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chance for showers and thunderstorm this is afternoon. but with temperatures in the low 80s it should feel good. digital and satellite radar, light showers moving through the area, particularly to the north and north and east this morning. here is washington, a little lingering cloud cover and it's mentioned. i think partly sunny. that cold front will sag in later today. with the cooler air moving in from the north, we have a chance of showers and thunderstorms breaking out after 2:00 or 3:00 today. 64 right now at reagan national. 58 in fredericksberg. 66 in ocean city. and 59 in baltimore, maryland. our forecast for today, partly sunny skies, scattered afternoon showers, high temperature 81 degrees. winds out of the north and west at 5-10. more details in the forecast. going to be cool from here. details in just a minute. allison and tony, back to you. we continue to follow a developing story out of chile this morning. 33 miners who have been trapped underground since early august
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are now just hours away from being pulled to the surface. >> rescue crews are expected to start pulling the miners up at 11:00 tonight eastern time. as steve heriggan reports, hundreds have turned out for the event. >> reporter: these are tense hours leading up to the planned rescue expected to begin early wednesday morning. after laying steel reinforcement inside the escape tunnel, crews sent the cap you'll so almost where the miners are trapped. video cameras record the successful dry-run. >> there was no stone that was liberated during the process so we are pretty sure that the cage will behave properly. >> reporter: the men will wear high-tech sun glasses to shield their eyes from the light, compression clothing to combat blood clots and hypertension and they can communicate via a bluetooth video during the half
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mile ride through the tunnel. the loved ones can hardly wait. >> right now our emotions are happiness. we are confident that everything will turn out all right as it has gone so far. >> reporter: officials are aware of the risk of the twisty tunnel. rescue efforts will go down further and assess the help. >> the group that worries us more is the group we consider more vulnerable. this is about ten people who will start coming up about 5 or 6 in the rescue. >> some of the strongest and fittest will come out first in case the capsule runs into trouble. in chile, steve heriggan, fox news. >> and the last man to be rescued is expected to be foreman louis zooa. the company has vowed to give them nine months of psychological support. and a mine in west virginia has settled a lawsuit. the trial was scheduled to start today. two men died at the conveyer
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belt fire at the massey coal mine. the miners say they have various health term problems from breathing in the heavy black smoke and terms of the settlement were not released. our other big story, a fight at an off-campus bar sends four to the hospital with stab wounds. for more we turn to stacy cohan live in college park this morning. >> reporter: this story is getting a whole lot of reaction as the campus community is waking up and realizing what happened. now this all went down overnight at the thirsty turtle. i believe we have a map to give you a frame of reference as to where it is. it is on baltimore avenue or route 1 near the main entrance to campus, but close to fraternity row and the other popular drinking and eating establishments here on campus. the fight started in the thirsty turtle but the stabbing happened about a block down the street. there were apparently a group of people, all men, that started brawling in the bar, and made their way down the street where the stabbing took
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place. a total of four people were stabbed, two men 19, one 20, and one 23. three of those are college park students. one person was stabbed in the back. one in the arm and face. it is unknown exactly what prompted this brawl but i talked to not only students but some folk that's live here and adults part of the campus community and lived in college park and they say this is certainly a very frightening event. >> there is usually muggings but never four stabbings, never any violence. you may get punched in the nose or something, but other than that, this is pretty serious. >> and the whole strip over here is packed and crowded with a lot of people out here. so i'm pretty surprised something like this would happen, especially so close to campus. >> reporter: now at this moment there are no suspects and no arrests in the case. but as the last student says, this is a popular area so it is likely that people saw or heard something. there are also a lot of cameras
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in this area. if you recall, college park has had situations in the past involving riots so there are a lot of mechanisms out here for crime prevention. so hopefully the police can use those in part of their investigation. and once again, a very shaken campus community after the stabbings overnight. reporting live i'm stacy cohan, back to you. there was another deadly accident involving a pedestrian overnight. a woman was killed while walking along i-270 south of route 124 around midnight. the victim was hit by a car and an out of service metro bus. police are not sure why she was walking on 270. they continue to investigate. this is the latest in a string of accidents that have many wondering whether our roads are safe for pedestrians. earlier this morning we spoke with triple-a's lon anderson would said everybody has to be aware. >> everybody can't presume that motorists will be doing the
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right thing and similarly pedestrians can't think motorists will do the right thing. so please, please, whether you are driving or walking or riding a bicycle, safety is the first thing. do what you need to do to stay safe. and sometimes that's quite challenging. >> and wearing reflecting clothing at night and bringing along a flashlight might help to keep pedestrians safe. those from yesterday's car crash are still in critical condition this morning. police got a report of a suspicious car. when a police officer walked up to it, the driver took off and ended up crashing not too far away. a rockville man suspected in a murder-for-hire plot will be back in court today. richard boyd, jr., is accused of paying an acquaintance $1,000 and oxycontin to kill his estranged wife.
