It. Right now, at 11 00, president barack obama visits Fairfax County to take on the issue of gun control. And he says the idea that he wants to con fi skate weapons is a con fi kate weapons is a conspiracy. Tonight, the president says guns are a shared response blg. The nra headquarter down the street, declined the invitation to attend. It did not stop them from tweeting about it. Garrett. Reporter adam, tonight, the president and the protesters who came out to greet him, have all gone home for the night, but not before engaging in a spirited debate about perhaps the most deviceive issues in american politics today. [ singing ]. Reporter gun rights and gun control protesters squared off tonight in the lead up to president Barack Obamas town hall. Im here to just advocate that you know, guns dont kill people, guns actually save lives. We have to do something. This carnage is unamerican. Its unpatriotic. Reporter exchanges outside. Those touched by gun violence, like andy parker, father of alison parker, filed inside to hear from president barack obama. The fact a is im excited that hes keeping up with this, that hes continuing to speak out, because we cant let this thing go away. Reporter the president fielded questions from supporters and opponents of hi new measures and pushed back at the executive actions had took wouldnt have stopped any of this years high profile mass shooting. I think its really important furs not to for us not to suggest that if we cant solve every crime, we shouldnt try to solve any crimes. Reporter he also showed climers of the same emotional Peyton Manning pain display. I visited new town, two days after, what happened, so it was still very raw. Its the oonl time ever ever seen secret service cry. Reporter the nra, who declined an offer to participate. A web video released overnight. When you hear politicians talk about expanding it, dont buy it. Reporter its hard to see tonights discussion really moving anyone who has completely dug in on either side of this issue, but with the issue of guns becoming so deviceive in american politic, simply has to be a good thing that the president of the United States could sit down and discuss this topic, with people who disagree with him for more than an hour. Reporting live, wusa 9. A very different venue. Well, during the president s event, donald trump had a few things to say about guns in a speech to supporters in burlington, vermont, trump telling the crowd if elected, he would take action to lift restrictions on guns. Just as soon as he took office. I will get rid of gunfree zones on schools, and you have to. And on military bases, my first day, it gets signed. Okay . My first day. Theres no more gunfree zones. [ applause ] i mean, think of it. A gunfree zone, a gunfree zone on a military base with sop of the best soldiers we some of the best soldiers, we have, sitting there, relaxing, watching television, no gun, guy walks in, kills all of them, okay . That ends immediately. Reporter the Trump Campaign claims more than 20,000 invited people showed up for just 1400 spots at the event space tonight. It is the Largest School system in the d. C. Area and the 10th largest in the nation. Fairfax county schools had warned that drastic cuts were coming. But tonight, superintendent karen garza surprised a lot of people with her proposed 2. 7 billion dollar budget. Wusa 9 live after tonights School Board Meeting and parent pep rally in support of this the budget. Reporter adam, a lot of parents supported this budget because its it got no cuts to staff, no cuts to classroom programs. This is the first budget, actually, without cuts that doctor garza has proposed as School Superintendent. And the parents who showed up here tonight are supporting her and standing by her. [ applause ]. Reporter Fairfax CountySchool Superintendent karen garzas proposed budget is pretty simple. No programs cuts. Reporter okay. Actually, it only sounds simple. But its not. Despite facing an 80 Million Dollar deficit, garza is requesting a 7 increase in the next budget. Its a barebones budget and it only reflects our most pressing needs. It is not a true need based budget. Reporter parents rallied behind her, this pep rally before thursday night board meeting, rally was organized by imspc, a parentled movement encouraging county and state leaders. Kids like sports and drama, when i went to school, those were important activities. It wasnt a good idea, it would have been cut in the first that was cut. Reporter 165 Million Dollars from budgets over the last two years and nearly half a billion since 2008. We have been cutting, and i just feel like this next round of cuts would completely change the face of our school system. Our kids need robust academic programming, programming that suits todays