hello, i'm bruce johnson. we begin with a tragic

developing story. police have confirmed that a body pulled from a well in prince george's county, maryland, is that of lenwood harris, the missing community activist from alexandria. lenny harris was last seen in september leaving the recreation center in old town. on thursday an anonymous tip led police to the well. an autopsy concluded that the 53-year-old harris had been murdered. back in september, harris' wife and brother talked t come home. >> a lot of us have made bad decisions in our lives, all of us. i'm hoping that a guy that would see this, even if he wanted money, whatever the situation was, it's not worth a life. >> you can walk on the other side of the bridge. it wasn't on that side. it's not even on the side where you could walk. >> sought had to be thrown out of a car. >> or something. >> police have surveillance photos of someone using harris' credit card just hours after he disappeared. a day after that his cell phone was found.

his car was found in october. lenwood lenny harris was president of operation hope, a community-based nonprofit. we hope to learn more about his disappearance and murder tomorrow morning when alexandria and prince george's county police hold a joint press conference. we've got snowflakes blowing around the region tonight. let's go over to anny hong in the weather center. >> we have a clipper system bringing some snow showers. it is moving through quickly. no major accumulations are expected. you see the blue, and that's where we're picking up some snow showers. right around the beltway looks like we've got snow basically north of d.c., basically west of 95. i will zoom in to show you what's happening. looks like the snow showers will go through overnight. as far as accumulations, maybe on your car, on grassy areas, but beltsville, baltimore,

columbia, bethesda, you may be seeing some snow showers at this hour. i will show you the broader view where we're seeing some snow showers going through mostly north of us. looks like we will see the snow stick around for a little bit. the rest of tonight we're expecting mostly cloudy and breezy conditions. scattered snow showers and the rain ending, lows down to 30. 10 to 15-mile-per-hour winds. i've got your work week forecast. a major warm-up coming. more details later. less than 24 hours until police began moving campers from freedom plaza and mcpherson square. occupy d.c. sources say their ranks are growing with occupiers from other cities arriving here. matt jablow has the latest. >> reporter: 13 hours and counting until the national park service begins enforcing a ban on camping here at

mcpherson square is and freedom plaza. will that mark the beginning of the end of the occupy d.c. movement? protesters here say absolutely not. nearly four months after beginning their well publicized occupation, mcpherson square and freedom plaza, protesters at both locations have apparently worn out their welcome with the national park service. >> what we're doing here is landfall. >> after numerous complaints about trash and rat problems, especially at mcpherson square, including a formal complaint from d.c. mayor vincent gray, the park service starting at noon tomorrow u.s. park police will begin enforcing the ban on camping and the use of temporary structures in mcpherson diswair square and freedom park. >> reporter: how long have you been out? >> i've been coming out since september. >> reporter: protesters we spoke with at mcpherson square said even if they're no longer

allowed to camp out, the occupy d.c. movement will continue. >> reporter: is this the beginning of the end of the occupy d.c. movement? >> oh, of course not. what's going on right now is just a continuation. this is just to let you know what's going to come in the spring and summer. >> this is a new chapter. this is where we get to separate the boys from the men and the girls from the women, so i'm ready. i'm ready. i'm not afraid of anything tomorrow. >> reporter: the national park service says for protesters here at mcpherson square and freedom plaza to be in compliance they will have to take down all camping gear. so far, as you can see, that has not happened. at mcpherson square, matt jablow, 9news now. >> officials say an officer idea an electronic stun gun on a protesters who was tearing down flyers. this video shows the confrontation. police say the unidentified man was charged with disorderly

conduct. they say that man ripped up the flyer when he received it, and then began tearing it off other tents. when police tried to arrest him, they say he became aggressive, confrontational, and that's when the stun gun was used. an occupy d.c. participant told the washington post that the use of the stun gun was unnecessary. the suspect was transported to a hospital at his request, then refused treatment. he is being held until his arraignment sometime tomorrow morning. turning to a shooting, a car chase, and an accident that ended with a double fatality. a third person is in critical condition tonight, and two police officers are hospitalized. surae chinn reports on this tragedy that ended near catholic university in northeast. >> horrific. just to look at that car they're towing away now. >> reporter: it's a burgundy minivan that now sits on its top. >> it's just unbelievable. >> reporter: all three people

inside were thrown from the van. a 19-year-old and another adult man died. a 17-year-old is in very critical condition. it all started in 700 block of otis place northwest, several miles from the deadly scene. police received calls of gunfire and people shooting from the minivan around 3:00 sunday morning. >> the fact that violence even occurred from the beginning with the shooting is tragic. >> officers spotted the minivan and gave chase, bringing them to taylor street. >> when the suspect vehicle crested the hill he be gab to lose control. he hit a tree. >> reporter: but that's not where the van stopped. police say the minivan rolled over several times before landing on top of the police cruiser, then falling off. the two officers were coming in the opposite direction, responding to the call. they were taken to the hospital and are expected to be okay. >> it's just sad. people take for granted, any kids come in, driving home with their parents, down this road,

