hamas rally in d.c. wearing a scarf. he was on the no-fly list and on the radar of federal agents when he was caught trying to leave the country bound for somalia. and most recently he was caught at jfk trying to born the plane with his infant son as part of a cover-up to avoid detection. this week the u.s. attorney's office placed charges related to threats he made to south park creators online saying they were in grave danger and would be visited by a jihad group. now chesser's attorney described him as deeply remorseful and renounces violent jihad. chesser faces 30 years in prison. his wife a 26-year-old from uganda also facing charges for making false statements. >> survey, any reaction from the creators of south park to all of this. >> reporter: comedy central did have a brief statement saying they do have -- their belief in the judicial system, they have faith in the system that they will street zachary chesser in the right manner. meanwhile, the u.s. attorney said that these people who were innocently threatened online are continuing to face threats because all of that information has been put out there and they say their risk for their lives will remain so for many years to come. reporting live outside of the federal courthouse, surae chinn, 9 news now. new at 6:00, more charges announced tomorrow against abuelazam. he's in jail in michigan where prosecutors have scheduled a news conference in flint tomorrow to announce the new counts. his defense said he is not aware of any new charges. the suspect has already -- is facing one murder wrap and five counts of attempted murder in michigan. he's charged with attempted murder in ohio. washington's archbishop is being elevated to an elite group who would select the next pope. donald wuerl was named one of 24 new cardinals by pope benedict today. and our bruce johnson has been following that development. >> gives d.c. bragging rights. >> sure does. a lot of people happy about this. >> the archbishop wuerl becomes the fifth leader of the washington archdiocese to be recognized. it recognized the catholics in d.c. and the maryland suburbs who make up the archdiocese. and at this hour wuerl is in houston for a meeting but he did mass this morning and then took congratulations and made a response. it means he'll have a seat at the table when the next pope is selected by the college of cardinals. >> it's really a recognition of the significance of the church here in the nation's capital. >> it's a very big deal. cardinals are part of the body of the church had a helps select the next pope. >> congratulations. and i hope that he has some insight and things that can help our church. >> the 69-year-old wuerl was named to head the washington archdiocese back in 2006. he came here from pittsburgh where he served as bishop for nearly 20 years. he will travel to rome on november 20th to be elevated by pope benedict. he's in a long line to become the next pope but don't get too excited. the observers say his chances are not very good and it will probably come from south america or africa. >> congratulations to him. you have half an hour left to submit any questions to dr. carolyn hendricks. she's a breast cancer oncologist and in the news room right now taking part in a web chat about new evidence that suggests hormone replacement therapy not only increases the risk of getting an aggressive breast cancer but dying from the disease. if you have any question about hormone replacement and whether it's safe, submit your questions to our facebook page at facebook/wusa 9 or on the website. the web chat still going on at wusa9.com. new information about the shooting at the pentagon on tuesday. investigators have now determined at least six shots were fired at the building. bullets impacted two windows. but didn't shatter them. a pentagon force protection spokesperson said four more bullets hit the building's facade. this sunday 30,000 runners will participate in the army ten miler which starts and ends at the pentagon. thousands more will be on hand volunteering and watching the runners go by. while secure sit already tight at the race, an army spokesperson said they are looking into whether more needs to be done and they plan to release a statement about that tomorrow. jury selection continues in the chandra levy murder trial. this is the latest video we have of ingmar guandique, the man accused of killing the congressional intern. the defense lawyers asked potential jurors if they could consider evidence that gary condit could have been involved in some way in levy's death. condit became a suspect after he was romantically linked to levy but police no longer think he had anything to do with her death into rubbing salt in old wounds, dating back to 1991. the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas wants an apology from anita hill. 20 years ago it was thomas versus hill in the confirmation hearing. she testified that thomas harassed her on the job. last week mrs. thomas said i would love for you to consider an apology sometime and a full explanation of why you did what you did to my husband. well mrs. thomas later confirmed she did leave the message and called it an olive branch. anita hill had no reaction today. >> i don't want anybody to get hurt. >> are you surprised by what mrs. thomas said? >> i need for you to get out of the street. i don't have any comment right now. >> but you said it was unfortunate, it was inappropriate what she said. >> please let me go teach my class. >> do you still believe it's inappropriate? >> hill is now a professor. she forwarded the message to campus police who informed the fbi. so what is behind the success of the tea party express? their message and why it's reving up the republican base. but first the speed limit is about to go up in the area. we'll tell you where and how fast you can go and when. and then topper has your forecast. >> clearing out nicely. temperatures still on the cool side. we'll show you the almanac on our website at wusa9.com. click on the weather tab and then follow the drop-down menu to weather data. 59 and 54 goes in the books. 