5:00 tonight. just an hour before the deadline the appeals court granted a temporary stop to his release. moments later we caught up with the family at his attorney's office. >> anyone chat with us for a moment? >> no, we can't. we got to talk to lawyers. >> reporter: their hopes dashed justin wolfe's mother terri steinberg and the family did not feel like talking after hearing the news they dreaded. with only an hour left to the deadline the 4th circuit court of appeals granted a stay in the case. it means justin wolfe who spent 11 years on death row won't be getting out of jail tonight or any time soon. attorney kimberly irving had to break the news to his family. >> how disappointing is this for the family? >> the family is disappointed, but it was not wholly unexpected. >> reporter: what does it mean? >> it is really just slowing it down. the court of appeals has issued the stay, but they've asked for an expedited hearing on it. so it should be heard in their

oral arguments schedule sometime by late january, early february. >> reporter: the family was very hopeful. i imagine they still have hope. >> they do. they do. judge jackson's order and our opinion is the correct order and we believe when everything is flushed out that, should remain. >> reporter: now the commonwealth's attorney has just a few weeks to file briefs explaining why federal judge raymond jackson's order for release should be overturned. at this point the attorney general's office tells us justin wolfe remains behind bars on retrial for murder for hire. i'm peggy fox reporting live in manassas. back to you. a mack truck smashed into a car and there are five teenage boys inside this afternoon. police say the teens were pulling out of the parking lot of the mount hebron high school in ellicott city. one of the teenagers is in critical condition. the other four are expected to

be okay. i had to have somebody take me to show me where the cafeteria was to get some coffee. it's a little odd being a 54- year-old freshman. >> nearly 100 new members of congress sworn in today, this group of lawmakers the most diverse in history with a record number of women and minorities taking the oath. among the new lawmakers virginia senator tim kaine and maryland congressman john delaney. the 113th congress has a lot of work to do. in the first few months lawmakers face a looming government shutdown and a battle over the debt ceiling and automatic spending cuts. >> what just happened with the debt and deficit and taxes, that doesn't go away. >> this is the reason that i ran for congress, so while it's daunting this is what i'm ready for. i'm here to work. >> the first major vote will come friday when the house takes up part of the superstorm sandy relief package. also today the house voted to retain john boehner as speaker

of the house. critics call grover norquist the single biggest impediment to a budget deal. you might think he'd be lying low as some of his allies passed a $666 billion tax increase, but bruce leshan reports norquist is keeping anything but quiet. >> no. i'm disappointed that we weren't able to continue all of the 2001, 2003 tax cuts. >> reporter: grover norquist's days are filled with media interviews and he's putting his best spin on the first republican vote to raise taxes in 22 years. >> they were scheduled to go higher if congress hadn't acted. they were scheduled to go higher on everybody. >> reporter: 238 members of the house and 41 senators have signed norquist's pledge never to raise tax rates on anyone and he insists the new year's day vote did not break that

promise. >> so on december 31st they would have broken the pledge. at the stroke of midnight they're no longer breaking the pledge. >> no. there was no vote they could cast that would stop. it so the republicans are livid, unhappy, grumpy about that and i think we'll spend the next two years focused on the obama white house and the fight on spending. >> reporter: norquist says it is one, two, three. the sequester, the budget and then the debt ceiling, all ground that plays to the gop. >> the president says he will not negotiate over the debt ceiling. this is money that congress has already spent. pay your bills. is the gop really willing to shoot america's credit rating in the head to extract some spending cuts? >> well, you have to ask the president is he willing to damage our credit rating to keep spending money that he doesn't have? >> reporter: it is a fight that has been going on since before reagan's presidency.

>> the obama tax hike. >> reporter: and norquist plans to keep fighting. bruce leshan, 9 news now. homicides here in washington d.c. down 58% from just five years ago. that's a big headline from a news conference held today by mayor vince gray and police chief cathy lanier and matt jablow joins us now from mpd headquarters. lanier is saying they're not satisfied yet. >> reporter: last time there were this few murders john f. kennedy was president and police chief cathy lanier wasn't even alive. a lot has been accomplished, but a lot of work remains. that was the message today from d.c. mayor vincent gray and police chief cathy lanier. >> every corner matters. >> reporter: who proudly announced a 19% decline in homicides last year from 108 in 2011 to 88 in 2012. >> our goal is to get that down to zero. >> reporter: the fewest number

of homicide says since 1961 and 391 murders less than 1991 when there were 479 murder victims in the city. >> most places homicide numbers are about 87 to 95% fire apartment related and we've kind of been -- firearm related and we've kind of been able to drive that down by targeting illegal firearms here. >> reporter: in addition to focusing on illegal guns and breaking up gangs, the chief says the steady decline could largely be contributed to the increasing use of technology by the police department. >> we use every means of technology available to us, the text list serves, facebook, twitter, youtube. >> reporter: having said that chief lanier and the mayor both pointed out that not all the crime numbers are heading the right direction. after several years of steep declines overall violent crime was up 3% last year and assaults with a deadly weapon were up 6%. >> there's so many factors that go into changes in crime rates.