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boyd is being held at the montgomery county detention center. maryland's candidates for governor scare squared off in the first of the debates. alley and former republican governor robert ehrlich went head to head on wjz in baltimore on everything from education to campaign ads. >> all of the money, it is uniformly negative and that speaks volumes about what governor o'malley feels and thinks and believes about what he's done. >> for four years on that radio show the governor has been going negative on everybody we are trying to do to move our state forward. >> both candidates face of on thursday in a debate hosted by the washington post and in two radio enterviews later this month. now to a story that you'll only see here on fox 5. d.c. police arrested hundreds of
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people in pershing park back in 2002. the case sparked a major lawsuit. but now documents and audio tapes are missing from evident. charles ramsey is one of 15 witnesses called to testify. paul wagner has this story. >> reporter: on september 27th, 2002, d.c. police arrested as many as 400 people into pershing park. many of them protesting the policies of the world bank and vowed to shut the city down. leading up to and after the arrested, officers in a command post were documenting everything, in a running resume. it's standard procedure. but when lawyers like carl looked into the constitutionality of the arrest and asked for the documents, it was in where to be found. >> there is no explanation we can find for advancement. no innocent explanation can be found for its absence. and what advantage does it offer? well the information that we would expect to be in there or all of the details leading up
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to the mass arrest. >> reporter: he's been doinged for the search for the document which he believes has been destroyed along with critical radio transmissions. >> and when we discovered that and that took pain-staking analysis on radio runs to discover in fact there are substantial portions that are unaccounted for. now the district of columbia acknowledge that many are missing data. >> along with chief ramsey who is now police commissioner in philadelphia, imaginester judge -- a imaginister judge will question peter newsom who ordered the arrest and james cregg in charge of communications. the judge is conducting the investigation as a special master and has warned all of the witnesses they will be placed under oath. >> and it is not the case that by being called here these 15 persons should be deems as
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suspects. the judge will follow the evidence and he's going to act accordingly. but obstruction of justice, but when you look at this destruction of evidence, that's what this sounds like. >> reporter: last december the district settled the class- action lawsuit that was litigated for eight years, agreeing to pay over $8 million in damages. >> that was paul wagner reporting. the judge also wants to question two of the police department lawyers and other employees and contractors who were directly involved in gathering evidence. the hearing is expected to last all week. the co-owner of d.c.'s popular independent bookstore politics and proas has died. over the years it has become a city institution and a key stop for political figures promoting their books. colten is survived by her husband of more than 50 years and their two children and her
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100-year-old mother. carla cohen was 74. the republican hopeful for new york governor is in full damage control mode today. he's trying to clarify comments he made about homosexuality. what he has to say, coming up next. and now a story spread across the internet. a movie shoot interrupted by an actual accident. we have it here. don't go away. we'll be right back. it's 9:11. goni
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9:14. back with a look at stories making headlines. with government plans to announce this week that more than 58 million social security recipients won't see an increase in monthly benefits. experts say the change will force recipients to make tough choices when it comes to buying necessities. the mid-term elections are three weeks from today. and president barack obama is making another pitch to pump up the economy. he is now calling on congress to spend $50 billion on infrastructure projects like improving roads, rails and
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runways. the president said the new construction is needed and infrastructure repairs are long overdue. >> our short sightedness has come through. we can no longer afford to sit still. we need a small system of infrastructure equal to the needs of the 21st century. >> the president first unveiled the idea last month. republicans aren't backing this plan. they say there likely won't be any reaction until after next month's erection. a billionaire shipping tycoon offered someone to streak in front of the president and juan rodriguez took the dare. rodriguez ran nude in front of the president with the words battle cam written across his chest. police quickly arrested him. rodriguez said he didn't mean any harm. >> i didn't do anything to hurt anybody. i didn't do anything that
