overnight. it was going to be an assembly room and homeless shelter but no one got a permit. police moved in. the bar like building went up overnight. demonstrators say they had architects and engineers draw up plans. >> we built it and there's a lot of people who are cold. going to have this be green technology way of keeping people warm. it was also going to be used for our general aassembly we have every day. >> reporter: police say they didn't have a permit and police say it had to come down. protestors ignored the 11:45 a.m. deadline to remove the structure. [yelling] >> reporter: some sat inside it. others went up on the roof, refusing to go. the police started arresting them. a city building inspector declared the structure unsafe after 5:00. and police issued more warnings for the 6 holdouts on the roof to come down. an armored vehicle arrived along with a giant air bag and a cherry picker. after some coaxing, two jumped into the air bag. it took an officer in a cherry picker to harness up the last four occupiers and get them off the roof. >> building a building near a municipality, there are concerns. >> reporter: the crowd said it focused necessary attention on their causes. >> i think this is part of our message. our message is people need houses, they need to be taken care of. we came out with a declaration that states what we are here about and i think that if that gets coverage along with this, it's what we're looking for. >> reporter: now, u.s. park police tell us 31 people in all were arrested here today. after the last protestor was safely removed from that structure, it was bulldozed. we'll have those pictures coming up at 10:30. maureen? >> audrey, thank you. another confrontation police police and occupy protestors, this time in portland, oregon. officers arrested several people after they set up tents in a park and vowed to stay through the winter. an occupy camp had been cleared out three weeks ago after the city order was issued. in denver, demonstrators there slept in snow. lawyers for some of the protestors are fearing up for court fight over what they say is illegal suppression of the demonstrations. they'll ask a judge tomorrow to make police stop harassing protestors and giving tickets to drivers who honk in support. the city attorneys say there are no supporting facts in the lawsuit and the city has done nothing illegal. search will resume tomorrow for a sanitation worker who disappeared friday night. he went out to retrieve a dead deer friday afternoon. his boat returned with the deer inside, but duckett was nowhere to be found. crews from several agencies have been searching the area since friday night. today duckett's family spoke out for the first time. >> we think those who have spent the last few days looking for chuck. it means a lot that so many people have been searching and we hope the search will continue. we are not giving up. please help us find him and keep him in your prayers until we do. >> montgomery county fire and rescue not giving up either. they're going to resume their search at 7:30 tomorrow morning. injuries for fans at the redskins football game today. prince george's county fire officials say an escalator stopped working suddenly. it isn't yet know why it stopped working, but a few fans were earlier. nothing too serious, though. two people were taken to the hospital to check out minor injuries. before the game, fans got a new layer of security as they came into the stadium. redskins security teams starting using hand held metal detectors. stadium officials warned this might cause more delay getting into the stadium. the procedure will continue from now on. so plan accordingly. you'll be asked to take your keys, phone and change out of your pockets before you get to the checkpoint. redskins looking for consecutive wins for the first time since september. a lot of fingers crossed. today's opponent, the new york jets, seemed like they had a good shot, considering this. the skins have t of nine meetings with the jets. >> dave feldman has a breakdown of what happened. >> a lot. as if things weren't bad enough for them on the field, they'll get worse. multiple reports around the leg that redskins left tackle trent williams and tight end fred davis will be suspended the remainder of the season for violating the league's substance abuse policy. no official word yet, and shanahan said he would not comment, because he hadn't been told directly of any suspensions. we could hear about them wednesday. shanahan seeking back to back wins. first possession, grossman finds a wide open davis, who had a great game. biggest game of the day here, 42 yards. davis led the team with six catches for 99 yards. four plays later, redskins with an opening drive touchdown, the second straight week they lead 7-0. game tied 10-10. curly muffs the punt. riley recovers to set up a field goal. redskins led 13-10 at the break. mark sanchez, deep, holmes, who beats wilson, 30 yards for the touchdown. jets with their first lead, 20- 16. skins' next possession, third down, gets drilled, fumbles. jets recover at the redskins' 9. two plays later, green takes the snap, scores from 9 out. the redskins with a late collapse, fall to the jets, 34- 19. they are now 4-8. >> i just thought we were very average collectively on offense. i thought we started out good, and for whatever reason we lost. i wouldn't say lost our poise, but they got the job done and we didn't. i thought we took it to them