remains hidden in the building where she was last seen. here at home a violent weekend leaves two people dead including a 16-year-old boy. we are live with the latest for police to bring back the all hands on deck initiative. plus it's been one year since the collapse of lehman brothers which helped set off the global recession with billions spent on trying to help the economy bounce back. are we anywhere close to being recovered. we'll take a closer look at that as fox 5 news at 7:00 starts right now. beautiful view of the u.s. capitol this morning with the sun rising behind the capitol dome on this monday morning. it is september 14th at 7:00. we're glad you're with us this morning. >> we're going to get the latest on today's forecast in just a moment. also just ahead the redskins ck o the 2009 season. it's a loss and the frustration came through in the wrong way. dave ross is going to join us live to play monday morning quarterback. >> that was early in the game

too. also ahead kanye west strikes out again. he was not happy at last night's music awards and, man, did he steal the show. now he is apologizing yet again. the question is, was it staged? also don't forget we're going to have more time to sort all that out as we are going till 10:00 this morning. we're going all the way through the 9 to 10:00 hour. that's our new hour and we hope you will join us for the the entire show. it is one minute past the hour. we want to check in with tony perkins and welcome him once again. pretty good forecast today. >> i apologize for my sneeze while you all were talking about the redskins there. the only bad thing i can say about today as far as the weather goes is the pollen count is medium high. those of us like myself who suffer from ragweed allergies are feeling the effects today, so there you go. if you've got a ragweed allergy, you're going to feel the impact of that today. other than that, a beautiful day. let's take a look at vipir, our

hd radar, and show you across the region what we're looking at. it's our satellite radar. nothing to see here. we've got clear skies. you saw that live shot of the capitol. it's absolutely gorgeous. just a beautiful morning. it's going to be a beautiful day. currently reagan national airport 65 degrees. 65 in new york, 60 down in roanoke, 58 in pittsburgh and norfolk, virginia is at 64 degrees. forecast for today, sunny skies. a warm afternoon. rather summery today. high about 85 degrees. that's a look at what's happening with the weather. we'll have more for you coming up in a bit. right now let's go to julie wright for an update on traffic. >> reporter: i think you should just say it's a julie wright kind of day. >> you know what, what am i saying? sunny and 85. it is a julie wright day. >> reporter: thank you. >> we'll put that on the graphics for you. >> reporter: i think because of that, i should leave early. >> all right. you can leave at 12:00. >> reporter: 12:00!

man! here we are live southbound 270, 38s out at germantown headed all the way down towards the split. a couple of breaks but for the most part you are definitely below speed leaving germantown headed out towards the lane divide. outer loop of the belt virginia will slow. inbound route 50 at kenilworth avenue, pickup and tractor- trailer collided. activity is over on the shoulder with a backup leaving 410 out of riverdale. a new accident to report tying up all but the center of the roadway. this is a live shot of d.c. route 295 kenilworth avenue. the pace is good headed town toward the d.c. line. no accidents all the way out toward pennsylvania avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. the search for a missing yale university student may have taken a tragic turn yesterday. >> on the same day annie le was supposed to be married, human remains were found in the building she was la seen

headed to a research lab. so far those remains have not been identified. jul pan daras -- julie banderas has the latest. >> the police in the western district major crime squad located the remains of a human within a wall inside the building. >> reporter: although police have not positively identified whether the remains found are the body of missing pharmacology student annie le, authorities are in contact with her loved ones and say our sympathies are with the family at this time as her parents and fiance's worst fears have been confirmed. >> detectives and investigators right now have a large amount of physical evidence at the scene that we're going through to determine if it's linked to this case or not. >> reporter: investigators are investigating surveillance video about a mile from the main campus where she was last seen entering tuesday morning.

despite some 75 cameras that cover the complex, there was no record of her leaving. le's keys, cell phone and purse were left in her student office three blocks away. over the weekend, investigators extended their search from the lab to dumpsters outside to garbage at an incinerator in hartford one hour north looking for clues. or as the fbi investigators put it, following the trash. 24-year-old l. was set to marry a graduate student from columbia university who police say is not a suspect. annie le's family have said all along she would never run away from her family and looked forward to getting married. instead tragically her body possibly found on her wedding day. in new york, julie banderas, fox news. shattered glass marks the spot where bullets entered the window of a d.c. woman's home, the result of a triple shooting a few steps away. a 16-year-old boy died in that gunfire. >> now there is a renewed push

to bring back all hands on deck, a crime-fighting initiative. stacy cohan joins us with more on this. >> reporter: good morning, allison. that all hands on deck initiative has been popular and police say it does fight crime. this was, however, a particularly violent weekend here in the sixth district. two people were killed, four were shot and it was not an all hands on deck weekend. that has some residents calling for the program to return. in fact one woman in particular here in northeast said she would like to see that program back very soon. >> i'd be sitting right there like that and that's the televisioright there. >> reporter: benny bellinger and her nephew spend most evenings right here in the living room. for some reason saturday night they decided to turn in early and it's a good thing they did. a bullet came flying right through their living room window. >> and i heard the gunshot. i told her, i said get away from the window because i thought somebody was shooting in the window or stairs.

>> reporter: oside three people had been shot. 16-year-old antonio ward killed. so many bullets fired action even benny's car was hit twice. >> right there in the front. it went right through. >> we're trying to stop the crime from occurring. >> reporter: on friday the chief said she's doing everything possible to reduce violent crime in the district, although the police union is giving her heat about her all hands on deck operation, she got this targeted enforcement works. >> every all hands on deck we have between a 10 and 30% reduction in crime. >> reporter: but the police union disagrees and also say the chief bends the rules by not paying officers overtime during the operation. >> we can't tell the public we're reducing fines with ahod because we know that isn't true. >> reporter: meantime benny bellinger doesn't really care how they battle it out, all she wants is to be able to sit in her living room in peace. >> i've ver known nothing like this. >> reporter: so at the moment those crime-fighting tactics remain mired in a labor

contract dispute. last week an afavor of the unio that the police chief had to come up with the money to pay the overtime for the officers involved in that operation. the chief has decided to appeal. i'm live in northeast washington, back to you. >> stacy, thank you for that. and there was a deadly shooting early yesterday morning in northeast d.c. police say 32-year-old jason lism zer of bowie was shot in the 4000 block of minnesota avenue. he was found wi multiple gunshot wounds and later died at the hospital. so far no word on the suspect or a motive. also a shooting involving a prince georges county police officer is under investigation this morning. it happened yesterday morning on nicholson street in hyattsville. the off duty police officer is accused of shooting a man he said was tampering with his personal car. the man is expected to be okay and so far no arrests or charges with this case. > president obama heads to

wall street today. he is speaking one year after the collapse of lehman brothers. he will push for tougher regulations. lehman brothers filed bankruptcy last year on the 15th of september. it helped trigger a global financial crisis, of course still felt today. ahead this morning we'll speak with frank ahrens about what's ahead in the next six months. president obama still confident that congress will pass a, quote, good health care bill. over the weekend moderate republican senator olympia snowe said the president should forget about the public option, it won't pass. even white house advisors backed down on the public option when asked on sunday talk shows. the president was speaking to "60 minutes" about claims some republicans are trying to block a reform bill for political gain. >> i believe that we will have enough votes to pass not just any health care bill but a good health care bill that helps th american people, reduces costs,

actually over the long term controls our deficit. i'm confident that we've got that. you're right, so far we haven't gotten much cooperation from republicans and i think there is some that see this as a replay of 1993-94. >> the president is trying to sweeten the deal for republicans by being open to their ideas. d.c. taking steps to cut down on health care fraud. according to the "washington examiner" the d.c. health care alliance will require residents to confirm their residency. this starts tomorrow. the health care alliance offers free care to people who do not qualify for benefits like medicaid. the city will also likely take other measures to cut costs, like removing people from the program who do also receive medicaid and private insurance. district voters don't go to the polls next year but a local sales exec announced he is running. leo alexander will officially kick off his campaign tonight on the southwest waterfront. he proses to attract new business to the nation's

capital, fight crime and revolutionize public schools. in the meantime current d.c. mayor, adrian fenty, if holding a reelection fund-raiser at a home in southeast washington. just about 7:11 right now. coming up on this monday morning on fox 5 morning news, just days after the solemn anniversary of the september 11th attacks, we are hearing a strong message addingly from osama bin laden. what he is saying about president obama. that's next. also the man who threw the shoes at president bush is set to be released from prison. so what's he going to do with his newfound celebrity status? we'll talk about that coming up. and just ahead, he is the man whooshed "you lie" during the health care address last week but we'll find out why congressman joe wilson says he is done apologizing despite facing back lash from his peers. more and more, the quality of our lives depends on our connections. access to high-speed internet, at home and on the go, is no longer a luxury.

