30, 2009. a live look outside. a gorgeous look at the jefferson memorial on this wednesday morning. i' allison ymore. beginning this morning with breaking news. >> paradise to a federal disaster area. they thought it was the end of the world when a massive earthquake and then a tsunami swept on shore. the death toll is 99 and dozens more are missing. workers expect the numbers to rise. boats pitched far inland and waves were pulling people and cars to the sea. a survivor balking us through the debris filled streets. >> you can see this is totally

washed away. there's absolutely no way for any vehicle to go to that part of the area. >> the president declared a n federal disaster and more problems are developing. maalatia, and inge and and other areas -- india and other areas areas are in a warning. >> we just talked about that, hoping to get an interview with the directer of the tsunami. >> i would be concerned about more earthquakes. when you release the energy on one part oaf the fault, it can cause tension fourth your down on the fault.

what happened basically is the pacific that tonic plate is sliding under the washington plate. that caused a tial wave in an instant. they can move 500 miles an hour in deep sea and hit the cot at 50 miles an hour. awe we saw the video from several years ago to have all that water on top of you. moving five smiles inlandland. the damage astonishing. >> the good news we have the warnings. in some instants you get the warning before it's going to hit. >> t was earlier in the morning. they didn't have their radios or tvs on and it hit in an instant. we will cross our fingers that

7.9 current cause more in the way tonight. an 8.3 earthquake is extremely rare. >> now we have had the 7.9. >> yeah. >> meanwhile, our weather is relatively okay. >> not too bad. temperatures now in the 50s. warmer than yesterday. 57 at regan national. won't be a great looking day. if you lake fall weather, you're going toe love this afternoon. temperatures topping out mid- to upper 60s. brisk out there. showers across western pennsylvania. not going to amount to hutch this morning. we are see a few scattered showers this afternoon. it's possible you, yeah, that's you, may see a couple of showers. highs only in the 60s. a brighter forecast in a

minute. >> thank you. now our attention to julie wright. >> reporter: good morning to you all. if your on northbound 329 we have a lot to talk about. i have one lane to the left getting by with fire and rescuer from the northbound headed on 395. single file to the left as you continue up to seminary road. looking like we have a police officer stops oned shoulder. definitely rubber checking. only the left lane squeezing by this crash. leaving the prince william parkway thornton. traffic is able to squeeze by little delay. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic.

new this morning a nasty house fire in fairfax county. it started at a ohm on the 5,000 block drive. when crews arrived, it was fullly engulfed in flames. they believe it started in the basement and spread upwards. there's no word on any injuries or a cause. police opening on a drew of suspects. they following a stolen group when they tried to hope fire. police caught two including the one who was shot. their injuries are not threatening. the third man remains on the loose. no officers were injuried. two stap mens for graham

have -- two staff members for graham have been tole served paper to testimony. dc's republican committee ask the graham to take a leave of absence during an investigation with his chief leader. they said it's not necessary. a recall involving several models because of potentially dangerous floor mats. what you should be looking for good morning,. >> good morning. here's the problemth dreiers side removable formats can be stuck in 100 complaints and it's stuck in a deadly crash in california last month that led to the massive recall. >> reporter: investigators say

the firey crash of this late model lexus was caused by a floor mat caught up in the gas pedal. >> we are going north on 125. our accelerator is stuck. we are going 120 mission george. we are in trouble. >> you don't have the ability to turn the vehicle off or anything? >> we are approach the intersection. hold on. shoot! shoot! >> reporter: seconds later all four people in the car were killed. result the federal government and auto makers are asking the owners of five toyota and three election cust vehicles to take -- three lexus vehicles to take out the mats.

but all new makes and models model that hook to the floor may have the same issue. >> it's not brand specific. everyone should be aware of this horrible tragedy they are to secur the rug. your common sense will tell you the bunching up, you will have a certain amount of comfort. >> reporter: toyota says check to see if you can remove the floor mat. if you can't, step on the feet with both breaks until it slows down and then put it into neutral. the driver asked if he could turn the car off but it was too late. fox 5 news, back to you. >> that 911 call takes your breath away, cheri. -- sherry, thank you for that.

beral democrats on the senate finance committee failed to inject a government run insurance option during negotiation yesterday. max baucus pushing for member owned pollsis. now to two big stories in the u.s. iran could have one area sanctioned if they do not come clean with their program. just days after the discover i after a secret nuclear plant. president barack obama meeting with his afghan war council has he begins to decide on the strategy and troop levels in afghanistan. general stanley mccrystal fighting a grim picture in the

fight against the taliban. the white house press secretary -- defense secretary robert gates saying that decision is weeks away. an attorney for najibullah zazi says his client has done nothing wrong. his lawyer says the feds don't have a case. >> from what i have seen so far, there's not an amount of on conspiracy. i don't know the names of anyone else that allegedly conspired with mr. zazi. >> he a admits that -- he admits that he did visit pakistan lath years and did buy

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persuasion skills. chicago is locked in with several cities for 2016 game. president obama will be in tomorrow as a backup. information about today's weather forecast. >> it's really not a bad forecast. >> not at all. fall like. transitioning from summer to fall it will be noticeably more summer than fall like. the high temperature today in the 60s. a lot cloud cover in the forecast. a spin around the country. 59 in washington. warming up a bit. the 40s not too far from the north and west. overnight we will have clearing tonight, and we have frost advisories to the west into the mountains of maryland and west virginia. temperatures therin the 40s. 35 in rochester as mentioned. in minneapolis, only 40 degrees now. a couple of pockets of cool air

in the lower 48. how towards portland, 44. some 40s on the map this morning. transitioning to the falllike weather pattern. not happening much out west of denver. our focus is cloud cover and an upper level low in southeast sections of california and continues to throw clouds and sections of energy with one of them getting into here and the possibility of widely scatter scattered showers and then the possibility of scattered showers in the afternoon. there's the high temperature, only 67. it will be cool. into the day tomorrow, more sunshine. highs of 70 or so. friday looking great. i think sunday will be the better of two with showers and maybe a thunderstorm as the cold front moves through. today will be the coolest of the next five.

