talker, the radio city musical spectacular for the first time today. and they have some of those fabsy kicking dance moves. and i'll see if i can do it but i have on a skirt. >> well, so do i. >> you never know what is happening on behind that counter. so you think you can dance? i can kick it up when i want to. and allison just wants an excuse. >> what is going on in the world of weather? , it's muggy and sticky outside. >> i was just out there. >> it doesn't seem like it's the second day of fall at all, but you'll get a cooldown eventually. and let's look at our maps. i'll show you what is going on. 75 right now at national airport. 75 at dulles.

71 at baltimore. and along the mid-atlantic, 59 at roanoke. 72 at charlotte and the same at boston. here is our satellite radar composite. a lot of the moisture streaming up from the south is edging toward us and that is helping to keep us in the humid, muggy size of things. we have a frontal system setting us up and with that we could see a chance of showers as we move through into the afternoon hours. so not to be rprised if that should happen. but the clouds won't go anywhere either. not much sunshine. here is a look at the five-day forecast. things cooler tomorrow behind the frontal system. 76 degrees for the friday. and then we cool down even more saturday and sunday. and unsettled weather pattern, we have a chance of seeing wet weather both days before we get back to dry conditions at the beginning of the week. but overall today, sticky, muggy, keep your umbrella handy and far areas to the south,

southeast of maryland could even see an isolated thunderstorms. that's a look at your five-day forecast, folks. we are following several breaking stories in the district right now. first up, the discovery of a body at the southwest water front. this information just coming into us in the last 10 minutes. the body was found in the water next to the capitol yacht club block in the 1,000 block of water street. >> two suspicious package investigations are greatly impacting traffic. we begin with this letter for massachusetts avenue northwest. part of it is shut down as police look into a suspicious backpack. mass after is closed between 45th street and belmont. that is from the naval observatory. a suspicious envelope found in china town has forced an evacuation of a building in the 900 block of 7th street. here is a live look at the

scene. that is courtesy of traffic lat.com. right now the intersection of 6th and i. street is closed. we'll stay on top of this story and bring you updates as we get them. and we're also following a hazmat situation in southwest d.c. we now know three people were treated on the scene of the first district police station on m. street. fire officials tell fox 5 that around 7:30 this morning, fumes from a diesel generator were sucked into the station's heating and air-conditioning and that made some officers and prisoners sick. no one had to go to the hospital. just one day after the ntsb issued any safety recommendations in the wake of the deadly metro crash. the union for metro is demanding someone at the top be held accountable. union says it is trying to escape it's workers and dozens

were hit in may. they say a false signal gave the all-clear, despite another train on the tracks. metro has been operating on manual mode since then and testing the circuit twice a day. the swine flu is spreading on the campus of georgetown. and university officials are asking students to play stay home if you're kick. about 250 students have dom down with the flu. the stem of the spread is said to be challenging, because young adults don't seem to be worried about catching h1n1. president has a busy day today. right now he's in north carolina where he'll run a u.n. security council meeting. set to begin in a few minute and then there will be a meeting. and tonight the president hds

to pittsburgh for the g-20 summit. the. the president delivered a strong message when you spoke to the u.n. general assembly yesterday. he challenged world leaders to step up because america can't solve global problems alone and sa the u.s. will continue to partner with other nations. no shortage of outrage over two speeches at the u.n. general assembly. momar khadafi said the taliban should form it's own territory and indicate it the israelis in the assassination of john f. kennedy. ahmadinejad demonessed all capitalist nations, including israel. >> one based on the predominant of its materialistic interest to extending poverty and deprivation, aggression,

occupation d depression and tends to bring the entire world under its control. it should be called the turner council. >> he also said that the swine flu was created by an unknown fill terri group. diplomates from canada and the u.s. walked out in protest during both speeches. to talk more about the remarks in new york and about the g-20 summit, wall street journal reporter joins us. let's start with a crazy and whacky afternoon at the u.s. yesterday. >> great theater. there is always great theater. >> this year did not disappoint. the president spoke and had some rather stern words as we said for those assembled. let's look at what the president said. >> those who used to chastise america for acting alone in the world cannot now stand by and

