los angeles encampment is one of the largest in the country. >> political showdown seems to be brewing between the senate and president obama. yesterday, lawmakers voted against the measure on how the president would like to see suspected terrorists treated. the president wants terror suspected captured inside the united states to be detained by local law enforcement and tried in federal court. the senate, on the other hand, wants terror suspects all to be immediately turned over to the military and only be tried in military court. some democratic senators say the provisions could be a threat to civil liberties. president obama has already promised to veto the measure if it remains unchanged. >> the house of representatives has approved a bill which gives military members special treatment at our port security checks. if approved in the senate, it would allow troops on official duty to go to the front of security lines and not remove boots, belts and jackets. the sponsor of the bill said those items made getting through the line much longer

for military members and it would reduce security wait times for all passengers. the international is call on the u.s. to stop sentencing underage criminals to life in prison. right now, more than 2500 people are serving life sentences in the u.s. for crimes committed when they were under the age of 18. bbc news says the u.s. and somalia are the only two countries which have not ratified the u.n. convention banning life sentences for anyone under 18. back in may 2010, the high court banned life sentences for minors not involved in murder cases. the mother of a 6-year-old boy who died in a house fire in chilham, maryland, earlier this week have both died from their injuries. >> macklin was in critical condition when she was pulled from the fire on griffin street. they died in a hospital yesterday. the little boy's grandmother is the only is your vierve. investigators say an overloaded

power strip is what started the flames and there were no working smoke detectors in the home. a man called the east coast rapist is back in virginia. aaron thomas is accused of raping women, 17 ranging from virginia to connecticut. he was arrested in connecticut in march. he faces a trial in prince william county for the assault of two girls in wood brim two years ago. scott turned himself into prince george's county police. a clerical error allowed him to get out on bond november 18th. scott is accused of killing a man in march. he's now being held on a $500,000 bond. should john hinckley ever should get out of st. elizabeth hospital? a federal judge is going to start reviewing the case today. the man who shot president ronald reagan has spent the last three decades at the mental hospital. doctors think hinckley should be allowed to leave the facility if a series of visits to his mother's home in virginia go well.

during a reception, every major local county in the washington, d.c. county saw an increase in the number of school age children who live at or below the poverty line. new information from the u.s. census. most significant increases were in montgomery county and in the district. in montgomery county, the rate doubled climbing to 9% which totals more than 15,000 children. in the district, the percentage rose to 30.5% or roughly 21,000 children. according to "the washington examiner," this means d.c. is now one of 73 jurisdictions nationwide to have more than 30% of its school age children living in poverty. school age children are considered to be 5 to 17 years of age. the current federal poverty line is an annual income of slightly more than $22,000 for a family of four. today, the d.c. council's committee on government operations will begin hearings on an ethics reform proposal. the bill calls for the

establishment of an independent panel with the power to punish council members for violations. it would also reduce the amount of money council members can raise for their services and it would restrict how the money could be spent. another part of the proposal would require the disclosure of all income not related to the city government. several council members have come under scrutiny this year for ethical violations. 4:35. here is a look at other stories making news now. british officials are in the process of withdrawing some staff and their dependents from the british embassy compound in iran. this comes a day after students stormed the compound in tehran, threw documents out the windows and the anti-british protest comes days after london increased sanctions against iran for its nuclear program. hundreds of protestors are said to have also raided an official residence in another part of the city. >> dr. conrad murray has received the maximum punishment for causing michael jackson's

death. tuesday, a los angeles judge sentenced the physician to four years behind bars. due to jail overcrowding, he will likely serve less than half that time. the judge spent nearly 30 minutes calling murray greedy, remorseful and reckless. >> our time is shy of 4:36. at 4:41, one of the nation's largest airlines files for bankrupt u.s. >> protecting your privacy. why facebook has agreed to make changes to do that better. jessica doyle has that and a lot more in your money. >> we're back with weather first. you're watching 9news now.

