how realistic are the plans to pull out next summer and what should we make of the secret talks with the taliban. and a big rally planned today in prince george's county alley's re- election bid. fox 5 morning news continues right now. starting off with a nice view of the horizon. sunshine already on this thursday morning. going to be a beautiful day. glad you're along with us to get started on this thursday morning, october 7th. very nice. >> how is it october 7th already? >> let's enjoy what we have today because it will be nice. >> tony perkins is joining us right now. good morning, i'm allison seymour. and i don't think i said that. >> we know who you are. >> people know by now. >> if you don't know me by now -- >> great song. >> yeah. >> good morning to you allison and steve chenevey and everybody. we have fine weather conditions on the way.

we get off to a cool start but wait until you see what we have in store. let's start with the satellite radar composite. showing you no precipitation this morning. the precip is done. it's out of here. we did get some rain showers overnight and frankly about four hours ago i encountered misty conditions. but right now we're left with clouds streaming through. that is about it. the rain has pushed off to the north and east and we're going to see more improvement as the day progresses. current temperature, still cool. 52 degrees in the capital, 50 in baltimore, 53 in fredericksberg. and dulles is at 47 degrees. but check out the forecast for today. mostly sunny skies, downright breezy at times. those winds could gust up to 30 miles per hour. but we don't care about that. it's the temperature we're looking at. 73 degrees for your high today. not bad at all. coming up in a couple of moments, we'll show you the five-day forecast. you'll like that too. here is julie wright. can't guarantee you'll like

what she is showing you. >> and i tried to color coordinate. >> and that's not what i meant. you look beautiful. >> thank you. tony, you're right, it is very busy on the roads. the crew in sky fox has had their hands full with beltway accidents and now over 270, trying to make the trip out of rockville approaching salisbury road, southbound in a big backup leaving germantown toward falls road. only one lane is able to get by. i hear them, but do we have them? let's pop up the shot. here we go. in the main line near falls road and on 270, and mainly -- the situation is ongoing and changing as we speak because some traffic is getting by to the right and left. so this is going to be the six lane stretch southbound at montrose toward the lane divide. in the backup there is another crash at falls road with only one lane getting through. so delays are stalled at 118 out of germantown southbound on

270 trying to work out toward the lane divide. so two separate accidents, one at falls and the other one at the lane divide and you are crawling from 118 out of germantown. to the beltway, that's where we had earlier problem this is morning. the crash on the outer loop of the beltway after 650, moving that over to the shoulder so lanes are open. now on the inner loop after 650 but before submitting to 95, crash on the right side of the road. delay from the outer loop extend from greenbelt around to 270, the inner loop slows from colesville northbound on i-95 in college park. in virginia, sound bound eye 95 against the rush hour flow toward newington and 7100, accident on the right side and this is against the flow. congested out of dale city and lorton headed up to duke street on 395. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. new details in our top story this morning. the the woman who was struck by a hit-and-run driver in the

dupont circle area last night has died. the accident happened at about 1:30 this morning in the 1300 block of connecticut avenue in northwest d.c. that's where sarah simmons has been this morning as this has been an active scene this morning. good morning. >> reporter: it has been an active scene. a sad story here. just south of the dupont circle here on connecticut avenue, the 1300 block. a very sad story from overnight. it was 1:30 this morning that d.c. police tell us there was a woman hit by an suv that kept on going. we're investigating a hit-and- run situation here and from what we understand, police are investigating a lexus suv, apparently at this point. a witness told me that it was a black suv, that came through here on connecticut avenue, hit the woman and then kept on going. now we understand that a bicyclist who was around here saw the accident happened, chased after the vehicle and got the tag numbers to help police track down that vehicle. and we do have some video that

came in a little while ago from where montgomery county police are helping out with this. this is the chevy chase area of montgomery county where police located the suspected vehicle in this hit-and-run. we understand that they are talking to somebody. they are questioning someone. we're not sure of any kind of arrest at this point though. we do know it was located at an underground parking garage at an apartment building again in the chevy chase area of montgomery county. now take a look at video from earlier to give you an idea. it was a black mercedes here on connecticut that was parked here and the young woman was getting out of the back passenger side of the car when this suv, according to witnesses, came through and hit her and kept on going. several witnesses were here at the time. in talking with them, from what i've been told, that she was down here celebrating a birthday perhaps. but sadly, again, steve and allison, we're hearing this

morning that the woman -- the victim in this hit-and-run did indeed pass away at the hospital this morning. the investigation does continue. officers are still here on the scene as they continue to gather more evidence for their investigation. back to you. >> sarah, thank you very much. allison? our other big story on this day, in 2001 american troops poured into afghanistan. it's a war without much fanfare but questions including how and when is the u.s. able to get out of the country. ainsley earhart looks at the beginning of our 10th year at war. >> reporter: more than 1200 americans dead. no end in sight. >> i'm not an optimist or a pessimist, i'm a realist and the reality of afghanistan is that it is all hard all of the time. >> reporter: that was in 2009.

administration argued that the war didn't begin in earnest until president obama took office. last year he pledged thousands more troops to the fight. >> as commander-in-chief i have determined that it is in our vital national interest to send an additional 30,000 troops to afghanistan. >> reporter: the president is still sticking with the july 2011 date of withdrawal, but that could change. >> with the standpoint of july 2011, the need to make progress by december and in that review, look at the strategy and really validate that it's the right strategy. >> reporter: last year the secretary of defense held a bleak view of what could happen if the u.s. strategy fails. >> failure in afghanistan would mean a taliban take over of much, if not most of the can'try and likely a renewed civil war. >> reporter: polls show most americans think the war was a bad idea, that the united states is not winning and that

it will probably get worse. the word on the street in kabul isn't much better. >> americans have their own policy. they've come here for their own interest in defending their own country. >> america and the united nations should take their forces out of afghanistan otherwise it is not possible to bring peace. >> reporter: deaths reached 531 in september. that surpasses the 514 americans killed in 2009. ainsley earhart, fox news. >> reports continue to swirl that the president of afghanistan is secretly meeting with taliban leaders to discuss an end to the war and we'll look at those claims in the next half hour. steve, over to you. less than four weeks until election day and president obama is hitting the campaign trail once again for democrats. this time in maryland. the president stumping for alley at bowie state university in prince george's county. it starts at 1:45 this

afternoon and targeting african- american voters. polls have o'malley leading bob ehrlich. several others will be on hand for the event today. after bowie, the president will go on to illinois to campaign for a candidate there. the deadline to register to vote in maryland is october 12th, just five days away. virginians have until october 12th. people can register or update information at any dmv or local registrar's office. d.c. residents can register to vote at the polls on election day. some district residents aren't giving up hope for adrian fenty to still be in the race for the primary. there is a group called write- in fenty and plan to hold a press conference today and be out in full force today this weekend to drum up support. they say he's done great work for the city and don't want to see him out of office. >> i think at this point it's up to the people of d.c. if they want him to stay mayor then they need to get out and

