first negative ad to come directly from the romney campaign, instead of a super pac, supporting him. gingrich is fighting to raise the money to strike back, and fast. florida's primary is less than a week away, and is shaping up to be the most expensive so far. right now, romney has the biggest war chest and the largest organization. but gingrich raised $1 million in the first 24 hours after his south carolina win. he is now leading in at least one florida poll. >> please remind everybody that they have a chance to help nominate a genuine grass roots conservative, versus the establishment's money candidate. gingrich and romney are treating the next primary like a two man race. two candidates insist they are still in the fight. rick santorum kicked off his campaign saying romney and gingrich trying to destroy one

other. at the white house, randall pinkston, 9news now. ron paul may not be spending money to campaign in florida, but he says he is not skipping tonight's debate in tampa. president obama is expected to focus on the economy as he delivered his state of the union address tomorrow night. his populous message will characterize the republicans as a do-nothing congress. the republican response will be delivered by indiana governor mitch daniels. channel 9 will carry the state of the union address followed by live reaction and analysis on 9news now at 11:00 tuesday night. is john hinckley still obsessed with trying to kill a president? does he deserve a pass of complete release from a psychiatric ward? bruce is live at u.s. district court where a federal judge is trying to figure out that out. >> reporter: hinkley's lawyers

want him out, but prosecutors and the secret service are convinced that he is still a threat. today here in u.s. district court, they thought they had this bookstore worker who could really help them make that case. but hinkley's lawyer took this guy apart. the court is trying to peer into the mind of a man who nearly killed president reagan, a cop, a press secretary and a secret service agent. prosecutors point to a fleeting moment at a barnes & noble in williamsburg last year as a hint of what's going on in john hinckley's head. a secret service agent saw hinkley focusing on a shelf in a bookstore, loaded with books about presidential assassinations. it lasted all of 15 seconds.

but when he saw the books, the agent said it gave him chills. now a worker at the store says hinkley asked him, last august, about books on presidential assassination, he did not recognize hinkley, but every time he went past the shelf, he says he thought about the conversation. then in december, the court says he remembered. hinkley was down in williamsburg -n august. he wasn't. he said this conversation took place in the evening. hinkley did not go shopping in the evening. so if it wasn't in august, and it wasn't in the evening, asked

hinkley's lawyer, barry levin, would you want to back out of your testimony? long pause, then richard roll said i would want to become out of my testimony. >> what is the judge to do, after hearing this? >> >> reporter: i don't know. i have covered hearings for a long, long time. you don't usually hear perry mason moments. this seemed like a perry mason moment. the judge is going to have to judge this, make a decision on whether this guy has any credit built at all. hinkley's lawyers moved to have all the testimony thrown out. the government contested that and will argue that at some.down the road. it is going to be interesting to see what the judge does. thanks bruce. a woman is dead after an accident in an elementary school parking lot. police say a maintenance worker driving a school van must have backed over the woman. she died at the scene. it happened this morning at samuel chase elementary in temple hills. neighbors call it a tragedy.

>> it is a sad thing to know. >> a couple of guys doing their job, trying to make a living every day, and a tragic accident happens that i'm sure they feel responsible for, and you know, there is a person that is dead. tragic all the way around. >> police say the woman has no ties to the school. police have not yet released her name. investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a fire in the district. the flames erupted in a row house this morning in the 5000 block of fourth street northwest. there was damage to the door as one. one firefighter had to go to the hospital for observation. the fire went to a second alarm before it was put out. a new marijuana accessory store is set to open in the district. the business, called we grow, is referred to nationally as the wal-mart of weed. the franchise owner said his store will provide a whole array of products and serves to

cultivators and gardening enthusiasts. the justice department has charged a former cia officer with repeatedly leaking classified information to reporters. he is 47-year-old john karery of arlington. the alleged leaked information included the ids of cia operatives, involved in capturing and questioning terror suspects. he has spoken out publicly about the cia's use of water board and go others. i'm scott broom at penn state university. where the grieving continues for joe paterno. and a period of mourning has been announced by university officials. >> i'm thinking this man loved the community. >> reporter: the parade of faithful continues their pilgrimage to the paterno statue outside beaver stadium today.