200ths of an inch of rain. 66 and 48 are the averages. we'll tell you whether a coat or umbrella is necessary tomorrow. and there is still time to submit any questions to our doctor on call. we are at facebook.com/wusa 9 or wusa9.com. we want to take a moment and complain why you just saw that paid commercial. constitution law professor jamie rfkin said rules prohibit local tv stations from barring a candidates paid message ad no matter how disturbing the images may be. >> it was sort of like somebody selling a billboard or space in a newspaper. you're not taking responsibility for the content or the view point of the ad, but you have to sell them the time. >> the same commercial is scheduled to air on channels 4, 5 and 7 during the week. a warning for you if you live near the universities at shady grove. you may hear simulated gunfire and see people running around in tactical gear this weekend but it is just a training exercise. this is happening sunday from 8:30 until 11:00 and will involve a full-scale response to a simulated shooter incident. now the county police, sheriff and fire departments will be involved so again, if you are in the shady grove area on sunday and see all of that going on, remember it is only an exercise. do you have the need for speed? well virginia will increase speed limits to 70 mile-per- hour on hundreds of miles of interstate highway by the end of the year but only roads located in less populated areas will see the change. that includes i-66 from fauquier county to i-81 as well as i-95 from south of fredericksberg to ashland and from prince george's county virginia to the north carolina border. there is about 20 minutes left for you to ask the doctor. join our facebook discussion at facebook.com/wusa 9 or chat live at wusa9.com. we're talking about hormone replacement therapy and the risk of breast cancer for post menopausal women. we'll be right back. woman 1 sync: i knew what bob ehrlich did as governor. man 1 sync: raised my property taxes 60 percent. woman 2 sync: let utilities hike our rates 72 percent. woman 1 sync: but i didn't know what he's done since he got fired as governor. man 2: ehrlich's raked in millions. man 3: he worked for a wall street bank that took 10 billion dollars from the bailout. woman 3: 10 billion of our money. woman 4: our money. woman 5 sync: and he worked for another bank that collapsed. man 4: costing tax payers 17 million. anncr: tell bob ehrlich big banks don't need help. middle class marylanders do. why not save on car insurance? 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[ normal voice ] you're welcome. get a free quote at progressive.com. the white house is asking a federal appeals court to suspend a judge's ruling that struck down the military's don't ask don't tell policy. while the justice department is preparing an appeal to the ruling. the obama administration is on record saying it wants to get rid of that ban on gays serving openly in the military but doesn't want it done so abruptly by a judge. the g.o.p. is getting the message out that this time around the republicans are the ones who say they will bring change to washington and the tea party express is leading the charge. a new cbs news poll shows 49% of the people who voted for president obama in '08 say it's time to give somebody new the chance to represent them. tea partiers often call them ivory tower elitist but today the academics at the university of maryland are eyeballing this year's phenomenon. it's tea party bang up or bust and bruce leshan was there. >> reporter: the voices of tea party three years ago, few of us heard of them. >> they just know when things aren't working. >> reporter: the voices analyzing the uprising at a college park forum mostly politicians who have been around for years. >> i've not been in politics. i've been in office a long time. >> reporter: a proud member of the tea party caucus and congressman for the last 18 years. >> i am a farmer. not a gentlemen farmer. i get my hands in the dirt. >> america today begins to turn back to god. >> reporter: these called a grassroots movement of people looking for real change in washington. >> with the people in the tea party, they are saying you have to say you guys have screwed it all up and you're not listening and the country is going broke and we're libel to go over a -- we're liable to go over a cliff so fix it. >> reporter: this is promoted by media barrens and motivated in part by racism. >> i don't think that even a hint -- i think that is trying to discredit the movement on the right. >> reporter: tom mcmillan was the one democrat on the panel. >> america is becoming more muralistic -- pluralistic and diverse and the tea party is right. >> reporter: 33 tea party backed candidates have a good chance of winning a seat and 88 had a good or better chance of winning in the senate. >> bruce, thank you. montgomery county has approved suburban's hospital plan to build a big edition and a parking garage. it would add 300,000 scare square feet to the automobile -- square feet to the hospital. but they can't tear down houses on mckinley and grant street to make way for a garden. they argued demolishing the houses would demean their neighborhood. >> keep up with your neck of the woods. if you are have a story or news tip contact us and be part of the team of wusa9.com. weather-wise, things looking pretty good. >> right now it's very nice. as nice as it's been all day. 59 is the high. we could have made it to 60 but not crazy cool. here is your forecast first. tomorrow we're in good shape and a cold front goes through and throwing clouds our way through lunchtime. it will kick up the breezes but still mild. upper 60s. and then 60 on friday. a little bit chilly for one day. if you are planning to attend high school football game, get a hat. back to 70 on saturday with mostly sunny skies in time for the green festival. let's talk about the day planner for thursday. coat and shades a good bet. 40s to start. that means even downtown upper 40s. low to mid-40s in the burbs. 