good morning. >> you look rested and tanned. >> thank you very much. i like to think i'm tanned. hey listen, the day is starting promising. sunshine across the area right now but it's not going to last. our satellite-radar showing you the rain showers, even some thunderstorms racintowards us at this hour. that satellite-radar showing some showers, at least the potential for showers in the forecast today as a cold front gets through here. what else you'll noce is the winds will kick up, up ahead of this front. we could see wind gusts up to about 30 miles per hour so it will be a nice, breezy afternoon. 60 degrees at reagan national, humidity 83%. our winds are currently light out of the south and west at 5 miles per hour. our forecast for later today, it's going to get partly cloudy out there with a scattered afternoon shower or thunderstorm a possibility. and again i mentioned the breezes. they'll be out of the west at 15 to 20. highs later today upper 70s. much cooler tomorrow. i'll of more details on our forecast. >> the wind probably the main thing today. >> the wind the main story,

yep. >> thanks, appreciate it. well, from motown to d.c., it's the talk of the town. i know they were talking about it too. the lions ended their 19-game losing streak with a win over the skins. >> the burgandy and gold looked woeful at times and once again the play calling by coach zorn being put under the microscope, especially two calls that cost the team on both ends of the field. we're going to be talking more about though calls, breaking down those questionable decisions some are saying, as well as for the fallout of the team or for the team when dave ross returns for a little monday morning quarterbacking in about 25 minutes. of course we're not the only ones talking about the loss, so are the area paper. >> yes, they are. check this out from the washington examiner. it simply says "we stink! "many fans agree with that assessment. they are fuming, frustrated and fed up. stacey koh afternoon n is talking with a few at ben's chili bowl this morning.

>> reporter: i have found a few diplomatic fans. i have sort of fallen into my bowl of chili d drowned my tears that i've had all morning long. but my buddy, george, has been sitting here with me and he got a chance to finish his breakfast and now we can chat. so what do you thi? >> i just hope they play better next week, that's all i can hope for. >> reporter: now, what's the problem? what's going on here? is it the coach? is it the players? i mean you're a fan. watching that game, what do you think? >> i think it's the whole team, from the top to the bottom. i mean they have got a wild manager. -- i mean owner, so he's bringing in these big-name players, but the little name players aren't getting it done just like the big name players aren't. >> and you've got jason campbell. to his credit he threw for over 300 yards. santana moss had this breakout day. but at the end they're throwing the ball down the middle. what was happening? is that zorn? >> i guess zorn is making the calls so i guess we're getting calls like we're on a sand lot playground and the end result

is a loss. >> are you still rooting for them? >> of cours gotta root. 50 years of rooting for these guys. gosh, it's rough. >> reporter: it is rough being a redskins fan. thank you, george, i appreciate it. i talked to detroit about 15 minutes ago. and they're still partying like it's the super bowl over there. so talk about being rough to be a fan, it is rough to be a detroit lions fan. so i did offer my congratulations to them, although i'm very sad that the break in their streak came at our expense. so everybody over here, this is my last hit for the show. are we feeling okay? are we feeling my redskins today? thumbs up? >> thumbs up? >> he won money off the redskins. i love him dearly. are we feeling happy now? >> yes. >> reporter: we're still rooting for the redskins? >> yeah. >> reporter: okay. next time we're going to hope so. next time win or lose, i'm coming back here for a bowl of chili in the morning. it's my new favorite breakfast

food. back to you all. >> all right, stacey. thanks. >> we just keep aying next time. i think we're getting tired of that. we have asked for your comments on our website and we've gott many. one guest says, quote, these guys make too much money to be playing like the boys club. i don't know what the problem is, but there is a problem. if it's the coach, get rid of him. if it's the players, they can leave, we will find new and better ones. but d.c. fans deserve better, end quote. >> ear viewer says it's not all zo rn's fault. even the best play calling will not be fruitful without solid players. these prima donas are spoiled by mega contracts, win or lose. let us know what you think. head to myfoxdc.com and look for the link on our home page. and we are following a developing story reaching across the globe this morning. film maker roman polanski's luck may have now run out. the 76-year-old oscar winning director is being detained in switzerland and could be extrited to the united states

