♪ what did we learn on the show tonight, craig? ♪ [meow] [laughter] craig: sorry, everybody. the show seems to have run very long tonight. didn't run this long in rehearsals but apparently, we have just time to show a picture of me in my elvis costume. [laughter] good night, everybody. say good night, geoff.

>> we begin with late-breaking news out of prince george's county. a gasoline tanker truck has overturned on southbound route 301 near 450 and buoy.

all lanes of 301 are shut down as of now. prince george's county fire officials say several other vehicles are also involved in the crash. >> the tanker is carrying 9,000 gallons of gas. we just learned the driver suffered minor injuries. no word yet if anybody else is hurt. we're going to bring you an update on this massive accident as soon as we know more. on to virginia now where an annual holiday tradition in leesburg is in full swing tonight, that is the annual debate over separation of church and state of religion versus freedom of speech. >> all about what holiday displays are allowed on the courthouse lawn. gary nurenberg is here to show us the latest on the controversy joining us live outside the courthouse. gary? >> reporter anita, these disputes often come down to christians versus atheists. today one deeply offended christian took matters into her own hands.

the santa claus skeleton on the cross, she decided to take it down. >> what are you doing? >> i'm taking it down. >> why? >> it's offensive. >> i just did what i needed to do. i tried to be not destroy any property and laid it there where whoever owned it could retrieve it. >> reporter: but it is their property and you have no right to take that down. >> well, you know, it was on public property and i live here in this town, and i felt that it was absolutely inappropriate to be in our courthouse, and the whole thing was hideous. so i took it down. >> are you worried about the potential of criminal vandalism charges? >> no, it hadn't really occurred to me. >> certainly, this is not close to a burning cross as i've ever seen. >> the county board monday night hearing said citizens heard enough but for different reasons. >> i am shocked that the county would allow such a thing as a

crucified santa on the courthouse lawn. >> atheist on religion. >> it's harmful in every aspect of our lives. >> reporter: the board chairman on the policy allowing nine displays, first come, first served. >> what is going on now is just absolutely out of hand and just getting absurd. >> a sheriff's deputy assigned to the courthouse made no effort to stop her from taking the display down, nor did he cite nor arrest her. he did, however, try to stop 9 news reporter peggy fox from capturing images on the courthouse grounds and forced her off the property. >> gary, thank you. there is another movement in d.c. growing in popularity and promising to make some noise. our d.c. is taking to the national mall demanding more jobs for the district's residents. ken explains how their efforts may be hindered in the public eye. >> reporter: that's because they've been lumped together with every other movement going on right now. the folks here with our d.c.

say they're separate and they're separate specifically from objection over at occupy d.c -- separate from folks over at occupy d.c. delegate kicked off the week-long demonstration on the national mall. this group, our d.c., unlike the occupy d.c. protesters, are specifically focused on bringing more jobs to d.c. residents. >> we're going to congress and we're going to capitol hill and it's called take back capitol hill. >> reporter: but those efforts may be tainted by public perception after the aggression seen on sunday. occupy d.c. protesters were arrested by police and thrown to the ground after they refused to dismantle a barn- like structure they were illegally building. it's this kind of activity our d.c. protesters don't want to be associated with. >> we're not about balance, you know. we're not about hurting anybody. >> reporter: the two movements are not one and the same according to the organizers. although they share common agendas, they have many

differences. for example, our d.c. is heavily funded by title sponsors like moveon.org and seiu to name a few. occupy d.c. isn't. >> you were seeing the people who got out of jail having reminders for yesterday's movements. >> reporter: he says he doesn't believe his camp's actions are to blame for any negative attention other groups are getting. he feels the arrests should be celebrated. >> it obstructed the town. it stopped business as usual. because of that people had to pay attention. >> reporter: back at the national mall, our d.c. has been permitted to keep their tents and stations up through friday. >> it shouldn't be so many people unemployed, underemployed and homeless. >> reporter: here's the irony in all of this. the our d.c. folks here at this site have invited the occupy d.c. protesters to participate with them tomorrow when they march up to the capitol demanding more jobs. we're live at the national

