out a satanist. >> plus, we are checking out your weekend forecast. including a warmup on the way. >> but first tonight, another local councilman raided by the feds. this time it's harry thomas and the hot water he's in just started boiling. this is 9news now. >> the decade long history of corruption allegations in d.c.  government just added a brand- new chapter today as irs and fbi agents raided the home of dc councilman, harry thomas jr. >> thomas is one of three city leaders including the mayor who are the subject of criminal or ethics violations. today's raid lasted for more than nine hours. gary no, on what agents were looking for and what they took. gary. >> reporter: remember, that d.c.'s attorney general sued thomas earlier this year, claiming he diverted for personal use from the thomas charity that runs sports programs for the city's kids.

the ag then alerted the feds and today's raid is solid evidence they are taking this seriously. the raid began at 8:30 this morning and lasted until after dark. telling reporter delia goncalves. >> thomas' charity spent money at hooters and paid for personal items for councilman thomas. investigators seized a motorcycle and suv from thomas today as a whistle blower critic looked on. >> clearly they have solid evidence or this would not be happening. >> the scene as investigators carried boxes of presumed evidence from the thomas home is reminiscent of a home on then, prince georges county executive, zach johnson, who was indicted on corruption charges two months later. investigators are also examining claims by sulaimon brown that he was paid off by the campaign of a eventual

winner, vincent gray. d.c. council chairman bought with city funds two fancy suv unrelated, the office of campaign finance referred to federal prosecutors, allegations of violation by brown's campaign. today, gray issued a statement supporting the investigation of harry thomas and brown called a special session to talk about what to do, but then canceled it when most council members didn't show up. >> what i want to do is reschedule this until monday so we can have every single member around. >> but brown said that meeting will not be open to the public. >> so they'll try again after the weekend. it's important to say in the past, thomas denied any criminal wrong doing and agreed to give the city some money back, but the impact of that agreement on federal law enforcement officers looking for criminal activity is likely to be negligent.

>> officer walker arrived to a home in silver spring this afternoon after a mother found her child not breathing. walker was the first to get there and when he realized the 19 month old had no pulse, he immediately began cpr. >> trying to kick in what they taught me in the academy. i started cpr, and after about two cycles of cpr, then i actually got a pulse from her and she started gasping for breath on her own. >> that little girl started breathing again on her own. as a father of three himself, officer walker is just happy to hear that she is recovering tonight in the hospital. imagine, you go in to talk to your therapist and you walk out brainwashed. that's what one woman is claiming a st. louis therapist did to her. it's what she was convinced to believe that has folks outraged. ken is live now to explain the details. ken, what's going on? >> that woman went into the

castle wood treatment center. she thought she was going to be treated for anorexia. she was led to believe she had multiple personalities and taken part in se tannic rituals. >> things that were deviant. >> julie isn't the woman suing the therapist, but she is familiar with what the plaintiff is alleging. she claims her therapist brainwashed her. o'conner says it's a pattern she experienced as a patient. >> i got to a point where i thought, there is no way all these people have been involved in in satanic cults. >> >> he used hypnosis to falsely believe she had been raped multiple times, as many as 20 personalities and a member of a satanic cult. >> therapist said that she had

engaged in a satanic ritual where the baby was sacrificed and the flesh was passed out for all the members of the cult to eat. >> according to a published report, he denies he uses hypnosis and never discussed satanic cults. six other women he has been speaking to with similar stories. he expects more lawsuits to come. it's important to know, is this a civil lawsuit, not a criminal action and no criminal charges are involved in this case. what a story. tonight, a rockville man is being used as a bargaining chip in the war on terror. al-qaeda now says it is holding 70-year-old warren weinstein who was kidnapped in pakistan nearly four months ago. it's been 112 days of captivity, but it wasn't until today the world finally learned who has him and what they want. al-qaeda revealed a terror group's role in the weinstein

kidnapping. demanding an end to drone strikes and the release of all al-qaeda and taliban prisoners worldwide. the u.s. state department is keeping its reaction muted today. >> u.s. officials including the fbi are assisting with the pakistani led investigation and it is a pakistani led investigation. and we're trying to cooperate them in any way we can. >> weinstein is a veteran nongovernment development worker who was snatched by gunmen in pakistan august 13, just two days before he was supposed to come home. terror experts believe weinstein was kidnapped by another group and traded for money. we should know the future of herman cain's presidential campaign. he's going to make an announcement in atlanta, but won't reveal whether he plans to drop out of the race, only that he is quote, reassessing things. all this after a woman came forward claiming she had a 13 year extramarital affair with

cain. he denies it, but acknowledges the two were friends and he gave her money for financial hardships and expenses. cain says he never told his wife about ginger white. now, to a story you'll see only on 9. a mother is outraged after a school forced her son to wear a weighted belt in class. tanya payne knew her son was being treated for speech problems and impulse problems, but she did not know that his teachers were making him wear this belt every day. payne says when she signed the waiver for the occupational therapist to use quote, sensory strategies, she had no idea it would mean this. >> it doesn't say anything about a miracle belt. >> as a mother, i was upset. >> 9news now could not find another school system in the whole area that used weighted equipment on kids that had not been diagnosed with autism. montgomery county schools used weighted vests, but only on