join the movement and spread the word. >> the board of elections said if fenty gets more write-in votes he could take the election even if gray is on the ballot. and vincent gray continues to make good on a campaign promise. he's gearing up for another town hall meeting today. he's be in ward 3. most did vote for fenty so the town hall could be more heating than the meeting at ward 5 this past tuesday. he campaigned on a plan to hold town halls in each ward in the city. police in fairfax county investigating the stabbing death of a woman last night in springfield. witnesses say a man got into a fight with the victim at the 5 t bar and grill and stabbed her to death. the victim is a 37-year-old woman. the police said the two did know each other. the suspect injured himself and was taken to the hospital with

nonlife-threatening injuries and is now in police custody. in prince george's county, the bomb squad gets in to diffuse pipe bombs. a real estate agent found pipe bombs. the bomb squad removed the items and bomb sniffing dogs searched the neighborhood and didn't find anything. 11 minutes past the hour on this thursday morning. >> that toxic sludge has reached the danu river and that mean it's could travel to other nations. we'll look more closely when we come back. and one of the most expensive colleges in the country right here in our area. stay with us. fox 5 morning news will be right back. blue diamond almonds!

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it is 7:14 right now on this thursday morning. let's take a look at stories making headlines. two maryland teenages face attempted murd charges. caitlin cherchoff and her boyfriend william collins are planning to kill her entire family. police say the teens plotted by text messages. shots were fired at six people inside in dorchester county home on september 26th. both teens are in jail and charged as adult. a assault near the george washington campus. a man forced a woman into the alley behind the embassy of spain. she was not hurt. there have been more burglaries in prince william

county. the burglar is getting in through unlocked doors and windows. purses and money have been taken. police are trying to figure out if the robberies are connected to 90 other burglaries in fairfax county since august. 7:15. let's check in with tony for a look at our forecast for today. not that we don't enjoy you talking every day, but we have good news today. >> we have a good forecast for today. although we're getting off to a cool start and a great series of days coming up. very nice. let me show you the temperatures at area airport. at reagan national, 51 degrees. 49 at dulles and 50 at bwi marshall. i just stepped outside, we have plenty of clouds. it's a mix of clouds and sunshine now. across the country, well it's a cool start to the day. pretty much everywhere, as you would expect. temperatures primarily across the country in the 40s and 50s. and there is some exceptions. miami is at 69 degrees at this hour. here is a look at the satellite radar for the nation.

a fairly quiet map. that low pressure area that's been impacting our weather is exiting the region. still though the rain showers across portions of the northeast and another system in the western states is producing cloud cover across the mountain states and some rain in western portions of nevada. here is a look at the five-day forecast. today is breezy, ms., highs of 73 degrees. yeah, tomorrow 75 and mostly sunny skies. and saturday, let's add on to that, warm 79 and sunny. sunday beautiful. monday ms. and 72, a holiday, column because day. that is a look at the weather. that's a nice looking weather. >> that's a little better. no fence, better than last week. >> i'm just telling you. i don't create it. julie wright, what is going on. she said she doesn't create any problems on the roads. she's just the messenger. >> that's when i'm not driving. >> that's true. >> all right.

well unfortunately we have our hands full this morning. two separate accidents on the beltway. the outer loop congested out of bethesda. inner loop slow out of silver spring northbound on 95. now the crew in sky fox with us once again. another crash in bethesda near 355 at commerce street near 410, receiving word of an accident possibly involving another pedestrian. maybe even a small child. so the information just coming in, but northbound 355, we do have the right side of the road blocked off as you continue out of bethesda in the direction of the capital beltway. not too much of a delay at this point past the scene. southbound 355, lanes are open from the beltway toward 410. so again near commerce street, accident investigation tieing up the right side of the road. now taking it inside, southbound 270 gridlocked out of germantown to falls road. still dealing with a crash in the left lane. this is the six-lane stretch at the lane divide where we have the other accident. that's moved over to the

shoulder. so gridlock traffic at father hurley toward the split. in virginia, southbound at 95 causing a backup from the beltway and that's clearing to the shoulder. northbound 95 delays through woodbridge and toward duke street. inner loop of the beltway at 66, we have a crash in the left lane. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. the toxic sludge that we've been talking about in hungary that burst from a containment pond could cause an eco logical disaster and spread through europe, but at this point officials don't think it will be that widespread. the chemicals already killed four people, including two children. 260million gallons of the sticky sludge surged out of the reservoir at an aluminum plant and investigators are opening a criminal probe into what has become hungarry's worst chemical spill. >> and other countries are now bracing for an even worst disaster. >> it's a disaster and it's very danger for the environment

and i'm hundreds of kilometer squares are polluted already. >> reporter: as hazmat crews swept through hungarran towns trying to clear homes and roads, environmentalists warned of an eco logical disaster in the making. >> we're concerned not just for the environment and hungary but this could cause more trouble. >> reporter: and the great concern is that the toxic sludge could flow downstream in the waters of the ban ube, the world's second largest river, into hungary and entering into the black sea. the hungarran national police chief has been handed the authority to lead a criminal investigation into how the leak from the sludge reservoir happened. and the hungarran government is working to shore up the walls of the reservoir and has posted

guards to watch for further leaks. from the words of another official, if another leak happens, they will sound all possible sirens to make sure people can run to safety. the words that they can run to safety, unlikely to bring comfort with the government accused of being unprepared for this disaster which could end up poisoning the food supply chain for millions of europeans. jonathan hunt, fox news. and we are getting word that sludge has already reached the western branch of the danube river. >> hungarian officials have been adding chemical disburse ants to stop it and said there is no damage to the danube so far. and for months we dealt with the bp oil spill. >> now the preliminary report from the president's commission is out and the white house takes quite a hit. that's coming up next. stay with us.



two governors, two different approaches. even in good times bob ehrlich didn't make education a priority. he increased college tuition by 40%, cut school construction by $200 million, and ehrlich voted to eliminate the department of education while serving in congress. but in the toughest of times, martin o'malley has made record investments in public schools, new school construction,

and o'malley froze college tuition four years in a row. with martin o'malley, our children always come first.

