geoff: mommy, hold me. [laughter] craig: good night, everybody. good night.

right now the heavy rain is finally north of town but flood warnings are still in effect. >> that rain turned into snow in parts of the metro. let's get over to topper slut to find out where that's going on and what it might mean for the morning ride in. top? >> we said all along the main

threat with this storm would be rain and the flood warnings have been extended until the wee hours of the morning. let's start with live doppler 9,000. notice the counties highlighted in light green, those are flood warnings and again, they're going to go until midnight, 1:00, 2:00 in the morning and it can flood after the rains have ended. the good news is the real heavy rain as you mentioned up to the north near baltimore and that is pushing away up 95 and a little bit of snow but really never really a problem here in the metro area. these are the warnings now in light green and still a watch. the watch continues until 3:00 a.m. and they actually extended the flash flood, the flood watch. look at the temperatures, 38 downtown, 37 in fredrick, you jump the divide and 27 in oakland, they had the bullseye and we talked about four to eight inches of snow, they've have had about six and a half inches of snow so here is the good news. good news for wake up weather,

temperatures in the 30s at 5:00, do not anticipate any slick spots, 30s by 7:00 and 30s by 9:00 and remember to take your coats and sunglasses and we'll come back and talk about another cold front heading our way on friday and what that means for the weekend. thank you, top. new at 11, the military now saying partial remains from at least 274 american troops are lying in a virginia landfill tonight and that is far more than the military had originally acknowledged after accusations the air force had grossly missmanaged the remains of fallen service members at its military mortuary in dover. all of this is according to the washington post. now those remains were cremated and taken to a king george county landfill between 2004- 2008 and the military says it has no plans to notify the fallen troops families. the air force has already disciplining three senior officials responsible for handling the remains of u.s. war dead. tonight a teenage girl is recovering from being stabbed

outside a local high school as she tried to breakup a fight. it happened last night outside northwood high in silver spring where fans have been watching a basketball game. police say it seems girls from kennedy high got into an argument with girls from montgomery blair. a 17 year old blair student tried to calm things down but she got stabbed. now she is boeing to be okay. police are now looking for two kennedy students, neither of whom showed up at school today. that stabbing just the latest violent crime in our area allegedly committed by young women. over the past nine months there have been several high profile murders involving women. we sent matt jablow to find out if there's something behind this apparent trend. >> she got stabbed by an unknown female. >> there was a time when a young woman assaulting another young woman was rare. >> crazy. >> that time seems to be long gone, especially around the washington area. as you just said a 17 year old female high school student was stabbed last night by another female student outside northwood high school. >> we all went outback and seen

the girls getting into it. >> the stabbing took place nine months after jana murray was murdered by britney norwood in the lulualso lemon store, three months after dominique frazer a student was allegedly stabbed to death by her female roommate and one month after courtney mccoy, a student at frostburg state was allegedly stabbed to death by another female student. >> women have more muscle. we're all working out in the gym. >> the recent female violence in the d.c. area seems to reflect a 10 year nationwide trend. according to the fbi, between 2001-2010, the total number of men arrested went down nearly 7% in the u.s. while the total number of women arrested went up more than 10%. bonnie morris is a women's studies professor at georgetown university. she believes the increasing per

of female criminals is the negative side of women taking on more traditionally male roles. >> we've channeled female aggression into healthy profitable professional roles, but where you don't have access to that level, you also have girls simply taking aggression to the streets. >> while violent crimes committed by women were up nationwide over the last 10 years, a bigger increase was seen in property crimes like burglaries committed by women, which went up more than 25%. anita? >> thank you, matt. occupy d.c. protesters occupied some d.c. streets today. demonstrators targeted some of those big street lobbying firms, so traffic on and around k a total mess, especially when you factor in the rain as well. lots of commuters got caught in the middle. they were not amused. neither were police. they arrested more than 60 people. some supporters of jack johnson say race played a role in his long prison sentence. johnson is the former prince georges county executive who got caught in the bribery scheme.

