abuse charges involving children and 10 alleged victims in the case so far. as manuel gallegus tells us, today's hearing will determine if there is enough evidence to move the case forward. >> jerry sandusky will face his accusers for the first time at a preliminary hearing. as many as 10 men who accuse sandusky of sexually abusing them when they were children will testify against him. sandusky's lawyer says his client is dreading the hearing. >> he's going to have to sit in a courtroom with a couple of hundred people, i understand it will be filled to capacity including members of his family and friends who will listen to some of these young men say horrific things occurred between them and jerry. >> mike mcqueary is scheduled to testify for the prosecution. he's the former penn state assistant coach who told a grand jury he saw sandusky in a locker room shower at the university having sex with a young boy. but an article in the

harrisburg patriot news suggests mcqueary may have changed his story right after the incident allegedly happened in 2002. the paper reports back then, mcqueary told a family friend he only saw the boy and sandusky in a shower but did not witness a sexual assault. sandusky's lawyer said he's ready to question mcqueary if he's called as a witness. he would not say if sandusky will testify. >> a lawyer for one of the alleged victims referred to as victim one in the grand jury report says there's no doubt his client is telling the truth. >> he's un equivocal in knowing what happened to him, suffering the unspeakable crimes committed against him. >> sandusky is charged with more than 50 counts of sex abuse against children. manuel gallegus, cbs news, bellefonte, pennsylvania. the hearing could extend into tomorrow, depending on the testimony. cameras will not be allowed into the courtroom but reporters will be allowed to

electronically transmit information about what's going on in real time. a shooting suspect is dead after police involve shooting in northeast d.c. just before 7:00 last night, police got 911 calls about a man randomly firing a gun in the 5300 block of plate terrace. they ordered the man to drop his weapon. he refused then as many as four officers opened fire. the suspect was taken to the hospital. that's where he later died. investigators believe he was high on pcp at the time of the shooting. a husband, a father and iraq war veteran and a die hard pittsburgh steelers fan is how family friends remembered officer deriek crouse. hundreds gathered on the virginia tech campus in blacksburg for officer crouse's funeral. he was making a traffic stop last thursday when police say 22-year-old ross ashley walked up to his cruiser and shot him to death. ashley then killed himself. crouse is served by his wife,

five biological children and two stepchildren. as the nearly nine-long year war comes to an end, nouri al-maliki paid to a visit to washington, paying tribute to the american military lives loose lost during the war. >> reporter: president obama and iraqi prime minister nouri al-maliki stood side by side at arlington laying a wreath at the nearly 4500 military members died fighting the war in iraq. al-maliki visited washington as the u.s. prepares to withdraw all remaining fighting forces. president obama is keeping a pledge to end the almost nine- year long war by the end of this month. >> the last american soldiers will cross the border out of iraq with honor and with their heads held high. >> reporter: at a joint news conference, the president and prime minister praised the relationship between the two countries and promised

continued cooperation on security, equipping the iraqi military and fighting terrorism. but some u.s. officials are concerned neighboring iran will step up influence on iraq once american forces leave. president obama is confident that won't be a problem. >> i have absolutely no doubt that these decisions are being made based on what prime minister maliki believes is best for iraq. not based on considerations of what iran would like to see. >> on the battlefield, u.s. forces are taking part in what one military officer called the biggest logistical operation since world war ii. they're handing over control of bases, moving equipment across the board to kuwait. tara mergener for cbs news, the white house. roughly one million american troops have served in iraq since the war began. there are now about 6,000 left inside the country. the president says they'll be home by new year's day and the white house also announced it

is ready to sell more than a dozen f-16 fighter jets to iraq as that country works to build up its air force. >> u.s. special forces are currently training and arming local militias in afghanistan according to the "wall street journal." the ultimate goal of the program is to increase the number of special operations forces inside afghanistan by 2012 which would help offset the loss of u.s. troops leaving. the report finds as u.s. ambassadors throughout afghanistan said u.s. forces could remain in afghanistan, actually beyond the obama administration's 2014 deadline. so far, 5,000 people have died in serious crackdown on protestors, including 300 children. thousands more people are now detained. that's according to a new report from the u.n. high commissioner for aluminum rights. this report comes a month after the u.n. security count passed a resolution condemning the bloodshed in syria. law enforcement agencies are using unmanned predator

drone planes inside the u.s. to help solve criminal investigations. according to a "los angeles times" report, police in north dakota used a drone last summer to help locate and arrest three suspects. this was the first time u.s. citizens were arrested inside u.s. borders with help from a predator. the fbi and drug enforcement administration were also using predators for other domestic investigations. our time is 4:36. at 4:41, it appears we may come close to putting a dent in the federal deficit. >> we all send packages across the country but are they safe once they get to their destination? we'll take a look coming up at 4:49. >> we're back in two minutes with your weather first. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices...

