you're watching 9news now at 11:00 p.m. stay connected 24/7 wherever you are. the show starts now. this is 9news now. >> hello, i'm bruce johnson. thanks for joining us. tonight in washington, some of the most powerful people in america are gathered for the alfalfa club dinner. among the guests, president barack obama. outside on the street, occupy d.c. protesters threw a party of their own. armando trull is live. >> reporter: you could say the

folks who attended the dinner are america's power. tonight, the occupy d.c. protesters made them glitter even more. >> occupy d.c. protesters tested the patience of police officers manning square block perimeter around the capital hilton. they threw water and glitter at guests, including senator joe lieberman, who stumbled past our camera. >> the only thing keeping us from further police state is activism. >> earlier, several hundred protesters marched from mcpherson square to the capital hilton where the al alfalfa was holding its annual dinner. >> all the government elites are meeting in that building

right now to go against the rest of us to keep their taxes low, to deregulate the banks and to basically assault the 99%. >> among the guests were president obama, ceo's and lawmakers whose idea of a dinner was slightly different than protesters. >> always a very important event. you get to meet your old friends and see a will the of people from both parties who made a difference. it's a very good thing. >> there goes president obama. it's unlikely he saw any of the action out here on the street with the d.c. occupiers. >> the mostly young crowd turned the protests into what they called the street party for the 99%. to counter the alfalfa club's 1%. the route, sometimes topless, and sometimes pot smoking protesters were not arrested. >> now bruce, i've been following the occupy d.c.

protesters on their live stream and they have dispursed right now, but there's going to be some more action the coming days because behind me, it's mcpherson square that has been ordered dismantelled. they are certainly not happy about that. reporting live from mcpherson square, i'm armando trull, back to you. >> national park service has given the two occupy sites until noon monday to remove all evidence of camping at mcpherson square and freedom plaza. for four months, federal authorities looked the other way as some of the occupy protesters have brought in sleeping provisions to bed down for the night. republicans on capitol hill this week all but ordered u.s. park service to begin enforcing the regulation against camping on federal parkland. camping is to find as sleeping or preparing to sleep at the site. is there sleeping going on in mcpherson square? >> yes, sir, we do believe

there is. >> at noon on monday, u.s. park police will begin seizing camping equipment and or arresting violators. camping equipment includes bedding, storage gear, and anything used to make a fire. trouble tonight with occupy protesters in oakland, california. police used tear gas and flash grenades to break up hundreds of demonstrations. officers say some protesters threw rocks and flairs, tore down fences, and ignored their orders to leave. three police officers were injured. 19 people arrested. police say the crowd moved through downtown oakland, disrupting traffic. took nearly eight hours of excavation, but a body has been removed from a 20-foot well in fort washington, maryland. an unanimous tip on thursday led authorities to the site on old fort road near flagg ship avenue. the next step is trying to identify that body and determine just how it got there. >> it's trouble. >> the 20-foot deep well can

be found along a winding dirt path far from the main road. >> in order for him to be back there, somebody had to know that well was there. >> the discovery has shaken residents. >> it's scary. because we live in a nice neighborhood. >> we're going straight from the top around the well. >> digging that far deep on a crime scene is a delicate and complicated process. >> we would go 5 feet at a time. >> one that andrew has done. >> it was an unusual call. >> investigators are in hazmat gear. it's been an all day process trying to remove the body. police don't know how long the body has been there or who it is, but questions remain if it is that of 53-year-old missing activist, he went missing in september. his phone found on the wilson bridge not far from the well. >> really don't want to know. i just want to mike sure my

family is good. >> a tip brought investigators here earlier this week as officers scoured every inch of the property. the case stands as a death investigation that has now become the first of its kind in the region. >> no one in the d.c. area in recent memory can think of a time when they've had to do a recovery of a body from a well. and basically what the prince georges county police department is doing right now is creating a case study. >> in fort washington, surae chin, 9news now. >> prince georges county police tonight say an identity could be released sometime tomorrow. tonight, police in montgomery county are investigating a suspicious death. authorities were called the july drive this afternoon. a male caller reported his wife was dead. officers found an adult female believed to be about 62 years old in her bedroom. she had injures to her upper body, according to police. the 68-year-old male subject is being interviewed tonight by detectives and remains in

police custody. he has not yet been charged at this time. an update on a developing story from 6:00 at the fairfax city judicial complex. tonight we're told that police responded to a suicidal man on the top level of the county courthouse parking lot. after about six hours, police were able to take that man into custody. no wrd on his identity. they blocked off the area surrounding the courthouse as well as all of downtown fairfax. in other news tonight, we have identities on the four people killed in a crash on route 50 early this morning. maryland state police say a driver apparently went the wrong way on route 50 and anne arundel county. the accident happened near davidsonville road. three people were dead at the scene. the fourth person died on the way to a hospital. three of the victims have been identified tonight. they are 18-year-old brian ama reiiana.

the fourth victim has not been identified. killed at least 26 people tonight, several more have been injured. it happened in lima, peru. the fire could have been started during some kind of fight. health official says the two story building had no license and was over crowded. coming up on 9news now this saturday night, a republican presidential candidate forced out of the race a while back, is endorsing newt gingrich. we'll have the latest on the campaign trail. just ahead on 9news now, a huge turnout to welcome home troops from iraq this weekend. we'll take you to the homecoming. and it's still breezy. temperatures will be cooler tomorrow and also for your monday. here's a look at your wakeup weather. breezy, but lots of sunshine on your sunday morning. temperatures down to 20s and 30s. i will talk about the chance for some sprinkles and some flurries. your forecast coming up a little bit later.

