of his 30 years in wch needs to gretchen morgan book, barney frank is right up there along with jim johnsonts of the whole scandal. >> jon: if you see something that seems to you as media bias e-mail to us. up next, the press tackles tebowing. >> necessity call a penalty of expression of faith. is that fair? they liken the tea party to the kkk. did he [ male announcer ] in his eyes...a race needs no finish line. ♪ in her eyes... the world is never too big. in his...the weather should never keep you inside. ♪ because they see no limits, there's eukanuba nutrition designed to help their body go as far as their mind wants to. eukanuba. extraordinary nutrition for extraordinary beings. see the difference in 28 days or your money back. how about making it brighter. more colorful. ♪ and putting all our helpers to work? so we can build on our favorite traditions by adding a few new ones. we've all got garlands and budgets to stretch. and this year, we can keep them both evergreen. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. can you smell those savings? fresh cut christmas trees ar

> today, hunter fired assistant coach, bob woods and replaced him with former caps defense man, jim johnson redskins d'angelo hall has been named the player of the week. sunday marked the first time since october 2 since rex grossman could walk off the field with a good feeling about themselves. now the question, can this come from behind victory be a spring board to greater success? >> to pull out a victory like that and stop the bleeding, it's definitely gratifying. but you know, we're not patting ourselves on the back too much. we are getting ready for the jets and we want that feeling again. hopefully turning into a winning streak. that would be a great change. you know, only time will tell. obviously it's a good feeling. let you g home and let you sleep a little bit easier, but the true worth will be measured on how we play here on out. >> first half off the turnover. allen leads the break. drop passed to wright for the land. wright with 14. mason led by 7 at the half. second half, ryan pearson, nice spin and drive to the hoop. george mason down by one. final minute, mason by 1. morris

chief jim johnson and kevin kamenetz presented promotions and congratulated them on a job well done. >> six new canine dogs graduated friday from the maryland state police canine unit at a special ceremony in sikesville. four of the dogs will remain with the state police and work around the state. the other two dogs will work with the prince george's and baltimore county police department. they are smart and good looking. >> coming up in woman's doctor, the disorder that often strikes without warning. >> and "young adult." charlize theron returns to her hometown intent on stealing her high school flame away from his wife. >> the weather comin >> across the moubs mountains of pennsylvania you can see that divot -- activity. this activity is aiming our direction, but it is also in the mountains. also, it is dry enough, where some of it is not hitting the ground. in other words, we're seeing snow verga. verga means it is in the air and not hitting the ground. we'll see what happens with it all. in ocean city we see the waves coming in. the sun is still shining there, but here we have ov

they got very clever, jim johnson and ores -- others, about getting the idea of home ownership for everyone when, plainly, not everyone was qualified. and was going to be equipped. we're paying a big price for that now. we've got 20 million homes in this country at the moment that are either in foreclosure or stressed or in danger of going into foreclosure. that means you've got 20 million homes that are not buying new appliances, not buying new carpeting, they can't move to a new job, they're stuck. and they're stuck with the biggest investment they're going to make in their life for many of them. this represents a lot of their net worth. and until we get the housing thing figured out, it's going to be a harder job to get the economy really rolling back on track in a way that we need to. and neither party is talking about that which is kind of striking to me. >> your book is made of some very poignant questions, and one of them is a question john f. kennedy asked many years ago. if john f. kennedy were around today and asked you what would be done, what you could do to your country, what y

of his 30 years in wch needs to gretchen morgan book, barney frank is right up there along with jim johnsonrits of the whole scandal. >> jon: if you see something that seems to you as media bias e-mail to us. up next, the press tackles tebowing. >> necessity call a penalty of expression of faith. is that fair? they liken the tea party to the kkk. did he go too far? answers next on news watch. ...'scuse me... ...or a big steak... ...or big hair... i think we have our answer. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >> jon: tim tebow is drawing national attention for his unorthodox football skills but also outward displays of christian faith on the field. you will see him kneeling in prayer on the sidelines or pointing his finger in the air after scoring a touchdown. his refusal to tone down his religious displays has made media critics uneasy. full disclosure, i'm a denver fan. [ laughter ] >> jon: what is it about him? he seems to be a lightning rod for criticism in the n.f.l. like two other players. >> and he is good guy. we don't want to see him in t