>> we will be ready. >> high of 67, thank you. julie wright joining us with an update on this morning's rush hour traffic. >> reporter: a lot of folks going out with the heat warmers on, like me. actity north of duke street, traffic to the left. northbound 95 on 395. now the expressways on the 395 bridge. southbound, 270. falls road out to the split. that's the check of the fox 5 on time traffic. big headlines this morning, money matters in the district. job cuts will start today for hundreds of ublic school employees, and now students are voicing their concerns. karen gray houston with more. >> reporer: it was during the lunch break that student at the

duke ellington school of the arts walked out of class. >> we are the students. we are the ones affected bit teacher not being able toed to -- affected by the teachers not being able to teach. >> reporter: they are concerned their lives will be impacted. >> that's cutting our education. we love o arts teachers, and we learn from them. >> reporter: students say this is not about assigning blame. what they want to do is focus attention on what is important to them, their education. the president of the teachers' ownon is just as frustrated. george understands there's a short fall but how could they hire so many when they fire -- fire so many when they hired some this fall. >> why hire a month later and

then talk about layoff in. >> reporter: we tried to get answers from michelle wii. her office said she would be unavailable until later this week. she was asked how her decision to lay off tewas affecting contract negotiations. she said she is hoping they ge a contract that is good for kids and teachers alike. can you ask me how many teachers will -- >> after the press conference you can. >> reporter: fox 5 news got an e-mail from chancellor reed's office. if you is a question send it to

us at wttg.com. michael vick has now become one of the loudest voices speaking out against illegal fogdog fights. up next, the philadelphia eagles quarterback brings its message to the quarterback. also a ban on smoking outdoors. where spokers may -- smokers may be limited outside. holly is taking us to space or at least a place to get a great look at the final frontier. stay with us. we will be right backment -- right back.   ♪like jupiter and mars, in other words, hold my hand ♪ the irresistible "cinnabon" aroma

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mohammed's attorney says there were preoral errors in the there -- procedure errors in their case. the governor will review it when it comes to his desk. michael vick yesterday said he hopes others can learn from his mistakes. he talked about growing up in the dog fighting cultural and in his rise in the nfl, he continued fighting. >> i would go home oklahoma every wk to fight dogs.. for what reason, i don't know. sy should have spent my time studying my craft to be the best player i could b. >> reporter: it was sponsored by the how mains to the society and part of his punishment for

a conviction in a dog fighting ring. for more go to w myfoxdc.com. in the meantime one council member is going after chief cigars and another going after a smoking ban outside. the council member was on earlier talking about heresy cigar ban. more out of knot breaking news out of the south pacific. a tsunami caused at least 100 deaths. president obama facing questions on the war in afghanistan and new developments in the healthcare debate all while trying to

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back now with a look at the top stories, toyota recalling nearly 4 million of its cars

and cars and trucks because of floor mat recalls. 4 people were called last month in california. it involved the camry, hybrid and prius. all nufactured after 2004. until the company fixes the problem, the users are surged to remove the floor mat completely. a massive search and recovery effort is in effect. leaving at least 99 dead. that number is expected to rise. the waves came ashow and pulled back out to see. the white house has declared an american disaster in samoya and has sent federal aid.

it's fall like, definitely fall like, feeling much like the fall for the day today. temperatures in the 60s, and cloud cover out there as well. sunny 80s a memory at this hour. the radar, not much in the way of shower activity at this point. as we get into the afternoon hours, we will see the showers break out on the radar. we did have a few very light sprinkles near cambridge. looking like those have fallen apart. you get the idea. a couple of light showers in the forecast to start the day. clouds out there as well. a mix of sun and clouds. mostly cloud in this afternoon. we continue to be under the influence of the big area of low pressure. the cloud cover, accompanying it. there it is to the north and to the west of us. you can see the cloud cover and the flow and the atmosphere continues to be out of the north wes. showers across northern

washington. you know what you're going to say this afternoon. the best we will do is breaks in the clouds. a few peeks f sunshine maybe out there. yesterday the daytime high was 730. today, the only the mid- and upper 60s. 59 at reagan national. 55 in baltimore. look at harrisenburg. you are chilly out there. an advisory from tonight into tomorrow morning. a couple of afternoon showers in the forecast as well. 67 for the afternoon high with the winds out of the north and west at 5 to 10. gradually clear skies tonight. here in tonight, 48. mentioning the frost advisory out in the west. winds will be out here northwest 5 to 10. friday looking great. a mix of sun and clouds. looking like showers, maybe a

thunderstorm as the cold front moving through on saturday. sunday, returning sunshine. low 70s. that's the five-day forecast. let's go to ontime traffic and mrs. julie wright. >> reporter: and the a --? >> i wanted to make fun of your fandum but i will later. >> reporter: when does a friday not look good? >> good point. >> reporter: you can see it when i take off my at. >> keep going. >> reporter: all lanes are open. headed out from duke street. day city headed up to larton and up towardsmanfield. we will continue our way around georgia salve, albaladejo 82 and 92, an incident on the

