send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag. the address mail bag at wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. çñ >>> in the mail bag tonight a fascinating debate over on the wusa9 facebook page ignited by the occupy protestors in san diego who for reasons that remain a mystery decided to have a moment of silence for the madman who decided to take a shot at the white house a week ago. many one saying it was a terrible thing but had this guy had any ties to the tea party or attended a tea party rally it would be major national news calling the tea party hateful, violent and racist. where are the liberals now? where are the calls for the 99% demanding an end to the violence and disruption to the lives of everyday americans who actually live for the living. that is a decent question. but rick has a different question. he wonders why the long arm of the law is wielding such an iron fist at oscar ortega- hernandez. why did the justice department overreach with the attempted assassination charge. how could it be an attempt to kill the

send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag. mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. >>> in the mail bag tonight, that 200 pound eight-year-old kid removed from his home by social workers because they say his mom's inability to slim the kid down amounts to abuse or neglect. sharon thinks the state has a good point. if it is okay to remove children from a homesiting child abuse, neglect because they are not being fed. why should there be question about a child being over fed? unless there is serious underlying medical issue causing this child to eat everything in sight, shame on the parent. well, for her part, the mom has been doing the best she can to get her son to lose weight, it's not so easy. mike from rockville says he cannot pass judgment until he knows the answers to some questions. is mom over feeding the child? is he suffering from a mental condition, gene deficiency, etcetera. what has child welfare done to educate the mother or have the child examined by doctors? if they are basing the questions on seeing the

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send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag.he address, mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. >>> in the mail bag tonight, our good friend, john with this analysis of the failure of the so-called super committee. it seems that neither side had any intention of touching their sacred cows for the democrats entitlement for the republican tax increases. if the congress can't function, what are we left with? the occupy movement? the congress needs to stop the accusatory rhetoric and start functioning. but ron with the shall we say, more earthy point of view. on behalf of the united states of america, the american people sadly issue the following proclamation, that the super committee be renamed the pooper committee. since they are so full of it. that is something all of us can agree on. actually, i agree with those who say the super committee was likely doomed from the very start, but perhaps not for the exactly reasons you may think. i'll lay it out in my let's be real pen commentary. i'll lay it out tonight at 11:00. cra

. >>> send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag.mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. >>> wednesday morning on 9news now. a 12-year-old girl talks about surviving congenital heart failure. >> and where you can go for free advice on fighting foreclosure and becoming a success in this economic mess. >> it's also cooky monster day. >> we begin at 4:25. >> i like cookie monster day. >>> the loudoun county republican party created the photo to be sent out in a halloween e-mail with the zombie president. craig from king george, virginia says he did not vote for president obama, but he is our president and the supreme leader of our country. to disrespect him is to disrespect his country. the picture of president obama as a zombie was inappropriate, disrespectful, and dangerous. anyone who can say it was done in fun needs to have their sense of morality brought into country. they are sick. but over on the wusa9 face backpage, randall conradt had a different idea. let's stop creating drama. the zombie picture of obama is nothing t

send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag.he address, mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. çñ >>> in the mail bag tonight, herman cain, the woman number four, now comes forward to accuse him of sexual harassment. this time we have a name and a face to go with the charges. harold in germantown says that is not enough. this is just a smear campaign. i see no reason to give her and her attorney air time. especially since they filed no police report, did not bring the attention to anyone of authority and has never stepped forward until now, now that mr. kaine is the leading candidate for president 13 years later. she has no proof. she just has the news media to crucify mr. cain. you're right, but a lot of her details are verifyable. she met with cain at the time and place she talked about and came to dc at the time as well. and she has the affidavits from the people she did tell about the alleged incident when it allegedly happened. could all of this be nonsense? sure. however, now four women say there is an issue here

plenty of fun in mcginty's mail bag at wusa9.com. that's our report.'ll be back here at 11:00 with anita brikman. don't forget wusa9.com is always there. we'll see you a bit later. bye-bye. [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] movie buffs! this film is tres bien, but the interest rate on your checking account is le pew. interest on your checking? earn more with new high yield free checking at capital one bank. your interest rate will be five times the national average. five times the interest! and free atms at any bank. show's over folks. make your way to capital one bank. what's in your wallet? were you crying? yeah. >>> now "entertainment tonight," the most watched entertainment news magazine in the world. >> what's the first word you think of? >> brave. brave. >> thank you. >> gabrielle giffords, the voice we thought we'd never here. why gabby can speak. >> learning to walk, leaning on a grocery cart, breaking down and seeing her wedding photo. >> this is one of my favorites. >> oh. >> and plus, her husband's message from space. >> tell my wife i