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destroyed any property, you know. i didn't do anything that i thought was actually that bad at all. >> reporter: rod ready is released on a $10,000 bond. the white house has declined to comment on the incident. >> the republican hopeful for new york governor is now in full damage control paladino is clarify remarks he made this past weekend. at one appearance he said he didn't want children brain washed into thinking gay marriage is acceptable. both paladino and his opponent cuomo addressed it from the annual columbus day parade. >> i have no problem whatsoever with any gay rights. own one. no marriage. >> i think this was a cynical, political ploy. we've seen it before. you go to one group, one conservative gruen and you tell them what they want to hear. >> adding to the controversy, palo dino criticized cuomo for taking his two daughters to a
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gay pride parade had which he called inappropriate for children. [ sirens ] this crash was not in the crypt, it was a real accident. the production of transformers 3 is filming in the area all week. the first day of filming in the district ended with that accident and it involved one of the main characters. and will thomas has the rest of the story. >> what you are about to see is top secret. >> reporter: a yellow camaro named bumble bee a star in the franchise. in downtown d.c. serving as part of the back drop for the third installment, our camera rolling for multiple takes. a semi-truck or on the imus prime going down the street. and here is the take that went very wrong. all of a sudden a d.c. police suv heads down 3rd with lights and sirens. it swerves to miss the truck
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and just as the camaro enters the intersection, a collision. >> bumble bee was in the back where he couldn't see. so once he came around it was like, boom, too late. >> reporter: tourists captured some of the action. >> i didn't really it was a real accident happening here. >> reporter: we learned the d.c. officer is a nearly 25 year veteran and senior explosive technician. law enforcement say he was heading to a suspicious package incident nearby. they quickly concealed the star vehicle and an e.r. doctor checked out the officer and stunt driver for any -- for any injuries. as they say, the show must go on. they took over the air force memorial filming more action. dozens of onlookers came to
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watch. >> how do you feel being close to the filming. >> i feel more alive now. >> do you like transformers? >> uh-huh. >> it's just cool to see how they make the movie. >> that was will thomas. the officer responding to the call was operating on a city wide radio frequency which is standard. the officers working on the set responsible for helping to keep the crowds clear were operating on a special ops channel so they weren't all listening to one another. a little confusion. >> you now those movie producers cannot be happy. >> maybe they have another lum -- a bumble bee. like a stand-in. >> yeah. you heard about the kidnapping british aid worker killed during a rescue attempt but was it the taliban or friendly fire. we have the latest. and holly is spending time on the farm this morning.
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>> reporter: good morning. right now i'm talking turkey. man you guys are loud. can't you see i'm doing tv here. you are looking at organic humane heritage turkeys. and these are very rare. and you can see them this weekend if you come out to ayrshire farm. we'll tell you how to come out and take advantage of it all live later. first here is a look at today's trivia question. >> vanilla ice. it's vanilla ice. >> or david bowie. and it's ice, ice, baby. and what was the first to have a team in the national hockey league? the answer is coming up later. if you want to take a guess now, you can do so on our facebook page. much more ahead this morning. >> don't try to rush through the song. [ female announcer ] this is a strawberry pop tart.
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president barack obama and british prime minister david cameron are calling for an investigation into what happened during an attempted american rescue -- during an american rescue attempt in afghanistan that turned deadly for a captive british worker. nato said u.s. forces may have detonated a grenade that killed linda nor grove during the operation to free her. nor grove died on friday night nearly two weeks after being captured. the man accused in a shooting rampage at fort hood in texas will hear from those that he allegedly hurt. dozens will take the stand today to mark the beginning of a military hearing in the case against major nadal hasan, the army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people and wounding 32 others last november. a military officer will hear evidence to determine whether hasan should be tried on murder charges. police are growing more skeptical about the accounts given by the father and
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stepmother of a missing girl in south carolina. czar eau claire baker was reported missing on saturday. she has a prosthetic leg and hearing aids in both ears. police say dogs detected the smell of human remains on cars belonging to the couple. and officers haven't found anyone outside of the household that has seen the girl alive in the last few weeks. major developments this morning in stem cell research. we're going to tell but a first in the research that has many crossing their fingers for success. but it does not come without controversy and we'll explain. and the juvenile diabetes research is hoping for a miracle as well. how you to help and have a good time while doing it. don't good my where. it's -- don't go anywhere.