badge of 212. that's a check of the ontime traffic. president obama facing tough decisions with iran and afghanistan and a trip to denmark to bring in the olympic games in 2016. inning us peter and jim. thank you or joining us as always. happy to see you. starting with iran. crucial week here. we have had the discovery of this new nuclear that silty. -- nuclear facility. how is the president handling the iranian threat at this point, peter? >> i think he's handling it very well. he brought in the british and the germans and consult with the chinese who are obviously key to it. the important thing is first of

all to allow the u.s. inspects back in there to provide all the information. not just the walk through business after they have cleaned everything up. we want to see the designs of this, purpose of it, why did you hide it for song? it seems pretty clear it was not for domestic use, and then the questions if they don't coop rate. you need the russians of the chinese to do serious sanctions and then lay down the law be the ram. >> peter is right. i think we can skip the first part because the iranians have been shutting us down for amile. i don't know if anyone believes if they will move across the country. what will the rest of chinese do? iranian is a key partnership for them. they may just hold their hands. then it's the united states,

great britain, and france. there's tough words going back and forth last week. it remains to be seen what will happen. the question is whether or not we will do it. that remains to be seen. >> you want the zoe -- the veto? >> you would think. so. >> i think this is a question of con joling a bit but it's to everyone's benefit not to have a war in the east. >> israel f they have two or three delays, i think the israelis sent them a gift. that's not a booed idea.

talking about afghanistan, the white house began its review of the u.s. strategy there. the president is having a key meeting on that. the vice president is urging or saying that they with we should consider a smilier military footprint and more -- a smaller military foot print and more of a counterrism number. some people say it's vietnam all over again. >> definitely. they understand they got into the white house because of the politics of the iraq. the liberals are screaming, don't send more, don't send more. he's caught between good policy and good politics. good policy will make good politics, blue in this case, i think he's really in a box.

>> the sad part about this, had we gone in to afghanistan, pakistan and scab losed that a with 2001 there would have been enough troops and instead we went to iraq. big mistake. the question is, do we put in 40,000 more troops in addition to the 68,000 that are in there now? >> tough call if me to say politics will not play into this thing would be -- laughter laughter. i'm sorry i can't quite go there. the president is between a rock and hard place here. will it work to send in 40,000 troops? one is sure it will work. is it like vietnam? can we stabilize the civil society in that cub from the country? you're you're beau who lost afghanistan, and we have allowed the al qaeda and

taliban to come back. >> [overlapping speakers] >> absolutely there's politics but keep in mind with the economy and the problems he has got. this is the toughest decision on his presence i believe. >> you mention with all the problems he has got on his plate he is facing criticism going to denmark to push for chicago to be the 2016 olympics. good idea to make the trip? >> what is this? he's trying to get merit badges so he will go up there? if the economy were great and we had to problems or the foreign problems, i could understand it but there's an awful lot stuff going on in america. >> cleay hi wants the olympics in the united states and clearly chicago. hopefully he will get a little sleep. i mean i find this a tough one.

we knew he would get criticized for that. i said the mod fell was the soviets and the britains sent their committee. that helped to turn the feed. it will be great for him to enjoy the city. >> there are other heads of state going as well. >> right. >> quickly picks of the week. bone head picks, jim, you don't have one this thing? >> yeah. >> listen, listen, this is -- i had to -- i have to raid this quote. first of all we had wilson with his liar. >> not wilson. >> let me just finish this. he made $2 million for his campaign. >> when you run for governor, it's not good. friends franks who have heard

of another one who no one has ever heard of saying barack obama has no police station in any station of government saying he's an animal of humanity. we can laugh about this but one thing people should tamper down is the nasty rhetoric. it's not health hawaii. there's a 400 percent increase in death threats from this president to president bush. it's scary. >> i agree with you. we shouldn't be that nasty but we ought to breakdown. you are talking about wilson. >> i'm talking about frank. >> jim, final word with your brilliant pick of the sneak. >> bill sapphire who passed away. no. yes. >> gave us the alighted rations and he was -- the eliteratins and he was fantastic. he was a fair guy.

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the final of the pop rocks contest is with the battle of the bands with to get a preview of the performers go to myfoxdc.com. >> should be fun. joining us yet again for another look at this. >> seeing too much of me this morning? no, no, no. >> are you complaining? >> not at all. happy to see you. >> thank you, allison. allison is happy to see me. temperatures will be cool today. upper 50s. better than yesterday morning. we never got a chance to rebound with the clouds in the forecast. >> all right.

now i'm not so happy to see you. >> now you're not happy to see many? >> julie has not been happy to see me since september 1st. pittsburgh, 51 degrees. boston, massachusetts, 55. a lot of 50s on the map this morning. with the cloud cover in the forecast. the low pressure spinning across the great lakes. throwing low pressure in our direction it will hold the temperatures down a bit. there will be peeks of sunshine. the theme mostly cloudy afternoon. partly to mostly cloudy. a better chance of afternoon showers today. not going to be everywhere. but the hit and miss showers we see this time of the year, back in the forecast. tomorrow, the sunshine will return. st one more day of it. afternoon highs only in the 60s. our average 64. well below average, saturday and sunday. temperatures in the 70s. best chance of showers and maybe a thunderstorm, second

half of sunday into saturday night. >> all right, thank you, todd. >> thank you, sir. julie wright with an update on the morning track. julie. >> it's not so bad if you're traveling south on 270. typical delays as you commute leaving german town. 395 on the slow side up to seminary road. earlier problems have cleared. live shot east of 66. as you continue infound inbound -- inbound, below of speed. the valley slows between annadale and spea. the forefather early boulevard. south of middle brooke road. that's a check of the fox 5 on time traffic. all right, julie, you will

