thank you for joining us. i'm j.c. hayward. time is running out for congress to find common ground on extending popular payroll tax cuts. both houses have passed bills but there are major differences. danielle nottingham reports,

calls to hammer out a deal have not been answered. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner huddled this morning with fellow republicans to plan the next step in the payroll tax stalemate. >> we're here. we're ready to go to work. we're hoping that the senate democrats will appoint negotiators to come to the table and resolve the differences. >> reporter: house republicans rejected a two-month extension of the payroll tax cuts passed in the senate and are holding out for one year deal. democrats say conservatives are calling the shots in the house. >> you have an extreme right wing element in the house of representatives that has hijacked the process. >> reporter: if congress does not act in the next ten days, the payroll tax rate will go back to its original 6.2% from the current 4.2%. that means americans making $50,000 a year will see about $20 less in their paychecks each week. two million others could lose their unemployment benefits and

medicare payments to doctors could be reduced. >> the clock is ticking. time is running out. >> the standoff is further complicated because many lawmakers have already left town for the holiday break. the senate isn't scheduled to return until january 23rd. boehner wants the president to call the senate back but president obama says senate democrats have already done their job. >> right now, the bipartisan compromise that was reached on saturday is the only viable way to prevent a tax hike on january 1st. >> reporter: the president has delayed his holiday vacation to hawaii until a deal is done. danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. >> the president says he intends to stay and work with congress to ensure that americans do not have their taxes going up. a 2-year-old girl is doing well after she was found home alone in a maryland apartment. the child was found inside an apartment on walker mill road

in capitol heights. prince george's county police checked on the child after the girl's mother called them from a hospital. the mother wanted to make sure that her daughter was ok. police found the child alone. other than being cold, hungry and in need of a new diaper, she was ok. the child's father, 24-year-old anthony vincent, has been charged with neglect. d.c. police are looking for the gunman who robbed and shot a 60-year-old man this morning. investigators say that the victim called police right after the incident. authorities rushed to the 4600 block of hillside road in southeast washington. they found the victim bleeding from a gunshot wound. his condition right now is not known. the suspect is still on the loose. metro riders are thinking about safety in the aftermath of yesterday's mishap at l'enfant plaza. metro is now inspecting all of its 5,000 series rail cars after a friction ring which is

part of the brake assembly, fell off. passengers say that they heard an explosion as two of the trains on the blue and orange line received damage. several passengers were strafnedded and some say metro failed to communicate exactly what happened for at least 30 minutes. well, that's on the minds of many passengers today. we spoke with some at l'enfant plaza this morning. >> of course, the worry is there. the concern is there. and we just have faith, i have faith in god that he will protect me every morning. but we certainly hope that metro will step up to its plate. >> they need to get their conductors to talk more because when the conductors talk to the passengers, people stay really calm. but when you don't have information, people start taking things into their own hands. >> there is a major safety problem somewhere, whether it is funding as we all know orer someone just not doing their

job. >> the 5,000 series rail cars that are being inspected are part of metro's newer fleet. so, exactly what do you do if you need to evacuate a metro train car in a tunnel? well, according to metro's web site, you should look out the window and find the side of the tunnel with lights on it. that's the side that has an emergency walkway. open the center doors with the emergency release handle, get on to the walkway and follow the trains operators instructors. now, if you need them, there are emergency call boxes every 800 feet. they're marked with a blue light. some tunnels also have emergency access to the street. a remembrance ceremony will be held later this afternoon at arlington national cemetery for the victims of pan am flight 103. the plane blew up over locker bee, scotland, 23 years ago

today. the service will be held at the memorial, dedicated to 270 victims. libyan intelligence agents were blamed for the 1988 terrorist attack and this is the first anniversary of flight 103 bombing since libyan leader moammar gadhafi was killed back in october. well, this morning, the federal aviation administration announced new airline regulations to reduce pilot fatigue. the rules were inspired by the 2009 col began air crash near buffalo, new york that killed 50 people. the copilot had traveled all night, just to get to work. investigators ruled that pilot error and fatigue triggered that crash that killed 50 people. the former ntsb chairman who investigated the crash thinks that the new rules should make air travel much safer. >> i think this will be a

significant improvement. we will be raising the bar of safety with these new rules. it would seem that we're going to see some additional rest time, perhaps an hour, maybe more. we're going to probably see reduced duty days. we'll probably go from 16 to 14 or 13. they'll be look at the kind of flying that you're doing. >> for the past two decades, the ntsb has been campaigning to overhaul pilots work schedule rules. the pilot's union and the airlines lobbied against the new guidelines. >> well, the defense has rested in the case of bradley manning after only calling two witnesses. the army private is accused of stealing classified documents and giving them to the web site wikileaks. manning's defense team has painted him as a troubled young man who should not have had access to the documents. the hearing was recessed until closing arguments tomorrow. an april 30th trial date has been set for female