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7:15 right now on this monday morning and there is word of an alleged new terror tape from osama bin laden and he says president obama is powerless when it comes to stopping the wars in afghanistan and iraq. al-qaeda released the tape two days after 11. it shows a still picture of bin laden while the audio plays. the u.s. has not confirmed if it is indeed bin laden on that tape. the iraqi man who threw his shoes at president bush will soon be a free man. flashback to december of '08 when that reporter hurled his shoes during a news conference. the iraqi reporter is expected to be released from prison today after serving nine months behind bars. he became an icon for many in the arab world after that incident and is expected to return to his job at a small tv station in iraq. it's 7:15. as we mentioned, we want to check in with tony once again. >> he's going back to his job? >> a small tv station in iraq. >> very good.

what do you want to know? >> how nice it's going to be today. >> and i want to know if it's really going to get there. yesterday it didn't seem like it got as warm -- >> yesterday was beautiful. >> really? >> it was 83 degrees, but i hear what you're saying. it wasn't hot. >> it wasn't -- i was expecting really warm. >> today i think will be a couple of days warmer -- couple of degrees warmer but will feel warmer partly because we had that yesterday so the atmosphere is a little warmer today. take a look. here's right now what's happening now. currently our temperature is dropping. we're at 64 degrees here in washington. relative humidity 78%. winds out of the north at 7 miles per hour, barometric pressure 30.01. all right, temperatures across the untry, well, it's 64 here now. 63 in st. louis. del rio, texas, 70 degrees. denver 56 degrees. san francisco 61. see, we've got mild air across

most of the country this morning. satellite-radar composite for the nation, we've got clear skies for the most part. a couple of clouds here and there but for the most part clear skies. you can see a little disturbance moving around the nation's mid-section in lower or southern portions, i should say, of oklahoma central, the center of that low-pressure system and it's bringing rain showers to portions of the southeast and the mississippi river valley. first, we're rain free and so shall it be for today. 85 for your high today. tomorrow 85 as well. a good amount of sunshine. wednesday, thursday, friday more clouds. cooler temperatures in the 70s and a chance of rain wednesday and thursday. and right now on friday as well. there you go. that's the latest on the weather. >> we are going to enjoy today and tomorrow. >> they'll be the best days. >> we're going to enjoy today and tomorrow. >> reporter: we absolutely are. you know, you guys are staying on late until 10:00 this morning. >> yeah. >> reporter: but i think as soon ors off at 10:01 you head

out and grab something to head outside. >> 10 is the new 9. that's how we look at it. >> i'm with julie. >> reporter: when 12 becomes the new 2, then we'll talk. oh, we're talking about something completely different, right? on the roads right now the outer loop of the beltway slow. 650 continued near silver spring the lanes are open. the pace does slow south of 212. you're also going to find traveling westbound central avenue at the addison road metro, there's a crash. that's right up the middle and squeeze by the accident scene. 395 coming across the 14th street bridge heavy and steady crossing the potomac. no accidents, just volume delays. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. the man responsible for the heckle heard round the world is

done apologizing for his outburst. republican congressman joe wellson of south carolina shouted "you lie" to president obama during his speech last week but now he says it is over and done. caroline shively has the latest. >> reporter: this weekend congressman joe wilson says he is done saying he's sorry. here he is on fox news sunday. >> i am not going to apologize again. i apologized to the president on wednesday night. i was advised then that, thank you, now let's get on to a civil discussion of the issues. but i've apologized one time. the apology was accepted by the president, by the vice president, who i know. i am not apologizing again. >> reporter: he's talking about his outburst during president's address to congress. mr. obama said illegal immigrants wouldn't get money for health insurance, and wilson yelled out -- >> you lie! >> reporter: you lie. wilson told fox his son called his outburst a town hall moment. the congressman also maintains

it wasn't his intention but he thinks because of the attention he's brought to the issue the senate finance committee and president have said they'll now make sure legislation includes verification provisions to make sure illegal aliens don't get money for health care insurance. hackers are attacking wilson's website using phantom mputers to overload the site and crash it. a source says the site was down five hours friday night. that could hurt his campaign financially because people wanting to donate can't while the site is down. but overall he is not hurting. wilson has actually raised more than a million dollars since his outburst on wednesday, but so has his democratic opponent, rob miller. compare that to just $67,000 miller brought in the first six months of the year. house democrats are preparing a resolution of disapproval to formally rebuke wilson in the chamber next week if he doesn't apologize to his colleagues for his outburst. you eard wilson, he says no

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the swine flu vaccine is on its way and ahead of schedule. if all goes well health officials expect the vaccine to be ready in the first week of october. on top of that, researchers conducting new trials using the h1n1 vaccine discovered that a single treatment may do the job within 10 days. the government plans to distribute the first doses of the vaccine to high risk groups

like health workers, pregnant women and young people. schools across the state of maryland will use locally grope food in their lunches this week. cafeterias in all two dozen school districts will serve fruit, vegetables, bread, cheese and meat from maryland. it's part of the maryland department of agriculture's homegrown school lunch week. the program, which is in its second year, teaches students where food comes from and how to eat healthier. ted kennedy's labor of love memoir, "true compass" hits the bookstores today. many predict the 532-page autobiography will shoot up the best seller list. in it senator kennedy talks about his catholic faith for the first time, his regret of the chappaquiddick accident and his despair after the assassinations of brothers john and bobby. it's the first and only memoir from any of the kennedy brothers. it is now 7:25 on this monday morning. coming up next on fox 5 morning news, it's been one year since the lehman brothers collapse sparked a worldwide recession. since then hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent

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welcome back. the big moment, one of them last night at the mtv video music awards, was supposed to be janet jackson's tribute to michael, but the morning after the big buzz is coming from yet another public outburst by rapper kanye west. this time he took personal offense to taylor swift winning female video of the year. his fiance was nominated in the same category and swift was starting his acceptance speech when west stormed the stage. >> giving me a chance to win a vma award, i -- >> i'm really happy for you, i'm going to let you finish, but beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. one of the best videos of all

time! >> can you believe it? that he said that? taylor swift was apparently just too shocked, probably embarrassed to finish her speech and the show went quickly to a commercial break. later in the show beyonce won video of the year if he had just let things go. she won video of the year. instead of giving her speech, she did a little bit. she recalled how she felt when she won her first award as a teenager so she called taylor swift back to the stage and let her finish her interrupted speech from lar in the night. >> what was that? >> who was that? >> what is lady gaga's help? kanye west apologized but the moment is gone now. >> a little late for that. there's a whole bunch wrong with this story. there are those who believe it happened as we just saw it there. there are those who believe this was staged, a bit of a ploy. as tucker and tony mentioned earlier, strangely enough there is a talk show tonight that is