like this. the washington capitals posing for the first team practice before the media day yesterday. their 2009 campaign kicking off tomorrow night in boston. after falling sort short -- falling short two years in a row, there's only one goal this year. >> the goal has always been to win the stanley cup. now it's players were going initially who are you kidding? and then they went further and say we didn't expect it not that we expect it now, but we raise the bar where we want to be better every year that you have the ability to. >> coach boudreau there. he looks like a hockey coach. >> he does. >> they could get it done this year. >> we need a winning team. >> yes, we do. >> about 7:48 now. to get a better look into space, you need to do to the national mall. >> that's where holly is. >> i'm trying to find the moon

right now. of course i'm inside the aaron space museum. i'm just playing around in the explore the space galore but starting -- gallery but starting today you and i will have access to a professional telescope. you can't talk about telescopes without talks about galileo. it's up next, stay with us. . ♪

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♪[music ] . from the big top to the final frontier, a capsul carrying -- how do you say it? >> lalaibotaue. >> i knew i was missing in something in there. >> gee, boasting he's the first clown in orbit. [ laughter ] >> how much did it cost them? >> $35 million. you don't have to be a face tourist -- space tourists to

check out the space. holly. >> this is going to be an amazing opportunity for everyone. i mean how often do you get access to a professional telescope? they are doing it in con function with the international year of astronomy and there's other ways they are celebrating as well. accompanied by dr. david devorcan. gd morning to you sir. >> hi. >> reporter: this is a big day at the museum. >> big day. series of events happening starting with this morning and continuing through date. very exciting for us. >> reporter: how long have you been here? >> how long have i been here? >> reporter: yeah. >> 29 years. >> reporter: and you have devoted your life to space history and telling people about it? >> as much as i can. >> reporter: the man traveling with a telescope in hand. >> ablutely. >> reporter: if you could interview anyone in the world dead or alive, this is a great

dinner topic, interview anyone in the whole world dead or alive, who would it be? >> there's a lot of people i could think of. given the year and where we are, i would love to ask galileo a few questions. >> reporter: you know about the power of fox, right? >> i have heard about it. >> reporter: just for you we have contacted and brought back from the dead galileo himself. >> bonjour. bonjour. >> reporter: this is dr. devorcan. >> good to meet you. >> reporter: what do you want to talk to him about? >> the question i have always wanted to ask you, the telescope issues everybody was talking about telescopes and everything but what got you to look to the heavens? people were looking to see if they were friend or foe with

them and looking at spot at sea by why the spots in the sea? >> from -- spots in the sky? >> from the time i was a boy, i wondered how the own verse worked. with the moon and the jupiter, all the different planets and the objects in the heavens were perfect objects. with the telescope, i could see the most perfect objects as no one saw them before. that's why i wanted to look into the heavens. >> and you wrote about it? >> translated into starry miss. it would be poor judgment to tell him he's wrong but it's about my discoveries in the heavens. >> reporter: we happen to have that here? >> just yesterday, installing for the occasion of this festivity. opening the telescope and

observatory, one of the first presentation editions of march 1610. it's a simile of course but we have this in the collection. and a copy of it that was published in frankfort soon after. we understand as sooas the presentation edition was distributed, publishers all over the place started publishing a pirate edition. >> reporter: we don't want to get galielo all upset but i want you to tell everyone how significant these books are and how much of a treasure it is for them to be on display here for a short time only. >> books like this should not be on display exposed to light for long periods of time, but behave opened the book to one of most significant discoveries that galileo you made, and i would love to know

more of what prompted you to keep looking at the funny little stars. >> repter: you two kids could talk for hours. but one observation before i go. stand side by side. yeah. stand side by side. >> reporter: i think if you grew your hair longer and you grew a beard, you might be distantly related. >> we certainly are in spirit. [ laughter ] >> reporter: listen, we are having fun here because it's a fun day at the aaron space museum. myfoxdc.com is our website but in the next half an hour we will have a sneak speak at the telescope we will have access to. you have probably seen the pictures of jesus on a grilled cheese sandwich or the virgin mary on an ironing board now one little boy has the imagine on his head that his family

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comi up at eight, breaking news, not one but two earthquakes. one in samoia and one in indonesia. some of the most popular cars being recalled this morning. the experts with a warning before getting behind the wheel. texting while driving will be illegal in maryland tomorrow. good wednesday morning i'm alson seymore. >> and i'm steve perkins. the islands are half way from hawaii to new zealand. here's some of the latest imagines. the earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 to 8.3. so strong t generated tsunami

waves that killed at least 99 people. authorities expect the death toll to go up because dozens are still missing. villages have been flattened, some flooded. the white house has declared a major disaster in samatra. >> half an hour ago this morning, another powerful earthquake hitting in indianay thesey. a tsunami a-- in indonesia. a tsunami warning was reported but now it has expired. details has they come around. >> a ring of fire. that's the most earthquake activity zone. >> and nonetheless, rather unusual to see two earthquakes

within that period. >> very. >> we will get more information on the one in indonesia later. meanwhile, here at home. >> very quiet. may see the sunshine but a mostly cloudy day. scattered showers on the forecast as well. warmer than we were at this hour yesterday. the cloud cover is a blanket this morning. satellite radar. you will notice the gray on the map. that's cloud cover. in a moment, we will look at radar. light sprinkles starting to break out to the east of washington and to the central and eastern sections of pennsylvania. scattered showers in the forecast in addition to the cloud cover and the cool temperatures. here's the focast and i will be back in a few minutes with

more details. yesterday 60s. day before 80. it will feel fall like. >> n the 40s by saturday. >> just a joke. don't say that. >> terrifying julie wright, we don't want to do that. >> reporter: i'm not hearing you. lalala. i'm going on a plane down south to the 305 at 95. a lot of slow traffic if you're continuing your trip. leaving the pentagon headed northbound, all lanes are open. downtown lanes open. struggling to get in on time. delays as you work your way into the 3rd street tunnel. headed into riverdale for northeast washington. till on the breaks with the local lanes and the main line. headed out to the split.

