meetings. out of respect. but he was was enthat enthattic. it was wrong and over the line. penn state athletic director, tim curly, and gary schultz failed, and lying to a grand jury about what mcquery told them. quote, i got the impression there may have been wrestling activities and sandusky may have grabbed the boy's genitals. schultz called the encounter horseplay. neither man thought a crime had been committed despite both knowing they had been investigated four years before for another incident in the showers with a boy. >> the judge was able to hear the testimony, review the evidence, and come to a very quick and decisive decision here. we're not surprised by that.

>> that's pennsylvania's assistant attorney general reacting todd judge's ruling that there is more than enough evidence to move this case forward to trial. and how about joe paterno? those secret transcripts that were entered into evidence today revealed his words to the grand jury. paterno saying he was sure that what mcquery had reported to him was quote, of a sexual nature, paterno used the word, fondling when he reported to his superiors, he testified. and those superiors then failed to report that information to law enforcement. according to the charges against him here in harrisburg, pennsylvania. reporting live, scott broom, 9news now. >> disturbing graphic, we're running out of words to describe it. sky 9 was over if the mead today where demonstrators marched in support of bradley manning. the soldier from potomac, maryland, is accused of

releasing secrets to the wikileaks website. >> manning appeared before a military judge for his pretrial hearing. much of this centered around the judge himself. delia joins us live from if the ft. mead with the reason why. >> reporter: has a civilian job with the department of justice. the defense says that is the reason why he should remove himself from this case because of a perceived bias. >> attentive, engaged, dark rimmed glasses and taking notes. army first class private sat between his two military and one civilian defense attorneys. briefly answering basic questions about the proceeding with a clear, yes, sir or no, sir. his attorney says the military judge's civilian job, as a deputy chief and former prosecuting attorney with the department of justice makes him

bias. because of doj's on going investigation into wikileaks. manning is charged with aiding the enemy. stealing, the government says, hundreds and thousands of military documents and giving them to wikileaks. the 23-year-old was arrested in kuwait may of 2010. he has been held ever since. the defense attorney asking the judge, quote, why are we here a year and a half later? why is this stuff classified? why is it going to cause harm? manning's case has gotten support from thousands worldwide and a handful of those supporters rallied outside ft. mead to protest the hearing. the prosecution said there is no bias because the military's judge is in the child ease exploitation division and has no connection with wikileaks or manning. after five recesses, which amounted to less than two hours of court time, the military judge decided to stay on the case.

despite his decision to stay on the case, the defense has filed an appeal to try to prevent him from remaining on this hearing, but in the meantime, until a decision is made, the hearing will continue. they will be back in court tomorrow morning, which happens to be manning's 24th birthday. if he is found guilty, he faces a lifetime behind bars. lesli. >> delia, thank you. a horrifying discovery on virginia's eastern shore. five people were found dead in a trailer in the town. that's near the maryland line. a sheriff deputy found the bodies after responding to a call about an attempted suicide yesterday evening. and investigators say the killer is among the dead. police are trying to identify the victims. still no word on how they were killed. a relative says his sister and the father of her two children were living there with another woman. >> george washington university now confirms that a grad student has died of meningitis. the student lived off campus.

administrators say this is the first reported case of the disease involving a current student in recent memory. meningitis is a rare, but potentially fatal disease. gw says says 35 people who have come in close contact with the student are notified and are being given antibiotics. a federal judge said no to psychiatric screenings for the suspected white house shooter. oscar ortega hernandez is competent to stand trial. however the federal prosecutors asked for more extensive testing to make sure they would be able to proceed with that you are case. the judge said no, i'm not going to do it. the suspect is accused of use ing an assault rifle. attempting to assassinate the president. >> prince georges county man was sentenced to life in prison today for a triple murder in northern virginia. cook admitted he and his accomplices did stab three brothers to death back in 2008. those murders had gone unsolved

for more than two years. cook agreed to plead guilty to avoid the possibility of the death penalty. >> baby jesus is back in his manger this evening. the plastic figure was stolen from a christmas display in fredericksburg tuesday night. lindsey mastis was there as police put him back. >> officer william got to do the honors, putting jesus back in the manger. >> to save christmas. >> i certainly hope so. >> blue-eyed baby was snatched from the display at central park shopping center in fredericksburg. >> baby jesus was stolen once before back in 2005. so they filled them with concrete. he weighed about 80-pounds. would have been easier to steal one of the wise men. they don't weigh as much, even though they are much bigger. >> this was an insulting sort of crime. >> police put the word out about the disappearance and soon they got a tip. >> he had seen the photo of the baby jesus on facebook. >> that's right. the thief outed herself on

