drew levenson has more. >> reporter: athletic director tim occurly and vice president gary schultz resigned overnight. now they are expected to turn themselves in. they are accused of lying to the grand jury, investigating sex abuse allegations against the school's former football defensive coordinator. the coach was arrested on charges he targeted eight boys over a 15 year period. he faces on 40 criminal counts, ranging from inappropriate touching to statutory rape. prosecutors say sandusky abused boys he met flu a charity he founded. a graduate student saw sandusky assaulting a ten-year-old in a shower on campus. and reported the incident to head coach joe paterno. paterno told schultz. the proadministrators failed to immediately alert police. >> the two men say they did nothing wrong. schultz's lawyer says schultz did nothing wrong because schultz didn't witness the assaults. sandusky retired in 1999. the allegations have stunned penn state fans. >> when he was a coach, and he was doing so many good things with the second mile, and you are kind of like proud of him. >> reporter: sandusky denies the charges. drew levenson, cbs news, harrisburg. sandusky is free on $100,000 bond. two school administrators who are accused of covering up his actions are expected to turn themselves in this afternoon. a pretrial hearing is underway for george hugely in charlotte lotsville, virginia. the former uva lacrosse player is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, 22-year-old yardly love. lawyers want jurors to fill out individual questionnaires and they want the jury to be sequestered when the trial begins. hugely faces first degree murder charge. we'll have more on that hearing beginning at 5:00 p.m. things are returning back to normal this afternoon, along massachusetts avenue northwest. but that was not the case just a few hours ago. a dump truck hit a gas meter at 2121 massachusetts avenue northwest. the fire department came, and several streets were blocked. nearly 60 people were evacuated from a club as a precaution but the gas leak has been repaired. rail service on the red line is back to normal this afternoon after a woman was struck and killed by a subway train. it happened just after 8:00, at the bethesda metro station. montgomery county police say it appears the woman intentionally put herself in the path of the glenmont-bound train as it entered the bethesda station. she died on the scene. police have not released her name. president obama plans to meet today with local veteran groups to discuss case ways to help veterans struggling to find work. the president is promoting new ways to help veterans find jobs in this tough economy, and he is also pressing congress to approve tax credits for businesses that hire former members of the military. gloria allred says another woman has come forward accusing republican presidential hopeful herman cain of sexual harassment. the high profile attorney and the woman are planning a news conference to be held in new york city later today. the woman would be at least the fourth person to accuse cain, a former businessman, of harassment. cain is refusing to address reporter's questions about the matter on the campaign trail. police are investigating another report of an attempted abduction. an eight-year-old girl says that four men tried to coax her into a van. just blocks fro her home on satter field court. she got away. police are urging parents and students to be very cautious. this is the fifth reported abduction attempt in the area since mid october. students at frostburg state university are returning to school a day after one of their classmates was killed. 1-year-old courtney mccoy -- 19-year-old courtney mccoy was stabbed to death early yesterday morning. it was done by a fellow student. surae chinn has more. >> reporter: grievance counselors are helping students and teachers mourn the loss of 19-year-old courtney mccoy. but for devin james, singing is what's helping him through this tragedy. courtney's gospel choir came together to pay tribute to the sophomore student last night. >> dealing with courtney's death is indescribable. you never imagined that. you'll be in college and that you have to bury your friend. >> reporter: courtney was a resident hall advisor who dreamed of being a singer. >> loved, loved to sing. she is my little song bird. intelligent, promising future, just taken away. >> reporter: the president of this tight knit university of 5000 also saddened by a life cut short. >> we are very sad over the loss of such an incredibly wonderful young woman, and someone who had such amazing promise for the future. >> reporter: police say courtney was at an off cam pus party. her family says she was trying to break up a fight at this home off maple street. the fight continued outside and that is when police say 23-year-old shanea liggins stabbed courtney, from theburg's university president wrote on the school's website that the best way to show respect and honor courtney is to find better ways to resolve conflict, other than hurting each other. surae chinn, 9news now. this is not the first time the school has seen violence in the last two years. in april of last year a student opened fire, killing one student, and injuring another. and just two months ago, a bowie state university student was accused of stabbing to death her roommate. a new report says that metro's underground radio system is plagued with dead zones. washington -- the washington examiner quotes a police union official, who says that the most recent failure was halloween night. pepper spray was released in the foggy bottom station. metro acknowledges its radio system is flawed. the agency hopes to see contracts this month. a hearing is scheduled today on the fate of so-called big box stores in montgomery county. a new bill would require large retail stores to enter into a community benefits agreement, with at least three recognized civic organizations. assistance from the county would be limited, without that agreement. a large retail store is defined as one that occupies a footprint of at least 75,000 square feet. just in time for the holidays, higher gasoline prices, aaa says a gallon of regular grade gasoline in our region is averaging $3.40. up 4 cents a gallon from last month. and up 58 kenseth from one year ago. the redskins are 3-5 following yesterday's loss to the san francisco 49ers. the redskins turned the ball over three times in the 19-11 defeat. despite the team's fourth straight loss, coach mike shanahan says that he's sticking with his quarterback, john beck. >> i would like to believe we have got to get better in offense, that is the obvious. you know for an offense to work, you have got to have 11 guys going the same direction. when you make those many mistakes you have turnovers on offense, especially with pretty good field position, you can't have that many mistakes. >> coming off the field not having won, it is definitely not the situation you want. i'm doing everything we can to end this and get us winning again. >> reporter: the redskins will meet the miami dolphins next. by the way the dolphins were winless before getting their first victory. coming you be, it is the largest organization to aid homeless women in the district, i'll have a hero central report, when i come back. people become homeless