hello and thank you for joining us. i'm j.c. hayward. a key witness in the penn state sex abuse scandal took the stand today at a preliminary hearing for two school officials. mike mcqueary told the court he

saw jerry sandusky sexually abuse a young boy in a penn state shower. manuel gallegus has the latest now from the courthouse in harrisburg, pennsylvania. >> reporter: mike mcqueary arrived to the courthouse to deliver damning testimony in the penn state scandal. the assistant coach told the court he saw jerry sandusky in what he called severely sexual acts in a shower. mcqueary said the boy was up against the wall facing the wall and jerry was directly behind him in a very, very, very close position. jerry's hands wrapped around his waist or midsection. mcqueary testified that he didn't realize at first what he was seeing. that it did feel shocking but he didn't stop it. the next day mcqueary told head coach joe paterno about the incident and made it clear what he saw was extremely sexual but

didn't use the terms sodomy or sexual assault. he told mcqueary sorry you had to see that and you've done the right thing, i know it's tough. mcqueary testified he later told penn state athletic director tim curley and senior vice president garyishments about the sexual en-- gary schultz about the sexual encounter he witnessed. curley and schultz are charged with perjury and face up to seven years in prison if convicted. manuel gallegus, cbs news, harrisburg, pennsylvania. >> sandusky will likely spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted. curley was placed on leave and schultz returned to retirement. our scott broom is in harrisburg, apartment for today's proceedings and -- pennsylvania for today's proceedings and he'll have the latest at 9news now at 5:00 p.m. the court-martial began today for army private bradley

manning. manning is accused of engineering the massive wikileaks release of classified documents. his court-martial is being held in fort meade, maryland. this morning the defense asked the military judge hearing the case to remove himself because military judge lieutenant almonzo also is a prosecuting attorney in the federal case against wikileaks. manning is accused of -- manning is accused of downloading classified documents on iraq and then handing them over to the website. he could face life in prison if convicted. authorities on the eastern shore of virginia are investigating how five people died in a trailer. sheriffs were called to a road in the county yesterday evening for a report of an attempted suicide. when deputies arrived, they found the five bodies. police are now trying to identify the victims. the bodies are at a medical examiner's office in norfolk.

a baby jesus figure that had been stolen from a fredericksburg park has now been found. and charges are pending against one suspect. the baby jesus figure was stolen from the central park shopping center tuesday night. police say the prime suspect is a 25-year-old spotsylvania county woman. they say she had uploaded a picture of the stolen figure on the facebook page. a citizen turned it over to police. big brother will soon be watching over high school students in fairfax county. late last night, the county school board approved the jus of indoor sur -- the use of indoor surveillance cameras in high schools. the vote was 8-4. in order to get the cameras high school principals must show community support. cameras can go in cafeterias, hallways and other gathering places. they cannot go in locker rooms, bathrooms or classrooms. cameras will not be mandated in

every schools. the cameras will cost $880,000 to install. lawmakers are close to a deal on one major piece of business but still struggling with another. leading lawmakers say they are about to close a deal on $1 trillion bill that funds the government for another year. the lawmakers do not pass the -- if lawmaker don't pass the full plan or another extension by friday night, most agencies would shut down leaving tens of thousands of government workers sitting at home without pay just before the holidays. both sides are determines to avoid that. >> this will mark for the second year in a row, that we will spend less money on the operation of our government. >> this is a lifeline to many struggling families. and it is a way to insert into our economy the spending power of 160 million families buying goods and services. >> while lawmakers have reached a compromise that will keep the

government running, they are still divided over another key piece of business. extending a popular tax cut. government workers and the rest of america can only sit on the sidelines and wait for congress to make their next move. surae chinn reports some say lawmakers are playing with their futures. >> they need to act right. they need to act on our behalf. >> reporter: eric works in the private sector, bill wilson a government employee. >> it's kinds of frustrating you know. we should be really able to get together and work a lot better together. >> reporter: both frustrated along with the rest of america waiting on congress all this time for only a temporary funding measure to get us through next september. >> i think it's a good thing that they finally come together. >> reporter: a deal to save 600,000 federal workers from a furlough tonight is one thing. but lawmakers still have to compromise on a payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits extension. with no deal eric can't stand

the prospect of his taxes gone up by as much as $1,000 next year. >> that is absurd. we cannot afford to have families who are already struggling continue to struggle. >> reporter: a compromise may be in the works but the damage is already done. the wrangling back and forth for months, threats of a government shutdown. it is no wonder why congress' approval rating is at an all time low. >> they're kind of cut off from the real world. >> until they learn to run private businesses, they have no business sitting inside jawing at each other and putting us at risk. >> reporter: on capitol hill. surae chinn, 9news now. >> congress has another important job that affects local workers. it involves metro transit benefits. without action, federal workers' benefits could go from $230 a month to $125 a month. metro says congress must act by wednesday. that's the deadline for employers to make changes to their workers' benefits.

