who came out on top. plus the man accused of killing a yale university student. what drove a man with no criminal past to kill? and plans for a missile defense system shot down by obama. with strong fire from republicans and american ally too. fox 5 morning news starts right now. beautiful shot of the capitol this morning. it is friday morning, september 18th, 2009. good morning, i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm allison seymour. we'll have the latest weekend weather. and the redskins have their home opener sunday versus the st. louis rams. we're getting our friday football forecast with the junkies from 106.7 the fan. plenty to do before the game. our fox 5 foodie is joining us on where to find the best eat this is weekend. >> and we're starting your

weekend with the office and we'll talk live with the star, steven gur vel ahead. and not a bad day today. we have some clouds out there certainly and cool conditions across the area. but we'll see a good amount of sunshine i think later today. it will take some time for it to work in here. let's take a look at what is happening right now at reagan national. where currently the temperature is 65 degrees. relative humidity at 81%. reporting mostly cloudy skies. and the winds out of the south at 6 miles per hour. here is a look at the satellite radar composite. no rain this morning. we did see rain yesterday as expected across portions of area, widely scattered showers. this morning it's just the cloud cover we're dealing with. off to the north and east, not cloudy there. so skies look clearer there, more sunshine. out to the west and southwest of the city, thicker clouds. forecast for washington for today, clouds will stick around through the morning hours and

then we'll see some afternoon sunshine. it will be warmer today. yesterday we topped out in the upper 60s, today we'll top out in the upper 70s. that's a look at the weather. more coming up in a bit. now let's get a look at the roads and traffic with allison oakley. i want to talk about metro's red line first off because there are delays on the red line. at dupont circle there was a situation where it caused train delays on the red line both directions at dupont circle and there was a electrical issue at the net mont stop and that's created delays at dupont. and so we'll see delayed at the redline. and 270 past montrose, not bad. but slow traveling 218 to montgomery vitge avenue and slow past 109. so the volume hasn't reached montrose yesterday. on 66 at 28, look at this lineup of traffic.

delays out of manassas past 28 heading to the fairfax county parkway where the accident has been pulled over to the left shoulder. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. steve and gurvir, back to you. we begin with a frightening incident out on the local roadways. a car jacking and abduction led to a wild car chase taking police through two states this morning. the suspect is still out there on the loose. it began in virginia last night. take a look at this video. this is where it ended, in tim pell hills, maryland, on st. barnabus road near the beltway. a man carjacked a vehicle with the woman still inside. officers chased him here until the man jumped out and ran off. the woman was not hurt. in the meantime, a traffic alert on the other side of the beltway tonight. from midnight until 5:00 a.m., v-dot will shut down the entire beltway for 30 minutes at a time. the ramps from and to chain

bridge road will be closed to move power lines as part of the dulles rail project. transportation dominating the race for governor in virginia. this morning itooks like we could start to see a shift in the race things are new poll numbers out, fresh off a candidate faceoff in northern virginia and the ballots can be cast now. sherry has it covered in alexandria this morning with more details. sherry. >> reporter: as this race begins to come down to the wire, it is getting much closer and it is still a month and a half away from election day, but the voting does start right now. today virginians can begin casting their absentee ballots in the governor's race. right now polls show democrat creigh deeds and bob mcdonnell are neck and neck. in the latest rasmussen poll it shows mcdonnell's lead slipping to 2 points over his democratic

point. deeds was down by 9 points two weeks ago. yesterday the candidates went head to head in debates. deeds was attacking his republican opponent about his graduate thesis which was critical of gays, working women and feminist. mcdonnell accused deeds of falling short on plans for transportation. >> i'm going to bring together all of the parties to get a plan passed. e don't disagree on the plans we just have different approaches. i'll bring together republicans and democrats to get a plan passed that has several broadcast. >> i have displayed my plan. i've out lined detailed plans. >> reporter: now during the debate deeds was also asked

about whether he thought some oppotion to president obama was racially motivated and deeds said -- deeds said he thought it was racially motivated. but he sa this fight was over public policy. now there are two more debates. if you haven't made up your mind. but if you have made up your mind, they are ready and waiting to take absentee ballots beginning today. live in alexandria, sherry ly, fox 5 news. steve, back to you. coming up in a few minutes we'll take a closer look at how both candidates plan to gain momentum. we'll stitt down with dr. steven farnsworth with george mason university. the first lady joining in the battle at the white house today. michelle obama will talk with women and families about the health care system and the need for reform. the president is hoping

congress will pass a bill by year's end. yesterday the president spoke with thousands of students at the university of maryland. he said he is working to clean up the problem his administration inherited but to build a better future. not everybody was glad to see the president. two people were removed by police during the speech after shouting "liar" at the president. the president critics are also loud. bob ur lick spoke out before the speech. he said the reason the president is making the appearance is because he hasn't lobbied enough people behind his rally. the united states stopping plans for a missile defense shield put in place by the bush administration. it would have been based in poland and the czech republic. they say it was made in part because of the potential threat from iran that no longer has

long range missile but short range. a new counter attack would come from a ship deploy quickly. they say it would leave u.s. ally's exposed but now russia offers help. police say that raymond clark had no prior criminal record and they believe the motive for the murder of annie le was a workplace rift. >> reporter: throughout his life raymond clark gave no indication that he was capable of this kind of a monsterrous crime. but now prosecutors are piecing together a motive. >> this is number 15, raymond clark. >> reporter: raymond clark was hauled in court looking dazed. he nervously bit his lip and shifted his eyes.

noticeably uncomfortable. >> you know those rights? >> reporter: he is said to strangle the life out of nie le inside this campus lab building where he worked and stuffed her body in a wall. co-workers say ark was a control freak with an attitude who guarded his territory. >> this is not about urban rimer university crime or about domestic crime but an issue of workplace violence. >> reporter: he was said to sent e-mails about the testing of mice. he had scratches on his body. >> nothing in his history here gave any indication that his involvement in such a crime might be possible. >> reporter: prosecutors say le anclark were not romantically involved and are not looking for other suspects. >> as with every development in this tragic story, we think first of annie le's family, her

fiance and her family and her friends. >> reporter: clark entered no plea. he's being held on $3 million bond. he has a hearing in october. in new haven, connecticut, fox 5 news. it is 7:10 right now on this friday morning. and while preparation for swine flu is serious, it's causing lighter moments. the tongue and cheek lesson for the white house press core. and some swine flu vaccine supply being given away to other countries. and we're looking at the virginia governor gubernatorial race. the race is now suddenly tight according to one poll. how did that happen? and how came out on top of yesterday's debate. we'll get some expert insight coming up next. (announcer) what the world needs now is energy.