for a variety of reasons, and most face multiple challenges. while we have heard the expression that it takes a village to raise a child, sometimes it takes a village to raise a woman out of despair. >> i was desperate, destitute, lonely and in despair. i didn't know what to do. my daughter had mentioned the shelter and i had never been homeless before. >> reporter: two years ago rene pet away -- petaway, hit rock bottom. end street village came to her aid. they help nearly 900 homeless and low income women each year. >> they can receive services for their basic needs, starting at the most simple things, meals, lant dr. conrad murray, clothing, a place to make a telephone call, an address where they can receive mail. an education and employment center and a wellness center. so we are a community that focuses a lot on relationships and support. >> rene now has her own apartment, works and egertonly mentors other homeless women. >> i would call myself an alumni now, i really enjoy coming back here to do meetings, to help out wherever i can, because i believe in giving back. >> reporter: many of the clients who come here to end street village suffer from mental illness, incarceration, illiteracy and sexual trauma. but they say they get more than training and housing, they get love. and the necessary tools to become self-sufficient. >> when i came here to end street village, i was hopeless. now i have hope. hfor happiness, o, for opportunity, p, for peace and e, for empowerment. that's what i got here. >> end street village received a $5000 grant from the gannett foundation, which is our parent company, and was then funded by the fannie mae help the homeless walk a-thon. if you would like more information, go to my website j. c. hayward.com. howard? >> reporter: it is warm with the sun beating down on my back. we had frost this morning, we got a break with the temperatures right now. anywhere from the upper 50s to the mid-60s. check it out. we'll talk more about this great weather and when it may final finally go away. that on the weekend outlet when 9news now returns. 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>> i got mine this past saturday. >> then this saturday, coming up, the scouts will come back and they will pick up the bags and hopefully, they will be filled with nonperishable items, okay? okay. >> you know this weekend, j. c. hayward, you were down on the national mall with the alzheimer's disease walk. i was with anita brickman doing the heart walk. it was great, everybody who came out the american heart association, those who didn't come out but response scored us, donated to the cause. a big, big thank you. our goal was $2 million. we were 1.7 last time we checked. but there is still time. if you would like to help out, you can, go to start greater washington.org. that is the heart walk's website and again, we want to get to that $2 million goal. because heart diseases kills more people than any other disease. you know, you hear about other things, getting more money, more attention. heart disease is the number one killer. many times doctors don't catch it. >> have them check to be on the safe side. let's talk weather. a fantastic afternoon. temperatures going up into the low even mid-60s. there are going to be car thermometers today that actually tickle 70, i think. the dry air will cool off quickly and once again another cold night for potential for more frost and fog like this morning. dry air heats up quickly and cools down quickly. you can just pick up the sliver of fog. that is it, clear skies out there and a gorgeous, gorgeous day. 27 in frederick this morning. 32 gaithersburg. these are the lows. even the upper 20s, cumberland stayed into the 40s in downtown dc. and watch with the daytime heating, look how much we've warmed up so far. we are in the 50s, 62 at andrews this morning. 64 in leesburg. we have already moved a good 25 to 30 degrees. remember this is an hour later. in the sunday anyway. it is going to be a great afternoon. 58 right now, with sunshine and light winds. high but slowly falling off. big dip in the jet stream west. look at the showers and storms extending through st. louis. on the back side we've got rain. the third storm of the season already, for us we are protected by high pressure, and that will be the case over the next couple of days. by the way, there may be a developing tropical system west of bermuda. the next thing we are going to watch is this system, which will work its way to the east as we head into thursday, here we are wednesday morning and wednesday afternoon still with high pressure. we have really nice weather moving in our direction for the next few days. today we are in the mid-60s here. there are going to be spots upper 60s. still could be follow tomorrow morning like this morning. 66 on tuesday, wednesday upper 60s to 70s i think in spots. and then thursday there is that front. chance of a shower. by friday, shot of cold air, near 50. then look, we are out of that for saturday and sunday. with a nice weekend. temperatures back in the 60s. stick around, we will return with more of 9news at noon in just a minute at holiday extravaganza friday november 18th. fabulous activities going on and i want you to meet the gaylord spokeswoman, amy, who ask here to talk about it. >> we are so excited to tell everyone about our christmas on the potomac event this year. it runs november 18 through january 8. there is gingerbread decorating, a glass christmas tree and a nightly tree lighting show every night at 60:00. this year new we have the green works characters they are going to be in the ice. you brought two friends with you today. >> today we have alice deion and king from the movie. from graeme works. it is a fabulous jungle theme, tells the story of how these wonderful characters helped santa and saved christmas by delivering all the presents. >> the kids can come. can they get their picture taken? >> they will be in the attraction that will see them in ice. for our overnight hotel guests, they will get to meet these characters and all the dreamworks characters. we have shrek, kung fu panda. there is something for everyone. whether you just come for the day. or for an overnight hotel stay. >> i want to talk about that ice display. because it is absolutely incredible. the displays come alive really. >> they do. people don't understand. but you are literally walking through 2 million pounds of ice. and the ice is in 10 different colors. looks like colorful popsicles. we give you a big blue parka, you see these amazing larger than life ice sculptures. >> that's right. and parking is easy. it is something for the whole family. i don't like cold weather. but when you put that blue parka on and you go in. you can see. we are showing last year, it is absolutely incredible. it is really something for the whole family. really you should go see it at the gaylord national resort. right on the potomac. and the cost is? $25 for adults start and go children are $20. a little bit higher priced ticket on the weekend. i want my picture taken with my friends. my new friends. come on and give me some love. >> they are very loving. >> i don't want to leave you occupy wall street. see, they are happy friends, they are. thank you for being with us. thank you for joining you us. come back and visit us at 5:00.