autistic children. the public schools are setting up a meeting with payne for next week. neither sleet nor rain or threat of armed robbery will stop postal workers from making their appointed rounds. one worker was robbed and locked up in the back of his own truck. d.c. police believe there are two men behind this attack. rather these are the men behind this attack. it happened at the post office in northwest. turns out, nearly a dozen times since august of 2010 armed robbers have held up d.c. area post offices, postal workers and postal trucks. investors don't know what's going on. >> we are very concerned, obviously. we are not ruling out any possibility whether it is the same group of people or whether it's individuals acting alone. two individuals acting together. >> the crooks ended up stealing packages, gift cards, and the days receipts from the truck. if you have any idea who might have done it, the postal inspection service is offering

a $50,000 reward. call 202-636-1479 and you can remain unanimous. anita. derek, in tonight's health a later, we are taking a look at a controversial way of delivering chemotherapy. it's called a hot chemo bath and is used on patients like john who was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer of the appendix. it spread to his stomach. here's how the treatment works. they cut out tumors and fill with heated chemo. it is sloshed around the abdomen for 90 minutes. >> cancer cells which aren't visible to our eyes and can't be operated on and we are trying to kill those tumor cells which could be the source of a recurrence. the rational for using heat, it has been known that heat is toxic to cancer cells. >> hot chemo baths are not new, but were shunned by many

hospitals as too invasive and risky. example of the procedure impacts so many vital organs and with the abdomen open, there's increased risk for infection. these can be effective on some colon and stomach cancers that have spread. the national unemployment rate dipped sharply last month to 8.6%. the lowest in 2 1/2 years. despite the drop, about 13 million americans still looking for work and some had just given up. that means they are no longer counted when the government adds up people who are unemployed every month. more than 300,000 americans left the labor force last month. that means they stopped looking for work. i think we should all be concerned about that. >> american economy is now created in the private sector jobs for the past 21 months in a row. >> and that includes 140,000 jobs added last month by private companies.

meanwhile, president obama is pushing congress to find a compromise that will keep the economy moving. lawmakers are trying to agree on a plan to extend a popular tax break on payroll and emergency unemployment insurance. if congress does not act by december 31, more than 150 million americans will lose about 1,000 additional dollars in their paychecks this coming year. >> tonight, new information on a deadly state fair stage collapse. >> hear the chilling emergency radio calls for help just before that tragedy struck. plus, why one teacher's lesson plan has some parents calling her a holiday grinch. anny. >> and the weekend is looking fantastic with lots of sunshine, but it will be a cold start for your saturday morning. what can you expect? here's your wakeup weekend forecast. temperatures still very cold. 8:30 to 40 degrees and lots of sunshine. a chilly saturday, but it warms

up. your full forecast coming up.

the washington, d.c. veteran's affairs medical center and wusa9 salute all who serve at home and abroad this holiday season. >> hello, my name is colonel richard and i'm serving in cobble, afghanistan. i would like to wish a happy holidays to my wife and my daughter, dianne and lexi in washington, d.c. some chilling emergency radio calls have now been released from last august's deadly stage collapse at the indiana state fair. thousands of sugar land fans were standing right in front of the stage when the state police received dire warnings thunderstorms were on the way. dispatchers are heard asking about the plight of those fans, but it was too late. moments later, there is a lone radio call of sheer panic. >> go ahead.

>> the grand stands are gone. fire control, grand stands, ems. calling a mass casualty. >> mass casualty is what we are talking about. police were aware of the bad weather, warning calls started coming in five minutes before that stage came crashing down. six people were killed. 40 others hurt. a christmas grinch or a simple mistake? parents in new york are upset after a second grade teacher told her students there was no santa clause. she spilled the beans. she said their parents have a hand in the presents. she won't say if this volunteered this disturbing information. state after state cracked down on talking on your cell phone is dangerous, but derek

says there is another far more scary menace on the road and it's much louder. >> anita, this could happen to anybody, but mostly guys fall victim to the seductive dangers of driving while playing air guitar. you think i'm joking? dwag has its own facebook page. while rocking it out in your underwear is embarrassing, doing it behind the wheel is well, let me just say this, if you see these characters on the road make tracks for the offramp. ♪ [ music ] >> just drive, honey. i know what you're asking now. how could this happen? how could a totally sick guitar

solo take over a man's mind? as most women will tell you, it is not that hard to take over and guess what? we start young. okay. and if you haven't seen your man do this, chances are you haven't played his song yet. so, since it's inevitable, here's some advice on crushing that monster solo, but doing it safely. first of all, you have to keep one hand on the wheel. don't close your eyes even on the high notes. and whatever you do, don't even think about the drum solo. anita. >> i don't know what to say. can you imagine the guy, just crazy. >> it's a guy thing. i won't go there. i don't understand that. >> how long were his hands off the wheel? crazy. great video though. how about a good weekend for holiday decorating. that's more of a chick thing. >> definitely. the guy thing would be picking the christmas tree or chopping it down. we're looking at a good weekend here. lots of sunshine. temperature wise it will be a cold start for your saturday morning and it's not going to warm up a whole lot saturday.

