tv. >> rolling and watching downfield, jackson accelerates from the opening play and all the way for a touchdown. >> make that $78 million. >> either way. it didn't make a difference. that was the first play of the game. things got worse from there. dave ross will join us to break down what went wrong. plus nine more arrests made in the corruption scandal involving jack johnson and his wife. and breaking news from great britain. there will be a royal wedding. after years of speculation it is finally official. prince william is engaged. fox 5 morning news at 7:00 starts right now. straight up 7:00 as we look down over the nation's capitol. it is tuesday morning, november 17th -- november 16th and the rain hasn't stopped out there.

thanks for being with us this tuesday morning. i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. and the tears for redskins nation this morning. >> it's monday, after game day and the whole nation had to watch that. pick up the pieces and move on, right? >> tony perkins is joining us now with better news. >> well i was looking at the computer getting the latest updates and eagles just scored again. >> much like the rain, they haven't stopped. >> still going on. well the rain continues too, folks. we have rain showers across the region. and so shall we through the day today. let's take a look at hd radar and show you we've had more rain move in during the last 30 minutes. many of you now seeing rain. not so much south and east of the city, but pretty much everywhere else rain showers moving through. this is how it's going to go through the day. period of rain, some of you will get it but others won't. but if you don't, then an hour later you will. so intermittent showers moving across the area all through the

day. let's go to the graphics. your satellite radar composite, more moisture out there. a day long event and well into the nighttime hours. much more precipitation off to the south and west where the area of low pressure proside -- presides. and it could bring heavy rain to those out to the west and maybe some thunderstorms too. right now 51 in the nation's capital. 49 in dulles. 49 in baltimore. forecast for today, clouds and periods of rain, high only about 56 degrees. now i say only because we were getting used to highs in the 60s but our average high for today is 57 degrees so we will be right about where we should be for this time of year. that's a look at the weather. now let's get an update on the drive in. julie has that. the wet pavement not happening the -- helping the drive. southbound 270, clear right now. no incident reported out of

rockville however it's a slow go out of germantown headed to the split. not only in the main line but the local lanes. and traveling 395 from washington boulevard past the pentagon and in bound toward the 14th street bridge, d.c. into the 14th street bridge street bridge, car blocking the left lane and slow into the pentagon parking and delays out of dale city. in newington, heads up of an accident crowding the left side. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. this might have been the best action of the night, before they even rung the bell. emotions high in the pregame warm ups. i think that was pacquiao out there. and both teams got involved and both sides quickly broken up. let's just say, it they were on the -- if they were on the

field running a play, who might come out. >> i think leron is fast. but if it was a fight, they would have stopped it a long time before. look at this headline today. >> road kill. >> cover of today's philadelphia daily news. we don't like it, but we can't really disagree with it, can we? >> nothing to do about it now. they came in here and michael vick had a day to remember and a night to forget for the skins. they couldn't stop number 7 and that was the story of the game. and we went down there and shot these ourselves. and this is what it looks like from ground level to stop number 7 and his legs. he accounted for six touchdowns, two with his legs, four with his arms, 413 yards by one guy. steve, you said to me earlier, the redskin average worst in the league, they average giving

up 413 to the quarterback alone. >> you don't win with when -- when you do that. >> and that has mike shanahan scratching his head after the game. >> we have a solid team. we have a team of mentally strong guys and great character and guys willing to sacrifice themselves for the next man. and this is one that obviously the cliche of watching the film and come back from, but this is one that you already know this is fresh in your mind of what happened and you should be anxious to get back out there on wednesday to change this. >> supposedly shanahan was scratching his head as well. but the reason he gave mcnabb all that money is for this week because then you find out the leaders step up after a demoralizing loss and get them ready to play on a short week in tennessee and vince young. >> that's why they have a good