debuting with kanye west and i believe beyonce that are going to be on the show. >> conway is on -- kanye is on. >> can we talk about lady gaga? >> what was that? was she nominated for awards last night? >> she's so talented. i understand you want to be a fashionista. she's got a beautiful voice, for sure. >> guess i missed those songs. >> but this outfifth -- okay. >> she looked like either a flower or a lion. i'm not sure what she was going for. let's talk about what's going on with the weather. some folks are getting the kids ready. i know that you're probably going to call home momentarily. >> hey, shorts today. >> a little cool in the morning. we're in the 60s. >> come on, it will be nice later. >> it will be nice later, allison, so maybe layers for your girls today. lots of sunshine, cool temperatures during the morning, 60s. remember, we're headed into the 80s for later today. all right, let's take a look at the current temperatures around

the region. we've actually dropped off a degree or so. 64 degrees now in washington. dulles is at 65. winchester has dropped off two degrees. it's now cool, 52 in winchester. here's a look at the satellite- radar for our region. now, officially reagan national reporting a couple of clouds. not really seeing that here on our map, but, you know, i'm not going to call them liars. a couple of clouds out there but for the most part we've got clear skies across most of the mid-atlantic region. so the forecast for washington today looks like this. mostly sunny skies, a warm afternoon, high about 85 degrees. for tonight a cool night but where you would expect us to be. 64 degrees under clear skies. probably around 60, 59, 60 degrees in some of the outlying suburbs. 64 will be in town. five-day forecast, more of the same tomorrow, 85, sunshine. wednesday, thursday, friday, different story. highs only in the mid to upper 70s by the end of the week with a chance of rain showers each of those days.

that's a look at the weather. now we get one more look -- well, not one more but another look at traffic. that's because you keep saying you're going to leave early. we get another look at traffic with julie wright. >> reporter: exactly. i thought for once we were in sync here. >> you cannot leave early. >> reporter: darn! hey, out on the roads this morning we've got the lanes open with no accidents to report down south at the wilson bridge. up the west side you're going to slow leaving 236 heading up toward 66. and southbound 270 in the thick of it. germantown headed out towards the lane divide. so delays beginning before you reach father hurley boulevard. it's heavy and slow all the way out to the split. a couple of breaks along the way but you're never doing 55 at this point. you're definitely below speed as you crawl from father hurley boulevard all the way out past montrose road. if you are traveling the top stretch of the beltway -- 66 cle in right now not only slowing between manassas and centerville but delays as you merge headed eastbound to 123.

traffic slows after nuttily street headed towards the beltway. dealing with a missing manhole cover southbound 355 after bradley lane. center of the road is tied up there and of course an accident westbound central over at addison. follow police direction to get back. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. all right, thank you very much. second year in a row the redskins opened the season with a loss at the giants. this is the play that sent things from bad to worse. umenyiora slapping the ball from jason campbell. then the giants took it to the house. that put them up 17-0. they would win the game 23-17. our dave ross was at the game at the meadowlands yesterday and he joins us via skype this morning from new jersey to play monday morning quarterback. all right, dave, let's get right to it. santana moss in a little bit of a scrum leaving some of the people i was watching the game to say the redskins couldn't even win the fight on the field.

what did santana have to say. >> reporter: let's be fair about it. santana is shorter than me so it's tough for him to win a fight with anybody. here's the funny thing about the play. he said that he and cory webster, i asked him what happened. you know it's a funny thing, i don't know what happened. we're pretty cool. we get along really well. but you know in the heat of the moment, it's the nfc east. he said cory got him in the face so he decided to jam him right back. you saw santana's helmet got ripped off in the fray. five minutes later, there was no ill will between the two again and they actually -- if you will, they kissed and made up. the funny thing later on in the game too is santana returned a punt and got tackled by his brother, so there's a lot of family fueding between the giants and redskins and no more so than santana moss. >> not so much love perhaps for some of the redskins fans when they look at santana. the line for him two catches, six yards. that's not going to get the job done against anybody. >> reporter: no, it's really

not. that's why we need to see the maturation of malcolm kelly and devin thomas and fred davis. we did not see that yesterday. hopefully those guys will evolve. but you did see it from a guy like antwaan randle el. you know from his pittsburgh days this is a guy they keep trying to move out of the starting lineup and they did yesterday and started malcolm kelly. yet he almost had 100 yards receiving. if you're not getting it from santana and the young guys, this offense is really going to spurt and it did yesterday mightily against the giants. second year in a row, you cannot fall behind 16-0, 17-0 and expect to win on the roads against a really good team like the giants. >> no, but you can beat a team like the rams or the lions, the next opponents for the redskins. do you change anything or just go in thinking hey, we're going to win playing the same way we've been playing. >> reporter: i felt like we were hearing from the first george bush in office yesterday because everybody wassaying stay the course, stay the course. i felt like jason campbell was

saying there's no need to panic. jim zorn seems for some reason very optimistic. he was not upset at all with the effort that they put out there. maybe the effort obviously was not bad because they did try hard. it wasn't like the team quit, obviously, they came back. but i was a little urprised by that. i thought they'd be frustrated because all preseason long we've been hearing about the changes in the offense, they're going to go downfield, they're going to makeig plays. i didn't see a whole lot of that yesterday. you mentioned the easy schedule coming up. the quote unquote, easy schedule. remember last year -- >> well, i think we lost dave there. but he's absolutely right. the next couple of games are certainly against teams that are at the bottom of the nfl depth chart. so if nothing else, hopefully they can perhaps stay the course and pick up a couple wins and maybe that will give them the confidence to get through the next time they have to face the giants and other teams that are closer to the top of the standings. dave ross for us live n new jersey this morning. dave, thank you so much much. it is now 7:37. coming up later this morning, it's time to pick yourself up

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it's been a year now since the market took a nosedive following the collapse of banking giant lehman brothers. that action further plunged the world into recession. today president obama will go to wall street to speak about economic recovery. he'll do so in the shadow of the world's financial capital. but as fox's doug luzader reports some wonder whether the nation's capital is now the big money city. >> reporter: this is the anniversary of the largest bankruptcy in u.s. history, and president obama will use this day to argue for even more government action. one year ago, wall street and washington were stunned as the facade of lehman brothers simply collapsed. merrill lynch was forced to sell itself to bank of america and the landscape here changed overnight. >> in the long run i'm confident that our capital markets are exible and resilient and can deal with these adjustments. >> reporter: those adjustments included a painful recession

that still lingers. today another president will head to wall street to defend what has been massive, some say heavy-handed governme intervention. >> we were faced with an economic -- potential economic catastrophe when we came to office. we had to act. >> reporter: and now a year later, some of the nation's largest banks, the ones left standing, are making money again. but the administration is still trying to prod congress to come up with a web of new regulations to prevent another collapse. >> well, i think the cynic in me says give it a couple of years, people will forget all of this and something else will blind side them or people will convince themselves that this time it's different. >> reporter: but the government is already deeply involved and deeply invested in the nation's financial system. we own stakes in chrysler and general motors. in many minds, more regulation would mean that washington, not new york, would be the nation's financial capital. but there may not be much appetite in congress to take this on. a new ap poll suggests that a majority of americans now disapprove of the president's

handling of the economy. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. >> thank you, doug, very much. it is 7:43 right now on this monday morning. listen, if it's got to be monday and you have to go back to work, at least have a nice day for us. >> yep, and i think it's a nice way to start the week. i think our workweek, if you want to make plans and know what's going on, the best two days will be today and tomorrow. after that it will cool off and be a little rainy but today and tomorrow absolutely buhler. almost summer-like with higher temperatures. we're at 64 degrees here in washington. new york city 65 degrees. they have outscored us on the temperature as well. 58 degrees in pitburgh. cape hatteras is at 70 degrees at this hour. here's a look at the satellite- radar for our region. not much to show you. there's a little fog up to the north and west in portions of pennsylvania and a few clouds there as well, but for the most part things look fine in our region and they will for today.