if there's no action, it would take at least a month before any new changes could be made. still to come when the news continues, see how the d. c. metro area uso is making holiday wishes come true. for more than a thousand youngsters whose parents protect our freedom. public and presidential -- republican and presidential hopefuls try to stop newt. i'm susan mcginnis in washington. the latest coming up.

d. c. mayor vincent gray wants to federal government to pick up the tab for the city's costs related to the occupy protests. the two encampments on mcfearson square and freedom plaza have cost the city more than $1.5 million since october. the district is routinely reimburses for costs incurred by protests, marchs and rallies. republican presidential candidates jump into the final weekend of campaigning before the holidays of last night they -- 408 days. last night -- holidays.

last night they faced off in their final debate before the iowa caucuses, susan mcginnis has more. >> i believe i can debate barack obama and i think in serve three hour debates, barack obama would not have a leg to stands on. >> reporter: the gop front runner spent much of last night's debate plugging the conservative record and sending off a -- fending off attacks from his rivals. >> we can't have as our nominee from the republican forte someone who continues the stand for fannie mae and freddie mac. they need to be shut down. >> reporter: michele bachmann accused gingrich of being a washington lobbyist for accepting more than $1.5 million from freddie mac. >> what she just said is factually not true. i never lobbied under any circumstance. >> reporter: gingrich now leads the polls in iowa but the support has dropped in recent days. leaving him in a tight race with mitt romney and ron paul. >> anybody up here could

probably beat obama. >> reporter: romney cooperate the attacks -- kept the attacks focused on president obama last night. >> the proof is in his record. it's terrible. >> reporter: he steered clear of targets gingrich despite calling him zany earlier in the week. >> i'm very concerned about not appearing to be sayny. >> reporter: in of the candidates will -- many of the candidates will continue in iowa today trying to round up last-minute votes before the state's caucuses next month. susan mcginnis for cbs news, washington. according to politico, mitt romney got an endorsement from south carolina governor nicky hailey today. she's a rising star in the gop and the republican hopefuls have been vying for her support. olga breese is in for howard today. her forecast is next. that's right not much sunshine left. the cloud cover has taken over and that means our temperatures are cool behind the front and will stay that way with a little bit of a breeze. 3:00 hour features temperatures still in the 40s and things are going to be even chillier as we

head into the overnight. i'll have your full seven day forecast when 9news now continues.

a local company teamed up with toys for tots to collect gifts for children for the holiday but there is a problem because avery hess real estate says in order to get the word

out, they sent 4700 mailers. but the post office never delivered the flyers. so instead of having 300 toys like they had last year, they only have 35. >> if i would have known that the post office wouldn't deliver our mailing, i probably would have taken the $2,000 that we spent on it and just bought toys for the kids. >> post office says that it mailed the packets and it will not reimburse the company. officials say if that were the case, they would have received more toys. avery hess will be open this weekend. they'll be able to take donations. thanks to the uso here in washington, more than 1,000 active military moms and dads will have something special to put under the tree for their youngsters. project elf is a unique holiday gift program because it matches the military families' wish lists to sponsors in the

community. and that way, a child gets exactly what he or she wants for christmas. the uso of metropolitan washington handed out the goodiest lastnitis at fort -- last night at fort belvoir. everyone had a good time. how cool to have this under the tree for the holidays? oh, look hat this. this is a replica from the show "batman" and it's for sale at a car dealership near san francisco. the car is totally street legal and it can be yours for just $60,000. >> that would spice up -- >> i thought it would be more than that. $60,000? snot so bad. -- not so bad. have a bat mobile in the garage. how are you doing today? >> doing well, it's a little bit on the chilly side though. >> sunny? >> for the morning. but clouds are now taking over.

so. we're going to stick with this clouds into the ramp and even -- afternoon and evening. the moisture is holding back just a little bit. i would say you're in the clear until about 3:00 this afternoon then we will see some showers in towards the late night hours. day planner for today, well, we started out mild at midnight. those temperatures long gone. now that the front has moved on through. right now most of us are sitting in the 40s and we should top out in the region, maybe around 50 degrees is the projected high but some of the areas will stay in the upper 40s into the 2:00 and 3:00 hour then things really start to plummet. by 5:00 p.m. down to 46 degrees at reagan national airport. complete cloud cover by that point. the sun will be long gone and moisture moving on through about 6:00 or 7:00 that could impact our southern zones on the late evening commute but notice the winds have shifted behind that front. more northwesterly winds this hour, westerly winds later on in the afternoon and that's definitely going to keep things in the clear -- in the cool for

