evening here at the occupy d.c. encampment. except for that big blue tent over there. that seems to be the center piece of the occupier strategy to fight the power. this giant blue tarp has been dubbed the tent of dreams by occupy d.c. protesters. this is where scores of occupiers plan to wait out and defy park police officers when they try to enforce the rules against camping or sleeping in the square. >> the tactical purpose is to ensure that if they try to arrest one of us, they'll have to arrest all of us. they will enforce this selectively, take the most vulnerable first and this is a strategic attempt to prevent that from happening. >> it's not clear when that will happen. park police officers conducted

several sweeps, but not confronted the occupiers or attempted to confiscate any camping gear. their approach to enforcing the rules will be incriminate tall. for the time being, occupiers are dancing in the square. >> and lesli, occupiers tell me they believe that park police will move in late at night and perhaps in a few days or a few weeks when the protesters are asleep as well as the media. reporting live in mcpherson square, back to you. >> thanks armando. and members of the occupy movement aren't just making themselves known in big cities, in frederick maryland, occupy protesters living along carol creek ended their week long encampment with a march. they wanted to bring attention to the local impact of the foreclosure crisis and wrap things up before losing momentum. derek. >> lesli, a murder mystery is unfolding from fort washington to alexandria tonight. as investigators are trying to piece together exactly what

happened to a local activist. get the rest of the story from bruce leshan. >> this guy's life is gone. >> anger and sadness now in alexandria where lenny harris spent most of his life trying to head off violence and help the least fortunate among us. >> the whole thing was to prevent things like this from happening and end up happening. >> harris disappeared from an alexandria wreck center. within hours, cameras captured someone using his bank card. late last week an unanimous caller told police they would find a body at the bottom of a well in port washington. >> do you have any sense of what the motive would have been? >> we don't know. >> is there any sign he was having any financial problems or any enemies? >> we had none of them. it was a total mystery to us.

>> police spent nearly three days excavating lenny harris' body, from 23 feet down at the bottom of the well. they finally recovered his remains saturday night. >> when you are standing on the edge, you are looking down a 3 story building. >> when lenny harris disappeared, they were working on a joint project to get the young men to pull their pants up, keep it around their waist for a whole month, and take them to a basketball game. lenny harris may be gone, but michael johnson says the project will continue. bruce leshan, 9news now. >> and here's a look back at the time line in the harris case. he was last seen september 21, back near the charles houston recreation center. then after 1:00 a.m. the next morning, this man tried to use harris' atm card at an atm on king street. his cell phone was found on the bridge and then october 11,

harris' car was found abandoned in an apartment complex parking lot along livingston road. his body was found last thursday in that well along old fort road, also in fort washington. >> right now, opponents to make same sex marriage legal are demonstrating in annapolis. anny hong is in the newsroom with a closer look at this issue. anny. >> the debate over same sex marriage is heating up as a senate committee prepares for hearings tomorrow. the issue of same sex marriage is back of maryland's legislative session after stalling in the house of delegates last year. governor martin o'malley, a democrat, has made the measure a priority. he not only hopes, but is optimistic the bill will pass, which would pave the way for same sex couples to cement their love at the alter. >> we feel the hurt that many gay couples feel that they are not treated equally under the law. none of us can respond with the

language of hurt. we need to respond with words of compassion. with words of understanding, if we hope to arrive where all marylanders are treated equally. >> debates over same sex marriage will intensify this week as a senate committee will start hearings on the bill tomorrow. lesli, back to you. >> anny, thanks so much. plans to let virginia schools open before labor day are back from the dead tonight. a senate committee killed a measure last week, but today a house committee gave it an overwelming endorsement. supports repealing the king's dominion law, which prohibits schools from starting before labor day. >> we have a 9news now update. the u.s. air force says no criminal conduct has been found over a staged photo of personnel around an live airmen with a news around his neck. that photo was taken last august where airmen took a transportation course. the photo later, of course, landed on facebook.