overall delays at 271 headed out to the lane divide. that's a check of the fox 5 on time traffic. toyota is putting driverring on high alert with a massive recall saying the floor matt could cause you to lose control of your car and crash. sherry lee with more on this driving danger. >> reporter: largest recall ever by toyota. nearly 4 million cars and trucks in the u.s. the problem is the driver side removable floor mat. toyota with a similar recall two years ago for some of the models, but this time around, the floor mat may be to blame for a deadly car crash in california last month. if you or someone you love has a new toyota or lexus, listen up. something under your feet could get you killed. it's this driver's side

removable floor mat. the government says it could interfere with the car's gas pedal and cause you to speed up and crash. >> it hasn't happened to me yet, not yet. >> reporter: the u.s. secretary of transportation is urging the floor mats be removed, immediately susanne has a 2008 camry. >> okay, i will do it right away. i'm very worried. >> reporter: the nationwide recall following this deadly car crash near san diego last month. a floor mat is expected of snagging a gas pedal. here's part of the driver's call to 911. >> going north 125. >> uh-uh. >> and our accelerator is stuck g. i'm sorry. >> and our accelerator is stuck. we are going 120, mission gorge. we are in trouble. there's no brake. >> and you don't have the ability to turn the vehicle off or anything. >> we are approaching the

intersection. >> okay. >> we are approaching the intersection. >> pray, pray. >> oh, oh. >> the collision killed four family members. as a result all cars are being recalled from the top selling passenger car in the u.s., the camry to the prius, plus three lexus models. at issue, the removable mat that covers the floe -- the floor. >> you need to make sure it's hooked. they can get bunched in the front. >> reporter: they question if they are inherently dangerous. >> clearly every owner should be aware of the hook and what the purpose is. this tragedy ought to bring it to their attention june has a recalled avalon. >> i think i would definitely look for the hook. >> reporter: before heading home in her 2008 camry, susanne

feldman did in deed remove the floor mat. notices of the recall should be sent to owners by next week. if this happens to you, you should see if you can remove the floor mat. if you can't do that, step on the brakes with both your feet until the car slows down, shift into neutral and then turn off the ignition. fox 5 news. back to you. >> a lot to do in a split second, but thank you for that good advice. tony. >> allison, new this morning, fire destroying a fairfax county home. the home was fully engulfed at 3:30 this morning. it's believed the fire started in the basement. the home's natural gas helped to fuel the flames. the gas mpany had to shed is -- to shut it off. police are searching for

suspects after an alleged stabbing at the springfield mall. two men trying to rob him around 8:30 last night and stabbed him when he resisted. he was able to neck ache to the gordon jewelry store to call 911. he was conscious when the paramedics arrived. he's expected to survive. authorities are also searching for a suspect who remains on the run after a chase last night. police were following a stolen suv when the driver tried to hit the police officer. the police officer opened fire. he hit one of the men in the vehicle. he has nonlife threatening injuries. the third man is on the loose. a couple of ticks away from eight now today president obama and his war team looking at

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president obama's afghan war council meeting at the white house today they are starting a lengthy review of war in afghanistan and the fate of thousands of troops hanging in the balance. we have more details on this with doug. good morning. >> reporter: al son, -- allison, good morning it will be well attended as they gather to talk about this. for the first time in a little over two months, the president will speak with his top commander in afghanistan. this is just one of the many problems that remain in

afghanistan. still counting the ballots for last month's presidential election. another reason the decision facing president obama is a daunting one. >> it's absolutely critical that we are successful in dismantling, disrupting, destroying the al qaeda network. >> reporter: the big question, will the president sign off on more troops? today meeting will include 20 key members. joe biden, hillary clinton, defense secretary, robert gates and by video, the top u.s. general in afghanistan, stanley mccrystal who is calling for additional resources. >> i would expect them to think of the way forward, the specifics of the way forward, trip strength or more things to do in the political war front or what we need to do to help the afghan folks with their

economy. >> while no one knows if the troop surge will work in afghanistan, if that's the direction he deci will have to make the decision soon. >> to get more troops in, we have to start now to get them in by next year. >> reporter: while the review is going on at the white house, here on capitol hill, the top u.s. general here in iraq will talk to them saying 4,000 troops should come home by the end of october. >> doug, live for us, doug, thank you. the obama administration is apparently in no rush to slap sanctions on iron. they are hoping talks with iran will help to open dialogue. russia, china, britain, the u.s., and germany will all people tomorrow. iran refuses to negotiate regarding its program. first lady michelle obama

is in denmark and ready to get ready to lobby chicago should host the olympics and get reenforcement from her husband tomorrow. chicago is locked in a tight race for the 2016 games. also lobbying, michael jordan, oprah winfrey, and mayor daily. >> i guess the olympics will be in chicago. we will see. now we switch gears a bit, turning our tension to techer. the cuteness factor of the day. >> it's that time, thank you alson. my first photo of the day. let's get cute. >> this is taylor everybody. >> hi, taylor. waving to the camera at just five weeks old. >> how cute. >> that's a talented five weeks. >> look at her little face. >> i don't think i did chicago

