regulating actions. thomas if he does show up, could be a distraction. >> this after fbi and irs agent served a search warrant at thomas' home friday. it is part of their investigation into allegations the councilman converted $300,000 from a youth program to his personal use. the agents hauled off two vehicles and bags of records and personal items, including the councilman's personal cell phones. thomas agreed to repay the $300,000 but denies any wrongdoing. this week virginia tech university is going to ask a judge to waive a fine the school got because of the -- 2007 shootings. federal officials say the delay violated a federal law of timely warnings when there are safety threats on campuses. the university said it took

proper steps to notify the campus. senate democrats are offering a new proposal today to extend the tax cuts. they cannot agree how to pay for it. surprise surprise. the federal tax cut for millions of americans expires at the end of the month. with herman cain officially out of the race, the remaining presidential hopefuls are scrambling to win over his former supporters. as you know, cain dropped out of the race over the weekend following allegations of sexual harassment and accusations he had a lengthy affair. most remaining candidates plan to campaign this week. >> reporter: newt gingrich hits the airways in iowa today with his first tv ad of the campaign season. the former house speaker is trying to keep up the momentum

after two new polls show him leading in the battleground state. one shows him with 25%. most of the candidates plan to campaign in iowa this week. >> a am suspending my presidential campaign. >> cain dropped out of the race following allegations of sexual harassment and accusations he had a lengthy affair. gop contenders are hoping to take advantage of cain's departure. >> a lot of supporters have been calling our office and coming over to our side. >> if you look at every poll we keep moving up slowly. >> reporter: while newt gingrich gained support, romney is still on top in new hampshire. >> if you don't like where mitt romney is today, wait until tomorrow. it is a little bit like the weather. >> voters will hear from the

remaining candidates this saturday. after eight months of back and forth debate. state lawmakers in virginia are undecided. some analysts predict it could begin before a final plan is on the floor of the general assembly. an unmanned united states spy plane is now apparently in the hands of the iranian military. sunday iran reported its military shot down the drone and recovered it with minimal damage. tomorrow investigators from the mine safety and health administration are scheduled to issue their final report on the upper big branch mine explosion, which killed 2 men. methane gas, coal dust and

broken equipment has been blamed. the mine, operated by massey energy, at the time of the explosion is now being run by alpha natural resources. candidate george mcgoverning is alert and resting comfortably. the 89 fell and hit his head last friday. and in north carolina, evangelist billy graham is recovering after being hospitalized with pneumonia. reverend graham has been in the hospital since last wednesday. oh boy. another manic monday for redskins fans. a game many thought the skins had a chance to win was lost, all in the fourth quarter. the redskins hosted the new york jets on the opening drive. grossman pitched to roy helu. jets running back sean green responded on the following drive for one of his three touchdowns

of the day. later in the game the jets get to grossman. green scored his second touchdown from 9 yards out. the always ensures a fourth straight losing season for the kins. tight end fred davis and offensive tackle trent williams are now suspend today four games, each of them failing drug tests. the four game suspension means this is the third time in their career they have failed the drug test. both players allegedly tested positive for marijuana. the suspension is not good news for davis who is a free agent after the season. 4:36. at 4:41 recession? what recession? americans are spending at near record levels this holiday

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we are looking at fog south and east of town.

we have some rain on the way and colder temperatures as well, i'll tell you more about that in five minutes. right now monika has timesaver traffic. >> reporter: a live look at the beltway in virginia. overnight construction cleared up for the morning. it had been set one a detour. you should be good to go at this point. coming up a closer look into virginia at 4:47. andrea and mike? money segment of the morning. good morning, wall street's coming off one of its best weeks in stock market history. how do we like that? the dow gained 800 points last week. stocks did pull back friday even though the unemployment rate fell in november it a two and a half year low. the big jobless rate drop is because more than 300,000 people gave up looking for work all together and were no longer

counted as unemployed. the dow stands this morning at 12019. nasdaq up about a point. core sign subpoenaed to appear on capitol hill to discuss his role as ceo of ms global. regulators are investigating the disappearance of anest maid $1.2 billion from customer accounts. struggling homeowners getting an early christmas present. several large mortgage lenders including fannie mae and freddiemac are promising not to foreclose on delinquent borrowers through the christmas season. the economy still enjoying a

