changes from some of washington's most popular tourists attractions. could admission fees soon be coming to the smithsonian museum. how much it will pay and how much it will help the nation's bottom line ahead. it started out as a dream vacation, but turned into a nightmare. the passengers are speaking out about their ordeal. that is coming up as fox 5 morning news 7:00 starts now. look at the tower cam. the trees are looking pretty in northwest washington d.c. it is friday, november 12, 2010. i'm steve chenevey. >> and it was chilly this morning. >> i think we are definitely tiptoeing into cold territory. >> the day will be okay. let's get the latest. >> cold this morning, but you

will forget about that by this afternoon. another great day with the highs in the 60s. good morning, allison and steve. let's look at the current temperatures at the airport. the coldest morning we have had this week. ronald reagan at 38. dulles is 30 degrees. bwi is 32 degrees this morning. you may wonder where the freeze and frost warnings are located. here is the satellite/radar. nothing to show you. it is rare we have a satellite/radar picture that is this bare. there are no clouds. we have clear skies. lots of sunshine. it will slow your commute traveling to the east. we will see plenty of sunshine today. here is the forecast. high today well into the 60s. the low-to-mid-60s with plenty of sunshine. a very pretty day. the weekend look goods as well. i'll tell you about that coming

up. let's go to julie wright for a check on roads. a lot going on especially on the west side of town. we will go courtesy of the crew in sky fox. the accident activity reported in the right lane. on 66 inside the beltway, as the sun hits you at this hour, we have a crash over fairfax drive. the accident had the left lane blocked with one lane to the right getting through. again, if you are traveling inside of the beltway on 66, your delays are building to fairfax drive. left lane is closed and traffic is gridlocked east on 66. you should go north on 395. it is moving better than this commute here on 66. that is a check of the traffic.

our top story this morning, the white house is giving in a bit. the president laying the ground work to extend the bush-era tax cuts. this is a major reversal for the obama administration. doug luzader is joining us with more. >> reporter: good morning. this may be the first sign of the republican mid term victories playing out here on capitol hill with the president giving ground. >> i'm not going to negotiate here in seoul. >> reporter: maybe not. even in south korea, it was clear the president would probably have to give in to republicans on taxes. >> my number one priority is making sure that we make the middle class tax cuts permanent. we have give certainty to the 98% of americans who are affected by those tax breaks. >> reporter: but to do that, to extend some of the tax cuts that president barack obama signed into -- that president bush signed into law in his

first term, president barack obama will have to give in to all of the tax cuts. it it was senior white house advisor david axelrod to hold out in retreat. >> my own take is that axelrod let go of the negotiating position that the administration wanted to hold over the gop. it was possible he was just signaling this would happen. >> reporter: it will be a tough pill to swallow for the president's supporters. about the only thing the president will get is the temporary ones with tax season right around the corner. that is why there is an urgency to get those done before the old tax rates go into effect at the end of the year.

steve. >> doug, thank you. there is some controversy over proposals to cut the national deficit. the chairman of president barack obama's debt commission unveiled the issues this week. we told you about social security benefits, but how about charging admission to the smithsonian and the national zoo? wee have sherri ly. >> reporter: if you go to new york, the admission fee is $20 for the museum. the national zoo and the smith zone -- smith zone i don't know can -- smithsonian cannot afford to cut. here is what the smithsonian is facing. it calls for $225 million from

funding of the budget by 2015. to compensate for the loss, the museum and zoo would charge $7.50 admission fees. the national park service which is expected to have a $3 billion budget is looking at a cut of $75 million under the proposal. to pay for that, the recommendations are looking to raise fees at parks that have one already. the price would go up by 25 cents. this is not the first time where the idea has been floated to charge admission fees to the smithsonian and the national zoo. in the past, one california congress member who sits on the board of the smithsonian said he would fight tooth and nail. these are just proposals and the big fight would be on capitol hill. that is the latest in southwest.

back to you. facebook fans are sounding off about the idea to charge admission to the smithsonian and zoo. last hour, we heard from a viewer opposed to the idea. but then, "i say it is not a bad idea if they charged admission. $5 for adults on weekdays and $7.50 on weekends. children should not have an admission since it is about a learning experience for them." we will share your comments as you post them. >> a lot of people are talking about that. new this morning, a fox 5 exclusive. we learned a former georgetown university basketball star faces serious drug charges. charles smith was wounded on october 21st in the shooting on lands dale hope way. police found a large amount of cocaine in the home and a gambling operation. he was charged with intent to

distribute. he was released after posting a $250,000 bond. a tour bus full of veterans catches fire. you see the flames pouring from the vehicle at the 14th street bridge in arlington last night. the arlington firefighters put out the flames. no one was injured. hundreds of nurses at washington hospital center will spend the day before thanksgiving on the picket lines. they are upset over unfair labor practices. the union contract expired over the summer. we have been following this story all week. an his morning. we expected a first class vacation, but they got anything close to it. a cruise ship finally back at home after being stuck at sea

with no power. we have more from the newsroom. >> reporter: four very long days for travelers, steve, because of an engine problem. passengers took cold showers and ate cold food. the ordeal of the carnival "splendor" is finally over. no telephones or toilets or laundry or air conditioning. >> the food area smelled like vomit. >> reporter: the food choices were far from five stars. >> conditions were horrible. the food was gross. >> we were looking forward to having warm food. everything was cold. >> reporter: the ship left sunday night and by monday morning, passengers knew there was something wrong. an engine fire aboard the cruise liner knocked out power for passengers.

it was a practice in patience. >> it was all right. a few days doing nothing. >> we all stuck together. we tried to make the best of it. >> reporter: it took hours for the nearly 4500 passengers to disembark on thursday in san diego. >> the crew was great. they worked their butts off for 15 hours straight, sometimes. it was good. >> reporter: carnival offered a free trip to anybody aboard. some said they could not face another cruise. >> we absolutely will be back. they gave us a free one. what are the chances this would happen twice to the same person? i'm god with -- i'm going with the odds. >> reporter: the cruise was never a spam-cation. it was never served to passengers. it was there, just in case, but they never had to serve it. the passengers never had to eat it.