to face a decades-old rape charge against a minor. here's more. >> reporter: allison, good morning. roman polanski directed a slew of iconic films that included "chinatown," "rosemary's baby" and "the pianist." but he's probably more well known for being a fugitive. roman polanski is behind bars. the legendary film maker was arrested this weekend after arriving in switzerland to receive a lifetime acevement award at the zurich film festival. he could be extra died to the united states, where he faces sentencing for a crime he committed 32 years ago. >> this is for mere a shock and i'm ashamed that the swiss is doing such a thing to a brilliant, fantastic genius. >> reporter: polanski originally pled the u.s. in 1978, one day before he was set to be sentenced for having sex with a 13-year-old girl. the polish-born french citizen has since made it a habit to

avoid countries such as great britain that have extradition treaties with the u.s. >> my reaction is one of very strong emotion. roman polanski is an internationally recognized film maker who does our country honor. >> reporter: a 2008 documentary on polanski's flight from justice has prompted questions about judicial misconduct in this case. many nobelieve polanski is a victim and they're demanding that the director who won an oscar for the 2002 film "the pianist" be released by the swiss authorities. >> i think it's an outrage what happened. >> polanski reached a plea deal in 1978 who agreed not to pursue rape and sodomy charges but he skipped out on sentencing. the polish and french foreign ministers have both appealed to secretary of state hillary clinton asking for clemency for polanski. it is possible that the swiss could free him on bail under very strict conditions. we do know he's hired aswiss law firm. the united states has 60 days

to submit a request for extradite polanski. by the way, the young girl who was 13 years old back in the '70s is now a mother of four and she also says that she does not want roman polanski behind bars. >> thank you. well, this morning iran tests the limits of the u.s. and the united nations. just days after revealing a second uranium enrichment plant, iran test fired short and medium-range missiles on sunday. thursday the u.s. and five other nations will ld talks with iran. secretary of state hillary clinton calls those talks a test for iran. john bolton said iran is trying to send a message to israel. >> i think this is a yom kippur message to israel on the anniversary of the yom kippur war. aside from being a jewish holy day, that iran has israel in range. >> bolton says he doesn't

believe sanctions are enough at this point and it's going to take military action to disarm iran and it will have to come from israel. general stanley mcchrystal delivered his long-awaited request for more troops in afghanistan but the white house says it wants to review the entire war strategy before considering the request. according to defense and congressional officials, mcchrystal plans to offer options to stop the taliban's gains, including sending up to 30 to 40,000 additional combat troops and trainers tothe country. and we've learned this this morning. president obama will embark this week on a diplomatic mission of a different sort. the president will go to denmark thursday to appeal for the 2016 summer olympic games to be awarded to chicago. first lady michelle obama along with two cabinet secretaries from illinois are also part of the trip. chicago is up against rio de janeiro, madrid and tokyo. germany's new center right government big winners of this weekend's parliamentary election.

the final tallies are in. the chancellor won a second term and her coalition won the majority of parliament. the win allows her to form a new government with pro business free democrats. today is yom kippur, the holiest day of the jewish calendar, the day of atonement began at sundown last night and continues until sndown today. followers will spend the day fasting and praying for their sins. in israel all businesses are closed and tv and radio stations the air. william sapphire as died. he passed away yesterday morning at a hospice in rockville, maryland, after battling pancreatic cancer. the columnist wrote over a dozen books and 3,000 columns and also served as a speech writer in the nixon white house. he was 79 years old. it's about 9:10 now. parking in the d.c. metro area is nearly always a challenge,

right. arlington is no different. but things may soon get even worse there. we'll tell you why. and texting, talking on the phone, putting on makeup, reading, activities we've probably all seen distract drivers. but the problem may be worse than you think. aaa joins us next to explain. much more ahead this morning. don't go anywhere. it's 9:10. .