here's why. high pressure, it's not right in over us, it's well out to the north and west. but it's a large ridge of high pressure that is giving us quiet conditions today, letting our temperatures warm up again. yesterday we were 83. today we'll get a tad warmer than that. and what do i want to say, yeah, today's high temperate will be five degrees above normal. so the forecast for today and the next five days. 85 today, 85 tomorrow. cold front comes through tuesday night, drops our temperatures for wednesday, thursday ghs only in the 70s an should bring some rain with it as well late tuesday into wednesday probably during the day on thursday and possibly on friday. >> well, the nice thing about the next couple of days, it's still cool enough to sleep during the night. >> like 4:00 this morning, i was like it's cold. >> your kids won't be at the bus stop at 4:00 a.m. >> julie, i was like this, this is way too cold. >> reporter: but that's beach weather. when you've got a pair of

shorts and your hoody and 10:00 your hoody comes off and there you go. >> because you know it's going to get better. >> reporter: exactly. tony is going what's a hoody? and is there anything on underneath that hoody? i just had breakfast. laughing ] >> reporter: out on the roads right now southbound 29 before you reach lockwood, a car on the right side of the road there. we're on and off the brakes from randolph road headed out towards four corners. at colesville road below speed headed through silver spring. southbound 5 to the beltway, the bw parkway slows between 198 and 197. inbound 50 jammed up from 410 out of riverdale headed into northeast. this is a live shot of northbound 395 ated sal road and traffic slowing from springfield all the way up and across the 14th street bridge so it's heavy, slow and steady along this stretch. inner loop is died up and coming inbound on the dulles toll road. pockets of congestion leaving

28. more slow traffic, but the lanes are open and 66 is slowing at manassas, centerville, fair oaks pretty much all the way into the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. some of them can't pay their medical bills while others just can't pay their mortgage. >> strappedby a struggling economy, some homeowners are forced to open their doors now to renters. jamie colby takes us inside the homes of some reluctant roommates. >> reporter: rufus and sara designed their dream home in philadelphia. >> we had put so much of our time and energy into creating it. >> reporter: initially it was within their means, but then the recession hit. >> so my income went down as the economy started getting iffy. our mortgage payment went up. and those two things, the collision of those two things caused a crisis. >> reporter: after six years of marriage, rufus and sara took in a roommate to save their home from foreclosure. the number of homeowners that are looking to rent out rooms is on the rise across the

country. in fact one nationwide roommate referral service we spoke to said their listings of homeowners that are looking to share expenses are up as much as 25% over just the last year alone. renee drell of new jersey's home sharing, inc., says her business is doing even better. >> there's been a 44% increase in homeowners calling us, wanting somebody to come in so that they could have additional income. >> reporter: rufus and sara turned to craigslist where roommate postings have doubled in the past two years. they found katrina allen. strapped with their ballooning mortgage and student loans, the $650 a month katrina pays is all the couple needs to keep their three-story home. >> if you were in their situation, what would you want to know about the person you were considering moving in? >> everything. i'd want to know that they weren't crazy. >> reporter: the couple went on instinct and no background check. >> we were really trusting.

>> reporter: renee's organization does more homework, even asking... >> does this person get angry easily? how much alcohol does the person use? >> reporter: it's been a year, and? >> being able to fully pay the mortgage each month, it's heavenly. >> reporter: in philadelphia, jamie colby, fox news. the time right now is 7:48. you do what you have got to do, right? >> what else can you do? well, you can celebrate maryland's birthday while taking in some of the most picturesque views of the state this weekend. >> really pretty stuff this morning from holly morris. good morning, holly. >> reporter: good morning. and you guys are right. no better way to start the weekend out here live at fort washington, maryland, where we are live this morning whe it is indeed a beautiful morning and where it is just one stop on the maryland lighthouse challenge. like you said, help celebre maryland's birthday. how you can be a part of it. live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. gecko: uh, you wanted to see me sir?

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vote. you can go to new heights while learning history about maryland this weekend. >> holly is at fort washington park, which is just one of the locations of the maryland lighthouse challenge. tell us all about that, holly. >> reporter: i was doing my own countdown. only five days left till the weekend. that's what we're getting up for on this monday. as we get set for this next weekend there's something really fun. maryland is turning 375 years old and they are celebrating in a very special way. they're having a lighthouse challenge. there's 10 different locations in the state of maryland all with lighthouses. you have to go to each one and you can pick up special souvenirs and learn about the great state in the process. one of the locations, fort washington where we are live this morning and where we are joined by barb and bambi, both with the national park service. good morning to you on this glorious on. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: this is a pretty nice place for you all to work. i know not everyone have every morning is like this but we'll bask in the glow this morning.

tell me a little bit about fort washington and its significance. >> fort washington is a mason refort, overlooking the potomac river. it's about 12 miles up river from the nation's capital and it was built to defend the capital. and it is an incredible view. it's the best view ever. >> reporter: it is really a gorgeous, gorgeous view. and really this is what, over 180 years and one of the only ones still in its original design? >> yes. >> reporter: so when you talk about that original design, tell me about the significance of that. >> it's -- most of what you see there is from the original 1824 fort with some added additions and modifications of the 1840s. >> reporter: because as technology advanced, so did fort washington. >> as weapon technology advanced, so did fort washington. and it was built to defend the capital against ships, sailing ships that had smooth bore cannon. so it's an incredible design. when you go inside, you can get this feel of what it was like.

>> reporter: and now in 2009, what's the best way for people to come out and enjoy all that fort washington has to offer? >> we have fishing, you can tour the fort, look at the movie in the visitors center. we have a lot of wildlife, including eagles that fly through all the time. bike ride, walk. we have a perimeter trail that you can hike, a nature trail. >> reporter: one of the things that i always think when i come out to the wonderful parks in our area is that people don't always take advantage of them. they forget what wonderful resources they have here. so it probably is good to be a part of something like the light house challenge because it gets people to come an then they're like i should come here more often! >> this is the only time we do open the base of our lighthouse to the public. >> reporterso you get to see more than usual. >> yes. >> reporter: you do have other events that go on throughout the year. i should say barbara doesn't always dress like this.

this is not her park service outfit. but you guys do some civil war artillery demonstrations. >> we do civil war artillery emonstrations the first sunday of the month from april to october. and we have a small arms demonstration as well that we fire at 12:00 for the small arms and the artillery at 1:00, 2:00 and 3:00 in the afternoon. >> reporter: what are you doing this morning? >> i have an 1863 springfield and it's one of the small arms used very heavily during the civil war. it's a percussion weapon. it has a -- you put a small percussion cap on it and you just fire it. >> reporter: can you fire it, preferably in that direction. as we watch her walk over there and get ready to show that off for us, let me remind you that myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to fort washington's website. we also have a link to the

maryland lighthouse challenge website. that's going on this saturday and sunday. there is an early bird special that we're going to tell you about in the next hour. we're also going to actually take you down to the lighthouse here. like you heard barbara say, the base is only open this coming weekend. so we're going to head down there, take a look at the lighthouse, take you through that and also talk more specifically about how the challenge is going to take place and what you need to do and what kind of experience you will get. i think we're about ready to fire. we'll see. are we close, bambi? >> yes, we are. put your fingers in your ears. >> reporter: fingers in your ears, everybody. all right, back to you! we'll end this segment with a bang. >> thanks, holl really interesting stuff. >> so much history in the d.c. area. we talk about it all the time. you just need to get out and relearn it i guess, for some people, including myself. thank you, holly. it is now 7:56 on this monday morning. coming up today's money monday