generation of how they learn, their health and safety in the clam room. Reporter parents say if any county can do it, its in county. To not fund this budget would weaken p the reputation of this community. I feel like its an absolute necessity, that is fully funded. Reporter if its not, and it becomes simple again. Cut nearly 70 Million Dollars. Again, only simple to say, not to do. Well, no one is saying lit be easy, most of the folks here tonight admit it will be a challenge, but the parents i spoke with, say that they really see this as an opportunity for county and state leaders to come together and finally create a longterm strategy, a longterm plan. As far as a county finances, and education are concerned. Live in fairfax, wusa 9. Thank you. Doctor sgar says they have 90 today, and she blames teacher salaries, that lag behind neighboring counties, her budget includes more than 40 million for teacher raises. New tonight, a former Police Officer has been sentenced to prison time. A judge gave 41 months to 41 yearold christopher bartley. Last summer, bartley pleaded guilty to trying to cook meth inside of a government building at the National Institutes of standards and technology in gaithersburg, where he worked. Well, that concoction triggered an explosion that blew out the windowss of the lab. A better check for cracks in your next egg after the drop. Fell 392 points and nasdaq losing 146. Investors are worried about a slow down in chinas economy and a worldwide domino effect. Looking for good news tomorrow in the latest u. S. Labor report. An uptick in higherring. A Lottery Jackpot unlike any other in the United States, the prize for this weekends powerball drawing, has grown to about 700 million. And lottery Officials Say it could get even bigger. The jackpot has been growing all day, after no one matched the numbers in last nights 500 Million Dollar drawing. Tonight, detectives tgryin to track down a d. C. Man who stabbed a Family Member on new years day. Hes Anthony Joseph keys, of 50th street in northeast and police say the whole incident happened during an argument at a home on south view drive in austin hills, fortunately, that relative recovering from his injuries. To the district now, Metro Transit Police are trying to identify and find a robbery suspect they say this man is wanted for a robbery tuesday night, on a green line train at u street. If you can help pin a name to that face, youre asked to contact Metro Transit Police. To montgomery county, police are v released surveillance videos of suspects wanted in an Armed Robbery on november 27th. A woman was robbed in a parking garage in bethesda. Police say a man and woman used the womans credit cards about an hour after the robbery, the robbery suspects left the Shopping Mall in a gray dodge a avenger. Redskins football. Our colleague Bruce Johnson had a chance to talk with one of the greatest players. Darrell grant. He played in 3 super bowl, one o two of them, and today, he reflected on those glory days and he assessed todays team as it heads towards sundays playoff game against green bay. We really didnt believe that it would happen earlier in the season, maybe even, you know, going into the season, but they really gel, theyve come together, they seem like a force and a united team, thats what you need. Grant is picking washington to beat the packers this weekend. He better. Well, cbs and wusa 9 will be televising the super bowl, the National Congress of American Indians and the Indian Nation have sent a letter to the network, cbs, asking them not to use the word redskins. Its a if the team lays in the game. By making this commitment, now, cbs will be standing with a broad and growing coalition that believes that the teams continued efforts to slur people of color with the chosen name, is inappropriate and unacceptable. Well, whether youre making plans to watch the game at home, or at fedex field, there are a few things that you need to know. Yeah, it may not be raining, but weather could have an impact on the game and lets get right to xheement topper shutt with chief meteorologist topper shutt with all of the details. Saturday night will be wet, that will be one of the factors well be watching, maybe a half inch of rain, it is natural grass, so that could be a factor. Falling temperatures, 50s to 40s, so dont be fooled if youre going to the game. It will be pretty mild when you get there, it will be very cold when you leave. The wind, thats the big factor, west southwest 1010, that could impact a late game field goal. 5242. 