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welcome back. a maryland father of four murdered in his own home. now police are trying to find whoever is responsible. police say early yesterday morning three masked men stormed the man's home on marley drive in bowie. they only went after 39-year- old tyrone richardson. his wife and children were not hurt. neighbors say they didn't see or hear anything. public records show richardson had filed for bankruptcy less than two weeks ago and went to court in 2002 for weapons charges. that case was later dropped. the suspects got away in a black mercedes they stole from

the home. a close call at a shopping center in prince george's county. firefighters say the natura gas levels in the shopping center were so high there could have been an explosion. this isn't the first time that's happened. a similar leak caused a massive explosion last may injuring nine firefighters. just like that incident, investigators say natural gas seeped into stores through wiping that carries electrical wires. several stores were evacuated. they'll remain closed until the problem is fixed. to montgomery county where some people live in an apartment complex got a rude wakeup call. a mattress fire forced 150 people out of this building in bethesda. fire crews were able to control the fire and it was contained to just one apartment. no one was hurt. metro reacting once again to a report published in "the washington post." this time the report said metro put its older cars in the middle of its trains as a pr move. that came from a letter written by metro to a regional safety

panel which reportedly said the sandwiching was done to address per lick perception. metro says putting the older cars in the middle makes common sense and is based on scientific analysis. many of us see it every day, some may even do it. we're talking about driving while distracted. whether it be talking on your cell phone, texting or even reading, those distractions can be deadly. later this morning, aaa is releasing some startling results from a local survey about driving distractions. joining us this morning with more is lon anderson from aaa. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. we appreciate it. >> good morning, tony. >> listen, i know you're releasing specific new numbers a little later on this morning at 10:00 and you want to hold some of that information, but tell me what the headline is here regarding distracted drivers. >> well, i think the headline is there's an epidemic of distracted driving happening on the beltway, especially in virginia where we have heavy construction under most of the

beltway. so it makes no sense. what we're going to see and report is we've got huge numbers of people that say, yeah, when i'm driving on the beltway in virginia, i'm talking on the cell phone, i'm texting, i'm reading. it begs the question, how stupid can you be, given that during construction obviously things change very fast and you need to have all your attention focused on your driving. >> and this is something that's obviously dangerous at any time when you're behind the wheel but you are specifically concerned about how people are driving through construction areas and you note there are so many of them here in the washington area. >> absolutely. we have construction zones everywhere and you really need to pay attention when you're driving, period. but when you're driving in construction zones, often the shoulders are gone, the lanes narrow, directions change. there can be flaggers out there. you know, the people building these hot lanes on the capitol

beltway in virginia are especially concerned about their workers and about the motorists going through. they report seeing so many people not paying attention when these roads are under heavy construction. it's downright frightening. >> how much more likely is it that distracted drivers will end up in an accident? >> well, it depends. virginia tech came out with a study that said that truckers who were texting were 23 times more likely to be in crashes. and, you know, for the rest of us, anywhere from two to four times and more. so if you really want to ratchet up your chance of being in a crash, get on the cell phone. if you want to geometrical kick that up, start texting. it's just a terrible idea to do. >> aaa is behind an initiative to ban texting while driving nationwide, is that correct? >> that is correct, tony. on friday we announced that we want to have anti-texting laws in all 50 states. we want to ban texting

nationwide while driving. it's common sense. and more than that, every time we talk to motorists, they are in agreement. 80 to 90% say, yeah, that makes perfect sense. but oh, by the way, a lot of us still admit that we're still doing. >> it and it seems to be younger people in particular that are doing it more, is that right? >> absolutely. i think we all know the younger generation has been brought up on computers, on cell phones. they do a lot of the texting and they think they can really do texting and do it safely. and that's just -- that's an enormous fallacy. >> you have a summit meeting today on distracted driving. who's at the summit and what comes out of that at the end of the day? >> well, the secretary of transportation, ray la hood, is holding a national summit on distracted driving and texting and he's called safety experts in from all 50 states. so you've got a variety of folks that are going to be there and hopefully they will come to some agreement and it

will become federal policy that you shouldn't be texting while driving. >> all right, lon anderson with aaa. new numbers coming out a little bit later this morning on distracted driving in our region and indeed across the country as well. i know i see every single day. every day when i'm driving, i see people doing it. >> if you drive the beltway, you see it. thank you, sir. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. arlington county is looking at making changes to its parking laws. among the conserations, extending hours parking meters are in effect so it includes evenings and weekends. you heard me right. they allow public parking in office lots and separating the price of parking from the price of owning or renting an apartment. the county is looking at these d other options in the face of an expected 17% jump in

