. >> reporter: brian, it's worthy of a john grisham novel. at the heart of it is timing. philadelphia cardinal anthony bevilacqua died one day after the bishop ruled the cardinal could be called to testify in an abuse trial of three priests. one a long-time aide. nowle local district attorney says the timing of the cardinal's death strikes her as peculiar. she wants to make sure nothing happened that was inappropriate. she describes cardinal bevilaqua as a key witness in this case. first of all, the cardinal was 88 years old when he died. church officials say he suffered from dementia and cancer and he was buried without an autopsy. the coroners did take tissue and fluid samples from the cardinal and awaiting the results of toxicology tests. archdiocese officials say they understand the test would be done on a public figure and they hope this case can be concluded very quickly. >> unbelievable turn of events there. ann thompson, thanks as always. >>> still ahead as we continue on a friday night, a nasty virus spreading tonight, making people miserable. dr. nancy snyderman

neither did john grisham. earl stanley gardner was writing courtroom drama in the 1930's and 1940's. "anatty of a murder" came out in 1958. first we have "to kill a mockingbird," which most lawyers and most lawyer authors will tell you is kind of the seminal work of why we got interested. and i started writing a novel as i was approaching my 40th birthday. i wrote most of it on a ferry going to and from work every day. it took me three years. and that book became "special circumstances," story of a murder in a big law firm.

neither did john grisham. earl stanley gardner was writing courtroom drama in the 1930's and 1940's. "anatty of a murder" came out in 1958. first we have "to kill a mockingbird," which most lawyers and most lawyer authors will tell you is kind of the seminal work of why we got interested. and i started writing a novel as i was approaching my 40th birthday. i wrote most of it on a ferry going to and from work every day. it took me three years. and that book became "special circumstances," story of a murder in a big law firm. it came out in 2000 and spent seven weeks on "the new york times"' bestsellers' list. so for those of you who have bought my books, i thank you, because now i don't have to practice law full-time anymore. >> but all kidding aside, you know, i think crime novelists and readers of crime novels whether it's lawyer books or whether it's private detectives or cops, you know, in my world i'm like -- unlike tony's, i can control the outcome. i can get justice in my books because i can fix the endi

actor nick nolte is 71 and author and virginia resident john grisham is 57. >> vince neil is 51. epa administrator lisa jackson is 50. she stars as a u.s. marshal in the cable hit "in plain sight" actress mary mccormack is 43. and alonzo morning turns 32 today. happy birthday fits' your birthday as well. >>> welcome back to 9news now. coming up on 5:46 and the morning is going to be okay for the commute unless there are accidents in the roadway as we have some serious ones this morning but this evening, weather is going to be a real factor. >> it is. it's going to be snowing but i think the roads are going to be just wet because a, they've been treated and b, it was really warm the last couple of days. >> because of the weather some schools are closed. >> fauquier county wanted to play it safe. make they wanted to burn a snow day but they're closed for the day and allegany as -- and allegheny as well. they're going to get more snow and the snow will come in earlier in western maryland. they were talking 2 to 4 inches possible. for us a trace to an inch, maybe two in the far north

goes without saying that it is possible for the american public to do the right thing as far as john grisham is concerned. it's not always possible if the government has the right thing. and, in fact, i think i would argue, i align myself with mr. brady's comments then chairman maloney's comments. but it's the private sector, the real economy, the real folks out there who decided they're going to create something of their own and make it their own. that's what drives our economy did i really don't have a lot of faith in the administration's ability to i think the things they have done, watching this committee for the last three years, hitting various people from the administration come in and testify, i cannot say the number of times that we were told by christina romer, rover, that the green shoots were starting and the economy was recovery only to find that those were leaves in the parking lot because no one was showing up for work because there were no jobs. now, as far as the administration is concerned we have examples of where they have had the ability to make decisions and made the wr

. >> 90% of john grisham comes -- of job creation -- thereat and suggestions about raising capital. -- there have been suggestions about raising capital. but the theme of execution of regulation so that companies can grow efficiently is paramount right now. as you come through that inflection point of 50 million, it is all about velocity. you cannot spend more time looking at risk. it is all about planning for next year's growth and hiring more people. how do we solve the problems of regulation reform so that we can move faster? >> i think there are two levels to it. i recognize it coming here that this is a strongly republican audience. i also recognize two weeks ago when i met at a democratic house retreat, it was a heavily democratic audience. some of the things i told them, they did not want to hear it may be some of the things i'm telling you, you do not want to hear. but i think there is a time to come together, and if you look at the specifics of what needs to get done building bridges around that is critical. this is a moment we don't want to lose and requires us coming togeth

. >> 90% of john grisham comes -- of job creation -- thereat and suggestions about raising capital. -- there have been suggestions about raising capital. but the theme of execution of regulation so that companies can grow efficiently is paramount right now. as you come through that inflection point of 50 million, it is all about velocity. you cannot spend more time looking at risk. it is all about planning for next year's growth and hiring more people. how do we solve the problems of regulation reform so that we can move faster? >> i think there are two levels to it. i recognize it coming here that this is a strongly republican audience. i also recognize two weeks ago when i met at a democratic house retreat, it was a heavily democratic audience. some of the things i told them, they did not want to hear it may be some of the things i'm telling you, you do not want to hear. but i think there is a time to come together, and if you look at the specifics of what needs to get done building bridges around that is critical. wantis a moment we don't to lose and requires us coming together ove