craig: what are your names ladies? >> i'm allison. >> i'm casey. craig: casey? craig: are you australian? >> i am. craig: get off! do you believe that? unbelievable! get off! do you believe that? geoff: how dare you? we have a very strict -- craig: how dare you? how dare you? don't stand in my bed. that's my bed. do you believe these australians, geoff? geoff: we have a very strict australian -- craig: australians need not apply. i'm sorry. come on back. which part of australia are you from? >> me, sydney. craig: sydney? get off! get off! do you believe these sydneys? the nerve! we're melbourneies leer. where are you from?

>> l.a.! -- l.a. craig: l.a.? get off! another case solved, g.p. good night, everybody. 11:00 p.m.

stay connected 24/seven wherever you are. the show starts now. this is 9 news now. four in every 10 iowa republican voters are still saying today they haven't decided for sure how they will vote tomorrow. the lead has switched hands repeatedly as voters there become infatuated and then disenchanted with frontrunners who peaked too soon. gary nurenberg is here with the final day's push. >> did you watch the ball drop

in times square saturday night? they played frank sinatra saying if i can make it there, i can make it anywhere. in iowa this winter it seems everyone has been to borrow the lyric, a number 1, top of the heat for just a few days only to be replaced by somebody else. the lyric most will be singing 24 hours from now is if i can't make it there, i'll make it somewhere else. latest poll romney 24, paul 22, san to your knowledge 15 -- santorum 15, gingrich 12. gingrich dropped by half. the number surge can mean a money surge. >> we have been able to raise more money here over the holiday weekend, been able to raise more money than we raised in the previous couple of months. >> reporter: romney never predicted an iowa win but as the "this week" front runner is being careful not to say something stupid, his wife too. >> asked her tough questions and she did exactly what you're supposed to do, she didn't answer them. >> reporter: because answering them can get you into trouble

when you're climbing and get close attention. san to santorum -- santorum sunday on a welfare question. >> i don't want to make people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money. i want to give them the opportunity to earn the money and provide for themselves and their family. >> reporter: not the headlines he was hoping to make one day out particularly now that his surge is making him a bigger target than before. >> why wouldn't he be a good republican nomination? >> he's liberal. >> san to your knowledge -- santorum is liberal? >> have you looked at his records. >> what makes him liberal? >> he spends too much money. >> reporter: rick perry and michele bachmann have faded in recent weeks as has gingrich who says he does not expect to win. >> on the other hand, if the des moines register was right and it's 41% potentially, who knows what's going to happen. >> reporter: the question, isn't it? the answer we hope right here tomorrow night. anita. >> we are counting on, gary.

thank you. the weather is known to have an impact on voters, so what will the temperatures be like in iowa? what about those dropping temperatures right here? >> topper shutt joins us with a breakdown. >> perfect day for them, considering we are in january for the caucuses. we will start with that because we are looking at sunshine or at least partly cloudy skies, clear there right now, and we are looking at, you know, temperatures primarily in the 30s. that's a bargain for them. that's probably golfable. so all of iowa pretty good shape with temperatures in the 30s under partly cloudy skies. now, what about us? we have the the arctic err, it is -- air, it is leaving parts of the midwest, coming in here. winds gusting to 18 miles per hour downtown, 70-mile-per-hour wind gusts in gaithersburg and 21-mile-per-hour wind gust in manassas. that's driving our wind chills way down. it feels like it's in the 20s pretty much across the board. 20 in gaithersburg, 26 even

downtown, 22 at andrews and it feels like it's in the teens from hagerstown to winchester, feels like it's three when you jump the divide over toward oakland. wake-up weather then, bundle the kids up, 20s to start, 20s at 7:00 and 20s at 9:00. temperature going to struggle to get up into the freezing mark tomorrow and going to be windy across the board with wind chills in the teens, so give them the whole routine, hat, gloves and scarves. come back and talk about how long the arctic air lasts and if we will see any white stuff before it goes away. >> thank you. tonight the fbi says they found the body of the man accused of shooting four people at a party in the state of washington. that same man who allegedly then gunned down a national park ranger. 9 9 news has learned the park ranger who was killed has deep ties to the d.c. area. matt joins us live to fill us in with the details. >> reporter: margaret anderson did have deep ties to the d.c. area. she and her husband lived in virginia for several years and

tonight those whose lives she deeply touched are very much struggling with her death. >> you search for some kind of meaning. >> reporter: inside the 200- year-old sanctuary of the new jerusalem church, the pastor was remembering a former congregant as a devoted wife and a -- an adoring mother and a spiritual woman. >> i think she is in the place that god called her too. >> reporter: who was taken far too soon. >> we were devastated. >> reporter: 34-year-old margaret anderson, a range rep for mt. ranier national park shot to death yesterday, allegedly by this man, 24-year- old benjamin barnes, a suspect in a previous quadruple shooting. >> a body has been spotted from the air. >> reporter: the national park service says barnes apparently died of hypothermia. >> he was not equipped to make it a night or two in the winter conditions that were up there. >> reporter: his body found earlier today, face down in a creek about a mile and a half from the spot where he