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as a swine flu vaccine gets closer to distribution, the president says the u.s. will share 10% of its supply with other nations. the move is meant to help stop the spread. the white house press corp got a lesson in hygiene yesterday. take a look. >> this is a possible impediment. [ laughter ] >> what is at about? geez. give that pureel to mr. todd right away. we'll have elmo give a special briefing. >> if you didn't catch the joke, sesame street teamed up with the administration releasing a psa on proper

hygiene. is that the new gordon? >> it must be. that's a reminder. >> well if someone is going to do it, she should. so we're going into the weekend. >> and it looks good. right now i just was outside and taking a look at things. very cloudy and i came in to tucker and i said, it looks like it wants to rain but we're not thinking it's going to rain. but it is cloudy. later on today we'll get some sun and then tomorrow looks nice. a real nice day. take a look at the bustop forecast. as you get the kids ready for school. cloudy and cool, temperatures generallyspeaking in the 60 degrees. i haven't seen anything cooler. sunrise was at 6:52 but you can't tell. but it's bright but cloudy. here are the temperatures around the nation. 50 in detroit. 72 in dallas, texas. phoenix is at 82. salt lake city, 63. so you have some cool air out

in the northwesand in the rocky mountain states, temperatures in the 50s. some 40s out there. here is a look at the satellite radar for the nation. we have some cloud cover in the southern plains and across portions of the central plains as well. we're not seeing the storminess we were seeinghere yesterday and you see the clouds across the eastern united states that is impacting us. five-day forecast, high today, if we get that sunshine, 78 degrees. if we don't get the done, 73, 74. but i think we'll get the sun in the afternoon. tomorrow, allison, saturday looks great. lots of sunshine. 74 degrees. comfortable humidity levels. sunday looks fine except that some clouds build in in the afternoon. there is a slight chance of a rain shower later until the day in the day. >> i need an overnight forecast because i layout the clothes and my forecast gives me a higher reading for today.

so i'm hoping that -- >> it's wrong. >> but i hope it's right because i've laid out the clothes. >> well if you go to myfoxdc.com, that's accurate. >> yes. that's what i'll do. >> myfoxdc.com. let's check in with ally for the traffic. >> the redline has cleared up, no delays there and there was the electrical issue at rhode island and that's been resolved so you're good to go at den mont. but at 270, look at how slow you are there. your slow from this point pretty much all the way down to 370. that's just a lot of slow traffic. and beyond that you cut loose a little bit. and now here we are leaving 66. these are the eastbound lanes of 66 and the reason i say this is improving is because the accident that is before you get

to the fairfax county parkway is out of the roadway, so the closer to the fairfax county parkway, the better it is looking in the traffic cameras. 95 northbound still slow out of dale city across the occuquan as you travel up into the springfield interchange, very slow at braddock and over to 66. so we're talking volume, not a friday light. that's a check of ur fox 5 on- time traffic. steve and allison, back to you. police are hope tag bone fragments found in the backyard of philip garrido will turn out to be the resolve to two unresolved kidnapping. he is charged withholding casey dugard for 15 years. the police were back at the house this week. cadaver dogs picked up smells

that could indicate a cadaver in the backyard. a young man and three roommates went looking for a suspect after the police did a search earlier and came up empty handed. a man was found in a backyard and attacked and killed. police say the intruder, 49- year-old donald rice, was just released from prison last saturday. rice's family believes that pontolillo should be charged. he is the student. the fight against aids and hiv is going to your local grocery store. gibbing today and the -- beginning today, the first one today on brentwood, there will be testing. 1 in 20 people are infected in d.c. you can find out more on our website, myfoxdc.com, just search under web links. time now is 7:19.

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the washington post calls bob mcdonnell a "culture warrior." and what does that mean for virginia? it means: bob mcdonnell introduced 35 bills to restrict a woman's right to choose. he wants to outlaw abortion-- even in cases of rape and incest. and mcdonnell opposed birth control for married adults. learn more about bob mcdonnell's crusade to take virginia backwards. i'm creigh deeds, candidate for governor and my campaign sponsored this ad.

it's practically a dead heat in the race for virginia governor. the latest rasmussen poll shows creigh deeds gaining ground against bob mcdonnell who holds a 2 point lead in the poll. two weeks ago that was 9 points for mcdonnell. dr. steven farnsworth is from george mason university and an expert on virginia politics. he's the one that we go to in times like this. what did you think of the debate yesterday? >> i think this comes down to which candidate the voters believe. you had a controversy w for a couple of weeks about what bob

mcdonnell said when he was 34 versus the candidate now for governor and what creigh deeds said during and then after the debate on the question of taxes, whether or not he would be willing to raise them as part of a solution for transportation or a part of transportation. so what you're seeing in this race are two candidates that are inconsistent. but it's a contest of which one is more consistent in november. >> what turns the tide of ed vo two candidates with inconsistencies. >> the key issue in this election is the economy. people are very worried about the jobs. the sate can't do as much as the national government on this front, but economic anxiety is a clear factor. there is also a tradition in virginia of the people who supported the candidate who lost the previous presidential election being particularly motivated to even the score in the governor's race that comes a year later. and so the republicans are very

motivated in this election. the democrats, the big question for creigh deeds is, whether or not he's going to be able to bring out those people, the young people who are so enthusiastic for obama, the african-americans who are so enthusiastic for obama, will they vote in 2009 or stay home. because if they're voting in 2009, this election will be a lot closer. >> there are a number of people out there who say that creigh deeds may have a good message, but may not deliver it so eloquently perhaps as bob mcdonnell. who gets the advantage here? the person with the best plan or the person who has the best delivery of their plan? >> when you have undecided voters as large as the polls are showing us now, about 20% of the electorate of virginia haven't made up their minds, you're looking at last-minute things. who do they trust. the voters may not haveeal

strong issues about one ssue or -- real strong beliefs about one issue or another and they've made up their mind. and then i focus on conistey because that's what something people like to see in politicians and they get troubled when they hear two stories from the same person and that's a eal anxiety from voters. >> and so much question about the graduate thesis from years ago and the drop in the polls, is that directly related to the thesis? >> i think that's one of the key issues. it's also true that the democrats in washington have had a rough summer and that will affect the way in which a democratic candidate will be affected. virginia, more than many states, is closely connected to the federal government in terms of employment and people closely following national politics. and if the obama poll numbers improve, that can help deeds. the big issue going forward, like i say, is the economy. that's the real challenge. and what these candidates have to say about the economy so far

has been not a great deal. and i think that what the undecided voters are looking for is what richmond can do to limit the pain that people are suffering right now. >> if the election is today, who wins? >> mcdonnell. >> dr. steven farnsworth, good to see you again. thanks for the insight. allison, back to you. it is now 7:27. undercover videos showing question actions by acorn as congress takes action. the head of acorn is set to appear on fox news sunday and we'll talk with host chris wallace next. and up ahead this morning, the redskins looking for revenge this weekend when they take on the rams. we'll talk to the junkies. that too is coming up. stay with us.