running back in tennessee. >> johnson will keep their hands full. they have to step up now and show what they can do. not easy, allison. >> not easy. >> that's all right. we'll see how they get it done. dave will join us again later this hour and we'll talk with him more. something to take your minds off the redskins. the capitals sitting in first place. and the entire nhl. and that -- and a huge part of that because alex ovechkin. he will join us for his first live interview in the next hour. so forget about the redskins, it's all about hockey this morning here at fox 5. our big news story this morning, a stunning new twist in the scandal involving jackson and his wife. nine more people, including three county police officers have been arrested in the corruption investigation. they will face a judge later this week. sarah simmons joins us live from prince george's county

executive building in upper marlboro with the latest this morning. sarah? >> reporter: well fbi investigators say these developments are all part of an on going probe. they are not saying how they are related to the jack jackson case, but all of that part of the investigation. but now we have three prince george's county police officers that are arrested in connection with this probe. two of the officers arrested, sergeant richard delabrer and corporal chong kim. investigators searched 11 different locations, including tick tock liquors. the owner, amrik melhi and the sergeant and corporal are charged in the first indictment. the liquor store owners would pay the officers in exchange to ensure safe transport of untaxed alcohol and cigarettes. now the police chief, after

hearing of this, very upset about the allegations, calling this a disgrace for the department. >> i'm outraged at the disgraceful conduct demonstrated by three of our officers who tarnished our badge for their own greed and personal gain. >> reporter: now in the second indictment the officer sin isa simic is charged with distributing cocaine and the use of firearms for drug trafficking. at this point all three officers are suspended without pay. they do face up to 20 years in prison if convicted on these charges. fbi investigators believe this could be the beginning. this could be more arrests on the way. live here in upper marlboro, sarah simmons. back to you, allison. as we talk more about this case we're joined by professor paul butler from george

washington university. good to see you. we hear more and more about this every single morning. how deep do you think this runs? >> the federal prosecutor rosenstein said it's an on going investigation and there are many different plots. so first we have the major politicians, now we have the big business owners indicted and police officers, so who knows where it's going to go next. >> what is interesting is the more we talk with people, the more people said essentially this has been rumored, something similar to this had been going on. why hasn't anybody stepped up. >> the prosecutor said this was a four-year long investigation and there were search warrants served before, so everybody in the county knew this was going on, which makes you wonder about the stuff that is apparently on the videotape. if people knew they were under investigation, why would they do stuff like this? >> let's talk about the information we have learned.

and when we started this out on friday, the big news broke with the county executive jack johnson and his wife and money they had in their possession or trying to get rid of it. how does that play into the whole admissible into evidence and how critical is that toward trying to get a conviction in this -- in this case. >> well it's sexy to hear about people shoving checks or having money in their bra. the substance of the charges are likely to be bribes, taking money in exchange for government services. so that's the real crux. so we'll wait and see what the evidence is there. >> you worked as a federal prosecutor for a long time and how do you see this playing out, how much more will we learn about this and how damaging may these charges be to the individuals charged? >> they will be incredibly damaging if they are proven. i met rod rosenstein when he

was a baby lawyer doing public corruption so he knows how to bring the cases. and they hired one of the best lawyers in the country, billy martin and it's a clash of the titans. it looks bad for johnson, you have to admit that, but you are innocent until proven guilty and we'll have to wait and see what happens. >> and we'll step away from the legal aspect. how damaging is this for prince george's county from a perception standpoint. >> it looks terrible and we have to admit that. we have to think about race. prince george's county is the preimminent african-american area and to have damaging charges against elected officials looks really bad. >> paul, thank you for being with us this morning. >> great to be here, steve. >> thank you. the defense rests in its case in the chandra levy murder trial. and fiery moments for charlie wrangle. why he walked out, coming up. and as we take you to