the first quarter, had the momentum going and all of a sudden didn't seem like we could get anything going. >> first half was all right. second half, it was always something, you know. whether sac on first down that puts you behind the chains, you know, it's frustrating. i don't really have an answer for you. >> in the third quarter, the redskins didn't have a first down. ran 12 plays for 11 yards. oops. skins are 4-8. dropped seven of eight. sorry will, i wish i had better news. >> i think a lot of us do. looks like maybe wednesday we'll hear more about the expenses of davis -- suspenses of davis and williams? >> yes. the kennedy center honors brings out big stars. hot 99.5 sarah fraysure was in the middle of it all rubbing elbows with the special guests. here she is. >> reporter: we were down here live for the kennedy center honors tonight. what an amazing night. the honorees could not have been more gracious. neil diamond, meryl streep, as well as yo-yo ma. huge stars here performing for them and enjoying it. we got to look at sarah jessica broderick, and elmo, i got friendly with elmo and stephen colbert. >> you have won many awards, so how does it compare to the academy awards, all the other great things you've received? >> well, the academy is august, but the president, the president of the united states on behalf of the people of the united states. i mean, it's an amazing honor. >> do you ever get tired of singing sweet caroline? are you like, one more time? >> never. absolutely never. i love the song. it's a big thrill to have everybody sing it with me. >> i am a worshiper of barbara cook. >> where is your award going to go? >> all this month i'm working at feinstein's in new york and i'm going wear it in the end. >> these days we need anything to make america a greater place and jazz does that. people love jazz. >> newt gingrich is in there. are you going to give him a hard time? >> really? >> heck yeah. >> i was hoping to meet an unregistered lobbyist tonight. >> do you get to go to the white house? >> i have to see the president and first lady. >> were they sweet to you? >> they were wonderful. >> did you behave yourself? >> all the time. >> really? >> yes. >> sarah fraysure on the red carpet tonight. meryl streep always humble, isn't she? love her. kennedy center honors, by the way, will air on another network, meaning not fox, at the end of the month. let's switch gears. herman cain, he is out, and gingrich surging in the polls. >> it's still anyone's race. we're going to take a look at the gop field of presidential candidates. world war ii bomb forces thousands to evacuate today in germany. how the decades old device was uncovered. back after this. with cain out of the picture, the republican race is changing. >> democrats are still firing most of their shots at mitt romney. melanie alnwick has a look at the sunday talk shows. >> reporter: the republican deck is shuffled again. herman cain dropped, gingrich gets a bounce. >> a lot of people inside the beltway and outside today woke up to a different political environment, and one in which gingrich is very much for real. >> michele bachmann at 8% said she's not worried. >> what's the problem? >> there is no problem, chris. we're within about 30 days, all important iowa caucuses, and this is like a political wall street. the candidates have gone up and down. what people are finding, they're looking for the true consistent conservative in this race. and they're getting surprises. >> reporter: many assume gingrich will take cain supporters, his brash brand of leadership has former colleagues taking a pass. >> there are all types of leaders, leaders that instill confidence, leaders that are brisk and abrupt. leaders that have a different standard for themselves. i just found his leadership lacking and i'm not going into greater detail on that. >> reporter: on two shows, the chairman of the republican national committee shrugs off the drama. >> i think the primaries work. >> reporter: here's obama campaign advisor robert gibbs on face the nation. >> if you hear what he says today, it's likely to change tomorrow. i think there's skepticism. >> reporter: meet the press pushed david axelrod about this romney attack scene. >> no moral core, no core. this is a man who has been married over 40 years, who has been in effect a priest in his faith as a bishop in the mormon church. >> let me say, i honor his personal life and respect him as a father, i respect his religious convictions, but this is about how you behave in pluck. >> reporter: many believe the public campaign will get personal soon. melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. >> now what? joining me now with his take, congressional correspondent, major garrett. thank you for being with us. >> good to be with you. >> now gop rivals courting the iowa caucuses. who will benefit? >> are there more cain supporters to collect, and i don't think there are. i think the cain people began to leave that campaign one or two weeks ago, and in some cases went to gingrich in iowa. not many in new hampshire. hardly at all in south carolina. cain was a national phenomenon. the race is sitting this way, gingrich leads in iowa. closing rapidly in new hampshire. ahead in south carolina. he's ahead in florida. >> mitt romney is third in the iowa polls that just came out. doing a lot of work. how big of a threat is he? what does he have to do to be the front runner? >> romney has two important