undercover video is causing outrage over the community organization group acorn with congress acting fast to block federal funding. the chief organizer and ceo of acorn will be on fox news sunday this weekend and chris wallace joins us from capitol hill this morning. good morning. >> good morning. this should be an exclusive interview with bertha lewis

froa corn. and we want to shed some light. i think a lot of people don't know what acorn is, what it does, why it is in so much trouble and whether it will be able to survive with a lot of democrats and republicans on capitol hill and in the state capitals around the country pulling the plug on acorn. we'll talk with bertha lewis and one of the chief congressional critics of that organization. >> and we're seeing some interesting video of some wildly dressed characters in a sort -- and it sort of lends itself to the video, two people posing as a pimp and prostitute, that they said they would use as a brothel. >> that's right. they went in with undercover video and you have to wonder how anybody could have been fooled. this young fella, the man who was caring the undercover camera looking like something out of shaft in the 1970s. and in any case, you have some

of the workers when they're being told, we want to start a brothel and bring underage salvador girls in here. and they say just say you're a performance artist or masseuse. >> and we sighed when ben bernanke said the recession is over and we wonder how far reaching is this and you'll talk to people in the know, some big business heads. >> that's right. let's find out from people out in the field, who have to make a payroll, do they think the recession is over and are we in the other "r" word, recovery and we'll talk to the head of federal express. >> and this week the talk is about the hope diamond. >> i don't know if you're into diamonds.

>> oh, please, yes. >> we got to see the hope diamond in a way no one has ever seen it before. i am literally holding it in my hand. and when i was holding it and looking at it, this 45.5 karat blue diamond, i thought of you. >> i was hoping you would say that. thank you. >> you bet. >> and you can catch fox news sunday this morning right after fox 5 morning news sunday. >> my love for him grows. >> that could be the key to anybody's heart. >> and look at that shot. beautiful shot of the capitol. you have the entire u.s. capitol. it is a nice day ou for a walk, heading to work or maybe just a tourist. either way should be a nice start to the weekend. >> was that a hat or hair. >> that was her curly mop of hair. >> okay. you have some clouds out there.

a cloudy start to the day. not a bad day on tap. we have to get the clouds out of here. it will look great. let's look at the graphics and we'll start by showing you the temperatures around the region. 64 now in washington. 63 at dulles. dover, delaware, 59 degrees right now. here is a look at the satellite radar composite. and we're looking at the cloud cover, keeps popping in and out. up to the north, north and east, a little bit of a break in the clouds, but they're streaming in from the south and we continue to see the motion so during the morning hours it will be cloudy and during the afternoon we'll get some sunshine working in here. here is the forecast map for today. what we believe will happen. the precipitation i think remains to the south. hopefully because this cold front will help to suppress and keep it down there. the timing on the front, i don't think it comes through until late today but i this that activity will be enough to

suppress the rain. cooler temperatures behind the front. high pressure settles in so a quiet day tomorrow and the bulk of sunday as well. here is the forecast then for d.c. for today. early clouds, afternoon sun, warmer. high about 78 degrees. our normal high would be 79 degrees. i do want to mention there is a coastal flood advisory in affect for the tidal potomac and chesapeake bay until 8:00 this evening. we'll keep our eyes on that in case of flooding there. clear skies because of the easterly flow from yesterday pushing the water up against the coast. clear skies tonight. cool overnight. 60 degrees for the low in town. in the 50s out of town. and then your five-day forecast, tomorrow, comfortable and lots of sunshine. rights now we have the rain on monday but there is a slight chance that would move up into the latter part of sunday.

now let's g more on the morning rush hour traffic. normally we see lighter traffic on friday but it's just not happening today. not panning out to be that. here on the beltway slowing at new hampshire. look at the volume out of manassas. very heavy as you travel toward the fairfax county parkway. the accident that was before the fairfax county parkway is gone. once you get past that, you're still slow as you travel to its vienna metro and the last mile to the capital beltway so you get a small break there. so lots of traffic and looking at 95, looking like a lot of volume. and heavy traffic over toward 66. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. ste and allison, back to you. the time now is 7:36, the redskins looking for the first win in the home opener on sunday and the key to victory might be shutting down this guy, steven jackson.

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the wizards don't start their season until about three weeks from now. one player who is eager to get back on the court is gilbert arenas. agent zero has played in only 15 games in the past two seasons because of knee injuries. this off season he worked with michael jordon's former trainer saying it saved his career but he isn't feeling as good about his team. here is what he told the washington times. that the wizards gave him too much leeway as far as the comeback goes. saying in part, quote, if i say i feel good and you know it's supposed to take six months, instead of letting me have a four-month run, they should have held me back. rather than saying let's let this guy do what he wants to sell tickets, sometimes you have to protect players from themselves and i don't feel like i got that protection. the redskins will be looking to bounce back from a poor performance week one in

sunday's home opener vers the lowly rams. so what do they need to do to avoid another upset from last year. joining us now the junkies from 106.7 the fan. let me ask you this, have you ever seen this purchase pressure this early in the season against a team that went 2-14 last year. >> probably not. it's make or break for jim zorn. i talked about it earlier. if the redskins drop a game to the rams, i believe jim zorn should be fired and given his walking papers. he's not in the long-term plans for this team any way. he might be on the way out any way. he has to win against the ram this is sundayer he should be gone. >> all the redskins have to do is make sure they get to the stadium on time, that's probably what they thought last year. >> and it's not going to happen again. just get to the stadium on time and get out there for kickoff and don't turn the ball over. >> think there was more

pressure on cakes because he bet he would have to drive lurch to work every day and for a week, john had to make the hellish commute. i won't get back into a corner for some whacky bet for this game. but this is a ram's team. >> but let's talk about what they have to do. last week one of the big reasons they dominated the game is because they dominated at the time of possession and the redskins weren't able to sustain drives. the redskins have had a problem getting into the end zone. you won't get into the red zone if you have 3 and out every tim don't even give the rams any opportunity to get confident. >> but the rams don't have the they don't have the defensive front or the guys in the secondary. so i don't think you'll have to work as hard to score and move

the ball. >> very important question. cakes, for you,. >> yes. >> once the redskins win on monday, will you make a bet against the lyons? >> of course. i'll jinx the lyons just like i'm picking the redskins to beat the rams. but the redskins have to come out and have a dominating performance. they can't squeak against the team like 14-10. that will be a red flag for the offense as the season progresses. they have to dominate from the outset. >> and even if we win, we still won't know where we stand as a team. >> and caution, the redskins should win handily this week and next week and they should win the fourth game and get to 3-1. last year they were 6-2. don't get carried away. they should chalk up victories. >> that's a good point. because the last ten games of the season, only one of the 10 teams had a losing record. so they have their work cut out so how much can you gain from the softer teams in the league.