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the case of this missing bride-to-be takes a tragic turn as a body is found hidden inside a wall at a yale university medical research building. new details coming up at 8:00. then in today's money monday segment, we'll get money management advice for our current and retired military members and their families. also check out the horrified look on beyonce's face. didn't know whatto expect here. this was the mtv music video awards last night. full of drama. viewers are not talking about who won but what was said during one acceptance speech. we're glad you're with us on this monday morning. good morning. >> we're going to have a complete wrap-up of all that drama plus a touching tribute to the king of pop this hour. don't forget, we're starting today and you can get oe more hour of news and weather, folks. fox 5 morning news is now on

the air until 10:00 in te morning. we are over the moon and excited about it. >> a lot more to talk about this morning, that's for sure, including a good weather forecast to kick it the off. >> it is not bad at all. we've got a fine day on tap. if you liked yesterday, i think you'll like today. be ready for weather that's a tad warmer that yesterday. for the most part we have clear skies. there are a couple of clouds here and there but for the most part clear skies. that's what we're going to have today, a lot of sunshine so that will be nice. reagan national airport reporting a temperature of 64 degrees. dulles international airport is at 65 degrees and bwi marshall is at 61 degrees. the forecast for d.c. and vicinity for today, lots of sunshine. sunny skies. a warm afternoon. our typical high for this day, our average high would be 80 degrees. today we're looking at 85 for a high, so not bad at all. i think some of our viewers will see temperatures a degree or two warmer than that. perhaps down to the south like fredericksburg so enjoy the day. >> julie wright is heading to

fredericksburg, right? >> reporter: absolutely. i mean, you know, you take it while you can get it. sunny and 85s that's my kind of talk. if you're on the beltway right now, outer loop is slow 95 around to georgia avenue and then southbound 270 still a miserable trip for you guys out of germantown. delays leaving father hurley boulevard and south of 118. pretty much all the way down to the lane divide. there are a few breaks along that delay but really you're definitely below speed the entire trip. southbound 29 at southwood a car tying up the right lane is causing a backup from randolph road. westbound randolph at connecticut, a guy changing a flat tire tying up the right side of the highway. this is il street at m. lanes are open. eastbound on the freeway they're checking for a crash at the entrance to the third street tunnel and traveling inbound off of the dulles toll road, traffic is jammed coming in off of the green way headed towards hunter mill road. the pace slows at wolf trap through the beltway.

that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >> julie, thank you. on what would have been her wedding day, police believe they found the body of missing yale graduate student annie le. le disappeared from a campus building last week. now police think they found her body in a hidden wall in the medical lab on campus. police confirm they found evidence to piece together the last moments of her life but didn't say if they had a suspect. in virginia now, a task force has been established to help solve the murders of two virginia tech students. david metsler and heidi childs were found dead at a camping site at the jefferson national forest last month. the sheriff's office says multiple agencies will work together trying to gather new lead. this morning a 16-year-old boy is dead, killed in a shooting in northeast d.c. that capped a violent weekend in the district. now some residents are calling for the return of the d.c. police crime-fighting initiative all hands on deck. stacy cohan joins us live from

northeast with more details and whether or not this possibly could happen. >> reporter: good morning, steve. much of the violence over the weekend was centered right here in the sixth district of the city. a total of four people were shot, two killed and that does include that 16-year-old antonio ward. in ward' case he was killed in what is described as a hail of gunfire on just street northeast. some of the bullets actually soared through a nearby resident's window, others struck her car. while this is happening, the police chief and the police union are at odds over whether or not the mush publicized all hands on deck crime-fighting initiative is effective and whether or not officers are being fairly compensated. >> every all hands on deck, we have anywhere between a 10 and 35% reduction in crime. >> we can't tell the public we're reducing fines with ahod because we know that isn't true. >> reporter: the problem with the all hands on deck -- by the way this was not an all hands on deck this weekend because

there is an ongoing labor dispute involving this particular initiative. just last week an arbitrator decided that the union was entitled to compensation, that the police chief had to come forward with overtime to pay officers involved in this special initiative. the chief has decided to appeal. a police officer under investigation after police say he shot a nan hyattsville. it happened yesterday on nicholson street. the officer was off duty and said he saw a man tampering with his personal car. the victim is expected to be okay. so far no one has been arrested or charged with a crime in this case. a virginia toddler is dead after drowning in a backyard fish pond. this happened yesterday in burke. police say a 14-month-old boy fell into the pond and later died at the hospital. a man died after throwing himself in the path of a metro train yesterday. this happened at the gal replace top. metro provided shuttle buses while the red line was shut down. everything is back up and running this morning. however, authorities continue

to investigate this incident. president obama is using today's first anniversary of the lehman brothers collapse to make a renewed push for revamping market rules and protecting consumers. he'll give a speech at federal hall in the shadow of wall street. his financial overhaul plans of met with resistance from banks and some in congress. also still a focus on health care reform. this past weekend the white house backed down about the public option. when asked on the sunday talk shows during an interview on "60 minutes" the president accused republicans of trying to block a reform bill for quote unquote political dwayne but is still confident congress will pass a good health care bill. >> there are those in the republican party who think the best thing to do is just to kill reform. that will be good politics. and then there are some people who sincerely want to see something done, but have very different views and what i've tried to do is make sure those in the latter category who don't just want to kill something but actually want to

get something done, that we are bringing them in and as open to their ideas as possible. >> metime d.c. hosted a weekend of health care reform rallies. on saturday thousands took to the streets to show their opposition to the president's plan. yesterday a much smaller crowd gathered at the capitol in support of the reform plan. the group called americans united for health care and insurance reform says they want to let congress know that all americans need health care and insurance now. house democrats are planning to take action against the congressman who heckled president barack obama. republican joe wilson shouted "you lie." you heard it during the president's joint address to congress last week. now, he did apologize to the president, but democrats want him to apologize to his house colleagues. wion has said he's done saying i'm sorry. the man who threw his shoes at president bush during a news conference last year will have to wait another day. the release of iraqi reporter from prison was pushed back to tomorrow because of paperwork

problems. his family is staging a sit-in outside the facility until he is released. he served nine months behind bars already and became an icon for many in the the arab world after that shoe-throwing incident. osama bin laden has issued a statement reportedly calling president obama powerless when it comes to stopping wars in the middle east. bin laden is blaming the war in afghanistan on the, quote, pro israel lobby and corporate interests. the address to the american people comes just days after the anniversary of 9/11. the u.s. has not confirmed if this tape is authentic. eight minutes past the hour right now on this monday morning. up next, we'll check out some of the other stories making headlines this morning. >> that includes more on a major mixup at one hospital. plus money management advice for current and retired members of the military and their family. also if your looking for work, don't forget to check out our job shop. our job of the day is at the national multi housing council looking for an it manager. salary is negotiable. the benefits are included. for more on this job and many