7:24 right now as we update the oil spill in the gulf. according to the national oil spill commission, the white house withhold important information about the spill. sources say in the spring federal scientists asked to make the public the worst case discharge but administration didn't allow that. the government said the well was released 210,000 gallons per day but at the time 210 million gallons were leaking. did banks act too fast when foreclosures on tens of thousands of homes. there may be an investigation into faulty legal documents. three banks have halted foreclosures in 23 states after evidence surfaced employees or outside lawyers signed documents without reading them or filed inaccurate paperwork. the afl/cio wants action taken.

eleanor holmes norton is also asking for a 90 day moratorium on foreclosures in the city. she said part of the problem is that people who are afraid of losing homes are asking for help, but she does not believe the banks are stepping up. delegate norton claims they tell homeowners they have to be three months behind on payment before they will do anything. >> we call in and they say we can't talk to you. we talk to other people and they just keep bouncing you around from phone to phone. >> i think they're going to listen because we're going to shame them. >> in 23 states a court order is needed to enforce that moratorium. it's not the case in the district though. we should mention that elijah cummings also asking for a 60 day more for yum on foreclosures in the state of maryland. who is the most powerful woman in the world? there is a clue. she's here in the nation's capital. we'll give you the answer

coming back. now the war in afghanistan is in the 10th year and there is rumors that the president of afghanistan is meeting with taliban leaders. a closer look at these claims in the next half hour. it's 7:26. stay with us. ys

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it is now about 7:30. let's look at stories making headlines. secretary of state hillary clinton is responding to reports that she could possibly take over joe biden's position as vice president in 2012. author and veteran reporter bob woodward believes president obama would get more votes from women, latinos and retirees in the next election. secretary clinton fared well in those demographics during the primary. the white house is denying any change of role is in the works. the president hits the stumping tour in maryland today. president holding a rally with

alley today in prince george's county. recent polls in maryland have o'malley leading bob ehrlich at this point. forbes is out with the 2010 list of the world's most powerful women. first lady michelle obama has earned the top spot. and also on the list oprah win free and lady gaga and beyonce. hillary clinton and ellen degeneres also cracked the top 10. forbes said the magazine focused on entrepreneurship and influence on the world. >> you wonder what the criteria is. >> but that makes perfect sense. >> what you are basing it on, sure. we are basing our focus on a great forecast. and we got it. you're delivering, tony. we like it. >> we're in october now. a string of very nice days after what has been a string of -- not the best weather we can

see here. it starts today. starting with the temperatures across the region where right now in washington we've dropped down to 51. 51 degrees in the district, 51 in quantico. gaithersburg is at 52 degrees. it is still cool. 45 degrees in manassas. 49 at dulles airport. culpeper is at 48 degrees. annapolis is at 53 degrees at this hour. here is the temperature trend map where we're going to see the temperatures head for the next couple of days. instead of being 10-15 degrees below normal, which is what we've been, we're going to be above normal starting today. our average high for this date is 71 degrees. we expect to go to 73 today. sunshine all of these days. we're starting out with cloud this is morning and seeing more sun as the day progresses. tomorrow 75 and saturday nearly 80 degrees. and then on sunday a fine day for the redskins to play out at fedex field. let's take a look at the winds. they are not particularly significant now. but it's going to be breezy during the course of the day

today i think. in fact i think winds could become gusty at times, maybe up to 20-25, possibly 30 miles per hour. right now winds are blowing at 8 miles per hour across the region. satellite radar, changes in the forecast. this is why. an area of low pressure that's been impacting our weather for the last several days continues to push off to the north and east. we do have the clouds over us. they're going to pull away. and we do have the winds as the low departs. that's why i think the winds will pick up. high pressure will build in and calm things down and give us a very pleasant several days. so today becoming mostly sunny. it's not right now but will become mostly sunny. breezy at times and 73 for the high. five-day forecast, i showed it to you. fine conditions for the next -- in fact beyond fine. very nice conditions for the next several days, quiet weather except for the breeziness today and temperatures in the 70s. that's a look at what is happening with the forecast. now let's go to julie wright and get an update on traffic. >> i came up just short on the

most powerful women of 2010. >> we checked and you were number 23, so that's not bad. >> so i did make the list. >> yeah. >> if i didn't make that list, you all know who not to call next time you get lost. why am i stuck on the beltway? there's a fee for that. outer loop below speed leaving 95 past new hampshire avenue toward connecticut avenue. earlier incident there has cleared. the inner loop cleared out and the pace improving back toward 95 college park. bw parkway slow between 198 and 197 and 410 out of riverdale into northeast. germantown to falls road where the left lane is blocked. traveling the inner loop of the beltway, delays leaving annandale toward 66. the crash is in the left lane. 66 still below speed out of pass and then again 7100 to 123 and nutley street to the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. on this day in 2001, american trooped pours into afghanistan. since then the u.s. strategy

has shift a number of times. today with more american trooped in place, many believe we're at a critical cross roads in determining if the president's revised war strategy will work, public support for the war is slipping here in the u.s. and across europe. netherlands were the first to pull out. canadians say they are next. and now we hear representatives of the taliban are meeting with the government of afghanistan to negotiate. they have contended no peace talks would take place unless all sources left the country but they may begin talks in exchange for being granted an official presence if the afghanistan government. joining us now is jy green. how preliminary is preliminary for these talks? >> these talks have been going on since last year.

there was a huge meeting in january in the maltice where they participated in this, with the saudis and there was taliban representation there. so it's been going on for a while, but the real question is at what level? i think the folks that are now beginning to get involved in this, are looking at that july 2011 removal or beginning by the u.s. to remove forces from the region and they are also looking at the fact that today is the 10th anniversary of this war. so i think more is at stake and more high profile people are getting involved. but it's not a new phenomenon. >> is it because the taliban had long said they won't do any negotiating until the foreigners leave. and do you think it's because of that they're willing to talk? >> that's one factor.

and the taliban is not in the business that you can just retire from. they've conducted some nasty terror attacks and done some pretty horrible things to women in afghanistan. and so they can't really just change their stripes overnight. but i think what is recognized by the organization is they need some options because there is no way that they can deal with the fire power that nato, led by the u.s., brings to that region. and they are also really upset about the fact that al-qaeda continues to cause problems for them. they made a deal with al-qaeda, and this is part of a long- standing tradition, if you come asking me for help, i will help you and i won't turn my back on you. but al-qaeda is a house guest they would like to go away. but in the meantime they have to do something for themselves looking down the road because it's not going to get easier

for the taliban. >> and can an afghan government work with this taliban representation? >> it could. but one thing that has to be taken into consideration is how serious is the taliban about this? are they interested in power sharing? would it be a power sharing kind of situation? and what would the people get out of this. how would people react? because the taliban has significant support in the region, but a large part of the reason why they have that support is because people are coerced into doing it. they are doing it because the taliban comes to their homes in the middle of the night saying if you don't support us we're going to kill you or your family. so the question is once the taliban surfaces as this parties that sort of negotiating its way out of this tight spot, how are people going to think about them and what kind of power they have at that point? >> and how is it going to him pact us here in the u.s., whether it be our troops overseas or the reaction here at home. >> well i can tell you, nothing