a just yesterday sentenced him to seven years behind bars and some supporters say white maryland politicians caught up in corruption cases have received much lighter sentences. for example, former governor marvin mandell 13 months and prosecutors say it's "nonsense" that race played any role in the johnson case. well, it is not against the law. it's not even against policy, but is using your personal e- mail and cell phone to conduct city, county or federal government business okay? does it make a difference if you're doing it to avoid having the information made public? those questions tonight after d.c.'s cities chief financial officer admitted in a deposition that he had used his personal e-mail regularly to avoid having his correspondence included in the freedom of information requests from the media and public. the d.c. attorney general says while it is not a crime, it is not a good policy to follow. >> and it doesn't have the effect of avoiding disclosure under freedom of information act or in litigation.

>> dorothy brazil, executive director of d.c. watch says some city staff have gone to private cell phones and personal e-mails to avoid the several federal probes the council members and the mayor. tonight former penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky is in jail on 12 new charges of child sex abuse. the latest victims to accuse the 67 year old say they met him through his second mile charity. sandusky was first charged november fifth and he acknowledged showering and horsing around with the boys but says he never sexually abused them. he now faces more than 50 counts including abuse alleged to have occurred on the penn state campus. sandusky is being held on $250,000 bail. in tonights health alert, plan b emergency contrectation not going out on the drug store shelves and a surprise move. health and human services secretary overruled the fda, a plan that would have allowed the so-called morning after pill to be sold out there over- the-counter to all women.

instead, teenagers under 17 still need a prescription to buy it. the pill can prevent pregnancy if taken within three days after unprotected sex. the move disappoints women's health advocates while conservatives are applauding it. >> we think that removing that necessary medical screening and that interaction with the medical professional is not in the interest of young women's health. >> as an obgyn and a father of a daughter i fund this decision to be, i'm really mind boggling. it makes no sense whatsoever. >> the drug is safe and effective though she's concerned younger girls may not understand how to use it and should get a doctors advice. plan b contains a higher dose of the hormone that's been widely used in regular birth control for decades. still ahead tonight, a local holiday tradition unlike any other. it's merry tuba christmas, 300 at the kennedy center. plus it was one of our nations darkest days claiming the lives

of 2400 americans. 70 years later, we remember pearl harbor. that's coming up. now here is a sneak peak at the rest of the show.

late breaking news now. out of montgomery county where emergency crews are working on the scene of an explosion.

it happened in garret park in the 4400 block of cambria avenue and that's where ken molestina joins us live. >> reporter: well still a very active scene over here, as you said let's go ahead and roll video of what it looks like just down the street where this all happened apparently. the call went out for a home on fire. when fire crews got here there was evidence there was some sort of an explosion. we're still working to get that confirmed. also we're working to get confirmed some preliminary reports that went out in dispatch suggesting there may have been some sort of a fatality involved in this, but again, definitely a fire here. there are still tons of crews, fire crews on the scene and i also saw some explosion investigators that are here on the scene but again this is the 4400 block of cambria, a very active investigation right now as well as a fire suppression effort on the part of firefighters out here. we'll stay on top of this and bring you the latest details as we get those. back to you guys. >> ken, thank you so much. today marked the 70th

anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor. veterans and their families came together at the memorial on the island of oahu in hawaii to remember those lost in 1941. 2400 americans died in that one attack, that one day. for those who were there, pearl harbor can never be forgotten. >> you couldn't see the ships because of all of the smoke. i'll tell the story until the rest of my life. >> memories are being kept alive by those storytellers but survivors at local clubs and schools are dwindling and passing away. the pearl harbor survivors association is disbanning at the end of the 70th year. there aren't enough survivors to keep it going. unexpected controversy on this pearl harbor anniversary as it was reported that the school where the president's daughters attend serves asian food for lunch today. the debate over whether that means it was unpatriotic practically took over our facebook page today and like

