that scene on the charlestown bridge was last month. today in dozens of cities across the country protesters were back at their local structurally deficient and otherwise bridges. making essentially the same argument, fix, rebuild, invest, and refurbish this country back into prosperity. enact public policy that benefits the many and not just the rich few. spend on infrastructure to put people to work building it and so we can all benefit from it economically and otherwise. and in the context of this occupy wall street movement, this leaderless, insistent, apparently resilient movement, the emphasis on public investment is now part of a larger conversation about reconfiguring our economy and our political system so it might serve people beyond just the richest americans. it was a key moment for the nationwide occupy wall street movement overall when protesters attempted to march across the brooklyn bridge for the first time last month. 700 people were arrested that day. 700. those arrests did not slow down the very young movement at tha

>> they can come into the center itself which is 3731 barryville park in charlestown. they can call us at 304-724- 6558 or they can go to your web site. >> wusa9.com. pet line 9 section. all of the information christy was giving out. we have it there for you right online. don't worry if you missed any of that. don't go away. 9news now at noon will return in just a moment. >>> we have department of aging experts taking your phone calls until 4:00 today about medicare plan options. the number to call it 202-432- 89045. what a delight it is to have maryland's lieutenant-governor anthony brown here with me to talk about the significance of the decisions that our seniors make about their medicare plans. it is very important. >> sure. this is great having experts here with the phone number that people can call because there are a lot of great benefits available on medicare and with national health reform, we've increased the benefits under prescription drug program, preventive services, it can get complicated. what we want to do before december 7th, if you're new to medicare

we pick up .88 inches of rain in charlestown, west virginia.t is starting to dig a little bit cooler out there. 76 degrees is the record in 2001. mid-50's, up burk 50's locally. lexington park continues to hold on to the warmest reading in the area. we will see the temperatures dropped into the 40's overnight. the reason for this strong cold front and a strong push of high- pressure. as we get through tomorrow afternoon, some computer models hangnail little moisture back -- and paying a little moisture back. we have the chance for a flight or a flurry -- flake or a flurry. 45 tomorrow morning with scattered showers. the rain will end late morning. we will warm and up into the mid-50's on saturday. mild temperatures as we head towards a thanksgiving. >>> the toyota sports desk brought to you by your local toyota dealers. moving you forward. >>> cowboys sunday coming up. are you excited? >> i am excited. mike shanahan and the redskins are trying to get ready for the dallas cowboys on sunday. we make fun of it, but the redskins believe they can st

west of the area, just south of berkeley springs, charlestown, there's an end to that solid rain, just some fog and drizzle down there. and there's some spotty rain across southern maryland and maybe some thunder down there, as well. take a look at the activity. you see it moving pretty much from southwest to northeast, moving up generally toward eastern pennsylvania. so if you're heading up that way, it will be rainy a lot longer. we do expect to see an end to the rain, probably not until tomorrow afternoon but it will be much drier on thursday with a lot of sunshine just in time for thanksgiving. >> thank you, bob. >>> let's check on the roads right now with the traffic control. >> hi, everyone. well, it's gone from bad to worse out there. if you're traveling on the inner loop, you're looking at an hour and a half delay from the parkway all the way around to bel air road. the outer loop almost as bad in that direction. it's from bel air road over to baltimore national pike, at least 70 minutes. 95 southbound, because of the earlier accident, it is just crawling along there over the e

charlestown may have a couple of sprinkles there. one more stop to the south of town.owers picking up from quantico down through stafford. where it looks like we've had heavier activity go through stafford in the last few minutes. this is all tracking off to the northeast. quantico, heavier stuff in the next 20 minutes. there is more, a lot more of this to come for the afternoon. temperatures, big difference. mid-50s north to mid-60s at the tappahannock airport. cambridge is 62. our temperature has not budged at all since this morning. still at 57 degrees. winds are cape. low clouds outside. we could have some fog in spots. humidity at 100%. a lot of cold air. look at this! north and west of us. minneapolis, 33. chicago, 38. we'll touch the cold air for tomorrow and friday once the storm system passes. until that happens, all of this moisture -- that's coming in our direction. looks like it will be here for tonight. that's a tornado watch down in alabama and georgia. it will be here for tonight and early tomorrow. we may see some showers early tomorrow with clearing mo