>> spam-cation is a word you never thought you would hear? >> no. coming up on fox 5 morning news, it is nothing shocking to metro riders who see a few escalators out every day on their commute. coming up, just how bad the problem really s. let's look out -- really is. let's look outside. we are off to a great start with the clear skies. it is cold out there right now. bundle up this morning. tony will join us after the break and he will let us know when we will shed the jackets.  rule the tweet.

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7:14 right now on this friday morning. we are jam packed today. we have big names coming up on the show. stick around. >> later this hour, we will be joined by a true icon of the

national basketball league. earl, the big cat, lloyd. he played in 1950. three went in at the same time and he hit the hard court. he is in town this weekend. that is coming up this hour. >> the first african-american to win a championship in the nba as well. then dr. oz will join us. he will join us from orlando, florida. he is the keynote speaker for the children's miracle network. and joined by tanya snyder, the wife of daniel snyder. she is talking about female football fans and fashion and perhaps staying healthy. >> we will talk about a big event on the health front.

then the host of "swift justice." nancy grace will join us. then rita marley. she is the widow of bob marley. she is set to receive the marcus garvey lifetime achievement award. >> if you have questions for any of the guests, let us know via facebook or twitter. you know the drill on facebook. nearly 8,000 strong when it coming to looking for fans. if you are a fan, thank you very much. a special good morning to you. we will reveal our facebook fan of the day late they are hour. she -- later this hour. she is a big fan of tony perkins. who isn't. >> that is a great line up.

rita marley. good show. we have a good weather forecast. we have to get through the morning. it is cold. the coldest morning we had this week. a beautiful day and we will stick with the forecast for the weekend. >> good. i had frost. i was afraid it wasn't in the mid-60s. >> wait until you see the temperatures. right now, we are remain at 38 degrees here in the national capitol. it is the coldest morning of the week. winds north at 6 miles an hour. temperatures across the country, it is cold across the midwest. 36 in raleigh, north carolina. mild air in the southern plains. 67 in dallas. 45 in wichita. look at denver, 24 degrees in denver. they had some snow out in some of the mountains out to the west and the western mountains west of denver. winter time has started out there. los angeles at 56 degrees this

morning. the satellite/radar composite for the nation. we are quiet here in the mid- atlantic and most of the southeast. in the nation's mid section, we have a good frontal boundary bringing lots of rain into portions of the central plains. that extends into the midwest and it is drier behind it. the five-day forecast showing lots of sunshine and high in the mid-60s. tomorrow, we changed the forecast. we upped the temperatures high in the upper 60s with sunny skies. mid-60s on sunday. monday, clouds roll in. maybe some rain overnight monday into tuesday and tuesday looks to be a rainy day at this point. there you go. >> great. >> as long as we get the weekend. pushing 70 on saturday. i'm so excited about that. i'll bottle it up and open it up on december 12th. if you are traveling the beltway, we had a crash at

university boulevard. delays around before new hampshire at the accident scene. traveling in virginia, east 66, the slowdowns here merging from 50. then 66 in the beltway with the crash at fairfax drive, that crash has cleared. also make note, the inner loop across the wilson bridge is clear. that is the check of traffic. breaking news this morning. escalators troubles. yesterday alone nearly 125 escalators were out of service and more taken out of service as part of the emergency maintenance inspections. one rider said crutches for her are coming at a bad time. >> i cannot imagine what it

would be like every day if you had some kind of disability and the escalators were out so frequently. >> metro says it still has 200 escalators to inspect. that could mean more outages over the next couple of weeks. we talked with the chairman of the metro board. he said the report was helpful. >> this is a report that our general manager asked for specifically because we are having continual problems of the escalators maintenance. he wanted to know if we were doing something wrong. should we do something different. that is the thing that is a really smart thing to do. the report came out and it focused on can we do this better? it had a number of very good ideas. >> if would you like to see more of the interview with the chairman of the metro board, go to myfoxdc.com. it is 7:20 on this friday morning. coming up on fox 5 morning news. >> they call him the youngest elected official in the

country. he lives and goes to school in washington d.c. coming up, we are going to introduce you to him. all right. also, you watch cooking shows? >> not really. >> it is a vice for me. paula deen and bobby flay. holly will preview the big cooking and entertainment show this weekend at the convention center. we will check in with her coming up later.       rule the tweet.

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at the age of 19, dion jones is majoring in political science, but he is juggling more. >> he waged a fees write in campaign for advisory neighborhood commissioner. he is one of the youngest elected officials in america. we stopped by to talk to him. >> reporter: dion jones was

born in mississippi and raised in atlanta. he moved to washington d.c. just six months ago to go to au. already he has an impressive resume. >> i have been advisor to the superintendent of fulton county schools in atlanta. i have been a city council member. i was a senate page. >> reporter: he is ambitious. he would have to be to run a write-in campaign. >> i ran for an open field. >> reporter: you are barely a resident. >> i get that a lot. i really feel like i can do this job justice. i will make the university and community proud. i am an intern. i have a great transition team. >> reporter: you will get out of college with agree in government? >> yes -- with a degree in government? >> yes. i want to go to harvard law and be a district attorney and

state senate. come back. >> reporter: which state? >> i don't know yet. >> reporter: that takes confidence. deon jones is a man with a plan. >> state senate. go to congress. go back to the state and run for governor and then president. >> reporter: he is driven and passionate and wants to run for office to help. >> the education system i came from, the teachers are great. they don't have the resources they need to ensure that every single student succeeds. i was so glad the campaign was over. >> reporter: he is making a mark on campus with other student leaders. he has a lot on his plate for a 19-year-old. >> we have a social education committee tomorrow. i'm really excited about it.