holiday shopping spree in consumer. shoppers spent nearly $6 billion online from monday through friday last week and that was another record. on cyber monday itself sales reached $1.25 billion the biggest shopping day in history. online sales tuesday and wednesday also broke a billion dollars. what seems to be the biggest draw yet again this year is free shipping. more sites are offering it. is it me or are we using the word billion a lot more than we used to? 4:42. three homeless veterans who are also loving mothers have a new place to lay their head. we'll bring you that story when 9news now returns in less

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good morning, welcome back to 9news now. monday morning 4:45 as we calculated 20 days until christmas. this is moving so fast. >> it's been so mild though. >> i know. a mild weekend, really. >> reporter: we are going to start mild. >> you know i feel pretty lucky. my two brothers in law live in denver. >> reporter: colder than some places in alaska. wednesday night there is a slight chance north and west we mix in a little bit of snowflakes there. colder air certainly by the weekend. the bigger problem is going to

say dense fog south and east of town. annapolis going up to the airport near baltimore, those are really low as well. but it is calvert and st. mary's the dense fog advisory along the eastern shore. you'll see especially east of town. quarter mile in annapolis, prince frederick dense fog there. cambridge over to salisbury, fredericksburg's okay but south, this is where you are going to run into some of those problems. so the bus stop forecast this morning it is mostly cloudy with patchy fog. especially east and southeast. as far as the day planner. 45 at 8:00. winds out of the south today. that is a mild breeze for us. by noon we are back in the mid-50s. yesterday 55 by comparison. this afternoon close to 60, a

high, clouds will thicken tonight and the showers will arrive overnight tonight for tuesday. right now mid-30s out to the west. 32 in culpepper, with the fog and 46 in eat-on and in washington this morning we are sitting in the low 40s with mostly cloudy skies. temperatures on the dew point and south and east even less. that is why we have the fog there. the milder air coming from new orleans up toward the carolinas. look at the cold. hey mike, are you concerned about your relatives there? look at that. 5 degrees in denver right now. 7 in casper. snow going on there as well from a pretty significant system coming out of new mexico. the snow in new mexico spreading to west texas and oklahoma. and all of this rain, boy they need the rain across texas with the drought conditions persisting there. we'll take the rain and bring

it up totten ten and ohio valleys. all of this is going to be working its way toward us. we'll go to 5:00 okay, overnight showers develop by tomorrow morning. look at the rains by mid day tomorrow. potentially a second wave later wednesday, wednesday night. today 61, mostly cloudy. ton 50, showers develop overnight. tomorrow 60ish with the rain. wednesday 50 though. one of the models i like a lot saying a late low wednesday, wednesday night. clearing and colder, especially by saturday. saturday's highs only in the 30s. at least we'll take today while it lasts and enjoy it. enjoy the traffic as well. things are not looking too bad for early on a monday morning.

things looking great on the beltway, there is an accident in arlington. we just got word north 34th street one lane blocked there. on the interstate looking fine. everything running at speed or above. we'll take a live look into springfield on the northbound side of 95. volumes already building here. as you head from dale city over to springfield and the beltway. let's go back over to the maps this time to the west side of town. no problems to report on the dulles toll road. inner loop that construction has been cleared up. a laugh live look into tyson's corner. in my next report we'll go into maryland. i hope you enjoyed the free ride on the inner county connector. the toll roads linking

montgomery county and prince georges county. it runs east of interstate 95 in laurel. the remake one mile of the six lane highway. still left to be completed. expected to be finish in 2014. a female military veteran. when you hear that you usually don't think homeless. but reports say there are an estimated 13,000 women in uniform with no fixed addresses. a few of those women received a helpful hand during a ribbon cutting ceremony. lindsey mathis shows us the place these women can now call home. >> reporter: this is the house jessica foreman now calls home. the iraqi war veteran found herself homeless after she left the military and completed school. >> just because you go to school for something there is not