two days of viewing for paterno, begin tomorrow at the university's center and a huge public service at the 1 7,000- seat brice jordan center thursday. >> meanwhile, legendary penn state broadcaster fran fisher, age 91, is among those calling on the same university administration that fired joe paterno for not doing enough to stop the child sex abuse scandal to follow his example during public mourning. >> i think they owe that to the community. and to the football letter men and to joe and sue. scott broom, 9news now. services. tonight at 7:00. president obama proposes a new idea to raise money if i roadways.

first an early check on the forecast. >> reporter: good news bad news. tempers are going up. we are not going to see refreezing tonight. let's start with temperatures. in fact, temperatures have gone up since 5:00. it is now 3 at national. that is as high as it's been all day. and everyone is well above freezing. gaithersburg in the upper 30s. out to the west in the upper 30s. what is kind of cool, if you jump the divide, oakland is 50. it is kind of unusual for them to be the warm spot. but they are 50, everybody else in the upper 30s, because the cold air snugs up against the mountain. visibility three miles in the area. a request for a closer look at the u.s. senator who told the fs.a. where to go. first truth in advertising.

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a commuter plane, headed to dulles international airport was diverted today to bwi, instead. it happened when an indicator showed there might be a problem with the plane's landing gear. spokesperson for express jet, 6060 said the plane landed safely and other arrangements were made to get 42 passengers on board to dulles or their final destinations. i want to remind you about new consumer protections coming to the airline industry this week. companies are now going to be forced to tell you the real cost of a flight. all of it. they can't tell you about a $200 flight that could end up being much more when tacks and fees are included. changes are set by the department of transportation, and go into effect this thursday. coming up on 9news now,

buffett sings. one of the richest men in the world, warren buffett sings about working on the railroad. >> that story, when we come back.

a lot of power and prestige go with being a u.s. senator. but apparently refuse august pat down from the tsa security agents is not among the privileges. senator rand paul took a stand today in nashville. peggy fox caught up with him today. i'm peggy fox at national airport. where senator rand paul describes how he missed his flight today after a standoff with it. s.a. agents in nashville. tsa agents didn't care about seeing senator rand paul's knee after he set off a screening

machine in nashville. they were about to give him a pat down and he refused. >> if you go through and your 10-year-old or 12-year-old daughter goes through and the light goes off and you don't want her patted down, i think she ought to get to walk back through there. >> after an shower paul was final lay loud to walk back through the scanner again. senator paul says unless the passenger raises suspicions, everyone should be allowed to walk back through the scanners if they want. >> why does it take so much to go through the screening again? >> reporter: doctors say they are hopeful senator mark kirk will make a full recovery after he experienced a stroke this weekend. the 52-year-old illinois republican checked himself into the hospital saturday and underwent surgery today to relieve the swelling around his brain. kirk was elected to the senate in 2010. he won the seat formerly held by president obama.

today thousands of antiabortion rights demonstrators rallied along the national mall. this is their annual march for life. the rally that marked the landmark supreme court decision roe vs. wade. today's march against that ruling drew many church youth groups from across the country. house speaker john boehner addressed the crowd, supporting their cause. ♪[ music ] ♪ [ music ] ♪ [ music ] ♪ [ music ] >> that is one of the world's richest men on the ukelele, singing. it is part of the new year's party. instead of working on the railroad, mr. buffett would probably buy it. >> my dad used to sing that song to me. >> we used to sing that song.

>> kind of cold and rainy today. >> we have good news, temperature going up. no refreezing tonight. the only bad news is some fog. after that, we are going to salvage a fantastic tuesday. let's start with a live shot. notice how it is obscure. see how the visibility is a little obscure because of the fog. we have got a little fog going on. we will deep you posted. 39 at national. that is as warm as it's been in three days. temperature going up. dew points going up. winds out of the south southwest at 7. it is all good except for the clowns. at slight picture and radar combined. for the most part the showers are gone. they have showers up in new england after their four to eight inches of snow over the weekend. a batch of showers thunderstorms in ohio and western sections of pennsylvania. that could just clip garrett