allegedly killed margaret anderson. >> nothing she could have done. that guy had some high powered weapons, nobody was going to win that gun fight. >> reporter: anderson and her husband moved to the state of washington in 2008, after several years in virginia. >> margaret had been assigned to -- >> reporter: the pastor says she loved her work. >> very much, very much. >> reporter: loved her life and will be profoundly missed. >> you expect life to be better and when it's not, it's painful. >> reporter: in addition to her husband margaret anderson leaves behind two daughters, ages 3 and 1. i was in bed and i heard like screeching brakes and then i heard like bang, you know, like the crumbling of metal, and i was just thinking, oh, my gosh. i hope no one got hurt. >> and it is a story all too familiar. young lives taken in a violent car accident. tonight sources tell 9 news

that alcohol was a factor in the deadly montgomery county crash on new year's day. it happened on jones bridge road in bethesda early sunday morning. 20-year-old nick clayton and 18- year-old kaitlin marie gallagher both killed. friends say gallagher was in her second trimester of pregnancy and clayton's mother had died just months earlier. the two were riding in a white chevy trailblazer when the driver lost control of the suv, barreled over the sidewalk, hit a fence and then slammed into a tree. >> it's terrifying. it's really terrifying. she is too young to die. anyone in that age is too young to die. >> people take drunk driving commercials and buzz driving commercials as a joke and when your parents say they will pick you up from any situation, you're going to get grounded but you are going to be alive. >> the driver, 22-year-old rodreick eugene brice survived. charges against him are pending. 18-year-old connor hayes and kevin russell also survived that wreck. a young mother with a 2- year-old in the car is luckily

-- lucky she didn't get into an accident. police say somebody cut her brake line when she took off in the car, the brakes wouldn't work. fortunately the vehicle eventually came to a safe stop. police have arrested a woodbridge virginia man for allegedly tampering with the car, 36-year-old kevin reilly of fallbrook lane. police say he knows the victim. tonight fairfax county police trying to figure out how a man ended up dead in the water. two boaters found a body at the belle haven marina along the gw parkway in alexandria this morning. police aren't sure how he died but say there are no obvious signs of foul play. >> there's nothing to connect this with any missing persons report that we are aware of or any missing person's report in any surrounding jurisdiction. >> police are awaiting the results of an autopsy for more answers and they haven't released that victim's name. when it comes to homicides, arlington county finished the year 2011 with a clean slate, police say not a single homicide was reported during the entire year. though homicides aren't common

there in general, a total of zero, that hasn't happened in at least 50 years. county board member kriz zimmerman says -- chris zimmerman says community policing and good local economy have helped keep crime down in general. the military won't say how or where she was found but tonight a soldier's wife back home with her family after going missing for nearly 20 hours. heather beaty's husband reported his wife missing around 7:30. he was worried because the 27- year-old had left to go on a walk in the woods and didn't come back. search and rescue teams looked for the mother of two from the air, water and on foot before finding her this afternoon. now to montgomery county where a new tax on shopping bags is getting a mixed bag of reviews. the tax is 5 cents for each new plastic or paper shopping bag you get at the store. tonight we caught up with some shoppers in favor of it as an incentive to reduce waste and pollution. we found people so irate they

chose to get their groceries to the car using no bags at all. >> i think it's all a hoax. >> 5 cents a bag. >> i had too much to carry on my own. >> that's a good idea because i'm from india, we have been carrying these things back in india so i'm used to this. >> prince george's county plans to consider a bag tax this year and in annapolis some lawmakers are pushing for a bag tax statewide. thrift shops a great place to get a good deal but at one store in mount airy they are looking to give back serious cash because the saint james episcopal church thrift shop may have given hundreds in mistakes. they found a wad of bills in the pockets. now they want the money go to the rightful owner. there are some questions to answer first to make sure it gets back to the right person. >> how many bags, how was it packed, what was -- packaged, what was -- what time of day did you bring it, what kind of vehicle were you driving?