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it is had:39. 33 degrees here in washington with some 20s, isolated upper teens throughout at the moment. clear skies early. we'll get a few more clouds as we go into the afternoon and evening hours with high temperatures around 50. a little bit of a northwest breeze at 5 to 10 miles per hour. i'll come back and we'll talk about a little warming trend and a look toward the weekend. that's in the next five minutes. let's go to monika samtani with an update on your timesaver traffic. >> thank you so much, howard. here's what it looks like on

270 southbound in clarksburg. an accident on the northbound side. a truck stop in the right lane. southbound coming in from frederick past this point and down to the point where the lanes divide. coming up, we'll take a look into virginia at 4:47. andrea, back to you. it is time for the first your money segment of the morning. jessica doyle is off but here are today's headlines. stocks dropped sharply on concerns europe's recent pack doesn't go far enough to revolve its debt crisis. moody's will review the credit rating of all european countries in the first three months of the new year. after falling more than 240 points, the dow did finish above 163 points lower. the s&p 500 fell by nearly 19. the federal government is expected to run a deficit below $1 trillion for the first time in four years. experts say it is modest progress in the face of intense debate in washington over spending. right now, the government is on pace to end the year $973

billion in the red. the numbers could change if congress extends the payroll tax cut and long-term unemployment benefits by the end of the month. a new report says real estate investors drove the housing bubble which led to record foreclosures. the report by the federal reserve bank of new york found investors who use mortgage credits to buy multiple homes helped inflate prices. more than a third of all home mortgages rendered in 2006 went to people who already owned at least one house. those buyers stand defaulted after home values began to drop. >> harsh sentences for flash mob criminals. >> the goal of a new bill proposed in one local county. we'll have more on that story plus your weather first in less than two minutes.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now.

coming up on 4:44 this tuesday morning. it is a frosty morning outside. but is it as cold as yesterday morning? >> slightly warmer. a couple degrees here and there. splitting hairs at this point. you've got a wind chill that has frost on. you're still scraping it. yeah, that will be the case once again. lots of frost lately. this morning, no exception to that. we start with the bus stop forecast. no surprise. mainly clear and frosty. big range in temperatures depending on whether or not you're north and west or by the bay. upper teens to the low 30s here over the next couple of hours. sunrise, 7:18. we're going to start seeing the numbers reverse. it is december 22nd by the way at 12:30 a.m., that is when we have the official start of winter. well, the astronomical start. meteorological start was december 1. northwest winds today 5 to 10 miles per hour. yesterday, they were pretty light most of the day.

tonight or this morning, about dead calm. 45 at noon. highs today near 50 degrees with a 4:00 p.m. temperature of 47. by 8:00, we're back in the lower 40s. we'll be in the 30s tonight. we should be gaining a few more degrees as we'll have a few more clouds tonight than this morning. 25 in gaithersburg right now. lower 20s in winchester and culpepper, tappahannock. got a report out of bowie and prince frederick. those guys tell me there is frost as well with 32 down at pax river and locally, 33 at reagan national with partly cloudy skies. winds are calm. so, we don't have a wind chill to discuss and dew point 28. barometer, slowly falling off so that's good when the pressure changes are slow, it feels better on the ole bones. look at this in the country. northern part of the country is quiet. the southwest is being hammered by rain and snow from l.a. we've got rain. snow in the mountains of los angeles. snow in the mountains of arizona, new mexico, colorado. some of the snow totals will be in the one to two foot range at