>> you can gain wins so when you do get into the tougher part, the meaty part of the schedule toward the end of the season, that you have some wiggle room. you can't afford to blow games against teams like the rams and the buccaneers. >> you just pointed it out. they have to win these games and they have to beat the rams and tampa, and they have to beat detroit and kansas city, because the last six weeks are brutal. >> and individually, somebody like jason campbell has to step up because he's had so much pressure and scrutiny. this is an opportunity to get the offense going, to get a couple of touchdowns, get some of the younger guys involved. if he doe't do it, there will be even more pressure. even if they win. if jason campbell doesn't perform great, there will be more pressure. >> but there is something to be said for playing down to your opponent and e redskins seem to do that. >> and if there is a repeat from last year, i will agree with cakes, i think dan snyder will fire jim zorn on the spot in the locker room and strip him of his redskins gear.

he'll have to leave fedex field naked. >> the scial teams coach will be the new head coach. >> we'll elevate him. >> as long as jason campbell has to learn nother coordinator scheme it will another season of redskins football. we'll leave it there. enjoy the rest of the show today. we hope everybody tunes into 106.7 the fan to check out the junkies. our lineup for sunday. the redskins pregame starts at 11:30 and getting ready for the kickoff. following the game you can catch redskins post game and analysis on geico sports extra at 11:00. i did agree they would fire jim zorn on the spot, but i do agree the pressure will be on. which you don't think you would have the second week of the nfl season. >> well it's because they didn't show anything in the first game. each for -- even for folks who thought they would lose to the giants, as long as you show that you've gotten it together now and they didn't show that.

and i thinks that why the pressure is on. >> well it's gotten to be check time. >> i'm scared. >> don't be scared. it's just football. that's what i keep telling myself. >> you keep telling yourself that. >> you do your job well, then hopefully you stay. >> it's not one person though. >> i know. here is a look at the map for the weekend. here is what is going on. high pressure to the north. low pressure to the south and west. we're between two systems. mild conditions. saturday sunny and 74. sunday mostly to partly sunny. it will become cloudy on sunday. 73 degrees for your high. regional temperatures right now, actually it's a regional satellite radar picture, we do have some clouds in over us. there is no precipitation around us. i know it looks like it will rain outside but we have no indication that it will. and there is nothing showing up on the radar, so that is all well off to the south and west. let's take a look at the temperatures right now. 64 degrees here in washington.

65 in roanoke. 67 in norfolk, virginia. and 61 in new york city. here is your forecast for today, early clouds, afternoon sun, a warmer day, 78 degrees for the high. that's a look at the weather. more coming up in just a little bit. >> tony thank you. let's check in with ali oakley with a look at your commute. >> very, very slow, not turning out to be a friday light and we like to let you know that because it will delay you this morning that you won't expect. if you're leaving manassas toward the capital beltway, along 66 the volume is just like the rest of the earlier week. it's very slow. on the inner loop you'll be slow leaving springfield over to 66. we're talking about some volume. and an extra special present for you guys driving on the outer loop of the beltway, leaving braddock over to springfield, a dump truck lost part of its load and since its breakfast time i'm not going to tell you what it was. it's in the left lane and stay over to the right-hand side.

a heads up. 95 slow leaving dale city toward springfield. op delays begin at new hampshire avenue and headed over to georgia avenue travel lanes are open. we're talking about a lot of volume. one more thing, gw parkway at mt. vernon highway, a car struck a deer and so you'll be under direction there. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. it's a show that combined the grace and beauty of acrobatics with the strength and speed of horses. >> and holly will tell us all about it. good morning, holly. >> reporter: good morning to you guys. i've seen a lot of shows and this one is unique. it's unlike anything you've seen. it's called cavalia, and a lavish orkest administration that includes multi media equestrian and performing arts. how you can get yo ticket and how they put the show together next onox 5 morning news. stay with us. boss: so word's gettin' out that geico can help people save in even more ways -

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choose from. go online and listen to the best local talent. the top six will appear here on fox 5 morning news. to vote go to myfoxdc.com. the cavalia show features world class dancers and musics and world class acrobats. >> and did we say a cast of 60 horses. this morninholly is under the big top to learn about this extremely unique production. >> >> reporter: and that was your opportunity to say our world class reporter is covering the show. no, i obviously pale in comparon. i have seen nothing like cavalia and it is an experience. leman is the artist director and theco founder of cirque du soleil.

good morning to you. we already have one activity going on. and this speaks about the show. it's hard to explain to people the concept of cavalia, so help me out. what would you tell people cavalia is. >> it's something that you never see nywhere else in the world. the show tells the history of the relationship between humans and horses. but more than that, it's the show with acrobatics, with projection special affects. it's a plan. what we've done with cavalia, is we've brought the equestrian art to modern as much as we brought cirque du soleil to modern. cirque du soleil was not a circus, it became a new type of circus. cavalia is a new type of entertainment with horses and special affects. >> reporter: it is amazing. everything is live. even the music is done by live performers and when you're dealing with animals, if you were playing to a cd, it would

have to time out perfectly. but everything doesn't always time out and so everybody has to work together and ebb and flow to pull it off. >> absolutely. we let the horses express themselves on stage. we have created a huge stage so the horse has enough room to gallop and cav ort. what you get to see is what we call roman riding. that's an exciting part of the show. where you have people standing on two horses, or riding four and we have integrated in the show the horse techniques but a lot of acrobatic techniques. so it's -- and the show is built a little bit like a dream. and it's thrilling. so as a spectator you enter as a dream. >> reporter: there is a lot of emotion throughout the show. i was fortunate enough to see the show this week and sometimes i felt like i was

watching a ballet and sometimes i felt like i was watching a sporting event. it was alover the place. >> well when i designed, i didn't know nothing about the horses, before we started cavalia. so a lot of what you see in the show is not only to catch the horse people, it's to catch everybody. it's a fun showch it's a good feeling show. and the relationship between the horse and the trainer is for real. some parts, you get to see eight horses with one girl tossing them. >> i was like i can't have my dog off lead and she has horses listening to her command. so you do get this magical relationship between human and animal. >> absolutely. and we don't force the horse to do what we ask them to do. so we have a lot of inspiration

and that's why we have live music and that's why everybody is following the horse, because they're the ones that lead us more than we do lead them. >> reporter: they are truly the superstars. and i wanted to make sure everyone got to see this right here. what was that? oh, he's tricking us. as he comes around again, and maybe he'll do something the second time around, i don't know, just a feeling. and announcing today they're doing an extended run. they go through october. and there it is. here at pentagon city under the big white top. myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to cavalia. they have different typesf tkets. they have regular tickets, then rendezvous tent is a tent with catering and they have a horse lover package which will get you closest to the horses and a tour of the stables after the show. coming up in the next hour we'll talk about the relationship between the riders

and the horse and give you -- give you another experience of this unique show called cavalia. >> thanks holly. time now is 7:57 and this friday morning and it weekend it's about fall festivals. our fox 5 foodie is coming up. and then the cookie monster going on a diet for a good cause. why he is swapping chocolate chips for eggs. hi, cookie. stay with us.