is going to happen in terms of removal of the u.s. troops unless certain conditions are met. it's going to be a conditions- based situation. in talking with some of the military leaders over the last year or so, they've made it very clear, if it looks like that ungoverned space is still as permissive an environment now as it was then, then you won't see the u.s. vacating that area because if there is a big threat still hanging out there that will come from afghanistan, u.s. forces will most likely stay there until the threat goes away. >> jj green, national security correspondent, thank you for coming in. don't expect too many details from this point and they want to keep that secret as possible. but we'll stay on top of it and bring you more information as

we hear it. 7:39 right now. 51 degrees on this thursday morning. bad news for the burgundy and gold star clinton portis. he's sitting on the side lines for the next few weeks at least. coach shanahan's reaction when we come back. and then the party crashers have filed for bankruptcy and selling autographs to pay off some debts. find out how that is going for the couple. that's next on fox 5 morning news. kiththiosa

looking at stories making headlines this thursday morning. the government has supported a record amount of illegal immigrants this year. janet napolitano said of the 393,000 deported, half had committed a crime. critics say more still has to be done to secure the border and claim many illegal aliens turn around and come back into the u.s. suburbs taking a hit during

the economic downturn. the nonprofit booking institute reports that the number of those with low income is the highest in half a century. how much would you pay for a signed photo of the so-called white house party crashers, the salahis? not much according to an online sale they featured. they posted memorabilia on the internet to help pay off one of the many reported debts but after two weeks on the market, two only out of about 200 available pictures sold. and that's after the $100 price tag was cut in half. >> i was going to say, there is something out there that would buy it. there is a market for everything. and there was somebody and somebody else that were the two that bought them. >> okay. anyhoo, i don't think there is much to say. it's kind of sad, actually. >> no. let's talk about the weather and what a gorgeous

week it is. >> it is going to be fantastic for the next few days. let's look at the current temperatures around the region. here in washington, d.c. we are at 51 degrees. not bad at all. let's check out elsewhere in the mid-atlantic. 58 degrees in roanoke. norfolk, virginia, is at 53. new york city is at 55. pittsburgh, p.a., 49 degrees at this hour. here is a surface map. we haven't shown you one of these for a little while. i'll show you what is happening today. sunny skies, boys and girls. very nice. that area of low pressure, say bye-bye. it's pushing off to the north and east, taking with it the rain that we've had and the cool conditions. high pressure is moving in. that high pressure says i'm going to stick around for a few days. i kind of like it here and we like it to be here. here is your five-day forecast. high today about 73 degrees. skies becoming mostly sunny. we'll be breezy today. be a -- aware of that. and a nice way to end the

workweek. saturday fantastic if you are going to be outside. warm and 79 degrees. sunny on sunday. fantastic, it will be beautiful at 76 degrees. and on monday, that's a holiday so kids are out of school, i believe it will be a good day. >> got the whole government off on monday too. >> wow. >> it should be nice. julie wright, i'm assuming you'll be here with us on monday. >> really? why would you assume that? isn't there a sale at boomy's on monday? >> you'll be here. >> outer loop still a tough go from 95 to georgia at 270. believe it or not, wreck still there at falls lane and big delays in rockville. across the american legion bridge, no tieuped to report. inner loop looks good leaving tysons. 29 at dale drive checking for

the crash there. the inner loop of the beltway backed up braddock road to 66 where we had the left lane blocked off with a crash. we have delays on 66 in manassas. 7100 to 123 and nutley street to the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. checking the redskins right now. and clinton portis out with a groin injury and could be for sometime. the injury happened sunday during the victory over the eagles. coach mike shanahan said portis is expected to miss the next four to six weeks with the separation of the groin muscle. a third-degree separation, that moons -- means the muscle is separated from the bone. he's not expected to need surgery. ryan torain will take over clinton portis' spot. >> it's a temporary setback. clinton is tough and he'll get rehab here. hopefully it will be four weeks. but a third-degree separation

is off the bone. so it's quite sore right now. >> every start means a lot. you don't get a lot of chances to play in this league. it's very competitive. so any opportunity you get, you have to take it and cherish it. >> so far this season portis ras run for 195 yards on 49 carries and has two touchdowns. halladay is one strike away, a bouncer, ruiz in time. roy halladay has thrown a no- hitter. >> how rare is that? history made in the major league playoffed yesterday. halladay becoming the first pitcher to hit a no-hitter in post season play since the 1956 world series. philadelphia shut out the reds 4-0 and his second no-hitter of the season. and 7:48 on this thursday

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7:52 right now on this thursday morning, and its first curbside cookoff kicks off today. >> and holly is down at city center d.c. to preview this one of a kind event. holly, good morning. >> reporter: this is really going to be a fun two days, i'm tell you. if you're in the city, you want to make time to check it out. if you're not, you want to come down into the city over the next two days because nothing really defines the city experience like it's street vendors. and this event really

celebrates that. mike reuber joins me this morning and he's excited they get to set up the morning of the event. >> that's very fun. >> reporter: and i know you are busy, but tell me about the curbside kickoff and where the idea came from and how it works. >> we wanted to highlight micro businesses in the city. my agency is responsible for issuing licenses and we want to help businesses to show case them to the residents of d.c. >> reporter: and that's something people need to think about when they see the streetside vendors or the trucks going around and serving wares, they really are small businesses and this is entrepreneurship at its greatest, live and well. >> a lot of the food trucks, they live in the city and rent space in the city. >> reporter: so how will it work? >> we'll have all of the vendors come in at 11:00 -- 11:00-8:00 on thursday and friday, and people can come in

free and it's open to the public and they'll have small samples so you can sample three or four or all of the trucks if you want. >> reporter: what kind of trucks will we see? >> we'll see lobster trucks, cupcakes, em pen addas. >> reporter: how did you decide who to sample? >> we opened up the lines and these are the top 20 that voted. >> reporter: and are you voting here as well. >> yes. people can do it american idol style. >> reporter: we like that at fox. >> and they can text in a vote live and we have a link on our website where people can watch live if they can't make it down today and watch live to see the votes build up. >> reporter: mike, your great, but there is a cup cake truck behind you. so don't be offended when i go

to christie cunningham who is with curbside cupcakes. good morning. can i be a part of your cup cake nation, absolutely. everybody is welcome to cup cake nation. >> reporter: tell us about yourself. >> we're a mobile cup cake truck. my partner sam fitfield at the office felt like we should get cupcakes and he said the cupcakes should come to the people and what if we had a mobile cup cake truck and we thought that would be a fun idea. it's fun and exciting, why not do that. and so here we are a year later. we have four stops aday. people follow us on facebook and twitter and go from stop to stop and bring cup cake bliss to everybody in washington, d.c. >> reporter: because there is no bliss like cup cake bliss. so tell me about the flavors that we have. >> we have some delicious cupcakes. this is our cookies and cream. this is our carrot cake.