county. but i think we are pretty much done with showers. the clouds are going to hang tough. low clouds. can't scour them out just yet. temperatures 37 in bethesda. 37 in rockville. 37 in arlington. 38, temperature going up. 37 in reston, 35 in laurel. 31 in andrews. farther south on 95, you have temperatures down toward fredericksburg. some dense fogton. we will remain above freezing. some fog for the morning commute, especially the early commuters. a light jacket to tuesday -- for tuesday is about all you are going to need. mostly cloudy and chilly. showers ending early. dense fog possible. low temperatures 4 to about 40 and light winds. that is kind of key. so here's the deal. use your low beams. keep more distance between you and the car in front of you. it is going to be worse north and west of town.

it could affect the early morning commute. the very early morning commute. ening we are going to be in pretty good shape. by morning, returning mostly sunny and cool, just grab your shades. 50s and 40s, that is a good star to a january morning with everybody above freezing. most folks in the 40s by then. winds out of the southwest at 10. by afternoon, mostly sunny and mild. just gorgeous. a light jacket is all you are going to need. high temperatures near 55 winds on you of the southwest at 10. the wind will change tomorrow night. the cold front is not exactly going to happen. above freezing, little fog. gorgeous by noon temperatures 46 to 51. by evening temperatures 52 to 56 under mostly sunny skies. now the next three days, we are looking at temperatures falling off just a little bit. going from the 50s to the 40s, we can handle that.

clouds come in, we are 46. light rain and showers thursday temperatures still in the upper 40s. now the next seven days. after this little system goes through thursday, which is not exactly power packed, look at friday. some morning clouds again, it will get a little bit colder over the weekend. mid-40s on saturday and actually rather cold on sunday. upper 30s on monday. good news for the ski resorts. they are going to get natural snow for the weekend and make snow all weekend as well. got a little bit of white stuff. you know, it is like nothing for topper. >> you know you get something measurable. he is not going to be happy. a lot of people are happy. baltimore fans unhappy. but there could be a rematch. rematch. >> another great weekend, some great games and the result is another clash of the titans.

the giants and patriots face off for the super bowl for the second time in four years. is the captain facing a heavy suspension? alex could be facing a stiff penalty. the nats making waves in the free agent water. 9 sports, coming up next.

a university of pittsburgh study showed eating baked or broiled fish once a week helps preserve the gray matter in our brain and maybe building resistance against alzheimer's disease

what an exciting championship weekend. both games through the largest

tv viewing audience since the super bowl last february. both games decided by three points of less with the giants 49ers games game going into ot. new york winning to clinch a super bowl rematch against the patriots. it is new york's second trip to the big game. the last night was in 2008. gmen arriving back in new york. >> they are so real and we are just excited we are able to go back it in time, it is a rematch. you are going to the super bowl . you know? everybody play this game for this moment. this is what we play for. and redskins head coach mike shanahan confirming today ike hilliard will join the team as their new wide receivers coach. bob joins as linebacker coach, replacing lou. alex has only been suspended twice in his career, both in the

2009-2010 season. now he is facing a possible third suspension. awaiting word on the outcome of a disciplinary season. watch this. just over four minutes in the second period he delivered that crunch to penguins defense man mckay lick. comments were hard to come by today after practice. >> i'm not going to comment right now. because of the hearing this afternoon. so you know, i was going to leave it alone. >> you don't want to see your top guy having a hearing and possibly being suspended. >> the big game is the caps next opponent. the defending stanley cup champs. boston bruins posing with president obama. this is the fifth world championship in 2005. obama joked with the team, saying enough already boston. one of the finalists securing first base. he is considered one of the

best. dodgers rangers and the orioles. time now to reveal this week's high school game of the week poll. here are your choices that you have. boys hoops blake, girls undefeated. finally tonight big upset at the australian open. serena williams knocked out of the fourth round by cat rina mcthat loaf va. the russian won 6-2, 6-36789 it wasn't an upset. that was a slaughtering on the court. williams didn't have a serve or really much of anything. not very good. that is it for us. the cbs evening news is next. don't forget to join andrea, mike, howard, monika tomorrow

morning starting at 4:45. have a great night.