us. down into the 40s late night tonight so if you have those friday evening plans to get out and about, you may be do some socializing or even some shopping, have the jacket et with you for ins -- jacket with you for insulation. satellite and radar, the jet stream dipped down to the south. that's pulling in some gulf moisture up along the front which is going to stall just south of our metro area. it's going to pull some moisture in mainly for west virginia and for virginia but there's a possibility late in the day that some of that could touch the beltway and even on up to the district of columbia. take the umbrella. we can salt see it by looking at the dew point temperatures. the green down below is the moisture that's moved on and the drier air is now in place and it's going to stick with us through much of the weekend. here's the forecast so far and how we look. right now we're sitting into the 40s in and around the region. the cool 30s off to the west. we will continue to see some cool temperatures in forwards the afternoon with our humidity

levels very reasonable. dew points very dry but the winds are going to stick with us throughout the weekend. here's how we look for the national picture. much of the nation is very, very cool and that's going to continue for both saturday and sunday. i'm more concerned when we start to tap into some more moisture come sunday night. here's the futurecast forecast model and how it breaks down. from the 12:00 hour, not bad. cloud cover. little bit of moisture creeps on through later on today but into the afternoon, we're going to start to see things start to improve for us overnight tonight with some partial clearing and then into tomorrow we have a lot of cloud cover moving on through. and even with sunday as temperatures dip down toward the freezing mark, we have the opportunity for some snow flurries early on sunday morning. and in toward monday. lows tonight, right around that freezing mark. tomorrow's highs only into the middle range 40s and that's where we're going to stay throughout much of the weekend. here's the next three days and what they look like. 50 today for the high. only 40s for saturday and sunday and the seven day forecast, well, it features

some cold nights ahead. near 30 degrees by early monday morning. 9news now continues after a short break. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to innovate... putting momentum behind our economy. and we can reduce the deficit... with more than thirty billion dollars paid by america's wireless companies. it's simple -- more spectrum means more freedom.

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if you want to get in shape over the holidays go to my website. jchayward.com. lots of information but today, i have chef ann marie who was here with me. she is from the legendary wag shall in upper northwest washington. one-on-one with chef ann marie and she just told me that waxhall's has been in business since 1925 and they really know what they're doing and if you want to have a fabulous meal for the holiday and you don't want to get in the kitchen and do all that work. go to waxhall's. they have everything for you.

what did you bring chef? >> today we have a simple dish. what we're finding is that people like to take things to go. it's a shrimp and crab casserole, basically a one dish like casserole dish. >> okay. >> and it's basically consisting of protein, stanch so we have some rice -- starch so we have some rice. >> rice? that's cooked rice. >> cooked rice. >> okay. >> some mayonnaise. >> some mayonnaise. >> which is not something you normally think of putting in food. but -- it works. >> yes, okay. >> some milk. >> all right. >> and the recipe you've given us and it's on the website? >> it's on the website. waxhalls.com. some almonds. >> you see i'm helping you? >> i know. chopped onions. tomato juice and red and green peppers for color. >> ooh.

okay. >> and of course colossal crab which can be purchased at waxhall's. >> look at that. >> do not break it up. >> look at that, look at that. >> and lovely crab, 2125 deveined. >> shrimp. >> of course. >> oh my gosh. >> yes. and all of this can be mixed thoroughly and then placed in a casserole dish. >> uh-huh. >> and topped with our cracker crumbs with butter and it comes out nice and brown. looks like this. >> oh, okay. this is so easy. >> it is. >> this is so easy. >> since it's so rich it can be eaten just with a spinach salad and a piece of bread if you need the carbs. >> that looks good. what is this? >> it's a beef lasagna. we have beef burr gunon. they just stop by after going to crate and barrel or something and pick up the items. call us ahead of time. chicken pot pie.

beef shepherd pies, of course the appetizers which we do. >> what is that one? >> it's potato lattes. >> i love them with apple sauce. >> yes. and then you can do it with -- smoked salmon also. and bleu cheese with endives. cucumber canapes. and of course, all of these can be done for a minimum of 10 people on a catering menu. we have a new catering director. >> mmm. >> his name is howard radice and we are growing and -- >> and the waxhall's all over. you're at the one in upper northwest. >> spring valley, yes. >> spring valley but look at what the sugar -- let's move down here because you know -- >> precious chef ganache is just recalling the little -- whirling pastry chefs. he did this this morning. it's a chocolate ribbon cake. >> mm m. >> you will love. we have all the cookies for the

jewish holiday hanukkah. our gingerbread mint. >> let everybody know this is all from waxhall's. visit them. you don't have to get in the kitchen. you can have a fabulous, fabulous meal that is so tasty and i'm going to have a fabulous lunch. thank you so much for coming in. have a happy holiday. >> thank you. >> come back and visit us at 5:00. >> thank you. [ captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com ]