4:39 on this wednesday morning. grab a jacket. we're running about 20 degrees colder this morning than yesterday morning. temperatures will struggle to get into the low 50s. should see a decent amount of sunshine. breeze out of the west at 10 to 15. wind chills will be a factor today. we'll talk about the rest of the week and the weekend in the next five minutes. right now, monika is talking timesaver traffic. >> we'll take a live look at connecticut avenue. here, everything is fine but if you're planning to head south of dupont circle on connecticut avenue, watch out for the accident investigation.

at n street with police on the scene. more on what's going on around town coming up at 4:47. andrea and mike? >> thank you, monika. it is time for the first your money segment of the morning. the lovely jessica doyle is here with the headlines. >> investigators are dealing with more downgrades for wall street. standard & poors back in the pool after downgrading the u.s. debt. now the rating service is adjusting the rating on 37 of the world's largest financial institutions including downgrading the baseline here in the u.s. those getting hit include bank of america, citigroup, goldman sachs, jpmorgan chase, morgan stanley and wells fargo. a mixed showing. dow starts at 11,555, added 32 points in trading yesterday. the nasdaq was off by almost 12 and the s&p 500 was up by about two and a half points. a judge has rejected a $285 million settlement between citigroup and the s.e.c. over the sale of toxic

mortgages. instead, the federal court judge has ordered a trial. the s.e.c. sold citigroup a billion dollars worth of assets and bet their value would fall. investors lost an alleged amount of money. american airlines each day, the carrier's bankruptcy filing should have little noticeable impact. american was the only major u.s. airline that didn't file for bankruptcy protection after the 2001 terrorist attacks. its parent company is filing chapter 11 to reduce cost and debt to remain competitive. amr operates american eagle. the company is trying to assure passengers the bankruptcy filing will not affect its flight schedule or ticket sales or frequent flier programs. facebook is setting with the federal trade commission over charges it deceived consumers. the fcc says the social network told people they could keep information they share private

then allowed it to be made public. the settlement does not require facebook to pay any fines but it does require that the company get user approval before changing how it shares their information. this comes a few movements before the company's highly- anticipated initial public offering expected to take place sometime around april 2012. big privacy settlement in this particular case. >> i wonder if that will send the price down. >> it is hard to say. facebook has gotten away with a lot. you know, much as we talk about privacy, the consumer doesn't seem to scream all that much when these things happen. >> thanks, jess. still ahead this morning, one in five americans have h.i.v. and don't know it. plus, could extensions at dulles be going private [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices...

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the warm weather just a memory. you'll need a coat today. >> it is a lot chillier today. it is normal chill. it is the end of november. >> hurricane season is gone. >> about another 18 hours. >> we'll get there. >> meteorological winter begins tomorrow. with the chill. but there are signs that next week, by next tuesday and wednesday -- >> we go back to -- >> no, no, no. unless you're going somewhere. next week by tuesday and wednesday, the coldest air of the season will work its way in here. we have highs 30s, main 40s, main a little bit of wintry mix on tuesday of next week. let's talk about this morning though as we have enough of the chill. we'll step down, how is that, andrea. it is not big rush of cold air. this morning, partly cloudy.

chilly. mid-30s to mid-40s at the bus stop. sunrise, 7:06. we'll see a good deal of sunshine today. overnight, we had a few sprinkles by the middle of the day. temperatures approaching the 50 degree mark. frosty and high. 51, 52. winds will be a factor. southwest this morning turning westerly at 14 miles per hour. gusting at times to 20. these are the sustained speeds. that will keep wind chills down in the 40s with a 5:00 p.m. temperature of 48. jacket, gloves, main even a hat if you'll be outside a little while. there goes the rain, warm in boston and up in maine but behind the system, it is cold enough with plenty of snow showers, kentucky, west virginia, ohio and parts of western pennsylvania. our skies, our clouds have been breaking up. temperatures are dropping down to 43 in washington and southern maryland. gaithersburg, 44. 37 culpepper and in oakland in garrett county, they're down to 30 degrees with a wind chill of 21. feels like 35 in