will loan anything fannie mae and freddie mac word driving a lot of that to political institutions jim johnson and others the i.d.'s, and a share for everyone when clearly not everyone was qualified we have a 20 million homes at the moment that are either in foreclosure or stress or in danger of going into foreclosure the means you have 20 million homes not buying new carpeting, appliances, it cannot move to a new job. their stock. they're stuck with the biggest investments that represents a lot of their net worth. until we get the housing thing figured out, it will be a harder job to get the economy rolling back on track in the way that we need to in neither party is talking about that which is striking to me. >> your book is made of poignant questions in one of them this is if jfk were around today let you could do too your country, would you answer? >> the new york public library. [laughter] [applause] if there is a oxymoron of the humble anchor man it does not exist but i have always cared about the country and the greatest generation rite aid of the book has given me a platform that was c

mac were driving a lot of that and those were political institutions and they got a very clever, jim johnson and others about getting the idea of home ownership for everyone when plainly not everyone was qualified and was going to be yclept. we are paying a big price on that now. 20 million homes in the country at the moment that either in foreclosure or stress or in danger of going into foreclosure. that means 20 million homes not buying new carpeting. they can't move to the new job. they are stuck with the biggest investment you're going to make in their life. this represents a lot of their net worth so if we get the housing thing figured what it's going to be a harder job to get the economy really rolling back on track in a way that we need to and neither party is talking about it which is kind of striking to me. >> your book is made up of some very poignant questions and one of them is a question john f. kennedy asked many years ago, and if you -- if john f. kennedy were around today and asked you what to could do what you've done all for your country recently, how would you answer? how

and they brought in jim johnson to coach the defense.ike a lot. >> you are beating around the bush. what did you tell me? >> i said i think this team will win it all this year. >> the stanley cup. out on a limb to say the caps will win the stanley cup this year. thank you very much. >> thank you for putting me on the spot. >> it's a gleat prediction. he will be out at the redskins game today. now back over to you. >>> remind me not to tell you anything privately next time. >>> a local high school band lands a prestigious gig playing at the pearl harbor memorial parade to mark the anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor. we will tell you who got the honors p. blam >>> wednesday marks 70th anniversary of the japanese attack on pearl harbor. an array of ceremonies but one local high school band will have an honor of playing at a parade in hawaii here is a taste of what people can expect. >>> performing at first annual pearl harbor parade in hawaii. >> fantastic opportunity for our students to perform and commemorate such an important mome

were driving a lot of that and those were to political institutions, clause by public very clever, jim johnson and others about getting the idea of home ownership for everyone when plainly not everyone was qualified and was going to be cut we are paying a big price for that we have 20 million homes in this country at the moment that are either in foreclosure or stress or a new danger of going into foreclosure the police 20 million homes are not buying new appliances, carpeting, they can't move to the new job, they are stuck with the biggest investment they will make in their life. it represents a lot of their network and so when we get the housing thing figured out is going to be a harder job to get the economy really rolling back on track in a way that we need to and neither party is talking about that which is kind of striking to me. >> your book is made of some very pointed questions. one of them is a question john f. kennedy asked many years ago. if john f. kennedy were around today and asked you what you could do to your country, what you've done for your country recently how would you an

freddie mac were driving a lot of that, those were two political institutions that got very clever, jim johnson and others, about getting the idea of home ownership for everyone when, plainly, not everyone was qualified and was going to be equipped. we're paying a big price for that now. we've got 20 million homes in this country at the moment that are either in foreclosure or stressed or in danger of going into foreclosure. that means you've got 20 million homes that are not buying new appliances, not buying new carpeting, they can't move to a new job, they're stuck. and they're stuck with the biggest investment they're going to make in their life for many of them. this is, represents a lot of their net worth. and until we get the housing thing figureed out, it's going to be a harder job to get the economy really rolling back on track in a way that we need to. and neither party is talking about that which is kind of striking to me. >> you, your book is made of some very poignant questions, and one of them is a question that john f. kennedy asked many years ago. if you, if john f. kennedy were