the rest of us, derek was left shellshocked and trying to figure this out. derek? >> well first of all anita this was not about the food. at least not exactly. it's really all about what we pay honor to. you see to some americans, asian food day at cidwell sounds like specifically the same people who spauned the pearl harbor attack held on the very same day we remember the americans who died there. it's all emotional stuff. you don't have to agree to understand it but still the absolute rage and name calling from some of you was frankly way over the top but not only that this thing degenerated into raw politics like some of you just couldn't wait to go after each other and i don't believe that comes from a place of strength folks or love of country. rather i think it stems from fear. fear that things won't improve around here no matter who wins the next election and fear that maybe we, maybe we're not who we used to be. you know, they tell us right after pearl harbor, america was united. don't you know there's a war on

people used to say? back then we knew exactly who our enemy was. now days we are not so sure but i'm willing to get it is not that lady or that fellow on facebook even if heavy forbid they pick today to dine on sushi. anita? >> think we could use some unit, thank you, derek. how hard is it to get 300 tuba players to play at exactly the same time? our gary nurenberg was among the big crowd at the kennedy center tonight to find out. >> reporter: the 38 tuba christmas concert celebrates an instrument that wasn't even invented until 1850 when they figured out how to use valve. >> sounds like a bassoon player. it has a very mellow woody sound. it's difficult to play in tune because the holes are in the wrong place than where your

fingers are. >> and from the puffing we saw it appears to entail more than just fingers. the sound fills the room. watch the crowd react to this show off. see the kid working his mouth between carols? good reason. >> i got braces at the orthodontist in great falls and i came straight here because i was so excited. >> are you going to be able to do this? >> i hope so. >> answer yes and answer to our anchor's question about unit, jack kicked in there too. >> good crowd and not just here. >> there are tuba christmases all around the world. there are about 250 of them go on all over the world.

>> 300 tubas, lots of practice. the practice part comes before the sleep in heavenly peace part. >> nice stuff. i'm thinking that one kid was bucking for free orthodontic care evidently. >> [laughter]. >> or younger sister will get it. >> [laughter]. >> what beautiful, rich sound. >> very nice. not so nice outside? >> well, the storm is departing. heavy rains gone and the snow is primarily west of the divide and all we're left with really now is the colder air, and well more like september. >> okay. >> how about that? let's start with the radar. this will show you where the changeover has occurred and just about we said it snowed since about 9:00 in hagerstown but the period of snow is always going to be short and we talked about that yesterday, how the storm is exiting very quickly, by the time the cold air got in here the moisture

left which we see quite often here in the metro area, believe me. if you spend any amount of time here, you're a snow lover. we are looking at a little bit of snow north of town up near fredrick, near smithberg, but the rainfall is really what's been so impressive. over three inches in bayden, in prince georges county, 2.5 inches joe sent in a storm report in fairfax, that's just unbelievable and we'll have full reports of the rainfall tomorrow morning on 9 news now at 4:25. all three airports broke their daily rainfall record. well, temperatures are adjusted now, 38 downtown, 36 in gathers burg, 36 in fredrick, 36 in cumberland, you have to jump the divide to find temperatures below freezing. check out the northwest winds. augusta 39 miles per hour at 9:00 at national, still gusting to 25, still gusting to 23 in leesburg, and still gusting to 22 in manassas so the kids at the bus stop tomorrow will have wind chills in the 20s and 30s, hopefully laid out hat and gloves by now. morning commute will be fine at

least weather wise, can't say much about the traffic. breezy and cold, grab a coat. you'll also need your sunglasses as well and we're looking at a cool friday and a cold weekend. in fact in some respects, perhaps the coldest air of the season coming in as we get into saturday and saturday night. overnight cloudy, breezy and colder, rain and snow ending by about 1:00. it's already ended to the west of town. low temperatures 30-35 and winds still northwest at 10-20 and kind of gusting. now for your thursday morning partly cloudy and breezy and cold and you need the coat and sunglasses, 30s and 40s. winds still west northwest at 10-15 in the morning. the good news in the afternoon winds will become light and it will still be chilly. partly cloudy and high temperatures around 45 and light winds will feel a little more comfortable than that biting northwest wind. so temperatures pretty uniform too. we're looking at temperatures around 44 in gathersburg, maybe 45 in rockville, 45 or 46 downtown, and down to the south, maybe 46 in arlington and mid 40s, sterling maybe 44