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the news we've been waiting for, boys. >> with bated breath. >> prince william and the beautiful kate middleton are engaged. prince charles announced the engagement. they have dated for eight years after meeting in college. apparently they got engaged last month during a vacation in kenya. the royal wedding is set to happen next spring or sumner london. let me go on record and say i will believe it when i see it

on television. >> you can wait longer for a prince, though? >> no. >> you wouldn't wait eight years for a prince? >> five years was my limit twice. i think that eight years is a long time. >> that is a long time. >> it worked out for them. >> especially when you are 28 years old. >> much success. but again, i will wait until i see it. >> i think it will happen. >> now that they've announced it. >> you're not going to back out now. >> this is a royal wedding, you're going through with it now. >> and we seriously watched him grow up. we remember him as a baby in princess di's arms. we have rain showers across the area and we're going to continue to see rainfall across the region through the day today. there will be times when we are not getting rain, but then more will move in after that. so here you go. hd radar, rainfall across the region, particularly in the western half of the region, if you split washington and areas to the north and south in half,

that's where you get the rain, off to the west. severna park getting rain showers. and this is moving in a northeast direction. and as we've mentioned, the areas with the heavy rain are to the west and that's what we're seeing right now. here is a look at the national map. most active weather in the country is in the eastern united states. that's a pretty vigorous storm system down to the south. you can see the main thrust of the storm is still well to the south, hence the day long call for rain showers through the region today and through tonight as well as a matter of fact. i think overnight it finally begins to dissipate. right now reagan national reporting a temperature of 51 degrees, relative humidity 89%, winds out of the northeast at 5 miles per hour. your five-day forecast, high today about 56 degrees, more rain through the day and at night. some heavy rain to the west. could be a couple of thunderstorms late this afternoon or during the evening

hours. tomorrow 63 and breezy. and then thursday 57, friday cooler and 54. saturday looks good at sunny and 59. we'll take that. that's a good day. that's the latest. >> just have to get through today. unfortunately for folks backed up into the city, it's a problem this morning. julie, what is going on? >> 395 northbound across the 14th street bridge, that's where we had the stalled truck on the d.c. end of the bridge. that's finally cleared. delays from the beltway headed northbound and slow traffic crossing the potomac. the outer loop of the beltway very slow from college park through bethesda. inner loop of the beltway slow toward 95. the problem was a disabled tractor-trailer tieing up a couple of lanes that is out of the roadway but the damage is done. southbound along 270, delays out of germantown all the way toward the split. it's heavy, slow and steady. northbound 95 in virginia working up toward 7100 out of newington, accident now confined to the left side of the highway here in the main

line. but delays with you out at dale city. delays in lorton. and that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. the latest on the chandra levy murder trial this morning. lawyers will present closing arguments. yesterday the defense rested without calling ingmar guandique to testify. however the defense did question one of his former cell mates. jose alanis told the court that he never heard guandique say he would kill levy. he had six charges against him and two were dropped last week and another two dropped yesterday. he still faces murder charges. making headlines this morning, veteran new york democrat charlie rangel walked out of his ethics trial. he's facing 13 charges, from

filing late taxes to using house stationery for fundraising. the congressman told the house ethics committee he was not staying for his trial. >> with all due respect, since i don't have counsel to advise me, i'm going to have to excuse myself from these proceedings. >> he let the commit -- left the committee room saying his legal team dropped him this fall. the chairwoman said he has the right not to participate. the panel will resume their deliberation this morning. it may be the end of the line for earmarks. those controversial pet projects could soon be history. this represents fallout from the mid-term elections. doug luzader with more now. >> reporter: republicans may vote on a two-year earmark ban today. voters may not like earmarks but they still have plenty of defenders here on capitol hill. the elections may be over but the anger on capitol hill

hasn't subsided yet. the tea party republicans rallied to end the practice that has disgusted voters for years, congressional earmarks. >> there will be a new sheriff in town and this sheriff is going to listen to the american people. >> reporter: earmarks are special directions on spending bills that are inserted during the dead of night and they allow lawmakers to bring home what many consider to be pork. special projects like the bridge to nowhere in alaska. the final nail in the coffin is senator mitch mcconnell's last- minute endorsement. >> banning earmark is another small but symbolic step to take to show we are serious and to show we are on the way to serious and sustained cuts on spending. >> reporter: and from one of the most prolific earmarkers in congress. and president obama is all for a ban as well. all of this is largely the result of these people, incoming freshman lawmakers who are here because of voter

