bruce leshan says they are convinced that newtown marks a tipping point. >> reporter: i'm bruce leshan on capitol hill. newtown, aurora, columbine, virginia tech, the family of murder victims come to congress demanding a change in america's gun laws. >> my little brother was riddled with bullets. >> reporter: a litany of pain. >> i am here today wearing my son's shoes. >> reporter: almost too horrible to bear. >> they're the shoes he was wearing on april 20, 1999 when he was gunned down at columbine high school. >> reporter: one after the other. >> in memory of our 19-year-old daughter. >> reporter: dozens of relatives recited their stories. >> a.j. boyk was killed in the aurora theater shooting. >> reporter: every day in america, nearly this many families become new victims of gun violence. >> my son miraculously survived. >> reporter: andre's 8-year-old son bear was walking towards the principal's office in newtown. >> he says he saw bullets passing by. >> reporter: a teacher rescued him. >> she pulled him in her own classroom. >> reporter: now he says washington has to rescue americ

bruce leshan is live in fairfax with the details. bruce. >> reporter: yeah, anita, jane perez hired an old high school classmate to help her fix up her townhome here, but when things went wrong, jane perez like a lot of us went online. what she said, she suggested that christopher dietz was a con man, maybe a thief. today dietz fighting back and winning. >> to finally be winning on principles and knowing that good people do prevail, it's very, very happy. >> reporter: contractor christopher dietz crowing outside the courthouse after winning a preliminary injunction against a former customer who wrote a series of scathing online reviews. >> what she put up there were pure lies and stated as fact. so that damage can never be undone, but we can certainly stop future damage.

in fairfax, bruce leshan, 9news now.w as we know, those on-line reputations, when they are threatened, we now realize that doctor, lawyers, contractors, rest contractors, and restauranteurs may decide to take to you court. >>> at the stroke of midnight it becomes legal to smoke marijuana in some states. >>> sometimes people are so dumb, you just to have shake your head. and you're not going believe the phone call this guy made, but you will believe that it landed him in the slammer. anita. >>> new recommendations on the drug tamoxifen. it can make a big difference in the lives of breast cancer patients. information for all women. topper. >> we lost about 10 degrees today. 63 was the official high. very cold tonight. you might be surprised how cold. here's your wake-up weather. 29 to 38 by 5:00. 2 to 36 by 7:00. then lots of sunshine, only in the 30s by 9:00. we'll come back. we will talk about the rest of the week. we have some new information about the we can questioned and the forecast for the ravens- redskins game. >>

bruce leshan has that story. >> my little brother derrick once was riddled with bullets. >> reporter: a litany of pain. >> i am here today wearing my son's shoes. >> reporter: almost to painful to bear. >> they're the shoes he was wearing on april 20th. 1999 when he was gunned down at columbine shall. >> reporter: one after the over. dozens of relatives recited their stories. >> a. j. boyd was killed in the aurora theater shooting. >> reporter: every day in america nearly this many families become new victims of gun violence. >> my son miraculously survived. >> reporter: andre's 8-year-old son bear was walking towards the presence pal's office -- principal's office in newtown. >> he saw bullets passing by. >> reporter: a teacher rescued him. >> she pulled him in her own classroom. >> reporter: now he says washington has to rescue america with sensible gun laws. >> it's not a partisan issue. it's an issue of safety of our children. >> reporter: but some argue the solution is more guns, not fewer and that an armed principal for instance might have saved lives at sandy hook elementary. >

. >> reporter: i'm bruce leshan in fairfax where a judge today ordered a woman to take back at least part of her online review of her contractor. >> good people do prevail. it's very, very hatchet. >> reporter: contractor christopher dietz crowing outside the courthouse after winning a preliminary injunction against a former customer who wrote a series of scathing online reviews. >> what she put up there were pure lies. >> reporter: jane perez said she never imagined her reviews on yelp and angie's list would land her in court facing thousands of dollars in legal fees and potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages for defamation. she'd hired dietz to install a toilet, but when things went south, she wrote dietz had damaged her home and hinted that he had stolen her jewelry. the judge ordered her to take down any allegations of thievery. >> be very careful. >> reporter: experts say lawsuits like this are still rare, but online reputations now so important we may well see more. in fairfax bruce leshan, 9 news now. >>> apparently it takes a whole lot of explosives to blow u

