new claims that iran has been hiding a fuel facility from the world. and it appears the president is about to call them out. plus the chief of staff for one of d.c.'s most powerful council members is arrested. we are live with an apparent bribery bust. fox 5 morning news continues right now. there you go, a live look at what is happening outside. it appears to be hazy. and gwen tells us there is humidity out there. good morning, it is friday, september 25th, 2009. i'm tony perkins in for steve chenevey. >> i'm allison seymour. looking ahead this morning, a loss this weekend would not only mean a losing record on the young season, it could cost coach jim zorn his job. we're talking with the junkies from 106.7 the fan. and coming up, he's the best-selling author behind the notebook. now nicholas sparks with out with a new release and he'll

join us to talk the last song coming up. and in the 9:00 hour, role and martin joins us to weigh in on the news of the day and talk about his new sunday morning talk show. now here is my question, are we speculating about coach zorn? >> that is speculation. dan snyder is not saying if you don't win you are fired. >> just wanted to make it clear. >> good guess this morning. hang in there and stay with us. gwen tolbert is in for tucker barnes. and we have some rain showers. >> don't blame me. everybody is going not again. it comes with the turf when we get that streaming moisture from the gulf. that's what happens. and yes, we have the humidity. take a look at max hd. we have widespread rain showers across the area. now some very light and some of the pockets heavier as you can see. into manassas and south of waldorf, some of that have picked up and also just to the

south of harrisberg, some of the rainfall just a little bit heavier. but the good news is we'll get a break by this afternoon. so if you're not a fan of the rain, you'll get some sunshine by later on. let's go to our weather map and see what is going on overall. as far as the true view is concerned, this shows the big picture because i've been talking about the fact this the moisture is coming up from the south and that's what is happening. and that will continue to the course of the day as well. the same as yesterday was. at the maps and temperatures for the area. not bad this morning, 67 at national airport, 65 in dulles, 65 at baltimore this hour. winds are picked up. 13 mile-per-hour winds across national officially. 8 at dulles and 7 at baltimore. and overall for today, around 70 degrees and lingering clouds

about midday. by 4:00, 72 degrees and then more sunshine than cloud coverage with most of the wet weather out of the way. some may be lingering through extreme areas of southern maryland and to the far west. the weekend forecast, you have to keep the umbrella handy and we'll give you the details on that coming up. d and who meantime, the is keeping the eye on the roads other than the wonderful juvenile. >> oh, wow, change you. wonderful? i usually have to write that down on a queue card for tony and give him money too. a slow go from manassas to centreville, 29 approaching and passing 7100 toward 123, that's what we're noticing here and more delays on nutley to the beltway and on 66 all lanes are open. the beltway between annandale and merrifield, a slow ride and

southbound 270 on the brakes out of hyattstown to the truck scales and deys in germantown toward the split. outer loop slows 95 to georgia and inbound pennsylvania avenue to minnesota avenue accident there tieing up the left lane. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. to a developing story. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg waking up in the hospital this morning. she checked in yesterday as a precaution. the 76-year-old said she felt faint. it turns out she had low blood pressure. she had surgery for pancreatic cancer in february but otherwise said it be doing okay. now to a stunning number of plots to attack the u.s. brought to light in the past 24 hours. >> they span the country, from new york city, to illinois, texas and even our area at quantico.

some still in the planning stages but for others the people thought they were accused thought they were about to acause real harm. >> i think most of us are surprised to learn about this activity. it's a sobering reminder that terrorists still want to hurt the united states. we learned the fbi stopped three attempts in the last few days. >> reporter: for the past week and a half, the nation's attention has been on that'sy bula cause a, indicted yesterday on a charge of trying to detonate bombs in the united states. bomb making instructions were found on his hard drive and he used a hotel room in colorado to try to cook up explosives before a trip to new york. he got the ingredients from beauty supply stores. his plot included plans to attack the new york city subway and other venues. it has heightened awareness around the country.

but we also learned of three other foiled plots, most recently in dallas where this 19-year-old was arrested yesterday. the fbi said he parked what he thought was a park full of -- he thought was a truck full of explosives in front of a courthouse. a day earlier in springfield illinois another man is arrested for what he thought was a bomb in a van outside of a federal courthouse. that too was a decoy. authorities say michael fentin idolized john walker lindh. and we're just learning that quantico was the target of an attack planned by several terror suspect as rested in july. daniel patrick boyd and hysen

sherifi had planned on an attack. the fbi seized two dozen guns and 2700 rounds of ammunition, including arm or-piercing bullets from boyd's home and there were audios made at his home. allison and tony, back to you. >> extraordinary news this morning. thank you, gurvir. as far as the new york case goes, the fbi called this one of the most significant terror attempts since 9/11. the new york times and associated press are reporting that president obama and the leaders of britain and france this morning will accuse iran of building a secret underground plan to make nuclear fuel. the times reports the facility has been hidden from weapons inspectors for years. mr. obama and the other leaders

are expected to make a statement this morning before the g 20 summit. protestors are making their voices heard at the g 20 sum knit pittsburgh. 19 peop were arrested yesterday in protests. police fired pepper spray and smoke as leaders held court. why the big demonstration? one protestor says it's about questioning your government health care system and everything else. it's all of the talk in e district. the scandal rocking city hall. >> council member jim graham's chief of stuff busted on bribery charges. ted loza accused of taking a bribe from someone in the taxi cab industry. sherry ly has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, allison. the political ramifications is still unraveling here at the wilson building. jim graham has not been charged

with anything but his chief of staff, ted loza could face jail time for bribery charges and he said he took the money because he needed it. cameras were rolling at a metro board meeting when jim graham excused himself after learning his chief of staff was arrested at home and in the custody of federal agents. ted loza was charged with two counts of taking bribes. >> ts is just an arraignment. this is the first appearance. >> reporter: after he was released from custody, his attorney would not give details about the case except to say -- >> we fully believe once all of the evident has been put in front of a jury, that he'll be completely vindicated. >> reporter: federal agents spent the day searching his office at the wilson building. the indictment says he took $1,500 in bribes from an unidentified person in the taxi cab industry. in a taped conversation he asked after he was handed an envelope, what is this for? just a give? a father's day gift? the unidentified person said,