sunday you like the milder weather, stick around. the end of the weekend looking good. here's a look at our national picture. the satellite radar picture combined and you can see basically that texas is getting much needed rain in parts of new mexico getting snow showers. also snow will be falling in the colorado area as well. basically the middle of the country is where we are looking at some cold fronts coming through and then we'll eventually start to see some of that impacting our area slowly. it's a slow moving cold front. you can see impacting parts of the middle section of the country north of texas into parts of kansas, missouri, and in the plains. we have high pressure in the mid atlantic. we have clear skies. another cold night, but then we'll see plenty of sunshine. so, chilly saturday for your weekend starting off and milder for your sunday. great for holiday prep.

showers arriving by tuesday. slow moving cold front that we're going to see here. here's a look at your forecast overnight. clear and cold. lows will be 27 to 37 degrees. tomorrow morning mostly sunny and cold. we need a jacket. winds will be light. sunrise at 7:09. hopefully we'll be sleeping in. afternoon mostly sunny and chilly. need your sunglasses. highs around 50 degrees under light winds. for your saturday, cumberland mid 40s. winchester upper 40s. hagerstown 47. in downtown, 50 degrees annapolis 51 degrees. we also want to break down your saturday for you. a cool start, but plenty of sun and chilly by 5:00. it will be chilly. here's a look at your seven-day forecast. we're looking at a little milder conditions on sunday. 57. hey looking real good for the re skins game that is playing home in the afternoon and also monday, even a little milder. we talk about the rain arriving on tuesday and the first part of wednesday. then we really cool down

wednesday into the upper 40s. but this weekend is great. get outside if you can. >> let's talk high school sports. perfection. enter tonight's championship combined 27-0. together they won three of the last maryland 4a championships. wait until you see these highlights tonight. it was great at mnt bank stadium. there's the red army. third quarter, this is mark green. he's going to do what he does. he scored 26 touchdowns this year. tack on one more. 28-14 in the third quarter. prince orchard is rolling until the 4th quarter. shields to carl. take a chance on me. 70-yard throw and catch. we are tied. we are going to overtime. cougars go first. ty reel williams wide open spaces. it's 35-28. old mill gets a chance. armor up, quarterback, 35-34. patriots are going to go for 2.

50th season of the season. old mill comes back. 36-35. wow. what a great game in baltimore tonight. all right, we are not done yet. we're talking redskins in just a second. kristen burset. double coverage next.

welcome back to 9news now. i'm kristen. joined for our double coverage segment with brian mitchell and david. rex grossman gets another win. puts him at 4-4 this season. do you think rex deserves more credit this season for what he has done? >> people read my column today, that's the argument i made. i thought that rex and beck, what cares, what's the difference? rex outclassed john beck. it makes the offense watchable. >> obviously the four picks in the philadelphia game got him benched. did he deserve to get benched? >> he deserved to get benched. he was playing terrible. i think they could have brought him back. most teams do that. when a guy is having a terrible game, they pull him out and they put him back.

i always thought rex was better than beck. >> the experiment did not work. it was rumored that the redskins were a major player for mark sanchez. they didn't take him. they didn't trade up. they took brian aracpo. >> i think they needed a pass rusher opposite andre carter at that point. their defense needed to make something happen. i wasn't convinced that sanchez was going to be a superstar. they did seriously try to get him, talk about getting him. jay cutler was a guy on their radar screen. they gave up on donovan and that's where they are. >> david, who do you give to offense? >> either of them is very good. a tie. >> better receivers and they have better runningbacks. >> you have tie and jets. what about defense? >> the redskins aren't getting enough credit for the defense. the jets are supposed to have

great defense, but they are down this year. going with the jets. >> it was desperation. >> i will go with the jets also. i feel that he is the best cornerback in football. i think those two cornerbacks are better than the redskin cornerbacks. >> jets on that one. coaching. >> coaching, really now, i mean come on. mike shanahan, rex ryan, who won the super bowl? i think rex has done a good job over the last 2 1/2 years. jets. >> tie. i think it's a tie. one team that has a will the of expectations and not doing well. another team came in with no expectations. i give the coaches a tie. >> tie on that one. now to our predictions. i'm hoping redskins can get two in a row. jets won one on the road. i'm going redskins 21-14. >> 20-17. it will be close. >> it's going to be redskin st

going to win. >> finally i'm not by myself on the redskin choice. dave, brian, thanks so much. 9news will return right after this. [ speaking french ]

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