60s by lunchtime. a few clouds floating through. but breezy by evening. but temperatures in the mid- 60s. playing golf tomorrow it's probably a one or two club wind. temperatures tomorrow 57 downtown. 56 in fredericksberg. everybody is pretty much in the 50s. 58 out in hagerstown and 58 in martinsberg. and the warm spot is 61 out in cumberland with a little more sun a little bit longer. for tonight then, decreasing clouds, breezy late and chilly. lows in the 40s. winds west southwest at 10-15. winds won't kick up until after midnight. for the morning, partly cloudy. some clouds come in late in the morning, around lunchtime. breezy and chilly with 40s and 50s. winds increase west southwest at 10-20 and gusty. by afternoon skies are turning partly cloudy and breezy and pleasant. high temperatures upper 60s. winds turn west northwesterly behind the front at about 10-20 and rather gusty. fall colors, we have some color in the immediate metro area. some good color in the northern and western suburbs. up toward gaithersburg and leesberg. but i'll tell you what, this is the weekend to go to skyline drive. it will be near peak. if you go across the divide toward oakland and petersberg, they are past peak and all of this is available on the website at wusa9.com under my blog. next seven days. upper 60s tomorrow, clouds around lunchtime. and then chilly for one day. we can handle that. friday bright and brisk but 60. over the weekend, a third nice weekend in a row, 70 on saturday, 74 on sunday, we get into next week and it's still going to be warm. showers and storms possible. yes, thunderstorms are possible. mid-70s monday and tuesday. clearing out on wednesday. temperatures still in the low 70s. green festival this weekend. more information at our website at wusa9.com on the home page. howard will be there in the morning. mr. mcginty will be there between noon and 3:00 and i'll be there between 2:30 and 6:30. >> star power. >> absolutely into i've covered medical stuff for years and there's been so much talk of the long-term impact of concussions on these players and all of that. but what we're talking about here is can you really legislate some of the violence out of the nfl? >> no, you can't. it's a tough sport. and it's sad when the injuries happen but i don't think you can eliminate them. and that's the question on the table. can you legislate violence out of football? the redskins peek out as several -- speak out as several players recover from concussions. plus the soccer team in peru that poisoned the opposition. we're not kidding. 9 sports next. you have to wonder what kind of test they did on chris cooley to determine whether he had a concussion. the guy is loopy to begin with. but this week the nfl is not messing around with concussions so the skins are being extra careful with their star tight end. he did not practice today. cooley was limited to strength work but he will hopefully play on sunday against the bears. and he better. >> chris couldn't practice today but he can practice tomorrow. if he doesn't have a headache or nothing pops up. he felt good today. so he's able to do some drill work. and couldn't do any football related drills but if nothing pops up he's ready to go tomorrow. >> cooley's concussion happened on a benign play in the second quarter on sunday when he didn't even get the ball. hardly one of the devastating hits that everybody is talking about this week. but what is a devastating hit? that's what got nfl players confused and angry this week. the league promising suspensions for violent hits against defenseless players and helmet to helmet contact. and while most players agree you can't use your head as a weapon but the feeling was the league is going a little bit too far. >> all of our life we were told to be physical, to go out and hit people and now we're trying to suspend guys for making those kind of hits. >> we're playing football and it's not pop warner. it's impossible to think about how you're going to hit a guy before you hit them going full speed. >> we didn't hear from any receivers there. maybe albert haynesworth will hit somebody. big al will be available against the bears but he's been inactive the last two weeks. deactivated, you know what i mean. we're going to get a try -- a tripod for this next week. the wolverines clipped north point 27-26. to participate, log on to wusa9.com to apply. brett harper turned 18 the days ago which means when he signed with the nationals oar the -- over the summer he needed his parents to sign it too. but tonight he'll make the pro debut for the scottsdale team. he only gets to play two times a week and the kid said he's cool with that. >> i get to watch and see what everybody does and what type of pitchers are throwing and what teams are doing and things like that. so i'm learning a lot of things. to be able to play is better than going home and not playing at all. and they were freaking out in peru last night when four players from this club passed out in the middle of their game. and then they discovered that a trainer from the opposing club spiked their water jug with a sedative. the four players were hospitalized and when they found out about it a brawl broke out. apparently in peru if you can't beat them fair, you make them sleepy. >> and nobody was going to figure this out. >> at one point in the game, one of the trainers from the other team walked around to the other side line and put something in -- >> you don't say. >> it was a brawl with pillow fights because they were sleepy. that is all for 9 news now at 6:00. the evening news with katie curic is next. derek is here at 7:00 with your newscast. and i want to thank katherine hendrichson talking about the link between cancer and hormone replacement therapy. you can look at the web chat any time on wusa9.com.