shocked and saddened and promised to tell his bosses. mcquery said he never used words like sodomy or rape in his meetings with paterno, out of respect. there's no question in my mind that i conveyed to them that i saw jerry with a boy in the showers and there was severe sexual acts going on and it was wrong and over the line, mcquery testified. penn state athletic director, tim curly, and former university vice president, gary schultz stand accused of failing to report the incident and lying to a grand jury about what mcquery told them. quote, i got the impression there may have been some wrestling activities and sandusky may have grabbed the boy's genitals, schultz said. in secret grand jury testimony. schultz called the encounter horseplay. neither man thought a crime had been committed, both admitting he was investigated four years before for another incident in the showers with a boy.

>> if there are inconsistent statements and someone can produce them, i'm sure the witness will be confronted and he'll have to answer about them. we'll see what happens. >> the judge ruled swiftly. finding there is more than enough evidence to take these two administrators accused of not doing enough and then lying about it to trial. in harrisburg, scott broom, 9news now. >> and right now, the u.s. senate is debating a bill that would fund the government through next year and avoid the dreaded government shutdown. the house passed a trillion dollar plan earlier this afternoon and the senate leadership says senators will follow suit. with that done, lawmakers are focusing on extending that payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits. the two parties are divided and republicans insist on including language that would require approval for the keystone pipeline. right now, neither party seems ready to budge. >> 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 when it goes back to the united states senate. >> the president made clear that he opposes these kinds of extraneous issues being inserted into a tax cut bill. i think it is quite clear that an oil pipeline has nothing to do with the payroll taxes. >> congress has until december 31 to reach the deal before the tax cut expires. but senate is working on a backup plan that would extend the cuts until february and that would let congress work on a long-term deal into the new year. >> the army private accused of leaking military documents to the whistle blower website known as wikileaks faced his first court hearing today. bradley manning has been held ever since his arrest last may and he could face life behind bars if he is found guilty. >> i'm delia at ft.

mead where brad whether i manning is being tried, trying to get the military judge off the case. >> attentive, engaged, dark rimmed glasses and taking notes. bradley manning with darker hair than we are used to seeing sat between his two military and one defense attorneys, answering basic questions with a clear, yes, sir or no, sir. his attorney, said 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. the website operated by julian. manning is charged with aiding the enemy, stealing the government says, hundreds of thousands of military documents and giving them to wikileaks. after five recesses which amounted to less than two hours of court time, the military judge decided to stay on the case. >> denied, that's what a

federal judge told prosecutors today at a preliminary hearing for hernandez. they had asked if the suspected white house shooter has some more psychiatric screenings just to make sure he is fit for trial. the judge said there's no evidence he is fit. ortega is accused of shooting an assault rifle. a graduate student at george washington university has died from meningitis. they say that the person lived off campus. gw officials have contacted 35 people who may have come into contact with that student. they are advised to get checked out by a doctor. >> some good news for a change for commuters down in virginia. congress reached a dell to impose a parking cap at the mark center. the idea is to keep the traffic from getting much worse once the mark center is fully occupied. the bill also holds the pentagon responsible for studying the traffic problem and paying for any solution.

today, virginia congressman, jim moran called it a major victory for virginia and taxpayers and commuters. >> this may sound like words, but they have great import. 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. >> now that parking cap is part of a defense appropriations bill and it will go into effect just as soon as the president signs it. >> all right, now head's up about a big change this weekend on i-66. tonight 9:00, crews will close both exits from i-66 eastbound running into 495 north and three lanes on the interloop. that's for tomorrow morning and the ramp will carry the traffic from 66 east on to the inner loop. that means if you are driving from fairfax to bethesda, you'll merge from the right instead of the left.

well it's never a good sign when you hit the high for the day in the wee hours of the morning. that usually means it's gotten a lot colder during the day. top, how low is it going to go tonight? >> we have given up 20 degrees since this time yesterday. and probably we're looking at another 10 before all said and done. let's start with live doppler 9,000. sleet mixed in. mostly that is in the form of rain in southern and st. mary's county, calvert county pushing across into the bay. a little bit of activity in the mountains, most of that is rain. might see a couple wet snow flakes. in the immediate metro area, it's dry. in the 30s already in gaithersburg and frederick. 41 in leesburg. 43 in manassas and 42 at andrews. so for tonight, some rain south. mixing with sleet at times. otherwise mostly cloudy and colder. winds will become northwest at 10 to 15. and when that kicks in, the rain and sleet will be a thing of the past. we'll come back and talk about a pretty cold weekend and maybe

another chance of seeing winter precipitation. we'll talk about that with the full forecast coming up. >> thank you top. a big day out there for mitt romney, the republican presidential candidate accused of not quite being conservative enough. takes up support from a tea party favorite. that's still ahead. but first, making criminals out of child play? why the people in one texas town accused the city council of doing just that. we'll explain coming up.