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lightning. >> some areas even saw hail the size of marbles. why do we have to compare hail to something else. that was last night. it fell so quick and heavy that some people thought a snowstorm had hit the city because of the amount that fell. >> and because it's relative, you could say hail and it could be any size. so we have to classify, you have to compare it to something. >> well you could hold it in your hand and say that's the size of a marble. they had a tornado in new york about a month ago. >> it's been very active. maybe not even a month. >> a couple of weeks ago. >> what is happening in this big apple? >> out of hand. around here very quiet. in fact we had a record high temperature yesterday out at dulles where it hit 86 degrees. >> that's correct. >> and shattered a record that was 78 set back in the early 1960s. today not as warm but still very mild. so enjoy one more mild day before the cooler air arrives
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tomorrow. currently 65 degrees. 65 at reagan national. 62 in quantico. 63 as you start the morning in gaithersburg. and in manassas we are 59. warm today but not as hot as yesterday. with temperatures still in the 80s. get out and enjoy the next couple of hours because we have much cooler air on the way and that's sticking around for the weekend. shower and thunderstorm activity, some of that breezing by the washington area overnight. but we're fairly quiet at this hour. this is a cold front off to the north and that is going to kind of sag to the south during the course of the day today. so we'll see some clouds on and off throughout the day. and a chance for some scattered showers and thunderstorms as the cold front gets through here today. later tonight and tomorrow the cooler air will settle in. temperatures will fall back to the 40s in some places and low 50s here in town and that will set us up for a couple of cool days. and so join the afternoon with
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the warm weather. and we have hurricane paula, tony thinks this is our 16th storm of the season, and not looking terribly impressive. forecasted to meander out here for a couple of day. bringing rain to eastern portions of mexico and some bands will likely reach up into the u.s. and florida keys and cuba too. but right now not forecast to move a whole lot during the next couple of days. 81 this afternoon, possibility of seeing a scattered shower or thunderstorm. 34% of a chance. winds out of the west at 5-10 miles per hour. later tonight a couple of early showers and then clearing out. upper 0s outside of the beltway north and west of town. so a cool one with winds out of the north at 5-10. and plenty of sunshine tomorrow, noticeably cooler. highs only in the upper 60s. thursday looks look a wet one with high temperatures struggling to reach 60.
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friday and saturday more sunshine but temperatures remain below average into friday and saturday. that's a look at the forecast. enjoy it today. allison, over to you. the juvenile diabetes research foundation needs your help to advance research so those living with this disease, illness, can some day be cured. that's the ultimate hope here. and there is a great way you can help. joining us with more information pam gats who is the executive director of the juvenile diabetes research foundation and the capital chapter. good morning to you. and shelley lowenstein who is the knight of pope gala chair. and good morning to you. >> good morning. >> and let's talk about the challenges leading up to this point, which is the gala which is a wonderful event and fundraiser too? >> sure. the diabetic international was founded by parents of children living with type 1 and our
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mission is to find a cure for type 1 and it's complications. ten years ago we started the galla and we recruited shelley lowenstein and her husband to host the event. it was on october 13th, approximately three and a half weeks after 9/11. we wanted to have a comedian and he called us two days after and said there was nothing funny to talk about and wouldn't be here. and nine out of ten said we should go forward and during that evening we raised $5,000, and to date over $9 billion for research. >> and speak about how much of the money goes to ultimately helping in research and one day that brass ring that we are looking for of for sure? >> this is the best
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philanthropies in that they use 80-85 cents on the dollar toward research. a lot goes directly to the researchers all over the world and it's very exciting what is happening. this year alone we funded 44 clinical trials, that means with working with humans and cures for diabetes and treatment for diabetes. so it's a very exciting time for the organization and for people living with diabetes. >> and very personal lot of families, including your own, my daughter was diagnosed ten years ago and she just turned 24 and living with diabetes is not always fun. when we first joined the organization a boy told us it's like having an american express card, you can't leave home without it. and that's what it is. it is 24-7, constantly thinking about your eating and activity
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level. if my daughter sees a boy she likes her hormones go woo and if she didn't, her hormones go crazy. and you need to watch what your body is doing, when you are sleeping as well. >> and that is the work of the organization, pushing forward during the worst of times even. but on saturday, some of the best of times. let's talk about the gala and what folks can -- tickets are still available. >> yes, they are. it is this saturday october 16th at the national museum building and we're delighted to have a silence auction at 6:00 and dinner at 7:30 and then music by the midnight movers. and our website is on your screen and anyone can attend or help make a donation. and shelley, remind the viewer how a little goes a long way in helping the cause. >> the researchers are all over the world and they do get a lot