wait for america to sox the world's problems alone. we must stand together to show that treaties will be enforced. we must insist that the future does not belong to fear. >> now the president is also expected to take a hard line on nucleares today. he will probably have some strong words at the g-20. are will the message be received and can he actually prompt others to act? >> well yet, tony, he had some real success in that he met with the leader of russia and together they agreed that youra would consider sanctions against iran. they are a truth trading partner and they have been against posting mir military for public. so going into this meeting

today, obama hopes that he'll be able to sort of emit that into a agreement or resolution that will again for the first time impose some sanctions or lead to that on iran. are we heading to a he nuclear issue. i know your newspaper is report there may be a vote today. there may be a vote today about taking -- the possibility of in the future taking some sanctions against some countries if they use the civilian nuclear devices. >> the idea behind the resolution is that a nation that sells nuclear technology to another nation and that nation then turns around and turns that toward a military youth, would be able to monitor or take back that technology. now you went be able to go into

a custry and say i want to take back the minutes, but this would lead to the military interception on the part of the nation or on the part of many nations that builds up a nuclear program. >> earlier this year the president was a new president and there was excitement about him. as far as other world leaders go now, is the -- what is the expression -- is the bloom off the rose, a little bit, as far as the president goes? >> on some issues, yes. when he went into italy at the g-8 summit this spring, he was a new rock star and bringing what international leaders hoped would be a brand new approach toward diplomacy and working together instead of the go-it-alone theory from the bush administration. now there are points of coral around things like climate

change where the movie who's moved slowly. and going into g-20 you'll see the effort. and there are some points of disagreement, however he's handled himself very well on this nuclear issue. he has obviously in his speech yesterday reached out to the international community and said this is a new era. we're paying our bills to the u.n., which was another point of convention in the general assembly in the past years and anything that we're interested in working with with other nations and we'll work together toward the goals rather than going off on our own. >> this is a summit that doesn't even last 24 hours and millions of dollars expected on it. can we expect anything to come out of it? >> there will be happy noises about working together on financial services regulation, on climate change. but you know the financial -- what is understanding is this is an interesting moment because some countries say they are emerging from recession and

talking about discontinuing economic stimulus but they are not quite there yet. but this sort of positive news emerging also leads to lagging behind on services regulations that could hp avoid a similar problem in the future. so when things are in crisis mode, that's when congress acts and that's when tadministration now there has been a little bit of slackening on that. >> elizabeth william street with the wall street journal. thanks for coming in. >> thank you, tony. filling the seat of ted kennedy. and a major announcement about work on a new aids vaccine. and actor blair underwood tells united us about a effort for a new aids project here in the

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9:15. we want to go back to the breaking news at the top of the hour. suspicious package investigations that are really impacting traffic around town. one of those is happening along massachusetts avenue northwest. and our sarah simmons is live at 22nd and massachusetts with an update. sarah what, is the latest. >> reporter: i can tell you we're at 22nd and massachusetts avenue because we were not able to get much closer to the islamic center which is where the pack ang -- package where the backpack has been found. traffic doesn't go far, but you can see that the traffic has stopped at this point. this is all due to the fact of that suspicious package that you mentioned. it was report of a backpack toward the islamic center. we understand that massachusetts avenue is closed between 34th street and belmont

road. now in talking with d.c. fire, they were telling me that the bomb squad is on the scene down there near the islamic center. at this point they're trying to investigate and get closer to the package. they'll be checking it for chemical and die logical agents. but back out here live you can see at 22nd and massachusetts avenue, the traffic is tied up due to this. especially in the rush hour, this makes it even worse. but we'll stay on top of this and bring you the latest details as we learn more about the suspicious package and what is over there. >> saw, thank you. and a suspicious envelope found in china town. it's forced an evacuation of the building in the 900 block of 7th street. here is another live look at the scene. courtesy of trafficland.com. right now the intersection of

6th and i. street closed. we'll bring you updates as we get them. and making national headlines today, massachusetts governor duvall patrick will name the interim replacement for senator ted kennedy. the state house and senate gave final approve to the change yesterday. a special election will be held on january 19th. the fbi is investigating whether a census worker foundedr dead in kentucky was killed by someone with a grudge against the government. bill sparkman was found dead hanging from a tree with the word fed hanging on his chest. authorities are investigating. on call is a major development in the fight against aids. for the first time ever, scientists say a new vaccine is