. >> reporter: i'm bruce leshan in rockville where the turnout of same sex couples was far lighter but no less ecstatic. >> so excited. i cannot believe this day is here. i cannot believe it. >> reporter: karen croning of potomac and her partner of 29 years were just the second same sex couple to receive a license at montgomery county circuit courthouse. >> we could have gone on to d.c., but we want to be married in maryland and we cried the night and teared up i couldn't know how many times in the last couple weeks. >> party one which used to be husband and party two which used to be wife. >> reporter: loretta knight is among the first maryland county clerks to put together new marriage certificates. some rules will remain the same, but the clerk already has her first same sex ceremony booked for the wedding room after new year's day and she is ready to add the names to the registries that go back decades. >> before i used to say now i pronounce you husband and wife. now i say i now pronounce you as married. >> reporter: at montgomery county circuit court, bruce leshan, 9 news now. >>

bruce leshan reports two senators in our area who in the past have gotten a grades from the national rifle association are now demanding change. >> as your senator i'll protect our second amendment right. that's why the nra endorsed me. >> reporter: west virginia's joe man chin, a conservative democrat who famously fired a hunting rifle in a campaign ad. >> i've never had more than three shells in a clip you. >> now supports gun regulation. >> they're proud parent, grandparents. they understand this has changed where we go from here. >> reporter: senator manchin says no one he knows goes hunting with an assault rifle or high capacity magazine. >> this has changed the dialogue and it should move beyond dialogue. we need action. >> reporter: he's not alone. >> i got an a rating from the nra. >> reporter: virginia's mark warner said his daughters asked him what he's doing to keep children safe. >> when these kindergarten kids were massacred, if there's a reasonable approach to restrict access to some of the most violent of these weapons. >> reporter: the nra has taken its facebook site

gay couples can't legally get married there until 12:01 new year's day and bruce leshan suggested that may have helped to keep the crowds away today. wasn't exactly long lines, bruce. >> reporter: no. not long lines d one reason may have been the fact they have to wait until new year's day. the other reason might be a little bit to do with the proximity to d.c. where same sex couples have been able to get married since 2009 and have those marines recognized in maryland -- marriages recognized in maryland, but we did see a few couples. >> so excited. i cannot believe this day is here. >> reporter: this was just the second same sex couple to receive a marriage license at the montgomery county circuit courthouse. >> we could have gone on to d.c., but we ain't didn't really feel it was right or legal. we want -- we didn't really feel it was right or legal. we wanted to be married in maryland. we teared up. we cried several times in the last several weeks. >> party one which used to be husband and gate two which used to be wife. >> reporter: loretta knight is one of the first county clerks

in fairfax bruce leshan, 9 news now. >> we have to tell you the experts do tell us the number of lawsuits like that one are still pretty small, but online reputations are now so important to restaurants, doctors, lawyers, contractors we may well see more of them. dietz says he may have lost nearly a million dollars from jane perez's nasty reviews. >>> not much progress, but a bit of promise tonight in our fiscal cliff notes. today president obama and house speaker john boehner spoke on the phone about the looming budget cuts, but as of now, no evidence there's any future negotiations scheduled. a new poll by the associated press shows 48% of those asked support letting tax cuts expire january 1st for those earning more than $250,000 a year, but extending them for everybody else. just 32% say the cuts ought to be extended across the board. joining us now to talk fiscal cliff and ramifications for all of us around here in the d.c. area, virginia congress member gerry connolly, a democrat representing annandale, parts of prince herndon county, fairfax, welcome, sir. we know the arguments by

as bruce leshan reports, she may have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages for a nastyed online about a local contractor. >> to finally be winning on principles and knowing that good people do prevail, it's very, slap. >> reporter: contractor christopher dietz crowing outside -- happy. >> reporter: contractor christopher dietz crowing outside a courthouse after winning a preliminary injunction against a former customer who wrote a series of scathing online reviews. >> what she put up there were

we sent our bruce leshan, one of our veteran reporters out to let people sound off literally.y got on a soap box. >> reporter: how you doing, man? i'm from channel 9 to try to get people to tell politicians what they think about the fiscal cliff. fiscal cliff. the fiscal cliff soap box. come on through. how you doing? all right, people, step up. the fiscal cliff soap box. we'll give you this beautiful 9news travel mug if you talk to us. here we go. step right up. do you worry about your taxes going ?up. >> i'm not wealthy so no. >> reporter: if we go off the cliff, taxes will go up on everybody. >> everybody? >> reporter: everybody. tell the politicians what you think of them. >> my name is lou weinstein and i write novels. no one wants to hold up a tax cut for most people in this country so the richest people can avoid paying their fair share. it's absurd. happy to pay the additional taxes if he agrees not to spend any more than he already has. >> reporter: come on. give me a break. >> of course the rich will have to pay more. they could certainly suck it up. >> i don't know