facebook. and even bragged about her crime. >> the people were talking about it knew he was stolen and they were sort of laughing about it. >> police say the suspect soon deleted that post, but it was too late. they had their evidence. and the culprit could face a grand larceny charge. >> it's a felony. >> they picked up baby jesus and he is back with joseph, mary, and the three wisemen. >> something like this lifts your spirits. >> i'm lindsey mastis, 9news now. >> the suspect is a 25-year- old woman from spotsylvania. she had help and looking for an accomplice. >> two people are arrested after they robbed a bagel shop. just before 1:00 this afternoon. it all went down on brighten dam road. that's near the howard county line. the suspects are accused of robbing the only bagel bakery a short time earlier. >> one of the most influential

and controversial writers of our time has died. he was 62 years old and he died from pneumonia. he lives right here in washington and a contributing editor of vanity fair. after finding out he had cancer, he wrote, and i quote, in whatever kind of race life may be, i have very abruptly became a finalist. he wrote in the edition of thomas payne. among the targets of his sometimes writing style, henry kissinger, and mother teresa. >> the fairfax county school board okayed the use of surveillance cameras in high schools. under the plan, cameras can be put in place in cafeterias and hallways. cameras will not be allowed in locker rooms or restaurants. the move comes after a highly publicized food fight. opponents raised concern about student privacy. maryland has come out a winner in the race to the top education initiative. nine states, including

maryland, will share $500 million in grants to improve their early childhood program. the goal of the early learning competition is to get more children under age 5 ready for kindergarten. so nice outside today. i forgot my hat, but it didn't matter. i think by the weekend, top, it may matter indeed. >> yeah, i would locate your ski cap. we're looking at chilly air. right now i want to show you live doppler 9,000. we talked about this system passing to our south and it is passing just to our south. notice this activity here. that's how bright it is. it's red and yellow. even though temperatures are 43 and 43. there's some sleet mixing in with that. it was posted on facebook and we had reports in the northern neck. even as far south as the northern neck, which is in virginia. and that area, and newland, a

little bit of sleet there. the rest of us aren't going to see anything with this system. we're looking at a little bit of light rain in the mountains. temperatures are getting colder. we were 63 this time yesterday. 45 at national. 39 up in gaithersburg. low 40s essentially in leesburg and manassas. for tonight, mostly cloudy and colder. rain to the south mixing with sleet at times. lows in the 30s. we'll come back and talk about a better chance of seeing snow flurries over the weekend in just a bit. >> former major league slugger, barry bonds is sentenced for obstructing justice, but he won't have to serve it for a while. we'll tell you why. >> and still ahead, congress caps the number of parking spots at the controversial mark center military office complex in alexandria. up next, one meal down, one more to go. and tonight, congress appears a long way from extending the payroll tax cuts. monday morning, we're going to get you hired.

at 6:35, which jobs are in high demand. >> plus, we'll break down the matchup between the redskins and giants. >> howard has the forecast. >> see you monday morning between 4:00 a 25 and 7:00.

wusa9 salute all who serve at home and abroad this holiday season. >> hi, i'm joel commander of the 425th air base here in turkey. i wanted to send a very merry christmas to my beautiful wife, amy, and our sons in virginia and also all of our friends and family. hope all is going well. see you soon. the u.s. senate now all set

to pass a trillion dollar spending plan to prevent that government shutdown. the house approves the measure funding the federal government through next year. however, lawmakers still battling over the bill to extend the payroll tax cut. the parties are divided over how to cover the cost. language that will speed up construction of a controversial oil pipeline. >> if that bill comes over to us, we will make changes to it and i will guarantee you that the keystone pipeline will be in there. >> putting this money in the pockets of the american people who need it so desperately and need to spend it on necessities who will create more jobs. >> all sounds great, right? lawmakers have until december 31 to find common ground on this. however, the senate is working on a plan to extend the tax break until february. joining us now live from new york city, washington correspondent. bob, can't americans count on