fairfax county schools now can install surveillance cameras inside their buildings. the school board approved a plan allowing that late last night. there are some restrictions. schools can only put the cameras in cafeterias, hallways, and other gathering places. not in locker rooms, or classrooms. a 12-year-old charged with a crime for firing a nerf dart gun? the park city council passed a gun control ordinance that would ban firing any gun in the city limits. that means any gun from rifles to bb guns and nerf guns. anybody with violations would be charged with a fine of $500 and well, as you might imagine, the parents and the mayor do not like that one bit. >> what it does is it

criminalizes 12-year-olds who get a bb gun for their birthday and go out on their 2-acre lot and shoot at a target in the backyard. >> i'm not looking forward to getting a $500 fine for that happening. >> how could this all happen in texas? council members who support the bill say it's about public safety. the mayor hasn't signed it yet and he is sending it back to the council. he wants another vote. members say they will vote the same way. >> all right, the council seems to have good intentions. they want to keep people from getting shot. is this out of line? shouldn't someone be able to file a paint ball without getting a $500 fine, or are the council members doing their job? they want to stop all violence, even pretend violence to protect the public. weigh in at mcginty's mail bag. all right, the temperatures outside, they keep on dropping. how many blankets will you need this weekend? top has your total forecast coming up. but first, he is the most beloved and perhaps vile

politician in virginia. peggy fox sits down for a candid conversation with ken cuccinelli. that's up next.

the washington, d.c. veteran's affairs medical center salute all who serve at home and abroad this holiday season. >> merry christmas and happy holidays to granddaddy, david, morgan, tyler and madison, ryan, and henry and all of our

other family and friends in northern virginia. from the donaldson's in germany. merry christmas. >> a big endorsement today for republican presidential candidate, mitt romney. south carolina's governor and tea party favorite announced she is throwing her support behind romney. he is the best republican candidate when it comes to the economy and spending. her endorsement comes just over two weeks before the primary season. >> it may be the best well known politician in virginia, but he's not the governor. depending on which side of the political aisle you are, ken cuccinelli may invoke cheers or boos. reached national fame by taking on the obama administration and now he is causing friction in his own party. it's a story you'll only see on 9. cuccinelli sitting down with peggy fox to explain why he has done what he has done. >> when i signed up for

responsibility that the people of virginia hired me for and that was to be attorney general. >> i will not resign. >> that pit bull persona helped propel virginia attorney general, ken cuccinelli to the stage. with his beliefs, he has become a tea party darling and was a panelist in the republican presidential debate on fox news. where he was especially hard on newt gingrich. >> he has some elements of his records that are anything but conservative. >> after he filed a first lawsuit against so-called obama care, he told 9news he had no plans to run for governor. he changed his mind, causing a rift in his own party. lieutenant governor had already decided to run with backing from governor bob mcdonald. reportedly said cuccinelli is putting personal ambition before the state's needs. >> it isn't about being on opposite sides, we are working for what is best of virginia. i have my own vision for that. and i think voters are

absolutely fed up with being told who they are going to vote for. and if they want bill, they are going to choose it. >> cuccinelli surprised most, exonerated after spending 27 years in prison for rapes he did not commit. >> we have a criminal justice system run by human beings who will make mistakes, but by golly, we have to be fast in correcting errors we spot. >> he argued against the state's interest in the case and won. >> this will stand as the greatest loss i ever have in my legal career. very proud of it. yeah. >> peggy fox, 9news now. >> peggy also asked the attorney general whether or not students aught to be able to carry guns on campus. he said that aught to be up to the board of visitors. >> a judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by virginia democrats over which party will control the state senate. as of now, both sides have 20 seats and republican lieutenant governor has a tie breaker vote. democrats want him to abstain in certain senate business, but