necessarily guaranteed you would be employed. >> reporter: in the pantry there is plenty of food and it feels like a luxury to army vet mona various son. she said in the military she was raped by a fellow soldier. here she could get help with posttraumatic stress disorder. for her, this private bedroom with a large walk in closet is a great start. >> reporter: there are six bedrooms in this house and some of them still need to be filled. the ones down here in the basement are many for women with children, because there is plenty of space for them to play. >> reporter: that is good news for sandra strickland. the iraqi war vet has two kids. >> two days before christmas last year i was involved in a domestic violence situation and i fled the home with my children. >> reporter: she says it has been a long road but being here reminds her of the military she has missed. >> it is a support system.

>> reporter: this is all happening thanks to final salute, inc. founder jess booth says this is just the beginning. >> we have several other properties lined up in dc being remodeled. >> reporter: they hope next year they will be able to house 70 homeless female veterans. the organization is still in need of donations, including furniture and cookware. we have a link on our website, wusa 9.com for more information on how you can donate. a new treatment option for children with adhd may be on the horizon. researchers have identified a gene variation in certain youngsters with adhd. the gene is involved in brain signaling. doctors believe the discovery will lead to new drug treatments for hundreds of thousands of children with the gene variant. there is new research looking at the impact on 3-d tv

on children with epilepsy. doctors know visual patterns can trigger seizures in people prone to them but researchers found no link between 3-d tv and seizures. sign tests believe it is the video content, not the technology. researchers say concerns about teen sexting may be overblown. in a study of more than 1500 young internet users, 2.5% report creating or receiving sexual images via cell phone or online. only 1% of those created images which violated child pornography laws. every year americans spend roughly $9 billion to improve this. is it bad breath, physical health or hairstyle? >> if it is bad breath, we are all in trouble. log onto the wusa 9 facebook

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welcome back. 4:56, your weather first. we are talking about some fog, especially south and east of town. many visibility there one quarter mile or neck. even richmond now visibility at 1/16 of a mile. temperatures will be rising to the upper 50s by 1:00 under

mostly cloudy skies. this afternoon may even get 60, 61, showers moving in later tonight into tuesday. over for monika. long-term construction still in place on the gw parkway. left lane is blocked as crews work on the rockwall there. coming up in my next report, we'll look at area roadways at 51:01. most of us already knew this. but a study just proved this. the majority of young adults surf the internet for no reason at all. more than half of 18-29-year-olds surveyed go online for no reason. 35% of those age 30 to 49 go online for no particular reason. those 50 to 64, 27% hang out on the internet. only 12% of people over 65 say

they spent the time goofing around and doing nothing. the kennedy center honors some of the nation's greatest performers. publicity is ramping up in advance of the holiday release of war horse. sandra hughes has a look at this. gary shapiro. >> reporter: neal diamond was among the five artists honored last night at the kennedy center. actress meryl streep was also an honor re, among with chartwellist, yo-yo may. >> the film stars jeremy irvine and emily watson. >> i saw the play first. after about ten seconds, i turned to my husband and said i don't think i'm going to be

able to sit through this. >> steven spielberg brings the movie war horse to theaters christmas day. director david lynn save known for his quirky filmmakerring but he is also into tran sent dent al med -- he is also into meditation. charlie sheen's ex-wife is out on bail. police arrested brooke mueller in aspen over the weekend for assault and cocaine possession. mueller was in rehab earlier this year. she will be back in court later this month. sandra hughes, cbs news, hollywood. good morning and thank you for watching 9news now.

it is here. 2 days until christmas. >> i only have one thing left to get. i'm mike hydeck. >> you said the 5th of december. >> i could still get it today and i could be done. weatherwise, you will be able to get out and about. >> i had to change. so late in years past i had to change my stripes and i did it. we have two school closures to tell you about. these schools are close this had morning because of power outages. howard? >> we have fog south and east. calvert, st. mary's county under a follow advisory. the fog is creeping up the bay skin land a little bit. i want to start this morning talking about the issues that are out there the fog. let's go to graphics. i can't remember where my first graphic and i need the help. 42. mostly cloudy right now. mid-50s