this is pumpkin walnut. we have german chocolate. this is red velvet. this is our best seller. >> reporter: and how do you fit in the cup cake world, and i know you deliver, but i mean in terms of taste. >> we're the best. >> reporter: and how do you feel about the festival? >> we're so honored. it's amazing. think we are part of a diverse vending option for d.c. we bring interesting things and make spaces that are sometimes void of options more interesting and diverse for customers and then we get to have the flexibility of bringing food to you instead of you having to come to us. >> reporter: do you have the key to this window. i want one of those cupcakes. myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to the first annual curbside cookoff going on today and tomorrow at the city center d.c. it was where the old convention center is here. it's from 11:00 to 8:00. it's free. come on out and enjoy. and we'll talk more about the

food and the curbside culture in the 8:00 hour. i'm going to continue to try to sweet talk her. i just want one. is that too much to ask? just one? >> it shouldn't be. we're going to go from the yummy cupcakes to dieters. they've been warned to stay away from high fructose corn searup. >> but corn refineries say that ingredient is getting a bad rap and wanted to change the name. then the first official racial policies against german jews. now the nuremburg laws are on display at the national archives and we'll look closer at that in the next hour. so stay with us. 7:57. goni

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a hit-and-run near dupont circle a few hours after, police believe they have found the vehicle that struck the woman. but what about the driver? the president is on the campaign trail again today. is he helping or hurting? i'm doug luzader in washington. we'll have more on that coming

up. facebook making changes that will better protect your privacy. we'll look at that ahead this hour. good morning. i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. going to be a great day today weather-wise and tony perkins is here to tell us the good details. hi, tony. >> you're right. a great day and a great couple of days. we'll show you the satellite radar for the region. stepped outside a short time ago and we do have clouds out there but the sun is breaking through and we'll see more sunshine as the day progresses. this area of low pressure that's been impacting our weather for the past several days is the culprit and that's pulling the cloud cover away from us slowly but surely. temperatures across the region, another cool start to the day. 51 degrees right now in washington. 49 out of dulles airport. baltimore is at 50 degrees for the current temperature. today, here is what we're looking for. skies becoming mostly sunny. it will be breezy. you can get some gusty winds gusting up to 20-25 miles per hour later on today.

but a lot of sunshine and a high of 73 degrees. not bad at all. we'll have more on the forecast coming up in just a little bit. >> nice. >> yes, it is. >> thanks, tony. let's check in with julie wright and check the traffic this morning. >> it's been busy. and not much changed. still doing the bumper-to- bumper thing south on 270 leaving clarksburg where the left lane is still blocked at the accident. outer loop is slow 95 to georgia and now we have delays on the outer loop across the american legion bridge headed down to the dulles toll road. that's where we had the incident on the second lane from the right and that's contributing to the delay out of montgomery county into fairfax. inner loop, lanes are open from 66 toward 270. 66 troubled now with a crash as you approach the virginia visitor's center east of 234. that's where we have the accident tieing up the two left lanes. big delays starting to build as you travel through manassas and head eastbound toward centreville. slow traffic continues 50 to 123 and again at the beltway. beltway outer loop below speed

leaving springfield into the sunshine. yes, i said sunshine, over toward eisenhower avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. well major developments in a hit-and-run accident in northwest d.c. a woman struck overnight has died. this happened at around 1:30 this morning in the 1300 block of connecticut avenue and sarah simmons has been following this top story all morning long for us. sarah, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, allison. police are still investigating, but they did just leave the scene a few moments ago. so they are still looking into evidence that they have, but again it's open back here south of dupont circle. but again still investigating. there have been no arrests made in the hit-and-run just yet but we understand they do have a suspect vehicle if their possession that they have questioned somebody this morning that may have possibly been involved with this hit-and- run, but still so far no arrests. we just learned moments ago that they did tow a black lexus suv from an apartment building in bethesda with front headline

damage that was just a few moments ago. we understand that if they toe -- if they toed it, it could be part of the investigation. at about 1:30 this morning a young woman was getting out of the backseat of a black mercedes when a black suv came through and hit her and kept on going. now a bicyclist who happened to be in the area saw it happen, jumped on his bike, chased that suv about six blocks away near massachusetts and 22nd, was able to get the tags. they were maryland tags and he was able to get the description of that, and also the description of the driver and was able to call police with that information. then that of course led police to montgomery county where just again moments ago we understand that they towed a black suv from a location there in bethesda from an apartment building. they are going to continue to look into that. but again so far no arrests but

we do expect to have updates here throughout the morning. live in northwest, sarah simmons. back to you. >> sarah, thank you so much. police in fairfax county investigating a stabbing death of a woman last night in springfield. a man got into a fight with a woman at the 5 t bar and grill and stabbed her to death. the suspect a 40-year-old man, the victim a 37-year-old woman. police say the two did know each but not sure of the extent of the relationship. the suspect was taken to the hospital with nonlife- threatening injuries and now is police custody. the prince george's county bomb squad got a call to diffuse possible pipe bombs after a realtor found them in a home on kentucky road. the bomb squad removed them. bomb sniffing dogs searched the home and neighborhood to make sure there were no more devises. the man who lived there was recently evicted and the house just put on the market. the u.s. enters the 10th

year in war in afghanistan. on october 7th, 2001, we entered the country.and there is still plenty of uncertainty on whether american troops can pull out next summer as president barack obama wants. 2010 has been a deadly year in the war with total troop deaths through september surpassing the number of americans killed in all of 2009. president obama back on the campaign trail here in our area. as the president will be at bowie state university this afternoon for a rally in support of martin o'malley. the president is trying to build momentum for democrats. and as doug luzader reports there are some signs that his efforts are paying off. >> reporter: democrats are starting to edge up in some polls but the president's travel schedule shows they have a long way to go. this is about all you could see of the president in new jersey yesterday making his way to a fundraiser for democrats. today he heads to two other democratic state. maryland to help governor

alley and his home state of illinois for two fundraisers to support alexi jen you'lly us. the president can pump up a crowd but this tosses aside a report. >> he runs the risk of alienating the independent voters and the moderate republican voters that he won in the general election because he's acting like a partisan politician. >> reporter: but democrats may be showing more signs of life in recent polls there is still then enthusiasm gap, with republicans still enjoying leads in major races around the country and a number of democrats are running ads showing their willingness to oppose the white house. >> he voted against the health care bill and swing trade. >> reporter: and for the president, he will have to choose his battles carefully

before the election. the president told supporters last night to stop sulking with so much at stake in november. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. it's 7 minutes past the hour now. the toxic sludge that has flooded streets and neighborhoods in hungary how has apparently reached the danube river. >> and that mean it's could travel to other countries. and dieters have been warned to stay away from high fructose corn syrup. but the corn refiners association said it is getting a bad rap and wants to change it's name. >> we'll get a local look at this. stay with us. 