taking home that extra $1,000 a year with that tax cut? >> i have to say, derek, watching the congress in action this year, i'm just going to -- i think the smart money would bet no. congress has done nothing this year until they get their backs up against the wall, we are going to keep the government running, going through another one of these episodes of taking it right down to the wire before finally passing a stop gap measure to appropriate enough money to keep the government running at the same levels. on the payroll tax, who knows. i mean, if both sides seem to do it, but bogged down over how to do it. i would bet that they don't get it done. >> all right, let's switch gears for a moment. we watched the seven republican presidential candidates go at each other in their final debate before iowa just a night ago. our good friend, newt gingrich took some serious heat, especially from michele bachmann. >> he sure did. there were not many sparks in this one, but that was the

sharpest exchange when he sort of corrected her and she started to say, wait a minute, mister, i'm a serious candidate and i expect to be taken seriously. but basically, i think the two front runners, gingrich and romney, sorted of held their place. this is the last of the debates and now it all comes down to, you know, who can get their people to these caucuses. and who has the most organization. if it were just organization, i would have to say that i think romney would probably have the upper hand. but he is far from popular out in iowa. so you may wind up with something that i don't think anyone would have predicted in american politics a year ago and that is that newt gingrich will go into this thing as the favorite. it's a real stunner when you come right down to it. >> any sense that gingrich's popularity started to fade? there was one poll that seemed to say, he dropped a bit in the eyes of iowans.

>> well, it's hard to say. i mean, i tell you this, i'm not out in iowa, so i can't tell you what the feeling is out there today. but a lot of the people that i was talking to in washington this week, republicans, is finally and slowly settling in with them that in fact newt gingrich could wind up with a nomination. i think a lot of them are concerned about that. they are not sure he is the best candidate and the most electable candidate. what comes of this, how far this goes, no one can really say right now. because no one could have predicted we would be at this point right now. i hear a lot of concern being expressed in republican circles right now. >> we will wait and see. we look forward to seeing you on sunday. thank you so much. >> thank you very much. d.c. mayor, vincent gray, is asking the federal government to pay the costs of the occupy d.c. protests. the amount is about a half a million, or a million and a half dollars, i should say. the city doesn't have this kind of money. the district is routinely

reimbursed for the costs of posting protests, marchs, and rallies. congress might have averted a government shutdown, but part of the federal budget agreement is not sitting well with d.c. leaders. four members were arrested today for blocking traffic on capitol hill. they were protesting the rioter that bans a district from funding abortions for poor women. congress reimposed the ban last april as part of a deal to reavert the government shutdown then. >> some animals of peta took their message to the people around the sculpture garden on the mall today. the members wore only ice skates and a banner that read, bare skin? don't wear skin. they are trying to get shoppers across the area to take those animal skins off their shopping list. peta want to expose the industry. >> they want you to give up your leather shoes, too?

>> all leather. >> you can wear your slippers. >> there you go. you can slide into work. >> bare skin. i get it. >> we got it. a little bit of a shock today. 63 yesterday. in the 40s now. and i think we might see a flurry over the weekend. nothing to get worried about. >> you would love to get excited. >> i would love to get excited, but i'm not. let's start with the satellite picture. we'll zoom in and we talked about this storm all week. how it would slide to our south and it is. the cold air is marginal. we talked about this yesterday. didn't snow in places like chicago and detroit, minneapolis yesterday. there's no real cold air anywhere across the states. you'll see pockets of magenta and blue, but for the most part, this is a rainmaker. we'll zoom in a little bit. where you see the bright bands, the yellow and the reds is producing some sleet. bringing down some slightly colder air from the upper levels of the atmosphere and causing it to sleet.

we are looking at rain, even at front royal, west of i-81, you'll see some wet snow. that's about it. we'll zoom in and this, by far and away, the only thing we have to worry about toward the northern neck across the bridge. you're going to have rain. benedict south, leanardtown. even though temperatures in the low to mid 40s. some sleet, etch down to st. mary city, a little bit of sleet. what happens in the next hour? it moves out quickly. in fact, the back edge of the precipitation actually slides southward. so this storm is not going to be around very long and it's not going to affect the last 10% of us or so. 42 downtown in frederick. temperatures low 40s. a chilly weekend. rain and sleet south tonight. you'll need your sunglasses for saturday. a chilly saturday and sunday, and yes, maybe some morning flurries on sunday. here's a look at our future cast. we'll put this into motion. this is over done.

