religious tolerance ahead. and a news helicopter captured images of what appears to be a vapor trail left behind by a missile. but the pentagon is without an explanation. we'll have the latest ahead. and later a connecticut woman fired over what she posted on her perm facebook page. can this happen to you? is this legal? we'll review your rights. fox 5 morning news starts right now. taking a look at the washington monument. it is wednesday morning, november 10th, 2010. good morning, i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. it looks like a crisp start to the day. >> i like it so far. >> that's what it looks like to me, but you're going to say what it really is. >> you're right and i love that word. crisp. temperatures in the 30s a nice start to the day and it will be a very nice day today. let's look at what is going on

out there. here are your current temperatures, 47 in washington, dulles is at 41, bwi marshall is at 46 degrees. it's cool out in winchester, 37 there. 34 up in frederick, maryland. here is a look at the satellite radar. you saw the live shot of the monument. skies mostly clear and a few clouds off to the east, but that's about it. for the most part a very pretty morning and indeed a very nice day today. here is your forecast for today. a lot of sunshine. a few clouds here and there. primarily in the eastern or northeastern skies but mostly sunny by far. not particularly breezy. a few periods where we get a little bit of breeziness going on but winds 5-10 miles per hour. high today again into the low 60s. that's a look at the weather. and now for an update on traffic we go to julie wright. the outer loop of the beltway is slow leaving 95 headed toward georgia avenue with southbound 29 delays

stacking up leaving stewart lane toward four corners. kennel worth -- kenilworth southbound toward bening, two left lanes tied up. travel into northeast not an easy commute this morning. inbound new york avenue traffic will slow from the times building to bladensberg road. 270 on the brakes out of hyatts town toward the truck scales. pace is slow from father hurley to montgomery village and again in rockville. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. our top story this morning. president barack obama arrived in south korea for the g-20 summit. he'll meet with other world leaders but the president will be on the defensive. many countries are angry by the move of the federal reserve to buy $600 billion of government bonds, effectively cutting the value of the u.s. dollar. and the president visited a mosque and gave a speech to

university students. gurvir is here with more on the visit to indonesia. >> reporter: the president and first lady toured a major landmark in indonesia. mrs. obama wore a head covering. it was out of respect. they are home to the largest population of muslims and in a speech he said the united states is trying to repair relations with muslims around the world. >> i made it clear america is not and never will be at war with islam. we must work together to defeat al-qaeda and it's leaders. those who want to build must not seed ground to terrorists who seek to destroy. and this is not a task for america alone. in indonesia you've made progress en routeing out extremist and combating such violence. >> a handshake scandal from

earlier in the day is making headlines. the information minister tweeted that he was forced to shake hands with the first lady but then there is video which shows him smiling and offering both of his hands to michelle obama. he said avoids contact with women not members of his family. after that they sat down to a presidential dinner at the palace and the president was treated to his favorite dish, spicy meatballs. he was treated like a rock star. the newspapers there are talking about how they remember him as barry. the president and first lady toured that mask again yesterday. >> thanks, gurvir. making headlines now, the latest in the alleged bomb plot for the d.c. metro system.

the d.c. man alleged to be involved had his day in court. faroque ahmad pled not guilty to help plan an attack on four metro stations. he allegedly made all of the plans from his ashburn home. he waived his right to a speedy trial. his trial is set to begin in april. he faces up to 50 years in prison if convicted. a muslim civil rights group after 17 people missed their flight to saudi arabia when their passports were seized. the council on american- islammic relations is holding up passports by security checks and concerned muslims are being singled out. the u.s. senate seat in alaska come down to the write-

in votes. the race between lisa murkowski and joe miller still too close to call. election workers are reviewing 90,000 write-in votes today. they show miller leading by 13,000 votes but how many are for murkowski or the other 159 candidates in that race. and the republican keith fimian conceded yesterday to gerry connelly. he did leave open the slight prospect that he would contest the outcome before the november 22nd deadline to request a recount but only if he can close the 900 -- close the 900 vote gap. and the g.o.p.'s transition team met on capitol hill yesterday. greg waldon said they aim to make the house more transparent and create jobs. freshman members will arrive

offer -- on capitol hill next week for orientation. we're going to talk about the political headlines of the day with views from both sides of the aisle at 7:30. big story we're following this morning, people across the nation talking about this one. a mystery over the skies of southern california. a helicopter discovered a vapor trail and some say it could be a missile. but neither the military nor the pentagon can explain it. sarah simmons joins us with a look at this mysterious happening. >> reporter: all indication is that the u.s. military was not involved but a presbyterian spokesman said it might be a private company and they don't know who fired it. either way it's possible someone knows what this was and isn't saying or it is a complete mystery. whatever it was, it sured looked menacing enough. something like a missile in

flight. a news helicopter caught it off the coast of california and so far no one can seem to know what it is. an accidental launch of some time. >> i don't see how it could be done by sheer accident. because there is never a one- man push the button operation. there are always a couple of people involved as a fail safe. >> reporter: the pentagon said they don't know what happened and norad shrugged their shoulders. we can confirm there is no indication of any threat to our nation. maybe not, but this was very close to los angeles and some wonder if it was some kind of amateur project. >> that's my best guest. i would call it the private rocket ear. a backyard hobbyist or wanting

to get into space flight as was challenged by president obama. >> reporter: some say it is a contrail from a jet that looks like it is flying straight up. >> reporter: apparently missile tests are common in that area of southern california but they are proceeded by lots of warnings. it is possible this was a covert launch by the u.s. government but it is unlikely since it was done near a heavily populated area. allison and steve. >> thank you. over 4,000 passengers stranded at sea on a cruise ship. things so bad, you would think that wouldn't be a bad thing. well you don't. they don't have enough food. they are rationing food on the ship. rescue boats are on the way, tugboats to try to push it back to california and help the folks get back to shore. >> pretty miserable. and let's say you had a bad day at the office, but you decide to go off about that annoying coworker on facebook. your boss -- would you be so