>> reporter: at american university, karen gray houston, fox 5 news. coming up on fox 5 morning news, we will be joined by a true basketball icon. earl lloyd was the first african-american to play in the 1950s. he will join us coming up. as we head out to break, we will get the latest weather and traffic updates coming up. traffic is not bad today. a lot of people took an extra day off for the veterans day holiday. 

it is 7:30. the white house appears to be open to temporarily extending all of the bush-era tax cuts. the news came from david axelrod. he happens to be on fox news sunday this weekend. chris wallace will talk to him about that. chris joins us from capitol hill right now. >> good morning, steve. >> this is exciting. it is a change. the big picture is does this mean the president will apiece the republicans after the election?

>> the reality is not only did the republicans win the last election, but an increasingly number of democrats jumped ship on the president's decision. raising taxes on anyone with an economy this weak wasn't sailing. they had to compromise on this. whether they move in other directions, we will see. that is one of the questions we will ask david axelrod on sunday morning. >> david axelrod is not your only guest? >> he is known as senator tea party. he broke with the establishment republican leadership in the senate this year. supporting other candidates. he said i would rather have 30 true believers than 50 arlen spectors. even after the republican was crossing the aisle. it will be interesting to see. one of the way he is is con

fronting is through ear marks. we will talk to him on sunday. >> also, you will talk about the debt commission. making a lot of headlines the last couple of days. i want to talk about the power player of the week. the star of one of my favorite movies. you have the dude. >> jeff bridges. a lot of people said he is the star of my favorite movie and they mentioned various movies. "the big lebowski." he just won the oscar for best actor. he came to town this week to talk about childhood hunger. he has been involved in fighting hunger for the last 30 years. he has a new goal. to end all childhood hunger by 2015. we will talk to jeff bridges about that. >> he has a good fan base. chris, thank you. see you sunday morning. >> thank you. >> we hope you join us for

that. go online to myfoxdc.com and click on politics on news tab. chris brings up a great point. it is tough to pick a favorite movie. >> whatever movie he is in, he elevates that movie. >> right. >> i'm a big coen brothers fan. >> i like them too. i'm aquiring the taste. i want to show you the temperature trend for the next few days. you will like it. especially as you are heading into the middle of november. temperatures are rising. 64 degrees today. tomorrow, tucker and i are guaranteeing -- that is a dangerous word for a weather person. we are guaranteeing a glorious day as far as weather. the day will be glorious. 68 degrees. some of you may get to 70

degrees. sunny and wonderful saturday. sunday is nearly as good. lots of sunshine and 66 degrees. very fine weather conditions. monday we get clouds in. it is still 62. that is above normal. temperatures across the region are cool. it is 38 degrees right now here in the nation's capitol. 28 in gaithersburg. 31 in hagerstown. across the mid-atlantic and it is cold. detroit at 36 degrees. the satellite/radar picture for the eastern u.s. one of the reasons the temperatures have bottomed out is due to no clouds. we have clear skies. here is the next weathermaker. this is a cold front. by the time it gets through here, it will drag in much cooler air for us. that will not start until tuesday when we are in the 50s. temperatures will drop into the

middle of next week as well. it will bring rain. it will bring rain showers with it. we do think tuesday will be a fairly rainy day. the forecast for us for today is sunny skies and a mild afternoon. 64 degrees for your high. tonight, another cold night. your low in town is 40. that means a lot of you will have your lows tonight in the 30s. clear skies again. the five-day forecast here. we get rain in here on tuesday. we can use the rain. 58 degrees for the high on tuesday. that is the look at weather. here is julie wright with traffic. i have not had a chance to say it. don't faint. you look wonderful today. you look beautiful. i love what you are wearing. thank you. on the roads right now, you will find lanes open if you are traveling the top side of the beltway leaving 95 at georgia avenue. the accident has cleared. all of our lanes are open once

again. southbound on 95, delays at 212 down to the beltway. east at university, the crash is now cleared. a stretch of slow traffic here and we slow at 14th street bridge. steve, you are right. you think people are taking the day off for the extended weekend. that is with a -- that is what we see with the roads. that is traffic. it is 7:36. coming up next, the redskins donovan mcnabb and coach mike shanahan are still talking about the benching that is two weeks old. we will be joined by a true legend of the nba. earl lloyd will join us in the studio next. we will talk with him.

 sunday night football will be donovan mcnabb against his old team, philadelphia eagles. instead of questions of why he was traded, he will talk about

why mike shanahan benched him. mcnabb says he continues to receive treatment, but he will be ready to go. his coach has moved on, or at least tried to move on. he said if there is bad blood with the coach and quarterback, it is internal. mcnabb's job is to put that drama behind him. >> this is football. you know, we talk about the whole issue. we hashed out a lot of things. you know, i have been in the situation before. the deal about it is i will treat it as such and do it at a high level. >> donovan mcnabb is getting ready to play. a lot of distractions. we are ready to move on. sometimes, you make decisions in the best interest of your team. the bottom line is you make it and go on. >> the redskins play on monday night. you can watch it on our sister

station at my 20. after the game, catch the redskins post game. also on my 20 with dave and lindsey and doc walker. allison. do we have basketball. some of the greatest african- american basketball players will be honored in the program put on by the national african- american museum. among the icons is earl lloyd. he was the first to play in an nba game in 1950 and win an nba championship in 1955. mr. lloyd, good morning. thank you for coming by today. >> thank you. my pleasure. >> welcome home. >> thank you. >> you are back home for the weekend. >> when he talked about you can't go back home. if you can't go back home, you have a serious problem. >> you can come back anytime. >> no question.