population and 31% jump in local jobs over the next 20 years. and we are following some breaking news right now from prince george's county where a body was found on the grounds of a school in landover hills. police say someone made the discovery around 7:30 this morning on the playground at the ascention luther ran school on buchanan street in landover hills. there's no indication whether that was a man or woman who was discovered. we'll bring you more information as it becomes available. and coming up, forget a pothole. one guy is trying to figure out how get out of a much deeper situation. take a look. we'll tell you what happened here and why the situation is actually worse than it seems. and holly, what are you cooking up this morning? >> reporter: funny you should ask, allison, as we are live at hill's kitchen this morning. of course as you know we have been doing a basic knife skills class this morning learning how to slice and dice. what good is chopping things up if you don't actually put them in a recipe? that's what we'll do live later. plus why you might want to check out hill's kitchen yourself. >> thank you very much. here is today's trivia

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power to the hardest-hit areas. it appears to be much worse than previously thought. georgia's insurance commissioner is doubling recent damage estimates of flood damage to $500 million. that number could go much higher. some 20,000 homes and other buildings have suffered major damage. many flood-ravaged areas in the southeast got hit with more rain on saturday, but then got a reprieve on sunday. and that massive flooding in georgia left a deep problem for one man. >> a sinkhole swallowed his car. crews put cones around it but the road was still open. ira strong says the cones were moved off to the side when he headed down the street and he drove right into it. amazingly i think he wasn't huh, buhis car of course totally wrecked. what's worse, before crews could get the car out vandals got to it. they made off with cds and other valuables in that car. >> we were assuming they were going to come, the city was going to come and have somebody

excavate the car or pull it out of there at some point in time between then and now. as you can see, it's still there. >> county police and transportation officials are meeting today to try to figure out how to dig that car out. in the meantime strong says he is talking to a lawyer. >> what kind of vandals are jumping into a sinkhole to vandalize a car. >> they took cds? >> that's ridiculous. coming up, we have our fair share of bigwigs here in d.c., but check out who dave ross was hanging out with this weekend. unbelievable! and you know what, dave is a huge tom cruise fan. so he must have loved this. >> dave will also talk about yesterday's redskins game. sorry, we have to go there. >> did they win? >> no, they didn't. this don't go anywhere, we've got a lot more coming up. more and more,

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the big story today, the redskins lost. but look at that video.

it's our own dave ross getting all chummy with tom cruise on the sidelines. >> very cool. >> it was cool. you're talking to maverick. that's what i'm thinking about. >> and you've been pretty ool about this all morning. i know from years ago you're a huge tom cruise fan. >> yeah, i actually am. and so i will admit when i saw him i was like there's my guy. that's my guy. everybody has the, quote unquote, man crush. dave feldman has a huge one on george easement cruise is mine. i'vloved his movies from the '80s and '90s. i loved all the right moves. i loved -- jerry maguire is one of my favorite movies of all time. so it was pretty cool. he was a great guy. very, very friendly. we were talking about this. he was signing i'd say hundreds of autographs. not tens, hundreds of autographs, taking pictures with everybody. >> he takes his time with the fans and everything is great. >> is he really? >> he's one of the few celeb

that say i'm actually almost as tall as if not as tall as so i like to say i'm as tall as tom cruise. i would post him up in a basketball game. >> that's funny. he is not diminished at all by his height, though. now back to the nasty stuff. >> yeah, the bad stuff. >> and i know, tony, you're a life-long fan and allison, we've been seeing the e-mails at myfoxdc.com and people are outraged by this loss. i will say there's a lot to be outraged by because they got outplayed for four quarters from a team that hadn't won in seemingly forever. this was the key series here. with the game still scoreless, this is a third and goal play. clinton portis, dives to the goal line but doesn't get in. so the big debate, do you go for it on 4th down? i like the idea, but didn't like the play call. it's a stretch play, they don't get it. then you can see everybody's shoulders kind of slumped. you can feel the air go out of the redskin offense. what happened then?

