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change wont be immediate. gay troops cannot come out right away and openly gay people cannot enlist right now. there is a 60 day waiting period for the pentagon to implement the policy and president obama and his advisors must certificate that "dont ask, dont tell" will not hurt combat readiness. >> reporter: bruce, the commission had a study and they found two thirds in the military didnt think repeeling "dont ask, dont tell" would have a negative impact on the armed forces. however, ...

citizenship. brian mooar has both stories tonight from capitol hill. >> mr. udall of colorado. >> reporter: the senate cleared the w for gays and lesbians to serve openly in the u.s. military, but not immediately. >> house resolution 2965 is adopted. >> reporter: the senates vote and the presidents signature will end the 17-year-old law known as dont ask, dont tell. t the pentagon could take a year to carr out changes. >> we dont care who you love, as long as you love your country. >> ...

>> i think its important that we prepare for slippery conditions for tomorrow morning because i think especially out of the city north and west of town temperatures could be right at freezing, if not a little below and as we look at our radar now, well show you that nothing in place now for us. the heaviest of the rain has moved on off. temperatures are going to eventually begin to drop overnight tonight, but theyre staying pretty steady now. notice in southwestern sections of virginia...

to freeze a lot if anything before we dry up. let me show you to the radar to give you an idea what is going on. a lot of rain passing by. most of the rain is east of i- 95. you can see the snow back out to the east and west. there is a smidgen of rain showing up in extreme western sections of maryland and the eastern panhandle of west virginia. very light, though. its even beginning to dry up as i look at it on the radar. not a big deal there but we are mwoieshow you the temperatures ...

♪ what did we learn on the show tonight craig ♪ >> oh, my. craig: were out of the time. weve got to go. good night, e i learned that response time was too slow that morning. >> survivor from the virginia tech massacre reacts to the scene and responds to the verdict. plus, a health alert. see how tailoring medicine to your bodys unique need can have dramatic results. some tense moments tonight as a big power outage strikes. we begin with late-breaking news where theres been a ...

boyfriend. 24-year-old nicholas brooks. friends say she tried to break up with him a short time ago. ba at the family home, her cousin, francois jacobson. >> weve been in shock for the last day. and it now were moving into anger and the bits and pieces were getting. it is just sad. we dont know much about this guy. he wasnt in her life for very long. he shouldnt have been in there to begin with. it is a really, really sad and were very, very angry about the whole thing. >> reporter: sy...

this compromise bill. >> reporter: the number two house democrats worry. >> obviously the republicans would not vote for anything unless the upper income taxes were frozen. >> reporter: but most democrats y it is a bluff. >> i think the republicans are blowing smoke if they say that they were not going to extend unemployment benefits and they were gng to go home for christmas. >> reporter: it is an angry chaotic stand-off. >> i think a lot of democrats are in meltdown after th election...

>> were learning about the background of the man accused of setting up the bomb. he pulled a trig or the fake bomb as they watched from the distance. a man who grew up is speaking out. paul wagner is here with more on what he had to say. paul. >> reporter: antonio martinez wanted to kill as many soldiers as he could see they would not be able to kill his muslim brothers in afghanistan. behavior, a longtime friend said, he finds unbelievable. the fbi said antonio martinez plotted for ...

prince georges county. >> reporter: leslie johnson firmly telling reporters she will not step aside or give to critics. both were indicted for evidence tampering in a sweeping fbi corruption investigation with leslie now infamous for being accused of hiding $80,000 in her bra. >> i think the honorable thing to do -- rethe former the governor governor glendening. >> >> every vote that comes to a one person majority, she is the one person majority that is suspect and i think thats the wa...