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welcome back. isn't that pretty? make you want to jump out of bed and face this day. it's 47 degrees and 7:13 right now. i have my good friend tony perkins up here with me and he has the real good nitty-gritty knowledge about the forecast. what kind of coat you need to wear. >> a light jacket will do you for today for the morning hours. temperatures in the 40s. and then later on today you can

ditch the jacket because it will be in the 60s. >> a jaunty little cardigan. >> sure. i like that description. >> you know how words get stuck in your mind. i'm going to put an embargo on that. but for today a jaunty cardigan might do. >> take a look. here is what is happening now. our temperature has not changed. it's 47 degrees right now at reagan national. our humidity is the same, 77%. barometric pressure is the same. maybe these are just old stats and i don't know it. no, i did double check them, everything is cool. here is your u.s. map. mixed bag. the eastern united states cool to mild, the western united states cold to mild. 22 degrees in denver. those are different. do not tucker. do not laugh at me. 57 in dulles. l.a.

is 52 degrees. they're going to be about 70 degrees today with sunshine. here is a look at the satellite radar picture for the nation. okay, there is what is cutting the country in half. a frontal system is moving through. in the eastern u.s. things are calm. we do have some clouds moving through the midwest and the southern plains. they've come through the southern plains now. out to our west, a little bit of snow or frozen precipitation popping up in western portions of nebraska this morning. here is your five-day forecast. for us today, high and 62 degrees. above normal. a lot of sunshine. only a little breezy. tomorrow wonderful, friday fantastic. and saturday and sunday jaunty days for the weekend. and 63 degrees for your high temperatures both of those days. not bad at all. >> i think it's rather nice looking. >> that is a great five-day. and julie wright is standing by with a look at the traffic. and maybe one of these days, maybe on veterans day we'll say

coast is clear on the road. >> we're hoping. but is this a jaunty cardigan? >> i would say so, yes. you're good. >> ask allison, she knows. i love that. on the roads southbound along 270 out of clarksburg it's heavy, slow and steady and this carries you toward mva and then traffic will slow again through the rockville interchange headed for the split. outer loop on the brakes 95 to georgia. authorities checking for a crash inner loop of the beltway after the exit for 2002. southbound 95 slow in beltsville to the beltway. here is on the deal on kenilworth. southbound at 50 we have a crash in the left lane. then it's a multi vehicle accident. callers are hitting us up on twitter at wttg morning news and they tell me it's a ten car pileup and that's why it's slow down toward the accident scene. inbound new york avenue slow from times buildings to

bladensberg road and again at the entrance to the third street tunnel. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. are you following us on twitter yet? if so -- or if not search for wttgmorning news to get up coming stories and most importantly to give us your feedback. follow us by searching wttgmorningnews and become a fan of facebook. we'll reveal our facebook fan of the day later on this morning. so you had a bad day at the office. it happens to all of us. you want to vent and you turn to online to do your venting. what rights do you really have? this is the story for one woman. she worked for an ambulance company and she was fired because of comments she made about her employer and the working conditions there.

so what rights do you have? the national labor relations council is on board and backing here. we wanted to find out what rights we have. we are joined by john verde from the electronic privacy information center. here is the deal. what was it about this particular case that the nlrb has decided to take her side and say we think you have protection under the law. >> this is a case about the nlrb trying to make sure that protections that americans have in the workplace also apply on facebook, social networking sites and that includes workplace safety conditions and salary and other workplace issues amongst themselves and fellow employees and not be fired for the simple discussion of workplace safety issues. >> do we have to take this on a case by case basis or is it carte blanche if we want to

vent about our employer on facebook we are protected? >> it is not carte blanche. it is not good to go on facebook and complain about employers and claim that. but the courts can look at this and say if this were protected in the offline world it should also be protected on social networks. >> and what can you draw from this example? >> well all american employees whether union or nonunion have the right to discuss off the clock issues concerning workplace safety, working conditions, and compensation. and those rights are protected under federal law. a law called the national federal relations act. and that protects speech among employees because this is the way that its federal government protects individuals as they try to ensure safety on the job, regardless of what kind of work they have. in this case it's ambulance

workers who do a fairly dangerous job and this employee was expressing her dissatisfaction with working conditions. she was identifying conditions that she thought unproductive on the job. she wasn't venting about her boss. i don't think you should air your grievances on facebook. but if those discussions would be protected offline, they need to be protected online as well. >> so this woman, if she is addressing a small group of coworkers, it wouldn't be any different online if they are sitting around the desk in the office having the same conversation. >> that's true. and the critical thing to remember is that it recognizes that facebook and twitter and all of the social networking sites aren't some foreign country. they're a place that we live with every day. they have presences on facebook as fox has on facebook.

individuals have presences on facebook. this isn't a foreign land that people visit on occasion. this is a place where folks are digital natives and they do participate in all sorts of speech and activities that happen in the real world. >> and there are lines drawn and there was an arkansas school board member who was fired because of anti-gay statements made online and ended up forcing the resignation there. that is crossing the line now? >> it really is. and these were comments that had nothing to do with workplace safety. they were not protected under federal law, they were merely controversial speech on sensitive political issues that the school board decided was unbecoming of a school board member and that individual was forced to resign. but the key here is to think about the type of speech you are engaged in. and it is a fairly narrow band of protection under federal law. and then ask to whom are you directing that speech? is it just blasting it out to

the public or is it restricted to a small group of friends on facebook. >> and in this case of the worker, that will be decided in court. what do you think will happen? >> i think the nlrb and the ambulance worker have a good case. i'll be surprised if facebook or other online services are different than that protected. >> but realize what is getting out there to more people than you might think. thank you for joining us. allison, back up stairs to you. coming up, an update on the deadly cholera outbreak in haiti. plus rescue ships have arrived to help 4500 passengers back to shore. and this morning holly is with the capital movement dance company as the group gets ready

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making headlines now. fear that a surge of cholera cases will bee siege the capital city of port-au-prince. but one aid saw residents with severe symptoms. doctors and workers are rushing to set up help tents. so far they have hospitalized 9500 people. and the volcano that forced the president cut short his visit in indonesia caused him to leave earlier than planned. it's spewing ash and gas high in the air. it has killed more than 250

people. two airports have been shut down. navy helicopters now shuttling supplies to some 4500 people who are stranded on a disabled cruise ship off the coast of mexico. officials expect the people on board to remain stuck through tonight. the carnival splendor cruise ship had an engine room fire that cut its power on monday morning. the ship began drifting off the coast of northern baja mexico. two mexican sea-going tugboats are in the process of towing that shift 150 miles and passengers will be bused back to california. coming up on fox 5 morning news, the transition to republican power in the house of representatives has already started on capitol hill. we'll talk more about that and the rest of today's top political headlines next. and as we head to break, we'll take a look outside. nice start to the day, as we look at 395. and traffic updates next. it's 7:27.