the lions went 99 yards for a touchdown. in that drive there was a critical third down play. there was a penalty against detroit. they could have opted to neglect the penalty, made it 4th and 4 and the lions would ve been forced to kick a long field goal. zorn opted to take the penalty, give the lion another play. that play cost them. matthew stafford made a great run for about 21 yards and went on to score a touchdown. two critical decisions by the head coach and he addressed both of them. >> on the 4th and 1 call, we drove all the way down there. i didn't think we'd be denied getting in the end zone and we were. and then on the penalty, jason hanson was in field goal range. i just had to pull him back out of it. >> rationale you can understand and i had no problem and i don't think anybody had a problem going for it on 4th down. maybe the play selection is another story. but the other call was a little more curious because they had really a tough time getting the lions off the field all day. why give them another opportunity and that decision

ultimately led to the seven points. they could have held them to three. who knows if the outcome is different. instead of going for the touchdown at the end of the game, the redskins might have only needed a field goal. so those decisions early can hurt you late. >> and they did. >> we're going to go talk to jim zorn here in about an hour. it's never an easy job to go do this now because the players are very downtrodden but it will be curious to hear what they're going to do. the season is not lost. they are only 1-2. there are 13 more games to play so they have plenty of time to turn around. >> they have the same records athe super bowl champion pittsburgh steelers. here's what i will say. there does not seem to be leadership on this team. i don't see emotion from this team. i'm tired of hearing, well, you know, we've got to do better. pull together, already. it's the season. it's not preseason, it's not practice. play together, work together and somebody step up. somebody show some emotion, get mad. >> this is what we need.

coach perkins! >> a coach, the quarterback, somebody. i'd be sitting people down. i'm serious. >> a loss at detroit, this should do it. if you needed a kick in the butt, this is its. >> we'll see. >> shouldn't need. >> it when you're an nfl team, play with some pride and play to win. that's what i'm looking for. >> i like it. >> here's my deal, i'm taking weather time now. 18 years it's been excuses, for 18 years we've been having excuses. >> i remember going back to knuckle head norv turner with his excuses every week. let's get going. >> let's look at the headlines. >> we do have some headlines. from detroit, they're thrilled and well they should be. love this young quarterback. wonderful! what else have we got? >> the detroit news, the headline is "victory at last." >> and finally from the

kalamazoo gazette, "finally" is what it says. these are all given to us by one of our writers downstairs. >> buyo will say this too, the whole lion team after the game came back out onto the field and shook hands with all the fans. you talk about the red skin fan base hurting, that fan base has been hurting, in dire straits. >> and dave is telling you the truth when he said all the fans. it was literally all the fans. >> oh, yeah, we're laughing it up. laugh it up. >> we may find that in a couple of games here. thank you, dave. appreciate it. >> tucker barnes, what's going on? >> nice-looking start to the day. it may change as a cold front gets in from the north and west. it's going to be windy and feel like fall in the afternoon hours. one of those days with big changes. 63 right now at reagan national. 61 in baltimore. 64 down in fredericksburg and still cool there, winchester 59

degrees. nice-looking start today, sunshine across the region but changes in the form of this cold front that we've been talking about all morning. you can't miss it. look at it pushing into west virginia. just some light scattered showers, even a couple of thunderstorms associated with it overnight. it will come charging through the area in the next couple hours. you'll see the clouds quickly increase. the wind will start to shift out of the south and west. then we'll see a couple of scattered showers, maybe a thunderstorm in here later today and then the cooler air arrives tonight. so if you like fall weather, you'll love the forecast. again, that frontal system will be through by later this afternoon and tonight and then we'll selling in with cool fall- like air. this pattern will sit around here all week lock so temperatures will only top out in the upper 60s to 70s the next couple of days. partly cloudy and an afternoon shower or perhaps thunderstorm a possibility. becoming breezy as well with high temperatures in the your 70s. winds out of the south and west at 15 to 20 miles per hour. there's the five-day forecast.

much cooler behind the cold front. 71 degrees for an afternoon high wednesday, thursday and friday. the weather pattern stays very quiet. upper 60s to about 70. overnight lows cool. its going to be chilly out there, blanket weather, allison, with overnight lows about 50 here in town. we'll have low to mid-40s the next couple of nights off to the north and west. so coolest air of the season on the way. >> here we go. thank you, tucker. they have helped hundreds get to college. now the hoops dream scholarship fund is coming to an end. a look at how they plan to celebrate those many individuals who have helped so many others. an here's another look at today's trivia question. we asked you which city is the largest in the world according to population? is it new york city, del hi, india, seoul, korea, tokyo, japan. the answer coming up later. if you think you know it, head to our facebook page and give it a guess.