higher elevations. look at the rain continuing there. and you know, for skiers out west, this is fine. when there is a big dip in the jet stream like there is here, it rises in the east. that keeps us mild. it keeps the jet to our north and west and the storm track takes the storm up toward the great lakes. it doesn't bring it here. so, for us, we end up on the warm side of the equation. a lot of people are ok with that. if you're hoping for snow, this is not a parche that is conducive to snow around here. a chilly start with high pressure building in. northwesterly winds on the east side of the high. that high will slowly move off toward the east. here we are by tuesday, 6:00. few more high clouds moving in from all of the moisture out to the west. tonight, partly cloudy. showers get into west virginia by tomorrow morning. have a tough time crossing the mountains but we'll get some of the clouds with it tomorrow. tomorrow is the partly to mostly cloudy. rain likely staying in pennsylvania, new york state, north and west of us. this moisture, that will try to get here for thursday night.

maybe late thursday afternoon. so, until then, things are pretty quiet. looking at the next three days. today, 50s. today, back in the 30s. tomorrow, 52. thursday, mid, maybe upper 50s with some light showers possible. most of that will be gone by friday morning. a second wave friday night may bring rain and an isolated snowflake friday night. nothing to write home about. back in the mid-40s and dry for the weekend. monika is stepping in at 4:47. it is a good-looking tuesday morning. >> it is a good-looking tuesday morning. there are no problems to report. close in to the downtown area, there is a water main break on 19th between l and m. you can see the beltway is looking good. we'll zoom into the west side coming in from leesburg, route 7. 123 looks good in the tysons area. no problems on 66 from gainesville. we'll take a live look at the roosevelt bridge on the inbound side of 66. it is nice and quiet early this morning. same story in springfield.

we'll take a live look there. no problems to report as you head north on i-95 from fredericksburg all the way up the line on to 395. we'll take a quick look at duke street. the construction is still there in the left lane. it is light enough right now. you will be ok through this point and up to the 14th street bridge. coming up, we'll take a look into maryland at 4:55. andrea and mike? >> on the roadways, you see a lot of these. the holidays means delivery trucks leaving tens of millions of boxes at doorsteps around the country. >> as gary nurenberg, the packages are easy targets for thieves looking for an easy score. >> a doorstep in adams morgan. another one in the christmas spirit on 34th street. >> let's face it. it would be pretty easy for me to do some of my christmas shopping by picking up the amazon box or the one from the postal service to see what's inside. >> look at this charmer. eight seconds to grab three packages.

or this fedex guy. as soon as he leaves, enter charmer number two. >> to actually see the crime occur at your home is something else. that feeling of where i no longer feel safe. >> it happened to brenda when she ordered a moon bounce for her brand kids. >> i found out it had been delivered while i was gone to my parents. someone had taken it. they left it on my front door stoop. today, the replacement came. >> it got left here, too. >> yes. >> does that make you nervous? >> very. i also had a case for a laptop type of thing that i had ordered for one of my granddaughters, that was also taken. >> reporter: if you're using the post office -- >> if they're not feeling comfortable about having a package left, they should contact their post office and let them know that they prefer the packages not be left. and if the carrier comes to their home and they're not there, the carrier will leave a notice. >> reporter: the customer can reschedule online or by phone for a more convenient time.

she also suggests requesting, buying, delivery confirmation or signature confirmation and insuring packages. first $100 free with express mail or -- >> have your neighbor watch out for your packages. >> her packages are delivered to her back door. gary nurenberg, 9news now. >> good advice. >> d.c. police have made two arrests of thieves who follow delivery trucks on capitol hill and then grab the packages which were left. two montgomery county legislators are proposing a new law to crack down on those so- called flash mobs. this, after two cases in which a large group of young people suddenly showed up at local convenience stores and started ripping things off the shelves and walking out of the store. under this bill, if it is passed, each violator would be responsible for the whole amount stolen, not just the items eof he or she stole which could lead to much harsher

sentences. >> adults who take drugs for attention deficit disorder do not have an increased risk of heart attacks. it was feared the stimulus prescriptions could lead to heart problems. researchers found no indication after reviewing the health records of more than 440,000 adults. the results published in the journal of the american medical association are similar to a study which found no increased heart risk in children who take adhd drugs. a new study finds binge eating and depression are intertwined. boston researchers found teenage girls who reported feeling depressed were almost twice as likely to overeat. the study authors say binge eating may be a way the patients try to cope with their negative emotions. a new clue into the minds of autistic children is coming from the blink of an eye. researchers at emery university found children with autism blink more rapidly than other youngsters when watching emotional scenes play out. blinking slows down when we're paying attention. >> theistic children are far

