thank you for joining us. employers continue to hire in december but not enough to bring down the nation's unemployment rate. alexis christoforous reports on

the industries that are adding jobs while millions of americans strug tom find work. >> reporter: employers continued hiring even during the intense negotiations in washing tonight. the economy hired 155,000 jobs. there were gains in healthcare, food services and manufacturing, also in construction which added 30,000 jobs. that was the biggest jump in over a year, partly from rebuilding aflt superstorm sandy -- after superstorm sandy. but those increases have not helped ter resa. she has been working at the same bank for 10 years before being laid off. >> it affects everything. >> reporter: wall street would like better news. the numbers were in line with expectations but nothing to celebrate. >> we had lot of temporary hiring at the end of the year.

it's nothing beyond that. a real true test of the numbers is the next reporting period. >> reporter: she has been job hunting for a year and half and took an overnight shift at a retail store to make ends meet. all told they added rough lit same as the year before. over 12 million americans are still looking for work. alexis christoforous, cbs news wall street. the labor department actually revised november's rate upward. we're going to take a live look at the funeral service in woodbridge for prince william county young. he was killed after his motorcycle -- authorities are

looking into exactly how that officer was killed. police are looking for the man who stabbed a cab driver during an attempted carjacking. it happened this morning on kenyon street northwest near 7th street northwest. investigators say that the cab driver was conscious and briefing after the stabbing. police are looking for the stolen vehicle and the suspect. u.s. senator michael crapo from idaho, pleaded guilty to drunk driving charges earlier this morning. the republican lawmaker was arrested on december 23rd after officers said he ran a red light in alexandria. tests show that his blood alcohol level was above the legal limit. the senator issued a statement apologizing for his actions and he is not expected to contest the dwi charge. he received a $250 fine and a

12-month suspension of his dplns. a plea bargain is expected in the case of a former corrections officer accused of ignoring a dying inmai. anthony mcintosh was scheduled to go to trial next week. however, looks like a deal will be entered today. ronnie white was accused of killing a police officer. corrections officers insist that white actually killed himself. >> more federal assistance is on the way for victims of superstorm sandy after a delay that outraged some lawmakers. today some much needed money is going to get to flood victims. danielle nottingham has the latest from championship. >> reporter: the house -- passed a bill top send money to victims

of superstorm sandy. >> these are human beings, human beings, children. >> emergency bills like this should not come to the floor without offsets to pay for it. >> reporter: lawmakers from new york and new jersey where sandy hit hard were eying are for today's votes. >> funds for katrina passed this house in less than two weeks. we have been waiting for 11 weeks. >> reporter: earlier this week house speaker john boehner outraged lawmakers. now speaker boehner has scheduled a january 15th vote for the house to vote on the recovery money. it cannot come soon enough for dominic. he claims the government has been withholding money that should have been given out weeks

ago. sandy hit in october causing damage on the jersey shore and lirr. it has been distributed in 11 states and the district of columbia. president obama is scheduled to sign it into law and then checks can be distributed. sandy was the most costly disaster since cat in -- katrina in 2005. justin wolf did not walk out of prison as his family had hoped. he was convicted of hiring a man to kill a drug dealer. in 2011 the case was overturned after a key witness took back his story. a judge ordered that he would be release. yesterday was supposed to be that day but at last minute a federal appeals court iervened

and blocked wolf's release. >> it's really slowing it down. the court of appeals have issued a stay but asked for an expedited hearing. it should be heard sometime late january, early february. >> for now justin wolf remains behind bars and the attorney general's office indicates it will try to keep him there while prosecutors try to retry him. we in the washington area are pretty confident that the redskins are going to win against the seahawks on sunday, but find out what gambling experts in vegas are saying. they may not be as optimistic. >> and find out how you can get trinkets for the upcoming inauguration before president obama is sworn in. [ male announcer ] when your business is powered by verizon,

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gamblers in las vegas. the talk of the game is that the redskins offense will be facing seattle's defense. it's one of the best in the league and it will be tough for the redskins, but that's okay because combined with rg3, we are going to make those gamblers in las vegas sorry. washington is the only home team that's not favored this week, despite being considered underdogs, full back darryl young said the team is ready. >> it's football. they're here for a reason. everybody's physical. it's a grown man's league. everybody's stepping up making place. people talk about how physical it is. it goes both ways. we mr. in the talk about this. >> be sure to tune in after

sunday's game for a complete wrap-up of the redskins-seahawks game. we'll have a post game show live from fedex field. it's a special edition of game on and will begin at 8 p.m. on sunday when we're singing hail to the redskins. i'm so happy because i have a special guest in the studio. he'd like you to meet jake reynolds. he is an athlete from cumberland and a downhill skier. he has autism. so he will be participating in the special olympics. jake, i love your hair. it's red, white and blue and you are a winner, aren't you? tell me when did you first become interested in snow skiing? >> i understand that only two people from -- >> maryland, i think.