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students across america will spend more time in the classroom if president obama had his way. the president is pushing for schools to make classes longer, stay open later and let kids in on the weekends so they have a safe place to go. the president says american children are at a disadvantage compared to students around the globe, especially in asian countries where those students consistently outscore the u.s. in math and sunshine. the president and first family spent sunday evening as tourists in their own town. the president, first lady michelle and daughters toured the jefferson memorial and the washington monument. the president's sister mia and his brother-in-law also joined them. >> that's nice. how often do we say when you live in d.c., you never go to those places. >> that's right. so it's good they're taking advantage of that. >> even if they have to go in under the cover of darkness.

it's still good. coming up, it's an organization that has helped a thousand students to college. now the 14-year project is coming to an end. a look at what's next for the hoops dreams scholarship fund. plus let's be honest. do you need to sharpen up your skills in the kitchen? holly has cooking tips for us. we are back in a moment. 9:42. you've got a strawberry pop-tart,

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after more than a decade the hoops dream scholarship fund is winding down. sips its creation the fund has sent a thousand students to college. what's next? the founder and president of the hoops dream scholarship fund is here. susie, good morning. may i say congratulations for all of your good work over these last years for the hoops dream program. tell those who are not familiar with it what it was. >> the hoop dreams scholarship fund was an organization i

started in 1996. i started it from really being inspired by my students. i had the honor of teaching at hd woodson high school for 13 years. i went there in 1990. thought that would last a year teaching 12th grade american government. i was so taken away by my students and their perseverance and their refusal to give up but seeing daily the additional types of support systems they need in their life, that any young person needs in teir life. resources, access to information, pathways so they can move forward in a way that really best fits their life. so there was a very intense combination of inspiration and frustration going on. so quite a few years into that pross, i put on what i thought would be truly a one- day three on three charity basketball tournament that i named after the documentary "hoop dreams" that came out at the time and the story of those two young men resonated with a lot of the young men that i was teaching and their challenges

and struggles. from that moment in '96 i haven't really come up for air. now we're nearly 14 years ater. what we've done is we built a very organically grown grassroots organization that has now helped 1,000 washington, d.c., public high school students go to college. we've worked with six to seven d.c. partner schools. and we've done that through a combination of a college and career prep mentoring program. constantly under the guise of building relationships. an s.a.t. prep program, the raising and awarding of scholarships and alumni funding but most importantly at our core always was trying to bring people together, trying to build bridges, trying to get people whose paths probably normally don't cross to really believe and find that common hope and invest in each other and so we've just built a lot of relationships. we know that even though we had to make the difficult decision,

late this spring forecasting out with the funding, it's always very difficult starting from scratch, raising the $1.5 million that we needed to, to make sure that if we needed to wind this down, we had the time and the resources to do it in a very respectful way, a very organized way. it's been very difficult, but that's what we've been doing. we will officially close november 20th. but we are able to transfer a lot of the scholarship funding that we held back to d.c. cap, who will be administering to hoop dreams students a lot of the remaining funding and also united negro college fund is going to be partnering with us and starting a legacy fund that will continue to support d.c. students. so we've done a lot even through this process and october 1st, this thursday, wee going to have a big celebration to really celebrate the tens of thousands of lives that have been touched by really this movement, this dream. and very humbling experience to

have so many people who have really supported me along the way and, therefore, supported these incredible young people. we're gointo meet at the historical society, 801 k street northwest, from 7 to 10 p.m. there will be a lot of amazing people, a lot of business leaders, a lot of my former students who are now 35 years old, which is a little hard to believe, but a lot of political leaders, a lot of great people from the community. people coming together. i think really celebrating the fact that when you really believe in something and you're willing to give it your all and it's for the right purpose, and with purpose, this is a reminder back to everybody, no matter what it is, you can really do it. you just have to get started and you have to stay determined. that's the message that i always -- wales want to continue reinforcing to our students. in no way did we give up. as a matter of fact, we did the exact opposite. >> you planned it. >> we planned it.