until i was three or four. this is what you would keep moving. very very cute taylor. >> reporter: she is so cute. >> model cute, al son? -- allison. >> i dare say model cute. >> thank you so much taylor. a look at the radar. if you're headed out today, it's not going to be a beautiful day. much of the day is dry. there's the radar. right now, not much of anything. light showers south of cambridge. a few showers south of dell city. hit and miss showers this morning. a better chance of widely scattered showers this afternoon. the next map. satellite radar, you can seat influence of low pressure parked across southeast california. spinning there, not moving, and throwing clouds skim pulses of energy back to the washington area. there's showers off to the north and west in western

maryland. some of those will sneak off this afternoon and that's why we have to throw the scattered showers into the forecast today. i think there will be periods or peeks of sunshine but much of the day featuring cloud cover. right now humidity 54%. winds lighter than yesterday at 3 miles an hour. the forecast again, afternoon highs in the 60s. 67 in town. friday looking great. sunshine 74. right now looking like rain by saturday afternoon. could be a thunderstorm right now with the cold front. if you want to get out this weekend, saturday looking better than sunday. on time traffic, and the one and only julie wright. >> tucker, if you're traveling around town right now, a big delay on the auto loop. 95 to the georgia avenue and slowing traffic on the way down to the spur. headed past river road but the delays are open. congested beltway. 66 eastbound. no accidents to port.

leaving vienna, headed into the beltway. that's a check of the fox 5 on time traffic. all right, julie, thank you very much. several new laws go into effect tomorrow designed to keep you safer. a handful of the laws increasing penalty on drunk drivers. another law allowing speed cameras to be put in the construction zones -- pardon me -- the law with the most buzz is manning texting while at the wheel. good to see you, thank you for joining us. timing legislation. triple-a talking about the dangers of texting while driving earlier this week. rayahood trying to get the nationwide ban, first the thought process that went into this ban? >> a few years ago i noticed

people were texting while they were driving it started with teenagers and college students but it my greated to folks and adults of all ages. it's a problem on the road. >> reporter: asking specific questions about this, first of all, it goes into effect tomorrow. >> tomorrow, that's right. >> reporter: and police officers can start to ticket tomorrow, there's no grace period? >> that's right. >> reporter: going into effect immediately. what's the final or the personal any. >> the legislature set the maximum fine of $500. under that, most likely $50 to $75 ticket. >> reporter: what would determine a higherticket amount? >> depends on what the person is doing and whether they are switching lanes, causing a danger to other folks on the road. >> reporter: does the driver who who does this, do they get any points on the record? >> that's up to the court to decide. we give a lot of i did cession -- discretion for the courts to

decide. >> reporter: people ask how will this be enforced. i see people texting while driving. i drive next to them and see it. >> the exact same way actually. we rely on officers to use their judgment, discretion, and be judicious ticketing folks. they are not ticket close calls or set up driving while texting zones. it was the same way you see folks texting, if they see it, they will ticket the person. >> reporter: so an officer has to see it? >> exactly. >> if i'm joe citizen and i see someone texting and see them weaving in and out of traffic can i call someone? >> i don't know. at first the officers will limit themselves to what they personally view. that's the easiest way to enforce the law. real the easiest way to enforce the law is self-

enforcement. we didn't do it to give tects or make people scared of the police. we want an extra incentive for those texting while driving and think it's time to stop. people think they can talk on cell phes and think it's fine even the most addicted texter who is driving knows it's dangerous. >> it's the texting itself. you can read a text? >> right, maryland coming out with an interesting way of doing this, instead of banning texting while driving completely, we only ban sending and writing the text message. you can still read a text message. that's process, the political process a compromise. at the end the day i would like to ban both, but for now it's only writing texts. >> reporter: is there any situation where a cell phone or a driver's other device could be confess kateed kateed ? --

confiscated? >> i don't think. think. so it's a quick ticket. they can pay ticket if they want or go to court if they want. >> reporter: it takes effect tomorrow. jeffrey thank you for being with us. allison, back to you. >> the only person to stop john allen mohammed's execution is the governor. find where he stands on this this morning. then there's a cool new feature at the air and space museum a public observatory to see the sun, moon, and the planets. holly is live and we will see it on fox 5 morning news. 8:22 now. more and more, the quality of our lives depends on our connections. access to high-speed internet, at home and on the go,

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the post said bob mcdonnell took office and began passing his social agenda... and the post confirmed that he voted to deny access to birth control. they said mcdonnell even opposed equal pay for women. no matter what his ads say, bob mcdonnell can't cover up his record. i'm creigh deeds, candidate for governor, and my campaign sponsored this ad. it appears dc sniper john allen mohammed will not be getting away from his execution case. the governor not find a reason to stop the execution. mohammed's attorney says there were procedural errors in the case prompting a plea for

clemoncy. the governor will look at that when it hits his desk. the man accused of plotting a terror attack in new york has pled not guilty. najibullahzazi worked to make bobs with chemicals from a colorado beauty shop zazi's lawyers say the feds do not have a case. 8:26 this wednesday thorn. >> after eight months in office, the president is gearing up for his first state dinner. who it will honor, when we come back. some say the president's plan to honor healthcare is uncushional. a -- unconstitution. a closer look when we return.