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the president makes a big shift in u.s. defenses overseas. is it smart or giving into russia. i'm doug luzader in washington. we'll have more on that coming up. then virginia's governor's race is heating up. a new poll shows the two candidates tied. but could yesterday's debate help sway some voters? we'll take a closer look. also the cookie monster turning in chocolate chips for something more nutritious. more on his new diet. good morning, thanks for being

with us on this friday. i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm allison seymour. there ain't no party like a scranton party because a scranton party don't stop. >> we know a scranton party don't stop. coming up, funny n steve carell will join us to talk about the office coming to fox 5. >> oh, those wild nights at the theme town mall. >> i will never forget. >> but the show put scranton on the map for several people. and very funny guy, in a way. [ laughter ] >> i'm hoping he's funny in the interview today. i don't expect him to crack jokes, but i want him to be up and not like an actor. >> we'll see. you never know with hollywood funny people. >> we'll see. >> sometimes they feel like being funny, sometimes they don't. >> we'll find out next hour. let's look at what is going on with our weather conditions. we'll start with the satellite radar for our region.

and what we are seeing is some cloudy skies out there. this is a good view of the clouds. and i was outside not too long ago and it is pretty cloudy across the region, so mostly cloudy skies. reagan national reporting over cast skies at this hour. area airports, temperatures 65 now. we're back up to 65. we've been going back and forth at reagan national. 64 at dulles. bwi marshall is at 63 degrees at this hour. your forecast for today, lots of clouds this morning. some afternoon sunshine. it will be warmer today. high about 78 degrees. that's a look at the weather. there is more coming up shortly on the weather. it is just after 8:00 right now. we'll check in with ali oakley and find out what is happening out on the roads. what is going on? >> well we have a lot of slow traffic. and you know what, i'm going to go ahead and take you out on to 66. if you're leaving 234 and traveling in tard the capital beltway, it's a lot of slow

traffic this morning. there was an accident before fairfax county parkway and there is still activity over on the shoulder and so you're slow out of manassas and throw in some volume and construction and viola, that's what you get. and slow leaving springfield to braddock road and as a nice little present there is a dump truck that lost a little bit of its load. it's heading into springfield, in the left lane, just stay out of it, trust me on that one. let's go to the gw park waif at mt. vernon, you have a deer struck and so you're under police direction there. and 270, this is northbound 270 just beyond this at 121, where a car -- there was an accident. and that's why you're seeing the northbound delay. southbound looks good, doesn't it. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. steve and allison, back to you. we start off the 8:00 hour with the race for governor in virginia. in a month and a half voters will head to the polls. the absentee ballots are available starting today and there are new numbers out

showing the race could go dow the -- down to the wire. the candidates have two debates and one was yesterday. sherry ly is live in alexandria. >> reporter: the virginia governor's race is getting much closer as we go down to the wire to election day. both candidates are honing in on thr attackwith the first votes being cast today by abs ballot. you can see the absentee votes are open and the offices opened at 8:00 and people are expected to come in today and cast their vote by absentee ballot. now it's a sprint to the poll by creigh deeds and bob mcdonnell. deeds is ahead. the democrat is surging after being down 9 points two weeks ago. they sparred during a sometimes testy debate. mcdonnell continues to get

hammered about his graduate thesis which was critical of working women, gays and feminists. some question whether the election of the president was racially motivated. >> clearly there is a hint of racism in the opposition to the president that is crystal clear. i was very disturbed the other night on the outburst on the floor of the house. i thought that was unprecedented that would not occur in the past. >> you see, there you go again. this is my wife and daughter. i told you i support working women. i'm frankly pretty insultinged thatsulted that my daughter who fought in iraq that i don't support working women. >> mcdonnell did tell reporters that i thought race was not a

factor and it was merely a fight over public policy. now the candidates again have two more debates but for those who have made up their mind and can qualify to vote by absentee ballot, the balloting by absentee ballot begins today. you can also request one by mail and we're told there should be a handful of people that come in on the first day and then it gets busier as the weeks go by and they get closer to election day. we're told here already they have a thousand ballots set to go out in the mail. and they expect much more in the coming weeks. we're live in alexandria, sherry ly, fox 5 news. back to you. >> the key though, sherry, are those undecided voters. thank you so much. allison, back to you. the iran president, ahmadinejad is lashing out against israel and the west saying the holocaust was a lie. he said it was a pretext for occupying palestinian land. meantime protests in iran are turning violent. a group of hardliners has attacked a former president

while was marching with opposition supports at an anti- government rally. they pushed the ex president down the ground. there may be more fallout today after the president killed a major missile defense system for eastern europe. the white house says an alternative system will work better but critics says theus has made a major diplomatic misstep. more details from capitol hill with doug luzader this morning. >> reporter: the white house said this is a better way to counter threats overseas but it could cause a major rift with u.s. alleys who see this as giving in to russia. the president says this is the best way to go after missiles if they're fired from a country like iran. a shift-based sift -- a ship- based system that could be deployed. >> could provide smarter and swifter forces to the allies.