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now the yoplait you love in a new four pack. try it today. wednesday morning, it is november 10th. how is that for a nice start to your day? beautiful skies out there, no clouds so far. very few at least in most of the area. and a lot of sunshine so far to get us started on this

wednesday morning. a nice view of the capitol to get things going. >> that's a great fall picture. you see the trees and the colors changing. all around the region, our trees are in the midst of it. get out there and enjoy. >> great time to be in washington. >> it really is. very pretty this time of year here. i know people saw autumn in washington is their favorite time. >> i say spring. >> i like spring too. >> but it's a close second. >> autumn. >> i'll tie-breaker with spring. >> speaking of nice weather conditions, temperatures will be where we want them to be and close to normal but a little bit above normal. so that's good. an average high for today, 59 degrees. so today we'll get up to about 62. tomorrow 60, low 60s every day. a lot of sunshine for the next several days and sunday looks

good. so into the weekend things look great around here. current temperatures around the region, no big changes this hour. we're still at 47 degrees here in washington. gaithersburg is at 43. annapolis 48. manassas is now 37 degrees there. 34 up in frederick. and in hagerstown our friends there are at 39 degrees this morning. satellite radar composite for the region, let me show you what is happening, things are quiet here. the mostly clear skies we have out there and the very nice sunrise just 45 minutes ago. there are some clouds but they are up to the north and east. that area of low pressure continuing to pull out so improving conditions in the northeast. still going to be much cooler there. we're going to be in the low 60s today. new york in the low 50s for a high today. high pressure in place moving into our region giving us quiet and calm conditions for the next several days. force for washington for today, a lot of sunshine. mild temperature this is afternoon. as i said, 62, not as breezy as

it has been for the last couple of days. 43 for your low in town tonight, that means some of you will be in the 30s overnight. five-day forecast, not much to add to it. i showed you the temperature trend. but your sky conditions are great for the next several days and right now through the weekend things look good. that is what is happening with the weather. now let's get to julie wright and get an update on traffic. julie. >> i like seeing the sunshine behind you. >> isn't that nice? >> that's a nice little back drop you have working for you. >> can't argue with that. and slow on 95 to georgia avenue. on the inner loop, here is the crash after 202 on the right side of the road. the vehicle is not over turned but the right lane blocked slowing down your roll out of landover past 202 and arena drive. mean while downtown it's the ten-car pileup all the way out at bening. only the right lane is able to

get through. big delays from 50 and the bw parkway. southeast washington troubled with a crash on pennsylvania avenue making the right turn and head north. crash in place there causing a big backup from alabama avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. it is becoming more and more apparent there is a new sheriff in town and new deputies on capitol hill. house republicans have been peteing this week to plan the transition from the a democratic to a g.o.p. minority there in the house. while some have been calling for cooperation with democrats, other republican leaders are sending strong signals they have their own priorities that don't mesh with the outgoing majority. joining us to talk about these issues, jordan seculla and david mercer. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. >> and let's start with the republican transitional team to try to see the focus and a big

word is cooperation. and what does this mean and what can the american public look forward to after the sweep of the mid term? >> there is 84 new republican faces. some were republican seats and some were democrat seats. but they are coming from the tea party, the grassroots, and they are notes beholden to party platform and party leadership. so you've seen eric cantor and john boehner, the next speaker and next majority leader of the house of representatives, working hard to make sure everybody is on board with their leadership agenda and understand how the process works. they still have to weekend inside a difficult procedural process but it's a new group. >> and i'll ask you to weigh in on that, david? >> i will weigh in. what i see, or what i heard from the american people is more comedy in the relations between republicans and

democrats why, because we need to get solutions to address the problems facing the american people, and you see a lot of -- i don't know -- disagreement arising among the republicans internally. you have pushing for earmarks and then mcconnell is pushing and lobbyer to not have ear marks. and the question is whether or not as to the grassroots operation and movement in politics will beco optative just as they had urged the established republicans to do. so that little tussle is still to be worked out going into january when the new members take their seats. >> and what i see, obviously the american people wanted more

debate when you put republicans into the majority of the house, a 51 seat majority and there is races out standing that that could go up, that there has to be more debate. people don't want a government shutdown but president obama is going to have to come to the table. because the people did not vote the republicans to give a green light after a day of discussion on capitol hill to anything that president obama wants. so the way i talk about this is almost an indefinite hold on the extreme parts of the agenda. people can decide again in two years. but for now on the biggest ayennedda items they are put on hold to get congress back to work on things that effect us. >> and agenda, they're talking about the extension of the bush tax breaks and this is looming because this is happening come january 1st. we're talking about the changes taking place. can this congress that is in now, this lame duck congress,

can this move forward to give the american people help or relief in the financial times? what is your prediction on that? >> i think there is great pressure to do so. i would like to see so and so would the american people and so would the american working family and as the obama administration has identified, those earning $250,000 and less getting the relief they need in facing the circumstances that are now being presented. and what you see going on on the opposition or with the republican party is a decupling -- decupling of the 2% for welfare earners. and i suggest as a solution, break them out and have a vote on the floor that asks members of congress to vote on whether

or not their top 2% should have a tax increase, meaning they should get $100,000 more for every million they have and then have another vote for the american working family and middle class. if you have those votes separated that you will see that for the top 2% go down and i think you would see an up vote for the middle class. >> what do you think, jordan? >> i don't think republicans will go there. they have already pushed back against legislation that would only temporarily extend the tax cuts. one proposal out yesterday was to extend it for a couple of years for everyone with a pledge, and the democrats would be behind this, where they pledge to rework the tax system entirely. so they are saying we're going to extend it and also rewrite the tax code. that sounds great. could it be done. but the republican congress

will push hard for these cuts for everyone for the top and bottom. >> and i want to ask you about the fight between steny hoyer and clyborn and this is for the second most powerful democratic position. does this bode well for the democratic party that there is infighting on both sides. democrats backing steny hoyer, but the cbc and others backing clyborn. what is your opinion about this? >> in the house you have three seats in the majority in the top leadership, the speaker, the majority leader and the whip. with the democrats in the minority, you have the minority leader and the whip. and then in the hierarchy of things with former speaker pelosi seeking to maintain her leadership status, we only have those two and it's a tough call with regard to jim clyburn. i hope the best man wins.