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making headlines this morning. michael vick spreading his powerful antidog fighting message. speaking at the baptist church in southwest yesterday saying he hopes others can learn from his mistakes. it was part of a national effort sponsored by the humane society and part of his punishment for his dog fighting ring. two of jim gram's staff members members have been investigated. graham's chief of staff was alleged charged with accepting describes for taxi cab legislation. a spokesperson for graham says there's no reason for him to take a leave of absce during the investigation. president barack obama tolding his first state dinner in honor of india's prime minister. the two leaders meeting year at summit. it was an innocent picture

and then a fire storm. this is the first couple with spain's prime minister and his daughters. >> reporter: it's the first time it has been seen because it's illegal in spain. the spanish media had a field day with it. >> apparently in spain, it's against the law to show the children of the prime minister there, and because it's the first time they have been seen, the pictures spreads on the internet. people armaking comments about the appearance of the daughters in spain they are very very upset over this. >> okay, so it was just a faux pas by the administration. >> right, to publish it, but it has been taken down n. >> reporter: interesting. >> that's why we show it here. >> reporter: yeah,. >> well rewere are not -- we are not in spain. >> what's happening with the weather tucker?

>> it's cloudy, cloudy out there right now. it's going to be cool as well with highs in the 60s. high in the middle 70s. cooler than it should be. the radar, again late scattered showers across the area. most of the area is dry. i have seen a few showers star to pop up in the last couple of minutes here, well east of the city out across the bay into dover, out towards dover, southeast of the city. an increasing chance that this afternoon will see some widely scattered showers. the satellite radar, and i will show you why. the upper level low, not moving a lot. it continues to throw the pieces of energy down to washington. that's why it will be a mostly cloudy day. right now this radar overdoing it. rain showers not too far away. they will fill in later this afternoon.

with the cloud cover and chance of showers, our temperatures on the coolside today. 5 to 8 degrees lower than they should be. 59 right now at regan national. it has not warmed up much. a little clearing out to harrison. we will cool off and get clearing skies out there. temperatures in washington overnight into tomorrow morning, back into the upper 40s. a frost advisory in the mountains of western virginia and maryland. frost advisory tomorrow morning. here's the forecast, a come of afternoon showers. the forecast cool. 67 in washington. there's the five-day forecast. tomorrow, 70 degrees with sunshine. friday looking great as well. this weekend, showers, a tomorrow maybe on saturday. clearing out for the day on sunday. that will do it for your forecast. now to julie who has had a good

time doing her thing. >> reporter: what exactly is my thing? >> i don't know what your thing. is sometimes it's doing traffic and sometimes doing your thing. [ laughter ] >> reporter: okay, i will keep that in mind. [ laughter ] out over the beltway, continuing over to georgia avenue, lanes open. southbound 95 slow out of laurel. bw slow in separate stretches for 198 to 187. continuing impasse at the pepsi plant no. accidents to report at this time. 410 out of riverdale headed into northeast. 66 with delays continuing across the tr bridge. 395 clearing delays from the beltway. that's a check of the fox 5 on time traffic. jewels, thank you very much. a huge announment announce today regarding the stimulus package. $150million of which is going

to healthcare. president obama talking about the reinvestment act of 2009. had will focus on funding and be joined by the directer of the niih. rejecting the controversial option. liberal democrats have tried wise and failed both times to get the government-run option into the healthcare bill. that marks a victory for max baucus hoping the outcome will vote one republican to sway for this overhaul. could the feeral government force people to buy healthcare? some say president obama wants to do just that. some are asking if that's constitutional. . >> reporter: there's only one little problem with the requirement of everyone buying insurance, some legal experts argue it's flatly unconstitutional. >> the heart of this plan is an unprecedented imposition on

individual liberty. >> reporter: why? >> the constitution allow thes the federal government to regulation federal commerce but they say it's just an attempt to dictate personal behavior. >> not because they grow something, make something, compose something. merely because they live. it's absolutely unprecedent. >> reporter: the federal government made the consumption of alcohol illegal but to do so, the nation had to have a constitutional amendment but healthcare reform depends on the individual mandate it needs the money and good health of the young people to feed t system and spread the risk. >> when you're 25 and healthy, you think you're invincible and you will never get sick or get into an accident. >> reporter: and young people don't buy insurance. but if one gets in an accident and runs up huge medical bills, taxpayers foot the bill.

when the clinton administration wanted an individual man at a time in the 1990s. a nonpartisan congressional office called it unprecedented saying the government never required them to buy it as a good or service in the united united states. the government does mandate things such as elicit drugs. why could it not foe people to stop smoking or lose weight? they concluded only that congress may have the power, calling it the most challenging question. meaning the centerpiece of healthcare reform is still open to debate. in washington, jim angle, fox news. coming up on 8:38 now. up next, where taxes could be going up in our area. john & kate plus 8 is going

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all right, we have a warning for people in fairfax county, your taxes could soon go up. anthony griffin saying a number

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near the top of t home page. >> all right, we will be right back? >> i think there's more to say. >> okay, 8:42 now on this wednesday morning. >> listen, you have probably seen the pictures of jesus on a grilled cheese sandwich or the virgin mary on an ironing board, a family believes their son as it on their se >>olly, -- on his head. >> holly, what's up? >> reporter: are you serious? >> yeah. >> reporter: we are talking about space where today there's a professional sell scope for you. public observatory long time in the making. official ceremony but not before wego inside to get a sneak peek ourselves. stay with us. more and more,

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has blasted off to space. a capsule launching from kazikstan this morning it cost $35 million and hopes to bring attention to the world's growing shortage of clean water. >> he's watching and has that money, maybe he could float me a couple of million. >> wouldn't that be nice? i will pay $35 million to do this. >> starting today, you can see the sun, moon, and the planets. >> an astronomical telescope will be made available to the publicment that's where we find our friend, holly, this morning. >> reporter: 8 million people visit the museum each year. now they will get the chance to use a professional telescope to look into the skid. tuesdays through sunday.