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of funding from jdrf but there is one particular project that is making incredible vacs and that is the artificial pancreas project. and the pancreas is an intelligent organ and when you have type 1 diabetes it stops producing the insulin you need. and this glucose monitor that checks your sugar and an int lent pump will be come pined and they talk to each other as a computer does and tells your body how much to give it. that would be a fabulous tool with somebody living with diabetes because it takes the guesswork out of it and it helps maintain blood control and if you can maintain blood sugar control, you have less likely to have complications. so this is a very, very, wonderful advancement that we hope we'll be seeing really
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soon. >> i love it. and the work that you all do, you are to be commended. have a good time on saturday. >> we will. >> shelley hohenstein is from the night of home charity. thank you. >> thank you so much. space tourism is one step closer to a reality. we're going to update virgin galactics space tourism program right after the break. and it's a relatively new procedure designed to remove fat from some parts of your body and put it back into other parts of your body. gurvir checks out the acsen shoation later. and what u.s. city was the first to have a team in the agencile hockey league. was it boston, chicago, new york or washington, d.c.? the answer is coming up in just a bit. fox 5 morning fuse is back after a break. duct system as the lungs of the house. expulsion of air. dust and dirt that helping the house to breathe. say i'm a doctor. not a doctor either. suction. ♪ call 1-800-steemer
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it looks like there will be one more shuttle mission for nasa. they only have two more missions officially on the book but the president has sign aid bill allowing the agency to send one more shuttle up in june to deliver supplies to the international space station. rights now the flight isn't funded but senator bill nelson said it should be resolved next month when congress returned for a lame duck session. virgin atlantic is one step closer to sending tourists into space. they tested the tourism rocket over the mohave desert in california. it glided on its own with two pilots and then landed smoothly. the owner said the next step is quicking it with the rockets developed for the flight but sending people into space is still aways off. >> i have to feel comfortable enough to take my children and
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parents into space. once i feel comfortable to take my parents and children into space, then i think it will be -- it will be fine for customers to go. and we're going to be doing many, many test flights into space before i would feel comfortable to go up. >> he is getting things done. >> yeah. >> once virgin galactic is ready, it will cost tourists $200,000 for a ride in the six- seat glider. >> well, tony, have a good flight. >> i'm not going. a potential break through bringing hopes to millions of people. marianne. >> a possible medical break through involving stem cell research. i'm marianne rafferty and that story is coming up. and the perfect opportunity to teach your kids about where food comes from. holly is up next with details on an event you don't want to miss. those are turkeys. be back in a moment. it's 9:42. goni
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breaking news out of fairfax this morning. fire investigators are on the scene of a deadly fire. a man was found dead inside the home of the 10,000 block of orchard street. firefighters had to get into the home by climbing through windows because there was -- there were various items blocking the doorways. fire and police investigator i as the man's death does not appear to be suspicious. a health alert. big news in the realm of stem cells. >> doctors are excited over an experimental treatment taking place in georgia. but as marianne rafferty reports, it does not come without controversy. >> reporter: scientists are now using human embryonic stem cells on a person. medical experts say it could be a big break-through. >> it's very preliminary. with all of the height and wolf around stem cells it's all preliminary but i think it's a step in the right direction. >> reporter: it's an experiment
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believed to be the first of the kind. a patient at this medical center was partially paralyzed. >> they have taken stem cells and convinced them to become nerve repair cells. those cells clean-up and repair and keep the nerve healthy. >> reporter: experts are basing the tests on previous research done on rats. this trial used stem cells from embryos left over from in-vitro fertilization. >> this is starting to work in animals. >> reporter: many are arguing over whether federal funds should pay the way for research. but the experiment on georgia relies on private funding and is moving forward. marianne rafferty, fox news. plastic surgery has changed and the recovery time is less and they are more affordable. >> gurvir looks at one
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procedure. >> i'm not happy. >> reporter: crystal morris is a single mom and very little time or energy. >> everybody looks in the mirror at some point in their life and said, i could probably use something to fix it. >> reporter: so this day crystal is doing something about it. she's seeing dr. i mam hockey for a procedure called acsen shoation. >> i know you have some emptiness right here and right here, that is aging. >> reporter: the doctor has been making people look good in the d.c. airar to 25 years. over that time he's seen his industry going through a make over of its own. >> the concept of cutting and sewing has been replaced by the concept of filling. for the past several years chemical fills were the rage. >> so what i'm going to try to
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do is fill you up right here. >> and then i'll put a drop here and here and here and even here because i want this whole central area to be full. >> those procedures are quickly being replaced with using a person's own fat to fill in. >> my typical patient, if the patient is trying to compete at the work force. it is the patient that still feels young, like we all do, but she's starting to look old. and she needs to compete with older -- with a younger competitor. at the same time, my patient can't take six months to recover from a face lift. >> reporter: unlike a face lift, which may make a person's skin appear tight or a chemical injection which requires frequent visits for refills, a fat transfer is permanent. >> it deals with the three separate parts of the face. the upper, middle and lower face using different methods.