and we still have many weeks to go before to see who harnesses the greatest support. but that's the reality that democrats are now facing and hopefully we come up with the best leadership in -- going into the next session of congress. >> got to end it there. is there something on the tip of your tongue? >> no. i'm good. >> thank you very much. nice to see you. >> over to you. much is brought up about president obama and his childhood. there is a new book exploring the president's past and we'll talk about the author right now. we'll do that in the 8:00 hour. the capitals won their 5th in a row last night. now sure to have one person in the season all-star game. but it might look like the world's greatest pick-up game coming up next. rule the tweet.

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the next nhl all-star game might look more like it's happening on recess during a playground. there are reports that two captains will choose players from either the western or eastern conferences to make up the teams for the 2011 game played at the home of the carolina hurricanes in january. in the past the game was either a matchup of eastern conference versus western conference or north america versus the world. so my question to you, tony perkins, is if you are the last person picked for the all-star team, is that a bad thing? because you're still an all- star but nobody wants to be the last one picked. >> but since it's for the all- stars, it's okay. you're just the worst of the all-stars. not that great of a title, i guess. >> yeah. listen, it's fine outside. cool start to the day but that's what you expect in the middle of november and it's a

great day today across the region. let's show you the current temperatures. not a bad start. 47 degrees here in the district. cooler air out to the west.coul degrees there. in nashville it's 38. 50 in norfolk, 50 in new york city. here is a look at the surface map for today. there is that area of low pressure producing the storminess in the northeastern united states and new england. that is moving away. high pressure close by, that's what has been giving us the windy conditions in our region. the winds have diminished and they will continue to diminish. high pressure into the weekend and then we'll see sunny and dry days as well. there is no rain in the forecast for the immediate future. here is your five-day forecast. today 62 and sunshine tomorrow, very nice and a lot of sunshine. a lot of sunshine every day for the next several days and highs every day in the low 60s. there you go. enjoy it, folks. >> can't complain. let's see what julie wright is talking about this morning.

how is the traffic? >> we got rid of the ten car pileup but another fender- bender at boroughs. not an easy drive into washington. southbound 270 delays leaving germantown at father hurley. this continues down to the split. the crash that we showed you last time around inner loop of the beltway around 202 lanes are open again. and live shot of 66 approaching fair oaks. the delays extend from gainesville past 50 and 123 to the vienna metro. on the brakes on braddock toward 66. the gw parkway and allison was talking about the weather and the scenic views, this is the view past national airport. heavy volume north of the airport to the inbound 14th street bridge. delays on 95 and 395 from dale

city to the bridge. and it is clowe -- it is slow from the pentagon. and we're checking in with holly this morning. >> she's with the capital movement dance company. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. if you are interested in seeing where the future of dance is headed in the nation's capital, then i have the show for you. it's going on this saturday as the montgomery college center in takoma park is where we are live and where we are getting a preview of movement of the people. we'll tell you about it and show you why you don't want to miss the show coming up next live. stay with us. mamot mayosm mee" is when i thought i parked on level 2.

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morning news. remember there is no space between fox and the number 5. then post a comment under the beautiful carla's photo. and the capital dance company performing this weekend at the performing arts center. >> and holly is there to find out about the latest. >> reporter: tell her i'm not retiring, i still have bills to pay. but if you want to invest in the future then saturday night at the montgomery college performing arts center in takoma park is where you need to be. because it will be the premier performance of the next dance company. stephanie and collette both join me this morning. so tell me why this is a must- see show, movement of the

people, on saturday night. >> these young dancers here have been training with us in our professional program and we provide affordable training to level the playing field in dance so that all dancers can have the chance to have elite dance training. >> reporter: and that's what capital movement inc. is all about, it's about an opportunity for everyone. it's hard to find that these days. >> it is. our mission is to provide better movement through dance. >> reporter: and tell me about the company. >> this professional company is a collection of dancers from all over the d.c., maryland, virginia area. they train at competition studios with their dance team, with their high school, and then they also train with capital movement. so we have a diverse group of dancers who sort of span the whole gam up of the dance world. >> and you guys talk a lot when you are reading about your group, not only the dance group but about the nonprofit as well, about versatility. this is the most versatile

group you'll ever find. tell us about that. >> we stress all kinds of dance. we want you to challenge yourself to do all forms of dance. so when you go to an audition and we're training them to be professionals, they can be cast in any role in any company. >> and i assume we'll see versatility in the show itself on saturday night. >> absolutely. and we have a number of different choreographers. you won't see the same style every time. you might see three hip-hop dances but they are very different. and you are going to see everything from jazz to point to tap to hip-hop. >> reporter: and that's another thing about capital movement, is that it's not only opportunity for kids but for choreographers. >> it is. and we like to give them a performance platform such as the kennedy center or the lincoln theater or here. wonderful venues to give them the chance and exposure to perform. >> reporter: let's take

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>> reporter: they're calling it movement of the people. it's a show this saturday night at the cultural performing arts center in takoma park. the show in advance are $75. they are expecting it to be a sellout. our website is myfoxdc.com. we have a link to theirs. and we're going to find out more. and if you want to know about the facility, we're going to talk about the facility and we're going to take advance -- advantage of being here and we're going to learn how to glide. and i'll take you along with me. back to you guys. >> holly, thank you so much. we'll see you next hour. right now it's 7:57. in the next hour, m