>> reporter: but it scraps the decision bush set in motion, one that obama supported. but the pentagon says the threat from iran is no longer long range missile, it's short range. >> those who say we are scrapping missile defense in europe are either misinformed or misrepresenting the reality of what ware doing. >> reporter: the critics say this plays into the hands of russian leader who's are trying to encroach on europe and leaving u.s. allies exposed. republicans lined up to oppose the plan and the former u.s. ambassador to the nations did not mince words. >> i think this is a naive and dangerous decision. there is no political payoff for russia, they'll pocket this concession and wait for the next one. >> reporter: many are hoping russia will help when it comes to iran but deny this is part

of any kind of deal. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. a soldier from glen burnie was killed fighting the war in afghanistan. bradley bohle died on wednesday when his vehicle was hit by an iud. two other soldiers were also killed. it happened in the afghanistan hellment province. a suspect led police on a chase across two states. he's still out on the loose. a car jacking ended on st. barnabus road on the beltway. a man carjack aid vehicle with a woman still inside. officers chased him there until the man jumped out and ran off. the woman was not hurt. we're learning more about the death of a burl suspect at the hands of a johns hopkins student wielding a samurai sword. the student is john pontolillo.

he killed donald rice, who was fresh out of prison. pontolillo told police the suspect lunged at him in his garage and he struck back. new information, however, reveals that rice was actually outside in the yard, crouched in a corner when pontolillo sought him out and sliced off his hand nd killed. they do not believe the student intended to kill him but his family doesn't believe it. >> he had a sword and he was intent to kill whatever was back there to try to harm him. if he thought it was something trying to harm him, he went out with intent to kill whaver it was. >> he probably just lost ontrol. and i can't blame him. i mean, he already had two other incidents that day. >> reporter: police say the home was burglarized twice in one day. prosecutors are deciding whether or not to file charges

against pontolillo. new developments in the investigation of the yale graduate student. >> what may have led to the killing. and then a man is behind bars and the crime he committed has to do with american idol host ryan seacrest. what is it? details coming up next. and the cookie monster turning in chocolate chips for something more nutrition. it's not wayne brady. but more on the new diet when fox 5 morning news returns.

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and my campaign sponsored this ad. 8:14 right now. it's 65 degrees on a friday morning. and time for a look at stories making headlines. investigators are looking into whether raymond clark's attitude led to a deadly workplace confrontation with annie le. the 24-year-old lab technician was arrested yesterday after police traced his dna to le's murder. her body was found stuffed in the wall of a lab where they beth worked, on sunday, the same day she was set to get married. right now clark is being held

on $3 million bond. a student at st. john's university is being arrested after posting a threat on facebook. police say the 18-year-old wrote he was depressed and wanted to carry out a virginia tech scheme. he said was drunk when he wrote that message. a security guard tried to stop a fan from getting into a car with ryan seacrest. this happened in orange county, california. police tried to stop the man and a scuffle broke out. ryan seacrest was not involved. and we have the cuteness factor of the day. >> who cares about the weather when we have the cuteness factor. good morning. everybody. time now for the my first 5 photo of the day. and this is david, posing with

his favorite food. >> yummy. >> pancakes. and if you look carefully, david is spelling out his name. >> that's clever. >> that is cute. >> i like it. >> look at those eyes. he looklike i'm about to eat every single pancake. >> he's saying i wish my name was ezekiel right w so i could have more food on my plate. >> to send us your child's picture, go to myfoxdc.com and click on morning. we'll have sunshine this afternoon. right now we're still dealing with cloud cover and fog rights there. you can see it on true view. the cloud cover is across the carolinas will not impact us today. if you hang in there, i think we'll see some afternoon sunshine. and it will be a nice looking weekend as we'll have cool temperatures and a lot of sunshine both saturday and sunday. right now we are still cool. 65 degrees. we think we'll get up into the mid-70s later today if we get the sun in here. 53 in pittsburgh. 55 in boston. so cooler air not too far off

to the north and west. here is a look at your five-day forecast. i mentioned the cloud cover for the first half of today. 78 for this afternoon. so looking nice out there this afternoon. saturday and sunday look great. late-day clouds on sunday. most of the redskins game should be fine. mondaand tuesday, a chance for scattered showers and clouds. let's get to on-time traffic and that means it's angelo oakley -- no, ali oakley this morning. >> it's okay. everybody called me annie. it's okay. i'll take you out to virginia. where we have a new accident on eastbound 66 as you travel toward the capital beltway at nutley street. slow traffic there and plus you're very heavy leaves manassas and traveling to this point any way so it's already in the existing delays. now along the inner loop of the beltway, very slow leaving springfield over to 66. outer loop of the beltway, there is a load lost over on

the left-hand side of the outer loop as you travel past braddock over to springfield. stay out of the left lane, trust me on that one. 95 northbound from dale cityp to springfield. very, very slow. a deer was struck on the gw parkway at mt. vernon highway. still in the center of the road there. just hearing about a new disabled car southbound at b.w. parkway ramp to kenilworth and this is northbound 270 near the truck scales. there was an accident, they did get it to the shoulder but this is an unusual delay this morning. i'm ali oakley and that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. and allison and steve, back to you. >> thank you very much. first lady michelle obama will start a new push to compliment the president's health care proposal. today at the white house she'll talk to women and families about healthy lifestyles and the need for insurance reform and the health care system. the world health organization says global production of the h1n1 vaccine

will be substantially less than the forecast of 94 million doses a week. the reason production problems, and some manufacturers are only turning out vaccines for seasonal flu. ite house press c got a lesson in hygiene 101 during a briefing by kathleen sebelius. a reporter sneezed no his hand and it didn't comply with the secretary who pointed out the right way to do it. >> it's a possible impediment. [ sneezing ] >> i mean what is that about. geez. who has got some pureel. give that to mr. todd right away. a little hand sanitizer. we'll have elmo give a special briefing. >> didn't catch the elmo joke. a sesame street character just

teamed up with the administration to release a psa on proper hygiene. and the cookie monster is going on a diet and it's for a good cause. adam housely tells us what he's going to be eating now. >> reporter: he's been gobbling up cookies on sesame street for years but these days the cookie monster is turning in his chocolate chips for something more nutritious. >> eggs are economical, nuitiousnd healthy. >> what he say? >> reporter: teaming with farmers across the country for the good egg project, they are lending their support in a nationwide campaign to teach young fans to eat healthier. >> we're trying to educate people on where the eggs come from and also to make sure that people are eating good, doing good every day. isn't that right, cookie. >> oh, yeah. good egg project.

and eggs delicious. yum. >> reporter: the program also centers around giving back toes to less fortunate. >> if people go to www.thegoodproject.org, you can pledge to eat good and they will pledge eggs to underprivileged kids. eat good, do good every day. >> wow. chaz incredible. >> reporter: but cookie hasn't given up his sweet tooth altogether. >> me love all kinds of cookies. >> me love cookies, that why me cookie monster. but one cannot live on cookies aloan. no, me eat everything. >> reporter: adam house, fox news. >> it's a wonder he doesn't weigh 800 pounds with the cookies he ate any way. >> so true. 8:21 on this friday morning. coming up here on fox 5 morning news, a maryland home damaged

in a fire and the family who lives there is blaming budget cuts. that story is next. then horses, acrobats, aerialists and holly is checking out cavalia. did we say horses too? stay with us. it's 8:22. ( piano music playing )

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a drier in bowy. by the time firefighters had gotten there, local residents had put out the fire with a hose. the nearest local fire department was shut down because the two firefighters were already out on a call. >> we want to make surethat for every call we can have the appropriate personnel and equipment on the scene. >> it doesn't feel like i have any security or confidence in the fire department at this time. >> well the county has suspended the program, which is designed to conserve fire department resources at a time of shrinking budgets. 8:26 right now. and dick cheney is back if the hospital. we'll check out the other stories making headlines this morning when we come back. and then this weekend it's all about fall festivals. our fox 5 foodie is here with the great details. time now is 8:26, 65 degrees. we'll be right back. (announcer) back to school means back to busy mornings.