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all right. it's 12 minutes after the hour right now. time for a look at some of the stories making headlines this morning. the date november 9th, that is the proposed execution date for john allen muhammed. muhammed is the convicted mastermind behind the 2002 sniper attacks. he was sentenced to death for the murder of dean myers, one of 10 people killed during that shooting rampage. muhammed's attorney says he will appeal to the supreme court. authorities are awaiting autopsy results for the man who raised money for ousted illinois governor rod blagojevich. they want to know exactly how christopher kelly died saturday. kelly was a key figure in the federal case that accuses blagojevich of trying to sell or trade president obama's former senate seat. investigators are trying to determine whether drugs found in the aide's car played a factor in his death. a hospital in north dakota is trying to figure out how a new mom went home with the

wrong baby. officials at the medical center in williston are not saying how the mixup happened, only that the mother was reunited with her own newborn within an hour. hospital reps are reviewing policies and procedures and say they will take the appropriate action. >> wow! you don't hear about those that often anymore, right? >> thank goodness. let's check in with tony perkins with a look at our forecast today. and because it is almost 8:15, that means... >> it's time for the my first 5 photo of the day. it's a two-fer. take a look. it's kaleigh and patrick. >> that is so cute! kaleigh is cheering for the eagles this season while patrick is a redskins fan. which of those two children do you think will be happier at the end of the football season? >> kaleigh! >> you know what -- you weren't supposed to answer that, allison. if they can go out together in

peace, that says a lot. >> my goodness, they're cute. >> they are really, really cute. >> this was taken before yesterday's game. to send us your child's picture go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings. take a look, here's your temperature trend for the next few days. are you ready? today, tomorrow warm, mid-80s. that's above normal. average high 80 degrees. and then wednesday and thursday, cool, cloudy and even rainy. highs only in the mid-70s for wednesday and thursday. temperatures across the region, yep, that's right, we've gone up to 67 degrees here in d.c. it's 70 down in dallas, 57 in omaha and l.a. is at 65 degrees at this hour. satellite-radar composite for the nation, we've got quite a bit of cloud cover really in the eastern half of the nation, but not here. high pressure really protecting that alley you see there from chicago through ohio into the mid-atlantic region, so we've

got mostly clear skies and we shall for the bulk of the day. five-day forecast, well, you pretty much saw it in the temperature trend. 85 today with a lot of sunshine, very nice. same for tomorrow. wednesday, thursday, chance of rain showers. in fact on friday as well. highs in the mid-70s to around 78 degrees for friday. that's a look at what's happening with the weather. now let's get an update on traffic from julie wright. >> reporter: all right, tone easement we've got an overturned tractor-trailer that was loaded with crab meat. it's overturned on its side. this is going to affect your commute along northbound i-97 at farm road. that puts it between 50 and 32. i'm told a medevac helicopter is en route so again that's northbound 97. right nowome traffic is able to squeeze by using the right shoulder only but of course we are awaiting the arrival of that medevac chopper. once that happens, the road will be blocked off until further notice. northbound 97 farm road between 50 and 32. right now at the american legion bridge, lanes are open, no accidents to report out of montgomery county headed down to tysons. once you get here the pace is good but getting here is your

task. southbound 270 on and off the brakes out of germantown headed towards the lane divide. 66 inside of the beltway through falls church a little below speed here. traffic slows coming across the tr bridge with the lanes open and the dulles toll road is very slow. you're going to find more slow traffic leaving wolf trap to the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. well, attention all active duty, separating and retired military personnel. today is money monday segment to save you some money or help you find a new post-military career. joining us with this really good segment, our certified financial planner who is also a benefits expert and financial specialist. phil, good morning. >> thanks, allisons. glad to be here. >> we always say we owe such a huge debt of gratitude to our military men and women and their families who also make that sacrifice and now you bring up an interesting point. the financial piece of this puzzle, especially when they are finished serving, maybe

active duty. i imagine it's so complicated. >> in fact our military right now is so busy fighting two wars, they're constantly deploying, their family members are having to handle things bak home that often the financial piece is overlooked. that's one of the things that we think is key to having a healthy military both on active duty and making the transition into the civilian sector either bicep rating or retiring. >> and how wonderful that you exist because we don't want to see anybody fall into any dangerous trap. you are also going above and beyond with a career fair. tell us who is eligible to come to the career fair tomorrow at the walter washington convention center. >> well, basically anybody who's currently serving who is a former military person, spouses and folks that are affiliated with the military are all welcome to come to the career fair at the convention center. it will be running from 10:00 a.m. in the morning until 3:00 p.m. in the afternoon. >> what kind of i guess employers will be there?

>> typically folks that are interested in military members. so a lot of the defense contractors will be there. but there's a very broad range of organizations that come. there's a lot of military friendly folks, everywhere from home depot to general dynamics to local financial instutions that are looking for folks that have a lot of drive and kind of get up and go. >> okay. and again that's tomorrow in hall d of the convention center 10:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. if you can't make it to that, just general advice. you've broken down some real good categories. first up, deployment benefits. under that there is a special deposit program and also thrift savings program. tell us about those. >> certainly. two key things. first of all, the special deposit program is a program that if somebody is deployed, they can get up to 10% guaranteed on their money for a 10 miff -- for a 12-month deployment. so for full year deployment, 10% guaranteed on up to $10,000 if they're deployed into a combat zone. the thrift savings plan is the military's equivalent of a

401(k) plan. if they're deployed in an area where they're receiving hazardous duty pay, then they can put up to $49,000 in a 12- month period into there for a savings plan that is segregated into a special tax-free channel so this gives folks the ability to put away two to three times as much as they normally would in a given calendar year, plus segregated into a tax-free and that can be rolled over penalty- free into a roth ira. so a great way to jump up the savings if they can afford to live on savings while they're deployed. >> and a big thing too, financial issues when leaving the military. it's a whole new world if you're coming out right now. it's hard to find a job out there and save money, but you have some tips. first up, understanding compensation package and also overpaying on retiree benefits, things not to do. financial issues when leaving. >> let's go ahead and start with understanding the compensation package. when i left the military back

in 1990 as a young captain, i didn't really understand how valule my military compensation package was. just to give you an idea what that looks like today, for a mid-level noncommissioned officer, say an e-6 with 10 years of experience, if they're going to come out in the d.c. area, they're going to need to pull in about 65 to $70,000 a year to replace their military income and benefits. and a lot of folks that are getting out of the military are really underestimating how much they need to have. they look at their salary, their base pay, but don't take into account what those military benefits -- housing benefits and other benefits they may have are actually wort. for an officer, senior level officer, it could be 120 to $135,000 a year that they would need to bring in in salary to replace what their current package is. so we want folks just to get educated about that. make sure they understand what's it currently worth. when i hear folks saying, gosh, i just got married, i'm going to havt's time to get out of the military, i often recommend they really

relook at that because sometimes they can't afford to get out because of the current job environment. now, for the overpaying on the retiree benefits, essentially when folks come out, they're going to have their new employer package, they'll have a whole set of military retiree benefits. if their spouse isn't working outside the home they may have a whole range of benefits with that as well. we recommend people sit down, compare all the benefit packages and make sure they're not double or triple paying for the same benefits. in fact at the career fair tomorrow, we will have a session at 12 noon on evaluating employer benefit packages to really educate folks more about that. >> such good advice. i urge you to go to myfoxdc.com because phil also has good tips on maximizing benefits of the gi bill. thanks for being here with us. >> allison, thanks so much. if you missed it this weekend, tennis great serena williams is being slapped with a big fine for bad behavior on the court. details and the video when we come back. also our voting is now open for the high school football game of the week.

your choices are: sherwood at paint branch, broad neck at arundel, westfield at lake braddock. wt woodson a robert e. lee and mount veteran on at edison. gets your votes in soon. tony perkins voting for mount vernon. making itlear already. go to myfoxdc.com and click on sports and we'll be at the winning matchup thursday night this week. it's 8:22. hey, i'm worried about mrs. lowenberg next door.