in leesburg and 44 in middleburg, and manassas. as we get into thursday morning, snow showers will continue west of the divide in the morning. temperatures only around 30 for a high and everybody else partly cloudy pretty much the whole day. 38 in cumberland, low 40s in hagerstown and winchester, 46 in culpeper is one of the warmer readings, 44 in manassas and leesburg. downtown, mid 40s, mid 40s into southern maryland, mid 40s up through gathersburg, 46 in ann and the winds will stay above small craft advisory criteria all day thursday. there is a small craft advisory for the bay until 6:00 p.m. on thursday. we'll break it down, 30s to start just kind of cold and 40- 45 by noon, partly cloudy and then 41-46 under partly cloudy skies by 5:00 and grab the coats and the sunglasses. let's talk about the next three days. friday clouds come in and another frontal system approaches but it's not a strong storm. temperatures near 50 and then

for the army/never it game colder, temperatures only about 41. next seven days, little better on sunday for the red skin game, temperatures in the upper 40s and then we're okay. temperatures around 50 as we get into monday, tuesday, and wednesday of next week and we're hanging a few clouds off here and there but notice there's not a drop or a flake on the seven day. >> festive. i like it. >> thanks. well you know it had to happen sooner or later. >> sooner or later. dale hunter was brought into turn this team around and its been a slow go. the caps finally beat ottawa last week and to give dale hunter his first win, could they give it number two tonight. plus, hear what they have

the capitols have just one since dale hunter took over as head coach. it was in overtime victory

against ottawa. tonight, they had a chance to repeat. dale hunter looking to wrap up this road trip on a high note. we pick it up for the second period, tied at two when alex comes through. that's his ninth goal of the season and caps up by one with tony brower wants in on the action, just 15 seconds later being he scores and the caps up 4-2 and then the final seconds, john carlton with a long shot to the empty net to seal the deal, caps beat the senators 5- 2 and hands hunter his second win. >> saturday marks the 112th army/never it game, the first time being held in d.c., the night before tune into wusa for a special we call for those who serve countdown to the grid iron battle and that's friday december 9th at 9:00 on wusa. >> with the drama of failed drug tests behind them, the redskins got back to work today but before they hit the practice field, suspended teammates fred davis and trent williams took some time to apologize to the team.

make shanahan said he's obviously disappointed but pulling for both guys to learn from this and when asked about their future, shanahan said the guys will have to prove themselves worthy, time will tell. some of the players say they accept the apology despite feeling let down by their teammates. >> just to hear from those guys, you know address the team obviously is a good sign. they want to be here. they want us to kind of understand but at the same type, like i said it's different. >> it's disappointing he said. the terps back home facing mount st. mary's and the 15 point lead and terps down in the fourth but the next possession, stogland hits the jumper again to increase the lead and terps survive the upset beating mount st. maries 77-74. >> look at this guy, gary williams taking in some gw loyola basketball, trying to keep gw in it with one of four dunks on the night finishing

with 19 but dillon wasn't having it with this three. he had 26 points and gw falls to loyola, 65-55. >> finally tonight remember those old school bikes the big wheel in the back, big wheel in the front, little wheel in the backment stupid ones, easy to ride but not so easy to dismount. take another look. >> not graceful. >> personally, i think that's what he intended to do. that may be the only way to actually get off of it. >> must

let's get you back to that late breaking news out of montgomery county. crews working the scene of an explosion. ken has an update. >> reporter: derek just a little bit ago i got off the phone with montgomery county fire assistant chief. we do want to clarify a couple things. a lot of things have been said at dispatch.