11 minutes past the hour now as we take a look at stories making headlines this morning. the toxic sludge that leaked from a plant in hungary has reached the danube river. it sent more than 1 pun people to the hospital with burns but they are trying to neutralize the sludge so it should not

cause environmental damage to europe's second largest river. in chile, the 33 miners stuck for two months could be free soon. trucks carrying cranes to lift them out arrived yesterday. sunglasses were lowered into the mine to protect their eyes when they come up into the sunlight. and more break-ins reported in prince william county. more were hit in haymarket this week. purses and moneys have been taken. police are trying to figure out if these are connected to 90 other break-ins in fairfax county since august. 8:12 right now. and let's head over to tony with a look at this pretty day and it might be equally yoked with this cute picture. >> absolutely. i would agree with you. let's do that first. it's time for the my first 5 photo of the day.

let's take a look. this is sofia. we're told she does not like to wear pants unless they are on her head. that's very cute. >> she's dressing herself. >> and is that a peace symbol on her shirt? >> it is. >> i like that. that's great. you continue to be an individual, sofia. do what you want to do. to send us your child's picture, go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings. she's adorable into let's take a look at what is going on with the weather conditions. currently satellite radar shows you clouds hanging around but slowly but surely they are pulling out of the region and by later on this morning we'll have mostly cloudy skies -- or mostly sunny skies, i'm sorry. as julie wright noted a short time ago, we're starting to see sunshine delays here and there so that is nice for a change. right now reagan national reporting a temperature -- it

says 51. they've updated it to 54 degrees. it's now 54 degrees at reagan national. and slightly breezy. here is a look at the five-day forecast. 73 degrees for your high today. 75 tomorrow. 79 on saturday. and we're talking about sunshine for all of these days here. sunday 76. redskins play on sunday. it will be great weather for heading out to fedex field for the big victory over the packers. monday 72 degrees for your holiday. now let's get an update on traffic with julie wright. >> how come when she wears her pants on her head it's cute and when i do it people look at me like i'm strange. >> well what do you expect. >> i'm like a float in the macy's day parade. >> when you're an adult it's a different thing. >> that's only on saturday night. on friday night i do something different. it has been a tough ride.

outer loop of the beltway 270 toward tysons and approaching the dulles toll road, a broken down tractor-trailer and that's why we're in the bumper-to- bumper traffic continuing into virginia. southbound 270, still waiting to ease up but delays before father hurley down to falls road. 66 east of business 234, accident still tieing up the far left lane. traffic slows again 50 to 123 and nutley street to the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. high fructose corn searup for a lot of folks is an ingredient we stay away from but some say it's gotten a bad rap. the corn refiners are trying to petition to use the name corn sugar to eliminate consumer confusion. joining us today is the corn refiner association president andre ericson to talk about the name change. good morning. >> good morning.

>> first let's talk about your association with the product with high fructose corn syrup. >> well it is a sugar made from corn. it's grown here in the united states, made here in the united states and it's in many of our foods and beverages because of the functional benefits it provides. for example, when you walk down the grocery store aisle and you see spaghetti sauce, it's in that and yogurt because it keeps the fruit flavor evenly mixed and in jams and jellies because it brings out fruit flavor and in sauces and marinades because it brings out the spice flavors. and that sweetener in those foods is low in fructose. contrary to what its name suggests. it got it's name because it's higher in fructose than corn syrup. it turns out it's rather confusing to consumers and today consumers want to know

what is in their food, where the foods come from and importantly how to read ingredient labels on food and beaverrages. >> so you petitions the fda to make this name change. where does this stand right now and why is this name better as far as clearing up the confusion? >> well when the name is corn sugar, the consumers understand that it has the same calories of table sugar is equally sweet and has the name number of fructose and that's important because as people are trying to equate calories in and calories out, it is impossible if they don't get that right, which is calories. so by changing it to corn sugar or an alternate name, it helps dieters recognize added sugars

in the diet. today there are many names. evap ate or aided cane, and juice is syrup. there is no apple or grape or pear, there is no vitamins or minerals. whether it's corn shug orar cane sugar, your body can't tell the difference. >> there is a saying that it leads to obesity which leads to other illnesses down the road that they have associated it with obesity and the body processes this differently than regular sugar. what is it your opinion of that. >> none of that was about high fructose corn syrup in the first place. there have about many searchers that have taken high fructose , and by the way it is found in fruits and vegetables, and some researchers have taken pure

fructose and given a massive amount to rats, 60% of their caloric intake and nobody lives that way unless you live in a laboratory. and sugars, when they are consumed, two simple sugars fructose and sugar together, the body can't tell the difference and that was confirmed by the american medical association, the american diet association and many of the nation's leading health and nutrition experts. >> why do you think it gets the rap it does? >> well they don't know about it because they assume it's high in fructose. >> and you can see the high fructose corn searup? >> it is causing the problem. when the american diet association definition was presented to them, they were confused. and that's because they are looking for something high in

fructose. this is not high in fructose. the version used in many foods on gressry store shelves is low in fract os and it's there because it provides attributes that table sugar did cannot provide and at an affordable price. we are fortunate to have so many choices and to have them be safe and affordable and that's unique throughout the world. and that's brought on in part by the corn industry. >> got to end it there. but would consumers be safe to say then the product will change to corn sugar on our levels. >> that's up to the fda and to learn more please visit corn --searup.com. >> thank you very much. and one list of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the country but that might not be

the case. then tacos, burritos, cupcakes -- lobster? you can get anything out of a truck these days and today some of the most popular street venders are in the middle of a curbside cookoff and holly is previewing it all and she'll have that coming up. kiththiosa

