga today. we did not have the heavy rain they had. so temperatures, okay, they are cooler. 49 rockville. 49 bethesda. 50 up in beltsville. 49 in laurel. down to the south, 49 at andrews and upper 40s. not a big plummet in terms of temperatures. 49 in sterling and 48 in leesburg. now the outside story, well back to reality. breezy and colder tonight.

you'll need sunglasses tomorrow. you'll need a jacket or coat. you'll have a nice finish to the week. we have been spoiled. showers ending early tonight. becoming cloudy. 38 to 42. and winds southwest at 10 to 1515. normally a southwest wind would not drive in cold air. by morning, fartly cloudy, breezy, and cold. and by afternoon, we'll say variable clouds. probably a few more clouds will develop tomorrow afternoon. breezy and colder, but seasonal. highs low 50s. winds turn westerly at 10 to 15. sot zone forecast, we're looking at temperatures in the upper 30s in oakland with morning snow showers. 45 in cumberland. around 50. maybe 54 in culpeper. and about 52 or so in manassas. downtown 52. 53 over by the water. small craft advisory for the bay and title potomac.

cool by noon. and cool by evening, 49 to about 54. a coat, sunglasses a good idea. next seven days, really a nice finish to the week. yes, low 50s and breezy and cool on thursday. we pop into the mid 50s on friday. low 50s on saturday. which is still nice. and then on sunday, the redskin game, we are back in the upper 50s to near 60. showers and rain on monday. now behind that system, much, much colder. temperatures will struggle to get to the low 40s with a morning flurry or shower tuesday. >> that's more than a correction. >> yeah, this is a correction. >> that's cold. >> okay. well it's cold at the verison center and that's a good thing. the caps are back playing their first game with a new coach. dave owens is there. >> a little bit cold out here guys and ladies, but all i have to say is this.

one thing. there he is. dale hunter taking over for bruce. his first dance tonight. we just talked to him. our discussion with him coming up next in sports. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices...

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playoffs. and it also seemed like he was having problems getting these guys to buy into his plan. when that happens, they become not your guys anymore. he is gone. dale hunter is in. taking over for the first head coaching job in the nhl. he has been in the trenches before. he is also one of the caps great. his jersey hangs in the rapters and now he is leading the team in the bench. >> it's going to be pretty cool. a guy that has quite a bit of pull in this town. i think they are going to be embraced. >> i play with the players. we are in the trenches together. the coaches and the players and it's up to us to win. >> played 19 years in the nhl. washington, of course here from '87 to '99. made the all-star team in '97 and the only person to record

3,000 penalty minutes. of course, as a coach, he is the fastest ever in ontario hockey history to record 400 wins. how do fans feel about it? thanks in part to bruce, also won four straight division titles outside the verison center today. >> after the playoff loss last season against tampa bay, one of the most stacked teams in the nhl. in the end, you have to be serious. >> hopefully this will spring board us into a better season. >> all right, an interesting bit of irony here as they dampen the heights. st. louis, a team that the caps are playing tonight. they went through a coaching change as well. kenny just replaced davis payne a couple weeks ago and it seems to be working. they are 7-1 since that change. of course, the caps hoping that happens tonight. one bit of last news, congratulations going out to virginia coach, mike london.

acc football coach of the year. they are getting things started. back to you guys in the studio. >> rocking red and lots of it. thanks dave. >> that is all for 9news now at 6:00. stay with wusa9. the cbs evening news is next. derek will see you at 7:00. have a great night. >> good night, everybody.

>> pelley: tonight, herman cain reassesses his white house run after allegation of 13-year affair. dean reynolds is with the cane campaign and nancy cordes talks to a surging rival-- newt gingrich. >> >> reporter: do you think all of these stories one on top of the other disqualify herman cain? >> pelley: it's official. texas is suffering the worst drought in more than a hundred years. anna werner says resleeve a long way off. michael jackson's doctor is sentenced