we think if it had been intended, they would have just given us the cash and said here's something that we want to give from our loved one to you. >> so here's the plan. the thrift shop says they will wait until january 15th and if the money isn't claimed, it will be used for much needed repairs there at the church. after the break, why your child's time at recess could have a big impact on his or her report card. but first, police in l.a. have a new lead as they try to catch a serial arsonist. stay with

the l.a. county sheriff's office won't call him a suspect yet but since they took one man into custody, a string of fiery explosions has come to a stop. since last week, somebody started more than 55 suspicious fires across hollywood damaging buildings and homes for days crews have been battling walls of flames in some places. early this morning deputies took a man into custody for questioning, only calling him a person of interest. they also towed a minivan with a canadian license plate. >> the driver resembled a person of interest seen in a

videotape released by the multiagency arson task force. >> our task force is continuing to work around the clock. our detectives have hundreds of clues, hundreds of leads and dozens of people left to interview. >> most of the fires were set in carports or garages right next to apartment buildings. damage estimates topped $2 million. there have been no reports of any injuries or deaths. iran test fired a new cruise missile today, one that tehran says is capable of destroying warships. >> it is the second test since sunday. the nation's navy chief says it proves iran is in control of the state of more mousse hormuz. the missile tests are a reaction to new sanctions president obama signed over the weekend making it harder for iran to sell its own oil. >> iran is increasingly desperate and paranoid and worried about where the international community is

going because again of this targeting of iran's oil exports which is critical for iran, makes up 70% of their government budget. >> the u.s. senate allies want to crack down on flubbed of iran's nuclear program. iranian officials denied the goal is to create atomic weapons. they say they want nuclear technology to produce power and make medical devices. in france six women convicted and fined for wearing face covering islamic vails. the country banned the vails. they say the ban also helps promote gender equality. police have cited more than 200 women in all for wearing the vails, opponents say the band stigmatizes all followers of islam. as you know, most kids head back to school tomorrow after the holiday break and exams are just around the corner for the older ones. today new research gathered from around the world shows physical activity can influence their report cards. 5-year-old leia hatley and her little sister lesli are having a blast spinning around and bouncing all over the

playground. >> when i play outside, it makes me really happy. >> we do not sit and watch tv, that's for sure. we do not do that. >> reporter: a new study finds exercise may also help her children do well in school. researchers in the netherlands analyzed 14 studies from the u.s., canada and south africa and found strong evidence of a relationship between physical activity and academic performance. >> the increased circulation to the brain, it may have some positive effects in terms of the neuro transmitters, the tech calls that are -- the chemicals that are responsible for behavior and learning and then even in terms of attention span. >> reporter: most of the studies focused on the physical activity kids get at school from gym class to extracurricular sports. but many school systems are cutting sports and phys ed programs to save money. pediatricians hope these new findings will put an emphasis back on exercise. >> what we can't do is continue to cut physical activity thinking it's going to improve their academics. it may work against us.

>> this kindergartner is active in and out of school. >> leia gets at least 45 minutes at recess every day. first quarter she has straight as. so i must be doing something right. >> pediatricians currently recommend kids and teens to act physically for an hour or more each day. all day indiana state police have been working numerous crashes around indianapolis all because of the snow. state troopers have cleared more than 70 accidents with one crash involving 18 vehicles. thankfully no one has been seriously hurt there in the midwest. while many of us try and stay warm this time of year for some folks it's all about embracing the freezing cold. in wisconsin, dozens jumped into the frigid waters of lake michigan, all part of the annual polar bear plunge. each year these brave or crazy souls take to the water helping raise money for charity. organizers estimate the water at a frosty 40 degrees today. >> he got all the way wet. most of them didn't do that. >> they just kind of dip in.

>> dip in, dip out. >> it is dangerous. tomorrow is going to be so cold. >> we have been in the 50s, 60s, daffodils are blooming, crazy. we are going to have to take care of that. >> we are going to take care of that. >> let's start with temperatures because this is what it is without the wind and it's cold enough, 34 downtown, 28, though, up in gaithersburg, 30 in leesburg, 30 in manassas and 20s as you go up into hagerstown and cross the divide and 16 in oakland. factor in the winds. this is really a more important indication of how you're going to feel when you head outside. feels like it's 26 downtown, already feels like it's 18 in gaithersburg, upper teens in leesburg, martinsburg and hagerstown. dress for the wind chills. it's going to be a quick arctic visit. that's good news. windy and cold again on tuesday. the winds will pick up again.