more drawn to objects in motion. scientists say knowing what makes an impression on the autistic brain can improve therapies and blinking rates might reveal what's working and what's not. >> scientists have discovered nine new genes they believe fuel a common type of leukemia called cll. more than 14,000 americans are diagnosed with cll every year. about half the time, the blood cancer is aggressive while other patients don't have any symptoms for years. researchers say the new genes could one day help doctors identify which form of the disease the patient has and how it should be treated. our time is 4:52. before we take a break, it is time to look at the question of the morning. >> between the ages of 2 and 5, the average child does this roughly 4,000 times. is it a -- >> 400 times. -- 400,000 times. a says no. b, asks a question. or c, starts crying. >> log on to the facebook.com/wusa9 and leave

your response. i'll be glad to hear yours, mike. we'll reveal the answer during the 6:00 hour.

i think a few more clouds mixing in this afternoon then this morning. northwest wind at 5 to 10. we'll top out near 50 today.

drive home temp of 45 degrees. let's talk about the drive in though. here's monika with more. >> thanks, howard. we'll take a live look at the beltway at connecticut avenue. all overnight construction here has been cleared. you're good to go both directions. coming up in my next report, we'll take a closer look into maryland at 5:01. thank you, monika. work zone mobile speed cameras have raised $16 million in the state of maryland this year. aaa mid-atlantic has released the official tally of citations handed out by the cameras on maryland's highways and interstates. overall, mobile speed cameras issue more than 399,600 tickets. at $40 a pop, that's right around $16 million. all of the mobile cameras are located in construction zones or on interstates or highways. anyone caught going 12 miles per hour over the limit gets a ticket. well, get set to pay more money for tolls if you use the dulles greenway or toll road.

the tolls on both roads are going up which means if you travel from the toll road interchange to the beltway to the end of the greenway, that's an extra 55 cents for a one way trip. $1.10 for a round trip. they have the right to raise tolls every year between 2020. more increases are expected on the dulles toll road as well. lindsay lohan is baring it all. >> shock. >> furnishings from michael jackson's home are going on the auction block. troubled actress lindsay lohan admits she was just too stubborn to listen to her advisors when they told her to get her life back on track. she talks about her infamous behavior in "playboy" magazine where she also poses nude. the pictures from the january/february issue were leaked last week causing playboy to have to rush the magazine on to newsstands. >> the furnishings from the mansion where michael jackson lived are going on the auction block. from an armoire where he wrote on the mirror to a note on the

kitchen chalkboard to one of the kids, jackson fans were given a first look at a gathering sown. michael jackson's deathbed was supposed to be part of the auction but his mother katherine ask that the item be removed. fans decorated the area. the bed was in the so- called medicine room where he received his propofol treatments. the bed where he slept are for sale. the auction takes place at julian's auction house in beverly hills this saturday. and we bought a zoo had its world premiere in new york last night. the story is about a single dad who buys a zoo and finds a fresh start and a new gal. >> i could relate to the character in a much deeper way or maybe the material resonated with me in a much deeper way just because of my life circumstances and being a dad and being married. >> it is full of a lot of love. >> the movie opens in theatres

december 23rd. that's your eye on entertainment, sandra hughes, cbs news, hollywood. the girl we loved in parent trap just kind of messed up, right? good morning, thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> all about good parenting is what i think. here's monika samtani. a great parent. we love her. another fine parent, howard bernstein. good morning my friend. >> sometimes saying no is all it takes to be a good parent. that's my tidbit of the morning. >> knowing when to say yes. >> it is like today, if my son did not want to wear his jacket, no, you must wear a coat. >> take that! >> temperatures are down in the 20s in most areas. sunshine, some clouds, i think a couple more this afternoon than this morning. with a noontime temp of 45 and a high around 50 degrees. 5:00 p.m. temperature will be back in the mid-40s. right now, 32 in town. but a lot colder in the suburbs because the clouds we had yesterday afternoon which gave us near of anr