showing promise. thousands of volunteers in thailand found they cut the risk of hiv by 31%. they say a lot of work remains but say the glitter of hope is very promising. at least 21% of the area have the aids virus. and blair underwood is opening a new center and he stopped by to talk about it. >> we can't afford not to talk about it. the gay community has done an excellent job of gaining knowledge. we need to let people know, you can't just talk about it any more. it is an affe nerves. the trial involving john

travolta is underway. two people are accused of trying to extort $25 million from him. not long after his 16-year-old son died. lauren green reports. >> reporter: john trolta and kelly preston were back in the bahamas on sunday. they are the witnesses in the trial of thtwo men accused of trying to extort $25 million from the celebrity. >> it can't get off the ground. >> reporter: travolta said he was awoken after his son was found unconscious in the bathroom. he said heverred cpr. and he admitted that his son was autistic. >> when they responded, they knew it was john travolta. and right away money is in his mind and how do i make money

off of this. >> reporter: according to police, a licensed pilot, requested that the jet be taken to the airport and flown to the u.s. rather than to an area hospital. the alleged scornists are threatening to make everyone aware. >> travolta has kept a low profile and was dismissed by the court after testifying. however the judge did tell the actor, he may eventually be called back. lauren green, fox news. is there evident of water on the moon? up next, more on the new findings and a new mission nasa is planning. plus -- >> i've never seen anything like it. you see a crab once in a while but nothing like this. kind out what it is washing

up that had a biologists baffled. and then the fire and ems system saves people every day and often they have the help of special pups. holly morris puts their canine force in the focus. and what song did did hudly -- buddy holly sing about going faster than a rollercoaster. vote on myfoxdc.com. we'll be right back.

more on the developing news out of the georgia. one elementary school was among the businesses ravaged by floodwaters in the southeast. water has receded. staff are now assessing the damage. one look inside shows why more than 400 students won't be going back to school any time soon there. teachers say seeing parents and students is comforting. a bizarre scene on beaches in central oregon. several large squid have been

washing ashore. there have been dozens of phone calls from surprised residents. experts say the creatures are found in warmer waters and it's not clear how they wound up there. school classes are being allowed to disect them. nasa is turning more attention to the moon. after three different space probes found the chemical signature of water on the moon. >> the moisture comes and goes during the lunar day and it appear there's is not enough to foster home grown life. nasa will talk about it during a news conference this afternoon. it will come two wee before another probe will cash near the south pole to see if it can kick up ice. and still ahea the dalai lama doing a fist pump. today not everyone is laughing. why some are calling it inappropriate. and we're going to be

dancing thanks to the lovely ladies. the rockettes are here. and we'll talk about the christmas spectacular's first trip to the nation's capitol. we can do that one low. >> yeah, i can do that. ( piano music playing )

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caught on camera, a hit-and- run accident. we want to warn you, you might find this video graphic, it happened in corpus christi, texas. you can see the man moving across the parking lot there with theon. a driver pulls out of his parking spot and hits him. the driver then took off. the victim is recovering from that accident. >> i didn't know what it was at first. and i got pinned between the vehicles and apparently she realized she hit something and put it in drive. i thought she was just going to

pull up and help me. >> she is still running. the owner is said to loan the vehicle to a friend who has not been caught. >> it is a warm day in the district and a humid day too. >> yes. i just went outside for a second and i'm like whoa. gwen is here today for tucker barnes. you're right. hot and sticky today. we won't get rid of the humidity today. a chance of showers in the forecast today as well. so be propaned for that. we have a cold front moving through that we'll be dealing with and keeping a close eye on, but then the days ahead, a dip in the temperatures. we've been above seasonal and an unsettled w. in my forecast. butas far as today is concerned, we are talking humidity. 84% right now. 74 at national airport. a light northeasterly wind at 3 miles per hour. and elsewhere, temperatures 77 the district.