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more fallout this morning from a new report that cites one d.c. neighborhood as the most dangerous, not just in the area but in the nation. neighborhood scout.com listed l. street southeast and the surrounding river front neighborhood as one of the top 25 neighborhoods to avoid in the country. according to the 2009 statistics for the quarter there were zero homicides in the area and haven't been any since 2005. the official statistics list the violent crimes rate was 8.98 crimes per 1,000 people. that's relatively low. they listed violent as over 111 per 1,000. not even close. many are outraged by the survey. >> it's just fiction. l. street is becoming one of the better neighborhoods in all of washington, if not the country. there was a time when it was

more dangerous. in 2005 is the last time there was a murder there. >> the survey took aim at schools giving them a poor rating. officials in the capital river front neighborhood are demanding their area be dropped from that list. did banks act too swiftly when foreclosures on tens of thousands of homes. there may be an investigation into faultily legal documents. three banks have halted foreclosures in 23 states. after there was evidence that employees or outside lawyers signed documents without reading them or filing inaccurate paperwork. the afl/cio want questions answered. and d.c. congressional delegate eleanor holmes norton is asking for a 90 day moratorium on foreclosures. she said people afraid of losing their homes is asking for help but doesn't believe

the banks are stepping up. she said banks claim they have to be three months behind before they can talk to them. >> they keep bouncing you around from phone to phone. >> i think they're going to listen, because we're going to shame them. >> 23 states. and a court order is required to move ahead. but in the district, they are asking for a 60 day moratorium in maryland. and who is the most powerful woman in the world and she lives here in washington. we'll tell you who coming back. and the nuremburg nazi court trials. it was filmed by the u.s. government. now the daughter of the director has led a restoration of the film and story and she joins us next. goni

it is 54 degrees now at 8:29. let's look at stories making headlines. secretary of state hillary clinton responding to reports that she could possibly take over joe biden's position as vice president in the year 2012. author and veteran reporter bob woodward believes that president obama needs more votes from women, latinos and retirees in the next election. secretary clinton fared well in those demographics during the presidential primary. clinton and white house officials are denying any change of roles is in the works. the president is hitting the campaign trail in support of democrats today and hitting alley. recent polls show o'malley is in the lead over bob ehrlich. forbes is out with the 2010 list of the world's most powerful women and first lady michelle obama has earned the top spot. also in the top 10, talk show

host oprah win agree and lady gaga and beyonce. secretary of state hillary clinton and ellen degeneres also made the list. this year the top rating was influence on the world. influence is a whole lot. >> they could work together on that song. it's a package deal. tony and tucker are a packaged deal giving us a good forecast for today. >> right through the weekend. we'll be absolutely beautiful around here. and today is the start of it. by saturday high temperatures 80 degrees. >> i love it. nice time of year. we'll talk temperatures and we're talking 50s right now. low 50s at that. a cool start. 54 in washington. your low 50s off to the north and west. gaithersburg, 52 for you. 48 in manassas. 53 in quantico. fredericksberg currently 56 degrees. and in annapolis we're 53.

so we'll see these temperatures. yesterday's daytime highs were in the 60s and today in the 70s. breezes out of the west and northwest this morning. not much of a breeze out of the west at 6 miles per hour but it will pick up and it could be gusty at times. so you might need a jacket even though temperatures are in the 70s. gusts maybe-20 miles per hour as we have winds here. the motion from the atmosphere is from the west and northwest and our flow will be out of the north and northwest. and gusty as the storm exits but it is finally out of here and taking with it the rain showers and cloud cover. and so a lot of sunshine for us. this area of high pressure will deliver picture perfect weather. and saturday and sunday look fantastic with high temperatures near 80 both days. today a lot of sunshine, 73, breezy at times, winds gusting up to 30 miles per hour. no rain in sight for the next five days. a lot of bright sunshine and

overnight lows in the 50s. daytime highs in the upper 70s near 80 this weekend and if you have outdoor plans go for it, because saturday and sunday look fantastic. tucker over to you. adolf hitler's blue print for racial policies against german jews were called the nuremburg laws. the trials were filmed but the u.s. government and now the first complete 35-millimeter picture and sound restoration of the first nuremburg film is complete. cocreator of the film sandra shore joinss now. this is personal to you because your father was the director of the original film some 60 years ago. >> it is true there is that personal connection but this film goes beyond whatever the family connections were because nuremburg was such an important

milestone in the history of civilization, the first major trials to try crimes against humanity war crimes and also to very the active communitying and aggressive war. and i think what is interesting to people today is that laid the foundation for the war crimes trial we're seeing now and crimes against humanity that we've seen since in the last 20 years. >> this is one of the first trials to use film as evidence and to be filmed and followed as much as it was. but the sad thing here is we, here in the us, didn't get to see that. i know it was shown in europe, but we didn't see that here. >> the film was widely shown in germany. but by the time it was completed and released in the united states, our own government which paid for the

bill became nervous about showing it to american audience and suppressed the release to american theaters. so we're seeing it for the first time in u.s. screens in over 60 years. >> and we'll have a screening of that tonight. or you did one most recently and we'll continue that throughout the weekend. what significance do you see today now that folks here -- here in america will get to see? >> it's an extremely dramatic film, to see this famous courtroom drama unfolding and to hear the voice of the participants, to hear the nazi criminals defending themselves in their own voices. to hear justice jackson in his own voice, that makes the film itself a very powerful experience. you but the nuremburg principles are with us today. they confine the way people

ought to conduct themselves during a war and they set the standard for the prosecution of the crimes against humanity. >> do you think when you have a dark period in history such as this, unfortunately as time goes on, you get people that tend to break away from that. whether it's their own personal belief or whatever it is and we have seen over the years there have been holocaust doubters. but think by hearing the words, will it address that? >> i think absolutely. this film, for anyone who has doubts about whether the holocaust took place, this is incontrovertible evidence presented at the time. but now the film itself remains a absolutely convincing and compelling demonstration that this all did happen. >> now we should say this is in concert with the nuremburg laws being on display at the

national archives. that is free, anybody can go down and see it. and for the film itself, talk about the state of the film and the reels that were there. this was in pretty bad shape, wasn't it? >> well we discovered along the way that none of the american prints were suitable for restoration. but the german archives had a very good 35-millimeter print and they shipped it here. but the whole trial was recorded for sound and all of that original sound on wax dick and transferred to digital is available on our fashional archives and we were able to go back and reconstruct the soundtrack using that original material. >> what is your hope for people to watch this now? what do they watch for their entirety and watch part of it that this is history we're

still seeing deck laids later. what is your hope for those doing this for the first time? >> this is what drove me through the restoration, is that people will not only be reminded of the history, but they will understand that there is a tremendous res onance for anyone stopping these kinds of crimes from occurring and who is interested. in an international criminal justice, which has become a very, very important area of the law and we're using it to try to help nations get along with each other better and stop of the killing that is going on for racial, ethnic or economic reasons around the world. >> that is so true. and it's such a fascinating project -- sandra, and we're glad to talk to you. we'll put some information on