the judge said the lawsuit is premature, because he has yet to cast any vote. democrats have flout decided if they will appeal. >> holiday light displays can rack up a bill, but one city found a way to keep the cost down and put on quite a show. pueblo, mexico installed 15 stationary lights around the tree and want to see the lights? visitors are asked to jump on and pedal a bit. takes nine straight hours of cycling it light the tree all night. the display shows just how much energy is used over the holidays. i guess folks are nice enough to jump on. it turns out to be enough power to make it work. >> a little exercise. a little pretty lights. appreciate how power is magic. it seems like magic. >> we lost 20 degrees, derek since last night. we'll lose more over the weekend. let's start with the big picture. we talk about this storm all

week, how it would go south. a little bit of rain south, mixed in with sleet from time to time. we'll zoom in and it's moving pretty fast. it will be out of here before midnight. heaviest rain, well richmond southward, and we did see some of this, see the bright banding here? the yellows and reds. it was sleet south of town earlier and that is pretty much over now. even though temperatures were in the low 40s, it was tense enough precipitation to drag down colder air, which is often the case. a lot of this activity you are seeing now is not reaching the ground. it is simply evaporating. here's a look at live doppler. see a dome around here. dry tonight, maybe a couple sprinkles. maybe a couple wet snow flakes and the rain is beginning to subside and move into the dell morva as we go through the next couple of hours. temperatures are, well they are cold. compared to yesterday they are.

41 bethesda. already 39 up in gaithersburg, 41 in reston and low 40s in springfield and also down toward fredericksburg. now here's a deal. a chilly weekend. rain, a little bit of sleet south of town. you'll need sunglasses tomorrow. a chilly saturday and sunday. and maybe some flurries on sunday. just maybe a few flurries. here's a lock at our future cast. 1:00 in the morning. most of the activity is well south of us. we'll have snow showers back in the mountains, especially across the divide. that will not change even into tomorrow morning. we will clear out quickly tomorrow morning, lots of sunshine. clouds sort of come back a little bit as we get into the afternoon. they over spread the area saturday night. clouds will roll in saturday night. there's upper air disturbance that rolls in and we could see some snow showers on sunday, maybe in the morning. certainly we'll see more snow showers west of cumberland. an inch or two toward the ski resorts. mostly cloudy, colder. rain south mixing with sleet at times. winds will become northwest at

10 to 15. tomorrow morning, returning partly cloudy, breezy and cold. fairly heavy coat. temperatures in the 30s to around 40. windchill in the 20s. by afternoon, partly cloudy and chilly. the good news, the winds will subside northwest at 10:00. a flurry on sunday. partly sunny, mid 40s. go right back up into the 50s. this is really crazy. low 50s on monday and tuesday some showers possible tuesday. we get a little bit of a break on monday and then more rain on wednesday. a break on thursday, and more rain on friday. but derek, look at those temperatures. they are in the 50s across the board. >> that looks like some christmas weather. >> for you maybe. >> all right, to the weird news where the taxidermy business. squirrels, or at least stuffed and made up versions of them.

he started stuffing them and putting clothes on them and now he has a thriving business that ships the bizarre squirrel artwork all over the world. the banjo playing squirrel. that squirrel is wearing a uniform. this one, the fiddler. we asked if he needs more business. he said, i'm stuffed. >> so are they. >> we want to hear what you think. send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag. the address, mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices...

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internet sales are also legal. the city of new york has no business attempting to curtail or forbid the guns in virginia. focus should be on the treatment of mentally impaired individuals such as the two young perpetrators at virginia tech before they can harm members of their community. you might want to remember it is illegal to sell if you think a person can't pass a background check. meantime, christine said guns in fact the problem. hate guns, only hunter, the governor, and criminals need guns. my dad had one for protection, but we didn't have access. and then we had this from thomas alexander, love me some guns, but they should not be sold to criminals or undesirables who done harm to others. another municipality have chosen to stick its nose into the compty of another state. i donned don't love or hate guns, a special alarm will go off if some crazy person tries to buy one.

sadly, that is science fiction. so in the absence of a perfect system, should we be erring on gun ownership? the e-mail address is mailbag@wusa9.com. that is our broadcast. i'll be back tonight along with lesli foster. wusa9.com is always there for you. we'll see you later. bye bye.

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