10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. it's only a quarter until nine. that's where we will get a sneak peek. the first look at the public sell scope. coming inside. fall coordination with the international year of astronomy. the '00th anniversary of galileo. we have come a long way, baby. now you're going to get to be along for the journey. and dr. devorkin. good morning to oath of you. i -- to both of you. i understand this is your baby here? >> it is. we are showing our visitors astronomy during the daytime. >> reporter: how it will work for the public. >> they are able to come in as they wish, look through the telescope on clear days.

on cloudy days they can look through it and see clouds. >> reporter: but good pictures of the clouds. >> we have photographs of venus we have taken using the telescope. we can show them what the view is like even if they can't experience it live for themselves that day. >> reporter: tell me about the mechanics of this telescope and why it's touch an opportunity for the regular public to come look through this. >> this telescope as a really long focal length to give us high magnification views of the planets or the sun, and that's what most people are interested in seeing, are the planets because they are familiar with them. and that's what is god for -- good for us to show during the daytime. we can see them ring the daytime because they are bright using the telescope. >> reporter: will people be limited to the amount of time they can look there? an age limit? >> we want to let people do

what they want to do. if there's a long line it will take care of itself because visiters will understand everyone else wants the same experience they are having. >> reporter: really? you think -- i'm kidding. because it's cloud yo we can't -- cloudy, we can't look through and see anything but let's step aside and tell me what we are looking at. >> these are photographs we have taken with the telescope about two months apart. right now venus is in the giveth phase it ose through phases like the moon. you see it in our telescope here. right now it is almost opposite, opposite the sun in its orbit around the sun. we see almost the full phase but it's the giveth venus. half a year from now, it will return to being the crescent. >> reporter: a couple of other pictures in here.

dr. devorkan you're recovering from your up close encounter with galileo last hour. >> it was a red letter day for me. >> reporter: back in the day, 400 years ago, that was rarity to have a telescope to look but now to have access is amazing. >> absolutely. there were a lot of telescopes around but they were small devices. galileo was the first to make them high power to see great detail on distant objections and there was very few of those. it was special for him to be able to show this to his patrons, to the intelligentsia, those were very special occasions. what we have now is much more powerful. >> reporter: this is a special aoccasion for us and the air and space museum. myfoxdc.com our website a link

to theirs. 10:00 to 2:00 tuesday through sunday. we will be part of the official ribbon cutting ceremony in the 9:00 hour. >> i love all that space stuff. >> thank you, holly. ♪ [music ] >> that is bono of course. rocking fedex field. over 80,000 people headed out. featuring the old stuff and the new songs. >> they are a classic rock band, no doubt about t jamming since '84, '83 or before that. >> a group for the ages. >> this is my brother, and it's kind of like a good thing for us and my son. i think it's fortunate he's here. kind of like a family thing. >> u2's 2009 tour has been so wildly successful, they extended into next year. steve was there and hopefully he will have the full review tomorrow. >> i'm sure he does.

hype over adam lambert's anticipated cd. presales landed the season eight contestant in the number 2 spot for the amazon.com sales list. his record label didn't even announce you could preorder you could get the cd. kate plus 8 minus 1 now. they are subtracting john gosselin now. starting in november, it will be called kate plus 8 focusing on kate's role as a single mom. jon will appear on the show for less offer but filed papers recently to suspend their divorce for 9 0 days.

barkley bishop with more on this boy. >> i tell everyone about it and everyone is iowa as amazed as i am. >> reporter: two months ago ceddrick thomas jr. had open heart surgery. shortly after he lost his hair, and this is what appeared. >> it's crazy. >> reporter: ceddrick couldn't wait to see what the fuss was abo. >> i kept trying to go in the mirror and just try to look at it. i was like duh. >> reporter: amazed by his courage after undergoing one of the biggest surgeries someone can have, ceddrick's family is not shocked at the message behind the heart. >> a lot of people say a lot of things, a message from god a miracle, and kissed by an angel but i think it's ala. >> reporter: there's no telling if it will disappear just as

quick as it showed up. >> he does have a really big heart. i definitely think he's a gift from god and god has a lot to do. >> y'all will see me again. i'm going to be the world's greatest heart surgeon. >> i hope so. that was berkeley bishop reporting. a lot new in the 9:00 hour including startling findings in the study of profootball players and alzheimers disease. >> they may be more likely to develop that than the rest of us. what could that mean for sports in general all the way down to little league. new at nine, an american father in a japanese jail. he says he was trying to see his kids and was steps away from a u.s. consulate when he was grabbed by police. ♪ come to my window >> messmel -- melissa everett

with more on the battle to the nation's capitol today. stay with us. 8:55 now.  every single day in aruba is a nice day.

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us this morning. i'm alson seymore. >> and i'm tony perkin. more in a moment but first a look at some of the talker. s. -- talkers. their family pushed them into fame and their messy divorce is the tabloid target, but their show is changing, coming up. breaking down the stats. the arrest heard around the world. mel gibson's dui but now the star wants it expunged from his record. first a look at the weather with tucker bnes. >> how are you doing? >> reporter: fine, thank you very much. a mix of sun and clouds out there w. cool areawide. scattered showers back on the forecast. it's not going to be a perfect day. if you like fall weather, i think today will be a very nice one for