outrage. but there are still holdouts. harry reid said he makes no apologies for the hundreds of millions of dollars he's earmarked and he's not alone. now earmarks represent a small organization of federal spending so a ban would not have a big impact in the federal budget deficit. but after the mid-term election results, republicans would have had a tough time defending them. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. 51 degrees right now, it is 7:22 just about. coming up on fox 5 morning news, the search for members of a ohio family after a young teenager is found bound and gagged. and why people in haiti are attacking the united nations troops that are supposed to be helping them. and coming up later, getting ready for the holidays doesn't have to be expensive. holly has some frugal ideas and we like that word right but now, don't we? her ideas coming up next. stay with us. rule the tweet.

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a soldier from our area has been killed after being wounded in afghanistan. david lutz of maryland hit with an ied november 8th. he was taken to germany to be treated but he died. he was assigned to the 101st airborne division out of ft. campbell and he was 28 years old. and doctors in haiti still scrambling to stop the spread of the cholera epidemic. it's killed more than 1,000 people and sickened tens of thousands more. there are fears that number could grow to hundreds of thousands. one person was killed and six more hurt during two separate demonstrations in haiti. an ohio man accused of kidnapping a 13-year-old girl found bound and gagged in his basement is appearing for arraignment behind video today.

her brother, mother and family friend are all still missing. investigators will continue the search today after pulling a car and suv from a lake near hoffman's home on yesterday. no word on whether the vehicles are related to the case. we have heard from a lot of people in regards to the corruption scandal involving prince george's county executive jack johnson and his wife. but what do the residents of prince george's county say? >> they are speaking out to us and to wpgc, big tigger joins us live with what people are saying. and the latest weather and traffic updates. there is traffic backed up on the 14th street bridge right now as the rain is still out there this morning. we'll check in with tony and get the latest coming up. it's 7:27. 

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commute during the morning hours. let's look at hd radar and i'll show you where the rain is. it's widespread across the region, particularly the western half of the region. not so much going on to the east of the district, but look at that, it's almost a straight line oddly enough. out to our west, it's really starting with northwest washington, southwest washington and rainfall. and then off to the west, a lot of rain in leesberg, reston, manassas, dale city, a couple of showers there now. and off to the east, not much is happening. severna park is getting rain showers, la plata will get rain and waldorf in a couple of moments. but that's about it. now there is going to be a changing picture. it's been a changing picture all morning and it will be through the day today as the rain showers continue to push off to the north and east. let me show you the satellite radar for the region and you can see the general motion of the rainfall. it's all coming from the south and this is where an area of low pressure is based. it is moving to the north and east but there is a lot of moisture out there for this

system to work with, including some areas of heavy rain in tennessee, kentucky, places like that, back into arkansas. most of that will track to the west so we won't be getting the heaviest rainfall amounts. although in some regions you could see a pocket of heavy rain here and there. let's look at the future cast and we can show you how long we expect this to last across the region. it is certainly through the day today. you see the split we told you about. noon, everyone is getting rainfall across the area. and during the course of the area today has more. and in the nighttime hours could see a heavy batch of rain come through. fine tomorrow during the day and thursday getting some clouds building in here. and the temperature around the region, 52 in d.c. 50 in quantico. cambridge is at 52. forecast for today, cloudy

skies, periods of rain. 56 for the high. five-day forecast looks okay. tomorrow will be a breezy day, for the most part rain-free. maybe lingering showers early in the morning and breezy with 63. and 57 on friday, cooling off. 54 on saturday and we rebound back into the upper 50s with sunshine. that's what is happening with the weather. now here is julie wright with more on the morning rush hour traffic. very much a busy commute. and i'm hearing from d-dot there is a crash at florida avenue in northeast washington. it's heavy, slow and steady for the anacostia bridges. and for those continuing from 109 out of hyattstown toward the split, you'll find the outer loop is congested. 66 on the slow side this morning. delays out of centreville and 7100 to 123, nutley street to the beltway. eastbound braddock road where we had the crash. some traffic able to get through at the scene.

