. >> reporter: people like danielle warner a home health care worker from vermont. >> we can't afford cuts nobody is going to be able to afford that. >> reporter: and lawrence a disabled singling parent here in washington. >> they need to get down to the business of being equal with everybody. >> reporter: matt jablow, 9news now. >> you can get alerts september straight to the phone. text -- >>> coming up on the only local news at 7:00 we'll update the breaking news about what some tunes in laurel were afraid main a plot to attack a local high school. >> more information then. still to come in this half hour, you've been asking for some good news. and boy do we have it for you. the story of a police officer who made a driver's day when he gave him a ticket. we'll explain. topper? >> another mild day in december. kind of becoming ho-hum, here are the numbers, 62 was the actual high and that occurred after noon today. lows so far 48. still well behind if rainfall for the month and for the year -- in rainfall for the month and the year. we'll come back and talk about a stronger storm hea

people like daniel warner, a home health care worker from vermont. >> we can't afford health cuts, nobody is going to survive that. >> reporter: and a single parent from here in washington. >> what they need to do is roll their sleeves up and get down to the business of being equal to everybody. >> reporter: matt jablow, 9 news now. >> and tomorrow, three large national labor unions will begin a tv ad campaign urging the congress to reject cuts to vital social programs and make wealthy americans pay what they say would be their fair share in taxes. >>> relatives of the victims of some of the nation's worst mass killings came from across the country today to demand stricter gun laws. 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.