>> reporter: nancy levine is the director of the justice policy center at the irvin institute in washington. she said even though the police department should ab lauded for its role in significantly reduce-- should be applauded for its role in significantly reducing violent crime, the city's changing demographics have played an important parole as well. >> absolutely. i think that does come into play with the homicide drop in d.c. >> reporter: though we're just three days into the new year, 2013 is continuing the positive trend. so far this year nobody has been murdered here in the district. >> we'll hope that trend keeps going a while. right now family and friends are gathering to remember officer chris yung, the prince william county officer who died in a crash while responding to a call new year's day. tonight's wake at the hilton memorial chapel runs through 9 p.m. and his funeral will come tomorrow morning at the same location. classes, recess and homework are now part of the

healing process for the kids from connecticut sandy hook elementary school. students returned to class for the first time since that nightmare shooting three weeks ago when adam lanza killed 21st graders, six educators, then himself. that school is still a crime scene. so students are using a refurbished school a few miles away. >> they were happy. they were happy to see each other, hugs and kisses and the teachers are happy to be back with their students and finding part of the healing process to be together again. >> the new school has been renamed sandy hook elementary. coming up tonight in your only local 7:00 news, d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton will join me to talk about the upcoming inauguration and there is a startling new study out there about the number of people who get behind the wheel who are feeling a little sleepy. we'll talk about that at 7:00. still healed this half hour of 9 news some amazing -- still

ahead this half hour of 9 news some amazing dogs will be marching in the inaugural parade this month. >> pretty cold out here. the good news, winds have not picked up yet but they will. 38 and 30 will go in the books. the averages are still in the low 40s and upper 20s, so a little bit below on the high side. look at the record high, 68 set back in 2000, the record low 3 below, 1877. we'll come back and talk about the winds will mean tomorrow and we'll talk about playoff sunday. >> and right after the break find out what happens to a guy caught on tape making fun of his 10-year-old disabled neighbor.

a judge sentenced a man to jail for making fun of his name. bill bailey lives next-door to a little girl with cerebral palsy in canton, ohio. 10-year-old hope needs two crutches to move around. well, bailey was caught walking on camera with a limp near the family's home and the two families have had a long standing feud, but bailey claims the limp was the result of a work injury. bailey was charged with menacing and sentenced to 29 days in jail. that's crazy. are you tired of those annoying robocalls? i am just done with them. we're not the only ones. >> no. the federal trade commission hates them as well and they want your help to get rid of the robocalls. they're asking for suggestions.

the winner gets $50,000 a trip to washington to present the robocall solution. now you have until january 17th to apply in this contest and the winner will be announced april 15th. >> i think all of us will be happy for that winner. after the break i'll introduce you to some courageous canines and their owners, everybody in this month's inaugural parade in a place of honor. ñ??

hundreds of cars and trucks, even some police cruisers all shot at with bb guns. who is doing it? arlington county police believe they've captured the culprit. under arrest are alexander chase, william romero and ricardo reynoso jr. all of arlington. police believe these three shot out hundreds of car windows over the past several months across the area. some four-legged friends will proudly march in the inaugural parade. a group of trained assistance dogs will represent canine companions for independence, the nation's biggest nonprofit that provides free canine helpers to people with disabilities. imagine's best friend vastly improves quality of life for his or her owner. >> he's very nice. >> reporter: sagin is a service dog for 19-year-old caroline elkins who lives with

her family in middleburg, virginia. sagin was trained by canine companions for innocence or cci. the mother learned about the group when her daughter got surgery for cerebral palsy. sagin is a highly trained skilled companion for caroline provided for free by cci. >> she used to be very shy because she had a little speech impediment and sagin has given her amazing confidence. >> reporter: speaking through ipad technology caroline is overjoyed to be able to be in the inaugural parade with her dog. >> i'm really excited about being in the inaugural parade. >> reporter: like all cci dogs sagin was prepped and trained from the moment of birth. after the puppies are weaned they're assigned to a volunteer puppy raiser, people like gail griffith who teaches basic commands. >> i started out wanting to be with a dog after i met all of the cci people and the graduates that i was doing something that made a real difference to somebody else's

life. >> reporter: all cci dogs are black labs, golden retrievers or a mix of the two. >> this class allows us to practice our commands. >> reporter: at age 1 1/2 the dogs leave their volunteers and they head to long island where they get more formal training learning more than 60 commands. only 40% of the canines pass this stage of training and those are then placed into service. >> sagin has been the best thing that we've done for our family. >> today is sagin's birthday. canine companions for independence says training each dog costs about $45,000. cci is looking for more volunteer puppy raisers. go to our website for more information and look under our inauguration button. >> you just made it. >> what do you mean? i've been here for five minutes. >> really? >> yes. hanging on every word. >> we should show people the video. >> we have no video.

