like julia, ellen, jennifer, angelina, craig. craig: no, not craig. this is really delicious. you want do get them on the brussel sprouts. that s actually really craig: you think it s not going to work and then that really doesn t work at all. that s really awful. but other than that, it s delicious. craig: the beautiful cat cora. we ve got go. good night. . he was shot over 15 times by the police. breaking news. emotions run high in a local neighborhood after a confrontation between police and an armed young man. also tonight, find out why thieves love this particular week to target local homes. plus flash mob robbery. how a newbill takes aim at offenders. this is 9news now. off the top tonight, a nightmare in a dc neighborhood. according to police, a man may be high on drugs and carrying a gun started shooting up a place. and it all ends with police shooting. matt jablow joins us live with the details. matt. reporter: lesli, as you can see behind me an
our bruce leshan is in the courtroom. he joins us now live from pennsylvania with more information. bruce, what can you tell us? j.c., what this meant what this was about depends on who you ask. the attorney for one of the alleged victims says it is really another case another act of cowardice to decide not to have this hearing. another affect cowardice by a serial child sex abuser. but jerry sandusky s lawyer says it was simply a tactical decision to avoid a hearing that put the defense at a tactical disadvantage. jerry sandusky had been slated to be in court all day, confronted for the first time by the public testimony of at least five of the young men he allegedly abused. but within minutes, he was back out of the courthouse. his lawyers saw no advantage in airing more of the sorted details of decades of alleged child sexual abuse. we re ready to defend, we ve always been ready to defend. today s waiver has nothing to do with conceding anything, there will be no p
overlooking the blue ridge. moving at speed on the beltway at the new hampshire ave. looks pretty good on 66, 7 paul brown 0, purcellville. no worries through gilberts corner. 66 is unencumbered by problems between marshall and vienna. following breaking news from overnight. four u.s. soldiers dead after two army helicopters crashed at a washington-based. the aircraft crashed in the southwest traning area of joint base lewis-mcchord. an investigation is under way. the department of defense has not identify the victims . now to our other big story. a courtroom showdown in the penn state sex abuse scandal. a judge will decide today if there s enough evidence to send a case against former football coach jerry sandusky. he is accused of molesting an endless. today some of them will go face- to-face with their alleged attacker. brianne carter joins us with a preview and the latest twist in the investigation. hearing expected to get under way at 8:30 this morning. it
than money? i have seen money break up families. many of those alleged victims you already heard have hired lawyers. they are plotting to go after sandusky s assets. the assets of the second mile charity and penn state s deep pockets. those lawyers say that is just the typical kind of character assassination that you see sex abuse victims often having to face. matt, back to you. bruce leshan, thanks very much. sandusky and his lawyers made an abrupt decision to go ahead without a hearing. the small town with sports and closed streets shut down businesses to accommodate the media crush of the courthouse. scott broom reports the sheriff hasn t yet calculated how much the town might have saved if sandusky announced his decision ahead of time. it s a cost of good taxpayer s money. tiny belfont, pennsylvania, just 6,000 residents. invaded and occupied by a media army. the town reacted by closing two main streets. uncounted miles of cable, 200 registered reporters, unco
police in northwest washington. good morning, everyone. i m angie goff in for joe krebs. and i m eun yang. welcome to news 4 today for this tuesday, september 13th, 2011. let s take a live look outside. it s 5:00 a.m. 32 degrees. there is frost on your windshield, and you might even break out a scraper depending on where you are. that is going to be needed for quite an extended period of time. we re probably going to get above freezing until 9:00 this morning. it s going to be coal. layer up. thankfully, we ve got a calm wind. it is cold, though. not quite as cold as yesterday morning. good morning. i m meteorologist tom kierein. right now weather watchers around the region checking in and reporting temperatures in the low 20s to mid-20s from the mountains all the way to the bay and the eastern shore. except right near the waters it s near freezing. we have a clear sky this morning. we ve had this clear sky since midnight or so. it s going to be with us through the mo