>> you went to tc williams. there is a gym named in your honor. you went to play at west virginia state college, did you ever think you would be in the nba? >> if you don't have a predecessor, you don't make a lot of plans about going to that venue. somebody had to do it, i guess. you mentioned tc williams. i did not attend tc williams. >> i'm sorry. >> tc williams was new. i went to a school called parker gray high school. >> okay. alexandria, virginia? >> you got it. >> at least we got that part right. earl, let me say you went on to the nba. there were three all together. were you the first to hit the court. what was it like? what was the first experience like for you? >> you know, if you had to hand

pick a city to play that game in, we would in the right city. rochester, new york. in places like rochester and syracuse and albany. it is really cold. it is a strange situation. you know, nobody was mad at anybody when it is too cold. >> it is an equalizer. >> you saw black folks pushing white folks cars and white folks pushing black folks cars. the moment the snow was gone, we are back to crazy times. >> you said you thought the same racism that jackie robinson faced. i read that in an old article. was it the game of basketball? what do you think added to

that? >> you know, people want to compare me with jackie robinson. i take polite umbrage to that. he was out there all by himself. he wasn't totally by himself. he had a wonderful wife. without rachel, he would not have made it. the whole thing is jackie came at a time where he was told he could not retaliate. nobody ever told me i could not retaliate. i knocked a few people out. i took that liberty. just for example, jackie robinson played first base. if you were the leftfielder, your paths never crossed. a guy can call you names from the dugout all day long and you cannot catch up with him because of the positions you

played. now in basketball, you know, you stand on the foul line and you are right here. you are hearing everything. you are within range. a guy is less apt to call you h next to you. >> you spent 10 years in the league and a stint in the army and finished with the detroit pistons. let's see this ring. you won a championship as well. when you look back at the time now and you see the game today. is the game a better game today? faster game today? what do you think? do you watch? >>well,, you know, conditions -- when you see the buildings they play in now and i reflect back to the building i played in, it is unbelievable. we don't even discuss the money. >> let's not even talk about

it. >> you don't get into it. we have guys that are angry because the kids make all this money. i get a chance every year to talk to the nba rookies. not talk to them, but spend time with them. i just try to get over to them that it is not what you make. it is what you keep. that is the important thing. i can't imagine myself making $5 million a year and two years later i'm broke. >> right. >> i said one kid said to me, when he found out who i was, he said we owe you. i said you owe some folks, but you owe me absolutely nothing. the people you owe are the people who will come behind you. it is incumbent upon you to leave this in a better place for the guys that are coming behind you. that is our legacy. there are not a lot of places

you can go and you sign one document and you are a millionaire. we have to ride that horse to death. >> right. you know what? you are a true icon. whether you want to hear that word or not. you are in the hall of fame now. you changed the game getting on that floor back in 1950. we appreciate it. >> i like to think that chuck cooper, great guy, in 1950, you draft a black guy in round number two and it is amazing. i was in round nine. my round was -- you can envision all of these guys sitting in the boiler room smoking cigars with a great big dart board. when you get to the 9th pick, that is how you got picked. >> lots of things have changed. i want to let you know that the

round table that mr. lloyd is part of is today. it is at the national museum of african-american history in northwest washington d.c. i appreciate you stopping by. >> it is my pleasure. >> still the big cat. >> i have been called a big dog. >> steve, over to you. thank you so much. we have big celebrity chefs coming to washington d.c. this weekend. holly. >> reporter: look at this goodness. we have yards of dough. where do you see that? at the convention center this weekend. we will have more as they are setting up and getting ready for the metro cooking and entertaining show. we will have a demonstration this morning. we will tell you how you can see everything live next on fox 5 morning news.   

celebrity cooking demonstrations and tastings and workshops at the metro cooking and entertaining show at the convention center. >> we have holly morris with the latest. >> reporter: we inspire people to do good thing. you know the recipe round up we do the week before thanksgiving in 2001? we started that. now she does the pumpkin pie and she found this amazing show. you can give us credit. >> absolutely. are you kidding me? absolutely. >> reporter: you started the show in 2006. now it is 300 plus exhibitors.

it is the destination spot for foodies. >> i sold everything that my husband and i had. we dumped it into starting the company. we had no idea what it would turn into. you know, we are blessed. we had a lot of support along the way. the show has grown. >> reporter: what are people going to experience this weekend? >> great things. we have 300 exhibitors. olive oils to homemade sauces to jams and aprons. anything you can imagine for cooking and entertaining. we have all kinds of hands on workshops for the holidays. we have beer and wine and spirits. we have all of the finest chefs. we have three food network stars. >> reporter: you will have to come back and be part of another recipe round up. >> all right. >> reporter: you said it on tv. you will have to do it.

that is all you will get to see this weekend. what you will not see is what we are getting a sneak peek of right now. this is the prep kitchen. dan is the director of culinary programs. he is here giving us a tour. good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: this is an amazing logistical dream. >> we have tons of helpers. every presentation that goes out on the stage this weekend is going to be supported by the prep kitchen back here. >> reporter: any special requests from bobby flay or paula deen? >> paula deen requested a couple of fresh whole hams. you can see a 20-pound whole ham that we have that we are working on carving up. >> reporter: do they come through here and check on things? >> bobby will usually come back. paula doesn't. she trusts us. >> reporter: evidence of a job

well done. are you -- you are doing a good job as well. we have someone else that is doing a good job and working hard. travis will do a presentation on saturday? >> yes. saturday at 11:00 a.m. we will demonstrate an apple struedel. >> reporter: you need a big table. >> you don't see this done very often. this is hand-stretched dough. it is thin as tissue paper. we butter the surface of it. we sprinkled it with bread crumbs. we have a nice mix of sweetened apples. these are local apples. we will be demonstrating this again on saturday. you take the table clothe that it -- table cloth that it is

on and roll it down and the dough is so delicate. you cannot handle it once it is stretched. you have to use the cloth. >> reporter: do you serve this? >> yes. we have this on the menu every autumn. i lovemaking it -- i love making it. also, if you like, come by and try any of these great pastries. we have a great bakery. this is your portion of apple struedel. >> reporter: thank you, travis. i give him the award for the chef with the best hair. myfoxdc.com is our web site. we have the link to the metro cooking show going on this saturday and sunday. $20 if you get your tickets in advance. $25 if you get them on-site. it is an additional fee if you want to go to the beer and wine and spirit section or one of

the celebrity demonstrations. we will have more in the next hour. we have the struedel ready. we have to decorate the table. >> you have a rough assignment today, holly. >> reporter: it is really taxing. thank you. on this friday morning, coming up in the next hour, dr. oz will join us live. plus, we will check out the family friendly events taking place around town this weekend. stay with us. it's pain relief without the pills.