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president obama and other world leaders head to south korea for the g 20 summit to tackle tough issues, including the world economy. we'll get a preview ahead this hour. eliott spitzer's rise and fall is in a new documentary called clients nine. we talk to the writer and director. a mystery in the sky and nobody knows what this is and the government is claiming they don't know either. we'll look at some of the theories coming up as well. good morning, i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. it is a good wednesday morning. >> it will warm up nicely, a lot of sunshine. >> one of those go get 'em kind

of days. >> we have mostly clear skies out there, comfortable temperatures and a good day. 47 degrees in the district. 48 degrees at ocean city. winchester, virginia is at 41. frederick, maryland is at 34. and in baltimore we're at 46. satellite radar will show you that our skies are mostly clear by far. a lot of bright sunshine. we'll continue to see that through the day today. a few clouds might stream into the northern and eastern skies but that's about it. for the most part protected by high pressure. so the forecast for today looks like this: a lot of sunshine, a mild afternoon once again. yesterday's high of 63. today 62, not bad and not as breezy as yesterday. so it's a good day so enjoy it and have lunch outdoors today. >> very nice. >> thanks, tony. >> good advice. let's check in with julie wright. she always has good advice. >> you had me with lunch.

allison, is it steve's turn to pay or tony's? >> i think it's still tony's turn. >> i do too. he owes me quite a bit. >> we'll wait. >> and on this diet, tony, i haven't eaten in a long time. >> we're going to wait a while. southbound along 270 working toward montrose road and toward the split, you're going to find the lanes are open. overall delays are with you out of germantown and then around the curve right into the sunshine approaching old georgetown road, allow yourself extra time there. no problems on the outer loop, slowing 95 to georgia. and if you are traveling on the gw parkway northbound we have the delays leaving national airport headed up toward the 14th street bridge. heavy volume here, 95 is congested from dale city and across the 14th street bridge. the express lane is congested from the prince william parkway toward the pentagon. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. president barack obama is in south korea this morning gearing up for theg-20 summit. the president and other leaders

are set on to take up tough issues, including the global economy. ainsley earhart has more. >> reporter: protestors have dug in in anticipation of the g- 20. >> they need to do something about poverty. the impact of the financial crisis on developing countries is huge. >> reporter: the u.n. secretary general has vowed to help. >> i will do my best to ensure that leaders of the world are the biggest and strongest economies build solutions for the poorest and most honorable people around the world into their plans. >> reporter: this is the 5th meeting of the leaders and started in seoul on thursday. dozens denounced the u.s. trade agreement between south korea and the u.s. >> we believe it does not

represent the impact of workers. >> reporter: the leaders represent advanced and emerging economies, people are watching and hoping the nations can come together to avoid further economic erosion. >> there needs to be some common rules of the road that everybody agrees to regarding , open markets. and if the g-20 can't achieve that then the world is in a much worse place. >> reporter: the first summit was held in washington, d.c., december of 2008, two months after the lehman brothers collapse. the president and first lady left indonesia last night. at a speech to students the president said the united states is making progress on improving relations with the muslim world. >> we also know that relations

between the united states and muslim communities have frayed over many years. as president, i've made it a priority to begin to repair these relations. as part of that effort, i went to cairo last june and called for a if you beginning between the united states and muslims around the world. >> a couple of times during that speech the president spoke in indonesian to loud applause. new this morning, a series of more bombings targeting christians in the iraqi capital. 14 people were hurt and some killed in attacks. last week 58 people were killed during a church massacre. al-qaeda militants claimed responsibility for that attack and are threatening more violence against christians. all eyes on the sky in california. or at least to the west of california. some are calling this a missile

mystery. a news helicopter spotted what looked like a air trail and no one can explain what it is. >> reporter: the department of defense is saying it's not us but no one seems to know what the mysterious missile was over the skies near california on monday. well a pentagon spokesman did offer up this possibility of an explanation, saying it was possible that someone fired something that was maybe an am tour or possibly even a private company. so it is possible that someone knows what this is and not saying or it's really a complete mystery. the video was shot by a cbs news helicopter in los angeles. the camera pointed west over the pacific ocean around 5:00 monday afternoon. >> it's interesting to see how much of a tisy everybody has gotten into today. >> reporter: sam covers the navy and maritime issues for james defense weekly. >> right now no one has a good

explanation. >> reporter: he said norad is calling it simply an unexpected contrail. >> norad has said that whatever it was, wasn't a threat necessarily to the united states or canada or a foreign missile launch. beyond that, they have offered no other explanation. >> reporter: the former commander said he can't believe this was an accidental launch from a navy ship or submarine. >> i just can't conceive of where it could be done by sheer accident. because there is never just a one-man, push the bought -- button operation. there is always a fail safe. >> reporter: the mystery sighting is making newspaper and website headlines across the country. >> this is a contrail from an airplane and it looks very much like a missile. >> reporter: sam la grown said the most plausible explanation

is that this was a jet plane and the contrail disordered by the atmosphere. >> and are you hoping the mystery gets solved. you would like to get it solved? >> absolutely. it's been driving me nuts all day. >> reporter: and the website claims there are other tell tale signs that shows this is more likely a yet and not a missile. they say there is no bright rocket flare and the craft moves incredibly slow and a rocket would move much faster than this. but still this morning a mystery as to what that was in the sky. steve, back to you. >> thank you, sarah. as we move on. it's now 8 minutes past the hour. they paid for a vacation full of fun and fabulous food and they would hope. >> instead more than 3,000 carnival cruisers are stuck at

sea. they're eating spam and pop tarts we're told. >> how do they get that much spam left? do you have that much left? >> no. >> they're bringing it in. this newscast has gone wild. and we're back at what shapes the president's leadership skills. the author joins us in the studio. stay with us. that's coming up. it's 8:09.  [ older brother ] hey, that's the last crescent.