that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. our big story of course, the corruption scandal involving prince george's county executive jack johnson and his wife. it has expanded now. nine more people have been arrested in connection, including three county police officers and business owners. charges include paying the police in a scheme to transport and distribute untaxed cigarettes and alcohol in maryland and virginia. and drug and gun conspiracy charges too. while the defendants are being held waiting detention hearings later this week, johnson has been going to work with an electronic monitoring bracelet. the feds say more arrests could be made. well for more on what prince george's county riz dents are say -- residents are saying, big tigger from wpgc joins us live. always good to talk to you. good morning. >> hi, allison. >> and i know that often radio is the first line when folks want to speak out about what is

going on in the community. tell us what residents of prince george's county have been telling you. >> a lot of them are outraged, surprised, disappointed that the place they call home is now the subject of scandal and the subject of the big federal probe about corruption in the county. a lot of people quote, unquote, supported jack johnson and to hear the allegations come out, whether they're true or not, is quite damaging to our county. >> and tigger, just to put it all on the table, there have been rumblings about corruption but no one has been proven guilty of any charges. >> right. >> but with this going on, and with the progressive nature of the county, are residents embarrassed, are they mad? what are they saying when they call and are telling you how they feel? >> i think a lot of people are embarrassed. some people are surprised.

i travel a lot and when people ask me about d.c. and maryland where i live, i'm quick to tell people, pg is the most affluent african-american county in the country and i feels that like a thing of pride for people who live in our county to be a part of that. and when you put this kind of black mark on the county, it is embarrassing and i think a lot of residents are feeling that way. >> what needs to happen now. there is a new administration coming in and i don't want to get too heavy with the whole political side of it, but are residents saying that they see a change coming and that county will bounce back and away from these charges? >> well, i mean, unfortunately for executive-elect baker, he's got the barack syndrome. he's walking into a big mess now that he has to -- instead of having a., b., and c. to do, he was to work through this to get on the right track of going

where he wants to go. again, the county has had its ups and downs like any other county, but hopefully executive- elect rushern baker can do what he has to do in order to restore the luster to prince george's county. >> now i know, tigger, you could be, but you're not the county executive but i'll give you a minute to tell us what is so wonderful about the county, because i think that we're looking and putting the whole county in the pocket of this -- these charges. so i want to make sure that we get equal time. you choose to make prince george's county your home and so do a lot of other people. can we talk about something positive going on in the county? >> i think in our county, most of all for us to feel like it's home and we don't feel that there isn't any part of the county we can go and not feel safe. again every county faces challenges. i think the new wegman's which

jack johnson just opened is part of bringing upscale shopping and the upscale experience to prince george's county is something people appreciate. i think they're doing a little bit more with the roads, trying to get the roads together. again, schools could always be better. a lot of things could be better. and more importantly, the redskins could have played a lot better last night in prince george's county. >> well no one is going to argue with that. and we don't need a trial to determine that they are very guilty of not winning that game last night. any way, just want to ask you, because you touched on something that is interesting, we have seen so much development in the county there. are you getting any calls of people worried that won't continue now maybe with the microscope on the county a little bit more? >> haven't gotten any calls about, it but it definitely has to be a concern. we've been very progressive in home and business construction in our county. a lot of things have been built, rebuilt, made better.

we have a beautiful county. this kind of makes everybody -- should make everybody nervous that this may slow down the process now. i know executive-elect wanted to institute an inspector general to keep tabs on this and to cut out the pay-for-play type of incidents which might slow down the process to a certain degree but if it's going to contribute to a better, cleaner, safer, less controversial county, i'm all for it. >> the man behind the big tigger morning show. and thank you for joining us. i like the gray in your goatee, it looks good on you. >> thank you. >> tigger, thank you. 7:39 right now. tigger talked about the redskins. we'll take a look at that and look at what went wrong last night. safe to say the eagles were too much to handle before the game started. emotions were on high. dave ross coming up next with more on the game last night. rule the tweet.