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new this morning, serious charges filed against a former georgetown basketball player that went on to the nba. details ahead. it is free now, but the future may have a ticket price when you go to the smithsonian museum. we are live with more on this plan. and also, dr. oz will join us coming up at 8:30 this morning. we will talk with dr. oz. good morning. thank you for being with us on

this friday morning. i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm allison seymour. he has a sexy picture. >> a typical doctor pose. >> a typical doctor doesn't spend time with oprah. >> i was ready for the more serious picture. look at the gifts we have coming in today. they are going to a great town with great weather. later on today, you will be picture perfect. 38 degrees in washington d.c. out at sterling, it is 32 degrees. winchester is 28 degrees. 41 in ocean city. tucker and i keep debating. should we show it? there is nothing on it. that is unique. skies are clear here in the region. new york is clear. newark, new jersey is clear.

pittsburgh is clear. boston is clear. roanoke is clear. a lot of sunshine on tap for today. here is the forecast for today. look for sunny skies and a mild afternoon. high of 64 degrees. that is 5 degrees above normal. that will lead us to a great weekend. i'll tell you about that coming up in a bit. it is a great one. tony, thank you. >> let's check in with julie wright in the traffic center. >> tony is talking about nothing on the satellite/radar. nothing behind me either. this is the outer loop of the beltway. it is congested from 95 through silver spring. this is university boulevard. a wreck on the shoulder. the pace improving at 270. that is a check of the traffic. new this morning, police are investigating a deadly shooting in the district. the victim was found after 3:00

at 11th and galloway streets. police have shutdown the area. drug charges against charles smith. he was shot and wounded in his bowie home last month. police found cocaine and gambling receipts. police filed charges him. smith posted a $250,000 bond. a group of veterans is safe this morning after their tour bus caught fire. this happened after 10:00 last night in arlington. the engine caught fire. the arlington firefighters put out the flames. the discovery of package bombs setoff a worldwide terror alert. what may be more frightening

than the packages were improperly designed or packed. wtop's national correspondent has been following the trail of the bombs and who has made them. jj joins us now. you had an ominous warning when you started to work on these piece. did you not start working on this -- you did not start working on this because of the bombs. >> interestingly enough, i got a tour of the tsa from john pistol three days before it was announced that this plot was out there. he talked about the problem with the bombmaker for the christmas day underwear bomber still be out there. he talked about the ability of al-qaeda and other terrorists to continually produce and develop different types of weapons and the need to be able to draw all of these dots

together and make some sense of them quickly. the problem that they were having is that al-qaeda is moving quickly. they are evolving quickly. he talked about a lot of things that they are facing when it comes to transportation. not just airports, but trains and all sorts of transportation issues. this happened 72 hours later. >> let's talk about the types of devices. you mentioned when you were talking to him about the under wear bomber. that was one -- underwear bomber. that was one device. whomever is doing this is trying to disguise these bombs in a way. they keep coming up with different ways to do it. how do you stay on top of that? >> they have some very, very clever people. it is a small fraternity that make these bombs. they are clever people. yesterday in a conversation with former director of national intelligence mike mcconnell, he mentioned in many

plots, people who have been picked up are not just people off the streets, but these are people with graduate degrees and electrical engineers and doctors. if you look at the shoe bomber years ago and the underwear bomber and the printer bomber. what is next? authorities believe al-qaeda is moving away from people and objects and recognizing that objects can slip through the system where people cannot. >> from the intelligence aspect in trying to stop this in the future, what works best? you are talking person-to- person investigating. does our intelligence work well? >> absolutely. phil mudd, former deputy director of the counterterrorism center is now with oxford said to me there is a band of brothers out there. regardless of what the

relationship politically is between the u.s. and countries like saudi arabia or yemen or countries in south asia. regardless of how rocky the political relationships are, he says you better believe there is a dedicated network of intelligence professionals. they work together all the time because they don't want something to happen to cause a death. they have information that could have prevented it. this network is robust and constantly functioning behind the scenes. they expect it will have to grow and become tighter because these human interactions are really the best way to deal with these kinds of things. signal intelligence is great. also you have electronic intelligence. mudd says that sounds sexy, but

electrons don't give you a face- to-face conversation. that is what human intelligence. >> you need the people and personal interaction. how close were we to having something terrible happen with the printer bombs? >> we don't know. we heard there is a constant concern that al-qaeda may have been able to time using web sites and the dry run that they did so this scenario could have played out over the east coast. >> jj, thank you so much. allison. thank you. president barack obama getting ready for a second economic summit this weekend. he just wrapped up meetings at the g-20 summit in south korea. he is confident that world leaders can work together to create growth in the global economy. >> reporter: they are seeking

sole consensus. two days of discussions in south korea trying to forge a lasting global economic recovery. >> we committed ourselves to growth that is balanced and sustained. including financial reform and fiscal responsibility. >> reporter: president barack obama and other leaders have agreed that the economic progress has been slower than expected. >> we succeeded in putting the global economy back on the path of recovery, but we also know that the progress has not come nearly fast enough. >> reporter: the economists say if steps are not taken to resolve the currency wars, it could be a barrier to trade which could mean a risk to global recession. >> we need to give countries an undo advantage over another. >> reporter: more time is needed before consensus is made over south korea over a new free trade agreement. >> we can get a win-win, but it was important to take the extra