77 at fredericksberg. we have 78 at dulles. 73 at frederick. and 75 degrees at hagerstown. that warm, moist air is moving up from the south. and also we have another area of precipitation that is to the west of us. what happened yesterday has pulled out. but now even cloudy skies. but we'll continue to see the pattern as we move through into the course of the afternoon. the cold front will end up stalling out, but it will head us across and set us up for showers. once again teams into the 80s today. once the front stalls out to the south, it sets us up for an unsettled weather pattern and we move into the weekend. so you'll have to be prepared to keep your umbrella handy. if you're heading out today, make sure to take your umbrella. saturday and sunday looks like showers coming in saturday and lingering through sunday. and we'll have the cool air settling in behind it and that

will be the big drop in the temperatures. here is a look at the five-day forecast. this afternoon with showers and 85 degrees still above seasonal and muggy. winds will shift. that will cool us down. then the dry conditions and where do we go? back to shower activity for saturday and sunday. allison and tony, i'm coming over to join you in a second. >> you have the color for it for sure. for the first time ever, the radio city spectacular is headed to our area. >> and we have four special guests to tell us about the show. four special guests, four rockettes. and this is sierra leone, christina, samantha and christ thea. >> hi. >> welcome to washington. and i was surprised to show the show has not been to washington before. >> that's correct. because we'll be here for the first time at the verizon center and we're excited bring it to a any audience that

hasn't seen the show before. >> i for one haven't seen it. but here atver he'son center it's a total of 11 shows between d.c. >> it will be from december 18th to december 20th and then at patriot certainty. so make sure you catch it. >> i've seen the show a couple of times in new york city and afterwards i said everybody owes it to themself to see this show once in your life. talk about the rigors of being a rockette and what you have to go through training wise to get to do what you have to do. >> we are all professional trained dancers in ballet, tap and jazz and we work for about a month to get ready for this production. >> and every year you have to try out? >> yes you do. and it's a very difficult show and our director wants to mike

sure we're fit and in the best shape because it's difficult. including a 7 minute tap number. >> yes. and to remember it but then to do it. >> that is one of our longest numbers. >> you do so many shows throughout the course of the year, is it a special honor to be closeen to be in the christmas show. >> definitely. this is being part of history. there are so many women women have that become rockettes and to be part of it is an honor or privilege for us. >> my father could have seen it as a young pen and it's like something you can enjoy in the family for generations. >> and obviously the legs are an important part of it. >> you think so? >> so here is my question. when you first go in, you're dancers, you've done this, but when you first go in for an audition, is the first thing

they do they say let me see your legs. >> actually the first thing they do is measure you because we have to be between 5'6" an 5-10. they have to make sure nobody is cheating with adding height with the heels or anything. >> we're not passing those requirements. tony is the only one. >> and do you want to learn some start kicks or would you rather demonstrate them. >> i have on leotards and she has on slacks. ive don't know if it would be lady-like. >> you should try. >> tony, i have a skirt on. >> i'm going to try. first you start in a right. >> you link up and we'll do four kicks of the step on your

right, step kick, step kick, step kick. >> higher, gwen. >> wait a minute now. >> that's the signature move. i'm doing it too. >> i'm wearing the tights actually under my pants. what do i do. >> you start with your right and then step on your right and step kick, step kick, step kick. >> don't kick their legs, tony. >> oh, sorry. >> there you go. [ laughter ] >> i did the best i could. >> kind of scary that did you that better than gwen. >> we're delighted that you're here in town and it will be at the verizon center for christmas. go to myfoxdc.com for the rockettes compass show. thank you, ladies. much more coming up on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. >> reporter: we are live this

morning d.c. fire and ems training academy in southwest and dare i say this department has gone to the dogs. of course we're not taking about any dogs, the canine unit is here. and plus we'll show the dogs in action next on fox 5 morning news. 

we want to take you back to the united nations. the president is chairing this meeting of the council. it's the first time a u.s. president has done that. is expected the topic will be

nuclear threats from iran and north korea. it will dominate the discussion here today. after this meeting and a few others. at the u.n. and the president and many of the same leaders head to pittsburgh this afternoon for the g-20 summit. the main topic there is expected to be the global economic recovery. the summit is already drawing protests even before it begins. yesterday members of green peace posted a rally. the dalai lama got this instead of a handshake. >> it's a fist bump. you can see he got the hang of it. but some are calling it a disrespecting move and some political analysts call it

political posturing as lowry is up for re-election. he is in fem miss to receive mississippi to receive an award. the smart swipe is a product that stops you from having to type in your credit card information online. but is it really an extra layer of protection or is it all a bunch of hype? >> a bunch of hooey. >> i like that word. when we come back. it's 9:22 now. .

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illustration. the book will be published and sold in schools this fall. they also got a $5,000 voucher and 100 copies of the book. very cool. >> hat is really -- you know, that is awesome. here is the scoop for iphone. date check is noon iphone. you can find a criminal past or whether they are married. it's a high-tech way to find out if your interest is a dud. >> i think it's an invasion of privacy. >> i haven't been in the dating scene for a while and but i have have some friends and i think it does save them some time and heart ache.