yes, sir. loza replied, what do you want me to do? he goes on to say he'll talk to public offense number one, which is council member graham. >> i'm going to place him on administrative leave with pay. >> reporter: he says there was never discussion about pending taxi cab legislation. >> i never had a conversation with him saying will you do this or that. >> reporter: mayor fenty said he had not spoking with graham about the allegations. >> not about this matter, but we continue to talk to him about a number of other issues. >> reporter: he was told not to leave the aea and turn in his passport. it's not long before his attorney said they'll knock down the allegations. >> we'll release a statement shortly and that will give you

further information. >> reporter: council member graham oversees the taxi cab commission and recently introduced legislation that would charge the drivers a monthly fee but there is no evident that legislation is connected in any way to these allegations. guam has not -- graham has not been charged with anything. he learned about loza's arrest not from fbi, but from loza himself. and loza was caught on tape taking the bribes. now vincent gray says he plans to discuss e allegations with graham to determine what damage, if any, it could cause the city council. 7:11 now. and coming up next on fox 5 morning news, vice president joe biden set to tour parts of the southeast devastated by floods this week. plus the man set to take over the senate seat of ted kennedy set to be sworn in today. more on his connection to the late senator next. and plus we're talking a new trend in the local housing market.

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convicted killer and charles man son follower susan atkins has died from brain cancer in a prison hospital in california. atkins was convicted for participating in eight killings, including the murder of sharon tate 40 years ago. the man named to take over the seat of the late ted kennedy will be sworn in this afternoon. duval patrick named paul kirk as the replacement. he is a close friend of ted

kennedy. he will serve until january when voters will elect a replacement but he said he won't run. vice president joe biden will visit families affected by the floods. the president declared a federal disaster in four counties. the flooding caused ten deaths and an estimated $250 million in damage across the state. >> that's terrible. >> aren't those pictures terrible? >> th are. >> i feel for those folks down there. >> and they continue -- i know there is a continuing threat, particularly downstream into the weekend in some parts of area. and we're a far cry from that. we have some light rain out there today. we'll see heavier rainfl over the course of the weekend but nothing in comparison to what people with dealing with in the south. so here is a look at our max hd fox 5 live radar and we have some widespread showers. some pockets a little bit heavier than others but other than that, not a whole lot going on. we're not talking a lot of

accumulation this morning. that could change into the weekend, because by saturday we do expect to see heavier amounts of rainfall in our forecast. let's go to our weather p then. for today, we're going to see the clouds continuing to stick around as well across the region. and not going to get too much of a break from that. if we can go to max 2. it's 67 now at national airport. humidity is 70%, it is sticking around. another day of it. northeasterly winds at 10 miles per hour right now. and here is a look at other temperatures. 64 at baltimore, 65 at dulles and 63 at fed rick. and the wind is picking up. nothing too much to be concerned with. sunshine by this afternoon once the rain tapers off and moves out. 74 degrees is the daytime high and i'll have the details on the weekend coming up. but expect to keep your umbrella handy. >> gwen, thank you. julie wright, now we check in with our girlfriend to see how the traffic is on this

friday. >> i have to tell you usually friday mornings are light, especially in the summertime and now everybody is back to work and school and now we're stacking around the beltway. wet pavement is what you woke up to this morning. we have a couple of fort worth at 75 and 214 central avenue. we still have lingering delays out there. this is a live shot of 395 as and jammed up leaving edsel toward seminary before you break free. there was a stalled car in the lane towards glebe road. traffic slows again over the 14th street bridge. now in southea, pennsylvania avenue at minnesota there is a crash, stay to the left to get by. and here is the top side of the beltway at colesville, slow from college park toward silver spring. southbound new hampshire avenue at 198, authorities are checking for a crash there. 270 is heavy and slow passing 109. more delays at germantown passing the lane divide. that's a check of your fox 5 on-

time traffic. 7:19 now. sales of existing homes fell last month, dropping nearly 3% nationwide in august. >> however, here in our area economists say the market is improving. beth parker has a closer look. >> here is the living quarters. it's currently three bedrooms. >> reporter: greg is doing something he once only dreamed about, buying a home. it's not just a buy, it's a steal. >> this house listed to years ago at 455 and is now listed at 229. >> reporter: he has a ratified contract in this house in the brightwood neighborhood of northwest d.c. but it was a battle, he competed with three other bidders. the realtor says it's a surprise to some buyers. >> they say you're kidding, there are multiple offers? >> reporter: it's a little flashback to a few years ago when the market was racing out of control. >> it's not 2005 at all. however it's also not 2008. >> reporter: in d.c., single family home sales are up 17% compared to last year. not every house is like greg's

house, selling with multiple offers. but there are certain criteria that are making homes particularly attractive right now. >> it's the ones that are in a condition that a buyer can walk into and say, i can live here. >> reporter: in other words, only cosmetic work to do. >> and probably do hardwood floors in here. >> reporter: the property have to be priced right. green says the local mark set being driven by the $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers like greg. but that's not all. >> interest rates are still at the historic lows and there is a demand built up from people who have not made a natural move in their life in the last year and a half and are now saying its time to get into the market. >> reporter: nationwide the market seems to be stable, but it's still fragile. >> when homeowners understand what they're buying will appreciate in value are comfortable to enter the market. >> reporter: greg is comfortable with his new home.

>> now is the time to do it. >> reporter: beth parker, fox 5 news. it is 7:21 right now. coming up, the parent warning for parents about children's liquid tylenol. and we'll find out when the swine flu vaccine could be available in the u.s. and why there could be more to go around. and later there is no place like home. especially in the days of the staycation. holly is showing us where we can get help making your house look it's best. it's all coming up.