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welcome back. it's 8:30 on this friday. some of the stories making headlines this morning. it's been two years since her son's death. but now the mother of a university of maryland student killed in an accident was awarded more than $4 million after the jury found that the prince george's county police officer involved was negligent. officer mario chavez was driving twice the speed limit when he slammed into brian gray's car. chavez got a speeding ticket was not charged in connection with the death. he has since been placed on administrative duty. a massachusetts house of representative have approved a bill allowing the governor to name an interim appointment to the senate seat left vacant by the death of senator ted kennedy. voters will choose a replacement during a special election. and dick cheney underwent elective back surgery yesterday. the help was to get rid of lower back pain.

they hope he will be released soon and the surgery went well. tgif. it's a long time coming. >> and we're going to have a beautiful weekend. can't ask for much more than that. >> mother nature will deliver. right now we're dealing with fog and clouds and it's a little bit of a gray day out there. but hang in there. i think by this afternoon we'll see some peeks of sun and part of the area will break out into the sun this afternoon. 69 at reagan national. 60s all over the place. 63 in baltimore. 61 up in wilmington, delaware. and low cloud cover and even fog lingering out to the west and that will take some time to burn off. so the cloud cover will be with us for much of the morning hours. there is your satellite radar and you can see the cloud cover and it's hanging tough here. particularly to the south. and i this that will -- i think that will be the last area to see the sunshine today. off to the west, see the

showers east of the great lakes, that's associated with a cold front that will get here late today and tonight. it won't deliver rain but it will cool us down and set us up for a nice looking weekend. later today we'll see the sun back in the forecast. early clouds an afternoon sun. higher temperature, in the upper 70s. winds out of the west at 5-10. saturday noon, high temperature in the 70s. should be 73 on sunday for the redskins game and chance of showers overnight with 50s by sunday morning. so get ready for cool weather on the way. >> good comfortable conditions. if you're out and about. our fox 5 foodie is here with some great festivals and is it a new opening, nicki? >> there is a new opening in

the oriental mandarin and now eric ziebolt has opened a restaurant called southwestern. it's actually a classic american cuisine and this is a lower economic place for people to go and really get a tase of his delicious cuisine. but his chef is rachel hairman. she's executing the menu. you'll find classics and a better economic price point. >> share our strength is hosting the great american dineout. >> this is going on all week. if you're dining out next week, pick one of the restaurants that are participating in share our strength. all of the money goes back to share our strength. restaurants like ruth's and hanks and paula's are all participating and a portion of the proceeds will go to share the strength which is about ending hunger in children. >> and there is something going on in bethesda. >> bethesda row is having a

restaurant week next week. so all of your favorites, lack 2, redwood, $12 for lunch, $30 for dinner. >> you cannot beat that. >> no you cannot. not today. >> we love coveng the greek festival and it's the largest and oldest of it's kind in the city and the food is to die for. >> i understand the ladies there, i was talking to them earlier this week. almost 5,000 pieces of baklava. so this is the huge greek festival going on downtown, tomorrow, with tons of greek food, art isans, crafts and tons of baklava. >> and the mt. vernon craft festival. this is really neat stuff. >> it is cool. they take a whole place and make it 18th century. you'll see demos and interring -- george and martha is walking around. but they're doing a chocolate- making demo and there are still a couple of tickets left for

the wine festival in october. so if you head out to the craft fair, i would get one of the last tickets. >> and you talked about the wine festival. some the same one in centreville. >> no. >> this is a different one. >> fall means festivals. and this week we have two big ones. we have the virginia side which is on bull run and you have the maryland side. but the virginia one has over 500 win wines, lots of virginia foods and you get a glass and walk around and taste. great kid activities. so you bring the kids. and the same thing at maryland. bring the kids. there is not as many wines. maryland is new on the wine scene. great scene and wine seminars. it's an education component. >> any more breaking news. >> there is. there is a huge barbecue battle this weekend on sunday at j.

paul's. if you like wings, this is your event. and it's for the fire department and it's benefits the burn unit. >> and we had it on the midday show, and it was worth it. >> and it's for charity. >> nicki ellis, thank you so much. >> no reason nt to have a good weekend. >> and may i say you look comfortable in those new red chairs. >> it's my color. we have more for you. a change in the way your kids pay for their college education. >> and a heads up for anyone traveling on the beltway today. between tonight and tomorrow morning v-dot says expect closures. it will shut down all lanes at chain bridge road. you're talking about the tysons corner area. the ramps to and from chain

bridge road will also close. that's route 123. dominion virginia power needs to shut down the beltway to move power lines. keep that in mind if you're traveling the beltway tonight. fox 5 morning news is back after this. it's 8:37 now. ( theme music plays ) ( feedback ) ♪ till now - ♪ i always got by on my own - ( audience cheering ) ♪ i never really cared ♪ until i met you... announcer: a1 makes the burger king steakhouse burger sing.

a plan to update college aid programs gets its green light from the house and it would be the biggest overhaul since the 1960s. it would oust private lenders and put the government in charge and it would reduce pell grants and now the measure goes to the senate. d.c. council chair vincent gray denouncing plans for teacher lay offs. michelle rhee said budget shortfalls would force up to $40 million in cuts made by the d.c. council by gray says that michelle rhee and mayor fenty are using the council as a scapegoat to fire unionized teachers. well if you are looking for work, check out our job shop on myfoxdc.com. our job of the day is at lockheed martin. looking for a full time assistant manager. it pays on experience and candidates will have to go through a government security

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welcome back. i'm tony perkins in the fox 5 news room with a look at what is coming up at 9:00.