jim johnson and others about getting the idea of homeownership when plainly when not everyone was qualifiedpped. we're paying a big price for that now. we've got 20 million homes in just country that are either in foreclosure or stressed or in danger of going into foreclosure. that means you got 20 million homes that are not buying new appliances or new carpeting they can't move to a new job and they're stuck and they're stuck with the biggest investment they are going to make for many of them. this represents a lot of their net worth and until we get the housing thing figured out, it's going to be a harder job to get the economy really rolling back on track in a way that we need to. and neither party is talking about that which is kind of striking to me. >> your book is made of then very poignant questions and one of them is a john f. kennedy asked many years ago. if john f. kennedy were around today and asked you what would be done -- what you could do to your country, what you have done for your country recently, how would you answer? how would you answer? >> i would say i appeared at th

. >> the rise and fall of jack johnson sentenced to seven years in prison for pocketing more than a million dollars in bribes. i'm doreen gentzler. >> and i'm jimce. jack johnson apologized today. he said he has been haunted by his actions and asked for leniency. because he cooperated with authorities, the judge did not give him the maximum punishment. johnson was sentenced to seven years in prison and ordered to pay $100,000 in fines. tonight we have team coverage of the sentencing and the impact on the county that johnson once served. we begin with chris gordon who is outside the courthouse. >> reporter: as jack johnson asked the judge for mercy he said i could never imagine myself in a place like this. johnson the former prosecutor found himself the defendant being sentenced after pleading guilty to corruption charges. jack johnson's lawyers say he has a form of earl parkinson's disease that could confine him to a wheelchair. johnson is 62 and his lawyers said prison could be a death sentence. but prosecutors said that johnson wyoming worn down by heavy drinking. prosecutors say that he shook down business owners for $1 million in bribes to

of the marshals museum jim dunn and jim johnson and soon they'll be conducting nationwide campaigns to see that the funding is possible to construct this museum. mr. speaker, i'm proud to have sponsored this legislation. i also want to thank my friend john boozman, my predecessor, who began this process in a previous congress and will work hard in the senate to champion this legislation through the other body but i'm proud to have been the sponsor, but more than anything i'm proud of what the u.s. marshal service means to our country and i am anxiously looking forward to the construction of this museum so that we can showcase the museum, the institution of the marshal service, and the great city of fort smith and the third district of arkansas to all who will come and see. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. meeks: i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. speaker, i'm a proud -- i am proud to support h.r. 886, the united states marshal services' 225th anniversary commemorative coin act this bill hon

jim handly. leslie johnson is heading to prison. one of the most notorious corruption schemes. lawyers say she was an innocent spouse. the judge is not buying it. chris gordon is live in the news room with how much time she'll spend behind bars. >> she was sentenced to a year and a day. her husband sentenced to seven ye years by the same judge earlier this week. she benefited by the financial crimes of her husband. he planned to continue his legacy of corruption using her position on the county council, a seat she resigned after

[applause] jim johnson from here in taoism widespread i will be a republican for a day on the caucus. i register at the door and take my agenda and have a captive audience. they have to listen to me. if they have to stick around. they have to hear my opinions on all their candidates and there are many and i have a few opinions. i hope all of you who are registered or who can qualify will go and do this same bank rid koh work it from the in siberia -- work it from the inside. republicans are fond of their guns and if you see one, call a cop. guns are not permitted in schools where balloting is held. permit or not, if you have any questions, call a cop, thank you. [applause] >> good evening, i am ken jones. i'm with the socialists of america. if you just collapsed, you need to be on our mailing list. whereas the public sector budget crisis was created by tax cuts for wealthy corporations and whereas our school teachers, public nurses, social workers, firefighters, and police of as it did not cause the budget crisis and whereas corporations and wealthy who enjoy paying more taxes than th