you have no proof. 38 was the high today. our average high is 43, good news, not much wind. the bad news, there will be wind tomorrow. let's start with live look outside. temperatures are falling and wait for the wind to pick up. wind chills will be in the 20s eventually. that's the native american museum there to the left of the lincoln, beautiful evening really, just cold. temperatures 35, dew point still in the teens. we still have a few clouds south of town, but generally north of town we're clear. winds are still light. they'll pick up and the pressure rising a little, 30.20 inches of mercury. see the winds and colors. the shaded colors are wind gusts over 15. they're getting closer. highest winds are still out in the mountains, 20 mile-per-hour in olympicland and 24 in petersburg. they will be picking up and changing directions. 33 in rockville, 30 in gaithersburg, 32 in vienna, 29 in reston, 35 in burke, 34

arlington, mid-30s in college park. the freezing markdown at andrews and 33 in waldorf, so temps are falling like a stone. winds will pick up. we'll clear out tonight, breezy tonight and tomorrow and still sort of cold on friday. temperature-wise average. we add the winds and it will feel more like 30s. chilly and dry for the weekend, pretty nice weekend for early january. clear, breezy and cold tonight, two to three blanket night, temperatures in the 20s, winds west, northwest 10 to 20. they'll pick up after midnight. by morning plenty of sunshine, mostly sunny, breezy and cold, need sunglasses, temps in the 20s and 30s, but the wind chills will be in the teens and 20s tomorrow. mostly sunny, breezy and cold in the afternoon, high temperatures in the 30s and winds again westerly at 10 to 20 and gusty and don't focus on the low 40s. focus on the 30s. that's what it's going to feel like. next three days 9 weather alerts green, breezy and cold

tomorrow 42, chilly saturday 44, a few clouds coming in late, not a big deering chilly playoff day 45, but either -- deal, chilly playoff day 45, but either day dress warm. temps drop monday back to the low 40s and a january thaw before we really have a freeze, low 50s with sunshine tuesday. clouds come in wednesday, maybe rain late wednesday or wednesday night. we're still low 50s, maybe a leftover shower thursday. we are in the mid-50s. so really going to get warm next week, but really the weekend looks good, perfect playoff weather. dave owens will be back with sports after this.

and now 9 sports with dave owens. >> so what comes to mind when you think seattle? rain, coffee, music? physicality? not really, but pete carroll has transformed that. the former college coach has brought toughness and swagger to the pacific northwest. fact, seattle statistically is the best defense the redskins will face all season long, not good news considering that guy, rg3, not 100% despite his claims to the contrary. washington is the only team not favored this week that's a home team. that's got to stick in their craw. as for that physicality factor,

redskins fullback jerel young says we're ready. >> it's football. everybody is physical. you're not going to see anyone back down. everyone is stepping up making plays. people talk about how physical alfred is. it goes both ways. they're a good defense. it doesn't matter. they're going to perform. they're not going to talk about. it. >> of course, rg3 has been saying he's getting closer to 100%. earlier this week he said he might not wear the brace against the seahawks. today, though, our cameras caught him right there throwing without it and you be the judge, still looking as if he's gimpy without the stability of that brace. i'm not a doctor, but expect him to wear it sunday. tune in after sunday's game for a complete wrapup of skins/seahawks. we'll have postgame reaction live from fedex field plus highlights and expert analysis, a special postgame edition of game on at 8:00 sunday right here on wusa9. one word comes to mind when describing sunday's first game ravens/colts, emotional. ray lewis' return for one final

run, chuck pagano returns to his stomping grounds. kristen berset has more. >> reporter: the baltimore ravens are no strangers to the playoffs and no strangers to the indianapolis colts, but unlike any recent meeting this is different. colts head coach chuck pagano returns to baltimore to face his former team and the man he replaced, ravens offensive coordinator jim caldwell. >> we have 10 great years there. so it's ironic that we get an opportunity to kind of play against them which is going to be a lot of fun because you got two teams with great desire and chuck probably feels the same way on the other side. so it's going to be fun. >> there's a bond created the last few months that probably only me and him knew we had, that strong of a bond, and so for chuck to come back here, like i said, the game will fade one day, but that brotherhood, that manhood that we created will never die. >> reporter: it's a game ripe with emotions, pagano,

caldwell, possibly ray lewis' last game as a raven, but those are distractions that need to be left behind. >> we can't lose sight of that. we have to let the emotions -- leave the emotions out. >> reporter: in owings mills with the ravens kristen berset, 9 sports. there's still time to vote in our high school game of the week poll. there's several good games to choose from. go to usatodayhs/dc to vote. we'll announce the winner thursday night. chuck pagano recovering from leukemia. he's in remission, so that is great. it should be a great game. >> a great football week in between friday night lights, the redskins, the ravens. >> the best weekend in all the year. >> it's going to be good. >> the cbs evening news is next. >> good night, everyone. [ male announcer ] verizon fios is the fastest internet in america.

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