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donovan mcnabb going to have to suck it up and play better now because he's going

to be around for a while. he'll be wearing the burgundy and gold for five more years, making a contract extension hours before taking the field. deal is worth $78 million for five years. $40million of that is guaranteed money. is he worth it? well he's a six-time pro-bowler with the eagles and the he'll turn 34 in a couple of weeks and 39 when the contract expires. let's just focus on the next game. and it wasn't pretty. and dave ross back. and they got things started before the first whistle blew. >> wrap your head around $40ara >> and i couldn't understand the all better haynesworth money. >> and the numbers are staggering. and people are talking about this this morning. and based on what happened last night, they are thinking why are they giving him this money. and if they did that three

weeks ago the town would have been excited. >> bruce allen was on during training camp and he said i'm not worried about mcnabb and they'll get it done. they said they would get it done. >> and apparently this was done a while ago and not just negotiated yesterday. >> this was set in stone. it was not on the table until the detroit game and then during the bye week bruce allen flew out to arizona to talk to mcnabb and his agent. so you knew this would get done. just surprising the day it happened. >> it was meant to pump up the fan base. let's get excited about something. >> a p.r. move that backfired. we talked about that before the game. desean jackson and leron landy don't like each other. >> deshaun is saying i'm going deep on the first play and try to stop me. >> and look at vick's arm.

just twisted out there. he has killer arm strength and that's why he was the number one pick in the nfl draft. because when you match his legs with that arm, you don't have a chance. and landry had little chance here. one false step to the outside and that's all it takes for a guy like desean jackson to to the inside -- to get to the inside and he's gone. but it was the michael vick show. how do you stop him? defensive coordinators around the league is going, what, he can throw with accuracy -- good luck. so six touchdowns that he accounted for, four passing, two rushing, 413 total yards for one guy. this is the nfl. this isn't college. he's not getting a heisman trophy. you can do that against al corn state. that summarizes the night for redskin fans. how do you stop and pull the hat right over your eyes and don't look.

>> i think it was so disturbing is he did make it look so easy. and watching this was disturbing to watch. we all felt that way from our living room. you felt like every time he touched the ball he would score. >> it was like playstation. >> i'm not good at playstation. >> i'm not either. he did more in a real game than we could do on playstation. but it makes it a nightmare for defensive coordinators. now he has to go to tennessee and maybe last week, vince young or whatever, he has to be licking his chops saying i've seen some of that in college too, so jim haslett, good luck. they have chris johnson and we'll talk about all of this on friday, but that's not an easy way to get over this one with a quarterback that can do what vick can do. >> he spread it around last night. he saw just about everybody in. >> when you score 59 points,

and 45 points in the first half, an opposing team had never done that in the history of the nfl, people. this was ground-breaking stuff that we saw. unfortunately all at the expense of the redskins. >> thanks to the cowboys, the giants lost. so there we go. we'll look at the positive, the glass half full from steve chenevey. >> everything is online. go to myfoxdc.com and click on the sports tab and you can find out everything you need to know there. if you want to take your mind off the redskins and talk sports, let's talk hockey. the caps are sitting in first place. no blowouts here except at the caps' doing. alex ovechkin joining us in the next 30 minutes. his first live and local tv interview. you don't want to miss it. coming up at 8:15. >> can i look now? >> yes. getting into the holiday spirit doesn't have to cost you a lot. holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning,

allison. i'm looking at these wonderful idea. we have come up with the crafty tables. coming up, we'll give you some perfect ideas on things the family can do together on thanksgiving day, how to come up with a thanksgiving day centerpiece that is cheaper than you will ever believe. and how to make the most of your resources here in the washington area. maybe you should sign up for a class.