. >> detroit tigers manager jim leyland is 67. don johnson and his white jacket, 62 years old. actor adam brodie turns 32 today. if it is your birthday, happy birthday. >>> welcome back to 9news now. 5:45. you will be surprised it is in the 40s in most areas. you will not need to drag a heavy coat with you today. >> or the ice scraper or any of that. >> talking about rain yesterday. >> a little bit of rain this afternoon. some showers will push through. these look to be light and scattered around there. some of us may not see any of it as we get through the rest of the day. front comes through tonight and then we're look at some colder weather for the weekend. but generally, it is going to be dry around here. let's get you going. bus stop forecast this morning. for the little ones, even the big ones, not bad at all. a little bit of a breeze out of the south at about 10 now. that will pick up later. partly to mostly cloudy and dry. moonshining brightly here at the moment in northwest d.c. overhead with our sunrise coming up at about 7:20 this morning. our day planner, we're look

jim son son. back to 1992, this is when they played. that's hunter giving johnsoneat down, a behind the woodshed beat down. how do you think that conversation goes? >> you think maybe there's a grudge or two? >> yeah. remember back in 1992 when

jim son son. back to 1992, this is when they played. that's hunter giving johnsondown, a behind the woodshed beat down. how do you think that conversation goes? >> you think maybe there's a grudge or two? >> yeah. remember back in 1992 when i beat your you know what? >> oh, my goodness. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to innovate... putting momentum behind our economy. and we can reduce the deficit... with more than thirty billion dollars paid by america's wireless companies. it's simple -- more spectrum means more freedom. for everyone. >>> bringing out the meter later on in the week. >> that's extreme. but maybe. >> good night. ( band playing "late show" theme ) >> from new york, the greatest city in the world, it's the "late show" with david letterman. tonight... plus paul shaffer and the cbs orchestra. and now, quirky hip ster grip ster, david letterman

johnson, 9news now. >> the campaigns of kwame brown are being investigated. the council member jim graham is serving time for corruption, because graham failed to report that he had offered a bribe in that federal investigation. coming up tonight at 7:00, thousands of people in maryland lost power when hurricane irene hit way back in august and pepco spent tens and millions of dollars getting their lights back on. but now, utility wants those same customers to help foot the bill. we'll tell you what the company has in mind on 9news now at 7:00. >> we'll see you then, derek. still ahead, the last american air force troops make their way home from iraq and we are there for their first stop at dwi. topper. >> well, if you thought it was mild today, you are correct. let's take you out with the numbers. officially 57 and 45 at national. our average high is 45. average low is 30. record 66 and 2. we'll come back. we'll talk about if milder air is going to roll in here tomorrow and thursday and when and for how long you'll need your umbrella. >> a big boost for some of the most popular mu

jim, good to see you here this morning. court at 9:30. judge peter massetti. johnson has pleaded guilty to extortion and witness and evidence tampering, faces the maximum of 14 years. will he get it? >> i think he will. he has used prince george's county as his own private atm. the government says he's taken $400,000 to a million dollars in bribes from day one. he used his job as county executive to rip off the people to take bribes and to put money in his and his wife's pocket. he was the state's attorney. he was the prosecutor of prince george's county, prosecuting people for what he did. very offensive. >> very offensive. so, what will happen in court today? is this a proceeding where both sides have to make their case for the maximum sentence against getting the maximum sentence? >> the government will outline the corruption, the graph, the bribes and the defense will outline his history of 30 years as a lawyer, prosecutor, charitable work and they'll try to impress the judge about his background and he doesn't deserve all of this time because he has led a very ex

johnson. watch this one-handed reception by cliff avril. they are 10-5 under head coach jimz. 38-10 over the chargers. the bengals on offense beats arizona to keep nirplayoff hope as live in cincinnati. bengal's quarterback andy dalton to simpson and speaking of flips, arizona's no. 5, daryl washington can't believe he got jumped. they can still get a wild-card spot. >>> giant and jets sharing the same venou venue at metlife stadium. 164 yards and a touchdown for victor cruz. somebody stop victor cruz -- nobody will stop victor cruz. 29-13 and giants could win the nfc east by beating dallas next sunday. >>> the eagles beat dallas for the second time this season. michael vick to brent celek to starts the scoring. tony romo hit his throwing hand on a players helmet. x-rays negative. charlotte today, cam newton said the a new passing yardage record for a rookie. newton can run as well as he can pass. cam newton, 49 yards, forget tim tebow, this is the new nfl quarterback prototype. playoff-bound baltimore wins 11-4. steelers are 11-4 and where without ben roethlisberger shut ou