everything gets out of here by 2:00 in the morning and then that's it. a couple snow showers back in the mountains. clearing skies and clouds come back on sunday. is this an upper level disturbance that comes in on sunday. we could see some snow showers in parts of the metro area, but not a big deal. for tonight, mostly cloudy, colder, rain south. mixing with sleet at times and low temperatures in the 30s. winds will become northwest at 10 to 15 after midnight. the next seven days, we have sunshine on saturday. 45. maybe a couple flurries on sunday. best chance will be in the morning. and milder. we go back in the 50s monday through all of next week. a little bit unsettled in terms of precipitation. some rain on wednesday. a break on thursday. and some more rain on friday. so we're still looking for cold air. >> wow. >> friday, going to have a hard time landing that sled. >> need some pontoons. >> it's coming up. >> why not?

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the lungs are the most difficult organs to transplant and 20% of donor lungs are deemed usable. >> tonight's health alert, anita brikman shows us how u.s. scientists are experimenting on how to make more lungs available. >> it has been a long journey for patricia. she has been waiting six months for a lung transplant. >> i had a number of calls that they weren't viable. >> running out of options.

the former smoker turned into an experimental procedure. it allows doctors to figure out if donor lungs will work before they are transplanted into a patient. >> lungs we have concerns that we would otherwise turn down at the time of assessment at the procurement site. we have the opportunity to further test. >> a special fluid that is a blood substitute is circulated in the lungs, providing nutrients, sensors tell doctors if the organs will work. >> how the lungs are ventilating. what are the pressures. how the lungs are inflating. >> one of 90 patients taking part in the study. >> i can't believe that these lungs are in me and i can breathe like a normal person. for years i haven't. >> fewer than 2,000 lung transplants are performed in

the u.s. each year. because there aren't enough healthy donor lungs available. >> trials are also being done on this new procedure right here at the university of maryland school of medicine. >> he is arguably one of the top stories of this nfl season. coming up, two high school athletes are flagged for organizing a tribute to broncos quarterback, tim tebow. details coming up. : at the mark center in alexandria. i have good news. you don't hear that often. i'll explain in a live report coming up. [ screaming ]

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you don't hear this often. we have got some good news for commuters in northern virginia. >> indeed, congress reached a deal that just may keep the traffic from getting even worse around that mark center. >> today, congress voted to impose a parking cap on the army annex in alexandria. that's where kristin fisher is live. how does this parking cap work? >> right now, there's about 4,000 parking spots in this mark center parking garage. but now, the army is only going to be able to use half of them. 2,000 parking spots are literally going to be roped off in hopes that it will help ease

traffic. it will keep traffic if getting any worse once the mark center is fully occupied. >> this is exactly what we wanted. >> virginia congressman, jim moran, and senator warner announced a victory over the pentagon. >> it is unprecedented and it's never happened to the pentagon before. >> in addition to the parking cap, the pentagon is now responsible for studying the traffic problem and paying for the solution. >> this may just sound like words, but they have great imports. basically it means that the pentagon is responsible for building the infrastructure necessary to accommodate the 6,400 additional employees who will be moving into that building. >> it's a major victory for virginia taxpayers and commuters. >> i am very impressed. i'm very pleased. something good is being done afterall. >> the measure itself won't

improve traffic. it will keep it from getting worse. >> do you think it will help? >> i don't think so. >> in theory, it would be good because that would result in fewer cars on 395, but the bigger issue is what's going to happen to all the people who work there? how are they going to get to work? >> virginia's congressional delegation hopes they will push tell commuting, and more shuttles. if that doesn't work, the senator made this promise to defense secretary. >> i'll go pick him up in march once the building is at full occupancy and drive him to the mark center during the rush hour traffic. >> now this parking cap is part of a defense appropriations bill and it will go into effect as soon as the president signs the bill into law. peggy. >> all right, good news; thanks so much, kristen. and here's another commuter alert for drivers in northern virginia. if you take the beltway, be prepared for delays due to some major traffic pattern changes