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the information there and look under web links. the feist against swine flu will soon have a new weapon. the vaccine will be arriving in two weeks and more than originally thought. the first wave of 6-7 million doses will be in the form of a nasal mist. the shots will follow. 40million doses are expected by mid-october and 10-20 million more doses are expected each week after that. pregnant women, children and people under the age of 64 who have conditions like asthma will receive priority. speaker of the house nancy pelosi holds a health leadership meeting today and hopes to craft the house bill. they want to get it on the floor by mid-october. for the moment the health care fight is all about older americans. house voted to keep premiums for medicare part b. at the current rate. they were set to increase next year but at the same time the senate finance committee refused to close a gap in medicare's drug benefits. it is now 7:25. coming up on 7:26.

up next on fox 5 morning news, we check today's top stories. plus virginia's governor race is still neck and neck with just weeks to go, but the impact of this race could stretch all the way to the white house. we'll take a closer look next. and later the redskins get ready to take on the lyons and we are talking with the junkies from 106.7 the fan coming up. 

some of the top stories we're following this friday. two terror plots taken dow. one right in our own backyard. we begin in texas. a 19-year-old jordanian national accused of plotting to blow up a skyscraper in dallas. investigators say he tried to detonate a fake bomb he got from undercover agents. closer to home, to north carolina went on training expeditions and were planning an attack on quantico in virginia. both were arrested in july. world leaders meet again today in pittsburgh to rein in greedy bankers and toughen global financial regulations. they will gather amid protests. the first day outside the g 20 summit looked like this. police broke up a crowd of

protestors throwing things. police arrested 19 people. creigh deeds has one less person to count on. doug worlder says he can't stand behind deeds because of his concerns on guns and taxes. he was the first elected black governor. he said both deeds and mcdonnell are honorable men and well suited. and mcdowell has picked up an endorsement from the fraternal order of peace, said to have the best record on public safety initiatives. the virginia race has an affect on the obama administration. and that's one of the topics this sunday on fox news sunday. chris wallace joins us now. >> good morning, allison. >> you were talking with bob mcdonnell this weekend and how much of a reflection is this on the white house, where he stands in the polls? >> well, obviously when voters

go in, there are messages they want to send and i think primarily their voting on issues and the specific candidates, but having said that, it certainly will be read nationally. there are only two big races this year because 2009 is considered an off year. one is virginia and the other is new jersey. and virginia's governor race will be read nationally by people. if creigh deeds is able to win, it will be seen as an indication that this red state has not only turned purple, but blue. a lot of democrats have won over the last few years. but if bob mcdonnell win it's will be seen as not so fast. we invited creigh deeds to come on fox news sunday and we would still like to have him but so far he's refused to come so we'll be lking with bob mcdonnell. >> and another topic is afghanistan. we recently got a look at a letter from the top general in

afghanistan saying to the white house we need more troops. this couldn't be a more indirect conflict with the message that the president was really elected on, which is change. but it looks like if we'll win in that country, we need more man power. >> well i don't think you could say his message was, but he said iraq was the war of choice and afghanistan was the war of necessity. he always said this is the war we have to win. and the interesting thing is in march he announced a strategy, fired the general there and put in his own man, stanley mcchrystal. and now six months later mcchrystal says we're in danger of losing this war, we need more troops and is sending a request for more troops but the white house is saying we have to look at strategy all over again and we may not want to

send any more troops. it's kind of extra in extraordinary that the white house is saying maybe not so fast. and we're also learning about a new nuclear facility as well. >> and bertha lewis from acorn last week and we'll hear about this. and you can catch fox news sunday right after fox 5 morning news. it's all sunday. a whole host of characters. >> yeah. you're right. gwen is here for tucker today. >> i'll be here sunday. >> that's right. >> with mike wallace as gwen. >> chris wallace. >> yeah. what did i say? >> i thought you said mike

wallace. >> she said chris. >> okay. >> thank goodness you're here. what is going on with the weather? >> let me leave tony alone. love the tie by the way. >> thank you. >> wet weather out there, a starto the day. cloudy skies and not doing great for your commute. here is a look at our max hd radar. and it's getting in better. it's improving since we went on the air earlier this morning at 5:00 a.m. 4:55 a.m. i should say. pockets of heavier rainfall still existing but still lighting up and it will come in if you have out door plans and we are at a deficit, so no real complaints about having it. let's look at true view. this shows a stream of moisture coming up from the gulf. that's continuing to add to our humidity level. a little sticky and muggy ott there. it's going to be another uncomfortable day so you'll just have bear with us on that one. cloudy conditions but some improvement. let's go to the weather maps then and take a look at where

we stand with our temperatures. 67 at national airport. 65 at dulles and 64 at baltimore this hour. elsewhere, 71 at roanoke, take a look at new york at 62 degrees and only 56 in boston. that's where the cool air is. so the frontal system is moving its way to the south of us. it will stall to the south and by the time we enter the weekend we'll see an increase in wet weather, especially into the saturday period, so be prepared for that. by this afternoon the rain will end and wee be back to some partly sunny skies. temperaturesnto the 70s pretty much everywhere. and here is a look at your five- day forecast. we expect to see accumulating rainfall saturday night and into sunday. so if you have any plans, you need to make sure you have your umbrella, because we expect to see maybe an inch and a half. we are at a deficit. and a little cooler and sunday we still have a chance for wet -- for wet weather. not too bad as far as

temperatures are concerned and as far as the rain is concerned. let's check in with julie wright and see how traffic is out there. any improvement. it depends on where you are. if you're southbound on 95 and 295, to accidents to report out of laurel. however in the district, pennsylvania avenue at minnesota, we have a crash. right lane was tied up. again southbound 270 slow out of germantown for those working south of 118 toward the lane divide, finding yourself on the slow side all i wat out toward the split. top side of the beltway is slow from 95 to georgia with all lanes open. new hampshire avenue and 198, authorities checking for a crash. this is the live shot of 66 out in manassas as you continue eastbound toward the virginia visitors center. a lot of slow traffic out here eastbound on 66 leaving manassas, headed in toward centreville. it gets bunched up there and you have more delays 7100 to 123 nutley street to the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >> julie, thank you so much.

it is about 7:37 right now. coming up next, the redskins take on the lions this weekend and we're going to talk with the junkies from 106.7 the fans about why head coach jim zorn may need to win this weekend.