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gingrich. two other candidates left florida leaving the stage to the two front runners. danielle nottingham has the latest on the primary two days away. >> reporter: newt gingrich picked up a major endorsement in west palm beach. >> i hereby officially and enthusiastically endorse newt gingrich for president of the united states. >> former republican presidential candidate, herman cain, threw his support behind gingrich saturday night. >> speaker gingrich is a patriot, speaker gingrich is not afraid of bold ideas. >> cain is a tea party favorite and may give gingrich the much needed momentum. gingrich trails mitt romney by 8 points in the latest survey. but the former speaker of the house says he's the only one who can beat president obama in november.

>> we nominate a moderate. we are in real trouble. >> the two front runners have thrown a lot of punches leading up to tuesday's primary. florida is a key state, 50 delegates are at stake and the winner takes all. in panama city, romney questioned how effective gingrich will be based on his past leadership. >> he was fine for ethics violations. he also had to resign in disgrace. he can't rewrite history. >> despite the fact he trails in the polls, gingrich says his campaign won't end here if he loses. >> i will go all the way to the convention. >> the gop hopefuls have three more days to make an impression on if on florida voters. just heard, newt gingrich will stay in the race until the national convention this summer. even if he loses in florida. thousands of people turned out in st. louis for the country's first big parade to

welcome home iraq war veterans. several hundred veterans dressed in camouflage marched down the streets today. along with marching bands, politicians, even the budweiser clydesdales. >> it's such a big deal to the people who do this. and i think we should honor them more. >> to st. louis, men launched their grass roots efforts to hold that parade after noticing there wasn't a parade celebration. quite a sight this morning in annapolis, maryland. lesli brown, the first african american graduate of the united states nay val academy made an appearance at the school's annual track that bears his name. brown earned his commission back in 1949. he's also a d.c. native, a graduate of dunbar senior high school. he spent the day meeting and greeting current mid shipman. it's so great to see other

african american students. >> to see so many today and latinos and diverse groups. we made tremendous progress here at the academy. >> when i am stuck in a hard class or doing that, hospital around here, i just think about, i can't give up because he didn't give up. >> brown is currently undergoing treatment for liver cancer, so his appearance at the academy have been limited. that made today extra special. dave owens, a naval academy grad is here today. he's producing an extended version of this story and you can see dave's story on monday here on 9news. >> still to come tonight, the nats are looking for a few good athletes, but not to play baseball. we're going to explain. also, a wellness fair aims to keep local residents healthy

and safe. we'll have the details coming up. and are we going to have a repeat of today's warm weather? the forecast is next.

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stores teamed up in georgetown to keep local residents safe and healthy. a community wellness and safety fair. >> one of the things we like to do is make sure we have a safe, healthy community. safe way of partying with us. give us an opportunity to perform some cpr instruction. some blood pressure and glucose testing. we are able to give away smoke detectors. >> firefighters gave stop, drop, and roll demonstrations. >> it's not dance, that's what you do in case of a fire. >> that's right. >> absolutely. >> this was great. keep it coming through the weekend. let it get cold or snow on monday. >> okay, well we have a cooling trend coming this way and the breezy conditions are sticking around. it does feel cooler out there. that trend continues and also we have a chance for some flurries potentially tomorrow night. nothing to get too excited about. we won't see a lot of

accumulations. a beautiful shot at the capital. we have clear skies out there. temperatures in the 40s at this hour. 43 in downtown. under clear skies, winds not as bad right now. west, northwest at 9 miles per hour. it is still gusty out there out of the northwest generally and manassas 24-mile an hour wind gusts. annapolis 28. gaithersburg 17. orange 23. even in winchester, 17 miles per hour. still breezy not only through tonight, but also through tomorrow. now when you factor the wind gusts and the temperatures, we are seeing a windchill factor in the upper 30s in downtown. 30 in gaithersburg. 28 in martinsburg. cumberland 28. fredericksburg not so bad. you're at 45 degrees. so what do we have going on? high pressure is building in. we'll see lots of sunshine to start out the day for your sunday. with that though, we do see a little disturbance that could bring us sprinkles, maybe some

flurry activity tomorrow night. the cooler and breezy for your sunday. afternoon sprinkle or flurry. can't rule it out completely. chilly for your monday. it is january and tuesday is milder and it looks really great if you like the milder weather. who doesn't? clear, breezy, and colder overnight. lows 27 to 32 degrees. all right, here's a welcome at the future cast. this is going to show you where overnight and tomorrow morning things are looking great. a few clouds moving in. but the white here, this is indicating the chance for some flurries a little bit or maybe sprinkles and after that, it clears on out and we'll see partly cloudy conditions for monday and a little cooler air coming in also for monday. then get ready for another warmup. so sunday morning, mostly sunny, breezy and cold. you want your jacket, 20s and 30s to start out the day. and then partly cloudy, breezy, and cooler. sprinkle possible. temperatures for your sunday

