thank you for joining us. i'm jessica doyle in for j.c. hayward. we begin with a local community in fear. residents of a white oak neighborhood are changing their daily routines following a murder on the street tuesday morning. >> a day after a 24-year-old

man was gunned down at a bus stop in this white oak community, residents are concerned for their own safety. henderson is the mother of three and seven months pregnant. >> i don't want my children out here just for their safety because you never know who is out to get anyone. >> reporter: she decided to walk a bit farther this morning to avoid the bus stop where franklin amobi was shot and killed tuesday morning before 7:00 a.m. >> i'm going to walk down to the next block because i don't want to be in this area whatsoever at all. >> reporter: police are looking for a suspect and a motive. people who live in this quiet residential community tell me they're shocked by the murders that happened here just 24 hours ago. a man told me earlier this morning he waited here with his girlfriend because she was too scared to wait for the bus by herself. neil richards said he was friends with amobi, a popular rapper in the local music community known as frank diggy. >> he was an up-and-coming

person. he was doing pretty good. i heard he got a good job, you know. his girl. he got his life together. >> reporter: according to maryland online court records, amobi was no stranger to trouble. he had faced charges including drug possession, theft and assault. on tuesday, police used dogs to search for evidence in his murder, also two cars were towed from the scene. one his family says belonging to the victim. >> amobi's family said he was heading to work when he was attacked near his girlfriend's apartment. a series of garage fires in frederick county is likely arson. a corporal in the frederick county sheriff's office tells the frederick gazette police found caps from what they believe are marine flares. two garages caught fire and hours apart on monday night. the garages and two cars were destroyed. damage is estimated at $130,000. the victims say they want the bad guys to pay for the damage. >> they feel bad, you know for what they did. i really hope they feel remorse

for what they did. >> serious stuff. you could have killed people. >> an update to this breaking news story, we just learned that investigators have made two arrests in this particular case. they also say that signs in the neighborhood were vandalized along with the arson. the update, two arrests made in this case. metro says it has wrapped up an initial inspection of the series 5,000 rail cars but engineers still don't know why part of the brake assembly fell off one of the newer train cars last week. metro has pulled 16 cars out of service because they have the same brake equipment as the one that went lame. last week's trouble forced hundreds of passengers to evacuate a trained it shut down part of the blue and orange lines for hours. turning now to the republican presidential race, it is a three-person race in iowa among republican candidates vying for the oval office. terrell brown shows us how they're preparing for next week's iowa caucuses.

>> reporter: the ground war in iowa is underway. newt gingrich is off on a 22 stop bus tour. with less than a week until the caucuses, the other candidates are slamming him with negative ads. >> newt has more baggage than the airlines. >> they plain lie. i don't know any other word for it. >> mitt romney pokes fun at his rival for not getting enough signatures to qualify for the virginia primary. a gingrich aide said it felt as bad as pearl harbor. >> more like lucille ball at the chocolate factory. so, you know, you gotta get it organized. >> gingrich fired back challenging romney to a series of one on one debates and he called ron paul's views totally outside the mainstream of virtually every decent american. all of this republican infighting could help president obama. his approval ratings are up and the g.o.p. campaign is diverting attention away from the fragile economy. texas governor rick perry lagging in the polls is trying to define himself. >> why would you settle for anything less than an authentic

conservative who will fight for your views and values without apology. >> the candidates have a packed schedule. paul appears at a veteransralry and michele bachmann has stops scheduled. santorum has campaigned in iowa more than any other candidate but is still behind. if he finishes dead last, he will end his campaign. terrell brown, cbs news, washington. polls in iowa show that many voters are still undecided. in the new year, montgomery county residents will have to pay more at the grocery store. a 5 cent bag tax goes into effect january 1st. many montgomery county residents say the tax is not only unwanted but unnecessary. montgomery county is considered one of the most expensive places to live in maryland and some say enough is enough! while montgomery county leaders say the tax isn't much of a burden to county residents, others say it is just one more way to make money. >> if you want to avoid it, just simply bring a bag to the

grocery stores, wherever you shop. >> county executive ike leggett also says they're interested in protecting the environment by encouraging people to bring their own bags when they shop. and according to leggett, the bag tax will only bring in about $250,000 a year. the trial of ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak resumed in cairo today after a three-month delay. but the case of the overthrown leader was put on hold again until the new year. heather kovar explains why. >> reporter: hosni mubarak was brought to the courthouse in an ambulance then wheeled into his trial on a hospital stretcher. outside, egyptians protested, demanding the death penalty for their former leader. riot police surrounded the court in cairo and armored cars were on stand-by. mubarak face charges in the death of hundreds of protestors killed during an uprising that led to his ousting earlier this year. he's also charged with abuse of

power. the 83-year-old has a heart condition and has been under arrest in a hospital since april. his two sons who are in prison, also face charges. antiand pro mubarak protestors led chants as the trial resumed wednesday after a three-month delay. the hearing lasted only a few hours before the judge adjourned the trial again until next week. the case could drag on for years. many of mubarak's senior aides also facing charges. but many egyptians hope the trial will heal scars. they helped the country move forward after a year of political turmoil. heather kovar, cbs news. >> lawyers for some of the families of the dead have filed suit trying to get some of the trial judges replaced. still to come when the news continues, they're polishing the big apple for sunday's big new year's celebration in times square. if that's too far, find out where else you can ring in the new year. but first, thousands of

mourners racked with grief bid a final farewell to kim jong il buried earlier today.