the redskins opponent this weekend is the tough, hard- fighting -- no, it's the detroit lions. [ laughter ] >> the lions have lost 20 in a row dating back to last season. now while the game looks like a give-me, if they lose it could cost jim zorn. and we join the men from the fan 107.5. and gentlemen, i want to make this clear. because allison asked me, there has been no official word that if they lose jim zorn will go. >> no. they never do that. it will be quick and decisive when it happens. and i have to be per snick ety, it's 19 straight losses. if they lose to the lions, total nightmare for the redskins. i believe jim zorn if not on the spot, but not within an

hour. >> if you hate to be per snick ety, why not. >> the lions haven't won since 2007. >> they give up like 140 yards per game onthe ground. they've given up 72 points in the first two weeks of the season. this should be the opportunity for the redskins offense to get going. of course we thought that would happen last time. >> remember, they played the saints and the vikings in the first two weeks. that probably two of the top four teams in the league. >> and at one point they lead the vikings 10-0 early in the game. >> in the first half, yes. >> and that's what i was trying to point out to the guys. for all of the lions ineptitude, they're still a good football team. matthew stafford will struggle but he's going to make some plays. and i think the way the nfl is with parity and everything else, i would say the redskins should win this game eight times out of town. that still means that the lions could win one out of four if

you agree with that logic. this is not a 99% at all. >> and the lions are dress prat, but the redskins are equally desperate. the entire organization could be in for a house cleaning. these are the games the redskin have to win, this stretch before the bye, because it gets much tough. >> >> dan snyder did not assume half a billion dollars, plus or minus, to lose to the lions. >> the redskins should be able to get things going. clinton portis has been flying under the radar. we saw what he'd re and peterson did last week and i think portis should be able to get off this week. >> he has had historically good games against the lions. end found the end zone against them. that couldhange this weekend. >> let me ask you a question,

what if the redskins win but they win ugly like they did last week? >> well there is going to be criticism, but a win is a win. that's what the players are saying now. we heard james lou hall say it. the fans are criticizing them because they don't score a touchdown, but it's a win. but we will criticize, i can promise you that. >> if the redskins were winning impressively and throwing a lot of touchdowns and jason campbell was playing better, people would jump on the band wagon and there could be a fever hitch for the redskins. i think there are doubters and skeptics that people don't believe they are that good. >> it's got to the point where it's not fair, zorn's .500 in his 18 games, that he's week to week. so if he doesn't have an impressive performance week to week, we're going to evaluate his job security ands is sad but that's what it's come to. >> the trouble stems from the 6-

2 start last year. we thought they could do it. but to be .500 at the beginning of the second year, not bad for a new coach. guys we have to run. thank you very much. once again, sports junkies, 106.7 the fan, we love you and will see you next friday. thanks for joining us on the show. >> thanks, guys. >> you can watch the redskins take on the lions right here on fox 5. our pregame coverage starts sunday at 11:00. the game kicks off at 1:00. >> i love that about the guys. i love you guys. love you, man. but then they say ugly win. [ laughter ] >> i don't understand that stuff. women are like we won! any way. it's 67 degrees so cooler than it has been. like yesterday that time it was 65. >> it is still sticky and humid. a lot of moisture. let's look at true view and

show what you is going on out there. light showers affecting your morning commute but it is moving out. things will improve for the afrnoon. so i know it's the start of the weekend. but it's not going to be a total washout. we have some heavier pockets of rainfall in our neighborhoods so don't be surprised. we'll have so slow down and take it easyy u're heading on the highways as you move through today. let's go to our weather maps then now and see what else is happening. temperature wise, 67 degrees officially at national airport. there is the humidity. it's at 70%. a light northeasterly wind at 10 miles per hour. so that's not bad. and we won't see too much more happening in terms of the wind direction. 64 in baltimore. 63 in frederick and 65 in dulles. warmer to the south at fredericksburg at 71 degrees. and as we take a look at the mid-atlantic. 71 in new york, chilly in boston at 63 degrees, verses 73 in the south at raleigh. so today, cloudy skies, by this afternoon partly sunny skies. our high is 74 degrees. and we have a lot more rain

happening in terms of the weekend and we'lhave a look that later on for you. so very unsettled. but for this afternoon as i said, it will at least return to some drier conditions for you. >> gwen, thank you. let's go to julie wright and find out what is happening on the roads. it's been a rough road this morning. >> the wet pavement makes a nasty mix out there. a new accident in virginia, at chadock, a backup leaving rolling road and delays on the top side of the beltway in montgomery county past university boulevard, it remains heavy and slow continuing toward georgia avenue, then the pace improves. you're going to find 270 on the good side on the top side, i should say and it's looking better. no accidents to report and no delays out of hyattstown but traffic below speed at germantown toward the split. in virginia, the beltway is congested in separate stretches leaving annandale into merryfield. this is the live shot of 66 at gallows road overpass. east of nutley street, you'll

find this camera and that's where we have the delays toward the capital beltway but 66 on and off the brakes from centreville t 2 -- toward 495. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. 7:47 and 67 degrees. you can make your home decorations dreams come true this weekend in northern virginia. >> good morning, holly. >> >> reporter: you are exactly right. do you think it's possible to do a home improvement and not break the bank? coming up, we'll give you an overview of the show and inspiration of what you can afford and show you what they have out here live next. stay with us. ( folk music playing )

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119th birthday. all of the activities are going on at the nature center between 10:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. the event includes a kids craft setup, pony rides and hikes led by a park ranger. they suggest you bring those hiking boots. for more information on my picks and other events, including one called including fest -- including slug fest, go to myfoxdc.com. the capital home show will demonstrate home performance this weekend. >> this is always a great event. i love these ideas, holly. >> reporter: but usually when you think of home improvement and the same sentence you have to say home improvement loan in the same sentence. because it costs a lot to do anything at your home. but they're working to make thing as fordable this year. affordable ideas that won't bust the budget and we have steven cat cowski with. and he's a general contract for