we could see gusts near 30 miles per hour. still cold on wednesday, that's the bad news. good news, not windy on wednesday. and then by thursday, just chilly. in fact, it will be about average with temperatures going back into the 40s. so going to be a quick blast. the pattern hasn't changed completely just yet. so overnight, partly cloudy, windy, much colder. wind chills will be between five and 15 by dawn, lows in the 20s and winds west- northwest at 10 to 20 and gusty. now, by morning, partly cloudy, windy, very cold, got wind chills in the single digits and teens and temperatures only in the 20s to around 30. winds northwest at 15 to 25 and gusty. and the temps will struggle to go up at all tomorrow. partly sunny, windy, very cold in the afternoon, another flurry is possible, high temps around freezing and winds northwest at 15 to 25 and gusty and with those winds, dress for the teens and 20s. got to emphasize -- can't emphasize that enough. west of the divide so western

allegheny county and down toward timberline in west virginia, under a winter storm warning until 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. only 15 for a high in oakland, 24 in cumberland, maybe snow showers. farther east, not even to freezing but more sunshine, 31 at winchester, 30 in martinsburg, 30 in hagerstown. 34 in cull perp and -- culpeper and freezing in manassas. downtown barely break the freezing mark about 32 in gaithersburg, flurry in the afternoon, and 34 for annapolis and with the northwest winds no surprise here, small craft advisory for the bay and potomac. 28 to 32 by noon and 29 to 34 by evening. so temps don't go up much at all and it stays windy throughout the day. so the wind chills are between 15 and 25. you can't quite see that but trust me, between 15 and 25. the next three days, cold again wednesday but not windy, 34 and then just chilly thursday.

that's actually average for january with temperatures in the low 40s. next seven days, after thursday, look what happens, we go back in the 50s. are you kidding me? on friday and saturday. i'm not kidding you. clouds come in late saturday and maybe some light rain or showers saturday night and it will be liquid. temperatures well above freezing saturday night and then sunday we are a little cooler but back in the mid-40s and monday, okay, we are chilly but temperatures around 40. it's just not that bad. >> again, had we had that arctic air and the precipitation they had like out in indiana -- >> gee. >> might be happier. >> look at all those accidents. you would not be. >> no. that's true but festive. it is a holiday today. if you're going to have snow, have it on a holiday, right? >> yeah. >> that's all i got. >> not going to happen. the redskins, new year, lots of decisions to make. >> yeah, quarterback, everyone has been talking about that, but that's not the only one either. we got big ones to talk about tonight. two of the most recognizable redskins have futures that are a little unclear.

chris cooley, london fletch will they be back? not sure. and flip saunders has had enough. even if he didn't want to watch the game tonight. we will tell you

and now 9 sports with dave owens, the best sports in town. >> as the redskins were packing up today you couldn't help but wonder which veteran players were making their final march out of redskins park? chris cooley, london fletcher, those are good questions to ponder. you have to wonder that of course. chris cooley owed $3.8 million next season and the skins also have fred davis. do you keep them both? cooley missed most of the season with a bad knee and then broke his hands. reports say london is coming back. both commenting on their futures today. >> i have no doubt that i'll be here. i'm excited to continue to be a part of this team and continue to play a game that i love. >> i want to be a part of

something where i help establish something, you know, and call me crazy, but, you know, it's also really up to them whether i'm still here or not. >> london, we would never call you crazy, of course not. a couple of bowl games today, six. let's show you one of the best. the rose bowl, oregon known for all of their uniform variations, silver helmets fourth quarter, pass, oregon wins 45-38. great rose bowl game today. stanford taking on oklahoma state in the fiesta bowl. that's andrew luck. everyone has been talking about him. 14 of 17, 202 yards. this is why he's the guy, great arm. think he's going to be a great pro. stanford leading that game 28- 24 in the third quarter. long way to go in that game. andrew luck, got to love him. nba basketball. flip saunders got a lot of problems and getting a win is one. that task got more difficult

tonight when the team announced ronnie broke his hand yesterday. the power forward will miss four to six weeks. ouch, literally. flip saunders, though, he didn't want to stick around for this one. he wanted to check out the boston night life. arguing calls ejected but his team played well in his absence. andre blatche, ball so hard. three-point play, 28-9, wizards down four. john wall with a turnover, he had seven. ray allen, let's call it a switch blade, kill shot, something like that. wizards remain winless, 100-92. college basketball, virginia number 23 in the nation at lsu in trouble, though. justin hamilton with a flush there. we are tied with a buck 30 to go, though, joe harris when man meets nylon, great things happen. virginia, they go to 13-1, 57- 52 and the maryland women number 5 in the country. playing good basketball. acc opener tonight at florida state. they were just too big for the

lady seminoles. hawkins right there, 20-13, and alyssa thomas, 21 points, 10 boards. terps remain undefeated 91-70. they are 14-0. buffalo bills not in the holiday spirit, guys. wide receiver steve johnson scores but pulls up his shirt to wish everybody a happy new year. his coach not so pleased because excessive celebration penalty, 15 yards so he benches johnson, sends him to the locker room. so hey -- >> really? >> says hey, man, go home. we don't need you. >> come on, now. that's a little harsh. >> he's a scrooge. >> happy new year is all he's trying to say. >> that's