at the i-66 interchange. the plan is to close both exits from 66 east of the beltway starting at 9:00 tonight. three lanes on north town i-495 will also be closed to prepare for a traffic shift to the new 66 eastbound fly over ramp. crews are rebuilding the entire 66, 495 interchange. that's part of the beltway hot lanes projects. and dc leaders are calling it a major milestone for the bridge project. the completion of two new freeway bridges marks the largest construction project the city's transportation department has ever tackled. the bridges will pr vied what the city calls a seemless connection across the river for residents and drivers. >> drive sober or get pulled over. that is the message from area police departments and the washington regional alcohol program otherwise known as rap. they banded together to make sure party goers do not drink or drive over the holidays. the president says drunk

driving deaths in our area are down, however, there's still a long way to go. >> an average of 38 fewer individuals are dying on d.c., maryland, and virginia's roadways via drunk driving crashes. the equivalent of a life saved every ten days. >> at that news conference, one officer said he averaged one dui arrest every other day this year. >> former major league slugger, barry bonds was sentenced today for obstructing justice in the government steroids investigation. but it's less than what prosecutors thought. >> home run king, barry bonds walked into federal court facing more than a year of prison time. but, he got none. a judge sentenced him to 30 days of house arrest and two years probation. bonds was convicted in april of giving misleading testimony to a grand jury eight years ago. it was part of an investigation into steroid use among baseball players. when asked if his trainer ever

injected him with performance enhancing drugs, bonds gave evasive answers. throughout the case, he insisted he believed he was getting flaxseed oil and arthritis cream. the jury was deadlocked over whether bonds actually lied during his testimony. >> bonds is the last of 11 implicated in the investigation of labs and its illegal distribution of steroids to professional athletes. all the others were either convicted or pleaded guilty. >> and bonds hit one high. it is out of here. >> the steroid controversy damaged bonds legacy in baseball. >> barry bonds is the babe ruth and the willie mays of his era. it becomes to bring into question the the entire era of the sport. >> cbs news, san francisco. bonds has 14 days to file

an intention to appeal his conviction and the appeals process is likely to take a year or more. the man known as the barefoot bandit pleaded guilty to about 30 burglary and theft charges linked to a two-year cross country crime spree. colton harris moore gained a movie deal after he flew a stolen plane from indiana to the bahamas, crash landed it near a man grove swamp and arrested in a hail of bullets. the charges against him include identity theft and residential burglary. two new york high school athletes were suspended for organizing tributes to tim tebow. this is cell phone video of conner and tyler carol leading about 40 students in the act of tebowing this week. that's the neil down pose made famous by the quarterback. tebow is a christian, known for kneeling in prayer on the

football field. they had no religious intentions when they organized the kneel downs this week, but the tribute posed a safety hazard by blocking others to get to class. cameras are rolling. when the actor scuffles with chinese authorities right outside the home of a blind chinese activist. but up next, the story behind the craziest kayaking video you will ever see. and don't forget, we're always on at wusa9.com. stay with us, we'll be right back.

caught on tape, embarrassing moments for a california teenager. firefighters had to rescue the 18-year-old after he spent hours trapped in a chimney. the boy's mother heard his cries for help and found the teens feet dangling from inside the chimney of his bedroom. at first, he told her he got stuck because he was cleaning the chimney. he tried to sneak back into his home after breaking curfew. other than his pride, the teen was not injured. >> now he is grounded. now these three guys from north carolina video taped themselves last month going over a 90-foot

water fall in a place called gaston. that's a park in alabama. mounted the cameras on the front of the kayak. somehow all three of them survived. however, officials at the park not happy. >> went over one at a time and were climbing out and when the police and myself got to them, we told them at that point in time that they could not be doing that and they needed to get their stuff and leave the property. >> better not be doing that. the head of the parks and recreation department said the city never gave them permission and never will. it's unlikely they will face charges. after an activist is speaking out about his rough experience visiting china. >> the star of the most recent bat man movies was pushed around by government guards when he tried to visit a blind lawyer under house arrest. the confrontation was caught on

tape by cnn. bail was pushed and chased. the lawyer is being held illegally and he should be allowed to visit. >> i find it nauseous that such a good man, a nominee for the nobel peace prize, someone who was at one time named one of times most 100 influential people in the world is being treated this way. >> for more than a year now, he first learned about it while in china filming the flowers of war about the japanese invasion in the 1930s. >> all right, from the man who plays batman to the bat mobile. a replica from the 1960s tv show, batman, now for sale at a car dealership in san francisco. check it out. completely street legal. i guess means no fire out of the tail pipe like it used to do. you know how much this car cost? $60,000. you can drive home like that. >> that could be a good topper car. >> the top mobile.