in a new book, jimmie hoffa's personal driver says the former labor union boss is buried in detroit right under the headquarters of general motors. marvin says he learned where hoffa was buried during a teamsters conference back in 1985. hoffa disappeared ten years earlier, supposedly while on his way to meet mobsters. north koreans have paid their last respects to their late leader kim jong il. a massive procession took place in the capital -- in the country's capital ahead of his funeral. dvor funeral. >> they line the streets to say good-bye to kim jong il. sobbing uncontrollably, they waited in the snow for a glimpse of their dear leader's casket. state tv showed mourners falling to their knees and soldiers pushing back crowds to keep the path clear. kim who ruled the nation with

an iron fist died elle this month of a heart attack. his youngest son, kim jong-un led the elaborate funeral procession. as the giant military orchestra kicked in, the youngest kim saluted his father. it has only been days since kim's death and the son is already being hailed as north korea's next ruler with titles like supreme leader and great successor, washington is taking note. some analysts believe the transition could mark a turning point for the communist country and its relationship with the rest of the world. >> it may very well be a moment of opportunity for knot korea. on the other hand, they are a nuclear power and they have tested this nuclear power. >> reporter: for now, north korea's focus on grieving the loss of its late leader. today's funeral comes after more than a week of mourning and like much of kim's life, it had been shrouded in mystery. duarte geraldino, cbs news, washington. a national memorial service for kim will take place tomorrow. still to come, olga breese with the forecast.

>> and the forecast is staying on the cool side. very breezy at this hour. we will see some more sunshine as we head toward the end of the week. will we even get to warm up? i'll let you know in my full forecast coming up.

a damaged russian fishing vessel is fix and finally free after being trapped in an antarctica for nearly two weeks. the new zealand air force dropped supplies and a water

pump to the stranded crew shortly after its mayday call on december 15th. ice ripped a foot-long hole in the hull causing the vessel to take on water. the hull has been fixed and now an icebreaker is leading the ship away from the polar icecap. playing a team sport can be incredibly intimidating for children with autism and other sensory disorders. unless it is a team only for kids with special needs. four such d.c. area teams got together tuesday for the first ever special hockey holiday classic. kristin fisher has the story from the garden's icehouse in laurel, maryland. >> how many goals are you going to score today? >> about 20. >> that's a lot. >> reporter: she's lacing up her 7-year-old son niko is the locker room of the montgomery cheetahs. her 14-year-old duke, also on the team, has been diagnosed with high functioning autism. and niko has learning disabilities. everything becomes a teachability moment. >> which foot is this?

>> mmm. >> right or left? >> left. >> i feel like i need to skate for about six hours. >> today is a special day for all of the local special need hockey teams. we have a holiday classic, the first of hopefully many that we'll have in the future. >> david lucia is head coach for the montgomery cheetahs. he also has a special needs son on the team. >> go, cheetahs! >> i want my son to have the same opportunities i had, the love of the game. all of the lessons that come with playing the game of hockey. >> i enjoy -- >> see how proud they feel when they score? >> together, we learn how to best teach their kids not only on the ice but off the ice. >> passing a simple thing is a hockey team. for a special needs hockey team, passing is sharing. sometimes that is a hard thing to learn. >> the only thing really different about this hockey game is the fact that the score is always tied. these kids are still learning how to win and how to lose and

still be good sports about it. >> everybody has a bad day. but that's ok. >> playing a team is to be heroes. >> reporter: in laurel, kristin fisher, 9news now. thanks to carrie for tipping us off to this program. carrie works here at wusa and has a child that plays for the cheetahs. it is beginning to look a lot like new year's eve in "new york times" square. crews have finished hoisting up the giant crystal ball that drops at the stroke of midnight. this year, of course to usher in 2012. organizers say this year's design pattern features friends holding friends around the world. >> installing the waterford crystals behind it on the times square ball. this year's theme is let there be friendship. >> depending on the weather, one million people or more could fill times square for the big countdown. among the entertainers scheduled for the evening, drake, justin bieber and lady gaga. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to ring in

the new year up the road in baltimore. and a small family-owned company called image engineering is busy putting the finishing touches on the lights, lasers and pyrotechnics for the inner harbor operation. image engineering has worked on three super bowl shows, countless big name concerts and has done special effects for both the ravens and the wizards and of course, the big question, olga, how is the weather going to be for viewing those fireworks that will be going off? >> i've got the answer to that question but you'll have to wait a little bit until we get to the seven-day forecast. i have a little suspense in there. if you've gone out at all today, you felt the wind. we started out breezy this morning. it was pretty tough outside earlier on today. now, we have sustained winds at both reagan national and at dulles, above 22, 23 miles per hour and gusts higher than that. so, the day planner will stay on the breezy side. we'll definitely see the sunshine. partly cloudy skies through mid