. >> the redskins have a message for fans like derek mcginty. stop writing eulogies.re not dead yet. the gang with some words who think the season is over already. and the nats feel they found the right man to lead the crew. and he's sitting right under theirÑÑÑ >>> if you're a jaded redskin fan like derek mcginty, you're probably saying i have seen this movie and i hate the winning. the team's three and won start seems like a distant memory and their place in the division from first to worst complements of yesterday's loss to buffalo. total domination by the guy's wearing blue. if you listen to sports talk radio, you think the end is near. in other words, the confidence meter moo. how do players feel about that? >> i guess a lot of times it's easy to think. but us in the locker room, we don't feel this way. >> this is a different team. this is say different group of guys. and all we can do is hope for the best. >> if someone wants to get up and scream and yell, if that helps them, let's do it. >> i don't think coach shanahan is going to let anybody hold it in. >> tak

send your thoughts to mcginty's mall bag. mailbag@wusa9.com. more rain is headed our way. will it make for a soggy drive? we can hope not. topper will confirm in the forecast. but first, politicians started blaming each other. now the supercommittee gone down in flames, what each side is saying. that's up next. >>> lawmakers now trading blame today after the so-called debt supercommittee failed to make the deal this week to bipartisan panel was passed with trimming at least $1.2 trillion from the ballooning deficit. but yesterday, the committee announced they couldn't make such a deal and they took off for the thanksgiving break. >> the american people are going to force congress to do this and i think this will be the center piece going forward in this next election. >> the idea that the military, cuts in the military spending would be demanded in order to raise taxes is as unpatriotic and as contrary to the needs of the country. >> the president is vowing to veto any attempt to undo automatic budget cuts. that includes the nearly half trillion dollars that would come out

send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag.address, mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. >>> we are less than three weeks away from thanksgiving and food banks in our area will need your help. they need the food and the other items like the ones you have been seeing behind our anchor des. we have been teaming up with the boy scouts to make donating as easy as possible. they handed out bags across maryland and virginia. if you got one, fill it up, put in paper and hygiene products and the scouts will be back to get them on the 12th. people in dc, you did not get bags because the bag tax, however, you can make your donations in safeway stores. >> the conviction of michael jackson's doctor. rob is really glad that dr. conrad murray is locked up, but it shouldn't stop there. everyone in camp michael knew that he had an addiction to prescribed medication. he knew what medication he wanted and what doctor out there would be sane enough or insane enough to honor his request. yet not anyone to include his family or staff di

we just got lucky on the gino mcginty wire tape.got him on tape planning to move a major piece of merchandise this afternoon. good. ( playing melody ) you know, i don't believe i've ever appreciated the resemblance to pan before. ( chuckles ) the pentatonic scale. it's fascinating how a simple set of fractions can come alive. what do we have here? norwegian willow flute. the attendant one-dimensional wave equation has mesmerizing harmonic properties. ( plays flute ) it also makes a very nice noise. okay, uh, not to look a gift horse in the mouth, larry, but the, uh, the emotional rebound is, uh, is bordering on manic depressive. look, i'm taking solace in the fact that this man fooled everybody. so misery loves company. well, it also loves bright, new research assistants, and i actually interviewed a very promising applicant just today. there's always another young, brilliant student coming down the road, isn't there? yeah, sure. i mean, one would hope so, right? let me ask you something. did you actually think that i was jealous of

. >> the subject was jobs and economy and there was a lot they agreed on as derek mcginty reports, any political wounds were strictly self-inflicted. >> lower taxes, less regulation and better leadership. that was the familiar formula for creating jobs laid out by the g.o.p. presidential candidate at the cnbc debate in rochester, michigan, where jobs has been particularly scarce. but this debate may be most remembered for what was forgotten by texas governor rick perry as he tried to lay out his budget cutting plans. >> i will tell you it is three agencies of government when i get there that are gone. commerce, education and the -- what's the third one there. let's see. >> it was painful to watch. >> you can't name the third one? >> the third agency of government i would do away with education -- the -- >> commerce. >> commerce. and let's see. i can't. the third one, i can't. sorry. oops. >> but the expected fireworks over candidate herman cain and the swirling allegations of sexual harassment against him never materialized. the only person to bring it up, one of the cnbc moderators. >

send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag. address, mailbeing@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. >>> in the mail bag tonight, occupy dc. as cities all over the country crack down and boot the protesters out of park and squares, dan in rockville wonders, what are dc leaders waiting for? why is the city spending tax dollars to provide support for the occupy dc protesters? they are forcing the average citizen away from the downtown area and the money they would bring to the local businesses and restaurants goes elsewhere. it is time to follow existing laws and stop the overnight campouts. and then there was this on those security cameras proposed for cafeterias. some say the ideas to invasive and overkill. kevin not one of those people. those against the security cameras will only be against them until something happens. especially if it happens to their child. the cameras are not only needed to make sure the kids are on their best behavior, but the teachers and faculty as well. all right, why not cameras in the classrooms?