52 to start the game. 42 when exiting fedex. Partly cloudy, there are your gusty winds. Well talk about the fog and drizzle and well track the showers for tomorrow evening and the 3 degree guarantee. Thank you, well see you then. Closer to sundays big game, social media is packed right now, cramed with images of how fans are getting pumped up. Taking a look at awesome photos that youve shared with us. Weve gotten so many great ones. Amy shared this photo of this little guy who has been a fan since birth. Cute one there. Heres a tweet of a fourlegged fan, his owner says is diehard. Shared this tweet with us, prov tinghat fans do really come in all sizes. So we want you to share your fan pics with us and get the redskins content you need, whenever you want it by downloading the wusa 9 app. You can follow us on facebook. Can you prove your redskins fand m with a farm animal . One family says yes. Im allison barber, that story in a minute. We are back phrase could apply to these guys, guess who is coming back to the national zoo . And if youre still looking for a new years diet plan, heres one that you can really wrap your arms around. Theyre calling it the taco cleanse, its my n beyonce will be back, she and cold play collaborated on the song, for the weekend. Beyonce headlined the half time game three years ago, the last time that washington won in the playoffs. There are so many fans hoping that their team will make it all the way to the super bowl game with beyonce. Youve seen a lot of them on wusa 9 in the past few days. We promise you that you have not seen fans like the ones youre about to meet. The story of a family who loved their team so much, elson, they kept a 1,000 pound pig in their house. That doesnt make a lot of sense, but i think youre about to clear it up for us. Reporter i hope so. So originally that pig was an easter present for grand kids, the rabbits were sold out at the farm, they got this pig instead. The family that owned charlotte, she became more than a family pet. We used to walk miss charlotte up and down the road, 202, nearby, and wave to the fans. Reporter in 2011, floyd rich bought a pig, shes a lifelong redskins fan, she knew the pig had to be one, too. I thought about the redskins because of the hogs, what they represent, and what theyve done for the team. Reporter each time the redskins played a at home, they took her by fedex field. It made them happy and got a lot of attention from the other fans. The fans and the morale, it boosts the energy for the fans, whether we won or lost the game, it still gave us energy. I feel like weve [ inaudible ] you know, embrace your team, embrace your home. My daddy brought the pig to d. C. Redskins all the way, baby. [ music ]. Reporter that pig connected with enough people that it inspired two local film makers to feature the family if a documentary called sweaty betty. [ music ]. Go out there and see a lot of different stories, and its kind of good for things on camera, thats what we thought about when bemade a movie we made a movie. She aint going with them. Reporter before filming finished, charlotte was taken away. The rich family says the county took her because having a farm animal where they live violates zoning laws. A lot of people out there really love miss charlotte. Reporter but even without her, theyre ready to cheer on the redskins. Were going to go to the super bowl, thats a must. Reporter if they make it, the rich family knows exactly who theyll thank. Charlotte on their shoulders. Reporter the family tells us theyre trying to figure out exactly where miss charlotte is, they heard she was on a farm, now, they dont know. Were working on getting those questions answered by the county right now. Reporting live, wusa 9. You have done it. That is the strangest fan story ive seen yet. But got to love it. Thank you. The movie that featured the rich family is getting a lot of attention outside of the area, it premiered at south by southwest last year in austin, won best feature form at a new york Film Festival and picked up by a production company, breaking glass pictures bought the right in september. We hope that miss charlotte isnt bacon now. For the past two year, there have been no red pandas at the zoo. Two of the critters are back. A male named tusa and a female named asa, theyre both now one. And you can catch them at the small mammal house, but this summer, the zoo hopes to move them to a larger red panda exhibit that is being upgraded. How does this snound lose weight and get Healthy Eating tacos, but heres the catch. They have to be vegen tacos. Come on, man. No meat. The taco cleanse, listen, they give you the taco, youve got to give up something. And four selfproclaimed taco scientists in texas have published the companion book. Thats a thing. You have to buy the book. I was online trying to get the recipes. Im going to tender my resignation now and go to taco science. Black beans and rice, and some guac. Black means are good for you, and guac is a good protein. Yeah, see, thats vegen. Give the girls an avocado. I raised yesterdays number from 42 to 43. Yes, sit is. But it is. But it was a wise decision. We went 43 and it was 43. Another bulls eye, now, i just raised tomorrows number from 46 to 47. Small thing. But when youre trying to do a 3 degree guarantee, it all adds up. Right now, its 40. Dew points well above freezing, were not going to get anywhere near freezing in the metro area. If you have clouds now, youre going to stay above freezing, along 81, 28 in winchester, most folks are going to hold above freezing. Morning drizzle, afternoon showers, bus stop temperatures, 4828. 