an air force review found it was to remind students they could be killed if they don't pay attention while loading and unloading aircraft. >> mourning one of their own tonight. 29 years after being injured in line of duty, a drunk driver pinned officer william between his patrol car and another vehicle in an accident back in 1983. during his treatments, he was given a blood transfusion. the officer was forced to retire in 1984 for medical reasons and he died on friday. he was 64 years old. according to an investigation by mpr, freddie mac spent billions of dollars. so, while the investment arm of the company was profiting, homeowners with high rate hoer homeowners. refinance to a lower rate according to the investigation. imposed new rules and

regulations and have introduced new fees, narrowing the number of borrowers who qualify for a freddie insured mortgage. >> coming up later tonight at 7:00, pain at the pump. maryland's governor proposing a new tax on gasoline and it would increase as the price of a gallon of gas goes up. hear why governor o'malley says that's a good idea. that's coming your way at 7:00. >> we'll see you then, but still to come in this half hour, what would you do with $240 million? it's not the latest lottery jackpot. it's a win fall that local lawmakers are trying to explain tonight. top. >> if you are headed outside, i would grab a light jacket. it's not cold. here are the numbers in the books. still above average. 38 and 34 do not make it below freezing. average is 23 and 27. record high is 77. that was in 2002. we'll come back and tell you when the april-like weather comes in. >> and they are some of the

least reliable escalators in the entire metro system. what you need to know about the plans to fix the south entrance of the dupont circle station. that's next.

back now with a commuter alert about a 8 month project. the south entrance will close, so crews can replace all three of that entrances escalators. that's the one on 19th street. it is part of a $150 million plan to improve the system's escalator and elevator reliability. the station's north entrance along q street will remain open. more problems for metro this morning when another rail cracked. this time it happened on the blue and orange line near the roslynn station. you may recall the problems last thursday when a rail cracked on the red line at the height of the morning rush. this morning's crash did not cause nearly as many delays. >> right now, both lanes of northbound interstate 80 are closed near hagerstown and that

is because of a deadly accident near the exit. this is just south of the pennsylvania border and maryland state police say that around 3:00, a tractor trailer crossed the median and hit three other vehicles head on. a man and one of those vehicles died and this road may be closed for several hours. taking a look at the aftermath as the reconstruction teams try to figure out exactly what went wrong. >> still ahead, four candidates, one nomination, we're going to have the latest in the fight to win the florida primary. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal.

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the polls just one day before floridians head to the voting booth. >> what a great morning in jacksonville, thank you. >> a university survey released monday gives the former massachusetts governor a 14 point lead over newt gingrich. but the former house speaker is still confident over his prospects beyond florida. arguing romney's too moderate to be president obama in november. >> every time we nominate a moderate, we lose. >> other candidates have set their sites on states further down the road, rick santorum is holding events in missouri and minnesota while ron paul takes his campaign to colorado tuesday. in washington, i'm renee march issue. >> 44 members of congress want to take another shot at the proposed keystone pipeline. president obama rejected the 1700 mile long extension earlier this month. it would have helped to carry oil from canada to the gulf of mexico. supporters say the plan will help the u.s. gain energy

independence, opponents are concerned about the potential environmental affects. the president said he rejected the plan after congress gave him a two month deadline to make a decision. he said the administration just needed more time. all right, topper, let's talk more about the forecast tonight and tomorrow. >> you're going to like what we have to say. temperatures are going to be more like april than january, but not too many folks will complain. that's a live shot of the monument. it's very nice outside. if you are headed out, it's not super warm. i would grab a coat. down to 43 now at national. dew points come up a little bit. this is key. the dew point was 10. now it's 23. that's why we aren't going to go too crazy low on the numbers tonight. also the wind turning out of the south. bring milder air and bring downright warmer air tomorrow and also on wednesday. satellite picture radar combined. a little system pushing through the ohio valley. this is not that big of a deal. we did have snow earlier today

in parts of the ohio valley. but that has now pushed off to the east and we are looking at generally clear skies, we may see a few high and mid level clouds. it's going to pass north of us. we're looking at clear skies and a cold night. i mean, it really isn't cold, but in terms of what we have been used to, it's on the cold side with temperatures freezing. 41 bethesda. 43 rockville. there are 30s showing up. 37 in gaithersburg. 40 in reston. low 40s in springfield as you head down 95 and 46 in beltsville. but 39 in laurel and up toward columbia. so here's the deal. more like april tomorrow. i mean, breezy and cold tonight, but breezy and warm tomorrow. showers and still warm on wednesday. may see some rain and showers wednesday night. that will bleed into thursday. i think we'll salvage a decent afternoon on thursday and will be cooler, but right now, there's no arctic air in sight for the next seven days. tonight, clear skies, breezy

and cold. one, two blanket night. lows 28 to 36. winds out of the southwest. lows tonight, if you're inside the beltway, you're going to be primarily above freezing. 5 downtown. 31 in rockville. low 30s in reston and fairfax. 29 in leesburg and manassas. tuesday morning, mostly sunny, breezy and chilly. a spring day. you'll need a jacket to start. 30s and 40s and by afternoon, you'll probably end up carrying that jacket. mostly sunny, breezy and warmer. more like april, highs between 60 and 65. winds southwest 10 to 20. that's a warm wind. 30s to starlet. 55 to 60 by noon. and then by evening, 58 to 63. just an unbelievable finish to the month of january. now rain showers on wednesday, 63. still warm. cooler on thursday. temperatures still around 50. rain showers shut off in the morning. next seven days.