fredericksburg. easton, you're feeling like 37. here at reagan national, 38 degrees with that wind out of the south-southwest at 9. dew point to the mid-30s. barometer is starting to rise. it was real low yesterday. up and down with the pressure. you'll feel it. >> looking at temps. cold has invaded much of the country except for the eastern parts of new england. behind it, 20s in chicago. minneapolis. kansas city down to 24. dallas, colder than we are this morning at 38 degrees. and the one thing i want to tell you about, you see the cold that's come down that will be with us, got the push here from west to east across montana. the jet stream has come in here, for any cold that's trying to come in behind the system will be quickly pushed away. we do see the snows falling in parts of michigan this morning and ontario. there are some pretty hefty snows overnight across michigan. for us, the storm system will just drive some winds and

colder air. not horribly cold but colder air for us over the next couple of days. future cast shows that westerly breeze with us. the mountain snow showers. parts of the afternoon. there will be some minor accumulations there, especially at 2,000, 3,000 feet. the chillier air with us tonight. we'll be down in the 20s and 30s. tomorrow, 50 to 55. friday with high pressure on top of us, sunny but on the cool side with highs near 50. we'll break down the forecast. the next three days, today, 52. it will be breezy. you'll notice that. tonight, 20s and 30s tomorrow. friday, we'll be cool with temperatures again with 50. we head toward the weekend, saturday, that's a chilly day. high pressure just about on top of us. a little bit of a northeast flow. sunday it looks good. going to the 'skins game? upper 50s. here come the changes monday. late showers on midday main mid- 50s. still enough moisture around, the rain could end as snow.

highs on tuesday in the low 40s. monika samtani, it is 4:48. timesaver traffic. >> generally speaking, things are looking good all around the beltway. no big deals to report. there is one serious accident happened around 1:00 this morning. just after that. on connecticut avenue northbound at n street. this is south of dupont circle. authorities are still there investigating at the scene. make you want to use 19th street as your alternate route. around town live, at the 14th street bridge, heading into the district using the bridge span, you will be fine. no problems in the northwest corridor. here, we'll take you over to pennsylvania here at the southwest freeway and the sousa bridge, nice and quiet whether you take pennsylvania avenue or any of the other main roads toward the southeast. coming up, we'll update you on the situation on connecticut avenue at 4:55. thank you, monika. we want to update you on a story we first brought you yesterday on our 5:00 a.m.

show. hundreds of people camped out for hours in northwest d.c. hoping for a chance to get in a new place to live. >> kristin fisher was there as the desperate scene unfolded at a subsidized apartment complex in columbia heights. [shouting] >> reporter: these people are exhausted. soaking wet and they've been fighting for their place in line all night and all morning long. >> it was cold. it was freezing. >> 20-year-old diamond whitaker had been waiting here since 6:00 monday night. >> i'm a single mom with a 3- year-old and just trying to make it day by day. >> reporter: 17 hours later at 11:00 tuesday morning, she's the first person in. >> it was like a 50/50 chance. >> reporter: her chance of getting subsidized housing is much worse than that. this isn't a line for available units. there are no vacancies. this is a line to get on the waiting list.

>> basically, it was two seconds. >> diamond and her friend are beyond disappointed. they're devastated they're walking away without an answer. >> it was 14 hours for me to go in there for two seconds. >> i'm upset about it. i have to wonder if they're going to call me or not. >> they'll likely be wondering for awhile. the average wait time is a year and they were at the front of the line. >> i'm trying to go to school. i can't because i'm trying to get an apartment. so, basically i'm homeless. that's what it is. if anybody is looking into this message with obama, anybody can help us out, a lot of people are hurting. >> reporter: in washington, kristin fisher, 9news now. >> the waiting list is closed. they processed 300 applications in just under four hours. hundreds of others who showed up later in the day were turned away. the metropolitan washington airport's authority may now consider bringing in private investors to help pay for the dulles metro line. "the washington examiner"