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skins fans probably a little sad today. the season started off with a 23-17 loss to the new york giants. we're going to monday morning quarterback with our very own dave ross who is in the meadowlands this morning. that is coming up in our new 9:00 hour of fox 5 morning news. now, the first week of legal betting on the nfl in nearby delaware now in the books. all eyes were on the big screens at delaware park as a lot of folks wasted no time in placing their bets in the first state. now there is a catch, players can only make multiple bets, you can't bet on a single game. >> you have to win three to win. you can't just get two and get money out of the deal. so you have to -- you've got to be smart about it. >> it is what it is and we

should just be happy that we have what we have. something different. >> more excitement to the game. you have a lot of fun. >> state officials lost their battle for players to bet on single games and other professional sports besides football. american tennis star serena williams will pay a $10,000 fine for the profanity-laced outburst that she unleashed on a line judge at the u.s. open. take a look. saturday night semifinals, serena was down a set in the second when she was called for a foot fault. putting her down two match points. that's when serena left loose at the lines person. the tournament referee was called and serena was given a point penalty, which gave the match to clisters. tens officials say they may not be done punishing williams. it is 8:26 on this monday morning. coming up next, we will get some updates on all of today's

top stories. then the swine flu still spreading on local college campuses. we have new numbers this morning. also this weekend you can celebrate maryland's 375th birthday by visiting some of the most beautiful spots in the state. see if you can guess where this is. we'll tell you, holly is live coming up later this hour. stay with fox 5 morning news. depends on our connections. access to high-speed internet, at home and on the go, is no longer a luxury. it's how our children access education. it's how we find jobs, discover information, and connect with family and friends. it's the spark that drives innovation, creates investment, and builds a stronger economy. to shape a better tomorrow, at&t is investing in america's future - working to create an internet that's smart, mobile and safe. last year at&t invested more than any other company in the u.s. and we're continuing to invest this year, to expand and enhance our

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two other shooting victims surved. osama bin laden has allegedly released a new terror tape. in it he says president obama is powerless when it comes to stopping the wars in ghanistan and iraq. al-qaeda released the tape two days after 9/11. the u.s. has not confirmed if it is indeed bin laden on the tape. local insurance sales executive leo alexander says he is now running for mayor of d.c. the ceo of alexander solutions and former news reporter will officially kick off his campaign tonight at the southwest waterfront. at the current time the current mayor is holding a reelection fund-raiser in southeast. tucker barn eis joining us now with a look -- barnes is joining us now with a look at what we can expect this monday morning. >> a lot of sunshine across the area. we're expecting a beautiful day. we'll have high temperatures a little later. good morning, everybody. in the mid-80s. right now we're starting that process of warming up as the sun has been up about an hour. 67 at reagan national, 66 dulles. winchester 56 at this hour.

they were down near 50 earlier today. 63 in hagerstown. later today afternoon high temperates, lots of bright sunshine expected. low humidity. this should be a beautiful day, in the mid-80s. so just a little warmer than yesterday. there's our satellite-radar. just very quiet conditions out there. we've got a little cloud cover across the central section of pennsylvania. we had a little morning fog off to the north and west but we should be dealing with bright sunshine today as high pressure builds in from the north and west. that will be with us not only today but tomorrow as well. the next couple of days more quiet weather. we deserve sunshine after the week we had last week with ll the cloud cover and rain we had last week. mostly sunny skies, a warm afternoon. high temperature, that is a perfect number, 85 degrees. winds out of the north and west at 5 to 10 miles per hour. let's take a look at the five- day forecast. if you like sunshine and warm temperatures you'll love tomorrow as well, 85. we have a back door cold front sliding in overnight tuesday into wednesday and that will cool things down and introduce

the possibility of showers wednesday, thursday and friday. let's get to on-time traffic. julie, i think you should worship the ground i walk on. >> reporter: i'm sorry? >> 85 and sunny, monday and tuesday. what do you want from me? >> reporter: that 50 bucks i loaned you a couple of days ago for starters. >> i bet on the redskins yesterday. >> reporter: should have stuck with the cowboys, baby. here we go. southbound 270, no accidents to report but we are on the brakes leaving germantown head. more delays montrose road headed toward the split. all your lanes here are open. it is northbound 97 between 50 and 32 that is now shut down with a medevac helicopter on the ground. 97 at farm road is the crash involving the overturned tractor-trailer. it was loaded with crab meat. it's lost its load all over the highway and a medevac helicopter is on the ground closing 97 between 50 and 32. 395 still slow from the beltway trying to get past landmark.

that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. the flu has hit early and hit hard on campuses in our area. according to the "washington post" at last count there were 435 cases of flu-like illness at the university of maryland. 95 at the university of virginia and several dozen at other institutions. health officials at area colleges say mo of the cases fortunately have been mild. now some good news, the h1n1 vaccine is on its way ahead of schedule. if all goes well, the vaccinations could be ready in just three weeks. researchers conducting new trials using the h1n1 vaccine now say that a single treatment may do the job instead of having to get a double dose. >> looking in all likelihood at one dose, not two, for healthy adults. that's great. which means we'll have a lot more vaccine. >> the government plans to distribute the first doses of the vaccine to the high risk

groups, like health workers, pregnant women and young people. health officials say expect the vaccine sometime around the first full week of october. 8:34 right now. you probably use it every day several times in fact. one woman says one modern convenience is killing her husband. the warning for you next. also she has been miss black usa for a little more than a month now but it's still all just sinking in. we will talk to the newly crowned miss black usa this morning and she joins us in our new 9:00 hour of fox 5 morning news. make sure you stay with us all morning. it's now 8:35. 

if you are like most people you use your cell phone every day, probably for hours at a time. >> what you probably don't do is worry about cancer or a bin tumor but doctors and families from all over the world are gathering this week in washington hoping to make you think twice the next time you put that phone for your ear. tisha thompson has more. >> reporter: a woman has come from san francisco, california, to washington, d.c., this week on what she says is a personal mission. she believes her husband is dying from a brain tumor because of a cell phone. >> we were friends in high school, believe it or not, so we've known each other over 40

years. >> reporter: ellie marks says she came to d.c. alone because her husband, allen, is now too sick to travel. >> unfortunately, this brain his personality drastically. i still love him dearly but he's a different person now. >> reporter: ellie says her husband has the same type of malignant brain tumor as ted kennedy and was diagnosed the same week the senator learned about his tumor. like the late senator, alan is not expected to survive. >> it was caused by his long- term mobile phone use. >> reporter: ellie says alan's doctors now blame his cell phone which alan used several hours a day every day for more than 20 years. >> that thing was glued to his right ear and the tumor is on the right side of the head. >> she has an unusual situation in that her husband used the phone an extraordinary amount of time. while it's difficult to be certain what the causes were of his brain tumor, the likelihood is quite great that his hours and hours of being on the cell phone contributed to his brain

tumor. >> reporter: dr. debra davis helped diagnose alan and is one of dozens of international doctors gathering here in d.c. this week for a conference on the problem. she says people shouldn't be afraid to use their phones if they take simple precautions. >> use an ear pie. don't keep the phone on your body all the time. text messaging is fine and children, children shod be wander not to use a cell phone like a phone next to their brain. >> my ultimate goal is that our government does something to not allow technology that was invented to enrich our lives kill us. my hub is going to die from this -- my husband is going to die from this brain tumor. i don't want this to happen to other people. >> reporter: a coalition of doctors and families plans to testify before congress about the connection between cell phones and brain tumors monday afternoon. on capitol fox 5 news. >> we did try to contact the ctia, the group resting the

wireless industry here in washington. they did not respond to our request for comment. the time right now is 8:41 on this monday morning. at last night's video music awards full of drama but today people aren't talking about one necessarily but what was said during an acceptance speech. >> highlights or maybe lowlights when we come back. holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, allison. forget the amazing race, we've got the maryland lighthouse challenge. it will take you to the most picturesque spots in the entire state and help you celebrate the state's birthday in the process. we'll tell you how you and your family can get in on the fun live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. ♪