winchester and west virginia in morgantown and down through -- and berkley springs and portions of charlestown. around the d.c. area just light showers. but look to the west. we are watching this storm that is making its way to memphis. that moves in over the next 24 hours. some areas could get one to two inches of rain. this is what we are thinking about through 8:00 tomorrow morning some of the heaviest rain down to the south. and tomorrow morning a good chance just about everybody will see wet roadways. in the day periods of heavy rain moving through. and by 7:00 we're in the thick of it. some of the heaviest rain at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 tomorrow night. we have a wet day out there on our wednesday and after that things cool down big time. showers likely tomorrow morning some on the moderate side. 47 to 54 degrees. tomorrow above average with temperatures in the low 60s. some of the rains will be heavier late and be on the mild side. and then 50 for the high on thursday and breezy. a high of 48 on friday. but back above average by sunday with a high of 62 degrees. rainy tomorrow and then o

if you haven't seen rain yet and you are off to the north and west, leesburg and charlestown, you've got just clouds, there is more rain on the way. not too cool out there. 50 at reagan national. humidity, 96%. wind are out of the north and east at 5:00. your forecast for today, more cloudiness, more rain and the rain will get steady this afternoon with highs in the mid- 50s. it will be rather cool this afternoon with the rain getting steadier touring the -- during the course of the day. >>> a welcome sight for drivers in bridge and montgomery counties. the second segment of the intercounty collector is now open to the public. stacy cohan live with the details. probably kind of quiet out there. >> reporter: here we are. after all this time, the icc is finally finished. it is a little dark and quiet at this hour but there you go. we have some folks driving down the road. it is the full 18.8-mile stretch of the icc that is officially open. this morning, the final 10 1/2 mile stretch was opened to traffic. good news, if you would like to drive this highway, can you do so for free until

s will be fine slightly cooler temperatures in the '50s -- 50's. 57 in winchester and charlestown, 64rs north and west of winchester along a 81 corridor. that's moving to the northeast. those may move east and southeast as the cold front settles in. there's a stronger cold front tomorrow that will feature a steady rain and perhaps a rumble of thunder. then the cold arabs later in the week. -- cold air. futurecast shows a little rain later today. steady rain redeveloping small animal night. yellow shows' heavy downpours. we might have more than an inch in some spots. clearing on thursday, turning much colder. fine on the weekend. the rain becomes more widespread tomorrow. on the weekend, will the temperatures go up or down? we will find out in a couple minutes from adam caskey. >> thank you. >>> newschopper 7 is flying over plans to discount the allen the beltway. a vehicle is also my way of the inner loop near pennsylvania avenue. wheat warned you about activity in the area. they are retrieving the vehicle. headed south from sefedex field. switching to maryland, 270 southbound crash i

we're here on this friday morning. 28 in charlestown. 32 in chevy chase and arlington. at la plata quite a chill in the air. about 10 degrees below average for this time of year. and light winds out of the northwest which will shift southerly. talking mid 50's tomorrow with a lot of sunshine. high, thin clouds. and then into sunday. warmer. highs in the lower 60's. so warming up. >> warming up on the volume of traffic. 270 southbound into montgomery county. look. looks pretty nice right now heading down to 495. no worries at the wilson bridge. good on route four, route five and here we are at 95. normal volume. to get to springfield and open to the pentagon. metro rail and working in your favor. >> new this morning an armed robbery at the university of maryland at a dorm there. police have not released any details. we just know a campus alert was sent around 12:30 a.m. saying the incident happened at cecil hall. no one was hurt and still no word on any suspects. cynne simpson? >> another sex abuse scandal but this time targeting the longtime assistant basketball coach b

charlestown at 33. still high temperatures today will be in the mid 50's again kind of like yesterday. we will break into a lot of sunshine. total sunshine tomorrow. i love this photo. i want to leave you happy after the weather. this is little ian, 9 1/2 months old. as a gnome last night. >> thanks for pa that. overnight road work moved out of the way. unfortunately, i have two accidents to warn you about on 66, both eastbound. on on the shoulder. one after the belt way after leesburg pike. be careful heading out. 95 between richmond and baltimore, how about normal travel time? that will work. >> thanks so much lisa. 5:02 now. our top story now, halloween is supposed to be about harmless scarce. >> police say there were several shootings including one on a busy street in georgetown. >> one guy ran across the street and fired off three shots. >> a scary scenario for hundreds of people enjoying halloween celebrations in the heart of georgetown. it all started when two groups of teens started fighting. >>