tasks. one, stop looking like he's rattled by the gingrich challenge. if you convey a sense you're rattled and he did that all last week, you inspire your opponent's supporters and make nervous your supporters. he needs to attack gingrich and prove he can become the nominee. >> ron paul, some say he could be the dark horse. his chances? >> he'll do well in iowa. he'll get a ticket to new hampshire. can he go beyond iowa? probably 10 or 12 there. after that -- we'll see what happens. major garrett, thank you for your insight tonight. >> thank you. protests in russia as the departing power claim more votes than some believe they rightfully won. they believe the numbers are inflated from ballot stuffing. seven parties were in the election. world war ii era bomb caused a mass evacuation in germany today. a nearly 2-ton british bomb and a 275-pound u.s. bomb were discovered in the rine river last month when water levels dropped. 45,000 people were evacuated near the site, about 50,000 people fact. the bombs were defused and the people were allowed back into their homes. nothing to complain about. >> i will say, it was a beautiful day. gwen, for this time of the year, december, it's really amazing. >> it really is. we've had a fantastic weekend. let's take a look where our temperatures were today, speaking of how it was. 50s everywhere today. 55 at national. same at dulles. 57 at bwi. 47 atonal now. 43 at dulles. 41at bwi. clouds are rolling in ahead of a frontal system impacting our weather conditions. tonight, some patchy fog in the overnight hours and mostly cloudy. overnight low, 44. full details are just ahead. back to you. thank you, gwen. it is the local holiday display you have to see to believe. >> we talked to the family that turned their house into an incredible show. you have to see this one. ♪ stationed in south korea, i want to tell my cousins and family in washington, d.c. i miss them and i'll be home in 90 days. get the technology they love, on the network they deserve. like the powerful droid charge by samsung, or get the samsung stratosphere, and for a limited time, get twice the data for the same low price. verizon. a maryland family is in the holiday spirit. they set up a spectacular light show at their house. fox5's photo journalist dwayne watkins gives us a look tonight. >> always wanted to do something for christmas, and we have the opportunity, so went out and bought a few things the first year and things grew and drew and grew. we have enough extension cord to go to the top of the empire state building and come halfway back down again. there's a lot of cord. technology-wise, things came along that allowed us to be able do an actual show with dancing lights and music. ♪ >> i'm a little bit of a geek. i like technology. so something where i can meld my love of the holidays with love of technology, perfect. ♪ >> i've gone the last couple of years, but this is the most exciting. >> you look out the window and you see kids with their eyes wide open, staring at the display. >> why do you like coming out here, guys? >> because there's a lot of cool lights. >> how can you not feel good. >> we come by every year. >> it's like a gift to us, the way they react. >> she seems to be enjoying it. >> by the time you get to christmas, we have people lined up and down the streets. they tune in to a little power fm station and they can hear the show without disturbing anybody. ♪ >> for years he did a nice display. i guess this year he gave up and decided to say this is a gift to the community from me. i don't want donations or anything like that. i just want to be able to do it. >> no donations? >> no. >> i was thinking the power company should give him a break. >> how much is that costing? we're glad you're doing it. tensions coming to a head. we told you about this earlier as occupy d.c. protestors face off with police. a d.c. council member, harry thomas, he is under investigation. what could come out of tomorrow's meeting with fellow council members. 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[ crunching, sipping ] be happy. be healthy. can i try yours? a dramatic day at the occupy d.c. camp. a showdown between police and demonstrators over a wooden structure. >> several arrested, others had to be removed from the top of the roof. a structure that was illegally being built. officers brought out a cherry picker. fox5's audrey barnes is there live with a closer look. audrey, they bulldozed this thing, right? >> reporter: that's right, will. the structure built by those d.c. occupiers is down now. took them about four hours to put it up overnight. it's a 30-foot tall structure that many stayed inside and on the roof all day long. the u.s. park police said they didn't have a permit to build it and they believe the building was unsafe. 