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the death of actor gary coleman has been ruled an accident. police in utah said an autopsy revealed the former child star died of natural cause from an accidental fall back in may. the 42-year-old was taken off of life support after suffering a brain hemorrhage. his adult life was plagued with health and legal problems. some of the disputed involved his former wife who is in a battle over the estate and that includes a home outside of salt lake city into and we talked about a chimpanzee picking up a smoking habit. it's not clear if lighting up is what killed him. he picked it up from members of the south african zoo. charlie did live to be 52 years

old which is longer than the life expectancy for those in the wild. >> and how did he get the cigarettes? facebook making it easier to see updates and photos and details on hiding those at myfoxdc.com. good morning heidi. >> reporter: we are live and they are tajing right now for the first annual curbside cookoff. it's all of your favorite street vendors and more all live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. bring your appetite. ♪

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facebook users, listen carefully. are there things on your facebook page you don't want some of your friends to view? but maybe others can? here is good news. facebook is getting another privacy setting to make your

life easier. and so gurvir, how do you keep you from seeing the personal information i don't want to share with you. >> i'm about to tell you. this is our facebook page on myfoxdc.com. and this is generally what you see when you log on. most people set their privacy settings by going up here to profile and then basically deciding which lists they have. the biggest change being rolled out now is a new tool that will make it easier for you to divide people into different groups. for example, your family, your friends, your coworkers and then you get to decide who sees what. at facebook headquarters, founder mark zuckerberg presented a solution for what he called the biggest problem in social networking. privacy. >> until today, we've paid it pretty easy to share with everyone on the site publicly or to share with just your friends. but the reality is that for a lot of people, just your

friends isn't actually private. it was zuckerberg's first public appearance since the movie chronicling the creation of facebook opened number one at the box office. there was no mention of the film which the company called fiction. as for why the announcement comes now? >> because it's ready to launch. we've been building this for a while. >> reporter: what they have built is a new option on the home page called group. it allows users to join subgroups making it easier to limit which friends see what. until now the only way to do that was through a complicated process that created friend lists. >> there are some people who you are friends with who you are not really friends with or you don't want mom to know you are drinking heavily on friday night or something. >> reporter: it comes with three levels of privacy. >> default is closed which means people can see the members but not what is in there. kind of like a soccer team. there is a secret setting so nobody can see the members or what is in there and then there is an open setting which can

see both. >> reporter: this woman was fired because of what she said about her boss. >> i would take advantage of that. i think it's a good idea. it's a long time coming. >> there will be users not understanding how to control this so there will be negative experiences but on the whole it looks like a positive step. >> and users can down load posts and photos into a zip file. the new group feature started rolling out yesterday but steve, there are 5 someone million facebook users so it will probably take a few days for everybody to hook on to this new future. and by the way, we have facebook apps for your i've phone and droid and you can get to those by going to our home page at myfoxdc.com. and you asked how to keep people seeing them -- from

seeing what you don't want them to see. my suggestion is not become friends with them. unemployment claims have dropped. applications for benefits fell last week, the fourth time in five weeks. the number of jobless went down to 445,000. economists say a drop below 405,000 will show employers are hiring more people. and check out our job shop. our job of the day is at advanced eye care in alexandria. it's looking for an office manager to oversee the front desk with surgery and medical records. for more go to myfoxdc.com and click on the job shop tab. this morning holly has food on her mind. well we all have food on our mind. she's doing something about it. >> she's near food. she's at the city fare in

northeast. everyone should come down here and take advantage of this smog as borg. linda argo joins me -- joins me this morning. this was a fabulous idea. >> i think so. since it was our idea. >> reporter: and when you say "our idea" you wouldn't think of a regulatory commission coming up with something like this. >> exactly. and i think it gives -- not only does it give people an opportunity to understand what we do is beyond regulation of businesses and the issuing of permits and doing inspections. it's also an opportunity for us to get information out to the people of washington about a vibe rapt new street food culture that we're trying to promote in the district of

columbia. >> reporter: and that's my next question. at what point did street vendors go from hot pretzels and hot dogs to this literally complement of options. >> as we looked at redrafting and reissuing nations for vending in the district of columbia, we did surveys and there was a loud and boyceiveerous reaction from people all over the city that people in businesses downtown and people that visit, we heard from folks that they wanted a different kind of venting opportunity in this casey, that they wanted a variety, like you find in a lot of other cities. >> reporter: and now here. >> and now here. >> reporter: thank you so much.

i'm really tempted by the tacos. i've already had my cup cake and now i'm moving on to tacos. and it's the district taco that i'm walking up to. cyrus is who i'm looking for. and tell me what is going on. >> we're located in arlington right now, we're not in the district. but we are glad to be here. right now we're cooking the egg, sausage and egg and we're going to cook cherizo and we have toppings. we have cheese bacon, sour cream, veggies. >> reporter: do you find it to be popular? a lot of people coming up to your trucks? >> yes. 7 and a half -- or a year ago i lost my job, i was laid off and i wanted to cook and do something for my family. so we decided to open district taco because i didn't have the

money. >> reporter: good for you. way to reinvent yourself. that's wonderful. ab i hear the breakfast tacos are good too. if you want to slide me one in a little bit. >> we will. >> reporter: and i wanted to real quickly show you this because we've been talking about the curbside cookoff foods but it's really a vest val and a a -- it's really a festival and artists are here as well. what do we have here? >> we're making a fork and knife sculpture -- and spoons. >> how did you come up with this? >> we were trying to work with a big sculpture and since we were talking about food we would do a fork and a knife and a spoon. >> reporter: i think a need a fork and spoon that size to make sure i go to the different venters and eat anything. and you have one for me right on queue. myfoxdc.com is our website and we have a link to the curbside

kickoff. it's today and tomorrow, free from 11:00 to 8:00 and come on in and dig in. we'll have more next hour. >> i want the spoon. >> you can dig them into. we have a big treat for r&b fans. special guest this morning -- >> miguel is heating up the charts with that song and he's live in our studio. that's coming up at 9:00. [ music ] hi there. i'm ian wright and i'm investigating what makes aruba so happy. oh my word, that's fantastic.

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into it is 8:58 right now. and that will do it for this hour. one more hour to go. so let's turn things over to tony and allison. >> here is a look at thetories we're working on for the 9:00 hour of fox 5 morning news. we tip to follow a developing story out of northwest d.c. a

deadly hit-and-run overnight. new details are coming in. a vehicle has been located but what about the driver? a live report is just ahead. plus the suicides of rutgers university student tyler clemente has brought a disturbing trend. more teens are coming out earlier in life. so what is it like to be a gay teen and how can we as parents help? we're talking with a local organization for some insight? >> and if you don't know his name now, you will soon. er touring with mary j. blige and usher late this year. miguel joins us live in studio and he will perform. >> talk about an up-and-comer. >> yes, he is. and tucker barnes is down in the weather center and keeping an eye on our generally improving conditions. >> and i say that about tucker to