afternoon, around 50 in downtown. 40 for annapolis, pax river in the lower 50s. and 48 for winchester. martinsburg around 49 degrees. here's how the daybreaks down. a cold start. cooler tomorrow, but partly cloudy. temperature topping out in the upper 40s to lower 50s. still pleasant for january. here's your seven-day forecast. cooler on monday. 45. that's close to seasonal. then tuesday, milder. look at that, upper 50s. that's going to be our best day of the week if you like the mild weather. it's going to be dry. wednesday 60 degrees. some models saying mid 60s. we have showers in the afternoon coming in. thursday, friday, still in the 50s. on saturday, mostly cloudy, back to 43 degrees and the chance for flowers. flurry activity tomorrow. nothing to worry about. may get it, a slight chance as of now. >> it's only january, but never too soon to talk about spring and baseball. today the nationals held tryouts for anybody hoping to

land a spot on the team's entertainment crew. everyone had a chance to show off their athleticism, dance ability, and how they can rally a crowd. >> takes care of all of our in game promotions. they do pregame stuff. the easiest thing is they do the t-shirt toss and it's the best job in baseball. those selected today will qualify for a second round of competition sometime next weekend. >> what were they doing? >> we appreciate the effort. >> no idea. >> wizards aught to play the bobcats every night. >> jo you stole my line right there. 82 times. >> i just said that. >> the wizards go on the road. see who came up big down the stretch. similar script, get the ball to torrell and move out of the way. and tiger woods serving notice, guess who is ready for 212? next.

now, 9sports with dave owen, the best sports in town. >> last time the wizards won a road game, april of last year, guess where? in charlotte. and the fact the bobcats without their leader scorer and the wizards beat them down a few nights ago. washington had to be feeling good about its chances. shall we say, getting it on

tonight. second quarter, john walsh says let me do chin ups on this rim. he had a double-double. the fourth quarter, charlotte making a run. misses, but sticking with it. bobcats take their first lead. down the stretch, nick young never saw a shot he didn't like. that is a dagger, jumper, he had 21. wizards hold on to get win number one on the road. and dennis on the skills competition. they are having their all-star competition. patrick kane going superman and the dive and he still gets it past the goalie. later on, corey perry, shall we say, channeling his inner small child stops and brings out the small stick. goes ministick for the big goal. the all-star game is tomorrow in ottawa. that should be pretty cool. all right, mike shanahan and his staff coaching at the senior bowl. this was russell wilson on the naked boot. here's a guy worth looking.

33 touchdowns. that one there today, north beating the south 23-13. all right, unlike maryland football, which seemed to have a different strategy each week. maryland basketball lives by a simple rule. get out of the way. the sophomore far and away the leading scorer in conference at 21. let's take a look a. mark,set greenberg. sean mosley share and share alike. alex lin. terps up 14 at the half. he had 18. it's a five-point game. but his twitter handle is hash tagged. i can fire from three. he had 30. maryland survives 73-69. georgetown could use it. on the road at pit. the panthers were 1-7 coming in. but mama said knock you out. the big dunk, by 15.

georgetown making a little run. henry sims doing some window work. that cut us to 6. the big breakdowns down the stretch, like this one right here. somebody just left a back door wide open. pit wins 72-60. great game at syracuse at high noon today. west virginia lost 12 of 13. to the orange, kevin jones dropping like it's hot. that tied it at 61. seven ties in the second half. this one for the win. jones, no. because syracuse had just hit a couple free throws, so they hold on. 63-61. syracuse with a big win today over west virginia. tony bennett in virginia, playing great basketball. mike scot squeezing between two defenders. second half, joe lining it up from deep. the calves needed all of that, because nc state would make a late run.

holding on 61-60. we're going to tiger woods, i guess, last year, tiger woods won his final. he normally starts the season on american soil, but this season he elected to go overseas. why? not sure. but maybe it's because rory mcllroy was there. tiger wanting to gauge himself against some of the up and comers. third round, tiger gets it going from long range. nearly pulls in the eagle put and tapped it in for bird. tiger has been happy with his short game on 12. he drops the birdie there to tie for the lead. on the 14th, different angle, same result. going down. 11 under. rory mcllroy at 9 under. so why go to bed after this? just stay up. 3:30 a.m. eastern time. men's final, numbers 1 and 2 will continue their grand slam battle. they met in the last two grand

slams. finally the women, early this morning, women's open, maria sharapova, victoria, first set at the bottom of your screen. the nice drop shot and then the cat-like reflexes. she fell behind 0-2, but won 6- 3. the second set took 36 minutes. first grand slam. she'll also be the new number one come monday. >> okay. dave, thanks a lot. >> a little cooler tomorrow, still breezy, maybe some afternoon evening sprinkle. >> thanks a lot. we'll see you back here tomorrow. have a good night. bye.