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8:44. it's 67 degrees. time for a look at some of the stories making headlines this monday morning. about 1,000 d.c. area taxicabs will be modified to run on propane. that's thanks to a federal stimulus grant money. the new cabs will burn a small amount of gasoline but will get most of their energy from

propane. the $9million grant will also fund the construction of several propane filling tanks. conservative activist james o'keefe is blowing the lid off a scandal involving the community organizing group acorn with this incriminating video. he and his actress pose as a pimp and prostitute trying to get an illegal home loan. the workers were fired for allegedly telling the pair how to break tax laws. acorn insists the video is fabricated and threatens to sue. it looked like stars dancing across the sky. the oddly shaped figure illuminated quite a glow and left sky gazers puzzled, asking is it a star, is it a comet? actually it's astronauts' under. they board out the under aboard space shuttle discovery last week in preparation for a landing. you see, steve, it was astronauts' urine. there was a touching tribute to the king of pop and

anher outburst by kanye west. >> reporter: new york radio city music hall was hot. the biggest names on hand for the 2009 mtv video music awards. the show kicked off with moving tributes to michael jackson, his presence still very real. his music still very much alive. ♪ [ music ] all that tenderness quickly evaporated thanks to 88 west when -- conway west. when taylor swift won the video award, the rapper wasn't happy. >> thank you so much for giving me a chance to win a vma award. >> taylor, i'm really happy for you. i'm going to let you finish. but beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. >> one in the audience seemed more horrified than beyonce herself. >> one of the best videos of all time! >> so when beyonce won for her

video of the year, she reached out to swift. >> i remember being 17 years old, up for my first mtv award with destiny's child. it was one of the most exciting moments in my life. so i'd like for taylor to come out and have her moment. >> maybe we could try this again. >> west has since apologized for his outburst. for her part, swift says the evening was, quote, interesting. this isn't the first time kanye west has lost his cool. in 2004 he stormed out of the american music awards after losing the best new artist to gretchen wilson. in 2006 he went on stage during the mtv europe music awards to complain that the top prize for best video should have gone to him. in new york, lauren savon, fox news. >> of course we are not done with this story. >> i thought it was so inappropriate and outrageous. i couldn't believe it. >> do you think it was staged? > i don't think it was staged. >> i didn't get that feeling

either. but these days you never know what's going to happen. >> but she got her moment and that was a really lassy move by beyonce. >> beyonce got the award, the big one. >> kanye! think before i speak. coming up in our new 9:00 hour, more from the mtv video music awards, plus we'll check out some of the other stories everybody is talking about today. all right. we're going to check in with holly morris as well this morning. celebrating maryland's 375th birthday in a rather large way. >> here is holly morris with more. hello, holly. >> reporter: hello. i'm just going to say if you take on this challenge, you might see maryland in a whole new light. it is the 2009 maryland lighthouse challenge going on this weekend. as you guys said, it is to help celebrate the 375th birthday of maryland. and i happen to be atop one of the lighthouse that say will be featured this weekend along with tony, the executive secretary of the chesapeake chapter of lighthouses.

this guy has a passion for lighthouses, i'm telling ya! so give me a little idea about how the challenge works, what it is and why you have it. >> yeah. the challenge is basically a road race. it's a challenge to go from one land-based lighthouse to another in the course of a weekend. at each of the spots, it's the only time of the weekend that 10 -- nine lighthouses are open simultaneously to the public. >> reporter: the only time in the year that that happens. >> the only time in the year that it's open. a lot of the lighthouses you can enter the way. this lighthouse you may not climb because of security reasons but you can at least enter the base. for most people they don't even know this lighthouse is here in fort washington. they come down and see the signs and are interested. at each challenge site, you will receive a special souvenir. this year we have a nice colorful baseball trading card. you will get other material. we have handouts, information about the chapter, information about what preservation projects are. we talk about other challenge. >> reporter: we will talk more

specifically about the challenge a little later but let's show everybody the lighthouse that we are at this morning. it is at fort washington. as we climb downstairs to invite people to come in and meet us at the base. you tell me about the significance of this lighthouse in particular. >> okay, will do. this lighthouse was built in 1882. didn't serve originally as a lighthouse, it was meant as a fog bell tower. and the original lighthouse was actually a cast iron tower that was built in 1857. when that proved to be inadequate, they put the second lighthouse in 1870. along with the building of the second lighthouse they built a boat house and other structures that interfered with the navigational purpose of the second lighthouse. so in the meantime in 1882, fog bell tower was built and they moved the light from the 1870 tower into this structure temporarily in 1901. they tore down the 1870 tower with the hopes of building a

permanent lighthouse. well, that never happened. this light has remained in this lighthouse since 1901 and we're still waiting, 108 years later, for a permanent lighthouse. in the meantime this lighthouse is still an active aid to navigation. the lantern is facing the potomac river and it's one of five potomac river lighthouses still standing in this area. there used to be a dozen. >> reporter: coming this weekend you won't be able to go up the stairs because it's too dangerous to have everyone go up. but you're going to come in here in the base. i think one thing people say is this is not very big. it's not like when you envision a lighthouse what you think it would be like. there's nowhere for a lighthouse keeper to sleep. >> right. i'll show you on the map over here. these are the boat houses that were constructed that interfered with the 1870 tower

and this is the fog bell tower in 1952, okay. you go back in history, 1889, here's the same fog bell tower before all the siding was added. here's the keeper's house. the keeper's house here and there. he would live there. the keeper in charge of this lighthouse was also responsible for over 20 lights in the area railroads he's the good news -- >> reporter: here's the good news, tone easement we're expanding our show as of today so we have a whole other hour we can talk about lighthouses. myfoxdc.com is our website. you might want to check out the link we have to fort washington and the 2009 maryland lighthouse challenge. but i'm going to become a challenger in the next hour and we'll show you more specifically about this whole road race works. back to you. >> we look forward to that. well, disney's magic kingdom gearing up for a major makeover. it will be the largest in the park's history. fantasyland will double in size and get a new little mermaid

ride. work will bow complete by 2013 and say it's going to reignite travel to orlando which has lagged in the global recession. if you are planning on heading home for the holidays, you'd better book your flight now. prices are pretty low and there are seats available because airlines are doing everything they can to fill those seats. the overall economy has shown signs of improvement recently. if that follows through to the airline industry, the low prices, you guessed it, are not going to last. >> we've seen the biggest cut in capacity that we've ever seen. the cuts in pacity sent the spike in jet fuel prices and the dropoff in traffic because of the recession have been greater than after 9/11. >> another reason that you'll find a number of available flights, many travelers just haven't made up their minds yet about flying because of the current state of the economy. as you go about your work day, keep an eye on small businesses that might be getting your morning cup of joe and maybe breakfast from a mom and pop shop. >> mayor adrian fenty has

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this is one pricey pup! a woman in china id more than half a million dollars for this tibetan mastiff. that's right. it is believed to have broken the record as the world's most expensive dog. the new owner who you see here, a chinese millionaire, sent a motorcade of 30 black mercedes benz cars just to pick up the dog at the airport. the actual price tag, $582,000. think about that. that's going to do it for the 8:00 hour of fox 5 morning news. as we've been telling you for a week now, we are expanding and there is another hour ahead this morning, so it's time to turn things over to tony and allison for the 9:00 a.m. hour. >> steve, thank you very much. and here's a look at what we are working on for the next hour. a tragic twist in the search for a missing bride-to-be. what investigators found on what was to be her wedding day that now has her family likely

planning her funeral. plus, president obama uses a special anniversary to push an overhaul of the country's financial system. and he's also talking health care. a look at the day ahead for the president. and new season, same ole redskins? it looks like it. reactions to their season- opening loss in our monday morning quarterback. the 9:00 a.m. hour of fox 5 morning news starts right now. well, good morning. it is monday, september 14th. and, no, your tv isn't playing tricks on you. it is just before 9:00 this orning. 67 degrees out there. we want to welcome you to the new hour of fox 5 morning news. i'm allison seymour. >> and i'm tony perkins. during this hour we'll not only bring you the headlines but the talkers as well. big tk today about serena williams and her u.s. open match but it's not her game getting the attention, it's our outburst full of profanity. it actually cost her the game. ahead, the tantrum, the punishment and serena