reports the airport's authority asks for private firm to help out. a private entity reached out about investing in the project. some of the airport authority board members told the examiner they support the idea and think it might help reduce costs and keep tolls low. one in five people with h.i.v. don't know they're infected according to a new government report. >> the centers for disease control says among patients who are aware they're infected only half receive on-going medical care and treatment. more than one million americans have h.i.v. experts say better testing and access to care are essential to slowing the epidemic. >> women with elevated blood sugar levels may have an increased risk of cancer. researchers in new york found 5,000 women for ten years and found patients with the highest glucose levels were nearly twice as likely to develop colorectal cancer. more studies are needed to figure out how the two

illnesses are connected. however, they do believe high blood sugar may fuel the growth of cancer polyps in the colon. concussions this children may alter the blood flow to the brain for more than a month. a study in the journal pediatrics found kids can suffer memory problems, insomnia and fatigue for weeks after a concussion but researchers say most children don't suffer any structural damage. today, the biggest selling prescription drug in history goes generic. the patent on pfizer's cholesterol drug, lipitor expires today. pharmacies can start filling prescriptions with generic. the pills may look different but the active ingredient is the same. the cost should be significantly less. more than eight million americans take lipitor for high cholesterol. >> 4:53. it is time for the question of the morning. >> here is washington capitals troy brower with today's

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welcome back. 4:56. howard bernstein here with your weather first. 4:57 actually. temperatures running in the upper 30s to the 40s. a lot colder than yesterday morning. you'll notice sunshine, temperatures even by 9:00 not moving much. low to mid-40s. by lunchtime, upper 40s, main 50 out there with a breeze though. it will feel like it is in the 40s all afternoon. highs at best into the low 50s. monika? >> we'll take a look at a map right now where there has been an overnight serious accident northbound connecticut avenue at n street south of dupont circle. police continue to investigate at the scene. watch out for police direction. coming up in my next report, we'll go around town again at 5:01. back to you. >> mapping includes indoor directions within stores, malls

and airports. right now, only users of tablets and phones running google's android software can get access to the upgrade. >> mobile apps and games on smart phones and tablets will carry age-based ratings as well. they'll be created by the video games. e will be for everyone. t will be for teen. the ratings will delay whether an app shares personal information or connects with social network. music fans, get ready for the grammy nominations! >> while hollywood pays tribute to its independent spirit. sandra hughes has those stories and more in this look at entertainment. >> reporter: hollywood celebrates low-budget, big spirit independent films announcing its nomination. the two most nominated. >> build a tornado shelter in my backyard. >> the dark drama take shelter where a man keeps dreaming about an impending storm in the black and white silent comedy, the artist. to even be considered a film must cost less than $20 million to make. the winners will be announced

on february 25th, the day before oscar's big night. more nominations at the staples center in los angeles. these for the best in music. l. l. cool j. hosts a grasmy nomination concert. lady gaga will strut her stuff on stage. katy perry will be a presenter. you can see it at 10:00 p.m. eastern on cbs. ♪ >> it was her seminal album back to black that propelled amy wine house to fame. the coca do the dress has been sold at auction. it will be on display at a fashion museum in chile. proceeds go to a foundation created by the singer's family. >> kindly refeign from raucous laughter and celebratory gunfire. >> he's a star on the small screen and now jim parsons is hoping for success on stage performing on broadway. this is the two-time emmy winner's second visit.

he'll keep it funny with the pulitzer prize winning comedy harvey. that's your eye on entertainment. cbs news, hollywood. good morning and thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mike hydeck. is it wednesday? >> wednesday. >> we're almost there. here's monika samtani with traffic momentarily. good morning, howard bernstein. how are you? >> i'm good. i got my heavy jacket, my gloves. >> are we going to need all of that today? >> it is a lot colder. it was 66 yesterday morning. >> not that bad. >> wind chills in the 30s. if you're waiting outside at the bus, 5, 10, 15 minutes, i would take it. >> who knew. >> you need to be prepared. >> i don't like to have cold ears or cold hands. let's move on and talk about today with our day planner. we're looking at sunshine in spite of the chill. mike hydeck apparently has better resolve or something. 49 degrees