we planned the winding down and made sure it was done in a way that a lot of people will continue to get support and be able to feel proud and feel strong about their involvement in this organization for the past 14 years. >> can people still come? >> yeah. >> is it open? >> it's open to the world. >> it's open, all right. >> come on down, world. it is october 1st. if you go to our website, www.hoopdreams.org, it's $25 ticket. the proceeds that funds. or you can get the ticket at the door. $25. there will be food and beverages and music and we'll have a very special presentation. a mentor in our mentoring program. >> your passion definitely shows. we have to end it there but all that information will be on our website, myfoxdc.com. you've done a great job for the

community and i'd like to say thank you. >> thank you, i appreciate that. >> great stuff. appreciate it. well, from restaurant reviews to an entire network, food is in and such popularity as people trying fancy food work in their own kitchens. if you don't feel comfortable giving it a whirl just yet, don't worry, there is help. holly morris is sharpening her kitchen skills this morning on capitol hill. >> we're having a great time this morning, tony. we're at hill's kitchen in southeast where we have signed up for the basic knife skills class. we've been learning all morning long and now we're going to put all the things we've chopped into an a sum recipe with the help of chef brock coleman. so where are we at? >> we've already chopped some potatoes into little pieces. we're going to get ready and fry those. >> cubed. >> that's right. she's done well with the terminology. i've already fried a little bacon and removed most of that grease from the hot pan. let's go ahead and add the potatoes because we want them

to sizzle and get crispy on the outside. >> as we're watching this, i want to bring in the owner here. we were talking about your knife skills class, you have a waiting list for. >> every single class is more than booked up. >> but you have other options as well. >> absolutely. we have a terrific pie class, some fall cooking classes, farmers market classes every single month that focus on what's new and fresh at the market. other great ones coming up are moroccan classes and thai classes. >> you know what, food really is in, as far as learning how to do it yourself. it does seem like it's all the rage these days and it's a fun way to socialize. look at how much fun these people are having. got to love friends and family that will come out early for the early morning cooking classes. so we put the onions in there too? >> no. we're just browning the potatoes a little bit. for one potato t's about half a tablespoon of butter. i'm going to show you how to chop an onion real quick.

i've already cut the onion in half from north to south. so then cut it the other way. >> exactly. so then you're going to use the root end as a handle when we actually cut. first we're going to make vertical cuts like this but you're not going to go all the way through the root end so you end up getting something that looks like this. >> we're in the advanced class now. >> that's right. you go ahead and cut that all the way across and then you're going to make some horizontal cuts this way. so you just slice like this. you want to make these cuts the same place from the bottom. then using your cat fingers to guide the knife like we talked about earlier, you just cut like this and your on onfalls apart into a perfect dice. >> don't they have processors that do this? >> yes, they do.

i tell all my classes you never know when you'll be cooking in the woods. >> so from here? >> we'll go ahead and add -- once these potatoes have started to brown just a little bit, we're going to go ahead and add some onion in there just like what we had chopped up. you just add the onion towards the end because you want it to soften but not brown. then we're going to add that in there. >> i'm going to try to cut my onion if i can. >> great. then once your home fries have gotten a little color on them, you can add the bacon back in. everybody loves bacon. >> oh, yeah. you can never have enough bacon. >> we're just going to let that finish. i'm going to grind some fresh black pepper and a little kosher salt in there. >> this is so emotional. oh, wait, no. it's just me cutting an onion. >> did it fall apart a little bit? you're ready to go ahead and

make your vertical cuts. >> oh, yeah, against my knuckle. >> guide with your knuckle. that looks pretty good. >> look at that. that is so good. we're almost out of time. how are we looking over here? >> just about finished. i'm going to put those into a serving bowl. >> wonderful. as he serves that up, i want to also remind you that there is an amazing gourmet kitchen store. we're actually in a townhouse so the cooking school is up on the seconfloor. down below is the store where you can find everything you need. myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to hill's kitchen so you can look at all the fall classes that will be starting up. i know you have some silverware somewhere. and before you go i want to tell you i've already started my christmas shopping. one of the things you can find at the store downstairs, every state has its own cookie kurt. virginia, d.c., maryland. how cute is that. i might buy all 50. anyway, let me taste this. back to you guys,.

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okay, which city is the largest in the world by population? it is tokyo. congratulations to our facebook fans. most of you got it right. brian said if the skins lose again he's moving to tokyo so it's going to be more than 33 million. >> 33 million people. okay. that's all we've got time for. nice day today? >> windy this afternoon. >> thanks for joining us us. >> bye-bye.