the change of life for women. how to handle menopause. the author of the menopause book will be with us to share some insight and there is plenty men can take away from this as well. and fox 5 is about to come a home for the hit show the office. steve carell will be with us live. and the video of the day. after being replaced on american idol, paula abduhl rocks the house with a spoof of the star who will fill her seat. you will not want to miss that. it's rather funny. and maybe a little disturbing. steve and allison, i'll see you at 9:00. >> i can not wait for that. >> is that paula abduhl? >> i'm not telling you. >> we'll wait. we'll see you in a little bit. it takes 85 trailers, 64 horses and 8 tents to make up the new and improved cavalia show. >> it is a multi media equestrian spectacular created by the founders of the cirque

du soleil and holly morris joins us from the show where it is playing well. >> reporter: the tickets are selling fast and they're just extending dates. there are 64 horses in the show. i'm going to ask you a question. how many of those are mares? take a guess. >> 16. >> take a guess? >> i have no idea. >> reporter: none is the answer. there are zero mares in this show. but the thing i love is that the person controlling the horses is a female. have to keep the guys in line. they're stallions and geldings and silvia is the one who -- she gives horse whisper a new name. and she's out there and literally all of the horses are communicating and listening to her right now. she's not just the star of the show, she's a superstar. silvia. >> hello. >> reporter: good morning. >> good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to

you and the beautiful animals here this morning. >> are you going to step in. >> reporter: thank you for letting me step in. and as i do that, tell me why the show is all stallions and geldings. >> because their stamina is a lot stronger and their characters are stronger and they don't seem to get as nervous as mares and we don't believe in gelded horses so we try to do as much natural work as possible. >> reporter: so is there like an al faux horse, like an an -- an alpha dog >> yes. it's me. i've got a herd and i'm the alpha of the herd. if somebody starts to attack somebody, then i give them

comfort and protecon. >> reporter: now how do you train them? i've said this all morning, i can't have my dog off lead, and you have eight horses off lead all listening to you. >> i start off with one horse and it's al based on trust and it's short sessions of repeated work and it becomes a natural thing for them. >> reporter: you want to join us. good morning. good to see you. time for his closeup. we want to watch her work because it is beautiful. it's almost like a ballet. so i'm going to step out. and as i do that, i'll bring norman lorel with me. he's back here to talk about the training of the horses, the care of the horses. obviously there is a lot that goes into all of that. >> we travel with 64 horses which is the biggest terrain show with horses. but everything here is about respect. we want the horse to have the

full respect that they deserve. which means that we allow them the time to learn what we ask them to do. >> reporter: how long does it take to train them. >> silvia is taking those horses when they are babies and it could take four or five years, six years. it's always a training process. especially when you have so many horses. like right now you see they are one after the other. but if you put a number on each of them you'll see that number one is number one and number two is number two and they have to stay on their place. and this is a very long process. you can't not just have the horse go around. they have to respect their position. so the leader is the leader and all of the others follow in order. which is an amazing task. >> reporter: and they are different breeds. there are 13 different breeds in the show in the entirety. >> most of them are arabian and

we have some illusions, apollos, we have 13 breeds. >> reporter: and i can't imagine people watching aren't impressed already and this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the show. our website is myfoxdc.com. we have a link to the cavalia website. an extended run. it will be here through october 4th. they have tickets available. and you know the question i really want answered, allison, is what shampoo did they use on the mane and tails. i'll get on it next hour. >> they are pretty. let us know. if horses aren't your thing, maybe you want to take a trip to the movies. matt damon is back on the big screen in the informant. it's based on a true story of a secret service agent who goes undercover for the fbi to expose corporate corruption. it's rated r. it looks good. i've seen the trailer. and for the little one, the forecast is cloudy with a

chance of meat balls. it's based on the children's book. the hero is an accident inventor who creates a machine that transforms water -- or is it weather -- weather into food. cloudy with a chance of meat balls is rated pg. and megan fox stars in jennifer's body. she plays the part of a demonic high school girl with a appetite for male admirers. see, steve, i'm always saying you have to be careful. it's written by diablo cody who also wrote juneau. >> because you don't know. >> if you don't know if somebody is like a monster. because she's really cute. finally, jennifer aniston teams up with eric eck hart in love happens, an author who finds a chance meeting to help turn his own life around. i recently talked to eerd about the film.

>> we've seen the promos. this looks like a tearjerker. should we bring our kleenex to the show. >> it couldn't be a bad idea. >> and you play a self-help guru who needs help. tell us about it. >> it's about falling in love with jennifer, which is easy to do. >> what was it like working with her. >> that's interesting. i mean, we've all grown up with friends and all of jennifer's movies and i didn't know her before making the movie, we had a really good time. she's effortless, she's a total pro, a great actor and just likes to have fun. >> well we all love romantic comedies and as the movie is almost in theaters at a time when folks need help getting up in the morning and feeling excited about things with the economy and all of that, how far do you think a movie will go and as you leave the

theater, i feel better about myself and the possibilities out there. >> well i think it -- first of all, movies are supposed to be entertaining and that's our job, is to make people laugh and cry and to feel something. and i think this movie achieves that. i feel like they will feel -- i don't know if they'll feel hopeful about life, but they'll feel they got their monies worth and if they're not already they might fall in love this very afternoon. >> i love that. let's talk about you a little bit. you are such a familiar name and face out there for making movies and the last time i saw you on the big screen was the dark knight. very different character, of course. tell me, how is it being an actor getting to play one side of a personality and then a completely other side and then of course all of the numerous other movies you've been in? >> that's the fun of acting. some people like to do the same thing over and over and i've never been one of those people

and i thinks that why people really have -- don't really put my face to a particular role because i always change it up and do different things and make it interesting for me. i am first and foremost an actor and i love to act and so i like to take on different characters. >> will we see any sort of hints of your real personality perhaps in this movie coming up, laugh happens? >> i think so. i love to fall in love. i love that feeling of walking on air and seeing everything anew. and i got to do that in this movie. and hopefully it shows. >> a little softer character perhaps than harvey dent. >> well harvey was a very compassion at man. he something really bad happen to him. >> in a different way, in deed. thank you for spendingime with us. the movie is called love happens. >> and in the orange movie they

turn water into food. >> a chance of meat balls. >> got it. that is nicely done. coming up n the 9:00 hour. >> we'll be welcoming up and coming artist danny rosner, a local girl making it big. she's going to share her story and perform from he cd. it's called the piano actress coming up.

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>> steve, thank you very much. and coming up this hour, a car jacking and abduction turns into a police chase from virginia to maryland. the victim is okay, but what about the suspect? details coming up next. plus the race for virginia's governor is heating up. the two candidates virtually tied and for some, voting begins today. and the weekend is just about here but will the weather cooperate with your plans? tucker barnes has a look at the forecast. fox 5 morning news continues right now. a good morning to you. it's friday morning, september 18th. we are giving you a live look outside as a cloudy day begins to unwind. thank you for watching fox 5 morning news in the 9:00 hour. i'm allison seymour. >> and i'm tony perkins. we'll have a check on your weekend weather with you first a look at some of the days talkers. most of