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that's the key. and the thing that i would like to you take away from this is youthfulness is just that, it's youth-full-ness, not youth tight-ness. >> we'll move against the wall. >> reporter: after prepping and going over what will take place in surgery, the procedure itself takes only an hour. with dr. hockey taking fat from crystal's hip to fit in her face. if you can tell, and six months after surgery, if your mom can tell i did something on you, then i failed. you judge. >> here is crystal before surgery and here she is three weeks after. >> gurvir dhindsa reporting. what did you think about it? the service can run from $1,500 to $5,000 and insurance does not cover this type of procedure. if you need pampering, now
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is the time to do itment it is spa week. maryland and virginia are offering some services for $50. that customer is relaxing at the elizabeth arden red door salon in chevy chase. to see the list of salons participating go to myfoxdc.com and al-qaeda under web links and i'll be doing that. i need pampering myself. now if roughing it is your style, we have you covered. >> the loudoun farm tour is coming up. >> and holly is at one of the participating farms that only opens to the public for this big event. >> reporter: we're going to have an experiment. what is green and sings? elvis parsley. see no matter how bad your joke, they laugh. we are live this morning at ire shire farms. it is one of the 19 farms -- you can bring it down now, i'm trying to talk.
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and that is going to be open this weekend, because we are joined inside a very unique -- now do we call this a turkey den, a turkey pasture? >> i think it's a turkey pasture. this is a flock of about 1,000 turkeys. they are at about an acre and a half. we are very proud of our turkeys. these are the only certified organic in the country. >> reporter: and what does that mean? >> that they need to be raised on natural feed that is not medicated, no pesty sides and the human certification means that they to be able to act like turkeys, have enough room to move around. you can see they are teenage turkeys. and they need to move around and eat a natural organic diet. pasture is very good for poultry.
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>> reporter: and you actually move them on a regular basis, right? >> these turkeys move to fresh pasture every one or two days depending on hall the crass is and how long it takes to eat it down. >> and they have to have a certain amount of shade. and all of the animals have to have free choice to water. >> reporter: these turkeys have a good life until november. >> which is when we have a good life. >> reporter: there is a bunch of different types of turkeys in here. >> there are five different breeds of turkeys here. these red ones are a bourbon red. it was developed in reverend county, kentucky. the one that's look black, they have anker descent color, those are standard bronze turkeys. and then the black and white ones are royal palms. they have a black stripe. i guess it's the tom's or the
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puffing up to show they're wares. >> that's their behavior. their plucking and primping. >> reporter: and you said this is the only one that is organize certified main. what does the heritage mean. >> that means breeds that have been in existence for 100 years. the meri ganset turkey is native and those were told as the first turkeys served at the thanksgiving. >> and the red ones are -- >> they will be served over the holiday. that is right. >> reporter: do you do the turkey dance. >> i think everyone on the farm does it. >> reporter: how does it go?
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>> let's see. we just are quiet for one second. they are a lot of fun. >> reporter: a guy walks into a bar. who is the real turkey now, that's all i'm saying. how happy are you to be part of the loudoun county farms tour this weekend. >> we're trilled. -- thrilled. we're so proud of the farm and the food we raised and we want to share it with everyone in the community. our important work with these animals, you can go to any farm in the country and there are very few where you see the residents. >> reporter: they are not open to the public except for this weekend. from 10:00 to 4:00. and that is the case for over half of the farms on the loudoun county farm tour. it's a beautiful time to see the trees and flowers. we have a link to ayrshire farms and you can down load the
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maps and the best way to drive to a route and it's self guided. so take advantage that the virginia countryside has to offer this weekend. back to you guys. tony, if you come back into standup, you can come and practice here. >> that is the perfect place to start. it looks great with the variety of. >> we won't talk about what happens at the end and i won't call you a turkey. >> thank you so much. that's too easy. >> turkey. >> oh, in just a moment. speaking of questions. if you are looking for the answer to one, why not run it past me. head to my myfoxdc.com. we'll discuss topics during the 9:00 hour. and some people called and said you're not ann landers, you
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