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on facebook by searching fox 5 morning news. there is no space between fox and 5. and then post a comment on kim's team photo. >> we're just about a week away from thanksgiving now and you might be looking for ways to get your family in the holiday spirit. >> holly is at joe ann fabrics and craft this is morning to learn about frugal thanksgiving- themed projects. and before you get started, keep in mind those of us that aren't crafty. >> that's the whole point of it. it's going to be easy and not going to cost a lot. in fact i'm going to say, we're going to give you the best ideas in the next four minutes that you'll hear throughout the holiday season. this is going to be very impressive. kelly dean is a manager here at joann's fabrics and we've been talking about things to do. and this is going it be fun. thank you for doing this. >> thank you for having us. >> reporter: let's start out with an impressive scene. and i'm going to hold off on the price. let's get started first.

>> first you start off with a table wreath and then come in with a vase and then come in and bring the little gems. >> reporter: a lot of little gems. >> and you can even add in some of the -- >> oh, allison, you'll love these. this is really bringing up your centerpiece. and these are like huge gems. >> and then you might want to do it beforehand. >> reporter: we get the idea. and before you set the candle in there, i want to show you this. this is a safe candle, because room for batteries in the bottom. this is already lit, no flames, no anything. it's going to stay lit throughout the whole time of your dinner. and how much will that cost us? >> around $15. >> reporter: $15. okay. and i also want to get this in. this is the sing the best idea for a family activity on thanksgiving day. >> it's great. basically it's the witnesson

ginger house bread kit and comes with everything you need to make it on here. >> reporter: and this is great. we did this one year for thanksgiving and this is great for all ages because grand parents will sit with grandkids, mom and dads, it will last a good half day. people can come and go. you can have whatever candy you want. everything you need is in this box and tell them how much it is. >> $10. >> reporter: you can occupy the family for a half day for $10. and another great thing about joann's is you are always having classes. >> from ages 6 and up. >> reporter: and the average price of a class? >> it ranges from $35 to $40 for an average class. >> reporter: and that lasts how long? >> two hours up to three hours and sometimes we have two day sessions. >> reporter: and some of the things that you can learn? >> this is the kids quilt patch purse. >> look at how cute that is. >> this is for children ages 6-

18. >> reporter: so sisters could come and do it together. >> and then we have the lazy pants chair. they are pajama bat om been bottoms and we have the kids and teens class. >> reporter: do you have to have any sewing for that? >> it's basic for the 101 class. as long as you can stitch a seem, it's fine. >> reporter: and what is over here? >> this is quilty 201. and then we have the log cabin quit. this is our serene shores quilting class. >> reporter: now quilting is advanced. >> we do have the rotary cutting 101 and quilting 101 to teach you the basics. >> reporter: and the necklace. >> our vintage jewelry class. >> reporter: and is that class expensive? >> it's about $40. >> reporter: that's not bad. and when you come to the class, does that include your materials? is that extra. >> you do have to pick up a supply list. a lot of the beginning crochet

and knitting classes, you don't make the stuff but you learn the beginnings to make the stuff. >> reporter: the techniques to start. >> and those come with your supplies. however the rest of your class you do need to pick up a few supplies. >> reporter: a couple of tips to keep hands busy for hours. >> this is nice when you are giving out gifts in school. you can put a candy cane in them for the holder. and then here is another great gift for the grand parents. >> reporter: these are $3 each. and to get the kids involved in cooking -- i didn't know they had things like this. >> i would love to see a little ginger bread spatula taking the cookies off. >> reporter: so you could buy one of these and then have them help with the thanksgiving dinner. >> yes. keep them busy. >> reporter: can i buy a kit and have them do the whole dinner? no, myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to joann's. they'll have a lot of wonderful

door-busters the day after thanksgiving. and they also have parties. you could do a party and classes for girl scouts. in the next hour, we have a special guest from las vegas, sandy sandler. she's going to join us to talk more ideas for a frugal thanksgiving. allison and steve, back to you. >> i love it, holly. and it does seem like we can all do it. >> you may be able to. >> and the bling at the bottom i did like. and coming up at 8:00, the department of transportation is launching an online face to those of distracted drivers. ray la hood will join us in studio this morning. and we'll talk with alex ovechkin live in studio. his only local live interview. stay tuned. we'll talk live with ovie coming up. 