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welcome back. just before 8:12 now. let's look at stories making headlines. a loudoun county man accused in a metro bomb plot has pled not guilty. faroque ahmad charged with providing help and plan an attack on four metro stations. his trial is set to begin in april. he faces up to 50 years in prison. and navy helicopter

shuttling supplies to the 4500 people stranded on a cruise ship. the carnival splendor was near los angeles when the engine room had a fire. passengers will be brought back to california by bus. and yesterday arlington county police officers patrolling the intersection of wilson boulevard and north lynn street. anyone not obeying traffic laws was issued a ticket or a warning. and it's 8:13 and we're looking at the weather. >> and around now they offer us something great. >> even on the worst of days. >> and now i've not seen the picture. i have preved the description of the picture.

and it sounds like a cute picture and anyone of us with kids could understand. and this is reilly making a mess eating her spaghetti. they love it but they eat it with their hands and it's all over the face. >> all in her lap. she's so adorable, who cares. >> it's on the floor too. >> those eyes are amazing, steve. thanks for sending that in. reilly is adorable. to send us your child's picture go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings. i like the music selection too. let's look at our weather conditions across the region. we start with current temperatures. it is 50 degrees. we've gone up to 50 degrees here in washington. very nice. relative humidity is 71%. winds out of the north at 12 miles per hour. barack obama continues to be on the rise.

the national nap or satellite radar composite. things are quiet here. roughly along the mississippi river and east and west, you have cloud cover. showers in the northern and central plains. the west coast looks good. l.a. a lot of sunshine today with high in the low 70s. here is your forecast for us for today and the next five days: high 62 and a lot of sunshine. all this week and into and through the weekend highs in the low 60s. overnight lows on thursday and friday night in the 30s. a lot of sunshine and dry for the next few days. that's a look at weather. now let's get a look at rush hour traffic with julie wright. that's me. outer loop slowing 95 to georgia avenue. delays on the inner loop into the bright sunshine, university boulevard to new hampshire avenue. no problems on the outer loop leaving montgomery on the dulles toll road. slow toward wolf trap and then

again leaving the main toll plaza. 395 northbound, getting here won't be easy. because there is still delays at the 14th street bridge. and you'll find 66 tied up from 7100 toward the beltway. and slow on braddock road to 66 and on the gw parkway passing national airport a slow ride up toward the 14th street bridge. westbound greenland road, accident reported here. westbound 50 in maryland, new crash on the right side. 50 congested heading up to benington avenue where all of the traffic has cleared. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. there is a new book out that dives deeper into who president barack obama is. the book is called young mr. obama, chick -- chicago and a

black president. and joining us now is the author ted mccellan and who was there when much of this happened. when did mr. obama appear on your radar? >> it was in 999 when i was working with the chicago city paper and we were hearing on the south side people were calling this new candidate brock your momma. and he was running against bobby rush who was a former bike panther and congressman and in that election the issue was whether he was black enough. he got a lot of flack about being an outsider to the community. >> and the book is fascinating. but one of the things he talks about is he was shaped by the black or south side of chicago and why is that critical to him and what did he do to embrace that community and been able to par lay that forward. >> in 1985 he was living in new york and he wanted to live in a

-- black community and this is the largest concentration of african-americans in the country and where they were making their own destiny. and chicago was the natural place to go. if he hadn't come to chicago, he wouldn't be president. we've had a black congressman since 1928 and so that gave him the support he needed to get where he is. >> it was still a tough area where he went. he wanted to work for the mayor. and a tough area. i don't mean tough as in just violent area, but did was a desperate era. >> the steel mills had shut down. he came to work for a community group and working on a housing project that was 15 miles from the loop, 8 miles from the nearest train. you had generations of people in poverty. no way to get out of there and

no way to get a job or a car. and he just worked on small improvements like getting asbestos out of their housing units or getting an employment center close to their neighborhood where they could get a job. >> is that what it was that helped to win the support of people who live there. what was the first sign that there might be a brighter future for him. >> you saw his dual nature at work to fit in then. he was black enough and yesterday white enough to walk into this meeting to ask for $5,000 and grill them on what to expect that you can be more than somebody that lived in a project. >> you talk about the chicago- style politics and how much that played into it. does that still exist now?

>> it exists even more now than he has trained rahm emanual and sent him back to chicago. we'll deal with his hard ball pollices in the next few months. >> and when did you first have the idea this is somebody who could become president? >> there are people who claim when he first came to the state senate, i met the first black president of the united states. i thought he would be a good candidate for the senate, better than for a black majority. but i didn't imagine he would be president. this was so fast. >> there had to be something like it seems how much he was embraced in chicago but that he would be involved in this. >> and hyde park was the perfect place for him to learn how to represent blacks and

whites. it's a community around the university of chicago. and cara moseley brown and harold johnson came from there and a lot of politicians got their start in hyde park. >> and obviously highly popular during the vote in the election in 2008. and things happen over a couple of year period. as far as we look forward to 2012, but down but don't count him out. >> i think losing the house of representatives was good for him. he's got a foil. and he needs to get beaten once in a while. he got beaten for congress and now that he's beaten in the mid terms it will help. >> and what about strong media campaigns? >> he's a great campaigner ands

in never as exciting in 2012. that was the romance and this is the marriage. he'll be able to read the people again. >> to get more insight into the president. >> moved there for a $10,000 job and with a $2,000 car. and there will be a signing tonight on fourth street northwest to say hello and picking up a copy of the book there. thanks for coming in this morning, ted. >> thank you. today construction crews in our area will break ground on a $520 million four-star hotel. we'l come back. and then we'll check back in with holly who is learning to glide with members of the capital movement dance company. stay with us. fox 5 morning news will be right back.

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authority are among those attending. they are hoping that state-of- the-art hotel will attract more business for the walter e. reed convention center. it is expected to be done by the spring of 2014. and also ground breaking today for the american veterans disabled for life memorial. the nation's first public tribute to the more than 3 million living disabled vets. the 2.4-acre site is across from the botanic garden. disabled vets will be on hand. 8:26 right now. coming up in the next hour, we'll meet the family that sold their home and hit the road with a mission. and eliott spitzer's rise and fall is featured in a new documentary. hear from the writer and director right here on fox 5 morning news. 8:26. we'll be right back. as

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it's 8:30 right now. let's take a look outside at the capital this morning and some of the neighborhoods in the foreground. look at the trees out there. what a great start to the day today. >> it sure is. tucker is here now. and he has a little more of an in depth look of what we can expect. >> it will be beautiful. temperatures in the 60s. a facebook friend wants to know if it will snow in martinsberg? >> can you tell that? >> no. but it won't be in the next 7- 10 days. >> last weekend wee had in in the maryland mountains, accumulating snow. >> it's getting to be that time of year. >> around here beautiful. a lot of sunshine expected. temperatures back into the low 60s. so the best part of the day is in front of us. and again here is your temperature trend the next couple of days. a nice stretch through the end of the weekend. in fact temperatures will average a few degrees above where they should be.