42 downtown. Some showers friday night and mild, and then on saturday, really wet saturday night, we get rain and showers, beat the band on saturday night. But drive for the game, but windy for the game, and again, dont be deceived by the warm temperatures. Temps will fall into the day and night. 6 00 a. M. Tomorrow, 37 downtown. 35 by 9 00 oclock in gaithersburg. 37 in fairfax and also dale city. Now by 1 00 oclock, back in the low to mid 40s, notice just clouds. But by the time we get to 5 00 oclock, k 6 oclock, here comes the showers, through leesburg. Colder out to the west. So day plan e clouds across the board. 44 by 1 00 p. M. The next three days, well, mainly rain and showers at night. Saturday is okay. Only about 52. And then 58 on sunday. Yes, maybe a morning thunderstorm on sunday. Then were clearing out for the game. And then really cold monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday. And i do have a flake there on wednesday, maybe snow flurries. You nailed it. Welcome. Thank you. Thank you, well, you look at the way the season was at the redskins, there are doubters. Got to hate. 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America runs on dunkin. Now, wusa 9 game on sports, with kristen berset, brought to you by xfinity. The redskins doubters r were out in full force, and for very good reason, they had won just 7 games in the past two seasons, the first round draft pick of a quarterback was struggling and they didnt know who their starting quarterback was going to be. There were lockers in their own locker room, desean saying he had no clue how this team would be this year. So to end up as division champ, surprise, well, most people. Our dontae stallworth asked about this and how his mind set has changed. Night and day, you know, just kind of getting the feel for our team, you know, last year. Or in the off season, you know, a lot of new additions and things like that, right now, were at the point where, you know, we geled together throughout the season, we won games that we werent supposed to win. People in the offers and things like that. They didnt give us no chance, we sat back and listened and heard all of that. A lot of great players in there, that came from other teams that have a lot of experience in leadership. Were feeding off each others energy. How about this, washington fans, one of the former hogs, joe jacoby is one of the finalists for the hall of fame. Jacoby one 3 super bowl titles among many other accolades, inductees will be announced the day before the super bowl. He is the honorary captain for this sundays game against the packers. Well, we are still on 500 watch, heavy into tonights game, ovechkin, four away from reaching the 500th career goal. His team won tuesday, ovechkin came up event, tonight, another chance. Taking on the islander, here we go, ovechkin, closer to 500. N,ores the 22nd of the seaso 497. Caps roll over the islanders tonight, 41. Maryland women looking to bounce back after the firstever big ten loss, and yeah, that really wasnt going to be a problem. Howrd what led all scores, 15. And finally, the nationals today, announcing their newest member of their team, second base. Daniel murphy. Murphy comes from the new york mets. Hes wearing the number 20 jersey, which fans may know was worn by desmond, who was a free agent this year, of course, not expected to sign back, maybe thats a sign. Not anymore. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, so hes wearing number. Thats the right price its that low. What other things on this list cant be right . Looks like a list full of cant be rights. Seriously . At giant, prices are down. Savings are up. My giant. Are you ready, 47 tomorrow, showers in the afternoon, a dreary start to the modern, saturday is okay, saturday night will be a mess, if you have date night, rain and shower, and an early thunderstorm sunday, but youve done your pardon. Saturday, stay in, watch the game on wusa 9 and check out the news cast. Fantastic. Thats it for us tonight on 9. Thats reston virginia to surprise people with some interesting facts about their area. Lets go. 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