30 some years and also the author of construction, your danger zone, a guide to the home remodeling project. >> good to see you. >> and there is this whole thing about the downturn and the economy and people are improving their own homes but how can we do that in an affordable way. >> you come to the home show. i'm going to give two seminars this weekend, and two of them i wrote thor this show and -- wrote for this show. and this one is called nip/tuck. i'll show people how to do your house, whether you hire someone it do it or do it yourself, give your house the up lift that we pay a plastic surgeon to do. and i'll show people how to take a small 9 by 10 kitchen, the average size of the kitchen and increa the torage space, make it look twice as big and it's still a 9 by 10 kitchen. >> reporter: so you can give us

a sneak peek, like a few things that would actually do that. >> well every wall in your huse has four inches of empty space because we don't use it, because you have a two by four in the wall. so i'll show people how to cut a hole in the wall, and you can cut a hole between the woods and build a spice cabinet to slip into the wall and it disappears. and you got 10% more storage space into one cabinet and i'll give you more examples in my seminar. >> reporter: what will people find as they walk the aisles here. >> this is probably the grettest show on earth. they're going to find kitchens, bathrooms, carpeting, bedrooms. there is four rooms set up by crate and barrel upfront here. almost anything you want to find to remodel your home is here. >> reporter: is there also a big emphasis on the green aspect of things. that's the buzzword this day. >> the buzzword is green and

there are great affordable green things to put in your home. i'll give youne example now. i'm going to give a lot of them at my seminar. lighting. people are putting in the screw in lighting and it saves energy but it has mercury in them. you know you can buy l.e.d. light that's last 25 years. >> reporter: and i understand they're going to have a marketplace where everything is under $100. >> come and see it. >> reporter: one of the big areas people like to redo and remodel is their bathroom. >> bathrooms are big. >> yes, they are. and so we have stumbled upon this little bathroom here. it has two toilets. because you have placed one here and it wouldn't be a home improvement segment without a toilet and a discussion with you, if i remember last time.

>> that's correct, holly. however, i wouldn't have you sit on that one. >> i'm glad that was a one-time thing. >> do you know what this is? >> think this is a target. a bull's eye. >> this is something a guy will do anything not to hit. >> and do you know what this is? >> reporter: a bull's eye. >> this is something not a guy in the country can hit. but color has correctfied that. there is a light that goes on in the bowl and if he misses that, he may need a helping hand, so to say. >> reporter: how much does this cost. >> the seat is about 7-$800, not a big deal. and it's comfortable. >> the key to any big toilet is comfort ability. >> i'm not going there. >> reporter: myfoxdc.com is our website and we have a link to the home show.

the key is if you buy online you save $3, it's $9. and coming up, we'll talk to an interior designer, who will show us how to do e room three different ways. back to you guys. >> holly, when will your guest be appearing at the local comedy club. we're just wondering. >> reporter: he'll be doing d.c. improve at night and home show during the day. >> thank you much. >> that's funny. 7:56 now on this friday morning. coming up in the next hour, our fox 5 foodie joins us with a look at some of the hit new bar menus around town. and nicholas sparks is out with a new book and this morning it is number one on the new york times best sellers list. he'll join us live in studio. stay with us, fox 5 morning news will be right back. about 4 minutes before 8:00 now.

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four terror plots spoiled by the fbi. the most recent involves bombing a busy skyscraper and federal courthouse. we're live with the latest on all of these cases. then jim graham's chief of staff arrested, accused of taking bribes.

and the author behind the notebook, a walk to remember and message in a bottle is out with a new best seller. nicholas sparks will join us live ahead this hour. good morning, welcome to fox 5 morning news. i'm allison seymour. >> i'm tony perkins in for steve chenevey. it's 8:00 and gwen tolbert joins us with a look at the weather while tucker takes some time off. >> hello. a little wet start to the morning. we've had some showers moving through the aea. some pocket have been heavier than others. but overa, just be careful on the highways as you're heading out. we'll start to see this kind of wain down. so don't be surprised if do you see some when you head out. let's go to our weather maps and bring you up to date on what is going on. here is a look at our satellite radar composite. and this is showing we still have that stream of moisture edging in from the south from the gulf across our area.

and that's helping to keep our humidity up. so we'll have to deal with that as well. temperature wise, it's currently -- this is yesterday's highs. i wanted to compare them to today, because we'll be so much cooler with 86 yesterday at national. 88 at dulles. and 84 degrees at baltimore. today we're only in the 70s so 10 degrees cooler. right now it's 67 at national, 64 at baltimore and 65 degrees at dulles. and here is a look at your day planner for you. by about midday, we'll still see some clouds hanging around. by then the precipitation should be out of the way. just about everywhere. it's 71 degrees. and by 4:00 around 72 and we'll have more sunshine than clouds. our high today, 74 degrees. that's a far cry from where we were yesterday. >> sure it. >> thank you, gwen. julie wright is standing by with a look at our roadways on this friday morning. what is up, julie. >> a lot right now. if you're traveling in the district, out bound pennsylvania avenue against the rush hour flow, accident activity there at minnesota

avenue tieing up the two left lanes. so keep your eyes peeled for that. we just lost our camera in montgomery county but they were checking for an accident southbound along 270 as you work south of 370 headed out toward shady grove road, checking for a crash. this is the live shot of the beltway here making your way past van dorn toward eisenhower. that's where we have the incident tieing up the right side of the road. no incident on 395. lanes are op but the pace slow from the beltway toward seminary road and again north of the pentagon across the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. new this morning, another blow for u.s. troops fighting in afghanistan. five soldier have been killed. three died in a roadside bombing. one shot to death by insurgents. the other died in an attack while on patrol. this happened in the southern part of the country which is largely controlled by the taliban. this summer the president sent more troops to the area to

combat those insurgents. we're following a developing story. the president and the leaders of btain and france set to accuse iran of building a secret underground plant to make nuclear fuel facility has been hidden from weapons inspectors for years. all three leaders are expected to give more details before the opening of the g 20 sum imthis hour. we'll carry that statemenlive for you. some people in d.c. angry about iranian president ahmadinejad address to the u.n. 200 protestors made their protests known yesterday in farragut square. the president unleashed another

tirade against israel and belief in the holocaust. >> this is nonbinding and it didn't really put anything new on the table. it's reiterating some existing obligations. iran has already defied five binding security council resolutionses and so what we need to see is much tougher sanctions out of the security council. >> that was kristin silverberg, former ambassador to the union and she says she believes reform is possible if the people of iran persist and come together. this morning we're learning about four terror plots spoiled by the fbi. the targets are new york, new york, dallas, texas, springfield, illinois and quantico, virginia. doug luzader has new details. >> reporter: good morning. there are similarities in the cases and we're talking about the cases in illinois and texas. but at this point, there doesn't appear to be any

connection and in both instances, they were allegedly foiled by the fbi. a gleaming skyscraper in dallas, the 60 story fountain place office tower, according to investigators, it was the target for this man, has am sam ate, a 19-year-old jordanian. he's accused of parking what he thought was a car bomb beneath the building and attempting to detonate it. it was a setup by the fbi. it was jarring to the people here. >> i'm surprised to see it here. >> reporter: but it wasn't just there. about 700 miles away something similar played out in springfield, illinois. where the fbi arrested a 29- year-old convert to islam, michael fton, also known as talib islam, who is accused of trying to detonate a bomb outside of a federal courthouse. >> the fact that this is a plot that was spoiled is a tribute to the fbi.