and supposedly they're running from the police, and just shows that some people don't have any disregard for life. >> this is what happens when you have made a decision not to be a law abiding citizen. >> reporter: surae chinn, 9news now. >> police say they'd like to talk to the people who made the call to 911 and that man who flagged down police. if you have information please call 202-720-9099. police say they have recovered evidence linking that minivan to the drive-by shooting. there was another deadly crash in the area, this one involving a vehicle with three young people traveling west on route 50 in an eastbound lane. no idea why or how they were on the wrong side of the highway but there was a brutal collision. that driver and the young people all died. the accident happened on route 50 at davidsonville road. reporter weijia jiang has more on this tragedy. >> reporter: this is how family

members of 19-year-old britney walker will remember her. >> as a caring, beautiful girl. >> reporter: her grandfather, norman walker and his wife raised walker as their own daughter and now feel the pain parents would. 3:30 saturday morning, walker and three others were killed on route 50 east of maryland 424 in davidsonville. it was ahead-on collision that ended in a fire. mr. walker tells wjz it was his granddaughter who was behind the wheel of a car going the wrong way. this vehicle that was traveling westbound, the eastbound lanes of route 50 carrying three passengers struck head on a single passenger vehicle. >> reporter: the walkers say britney left home, this house in hanover, on friday night around 11:00 to go to a party with friends. >> my wife told her to be careful, and she said she would, so i don't know if alcohol related or not, i just don't know. >> reporter: and neither do police yet. a crash team is still investigating but identify the two others who were in the same

car as 18-year-old briana franco and zachary rose. walker took nursing classes and worked at a pizzeria to pay for them. >> i would just hold her. >> police are telling aus few hours before the crash callers reported a driver going the wrong way on i-97. they're investigating whether it was the very same car. nearly two dozen pets have been killed in a house fire in spotsylvania county, virginia. the home has been destroyed. the residents of the house were not there when the fire broke out. fire officials say 12 cats and seven dogs died in the blaze. fire officials were able to rescue three cats. heat from the blaze damaged the house next-door. no word on the cause. a tragic story in central virginia. authorities are investigating the deaths of a father and his three-year-old twin daughters.

the hanover county sheriff's office has identified the man as 40 years old robert king. all three bodies were found late saturday in the richmond suburb of mechanicsville. police say the twins lived there with the mother. they're calling the death tonight suspicious but await awe top see. robert king, the father, did not live at the house where he and his daughters were found dead. terrifying moments for construction workers at a casino project. a floor collapsed, sending workers sliding or falling to the ground below. more than a dozen workers were hurt. they were pouring a section of concrete floor when it gave way. one person remains in serious condition tonight. an update now on that suspicious death in montgomery county that we told you about. authorities have now charged 68- year-old henry gordon hutchins with murder. officers were called to the

home where they found 62-year- old carol francis dead. hutchins had called police to report that his wife was dead. maryland governor martin o'malley says words of compassion and justice are now needed in the debate over same- sex marriage. a committee is scheduled to examine the same-sex bill on tuesday. the governor's comments today came days after his wife stirred up controversy by calling gay marriage opponent coward. >> when this occasionally happens, we must also have the humility and the strength to apologize, and to seek forgiveness. >> same-sex marriage legislation passed the maryland state senate last year but stalled in the house of

delegates. governor o'malley, a democrat, is making the measure a priority this session. same-sex marriage opponents are promising a fight on the bill that would allow it. >> there's outrage. there have been delegates who have contacted me. >> opponents are planning a rally in annapolis tomorrow night. just ahead on 9news now this sunday the gop presidential front runners in the final stretch for tuesday's florida primary. >> reporter: time is running out for the gop candidates to win over florida's republican voters. i'm danielle nottingham in tampa. i'll have the story coming up. is and new revelations from defense secretary pineda about the raid that killed bin laden. and we've got some light snow showers. here's a look at your monday wake-up weather as you're

heading out the door. no. by 9:00, chilly, but lots of sunshine. details on your work week forecast, and warming up details a little bit later.

with a new poll showing him trailing by 15 points newt gingrich is slamming mitt romney for carpet bombing his records. a pole showed romney with support of 42% of likely voters in the florida gop primary with beginning rich now slipping to 27% w. one full day of campaigning left, danielle nottingham reports from tampa. >> you guys are wonderful, thank you! >> reporter: mitt romney played up to florida's latino voters. he called on his son craig to rally the crowd in spanish. romney is targeting the hispanic community to try and extend his double-digit lead in the polls. as romney surges, newt gingrich is upping the attacks. he is now calling romney a liberal. >> this party is not going to nominate someone who is a pro abortion, pro gun control, pro tax increase liberal. >> reporter: gingrich is blaming romney's negative