temperatures either side of o on friday and saturday and sunday. clouds come back on sunday. rain sunday night into monday. at least the first part of monday. temperatures still in the mid 40s. >> all right. thank you topper. people in five counties and the city of fredericksburg lost jobs as the result of last year's powerful earthquake. face a deadline this week. they must file by thursday for a disaster unemployment assistance. and this is for people who are unemployed, who live or work in the disaster area, and are not covered by state unemployment insurance programs. in addition to fredericksburg and the disaster areas, they include culpeper, did i say that right, topper? orange and spotsylvania counties. >> the district announced it has a $240 million surplus. the latest estimate from the u.s. census bureau gives d.c. a population of 617,996.

if that surplus was divided evenly, it would boil down to $388.38 per person. but as bruce johnson reports, it does not appear that is going to happen. >> many areas the city is on a roll. 16,000 new residents, office space in high demand, the federal government with all its workers and billions of dollars to spend. >> eve knew estimates were made, economy was in a very bad shape. >> cfo revealed the district ended the last fiscal year with $240 million more. mayor gray wants to keep the surplus. >> this is one time money. it isn't as if the surplus represents money we will get every year going forward. >> the hiring and spending freeze, under spending by agencies. but also point to higher fees and fines. a tax increase on businesses and high end income earners. >> it is very tough to do

business in our city. it is very expensive. >> some of the new taxes and fees should be reevaluated. >> i did not support raising the income tax from 8.5 to 8.9. i thought it was a mistake then. >> people are tired of being nickel and dimed to death. >> bruce johnson, 9news now. >> city of indianapolis is tightening security as it prepares to host the super bowl this sunday. the city plans to sweep lucas oil stadium for nuclear threats and it will have up to 1,000 police officers on hand. the local utility company replaced 150 manhole covers in the super bowl village and in other high traffic areas. a soars of under ground explosions turned those manholes into dangerous projectiles. >> part of our city, too. so let's just hope they keep the tops down. >> and some of my friends say parking spots going for up to $200. >> just the park for the game. it makes sense, but always

surprises me. >> there's a business surprise for somebody, right? more bad news for the wizards unfortunately, andre out with an injury, but not just for tonight's game. find out how long he'll be down. plus, capitals back from their break to the tough second half. we'll take a look coming up next.

now, 9sports with kristen berset. the best sports in town. >> fresh off their fourth win of the season. hosting the bulls. a reversal. chicago dropped a heartbreaker to miami yesterday. making it two of their last three that they lost. the wizards won two of their last three. beating charlotte on saturday, but the bulls host the edge in tonight's patchup. beat the wizards each of their last six meetings. but washington is not thinking about that. >> i'm not worried about chicago. i'm worried about our guys and how we play. we have to find our identity as our team and whether chicago, miami, houston, charlotte, we have to play the same way night

in and night out. >> they'll be without andre black tonight and for the next three to five weeks. black examined by doctors today who determined has a strained left calf. the game tips off tonight at 7:00, speaking of the bulls, playing in miami yesterday. check out king james, up and over. john lucas, watch it again. up and over. that's just plain wrong. but it's pretty sweet to look at. all right, break it over, the caps are back from vacation. and they're back on the ice. after an up and down first half of the season, they muscled their way back to the top of the division, but the road doesn't get any easier from here. the caps open up the second half with back to back divisional games on the road. a place that hasn't been too kind to the reds. >> we have to get right back on it. >> it's important to get back into it. can't have a hickup.

>> new york giants land in indianapolis today. the pilot of big blue sporting the team flag. despite getting beat by the redskins, eli manning has been on fire. eight touchdowns and one pick this post season. going to be a good game on sunday. the ravens and indianapolis have done a coaching switch. forward head coach has been hired as baltimore's quarterback coach. just last week, the defensive coach -- time now to reveal this week's high school game of the week poll. some of your choices, among boys basketball, good council, bishop, briar woods, and for the girls, robinson at oakton. >> you have some powerful games coming up. >> good games this week. >> all right, that is it for us. the cbs evening news is next. derek is in at 7:00. have a fantastic night and we'll see you back here tomorrow. have a good night.