>> reporter: prosecutors continued to build their case against najibullah causa with connections to colorado and new york. officials say he accumulated household products to construct a bomb. he's been indicted accused of conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction. he was the closest to building a real bomb. in the other two cases, in illinois and texas, they were fakes provided by the fbi. but also in those cases,s two guys involved it try to trigger the device. so if that's the case, there was clearly some intent there. tony. >> and it's all startling news. doug luzader reporting from capitol hill. thank you, sir. the terror throats don't stop there. authorities say they stopped a potential attack on quantico marine base in virginia. daniel patrick boyd and hysen sherifi were arrested back in july. authorities say they had maps of the baseand had even gone on training competitions in rural north carolina weeks before the arrest. the fbi seized two dozen guns

and more than 2700 rounds of ammunition from boyd's home. both men face weapons charges and conspiracy to kill military personnel. the chief of staff for a d.c. council member jim graham busted on bribercharges. ted loza is accused of taking two payments. the conversations caught on tape. sherry ly is live at the wilson building with more details this morning. good morning. >> reporter: this is a political fire storm for council member jim graham. although graham is not charged with anything, his chief of staff is looking at 30 years in prison if convicted of bribery charges. ted loza is accused of taking at least $1,500 in bribes during a federal sting last summer. according to the indictment, loza said he took the money because he needed it. now cameras were rolling at a metro board meeting yesterday when jim graham got word of the arrest. then abruptly left saying he

had urgent city building. he arrived at the wilson building finding the fbi searching the office. loza was arrested yesterday at his home in columbia heights, charged with two counts of taking bribes. he took two cash payments from a person in the taxi cab industry in exchange for inonline over taxi -- influence over taxi legislation. jim graham leads the organization over taxi legislation but says loza had little to do with that and his attorney says he did nothing wrong. >> mr. loza, to my recollection, spoken to me about any element of taxi cab bill that i was considerg. he may have been, and i want to see this information, may have been at meeting where's it was discussed, but i recall no situation where mr. loza asked me to do anything regarding any legislation. >> reporter: now according to

the indictment, loza is caught on tape taking bribes. he has been ordered to give up his passport and stay in the d.c. area. in the meantime, council chairman vincent gray says he plans to talk with graham about these allegations and assess what, if any, damage those allegations have caused the city council. live at the wilson building, sherry ly, fox 5 news. gaithersburg assistant city manager is facing legal troubles of his own. fred felton is charged with reckless endangerment, discharging a firearm. no word on what sparks these charges. he's been placed on administrative leave. and it is 8:09 now. temperatures in the 60 as cross the region. up next, we'll check out other stories making headline this is morning, including the death of one of charles man son's followers. then an update on the

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8:13 right now. it is 65 degrees on this friday morning. let's look at stories making headlines. convicted killer and charles manson follower susan atkins has died. she died from brain cancer at a prison hospital in california. as a member of the so-called man son family she was convicted for participating in eight killings, most notably the murder of actress sharon tate 40 years ago. ruth bader ginsburg spent the night at the hospital. she said she felt feign. doctors say she had low blood pressure but is now doing okay. robert byrd is now out of the hospital. the 91-year-old democrat fell

at his northern virginia home. tests revealed he had an elevated white blood count due to a possible infection. he is the longest serving senator in history. it is now 8:14 and we go to gwen who has what we like to call the cuteness factor of the day. >> oh, not me. sorry. >> you can share the title. >> it's a bonus. we have you and the child. >> i love that die you're wearing, tony,. [ laughter ] >> thank you. >> love the suit. you have to compliment me. it time for the my first 5 photo of the day. take a look. this is reed and he's showing off his redskins helmet that coach joe gibbs autographed. he's not concerned about ugly wins, he just knows they won. a real redskins true fan. to send us your child's picture go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings. and we would like to see the cute factor from you as well.

isn't he wonderful. i know he must have been jumping around when they won last week. >> i love it. >> that's great to have an autographed helmet. he'll need to keep his head covered if heading out this morning. we have some rain outside. take a look at max hd radar. it's going to start to wayne wain off. a quick look at true view, the moisture continues up from the south, helping to keep the humidity factor in place for us. so it will be sticky today so be prepared. buts i said, the rain will start to end and we do need the rain however. we are at a little bit of a deficit across the region. and so as we continue now and take a look at our temperatures, here we go, we're talking 74 degrees for today. cloudy skies for this morning with the showers by this afternoon partly sunny. and temperatures into the 60s, low 70s pretty much everywhere.

we have a light northeasterly wind. we have a frontal system that will stall out to the south but for the weekend, we'll be set up with even more rainfall. i'll have that later. and let's check in with julie wright and see how things are happening on the roads. julie what, is happening with traffic? we have a lot to talk about e crash downtown and that was tieing up out bound pennsylvania avenue at minnesota. that was tieing up the two left lanes. inbound everything is at a crawl towards the anacostia. still on the brakes out of germantown working past mva and down toward 28 and rockville. slow traffic toward the lane divide. 29 at fairland road, cleared. all lanes are open. the outer loop is slowing back athe springfield interchange over to eisenhower where we had a stalled tractor-trailer. that's been cleared so the lanes are open once again. northbound route 520 a crash trying up the right side of the ramp. that's a check of your fox 5 on-

time traffic. >> thanks very much, julie. he's the man behind the notebook, a walk to remember and message in a bottle and this morning we're delighted to have nicholas sparks with us. his latest book is called the last song. it's number one on the new york times best seller list. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> you've written so many books, four ever them now adapted to film, but this was a departure for you because you did the screenplay and the book and you did the screenplay first. >> yes, i did. this all came about, i guess it was last summer. i was thinking about doing a story about a teenage girl. it had been a long time since i had written one. and at that moment, coincidentally called said miley cyrus, they're doing a hannah montana movie and she wants to do somethinand she loved the walk to remember and they asked if i have anything lying around and i said no, but it's funny you mention that. and for scheduling reasons they