frostburg state university student charged with killing another female student. the suspect, 23-year-old shanay liggins of waldorf, maryland made her first court appearance yesterday. her bond was set at $350,000. she has been charged with first- degree murder in the death of 19-year-old kourtney mccoy of baltimore. mccoy was stabbed to death last month, outside an offcampus party. liggins says someone else stabbed mccoy. the d.c. city council has approved an ethics bill which allows members to remove legislators for criminal wrongdoing and misconduct. under the bill, an ethics board and code of conduct overseeing the actions of council members would be established. legislators will also be allowed to keep their outside jobs but the amount of money that they can keep in their constituency services fund has been cut in half to $40,000. council member tommy wells says the bill falls short.

>> i can't believe that now we said that we can use our constituent services funds for sports tickets again. >> some people, you know, want more. i respect that. but at the end of the day, the bill goes a long way. >> the campaigns of both d.c. council chairman kwame brown and mayor vincent gray are being investigated by the u.s. attorney's office. the former chief of staff to council member jim graham is currently serving time for corruption. graham failed to report he had been offered a bribe in that same federal investigation. coming up on 9news now at noon, see how a young boy's generosity is spreading through his small hometown this holiday season. but first, dozens of occupy d.c. protestors march to the white house. we'll tell you what happened when police ordered them to leave. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices...

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11 occupy d.c. protestors hoping to give president obama an earful were led away this

handcuffs. about 3 dozen people matched to the white house for a rally last night. they are against a defense funding bill which allows suspected terrorists to be detained indefinitely. we spoke to one of the protestors shortly before police took him away. >> absolutely unconstitutional. it goes against the founding principles of america. it goes against everything we stand for. >> those arrested will likely get a fine of $100 or community service. coming up next, howard has the forecast. >> j.c., it is going to be a wet afternoon. not raining all the time but more rain than not. keep the umbrellas and the rain gear handy. it is warm. i'm very comfortable out here. here is a look at radar. heavier showers now south of us pushing out of fairfax into charles county and even southwestern prince george's county. we'll take a look at the big picture live doppler 9000 hd and have your seven-day forecast when we return. state farm. this is jessica.

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the more money you have, the less compassionate you are. that's according to a new study by the university of california berkeley. researchers looked at more than 300 college students from various economic backgrounds. researchers found that rich or upper middle class students had a harder time expressing compassion than students from lower income backgrounds.

still, researchers say this doesn't mean that rich people aren't capable of compassion. it just means they may not be as good at recognizing suffering. an 8-year-old south carolina boy is using his life savings to help a family in need this christmas. we hear how this holiday spirit is actually spreading through town. >> reporter: with a few more pieces of tape, one final present will be ready for a family that lost everything in a trailer fire just a week ago. fisher cook, a third grader at knightsville elementary decided he wanted to help fellow schoolmates that no longer had a place to live. >> i heard about their house being burnt down and i just decided to give them my $300 in my bank account. >> fischer's mother, michelle cook said she was to say the least proud of her son when he told her what he wanted to do with his hard-earned honor roll and birthday money. >> for him to want to do

something good with it pleased me. >> cook said last week a trailer on orangeburg road caught on fire. she said a single mother of three boys lived there along with the woman's mother and handicapped brother. cook said she knew the family would need a bit more help and spread the word about fischer's mission of kindness. she says community members helped to match his christmas donation and after a few hours at a local walmart and helping hands to wrap gifts, the presents are ready to go. >> we got him lifesavers, -- >> cook says fischer is excited about giving the gifts to the family but hopes he will always remember the spirit of giving. >> christmas is not just about presents and what you get. it is doing kind things for others and that if you do good deeds in life, they'll come back to you. >> that was ava reporting. by the way, the cook family

raised about $1,000 for gifts from that community. >> small steps. it starts with some small steps and every little bit helps. >> thank you. >> happy hanukkah. >> thank you. >> we have a special viewer, rex who we have to say hello to rex. >> hello, rex. >> the weather, i have my brohl standing by. >> that makes sense for the afternoon. it also makes sense for tomorrow night into friday and might make sense for christmas day as well. >> really? >> you may have heard some people talking about we might have a chance of snow on christmas, some of the other outlets. >> but -- >> i don't see that at all. i think there's one model saying may be cold enough. i'm not buying into it. >> i'm going with you. >> showers are a possibility with temps in the 40s on christmas day. >> let's talk about today though. we have rain, clouds, our day planner, very warm temperatures and a breeze as well. we have the winds gusting 20, 25, maybe even up to 30 miles per hour. that's going to push highs into the low 60s. if you think that's crazy, it