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>> they say the smart safe is as close to impresent tattable. your card number is never revealed. set up is simple. once the software is down loaded and installed. >> you see the smart swipe icon. >> reporter: it checksto make sure the site you're shopping on is authentic. our purchase was made by swiping our credit card just like in the store. cutting down on the time it usually takes to enter information man you'llly. in fact you are blocked from entering your credit card information on screen. >> it's finally safe to shop online. >> do you think it's a deal or a dud. >> i think it's a deal. nothing is 100% secure from hackers. that was fox's steve novi ello reporting. for the most part online shopping is safe and secure. >> reporter: if you have a hacker logging your key

strokes, this is the least of your worries. but the swipe stroke does take the timing out of the evasion and that can keep you safer. you can ever be too prepared and why the fire and medical emergency team practice real life scenarios. >> this morning holly introduces us to heros in training. >> reporter: we see how busy they are. in the course of our newscast we've reported on two different suspicious packages, a body found in the water and amaze matt situation. those were all responded to by the special operations here of disney fire and ems so they are at work doing important tasks at hand. but there is even more of them. and with the help of sergeant chris holmes who is with the

canine unit, thank you for coming out with us this morning. and i want to hear about the elite member of your team. >> this is our dog on the department since 2007 and so we've been a partner for a couple of years and i've gone on some pretty good calls. >> sergeant holm will not bag, booze back up, because -- because he's on the canine team. they work on finding human scent. >> reporter: good. because if you said only cadavers, i would worry about the role i was to play. >> and that's a live person.

>> yes. and we'll have a couple of people walking in front of him and we'll signed where you are in the simulated building. and we'll put you in this blue barrel and he gets his reward in there and he'll come over and we'll do five barks. when you gives you five good barks, open the door and give him his reward toy and hold on. >> they don't bite, do they? >> just a tug. >> reporter: here is the toy. i hold this in? >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: okay. how often does cosmo get called out? >> we get about 350 calls for service every year. we do everything from building collapses to missing persons to people who have fallen into the water, victim have not submerged yet like this morning that we can go out and put the

dog in a boat and locate where the person is and send divers down. >> now is it pretty exhausting for the dog when it's working? >> no. this is probably the funnest thing for a g ev. this is a game of hide and seek and they get a reward. it is exhausting inhe temperature and the heat. but we can find of win mize them and getting them conditioned to summertime operations and giving them water. >> reporter: how long do they have to be in training before they go to work. >> it can take 6 months to a year to get certified and pass the fema certification. >> reporter: and then how many years of service? >> around -- we look at replacing them between 8-10 years. so are you ready to go? >> reporter: i'm ready to be rescued. >> all right. go find her.

>> reporter: there you go. hey, hey all right. when do i let go. >> you don't let go. >> reporter: he's very strong. you can let go now. >> good boy. he wants to play. come on, bud. good dog. >> reporter: that is a little unnerving. but if you were someone who had been trapped, you would be happy to hear that. >> and we want a dog that has high drive and a dog that tells us there is something in there. but not that he just wants to play with you some more. thank you sergeant and for the work you do each and every day. we have a link to fire and ems. and they're always looking for a few good men and women, and dogs. >> that scared me, holly. thank you. gwen will have a final check on the weather when we come back. plus the answer to today's trivia question is up next.

fox 5 morning news continues after the break. 

moms, brace yourself for this one. a woman in indonesia has given birth to a 19-pound baby. the baby boy was born sunday by c-section. ladies, don't worry, it was a c section. doctors say he's healthy, but has a loudcry. he goes like this -- ahh. and an appetite so strong, he's been feeding nonstop. he was born to a diabetic mom

which makes him likely larger. and that makes skylar, who was 9 pounds, a small baby. time now for the answer to the trivia question of the day. which song did buddy holly sing with this phrase? the answer is every day. a majority of the facebook fans got it correct. congratulations. our friend nashia says she had to google buddy holly. she didn't know who he was. >> did somebody make that song over. don't i know the remake of that. >> james taylor did. >> that's the one. >> there is j.t. >> there you go. let's take a quick look at our maps, because into the next day, we have a front moving through today. and then for the weekend, we