send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag.com. 9news now will be right back. >>> a programming note for you. cbs is unveiling a brand-new morning show. it will feature a holdover from the current broadcast. erica hill, plus bringing in kandahar low rose and oprah's gal pal, gayle king. the date, monday january 9. >>> in the mail bag tonight, yesterday we asked if a fairfax county planned to put cameras is a good idea. anna went all tony the tiger on us. she says it's a great idea. they are another level of security against bullying, vandalism, etcetera. as the criminal justice system knows. cameras are better than eyewitnesses and hard to refuse. the parents who are against this are probably afraid that their children will be caught on camera doing something wrong. well, maybe, but they could also be concerned about what our free society turns into as we allow more and more government surveillance all in the name of safety. meantime, over on the wusa9 facebook page. reaction to the parents of the 13-year-old charged with rapin

weigh in on mcginty's mail bag. the address is mailbag@wusa9.com. >>> coming up, first the rain and the cold. how low will it go? topper will let us know and will tell us if we can expect a little better over the weekend. >>> but first, 80 years old and looking not a day over 20. the district of columbia war memorial reopens after some very fancy renovations. a look when we come back. [ male announcer ] the chicken marinara melt is the featured $5 footlong™ of november. juicy chicken, marinara sauce, and melty cheese served toasted on freshly baked italian bread. get it pronto, cuz this november only, it joins our everyday $5 footlongs! subway. eat fresh. >>> flags lowered to honor a resident killed in afghanistan. he died when his vehicle was attacked in kabul province last month. governor martin o'malley ordered the flags flown at half- staff in memory of lieutenant cabrera. >>> the d.c. war memorial was rededicated today after getting a 3.6 million face lift. seven years ago we showed you what the memorial looked

some of them will be in mcginty's mail bag a bit later in the broadcast. hope you enjoyed all that beautiful weather we have had over the past few days because you had to know this wasn't going to last forever. topper, what is coming our way? >> we eked out yet another perfect day today. here is the deal. here are the temperatures. right now still pretty nice out. high of 64. still 56 downtown. low 50s in manassas and gaithersburg and frederick. not bad. for tonight though the clouds roll in. just cool. low temps holding in the 40s both inside and outside the beltway and winds turn south- southwest at 10. we will come back, talk about a cold front that rolls through here tomorrow. tell you what that means. you may need your umbrella. we will tell what you is in store in the wake of that cold front for veterans day. >> thank you, topper. >>> coming up. remember this? you would probably rather not but it was the carmageddon snow storm that left a lot of us stranded four hours and hours in pure gridlock. now local leaders are trying to make sure this every, e

look at nate looking like derek mcginty in his old playing days. [ laughing ] >> comes up with the stealson clark. georgetown wins 86-45. >> i'll admit i never looked like that. [ laughing ] >>

look at nate looking like derek mcginty in his old playing days. [ laughing ] >> comes up with the stealn clark. georgetown wins 86-45. >> i'll admit i never looked like that. [ laughing ] >> we'll be right back. at bank of america, we're lending and investing in the people and communities who call greater washington, d.c. home. from supporting an organization that helps new citizens find their way... to proudly supporting our washington redskins... and partnering with a school that brings academic excellence to the anacostia community. because the more we do in greater washington, d.c., the more we help make opportunity possible. >>> could the weather on sunday be too nice to stay in and watched the redskins. >> that would be a first for derek. see i. good night.  ( band playing "late show" theme ) >> from new york, th

we are calling it turkey for troops and derek mcginty is with a special phone bank to help make thisank you. this veterans day we teamed up with the u.s.o. of metropolitan washington to provide thanksgiving and christmas food baskets to members of the service community. a special way to say thank you for their service. a real tangible way that goes way beyond words. so if you want to take your thank you way beyond words and donate to the turkey for troops

>> first what was so cool was the glee project winner damien mcginty from this summer had his appearancecharacter rory. what a great idea. it was so viewer interactive because all summer long we were able to follow just sort of like x-factor who it was go to be. his character is great, unbelievable voice, kicked it off with a little kermit it's not easy being green which was great and, of course, kathy perry songs are so big, although it's a bit of torture because you just got tgif out of your head and now it's back. everybody was loving the music, lots of music tonight, great story line. so we loved that. >> there is a bit of tragedy with one of the castmates, right? >> charice papemco's father was murdered in the philippines out of nowhere. he bumped into somebody in a store and that man stabbed him to death. she has canceled some appearances with david foster with some singing engage. s to be with her family there -- engagements to be with her family there, absolutely tragic. really difficult for that character and we'll see how that plames out for other things that happen -- plays ou