31people in all were arrested for occupying that barn-like building. the protestors said they spent about $1,400 on building material. they planned to make it an assembly room and a homeless shelter. even though that 30-foot tall wooden structure is down, the rest of the tent is intact. a park police spokesman says now there are no plans to remove it. >> thank you. the d.c. council will likely hold a closed door meeting tomorrow to talk about their embattled colleague, harry thomas. federal agents raided his home friday. he's accused of funneling $300,000 in city money from a charity he runs, to use the money himself. he says he's innocent, but offered to repay the $300,000. the council can't remove him from office, but they have some options. joining me, a managing pattern with the law firm reed smith in washington. good to have you here. >> thanks for having me. >> he's not criminally charged, but the fact federal agents were seizing items would seem like charges are likely? >> seems like it. you have to go before a local judge to get a search warrant. if you have enough for that, you have enough for an arrest warrant. fair amount of grand standing and hoopla in regard to when the government swooped in to do this search warrant. usually that's followed by, or the precursor to an arrest warrant, and here no arrest made. that could mean the government isn't sure just yet or still trying to build their case. we'll have to see what their next steps are. >> as an attorney based in washington, how easy is it to get a judge to sign off on a search warrant? >> you have to have probable cause to believe there's evidence, documentary evidence or technical evidence or something being kept at the home that will support a case. >> the judge has to be convinced? >> judge has to be convinced. it's a similar standard, for an arrest warrant. probable cause to believe criminal conduct either has occurred or afoot, so it's, similar. here they did one, not both. >> councilman thomas has offered to repay. even if he does that, pays back all the money, he could still be charged? >> of course. these are exclusive issues. one is civil, one is criminal. i think it's important for viewers to understand the u.s. attorney's office has broader jurisdiction than the city attorney's office. they're looking at the $300 grant and misuse of funds, but several other funds that may have been part of a process or criminal enterprise in connection with to siphoning public dollars off through a sunday or series of transfers of companies that were used to receive money and transfer monies to harry thomas's organization. >> good legal insight. trying to get everybody to meet on this. we may be talking you soon. thanks for coming in tonight. >> thank you. look forward to it. reminder for commuters, a toll starts tomorrow. it's been free to ride since it opened more than a week ago. it connects i-270 in maryland to i-95 in prince george's county. the icc will cost 25 cents a mile at peak times. twenty cents a mile for offpeak times and ten cents a mile overnight. two local college basketball teams take to the hardwood. >> things looked good for three and a half quarters and things went south for the redskins. dave feldman with what happened. >> that's my dribble. >> dribbling all the time. gwen, take it away. i can't compete with you guys with all that. clouds rolling in, ahead of a frontal system. this is our next weather maker. i'll let you know when to expect it and how long it will stick around. we'll be back after the break. get the technology they love, on the network they deserve. like the powerful droid charge by samsung, or get the samsung stratosphere, and for a limited time, get twice the data for the same low price. verizon. [ speaking french ] movie buffs! this film is tres bien, but the interest rate on your checking account is le pew. interest on your checking? earn more with new high yield free checking at capital one bank. your interest rate will be five times the national average. five times the interest! and free atms at any bank. show's over folks. make your way to capital one bank. what's in your wallet? were you crying? yeah. redskins have given up seven of the last eight. >> i love how you had to look down. >> no. no. sometimes you have to count the hurt. >> lost seven of their last -- >> you counted seven? >> no, lost seven of their -- >> you love when i call you out. collapse in the end for sure. >> kind of like this segment right now. >> why don't i move on. >> yeah. we'll work it out. go ahead. >> redskins started off great today. smooth, efficient. opening drive was great. led to a touchdown. if only they'd stopped the game after that first drive. another good game for the rookie runningback. of course, the redskins are playing the jets at fed ex field. 32yards, punched it in from 2 yards out. 7-0. finished with 100 yards on 23 carries for the helu. 21yards to the jet's 35. sets up a 46-yard field goal. redskins 16-13 lead. jets' next possession, sanchez, holmes, somehow he's behind wilson. 30yards for what proved to be the game winning score. green added two more touchdowns and redskins lose, 34-19. the skins' first loss in this series since 1993. >> i'm disappointed with the way we finished. couldn't get much going on offense. it's hard to win a football game when you finish like we did. hoops now, bb&t classic. first half, terps bring it up, mosley. nice fake. pageant, nice dunk. maryland led by five at the half. second half, creates space and hits the 3. maryland wins 78-71 to improve to 4-3. dw taking the metro to the verizon center. playing vcu, who last year reached the final four. pellum inside. colonials with an early 4-point lead. bradford burgess finds brandenberg. bcu wins 75-60. jeff jones is off to a good start with american. first half, the eagles kick out their scoring threat. had career high 32. au led by 10 at the half. final seconds, killing the clock, gives brewer and brewer does the rest. made the free throw, too, after getting fouled. au wins 66-60. eagles after starting 0-2, have won seven in a row. final round of the chevron world challenge. tiger woods began