time. when i present that trade agreement to congress, i am confident we have a deal. >> reporter: president barack obama rejected suggestions that he had been weakened on the world stage by democratic mid term election losses. back to you. there are proposals to cut the national deficit. the chairman of president barack obama's debt commission unveiled some suggestions this week. they are raising eyebrows. we told you about the possibility of slashing defense spending or social security benefits. how about charging admission to the smithsonian and the national zoo. we have sherry ly with more. >> reporter: the zoo and the smithsonian has been free since anyone can remember. it has been since 1846. the proposals have come and

gone over the years to charge admission, but they have not gotten far. we are looking at cutting $4 trillion from the national debt from the next 10 years. the president's debt commission says the smithsonian and the national zoo needs to start charging. it would lose $225 million in government funding from its $1 billion budget by 2015. with 30 million visitors a year, the average admission fee of $7.50 would be charged to make up the difference. the commission is recommending cuts of $75 million from the $3 billion budget in 2015. parks that have a fee likes shenandoah national park would raise the fee by 25 cents. that would help to serve the park system's 200 million visitors a year.

some zoos do charge fees between $10 and $20 a year. it looks like it is hard to get people on board and harder to get congress to go along as well. that is the latest here. back to you. thank you. it is now 8:12 on this friday morning. red light cameras now up and running and giving out tickets in washington d.c. we will tell you where you want to make sure you stop. plus, stay with us. coming up at 8:30, dr. zoo and -- dr. oz will join us. we have nancy grace and tanya snyder us as well as rita marley. the widow of bob marley. stay with us. we'll be right back.  

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40 degrees out there on this friday morning. let's look at stories making headlines. a silver springs man is facing charges for a road rage incident. andrew dunn was arrested for firing a gun at another man. dunn almost ran the other driver off the road. an update on the emergency landing in singapore last week from quantayas. an airportmaker said they found a faulty engine box from royce royce. they are working on fixing the engines. passengers are back on dry land. tug boats pulled the carnival cruise line back to dry land on monday. passengers were left without

hot food or working toilets or hot showers. they will get a free cruise. >> that is a good idea. >> that will help them not saying anything too negative. 8:16. let's check in with tony. >> things happen. i have a great pick me up for both of you and all of you. it is time now for the my first 5 photo of the day. it is a two-fer. take a look. >> hello. >> taylor and mckinley. >> gorgeous and gorgeous. >> they are both gorgeous. they are sisters. when it was time to take the photo, they wanted to show off their new sunglasses. don't they look stylish. you know what is great about this? when i was a kid, sunglasses for kids were the ugly plastic sunglasses. they make decent sunglasses. >> there are rows and rows of

them. >> we had the cheap plastic ones and they were all green. >> taylor and mckinley look fabulous. >> and they were only a nickel. go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings for your picture submission. i just stepped outside. it is beautiful and cold at 40 degrees in the district. we are in the 30s elsewhere. relative humidity at 68%. winds north at 6 miles an hour. the sun is nice and bright. here is the satellite/radar for the nation. we are clear here in the mid- atlantic and northeast and most of the southeast. out to the west is a frontal boundary that is bringing rain to the central plains into the midwest. that front will make its way east. we will not deal with it over the weekend. it will be monday before it gets here. we will see clouds move in and rain for tuesday. here is the five-day forecast. today another great one. 64 for the high.

plenty of sunshine. the weekend glorious. who knows how many more glorious weekends we will have. take advantage of it. 68 tomorrow. some may hit 70. sunday clouds and 66. maybe some overnight rain on monday. for the redskins game on monday, temperatures in the 50s and falling to the 40s. that is the look at what is happening with the weather. let's get an update on rush hour traffic. let's go to julie wright. i don't know if you want to say rush hour today, tony. it hasn't been that bad. steve hit the nail on the head earlier when he said people were taking the day off. southbound 270 at this hour is jam packed from germantown to the split. no problems on the top side of the beltway at college park. here is the deal on 66. we have some volume delays, but right into the sunshine. that sun is coming right under

the visor. be careful. east 66 across the bridge with a slowdown. other than that, nice and quiet on the beltway. that is the check of the traffic. back to you. thank you. make sure you stop. washington d.c.'s newest red light cameras are ready for action. the 30-day warning phase is over. violators will start receiving tickets. the cameras are at connecticut and porter and 14th northbound at k street. the police department posts these due to the requests of traffic calls. and virginia could have another license plate option. details next. we will check in with holly. she is at the big cooking show this weekend. getting ideas to make the holiday season stand out from the rest.



8:23 right now. gary condit has been in the news a lot lately with the chandra levy trial. he is now writing a book. he has been linked to the

murdered intern of chandra levy. he testified in the ingmar guandique trial. condit was a suspect initially in the murder, but was cleared of wrongdoing. the book will tell gary condit's side of the story. virginians who like the tea party will soon have an option of a new license plate. it will show a rattlesnake on the yellow background. to make a specialty plate, the dmv must receive 350 prepaid applications. so far, 600 have expressed interest. 8:24 right now on this friday morning. in six minutes, we will be joined by dr. oz. we will check out the other stories making headlines this morning. including word of a recall involving 500,000 vehicles.