>> maryland. >> actually qualify. so you're very, very special. when did you start skiing competitively? as it been a long time -- has it been a long time? >> when i was a junior. >> really, when you were adown your? >> i started skiing when i was a sophomore and started the competition when i was a junior. >> you did and you are obviously, very, very good. you're right. there are only two people from the entire state of maryland who will be competing. so you will be going to south korea. when do you leave? >> january 23rd. >> are you excited? >> yes. >> a- >> and your mom and dad are going with you you and they are -- with upander that' raising money for the trip. you still neat -- need a little bit of money.

you told me you weren't nervous about this television interview. >> no. >> i'm going to be pulling for you jake. i know you will be doing very well and again, i love that red, white and blue hair. >> thanks. >> good luck to you. thank you for coming by. thank you for representing us so well, okay? who okay. >> okay. we are going to have the weather forecast from howard in just a moment. there he is. >> jc, i was talking to jake. he skis in garrett county. you may see him in his red, white and blue going down the slopes in western maryland, maybe while he's training for the special olympics. it's cold and windy in dare rete county -- garrett county. sunshine and i've raised temperatures just a bit. i thought we would top out at 43. we could squeeze out another two or three degrees. with the winds, it will feel like it's in the 30s.

we'll dispip -- dip into the upper 30s by 9:00 and into the 20s for overnight lows. we're seeing bright sun in d.c. north of town i know it's a story. either side of i-70, about 10 miles or so, parts of montgomery county. you get west into the mountains we got the clouds but much of the metro seeing bright sunshine and stiff winds. a cold morning. some of the areas down into the northern neck. upper teens. look, the cold stuff was west and southwest. skies were clear. winds went light. what a great example of that this morning. we had 30 in hagerstown but 18 in manassas. at this hour with the sunshine and winds, garrett county, 20s

right now. only 23, 41 from easton. west winds at nine. gusting in the 15, 18 range making that wind chill feel like it's in the upper 30s. east pretty quiet. some snow showers up north. we am rain coming out of texas and louisiana but for us no significant weather heads this way until the middle or latter part of next week. a clear cold night back into the 20s, around 30. a sunny but less windy saturday. clouds around tomorrow night but they will clear out early sunday. if you've got plans going to the redskins game or the ravens game in baltimore sunday, hey, lucky. if you've got an extra ticket call me but the weather will play in your favor. tonight we're back in the 20s to near 30. a light breeze. variable, about five. chilly 44. sunday up to 47.

so good home football playoff weather. look at the warmup. by wednesday a run toward 60. we're going to the kitchen. got some winter salads for you when 9news returns.

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[ male announcer ] ...per second. get verizon high-speed internet and phone for just $84.99 a month when you sign up online with a two-year price guarantee. plus a $200 verizon visa pre-paid card and an additional line included. verizon. today i'm in the kitchen with executive chef andrew dixon. many of us think sads -- salads are just for the winter, but they're for the winter. thank you for being with me. first, i have to ask, these things. >> these are growlers.

they're used to fill boamplet you take them home with you to enjoy later. >> look at that. lack how big they are. that's incredible. let's talk about the salads that you're fixing. i see you have beats. >> that's my favorite root vegetable. it's a winter harvest -- fall, winter, spring, so a good thing to focus on. it's little heartier than your winter salad you you got all your vit mines and nutrients. >> what are you makeing? >> the beat salad and caylee salad with -- and kale salad with caesar dressing. the great thing about kale, there are so many different varieties. if you go to the farmers market, i go to falls church on saturdays. you get five or six varieties, as many as you can. you get a fresh almost broccoli

leak quality. >> all right. let's do this real quick. >> i will poach the egg. you take your water and to get a perfect poached egg, you take it. you swirl your water around. you drop your egg in and the swirling action heats the whites. that will keep your perfectly bound egg. just your whites and a coddle around the yolks. easy to make the dressing. a little garr leck, egg yolk, dijon must starred and anchovies. put that with a couple squeezes of fresh lemon juice. >> okay. we have 45 seconds. mix it up very quickly. >> add a little olive oil to that. >> and that's it? >> yes. you're good to g adjust it with a little salt and pepper and

you're good to go. >> this is our final product. >> you'll toss all these ingredients together. this is a very simple herb vinny grat. i know you have the recipes on your website. >> go to jc hayward.com. look at that beat sappled and kale salad -- salad and kale salad. have a great weekend and come back and visit us at 5:00.