and right now the weekend looks fantastic. highs of 63, maybe 64 or 65 by sunday. currently 50 degrees at reagan national. we bottomed out in the mid-40s in town. in gaithersburg 46. in frederick 41. dulles 45. and 48 in manassas and 49 in quantico. this forecast is an easy one. not a whole lot to do in the weather department except to tell you it will be beautiful. a bright and sunny day. a few clouds off to the eve. storminess that we've been watching for the last several days off to the north and east is still pestering the coastal region. so cloudiness toward ocean city or down toward the beaches this area of low pressure will be kicked out of here and we'll set ourselves up for a great week. and a lot of sunshine and quiet conditions here in washington. 62 this afternoon. a lot of sunshine and mild. winds out of the north at 5-10 miles per hour. and the five-day forecast, i mentioned the temperatures. you'll notice a lot of dry conditions and a lot of sunshine and outdoor plans this weekend.

go for it. it will be glorious out there with highs each day in the low to mid-60s. so a good-looking forecast. that's a look at the weather. allison, now over to you and some very special guests. >> you have that right, tucker. a road trip with the family might be fun but how about spending a year on the road with your loved ones. the griner family of illinois is doing it for a good cause. they are traveling across the country in an effort to get more people to sign up for organ donation, the cards that are so life saving. joining us this morning, the griner family. welcome to the area. >> we're enjoying the area. >> what state are we in now? how many miles are on the van in this journey? >> we just finished maryland and we spent a week in washington, d.c. and then we're off to virginia. we've done 20,000 miles on the van, which has been 500 hours in the van together. >> that's amazing.

>> with absolutely no arguments whatsoever. >> and that's a wonderful thing. and i know this is a personal mission for this family. how did you get to this point and at what point -- did mike come to you and say we're going on the road for a year and you said okay? >> i can't define the moment it tarted. but it started because mike had a transplant about 7 years ago now and that was the inspiration for our trip because without his donor anne, we wouldn't be here today. i won't have a husband and they wouldn't have a father if it wasn't for her and she's our hero. so we wanted to do something different to encourage other people to sign up. if more people signed up, we won't have the problem of 19 people dying while waiting for transplants every day so we thought we would do something fun to encourage people to sign up. >> and i want to ask the kids how much fun it is. but mike, when you go places, you do sign people up. this is also done online. we'll talk about that effort and also some of the myths or

obstacles that you run up against as far as public opinion in organ donation? >> every state we visit is different. because we set up ourselves with the donate life crew across the country. so we'll talk to them and set up an event where we sit at a table, spoken at dmv and done all sorts of fun things to try to encourage people to sign up as organ donors and often times we'll ask people to sign up online. people can follow our trip and no matter what state you are from you can sign up. >> but people have some really sort of -- some people have outlandish ideas about this. how do you quell those fears and talk about the life saving benefits. >> we talked to several people. the first person we encounter is the hotel that we check into and there was someone that he wouldn't sign up because his

girlfriend told him she was scared he would be kidnapped and his organs stolen. and there are myths like that that isn't true. and people think if you are a organ donor that you won't get good care. but that is not true. the doctor's job is to save your life. >> and so kids, mom and dad say we're going on the road. that means you're not at your regular school and your with mom and dad for a year. and levy, what has this been like for you? >> it's fun. we're going around the united states and seeing places. i've been in the atlantic ocean which is a new experience for me. i get to go to amusement parks so we do a lot of things. >> and i know you are home schooled, but education on the road you say this is the empire

state building, is it kind of cool to see that out of the text books for you? >> definitely. we get to see a lot of things that most kids don't get to see. so i feel very privileged. >> do you think you'll ever forget this, even if you live to be 99 years old? >> i hope i don't forget it. >> that's awesome. and i'll let you have the last word too. your dad is sitting here because someone was i guess generous enough or had the forethought to say when i die let my organs live on. do you have an opinion about that, a thought about that for other people watching that might be on the sense about signing up? >> when you sign up, you're a superhero. you save lives and that's the main thing. you can jump in a burning people and save people's lives but you've also just -- when you die, you just saved eight people's lives. >> sarah, you have to be proud of that response?

>> definitely. >> thank you for coming in. you're going to be in virginia today. >> we do a lot online. we're online today and we're using smart work to help and a marathon in richmond also. >> good luck in your mission. >> thank you. >> steve, over to you. 8:36 now. coming up next, more on a job fair for veterans and then we reveal our job of the day. and the voting is still open for the high school football game of the week and we'll show up for the winning match-up on friday night. here are your choices. to vote text the school name or the game number one through five, and text that number to 29473 or go to myfoxdc.com and vote online under the sports tab. we'll be right back. it's 8:37. ♪

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today is wednesday, tomorrow is veteran's day. today former service members getting an opportunity to find work. maryland congresswoman donna edwards hosting a veteran's career and community fair already unstarted about 10 minutes ago at the american legion in cheverly. it will continue until 2:00 this afternoon. a whole bunch of federal

agencies are on hand for information on jobs, health care, housing services and more. and again that is in cheverly, maryland, until 2:00 at the american legion. and if you are looking for work, check out our job shop. our job today is with rose eta stone. this job is located in arlington. 8 years experience is required. for more on this job and many others go to myfoxdc.com and click on the job shop tab at the top of the home page. coming up on this wednesday morning, he was once known as the sheriff of wall street. >> eliott spitzer's rise and fall is featured in a new documentary called client 9 and i talk to the writer and director when we come back. and holly, good morning. >> reporter: i have star power this morning as i'm hanging out with some of the best dancers that this area has to offer. we're live at the takoma springs dance company for a

last minute rehearsal for a big show coming up this weekend called movement of the people. we're going to talk about it and get a dance lesson and talk about this incredible venue as well. stay with us. 