mall,ken molestina, 9 news now. will harry thomas take a hike? he may take a leave from the d.c. city council. the fbi and irs raided his home last friday. the councilman is accused of diverting to his personal use $300,000 in public money, money meant for a sports program for kids. thomas denies he did anything wrong, but just the same, he has agreed to pay back all that money. today, his council colleagues met to talk about the ongoing investigation and they instructed the council chairman to have a face-to-face with mr. thomas. >> and i look forward to having a conversation with council member thomas to discuss so he's clear on where his colleagues are and what they feel. we look forward to having the discussion shortly. >> thomas so far has not been charged with any kiln investigations. things going from bad to worse for the u.s. postal service. in an attempt to stave off bankruptcy, they announced they're going to make dramatic changes to its first class mail

service. the postmaster general wants to shut down almost half of the services big processing centers and cut 28,000 jobs. now, that would mean virtually all of those letters that used to arrive in one day will now take two days to get there, and the letters that used to take two days will now take three. >> our service commitment is causing this tremendous amount of excess capacity within our network. that's what we've got to deal with. we've got to do everything in order to save this postal service. >> all those changes are slated to take effect next march. they're on track to lose $14 billion this year as e-mail and electronic bill pay robs it of a lot of its core business. tonight a movement on capitol hill toward extending the payroll tax cut, the cut to let you take home a little more with each paycheck. it is set to disappear at the end of this month unless congress takes action. the republicans and democrats have been bickering over how to

offset the cost. do you cut spending or tax increase someplace else. leave it to some of the ladies to come up with a bipartisan plan. two say offset the cost of the tax with a 2% tax on surpass income over a million dollars a year. we'll keep you posted on whether this new proposal draws a crowd. getting caught driving drunk doesn't usually garner a lot of headlines unless you are the head of the federal aviation administration. randy bab bet is out of jail after police arrested him for a dui over the weekend. he was driving on the wrong side of the road, old lee highway, when they arrested him. he is due in court in february. the faa has placed him on leave. search teams plan to be back out on the water tomorrow morning looking for a missing employee of the washington suburban sanitary commission. chuck duckett vanished while on

the job friday. he had taken a boat on to the reservoir in montgomery county. crews have since found the boat and clothing. tests will show whether it belongs to duckett. caught on tape, a couple of crooks stealing from a busy shopper. the loudoun county sheriff's office says a woman loading items into her cart when she saw a small pickup drive by, knock the cart and the driver reached out and drive the victim's purse from that cart. investigators have released these surveillance photos of possible suspects. if you know any of these folks, call the loudoun county sheriff's office. it's just like october. almost september out here. you probably can't see this, but there are insects flying around. it's just not normal this time of the year. let's talk about the wakeup weather. grab your umbrella. going to be mild, 50s to start. 50s by 7:00 and 50s by 9:00. we will come back. let you know when the heavy rain is going to roll in and if that rain could end in snow on thursday. also still ahead, a man who says the name of accused penn

state pedophile jerry sandusky talks about his life since the sex scandal broke. the story of the wrong sandusky. that's coming up next. these shocking ads. stay with us.

imagine waking up one day to find out you had the same name as the guy now accused of committing heinous crimes. >> heinous crimes that made national news. that's exactly what happened recently to a maryland sportscaster who's spending a lot of times these days trying to distance himself from his namesake. >> the long time sports director of television in baltimore has always been proud of his name. >> i have a good name. >> first, because of his father, a former pro football player and coach. >> my dad is the interim head coach of the colts that year. >> and after that, for the past 20 years because of all that he himself has accomplished as a sports anchor and as the radio voice of the baltimore ravens. but last month when former penn state football coach jerry