the day a shot behind johnson. on 18, tiger needs to sink a 6 footer to win. tiger woods and the fist pump. been over two years since we've seen this, but he wins his own tournament for the fifth time. coming up, why the redskins could soon be suffering more bad news than just the loss. >> last thing we need now. >> lost seven of eight. by the way, the patriots come to town next week and they are very good. >> all right. >> keeps getting better. thanks. want a real tree, but feel guilty about cutting one down? >> one company has a way to do it while keeping your conscience clean. hi, i'm in germany, and i want to wish a happy holidays to my family, friends, and a special happy holidays to my boo, joseph, and my son hassan. thank you, mr. president. [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for our best price online -- just $79.99 a month for two years with a 2 year agreement. this holiday deal is only for a limited time. so don't wait. get fios at this great price. act now and we'll add a special bonus -- $300 back. hurry, go to verizon.com/greatdeal. fios. a network ahead. contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. wish you could rent a real tree for christmas? one california company is making it possible. a real tree is delivered to the home and picked up after the holidays. it's then kept alive year round at a tree farm. if a family requests it, they can have the same tree next year, only bigger. >> a lot of people are sentimental about the trees. so one good christmas they might want the same tree, be a little fuller, with a lot of memories behind it. i think it's a great deal. and we're saving our trees. >> families are finding this is a fun alternative to artificial trees. >> i think it's a cool idea. here's how you do it, to know it's the same tree, carve some initials in the trunk somewhere. >> oh, dear. >> i will say, just like the weekend after thanksgiving, this weekend as well was a great weekend for people to go out and get their trees. definitely, the weather was cooperating 100%. we had a great weekend. >> we did. >> let's have a look outside. have some clouds rolling in. you're going to have to deal with those. through the overnight hours could be a chance of seeing fog developing as well. but other than that, it was really nice into the course of today and yesterday as well. couldn't have asked for anything better. weather headlines, we have a cold front on the way. that will be our next weather maker. as well, unsettled days ahead associated with that front and a low pressure system. and chilly nights in my forecast as well. but sunshine, guess what, it will return into the later part of the week. just in time for the weekend. our highs today, 55 degrees at national airport. same at dulles. 57degrees at baltimore airport. right now, officially at d.c., it's 47 degrees. humidity at 83%. a southerly wind flow. the winds have been light today, but kept us pretty much on the mild side overall. 47 at d.c. now. 43 gaithersburg. 41at baltimore. 39 # to the south at fredericksburg. 42at hagerstown. 54degrees for new york city. 47 for boston. to the south, 46 degrees for richmond. we have that frontal system to keep an eye on. it's keeping a lot of cold air behind it across the west. you can see here even shaded in the blue, that's the coolness. single digits and teens as well. we are going to see a little bit of the colder air behind that system. but won't push it until later in the week with the cooler air. we're going to benefit nicely ahead of it into the course of the next day or so, as we start to see a southerly wind and a lot of moisture that will build up from the south. here's a look at what's happening. clouds rolling in across the area. but the rain with that system, we've got quite a stretch of it from the deep south, pushing across areas to the east of the upper great lakes here. we'll see this gradually push its way across the area the next 24 to 48 hours. ahead of it, the rain will start to develop. that's what we'll see move in into the overnight hours monday. i'm looking at a little bit of patchy fog in the forecast in the skies tonight lingering through to the early hours of tomorrow is possible. now most of the fog is over delmarlboro. could stretch to the east early in the morning. wet weather into monday and overnight into tuesday. tomorrow, cloudy skies and mild. 59degrees by midday. that's not too bad. as we head through into tonight, overnight lows around 44 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. tomorrow's high around 61 degrees with the light wind. five-day forecast showing you wet weather in the forecast as well for tuesday. little bit wednesday night and thursday as a low pressure system develops along that front. that front will move to the south across the virginia/north carolina border and we'll see a low pressure system move towards us. might see more rain to the south of us by wednesday or thursday. i can't take it out of the forecast, because as the system moves to the north, we'll have to keep the umbrellas handy. >> grateful for another great weekend. >> sun is coming back the end of the week. thanks, gwen. investigators say they may have found a third victim of the recent craigslist killings. authorities identified a man found in a shallow grave last week in the same area another body was found last month. friends said he had a lead on a job. >> he had told us, not just me, but jim and them about this job he had found, you know, off craigslist. it was being a farm hand on a big farm. he got a trailer, two bedroom trailer, and they'd pay him $300 a week. he was all excited about this, because that meant he could start getting himself on his feet again. >> two suspects in the custody are in the akron area. a high school student charged with attempted murder, and 52- year-old richard beasley. 