and late morning. now, we're starting to see a little bit more sunshine peeking through. it will be all sun by the time get to sunset. the temperatures are holding steady in the middle range 40s. we'll continue with that trend until we get to about 5:00 or 6:00. add the winds die down and the skies clear completely, temperatures will drop off so if you're going out later on this evening, we'll quickly slip into the 30s by about the 5:00 hour and then into the 20s overnight tonight. so, here's how we're looking for the short term. it is sunny and windy afternoon. that is not going to change for us any time soon. at least for the next couple of hours. already gusts have been recorded at 35, 36 miles per hour. we'll continue that for another couple of hours. then i am tracking a slight rain chance into the forecast. but i can tell you the good news, the rain will not come on your new year's eve or your new year's day but the forecast is actually looking pretty good for the weekend ahead. here are those wind gusts i was talking about. 24-mile-per-hour wind recorded

already through gaithersburg. about 29 out toward leesburg. 31 at the reagan national airport. you get the picture. it is going to continue to be quite brisk. when we have our temperatures in the 40s, say about 42, to 47 degrees, you factor in those winds and the feels like temperature is much colder than that. so, at reagan national airport at this hour, it is feeling more like 39, 38 degrees and the wind is pretty brisk at 23 miles per hour. satellite and radar got us cleared out after all of the rain we experienced yesterday. most of the clouds that are coming over the mountain at least where we have the snowy precipitation, it is not making it into our area. not expected to. we'll have the sunshine as we go later on into the day. the change in our forecast tomorrow will be winds. temperatures tomorrow are going to be similar to what we have today. at least it is going to feel better without that wind chill. so, highs basically 47 in the city center. more like the upper 40s down to the south and off toward the

west. the feels like temperature though, you need to keep that in mind if you're going to be going out early tomorrow morning. the morning temperatures drop off significantly down into the 20s. which means that some of the suburban areas could even see a pocket or two slip into the teens before it is all over. the sunshine will continue mainly sunny skies for tomorrow. 47 degrees our high. it is going to be a lot like today as we go into thursday. on friday, 54 degrees. i like the trend. we'll be keeping toward the end of the week. there is a slight raindrop in the forecast only on friday night. a few possibilities for isolated shower to pop up that most areas will stay dry for saturday, new year's eve, we're looking great. a high of 50 degrees. very chilly night if you will be out at midnight. 36 degrees early on new year's morning but the weekend forecast looks great with temperatures returning to the 40s. 9news now will continue in just a few minutes.

what better way to kick off the new year with a whiter, healthier smile. joining with us simple things you can do to make it happen is dentist dr. alex. thanks for coming back. >> thanks for having me. >> let's talk about tooth whitening. our first step for the brighter, whiter, healthier looking smile. >> there are lots of ways to whiten your smile. just over the counter, try over the counter stuff, it will work. it will definitely brighten your smile a little bit. there are two methods in a dental office. one of them is take home and the newer ones aren't like you have to sleep with them overnight. only about half an hour. in one week, you'll have whiter teeth. the best way but not the most cost-effective way is to do inoffice whitening. you will be ten to 12 shades lighter in two hours. >> what about tooth sensitivity? it is such a problem and they

really complain about pain in the whitening process. >> the less time the solution sits on your teeth, basically, the less sensitive you will be which is why the inoffice one works the best in terms of sensitivity. during the time, you might have sensitivity but afterwards, you're fine. >> we'll talk about veneers and smile makeovers. what is a veneer? >> a veneer is a porcelain laminate that sits on top of your shape. it will change the shape of your teeth. you redo all of those, we can whiten their smile, lengthen the teeth. you can change the way a person looks. it makes them look ten years younger basically. >> that's a pretty nice benefit. what about bonding? >> bonding works as well. way more conservative. the problem with it becomes that it will wear and stain. so, it is not as lasting. as veneers are. >> here are two topics that freak me out a little bit.

contouring our gums and contouring our teeth? >> yes. >> it is not as bad as it sounds. it is not that difficult. what happens is say you have a gummy smile, an easy way or their smile is even on the bottom but not the top. you can do a gum contouring. but basically what happens is it is topical. you use a laser. it is one visit in the office. you use a laser and sculpt the gums up to where it needs to be. it makes a quick difference. fastest way to change your smile. >> these are good things. what sort of routine should we adopt at home now that we have this brighter, whiter healthier smile? >> go to the dentist ist twice a year, floss every single day. >> the flossing. >> always flossing. wear a night guard to protect your new white smile. >> ok. >> why the night guard? >> because a lot of times, a lot of people will grind and they'll go through stressful times and you'll chip away your teeth and wear away your teeth. the more pressure you put on,

the more yellow. >> dr. alex, thank you so much. that's 9news now for noon. we'll be back at 5:00. you can check us out 24 hours a day on the web at wusa9.com. have a great day, everybody!