jim axelrod traveled with the convoy. house speaker boehner changes course on the payroll tax cut battle. and house republicans rebel against the plan passed by the senate yesterday. whit johnson has details. more violent clashes in cairo as the egyptian military continues the crack down on civilian demonstrators. we'll get the latest from allen pizzey. and tebow time. the broncos' colorful, controversial quarterback is the talk of the nfl. tony guida takes a look at his memorable season. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and good evening. it was a quiet end to a long, divisive and costly war. the last u.s. combat troops left iraq without incident today, leaving the country to continue its own course towards democracy. the american convoy left camp adder south of baghdad during the night bound for kuwait, and our jim axelrod traveled with them. >> reporter: for the first time in eight years, eight months and 28 days, the u.s. has no troops fighting in iraq tonight. the last convoy out of iraq rolled across the kuwaiti border at 7:37 local time this morning, capping a drawdown that saw the u.s. go from 50,000 troops in i

jim vance. >>> i'm barbara harrison. the fighting between the republicans and democrats seems to be over, for the moment. jennifer johnson joins us live from capitol hill with details on a new deal. >> reporter: just when you thought it was going to be a quiet ur

johnson's wife, leslie sentenced for her role in a corruption scheme. >>> businesses are losing patience with occupy d.c. protesters. >> i'm jim vance. >> i'm doreen gentzler. investigators believe the gunman at virginia tech acted alone and changed clothes after fleeing the scene. the motive is still unclear. darcy spencer is in the news room with the latest on the investigation. >> police have identified the gunman. they are not releasing his name at this point. he is not a virginia tech student and there's no evidence anyone else was involved in the shooting. that question remains, why did

jim handly. what a difference a day makes as pat said. it was in the 60s yesterday, today in the 40s. >> veronica johnson is in the weather center with details. veronica? >> a big drop from not only where we were yesterday at this time, but a big difference from where we were shortly after midnight. temperatures didn't start dropping until the early, early morning hours. in the 60s late last night, early this morning. 64 in manassas and culpeper. now, 15 to 20 degrees cooler. on top of that, we have cloud cover and light shower that is are falling across southern portions of the viewing area. 44 with 45% humidity. a lot of moisture in the air. if you are not getting the rain, it feels humid out there. fredericksburg getting the rain. most of the area is dry. quantico, virginia, richmond area, all that through the northern neck where the rain is making its way from southwest, east and northeastward sliding through. evening showers are going to be around for awhile. in the 40s now. 46 in fredericksburg. not much of a temperature range throughout the area. boy oh boy, it is going to dip down tonight. the showers sticking around until 9:00 and 1

johnson. they take the lead with 39 seconds to go. >> big day by stafford and megatron. back to jim and phil. >> jim: wow. 98 yards they drive at the end of the game. and the raiders have about a half a minute to play there. time-out called by new england. while the broncos, we told you, will be at buffalo next week. and then they'll come back home on new year's day and host kansas city. the chiefs, by the way, are not mathematically eliminated from the postseason. so a look at the afc playoff picture. baltimore against san diego, a team that has won two straight. pittsburgh at 10-3. we'll watch that game with great interest as we await to see what ben roethlisberger is capable of doing. and a fourth down play coming up. gets away from ninkovich. this is going to be a master sack. it's going to be like lilly and grease in super bowl v. i believe that was 29 yards. what do we got? 29 yards. >> phil: good memory, good spacing. tim tebow spins, but the defense is ready this time. >> jim: how about moore? chasing him all the way down the field. ninkovich coming back and getting the sack

jim. >> i would like to mention that in 1968 when johnson made his speech and he stepped down that two daysfriday, march 29 -- which i have to correct your guest on the date. on march 29, mr. humphrey agreed to speak at a school. the speech was scheduled for three weeks later. on sunday, march 31 is when johnson made his speech. i always wondered since that event whether he had a clue on that friday because he scheduled some other speeches later in april on the same date that johnson was going to step down or he was simply anticipating that the possibility may exist. because of that speech, i was able to sit in the front row of his announcement speech on april 27 at the hotel along with the other students that helped invite him. i was also at the capitol the day the civil rights act was passed in 1964. i feel like i will always have somewhat of a privilege from a front-row seat in parts of his life. finally, i would like to make a comment that most of the progress of legislation and programs that evolved during the 1950's, 1960's, and 1970's were a result of hubert humphrey's forward agenda