campaigning for his recent drop in the polls but the former massachusetts governor says gingrich's record is to blame. >> he stood up and supported freddie mac. that's one of the reasons the housing market is in trouble in florida. >> reporter: home owners in florida have not recovered from the housing collapse. last month there were more than 24,000 foreclosures in the state. 62-year-old carmen has owned her orlando home for 14 years and can't keep up with the payments. >> reporter: are you scared that will you lose your house? >> yes. >> reporter: carmen says her mortgage has skyrocketed to $993. the economy is her number one concern. >> i'm going to have enough money to pay for my mortgage next month, or to pay pie lights and my water. >> reporter: the g. o. p. hopefuls have two more days to convince florida voters they have the solution to turn the economy around. danielle nottingham, cbs news, tampa, florida. >> rick santorum is back home in pennsylvania tonight with

his daughter who is in the hospital with a genetic condition. santorum supporters held a rally in florida on his behalf. ron paul chose not to actively campaign in florida. defense secretary leon panetta acknowledging publicly for the first time that a pakistani doctor provided key information to the u.s. in advance of that navy seal assault that led to osama bin laden's killing inside his compound last may. he tells "60 minutes" tonight that the man helped provide intelligence for the raid on bin laden's compound. >> you know, in the 40 years i've been in government, this for me was probably the most remarkable operation that i was a part of, because everybody played their role in a very effective and responsible way. this was the best case we had on bin laden since tora bora, and because of that because for

10 years we had run into dead ends trying to track bin laden down, i thought for that reason alone we had a responsibility to act. >> that pakistani doctor has since been charged by pakistan with treason. the first family wrapped up their weekend with a walk to the core cran gallery of -- corcoran gallery of art. listen up car enthusiasts. the washington car show is revving up with all of the latest models. and you've got to be asking, just how long is this warm weather going to stick around? we'll have an update on the weather when we come back.

the washington auto show is underway this weekend. hundreds of new models are on display at the convention center. thousands upon thousands of visitors are going to be down there to check out the latest models. it runs until february 5th. are you into cars? >> a little bit. i love my little volvo that i've had for many years.

>> well go look. i don't buy, but go look. it's great. tons of people. >> if you've got a convertible car this week i think you're going to use that convertible. take the top down in the next couple days. things are going to warm up over the next couple days. we are still talking about some snow showers. we do see a fast line moving -- a fast line moving through the area. right now 45 degrees. here's a look at live doppler. where you see the green is rain, scattered in nation. blue is snow showers. most of the snow is to the northwest around baltimore but around the beltway we do see some light scattered showers. bwi, the purple that is a mixture. some of the rain changing over to snow showers quickly, but again, not lasting for a long time. you might get a quick coating

of snow on trees and cars before all this ends, but, hey, tomorrow morning you are not going to have to worry. here's a look at the wind gusts. it has been blustery. 26 in manassas, 22 in frederick, cumberland 30 miles per hour wind gusts. so, yes, it has been blustery. the winds will start to die down in the overnight hours. the windchill, it feels like upper 30s in downtown, 20s for leesburg, 21 in winchester. here's a look at that line of storms that line of precip coming through. you can see we're on the southern edge of it. it's a fast moving clip system so we're not expecting a lot of accumulation. a bit cooler for your monday, milder for tuesday and wednesday, showers by thursday. locate your umbrella, but you won't need it past then. maybe for the weekend. overnight mostly cloudy and breezy with snow showers and the rain ending. lows in the 30s. tomorrow morning mostly sunny but chilly.

jacket and sunglasses will be needed. tomorrow's afternoon highs partly cloudy and cooler, upper 40s. 45 in gaithersburg, 51 in culpeper. pax river around 46 degrees. here's a look at your next seven days. talk about the milder air. here it is. lower 60s for tuesday, mid-60s on wednesday. can you believe that? then on thursday, we'll see some showers arriving, temperatures in the lower 50s, and chillier for the weekend, maybe some snow showers on saturday. can you believe we're going to be ending john on a mild note and starting february tin sick. >> i believe anything of this weather. anny, thanks a lot. the drama "the help" is has won three awards tonight.

davidson spencer won also. "the artist" also won. christopher plummer won as an elderly dad what came out as a gay dad. stay with us, we'll preview sports plus.

still got football left.

>> we've still got football. not over yet. only a couple weeks left. tonight the league's best who aren't heading to indianapolis shined in hawaii. london fleche tear lone -- london fletcher the lone redskin representative. he led the nfc team in tackles with five, fitting for a man who leads the league this season in tackles. while his cohorts were nice and warm, tom brady and his colleagues arrived in chilly indianapolis. >> you try to communicate to the younger players how special it is to be here, because you really do never know when you're going to come back, and that's what makes for a fun week. >> the nhl's best also inaction, the annual all-star game in canada featured just

one capital. alex ovechkin opted not to play in the game after being served a three-game suspension. we'll take a look at the wizards new head coach. lots of great stuff. >> recap, anny. >> a fast line of precipitation moving through. some snow showers and rain should be ending overnight. by tomorrow partly cloudy, temperatures upper 40s. a mild tuesday and wednesday. 60s. get outside, get some exercise, and enjoy that weather. >> the entire sports office says they would not take peyton manning if he becomes available. >> not a smart move. >> have a great weekend, everybody. thanks for watching. bye. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal.

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