>> i like it. >> you would have to have clear skies or nothing falling from the sky. i saw an open cockpit there. we are looking at more rain to the south. in fact, we'll show you the rain showers to the south. we'll talk about colder air for the weekend and the possibility of a few flakes flying. >> but first, first lady, michelle obama donates hundreds of gifts to toys for tots and gets an unexpected invitation from a local marine. stay tuned.

the washington, d.c. veterans affairs medical center and wusa9 salute all who serve at home and abroad this holiday season. >> hi, is this claire monte barnes with the national guard giving a big shout out to my wife and my folks at the department of veterans affairs. happy holidays, love you guys. >> all right, so here's some motivation to get your holiday shopping done today. it is free shipping day and

2,000 online retailers are on board. you still have time. they'll ship your selections at no cost. the items will make it by christmas eve and to learn more, you can go to freeshippingday.com. and if you need some help to decide what toys to send, these next items might be a great fit for a little girl. we're talk all about dolls today. contain your enthusiasm, please. these are the monster high dolls. they are a twist on the typical barbie doll. they are monsters. they sell for about $16 to $20. this is the hearts for hearts doll. it features a doll from various countries. she is from india. if you buy one of these dolls, there is a donation made to world vision that helps girls in the communities in the countries where the dolls are from. so that's a nice idea. and then this is a twist on the

barbie extensions. this is barbie designer hair extensions. you attach it to a clip that you can clip in your hair and you can clip one on barbie's hair. $31. this is getting rave reviews. >> wait a minute, barbie has a weave now? >> i'm saying that barbie can have a little extra. >> you haven't heard of extensions? of course you have. >> extension is another word for weave. >> all the toys we see here over this month and november are going to be donated for toys for tots and today, first lady michelle obama delivered more than 800 toys donated by white house staff to the joint base at anacostia bowling. that's where the marine corps' toys for tots campaign will distribute the toys to military families and the first lady got an unexpected invitation from a marine. aaron says he asked mrs. obama

to accompany him to next year's ball. he says she told him she would love to go, but he of course would have to speak to her husband first. >> very cute. >> all right, actually, we have a special guest to talk about toys for tots. it is james and sergeant, thank you for joining us. now tell us a little bit about what you're missing, there are a few days left for this campaign. >> still a few days left. we are missing ages from 1 to 3. girls and boys, and ages 10 to 13 girls and boys. it has been a tough year. we have gotten a lot of toys, but still in need of toys. >> now if you go to our website, scroll down on the right. you'll see a link to go -- it takes it to your website. some areas are over with. there are plenty of places you can drop off toys for this campaign. do they have to be new toys? >> yes, they have to be new toys unwrapped and packaged.

>> let's talk about it again. 1 to 3, that's your biggest gap. and girls and boys 1 to 3 and what's the other gap? >> 10 to 13. >> in years past, you said it is a tough year. how bad is it this year? >> right now we have a lot of toys coming in on this day. but those toys are going to be gone tomorrow. for d.c., it has been really, really low. so just the ones we have will disappear tomorrow. >> this is your chance to put a smile on a little girl or boy's face. thank you for coming today. let's see if we can't get you some more toys. let's take a look at doppler radar. we have rain south of town. it is hauling out of here. a little bit of sleet in the southern maryland area and into the northern neck. even though temperatures were in the 40s. sometimes that can happen as it brings down colder air. if you're downtown tonight, nothing really to worry about. by the way, you can access this on our website, wusa9.com.

if you have an hd tuner, you have to tune to 9.3 to get live doppler 9,000. 9.3, the radar is still on the same channels in terms of your cable provider. if you get it over the air with an hd tuner, this is now 9.3. something else will go to 9.2. we have light rain into southern maryland northern neck and a little bit of sleet. although way down to find some sleet. watch what happens in the next hour. this pulls out pretty quickly. and it just maybe grazes fredericksburg again. for the most part, this system is on the way out and should be out of here by around midnight. 41 in rockville. 41 in bethesda. 20 degrees cooler than it was this time yesterday. 42 in arlington. 45 officially downtown. so, here's the deal. a chilly weekend. a nice weekend though. some rain and sleet south tonight. you'll need sunglasses for tomorrow. a chillily saturday and sunday. and maybe, just maybe some