sandusky was charged with sexually assaulting young boys, the popular sportscaster's feelings about his name changed dramatically. viewers probably would, too, if you shared a name with an accused pedophile. >> the story is not funny at all. so now my new introduction is jerry sandusky, jerry with a g, no relation. >> i hope this is the strangest experience of my life. if not, i've got a really rough road in front of me. >> reporter: gerry sandusky the sportscaster says in addition to getting very strange looks when he introduces himself these days, he's been deluged with e-mails and twitter messages, many of them negative. >> i hope you die a thousand deaths and come back and do it over again. >> the two sanduskys met one time in 1986 when gerry the sportscaster interviewed jerry the coach. the two men laughed about sharing the same name. the veteran sportscaster is not

really laughing about it now. >> it really has kept me late a few nights pondering, so what is the meaning of your name? >> reporter: sandusky says the nasty e-mails have slowed down a bit recently, but he's well aware that his name might always have a certain taint. he's also aware there's not much he can do about it except perhaps grin and bear it with the poise of a man accustomed to trying to win over an audience. >> i try to be as pleasant and patient as i can with the unbelievable barrage of people who really hate the sound of my name. >> reporter: matt jablow, 9 news now. >> wow. to add to all the confusion about the two sanduskys, the father of gerry sandusky, the sportscaster was named john. john played for the cleveland browns in the 50s. meanwhile the son of the accused pedophile is also named john. that john currently works for the cleveland browns. >> that is confusing. okay, talk about making a graphic point. this group called prevent

it is airing some shocking psa's in canada. we have to warn you, some of the video is extremely disturbing. they feature gruesome scenes of what can happen if you don't pay attention to workplace safety and everybody's not on board. take a look. >> i'm the soux chef here. i've got an amazing fiancee. i wouldn't be marrying this weekend, because he's been in a terrible accident. really, i should have cleaned up the grease over there and they never should have put the defrier so close. [ screaming ] >> somebody help me. >> oh, wow. okay, their goal to show people how traumatic these accidents can really be, live-changing, life ending. that was not the first time theytry to scare people like this to stay safe in canada. a few years ago they shot an ad

that contained real footage caught during a deadly car accident. the republican presidential field shrunk by one over the weekend but there are still those that believe herman cain got a raw deal from the news media. >> reporter: herman cain and every other candidate probably wishes today's news media were a lot more like the journalists back in 1960 who ignored the reports of john f. kennedy's poor health and womanizing, issues which would have certainly made him unelectable today. but the project for ethics in journalism said everything changed after water gated, not just because it whetted the appetite for scandal but made us realize that perhaps who these guys are when we're not watching them really does matter. for example, sure, you've got that 999 plan, but do you have character? do you have judgment? the allegations against cane were always a lot more than just he said, she said and his

campaign's faltering inconsistent changing response gave the charrers even more weight. now, some will argue, this stuff is private, it's none of our business. it's a distraction from the real issues. but our job in the press is to present the messy truth, or at least as much of it as we can dig your, not to try and figure out what you might or might not want to know about a candidate. in other words to borrow somebody's slogan, we report, you decide. anita? >> thank you, derrick. okay, snow in the forecast, yes? yes. we do have the s word. we'll talk about that. not any time soon for crying out loud, because it's in the 50s. but colder air is on the way. get ready. the main thing you need to know about, you need an umbrella tomorrow. let's start with the big picture. can you pick out the storm? i think you can. it's in the east, only storm on the map. you see mainly rain. with the cold front there is cold air behind this and a little bit of the rain is

turning to snow around detroit and even into northwestern sections of ohio. now, this is going to be sort of similar to what could happen here late wednesday night and on thursday. in the meantime, the front is entering pennsylvania and west virginia. believe it or not, the cold air is not going to get in here. this front won't go east of us until we get into late wednesday night and early on thursday. just a few sprinkles. everything will be light. you may have a wet commute if you're in the mountains. damp roads in the immediate metro area. nothing heavy. need an umbrella. showers but still mild. that's the silver lining for tomorrow. cooler and wetter on wednesday. and then rain to snow before ending, that is certainly possible. we'll talk more about that in just a second. overnight, mostly cloudy and mild. a sprinkle or shower possible. lows only around 50. 50 is our average high temperature. that's how topsy-turvy things are.