85-year-old woman says she was humiliated at the hands of tsa agents at jfk airport after being strip searched. the tsa is telling a different story. here's that story tonight. >> took me into a private room and strip searched me. >> reporter: she headed to new york's jfk airport this week to catch a jetblue flight to fort lauderdale, florida. breezing through security in a wheelchair, she asked to be patted down instead of going through a body scanner. she said she was worried about the scanner interfering with her defibrillator. that required agents to take a closer look. >> i weigh 103 pounds. i'll be 85 february 1st. so i'm your typical terrorist, right? >> reporter: led to a private screening room, what comes next is something she calls "mortifying." >> she says, will you pull your pants down, please? and she pulled my underwear down and searched me. >> reporter: she hurt her shin during the ordeal. she's back in florida, bandaged and humiliated. >> i couldn't picture such a thing. >> reporter: the tsa released a statement saying in part -- >> that's despicable. >> reporter: private screenings are retune, but never recorded. she says she plans to sue the tsa. >> mortified. i mean, outraged. angry. >> reporter: zimmerman plans to settle back into her snow bird life in florida, and won't be back to long beach, new york, until april. until then, she says she's "avoiding airports." heather childers, fox news. school bus driverrer arrested for being drunk behind the wheels. athletes and the coach say the woman was swerving on the road yesterday morning going to an event. she tried to drive back to the school until police stopped her. blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit. >> got to be a monitoring system. before they let that bus driverrer pull away with a bus full of kids. >> the driver is on unpaid leave and may be fired. parents and students in rockland county new york are calling one teacher scrooge. >> some said she ruined christmas for a classroom full of second graders. >> i think it's terrible. i don't think she has any right to say something like that. >> reporter: some of the parents at george miller elementary school say one of the teachers here is a real scrooge. they say she told her second grade class that santa claus isn't real. >> it's sad that children that young would already not have that magical belief that's so fun at christmas time. >> i think it was upsetting. >> reporter: we're told she was teaching geography class when a 7-year-old said they knew about the north pole, because that's where santa claus lived. the teacher then told them that there is no santa and that it's their parents who buy them presents. >> what went through your head? >> i don't want to send my kids to public school. >> not too pleased with that. >> i did read as a follow-up, the teacher called every parent of the children in that class and apologized. one farmer is giving injured vets a chance at a future. >> and it's breathing new life into farming. big changes coming to a post office near you. the troubled agency's plan to save $3 billion. thousands of american soldiers return from iraq and afghanistan, and they're finding a new battle at home fighting for a job. a program is helping them become the next generation of farmers. >> reporter: tucked away on a hill side north of san diego, troops are preparing for civilian life. >> we're trained to squeeze the trigger, but we're also trained to be good leaders. >> reporter: he saw this as a golden opportunity. >> what we're trying to do here is take those leaderships, work ethic skills, match it with a job skill,. >> reporter: he and his wife founded the vsap to teach troops everything about farming and the business behind it. >> now i'm hearing in this particular course the lingo of the farming industry as well as business planning. >> reporter: why this industry in the department of agriculture estimates that half of all american farmers will retire in the next 10 years, leaving jobs wide open. >> for me, it's like a moment in history, and it's like, i don't know, it's absolutely amazing. >> reporter: mike haynes is one of the success stories. upon his graduation, he created his own super food product line, including this hot sauce that's now being sold in a national grocery store chain. >> never, ever would have thought this would have happened. so to see that on the shelves the first day today kind of really took me back a couple of steps, wow, it's happening. >> reporter: camp pendleton, the marine base here in southern california, is just in the background and essentially borders this farm. the transition assistance program there approved the curriculum of the program. there's lots of financial aid available to help these troops. casey stegall, fox news. the news tonight is far from over. >> the news edge at 11:00 starts right now. dozens of arrests and a bulldozer on the scene as the occupy d.c. protests heat up. i'm maureen umeh. >> i'm will thomas. hundreds of demonstrators have come to d.c. after their camps in other cities were dismantled and that's ramped up