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checking headlines at 8:27. nissan is recalling 600,000 vehicles due to steering or battery problems. it effects the pickup truck and xterras. you can find the specifics on myfoxdc.com. more escalators trouble for metro. there are outages all across town at rail stations. yesterday, alone, nearly 125 were out of service. more were taken out of service as the emergency maintenance inspections of brakes which several were worn out. metro has 200 escalators to inspect. tc williams high school targeted in a case of cyber bullying. officials are trying to

determine who created a facebook page with offensive comments. the principal contacted the web site last week and had the page removed. the principal said the student issued laptops don't have access to facebook. speaking of facebook in a better light right now. our fan of the day is kadijah james. her favorite part of the morning is ask the weather guy. >> it is the most popular segment. >> if you want to be monday's fan of the day, search myfoxdc.com and post a comment under kadijah's picture. >> what a great smile. >> she loves the weather guys. very flattering. thank you. a lot of fun. a lot of work goes into that. >> you do that every day. >> i know. listen, it will be a beautiful weekend.

today will be gorgeous and just a splendid weekend. this is seasonal. crisp mornings make for beautiful afternoons. currently 40 degrees. 40 at ronald reagan. 30s out there as well. frederick was 25 degrees an hour ago. 38 in quantico. great looking day today. great looking couple of days. look at the weekend forecast. get ready to get outside and enjoy. the next couple of days with the high temperatures in the upper 60s. we may touch 70 tomorrow. mid-60s on sunday. you know what? our next chance of rain doesn't get here until late monitor tuesday. we are in for a great couple of days. here is the satellite/radar. there is nothing happening in the washington area. out to the west, we have a cold front. that will not get in here until

next monday or tuesday. with high pressure parked across the washington area, we keep the nice weather pattern continuing. here is the forecast. beautiful afternoon. light winds out there. high temperature is warmer than yesterday at 64 degrees. lots of sunshine. we will be cold again tonight. we will have the cold overnights. lots of 20s and 30s to the north and west. look at the weekend. sunshine and 68 tomorrow. sunshine and 66 on sunday. we could have some rain on monday night and a soaking rain here on tuesday. allison, that is the weather. back to you. thank you. the children's miracle network is hosting the annual celebration that brings together doctors and other hospital officials with the patients that they have helped. dr. oz is in orlando, florida to be the keynote speaker at the event.

good morning to you. dr. oz, tell us about the mission of the children's miracle network. good morning. >> the mission is the children's miracle network treats 1 in 9 children. they help support and take care of the kids. in the last 27 years, we raised $4 billion so we can make a dent in the process. by investing in new ideas and technology and helping kids who don't have the finances to get the cure that we need. we changed the future of the children and they become our future. >> jack, you are a champion of the event. one of the young people brought in helped by the children's miracle network. tell us about the illness you have. the rocky mountain spotted fever. >> well, in the summer of 2009,

i was 12 then. i was diagnosed with rocky mountain spotted fever which is a very high grade methicillian resistant staph aureus inspection. the two combined -- infection. the two combined and caused me to go into septic shock. i was in the hospital for 24 days in a coma for two weeks. i'm feeling great and i'm fully recovered and back to playing baseball and basketball. even if i'm on the bench, i'm still in the game. >> jack is a great artist. he drew this picture. this is what he thinks i look like. >> i think you look handsome in that illustration and handsome in real life. jack, you are an artist as well as an athlete. dr. oz, tell us about your keynote address. >> i'll celebrate the many

partners that made the miracle network work. they include sponsors and they include the kids who want to put their stories out there. i want to especially thank the parents. they could have always asked the question, "why me?" they never have. they have been there with the kids. the illustration that i showed you that jack did raises money for the network. that is what it is about. raising money here and there. sometimes a lot more to allow us to change for the children and the future. >> how important is the children's miracle network. you feel all better now. how important is it? >> well, the children's miracle network is important to everybody because it provides funding for children's hospitals across the nation.

and as dr. oz stated earlier, the children are the future. by giving money to the children's miracle network, you are providing for the future of america. >> perfect. why am i even here? >> we are glad you joined us, dr. oz. jack and dr. oz, thank you. dr. oz is a cardiac surgeon and emmy award winning talk show television host and the author of the you series. thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you. 8:35. he did a great job. >> very well spoken. >> nurses at one local hospital expected to go on strike soon. we will tell you about that when we come back. and dr. oz is a really big name. it doesn't stop there. nancy grace will join us live as well as tonya snyder and rita marley. 

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academy of researcher. the pay is between $82,000 a year and $92,000 a year. go to myfoxdc.com for more. hundreds of nurses at washington hospital center will spend the day before thanksgiving on the picket line. the national nurses united are staging a one-day strike. the contract expired over the summer over staffing and other issues have been on hold for months. the nurses are asking to look into problems with patient care. it is 8:39 on this friday morning. coming up next, we will check out the family friendly events taking place on this glorious weekend. holly has a project she is working on this weekend. >> reporter: this event is going on this weekend. they are expecting 21,000 people to come out for the metro cooking show. we are live and we will have

the queen has flown in from texas. before she entertains this weekend, she is giving us the tips on setting a perfect holiday table. that is coming up.  

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as we get closer to the holidays, maybe you are looking for a new way to decorate or entertain. >> we have holly part of the cooking and entertainment show going on this weekend. we are honored to have your next guest just for us. >> reporter: all this time, i thought i was the queen of merrymaking. this is tara wilson. she is the leading event designer. she is part of the show. >> this is my first time. i'm excited to be here. >> reporter: we are excited to have you here. thank you for coming from fort worth. we will pick your brain a bit. we are gearing up to decorate our tables for the holidays. where do we begin? >> i create my own table

runners. a lot of people have beautiful table cloths. we have taken ribbon and woven them together. this is the foundation for the table. >> reporter: that is great. you did not have to attach them. >> that site. if you need to -- that is right. if you need to, you can use double sided tape. >> reporter: you are a big fan of the salad fork? >> i picked up these plates from pier1. this is from the candy cane collection. they have circular ones and square ones. it is different. that is a great way to dress up the china that you already own. pick up a fun salad plate. >> you can use whatever you have at home and put a special one in between. you are a big fan of the place cards. >> that let's guests know you thought out the party. do a fun place card and pattern

of boy-girl and separate spouses to get the conversation going. >> reporter: great tip. you don't have the awkward moment of where do i sit? everybody knows where to go. now we will talk about rehabbing your holiday decor. we have a lot of great holiday stuff. >> i have some rules for that. first of all, get it all out. i love this and i'll keep it. i love this, but i will not use it. you get to the stuff that you don't like. sort it into two categories. i don't like it and i will never keep it or i don't like it and i can rehab it. one of the things i love to do is rehabbing holiday decor with glitter and paint. they have beautiful glitters and they work well on the ornaments and decorating that up. you have new stuff. if bright colors are your

things, you can spray paint them up. >> reporter: when you divide your deck actions, you don't have to use everything every year. >> people feel obligated to bring out all of their old holiday decor and still use it because they paid for it. you don't have to. it can look junky if you are trying to get a bunch of looks together. >> reporter: i like the bulbs in one place. that is an easy center piece. >> party favors. you want your guests to know you appreciate them being there. a party favor needs to be useful or consumable. i love giving away a recipe for a fun cocktail. >> reporter: would you serve that cocktail? >> i love to do martinis.