8:44 now. eliott spitzer became a name first as its no nonsense attorney. then it was the governor. and then it crumbled around him. alex gib ny has a story about eliott spitzer's story >> the scandal provoked so many questions about how did this sheriff of wall street suddenly mysteriously is involved in the prostitution scandal. and then it raises all sorts of questions about marriage, in fidelity and sex. but the timing was so odd. here is the sheriff of wall street, the guy warning us all about something going wrong inside the financial community and he goes down just as the

financial markets are about to go down so it all seemed very suspicious. >> in the movie you say he saw his reform starting to roll back and everybody was effected by it. i won't ask you to forecast what had happened, but had this not happened would we have seen a difference in the world market? >> it's hard to know. look, there was a fundamental flaw that nobody was willing to address if it were to happen. but eliott spitzer was a very powerful voice. he had the bully pulpit and he understood how the economy worked and what was wrong with it and he could have been an important and strong voice in the crisis. >> nicknamed the sheriff of wall street. when he resigned, cheers on the floor of wall street there. but he had his vices and one of them seemed to be his temper. he made a lot of enemies just by the work that he did but it

sort of escalated with threatening remarks and in-your- face approach. tell us about his personality and what we never saw and ceo's saw. >> sometimes he would blow up. i think he would use it as a technique. he would snap at people and bully them and get things done. but over time it became a problem. and some of his staffers refer to his temper tantrums. but there are times when it caused him problems because people took it personally. >> and the enemies he made, they say they had nothing to do with it and then he said, i don't blame anybody. but what is the role as limited or as much as you found out in doing this film because there is a wire tap showing an investigation showing the money is transferring. who is watching what he is doing in his spare time?

it seems like an interesting mix. >> there is a mystery at the heart of it. and there is a tale to be told. and if it was a political hit, you have to believe he provided the money and ammunition. and how he was outed, it is important. there was power from his economy enemies and the federal government and they looked at eliott spitzer as a liberal who could punch. and the manner of the federal investigation into eliott spitzer raises a lot of disturbing and important questions. >> but in the end the question is asked why has he been so vilified in the public opinion. you mentioned bill clinton going on with this second life and eliott spitzer, although he is making a comeback and he is on the talk show circuit, but why do you think it didn't work

in his favor? >> we have senator david vitter from louisiana who also ordered prostitutes. in fact during role call in the congress, he's been re-elected, why eliott spitzer, why was he cast this way? this was a guy who had prosecuted escort services and low and behold it turns out he was using them. so hypocrisy in this country is something we have a hard time with. >> it is so true. and he said the blame is with me and it was my own vices that brought me down. i love, when you see this movie, i love the end shot when he's walking like a regular new yorker through the masses. and you know how new york is, nobody is paying attention to him but they are saying is that eliott spitzer? what are you saying to the viewer. >> it's a moment of great sadness and the moment where you can see the public figure

out of power, out of the public limelight and all of the public figures need that agility and the sense of the audience watching them and there he is now just the average everyday joe and this is a guy who in his own way was fighting for the economic rights of middle class folks and now he's just an ordinary guy like the rest of us. >> client 9 opens in washington on friday. also available on itunes and on demand. >> one woman we became familiar with is ashley dupree. it was revealed that he only used her services like one time. there was another call girl from the emperor's club that was his regular date, let's say. her story is told in the movie. he uses an actress with her words. and now she's writing a column for the new york post. >> do you think the other woman is upset about that? >> i don't think so. because she didn't want to

reveal her face in the movie. so she's more low-key. >> that's interesting. thank you, allison. it's 8:50 right now. and holly becoming a dancing queen today. >> she's with the capital movement dance company learning moves, including the glide. i think we saw it. holly, i know you're going to kill it. whatever. >> if we were dancing to abba's dancing queen, i might have a shot. i don't know about the hip-hop thing but i am learning from some of the best because i'm hanging out with the capital movement dance company and they're gearing up for the big show on saturday night. and cory evans, how old are you? >> 12. >> how long have you been dancing? >> since i can remember. >> reporter: how long have you been hip-hopping? you came out of the womb hip- hopping, i'm thinking. so tell me about this glide thing? how does it work. >> you left up your foot and turn it and push your right out

and then you switch and just repeat. slide in, turn out and push out. and it's easy to remember. just turn, turn, slide, slide, turn, turn out. season slide, turnout. turn slide, turn out. so if i'm doing that while i'm on the dance floor, do you think it will be noticeable if i'm saying it outline. >> well -- >> reporter: that might not be so cool. and what do you like about its dance club? >> you get a lot of opportunities to experience performance that you never had before. and you'll get the confidence to do more dance. >> reporter: let me see your glide with confidence? >> okay. >> reporter: cory, now tell them that's exactly what i

looked like when we weren't on tv. all right. i know someone else who could help us out. and i heard you could glide? >> yeah, real likely. >> reporter: perry is the cultural arts center coordinator. in other words this venue was his dream and he's made it happen. and this is an amazing place that i don't think a lot of people don't know about. >> well thank you. and this will help, i hope. >> reporter: and we went in the lobby to get a lot of pictures so we could see. and tell us what people will experience here. >> this weekend we're doing a lot of dance, starting with thursday and friday with the paul taylor dance and paul taylor dance movement 2 is going to be here and capital movement will be here on saturday and we do music in

this theater both live -- acoustic and nonacoustic. so we do bands and symphonies and smaller groups. >> reporter: if you come out here live, you'll see the theater. how many people does it hold? >> 5 hub people. >> and it's details and intimate. >> and that was part of the plan. >> reporter: and i want to show you more of what you will experience on saturday from the capital area music company. and as we're watching them dance, this was like ten years in the making? >> more than that. about 15 from the initial start. i've been involved from the beginning. it's about 7 years of planning and 3 years of building and that's close to accurate. >> so they need to come and experience this. >> thank you for coming. >> reporter: and this is an

amazing chance to come and experience montgomery college and don't forget the saturday night show which is what got us here this morning with the capital movement dance company and they're show called movement of the people and myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to theirs. tickets are $25 if you get them in advance. and they are $35 if you -- or $30 if you get them at the door. so buy multiples and you'll see more happening this weekend in terms of dance in the future of the d.c. area here. back to you guys. >> we'll looking forward to that. and allison a very stylish women. i'm a jeans and t-shirt type of guy. >> and if you like styles, do you go with the expressive ones, cheap ones? how do you know what is best for you? >> you know when you turn around and you're like, yeah.

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