winds south/southwest at 10. tomorrow morning mostly cloudy and mild with showers. temps in the 50s. winds southwesterly at 10. winds say south/southwest all day. it's going to get warm. despite the clouds, hit 60 degrees tomorrow. mostly cloudy and still mild. more showers. keep the umbrella handy and the winds out of the south about 10:00. we'll break it down for you. in the morning at 7:00, mild. in the 50s, showers, nothing really sheaf. showers or light rain at noon. 57-61. by evening, light activity, upper 50s to low 60s, but another mild day which again is the real silver lining to tomorrow and the real silver lining the rest of the week. because what happens, it gets cooler. better chance for more organized rain on wednesday. an arrow here, the temps go down. 54 will probably occur in the wee hours of the morning on wednesday. temps will fall throughout the day. consequently the rain could end in snow. high temperatures only in themid-40s. rumblings of the s word, yes. you heard it. we tweeted about it.

turning colder on wednesday evening. rain to snow, frederick north and west looks likely at this point. it's a lock if you're out in hagerstown. rain to snow possible even in the metro area, yes. it's still possible. time frame 3:00 to 9:00 a.m. on thursday morning. we'll keep you posted. next seven days. after that rolls through on thursday, we're going to be kind of chilly on friday. clouds come back at us friday. a little cold front goes through. that ushers in pretty cold air over the weekend. another nice weekend, sunshine, but mid-40s on saturday and sunday and maybe we sneak into 50 on monday. >> a few days to sort it out. >> that was the day you predicted it in your long-term forecast? >> it was. i think i said the 8th. >> sometimes darts work, you know. >> karma. it could be a lot of different things. speaking of karma, the redskins must have jumped on to somebody's candy corn. >> it's a dark cloud over the

redskins park. >> change the name. >> time to change it. >> redskins waiting word on when davis and williams going to go away. but a healthy dose of compassionate redskins park. teammates in raleigh mode. more bad news for head football coach. who's leaving now and why fans are about to

>> one is by far the most productive redskins player is fred davis. the other the anchor of the offensive line, trent. losing two players of that caliber is the last sthi shanahan needed needed but they will be suspended for violating the substance abuse policy at least three times. normally that means a year-long suspension. because of the lockout it's been reduced to four games.

>> some people will make mistakes. we understand that along the way. that doesn't mean that we're going to just drop somebody because they make a mistake. >> sometimes you don't make the best decisions that we could make. that has nothing to do so much with your character as sometimes just a lapse in judgment. >> bad news there. bad news in college park. another player is leaving maryland football. junior offensive tackle r. j. duly has been granted his release. it's the second player in two weeks to leave. running back d. j. adams boltedlast week. hockey caps on the road. michael getting the start, not thomas. under siege, he gave up five goals tonight. that one by stephen. caps came back and scored the last three goals. they fall short 5-4. >> all right, here's the big news. hockey's divisions as we know it are about to change. the nhl approved realignment

which scraps all divisions and makes it solely conference format. the caps will be in a conference with these guys. carolina, new jersey, pittsburgh, islanders, rangers and phillies. top four make the playoffs. that's old school right there, those other teams right there. the other conferences will be listed on our website, wusa9.com. here's the cool thing. caps fans will see more rivalry games with the likes of pittsburgh, philly, et cetera, instead of four games with sidney crosby. six games now. players have to approve the realignment and it's expected they will. basketball, john with all fresh off his rookie of the year runner up campaign. he says 23 wins ain't enough. after today's workout at verizon center he took the mike and relayed his lofty goals to reporters about this upcoming shortened season. >> and the main thing is playing in the playoffs. it don't get no better playing in the playoffs. i went to the playoff games last year. it's exciting, seeing how different the atmosphere is in

the games and how they foul and how they take it. >> all right, one last stop in hockey. things not going well for caps new head coach dale hunter news thus far. maybe there's dissension within his rinks in his staff, maybe between him and jim son son. back to 1992, this is when they played. that's hunter giving johnson a beat down, a behind the woodshed beat down. how do you think that conversation goes? >> you think maybe there's a grudge or two? >> yeah. remember back in 1992 when