this is chamborge. itiss a french laquor. you give them the recipe and they recreate the cocktail and remember the night of your party. >> i have to get invited to your party. >> you come on down to texas. >> reporter: you will do demonstrations here? >> tomorrow at 2:30. >> reporter: queen of merrymaking. here is what you need to know, it is going on this saturday and sunday. $20 gets you on the show floor. $25 here at the door. if you want to go to the beer and wine spirits area, that is an additional fee. we will have more celebrity chefs and we will talk about operation home cooking as well. back to you. thanksgiving is a couple of

weeks away, but plenty of time to get into the holiday spirit this weekend. >> you cannot do it alone. we have paul joining us with a look at the family friendly events. >> it is making my job easier. the weather is supposed to be nice, but would you believe i found a place to enjoy snow this weekend. you are supposed to be amazed. i'll show you in a minute where you can get snow. let's go to the fall family day going on tomorrow in downtown washington d.c. sponsored by the neighbors of the president's consortium. you can enjoy the sites around the white house neighborhood. crafts and demonstrations at the featured locations. going on 7:35 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. it is free. steve, if you want to get your gobble on, head to the heritage farm museum in virginia for the

turkey event. they will have turkey-themed games from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and for my marylanders this week, the 35th holiday craft fair is going on at the deerfield run in laurel. you can check out over 75 displays made by crafty peeps. they will have a bake sale on sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. it is free. my last event this week is the grand opening of the specialist palace in the fair oaks mall in fairfax, virginia. i got a sneak peek. >> tell me about the experience. >> we came through the arch or ice palace. this is what the kids come through to see. they come up to the first snow globe here and see the dvd and movie. >> okay. what do we have here?

>> this is cool. this is cold. this is a cold plate. if you touch it, your hands sink in. kids love that. >> come on over to the next snow globe. we have another scene from the movie. >> this is all free? >> all free. anybody can come here and experience this and see santa for free. >> the big finale is it snows in the mall? >> it snows in the mall in fairfax, virginia. >> come check out the ice house. >> that is me enjoying the snow. >> what a beautiful moment. let me wipe a tear for a second, paul. >> and the perfect song with thomas the tank engine and

friends. the ice house is open through christmas eve. this is what the cool kids wear on the slopes. go to myfoxdc.com for more information. >> you are a little snow angel. >> that makes me want to cry. >> thank you, paul. who knew it snowed in fairfax. the famous ladies are making names for themselves. they will be here next hour. >> we have nancy grace and tonya snyder and rita marley.   

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in the tv business. harrison ford and rachel mcadams in "morning glory." it looks at morning news. our movie man talked with both stars about how they prepared to play the rolls. >> i read you -- roles. >> i read you into anchor boot camp. how was that? >> i thought it wasn't really appropriate for what i was doing. playing a guy that had been doing it for 40 years. >> right. >> they were sort of starting us at the ground level. saying look into the camera and pretend you are talking to a friend. he doesn't want to talk to a friend. >> i lead a cool wash cloth on

mother teresa's forehead during a cholera epidemic. i had lunch with dick cheney. >> when i asked about the research you did, you went to morning shows? >> yes. i was on some morning shows while i was doing research. i was trying to wear two hats at the same time. that was hard. i eventually went back on my own and went behind the scenes and into the control rooms and got up at 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning. security guards were not even in. i cannot get in. >> coming up tomorrow, we will show you what to do with the shampoo bottles with just an inch of shampoo left. >> i'll take it. >> kevin joined us this morning with his review of "morning glory." you can go to myfoxdc.com for latest. the king of pop is back in

a way. the performance of cirque du soleil is coming out with a stage show. we have the latest from anita vogel. >> reporter: two icons combine forces on stage bringing michael jackson and the world tour to cirque du soleil. >> it is important for to us make sure michael is represented in every way we remember him. that means the moonwalk and the famous lean, which you saw in the sketch. the glove. it will all be there. >> reporter: the multicity north american tour kicks off in november. fans believe it will be the start of something thrilling. >> it is about showing the world a glimpse into michael's soul. who he was as an artist or

entertainer and father and brother. so hard with the songs. there are so many great michael songs. i only get 90 minutes. it will be a jam packed show. "beat it." "thriller." "smooth criminal." do i need to say "billie jean?" >> reporter: like the other two cirque du soleil shows focusing on iconic acts, this will not have an impersonator. >> we will not have a michael look alike. that will not happen in the show. for us, the belief is that no one can do it like michael did. i have chosen to represent michael in every other way i can think of. >> reporter: in hollywood, i'm anita vogel, fox news. >> that show is scheduled in 30 cities for next year. unfortunately for all of the michael jackson fans around here, no washington d.c. dates.

the closest shows to watch are philadelphia and new york. that is not until 2012. tickets are on sale now. that is all for fox 5 at this hour. we will have tony and allison with the latest. these are the stories we are working on for the next hour. could trying to reduce the national deficit leave you paying for the admission to the smithsonian and the national zoo? she tells it like it is and sets the record straight. nancy grace joins to us to talk about the show. we will get her thoughts on the chandra levy trial. that is coming up at 9:30. >> that will be interesting to hear what she has to say. she is the