said would you write the screenplay first. and at that point i had the story in my head. so this just kind of worked out. >> and the story being -- it's a love story. >> of course. >> as all of your books are. and they all have such wonderful messages. and it's a love story on money different levels. you have father and child. >> and brother and sister. and the relationship between friends and what friendship means. i think it's a full novel. s it's the longest one i've done and i was pleased with the way it came out in the end. >> it's probably something close to your heart any way, you have five children of your own. >> yes, i do. >> so tell me how that played a role in writing this. >> it's funny, and i get asked that, i've never been a 17-year- old teenage girl, but it wasn't that hard writing her because i do have a 17-year-old. and if you look in the novel, will is very much like my oldest son miles and jonah the

brother is very much like my third son landon. and so you put elements f what you know in there and you kind of understand what they're going through at that age. >> and miley cyrus' character in the movie and in the book is named ronnie. tell me about your relationship with miley cyrus and how that sort of works and how much influence she might have had on her character. >> let me tell you. this is the first time in my life my dghters think that what i do is cool. because i get to meet miley cyrus. it's funny. so i took them down to the set and they're eyes are think big and they get back and they're like dad, we think you should write a book for selena gomez so we can meet her too. she's a nice young laidy. i didn't work with her too much on the story. i went there in august, presented the story and didn't talk to them again until filming started because she was doing hannah montana and has things going on. on the set she was nothing but

polite and cord nall and worked hard. very mature for a 16-year-old and nice young lady. >> and she picked the name of her character. >> that was one thing i wanted to make her feel she was part of the story because i didn't give her any choices and so i said -- why don't you name the main character and she chose the name ronnie which was her grandfather who had passed away. and someone very close to her. so i said, ronnie, veronica and let's go on with that. >> how difficult was it to write the book after you had done the screenplay. >> that was the most -- >> i would thought it would be easy. >> that's what i thought. i thought it would be great. have 100 pages, just add some detail and throw out the novel. no, it was just as hard as all of my other novels. and i don't know why, it was -- it was hard. it's as hard as any of the novels because at my heart i'm a novelist. but i try to write the best novel that i possibly can.

and there is always this internal pressure to make it work and you see how it goes. >> i think it works. >> thank you. >> it's great to have you here. >> thank you very much, i appreciate it. >> and i appreciate you too, because you're a father of twin girls and you told me it gets easier. i love that. >> yeah. it gets easier. >> thank you so much. and he'll be doing a book signing and all of that information is on our website, myfoxdc.com so check that out. this movie due out in january. >> april. >> april. it was january and now it's april. >> that's correct. >> back over to you. >> thanks for coming in. and thank you, gurvir. michael jackson fans are lining up this morning, why when we come back. if your home needs a makeover we'll show you how to do one room three ways. holly is live at the capital home show this morning. stay with us. we'll be right back. it's 8:21 now. so how long does it take a fresh getable...

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car jacking on burros avenue this video just in, a car crashed into a building in hyattsville just a little over an hour ago. that happened in the 5100 block of baltimore avenue. you're taking a look now at a tow truck trying to load up the car at the scene. the driver of he car was taken to the hospital. no word on their condition nor what caused this accident. pittsburgh police are expecting smaller scattered protests today after riot police turned back hundreds of g 20 protestors yesterday. as many as 19 were arrested. the president and the g 20 leaders will hold talks to remain the country remains on track and we're expecting a statement from the president and the leaders in a few minutes. and in the meantime let's check on the weekend forecast from gwen tolbert. >> hi, allison and tony. we've been dealing with rain

across the area. it's starting to wain out. and you can see it's different than when we started at 4:55 this morning. still have some patches of rainfall in the neighborhoods and more to the south. but things are starting to improve if you have out door plans today. we do need the rain however, because we are in a bit of a deficit. but our live fox 5 doppler radar showing it's moving out to the east. let's go to the weather maps. current temperatures right now at our airport, 65 at national, 63 at dulles. and 62 at baltimore. and area temperatures along the mid-atlantic. 70 degrees at roanoke. 72 at charlotte, 73 at raleigh. cooler up to the northeast. 62 in new york and 57 in boston. cooler temperaturewise, humidity a whole different story. still dealing with the humidity today. a lot of moisture streaming up from the south and that won't change. frontal system is going to move to the south into the course of today, stall out, and then we'll be set up unfortunately with that system starting to move it's way to the north

again and another system heading in from west as we head into our weekend. and that's going to set us up for rainfall. could see some accumulating rainfall, man an inch to inch and a half from saturday night into sunday. and another chance of wet weather so keep the umbrella handy overall this weekend. here is a look at the five-day forecast. temperatures back in the 70s when we head into the beginning of the week. julie wright, how are the roads looking this morning. not too good. we've had our share of problems. mother nature through us the curveball with the wet pavement. we have a crash on the inner loop tieing up the right side of the road and at pennsylvania avenue tieing up to the two left lanes and in virginia, 395 struggling to make it in on time. delays leaving the beltway toward glebe and over the potomac to the southeast- southwest freeway. outer loop jammed from springfield over to eisenhower.

a stalled tractor-trailer finally cleared. inner loop slow leaving annandale toward merryfield. and it's heavy and steady toward the split and again your lanes here are open. top side of the beltway is slow, 95 college park toward georgia avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. an investigation from the associated press found toxic water at thousands of schools across the country. the a.p. says the water contains lead and pesticide and dozens more toxins. the contamination is most apparent with schools with wells. the problem has gone largely unmonitored by the fedel government. fire hydrants back under the microscope in the district. phil mendelson hosting a public over site meeting today on the status of fire hydrants and water pressure. the problem resurfaced after the home of the mansion of peggy cooper cafritz. firefighters were delayed because of a lack of water