kind of is with the average high being 45. later on this afternoon, once we get to 4:00, 5:00, the threat of showers will be winding down from west to east especially. by this evening, we'll start to see a few breaks. a brisk southwest wind, temperatures this region will hold 60, 61 for awhile. before dropping down 45 to 50 tonight. moisture has been flowing down. really the last hour or so, we've seen a lot more rain showing up on live doppler 9000 hd. this is where it is. we still have some breaks off to our south and west but south of town and definitely southeast of town, we've got the heavier showers. montgomery county. certainly pull out of leesburg and fairfax as well. look at this heavy shower just to the west of waldorf approaching clinton and brandywine as all of this moves northeast at about 30 miles per hour. here it is near accokeek. this will come up toward route 5 in about 15 minutes. anybody on the beltway toward the wilson bridge hitting the heavy shower activity, upper marlboro on top of 301 in about

15 or 20 minutes. we'll go down south a little bit more for you. we'll head down toward the northern neck. 301. colonial beach neighborhood. south and west of spotsylvania toward louisa. this is all lifting off toward the northeast. fredericksburg, more rain coming your way. again, that rain extends back toward west virginia. that's going to take several hours before we clear out. that's why it looks like much of the afternoon will be wet. got a little bit of cool air holding on from hagerstown to cumberland down to northern loudoun county. 61 in fredericksburg. locally, lovettsville, holding on for a few more minutes. leesburg is in the mid-50s. 57 springfield. 59 also in crofton. a very warm december day. the last full day of autumn as winter begins officially tonight at 12:30. light rain. south-southwest wind at 15. gusts up to 25, 28 miles per hour. the moisture continues to stream in from the gulf of mexico all the way up toward

new england. a little bit of snow possible on the northern edge of this. way too warm. much of the season so far. this will clear up later today. tomorrow night, another rain system heads this way. that should be out of here sometime friday morning. then again on sunday, another chance for some showers. today, 60, 63. breezy. tonight, 45 to 50. mild tomorrow. increasing clouds. rain at night into the morning hours on friday. friday about 54. the weekend, well, saturday should be ok. 'skins have a home game. 46 on christmas eve. christmas day, a chance of showers and temps in the lower 40s. we've got a special guest in studio with j.c. when 9news now at noon returns.

i'm one on one today with a special guest. and it is always a pleasure and a delight to be with him. because i've had a love affair with this man for a long time. not because -- >> same here. >> not because he is a hall of famer for the redskins, set records that still haven't been broken but i love darrell green because he is such a humanitarian. he not only played football here but he put roots in our community. he has done so much with the darrell green foundation, the youth center that you have. >> yep. >> helping young kids, inner city kids. >> thank you. >> it has been a joy. really, it has been an incredible blessing to come from college to washington, d.c. area and become a part of

this community. >> everybody loves you. i'm not alone. >> i love everybody. >> you certainly do. now, you have a new program. tell me about this just walk. >> well, you know, we're not what we used to be. but that doesn't mean that we can't be what we want to be. that is healthy and happy. so, all of the data says that we need to get out there and walk. obesity leads to diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure. so, it is a portal where they wear a little small pedometer about the size of a nickel. you fut on your shoe and it captures your distance and it is all wireless. comes right up on the screen. you can become friends with people. my sister is in texas. she retired 31 years, high blood pressure. she doesn't have it anymore because every day, she's walking. it is something that i've been so excited about. i can't run like i used to run.

can't do it like i used to do it but hey. >> everybody can walk. >> it doesn't matter how old you are. you never get too cold to walk. this is something simple everyone can do. >> the medical community says 10,000 steps is a good base. you can do it passively. here at work and passively at home. 4,000 at work, 6,000 jogging or walking or running then 10,000 psychologically, physiologically, that's healthy. >> give me the web site it on jchayward.com. >> walkfithealth.com. >> this was something that you just decided was important for you. >> oh, for sure. i can't run like i used to run but i want to be healthy. i did the research. this is what you need to do. this is what i'm doing. if you do it, become my friend. see what you're doing. >> i talked to darrell earlier, he has a daughter in law school. he has another son that just graduated from the university

of virginia. and another daughter -- >> mini league. a little company. >> that's wonderful. you're so special. >> i'm very fortunate. >> you are blessed. we love you. we still love you. thank you for being my guest today. >> thank you. you know i love you. >> come back and visit us at 5:00. have a y. bye-bye.