morning flurries on sunday. not a big deal, but maybe a few flakes. all right tonight mostly cloudy, colder. mixing with sleet at times. lows in the 30 #áz. winds will become northwest at 10 to 15. right around midnight and dryer air begins to move in. when the winds shift, that's when the precipitation is going to shut off south of town. returning partly cloudy, breezy and cold. 30s to around 40 and notice the temperatures don't go up very much tomorrow. partly cloudy and chilly. good news, not breezy in the afternoon. bad news, high temperatures only around 45. a little dip below average. next seven days. there's your flurry on sunday morning. there will be mountain snow showers if you are traveling west of the divide. 44. look what happens. it goes back in the 50s. we can't keep cold air in here if our life depended upon it. we're in the 50s and some showers possible on tuesday. some rain possible on wednesday. and some more rain possible on friday. i really have to get to work and get colder air in here. >> sounds like you need to get to work now. >> yeah.

okay, we'll let you go. >> all right, it is friday. that means it's time for our high schoolsports.net feature of the week. dave owens talking wrestling and weight classes. what's up? >> wrestling and weight classes, those two words have always been the subject of wide ranging debate. in other words, who wrestles where and are they doing it safely? this season in montgomery county, rules changes are coming to address just that. are they significant? i would say so. for the better? the jury is still out. >> one, two, three. ready? >> michael is getting his georgetown prep wrestlers ready for a season that will be different than any other in a long time. the national federation of state high school associations has realigned weight classes. the 103 weight class is gone. it is moved up to 106 and ten of the other 14 classes have changed as well. >> i don't know of anybody that likes it. >> one reason according to cubic, the middle weight divisions that was reduced down

from 4 to 3 classes and that's a significant change. why? >> because it's where most high school boys weigh, somewhere around 140-pounds. >> that's forcing coaches to adjust where they normally compete some of their best wrestlers. the national federation says it has good reason for the change. >> three years of number crunching from coaches all around montgomery county. the goal, to create classes of equal size. in other words, about 7% wrestlers in each one. >> several coaches 9 sports folk said the change reflects an overall upward trend in the size of student athletes and the new regulations makes it easier for smaller wrestlers to cut weight without risking their health. >> georgetown prep senior says news of the realignment caught he and his teammates off guard. his way of coping, simple. >> i'm going wherever my team needs to go. how much i'm willing to lose. it's not like i'm running away from anyone.

some people will, but i'm not. >> the federation says this is the most significant weight class change in 23 years and while area coaches debate the pros and cons, they agree it does significantly help smaller wrestlers who won't have to drop as much weight to drop to that lower weight class. >> thank you dave. coming up on 9news at 6:00, i sit down with virginia attorney general and get his surprising thoughts on guns on campus and upcoming campaign for governor. >> and an incredible holiday light show. leaves the neighborhood houses literally in the dark. i think it use up all the electricity. >> plus, big yellow bus stops in springfield where students are making documentary and learning english in the process.

we have an international edition of cool schools this week. stopping in springfield, virginia, where students are creating their own multimedia documentaries and is helping them learn english. mike has more. >> take a trip with me to explore. >> he sounds like a narrator from a historical documentary.

>> nowadays, we know about it as ancient africa. >> high school junior connected the content, the images, and music all on his own. >> you are very dramatic. >> yeah, i'm a fan of discovery. >> but his efforts weren't for a history project, his presentation was meant to help him learn english. the english speaking for other language class at robert e. lee high school was one of the first to try the project and it is really connected with students. >> it helped me in learning english and it was fun. >> we have a lot of things. >> the native languages include arabic, vietnamese. their love of technology. >> what was it like when you had to present this? >> not really. >> perhaps something more

valuable was learned. how to study more effectively in the future. >> you can't just copy and paste. you have to make it in your words. >> i had quite a few students who completed the project that said they did a research project in english 9 and it was so easy. >> another benefit, students were concerned with perfecting the final product, they spent hours of their own time in the computer lab learning the editing software. >> africa, the outrageous warriors. >> future documentary reports will be a breeze. for some students already seem to have a natural talent for it. >> did you get an a? >> yeah. i did get an a on it. >> just checking. >> now if you have a cool school, send mike an e-mail at wusa9.com and maybe we'll see your cool school soon. this is 9news now. >> the case against penn