some like this afternoon with high temperatures around 60. 34 degrees in martinsburg. 33 in charlestown, at the freezing mark in frederick along with la plata. northwest d.c., 45. along the water in annapolis 42. a lot of sunshine today. total sunshine throughout the day. nothing but blue skies. a gorgeous day, is around 60. low to mid 50's -- a blow to mid 60's tomorrow. >>> at the end of the ramp from colesville road to head onto the outer loop, if an accident off to the far right side no longer causing an early merge but it is a distraction leaving college park to silver spring. we will be back in less than 10 minutes. >>> we begin with a developing story from asia. stock markets fell for the third straight day, on fears breeze will default on debt. greek prime minister shocked europe by calling for a referendum on an unpopular european union plan to rescue the greek economy. -- asian stocks fell on fears greece will default on its debt. the dow jones had the biggest one-day drop in two months. >>> president obama will speak in georgetown this morning on his jobs plan at the key brid

route 9 coming out of charlestown, blue ridge, it was more like patchy fog. outer loop of the beltway, heavier volume on the left side of your screen. lanes open around georgia avenue starting to see the morning show down in the rain. you travel as you make the trip northbound out of 95. northbound after route 3 a crash moved over to the shoulder. left side of your screen you can see the headlights building volume. 35 northbound lanes are open as you make your way to the 14th street bridge so far without any real significant slowdowns getting across the bridge. next time of timesaver traffic at 53:00. >>> at this hour we are getting new video in from egypt. >> it shows this morning's clashes between anti-government protesters and police. it was the center of the demonstrations that led to president mubarak's ouster. protesters wan a quicker transition from the ruling military council to democratly elected leaders. >>> police are trying to if i a second suspect in the robbery of a university of maryland student. the man seen in this video is using the victim's

meanwhile, protesters worship occupy boston movement plan to march today to the charlestown bridge.tory in dallas, texas, where police arrested up to 20 occupy prot t protesters there. at the same time, an attorney said an agreement with the city was reached wednesday allowing protesters to stay for four more weeks. there were also arrests made in south carolina and city officials have told them to leave. occupy indiana protesters have been given 24 hours to clear out their camp on state house grounds. a lot happening with the movements. >> good to hear because we know they've laid out a certain schedule and things could escalate. >>> more hopeful signs from the job market. new jobless claims have slipped to their lowest level since april. brian sullivan here with what's moving your money. brian, unemployment claims still high though. 388,000, but it seems like we have a glimmer of some good news. >> one economist described them as encouraging. the key, the trend and four-week moving average is below 400,000 again. still way too lie, but at least the trend is in the right direction.

he was sworn in yesterday in charlestown. he's been serving as acting governor for a year since joe manchin left for the u.s. senate. mike? >>> today is the start of american education week. our next guest has the keys to reforming our schools which a lot of people talk about wanting to do is getting you, the parent involved. the president of the national education association. i'm a dad. i enjoy being a part of my child's school. is that the key to make things better? >> absolutely. at the school, when we get the administration teamed together and the school board and all of the people who work there, then when we reach out to parents of the community, that's the formula for success. you have to be involved with your son or daughter's education. talk to them about it. at the elementary school, we often see parents come to open house and so on. through the high school years, it is just as important. conversation, the rides in the car. opportunity to ask them about school, what they see happening there. how they see it, envisi

charlestown over to frederick, hagerstown, martinsburg, all drifting off to the north and east. over toward woodsboro and emmetsburg, you have the showers headed up your way as well. and south of there, should be relatively quiet for another couple of hours. 66 with the clouds at reagan national. winds are light, west-northwest at 3. barometer is moving up and the dew point holding at 53 degrees. plenty of cold air in the western part of the country. that will be sliding toward the east. thursday and friday, we're definitely going to cool down. all of the moisture coming out of mexico into texas. we have a severe thunderstorm watch streaming northeastward across the tennessee valley up toward new england even. so, there is a lot of rain trying to move in toward our neck of the woods. we'll watch the showers. break up some as they push through us in the middle of the day and the afternoon. you don't see nearly as much activity at 5:00. tomorrow, periods of rain. so, today, look for highs well up into the 60s with a few showers here and there. tomorrow though, a wetter day. only n