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investments to make sure we're strong and particularly as the strongs we can grow out of it in an accelerated way. >> virginia has the 5th lowest unemployment rate in the country. if you're looking for work, check out the job shop on myfoxdc.com. our job of the day is at tnr source. they're looking for a part-time account executive. this is a work from home job. salery is based on commission. for more information on this job and many others, go to myfoxdc.com and click on the job shop tab near the top of the home page. right now we want to take you to pittsburgh. we've been telling you that president obama and orange world leaders are at the g 20 summit and he is expected to, along with the leaders of france and britain, make a statement regarding iran's nuclear ambition. >> we've been watching this scene for a few moments now. this was actually expected to begin about eight moments ago and it did look for a moment there like they were about to get organized and have this begin, but it does look like

people are just milling about. this announcement being made about apparently evident -- evidence that iran is making underground fuel. >> so we are waiting for that. and this will also be streaming on our website as it appears that someone is now about to appear on the stage there. and again, this facility that they are speaking of has reportedly been hidden from inspectors for many years. mr. obama, brown and sarkozy are expected to talk about this and also let the world know about the revelation that was made abouthese nuclear buildups. >> and all of this coming on the heals of the president having tough talk on iran and now here at the g-20 as well, wanting to influence other lead

understand respect to iran. and imposing some pressure on them. so one would speculate that this would lend credence to the claims that iran does need to be watched. >> they are expected to demand that tehran will allow the international atomic energy agency to in inspect -- or fully inspect that facility that they again suspect is producing nuclear fuel. we'll hear more about it from the men, but it's supposedly southwest of the capital city of tehran, again hidden from weapons inspectors, but that its united states has actually known of this facility and expected again today to go public with the revelation. >> what is not clear is when this information came to light. it was not addressed as far as we know during the united nations sessions during the last couple of days. and in fact the g 20 is supposed to be focusing on economic issues so the fact they're talking about this here, as far as we are told, is rather interesting considering

it's not the topic of conversation at the g 20. >> supposed to open up this sumt. and we just yesterday i believe saw mahmoud ahmadinejad address the general assembly and he was not go fog mention this, but i will reiterate that he made no mention of the facility this week while at the u.n. general assembly. but he indeed said his country had instead fully cooperated with international nuclear inspectors. so the timing coming right after that speech if iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad in new york city. and now again you're looking at pittsburgh there at the opening of the g 20 summit. >> of course the obama administration and some others around the world have insisted that iran has not been particularly forthcoming about their nuclear program and about heir nuclear ambitions. so again, hoping to focus more attention on this, in online other word leaders as well when it -- tending to influence the

other world leaders. >> we are again awaiting for the resident barack obama, prime minister of britain, gordon brown and president nichol as sarkozy to come on the stage. i don't remember us watching the opening ceremonies so closely and really don't remember any sort of statement like this coming out. so this is very unusual and we're trying to hold on so we don't miss the beginning of it for you. and if do you have to turn away, again we are streaming this live on myfoxdc.com. this news coming out and we knew early this morning that an announcement was expected, probably about 8:30, about 12 minutes ago roughly, running a little behind here, but the news should be pretty big. i'm not sure -- we'll talk with roland martin later who watches

these world events closely and what this could mean. this is pretty big news. >> and we'll have roland martin joining us in a few moments and we'll focus on this and other matters pertaining to the president's week addressing international affairs and of course the health care debate as well. the g 20 summit is expected to go through the day today, after this, we expect the focus to turn back to economic matters. but we'll see whether or not this dominates the conversation. all right. the men are coming out now. president obama, gordon brown and nicolas sarkozy. let's listen in. >> good morning. we are here to announce that yesterday in vienna, the united states, the united kingdom, and france presented detailed evidence to the iaea,

demonstrating that the islamic republic of iran has been building a covert uranium enrichment project near comb for several years. earlier this week, the iranian government presented a letter to the iaea that made reference to a enrichment facility years after it had started the construction. the existence of this facility underscores iran's continuing unwillingness to meet it's obligations under u.n. security council resolutions and iaea requirements. we expect the iaea to immediately investigate this disturbing information and to report to the iaea board of governors. now iran's decision to build yet another nuclear facility without notifying the iaea represents a direct challenge to the basic compact at the center of the nonproliferation

regime. these rules are clear. all nations have the right to peaceful nuclear energy. those nations with nuclear weapons must move toward disarmament. and those nations without nuclear weapons must fore sake them. that compact has largely held for decades, keeping the world far safer and more secure. and that compact depends on all nations living up to their responsibilities. this site deepens a growing concern that iran is refusing to live up to those international responsibilities, including specifically revealing all nuclear-related activities. as the international community knows, this is notthe first time that -- iran has concealed information about their nuclear program. they have the right to nuclear power to meet the energy needs of their people. but the size and configuration of this facility is

inconsistent with a peaceful program. iran is breaking rules that all nations must follow, endangering the global nonproliferation regime, denying it's own people access to the opportunity they deserve, and threatening the stability and security of the region and the world. it is time for iran to act immediately to restore the confidence of the international community by fulfilling it's international obligations. we remain committed to serious, meaningful engagement with iran to adress the nuclear agreement through the p 5 plus 1 communications. we are demonstrating that international law is not an empty promise. that obligations must be kept and the treaties will be enforced. and that's why there is a sense of urgency about the upcoming meeting on october 1st between iran, the permanent members of the u.n. security council and

germany. at that meeting, iran must be prepared to cooperate fully and comprehensively with the iaea to take concrete steps to create confidence and transparency in its nuclear program and to demonstrate it is committed to establishing it's peaceful intentions through meaningful dialogue and concrete actions. to put it simply, iran must comply with u.n. security council resolutions and make clear it is willing to meet its responsibilities as a member of the community of nations. we have offered iran a clear path toward greater international integration if it lives up to its obligations and that offer stands. but the iranian government must demonstrate through deeds it's peaceful intentions or be held accountable to international standards and international law. i should point out that although the united kingdom, france and the united states

made the presentation to vienna, that germany, a member of the p 5 plus 1 and chancellor mercuryal who could not be here this morning, wish to associate herself with these remarks. i would like to turn to president sarkozy of france for a brief statement. >> that's press -- or that was president obama talking about the issue we do expect him to talk about. that is the apparent discovery that iran has been building a uranium enrichment facility for several years now and clearly, as he said, is not cooperating with the united nations when it comes to the nuclear concerns. this press conference is going to continue now and again we will continue to follow it on myfoxdc.com. >> we hope you stay with us. it's 8:48. we'll be right back. 

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