now into the west virginia panhandle back through winchester and up toward cross junction, even charlestown seeing a few of the light showers. one more stop for you. off to the south a little bit more. the showers extending from catlick up toward the beltway, all moving toward the east- northeast. temps, they're in a good range. 57 in town. very uniform this morning. something you would expect when you have a very humid atmosphere. we do with humidity at 94%. rains have shut down for a few moments with only cloudy skies. one thing also to show you. 37 in chicago. 57 here. that's the chill that's coming. it will be a wet day today. periods of rain as i said, more on than off. 63. tonight, we dip into the 40s with more showers. showers early, maybe even through the first half of the day on thursday with afternoon clearing. friday, chilly. only 49 but a better temperature trend for the weekend. 60 saturday, 64 sunday. maybe a late shower on sunday. let's go over to beverly farmer. she'll update you on timesaver traffic. >> first off, howard, anybody that travels the gw parkway south in the bel

. >> brown: brown was arrested and taken to nearby charlestown courthouse for trial. he refused to consider an insanity defense. was he crazy? was he a mad man? >> he's often depicted as this sort of wild-eyed, wild-haired fanatic. probably insane. brown is certainly an obsess i have been. he has this ahab quality about him. he's also very grandiose in his dreams. to the point at times where i wonder whether he was delusional. but he certainly wasn't insane in a clinical or legal sense. he knew exactly what he was doing here. in the end he achieved it. >> brown: in the end he achieved it. what's interesting is he failed at the raid. but as you write about he succeeded in the aftermath before his execution. >> this is one of many great ironies in this story. that john brown who is the man of action, who thinks words will never end slavery comes here to attack and actually he fails as a man of action. this raid is a debacle in military terms. but he triumphs through the power of his words. after the raid. and his courage in facing death. that's what really has made him

. >> in the "occupy boston" protesters will demonstrate at the charlestown bridge, but just right next that will be it. >> that would certainly make a statement. that's what liberals do best. make great, beautiful, descriptive statements about things. you could have one person standing in there in perpetually in shifts. it's hard to say. i think they need someone to organize us a little bit. >> you think they need a leader? >> a ceo. maybe me, for example. >> are you available? >> well, sure. i don't know anything about running a business, but i don't have to. i'm an art project, too. i'm like herman cain, too. the thing is they're sitting -- they're practically millionaires themselves. they're sitting on half a million dollared the donations. give that to me. i'll put on mortgage-backed securities and make they will millionaires in. that's the american dream, right? >> have you considered donating "that is all" to ""occupy wall street"? >> i was invited to go down ç before this happened to the library, and i haven't been able to because i've been on the book tour. i saw the "occupy"

northern and western suburbs well below freezing many times. 42 in hagerstown, maryland. 37 in charlestown martinsburg and the panhandle of west virginia. 33 in charlottesville celebrating a big win. 46 in fredericksburg. on the radar. nothing to worry b. 100% dry even with the filtered sunshine. it will be mild. a hint of a south breeze. let's all right. south breezes in november mean temperatures running 5 to 8 degrees warmer than average. sun goes down at 5 4:56 this afternoon. tomorrow, back to work and school, even. mild weather sticks around but the clouds will thicken. tomorrow's highs close to 70 degrees. rain for tuesday. maybe a rumble or two of thunder tuesday afternoon, tuesday evening. we'll talk about the whole details of the seven-day forecast coming up in just a couple minutes. but your sunday is looking great. >> take a breath. that was the longest sentence i've heard. >> well, my english teacher would have said i was guilty of many run-on sentences. >> well, you got it all in. it was good information. appreciate it. thanks, chuck. >>> no clear winners in decision 2012 thi

mainly because of the cloud cover. 45 in cambridge. 28 in cumberland, maryland. 26 in charlestown.nsburg. nothing showing up on doppler. a rain-free day today. in fact, our next chance of rain doesn't show up until we get late wednesday night or probably more likely during the day on thursday. there's your day planner. a mix of clouds and sunshine. don't forget the sun is going down early today. it goes down at 5:03 this afternoon. you can see on the satellite picture look at that little cloud deck hanging right along the eastern shore of maryland, sneaking their way back up right along into the east of the i-95 core tkofrplt that will dim out the sunshine just a touch. cold start will gradually turn into a relatively nice day today. cloud cover will remain thickest the closer you get to the bay and towards the ocean. on the whole, a nice day by november standards with a mix of clouds and sunshine around. so end of day tomorrow, extra sun will put temperatures into the low 60s. our stretch of good weather goes all the way until mid week. some spots on wednesday might even touch, ye