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a d.c. team having better luck as of late. the capitals leave -- leading the division. alex ovechkin is here and we'll chat with him. distracted driving is a big problem. and now the u.s. department of transportation is launching an online campaign to put a face on the victims of distracted driving. u.s. transportation secretary ray la hood will join us in studio this morning. you are probably already spending most of your time online on facebook any way, well now they may be opening an extra window to check your e- mail. it might be a think of the past. facebook's latest attempt at web dominance and we'll talk about that as well. plus a royal engagement. news from london today. after eight years of dating, prince william and kate will tie the knot. good morning. i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. and tony perkins joins us.

and it's a big story, because we haven't seen rain in a while. >> we've been rain-free for quite sometime. and we have the rain showers across its region this morning. we'll continue to have them through the day today. take the umbrella, folks, you will need it. let's start with hd radar. and we have rain that has overspread most of the area. again, not so much happening now near the chesapeake bay, across the bay and intoest earn maryland but much of the rest of the region is seeing plenty of rain. oddly enough, right in washington, not much happening there. it's like we've protected a little dome over us. and we will continue to see the rain coming through. there is heavy rain right now in front royal. let's go to the graphics. satellite radar, there is moisture to the south and coming in a northeasterly direction. so during the course of the day today, periods of rain here and there all day long. right now 51 degrees, reagan

national airport. humidity down to 89% and winds out of the northeast at 5 miles per hour. the forecast for today is an easy one -- cool, cloudy and rainy all day long. and when i say cool, temperatures where they should be. we're used to temperatures in the 60s. today we'll be in the mid-50s and that's where we should be for this time of year. that's the latest. with all of the trouble out there, julie wright trying to put a positive spin on things. it's as if she's been listening to us all morning and adjusting her wardrobe. >> i am so excited. i want to say that. >> let's see how excited you are. >> there you are. >> hi to go change. i was so excited. is he here yet? >> he's here. >> i have to hurry up and do traffic. i want to say hi. the outer loop of the beltway slowing 95 around to georgia avenue and all lanes here are open. southbound 95 on the brakes from laurel to the beltway. the big story is 29 northbound

where we have the crash. some traffic able to get by under police direction. southbound 270 on the brakes from 109 to the lane divide. across the 14th street bridge, delays for this beginning back in woodbridge with a few brake as long the way. even the h.o.v. lanes are tied up. springfield across the potomac toward the d.c. line. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >> that's great, julie. thank you. our other big story, a stunning new twist in the scandal involving prince george's county executive jack johnson and his wife leslie. nine more people have now been arrested in the massive corruption investigation and that includes three county police officers. the defendants are expected in court later this week. sarah simmons joins us live from prince george's county executive building in upper marlboro. actually we'll check back in with sarah in just a moment. right now county executive jack johnson is technically on home detention. he is still allowed to go to

work. johnson spoke to reporters before entering the county administration building yesterday morning. now while he didn't answer questions about his case or the police officers' arrest, he did mention the support he's gotten from members of the community. >> there are a series of related investigations, this case and the case announced on friday. these are among the series of investigations. these two cases have one important feature in common. they allege that police officers violated the trust of the people of prince george's county, sold their authority and joined with criminals to commit serious criminal violations. >> now johnson has only three weeks left in office and said that he will finish out his term, spending the remainder focusing on budget issues. steve. and the man elected to take over prince george's county, rushern baker, spoke out since the arrest. baker said despite what has happened over the past few days he wants citizens in the county to know his administration will deliver a first-class government, one that puts the

people first. >> we remain focused on kitchen table issues of our residents. whether it's job growth, transit-oriented development, new business opportunities, comprehensive health care improvement, and of course a top-ranked school system. >> now he did not make any direct comments about the charges. baker will be sworn in on december 6th. our corruption investigation coverage continues online at myfoxdc.com. the latest details, including a time line of the arrests and a look at the charging documents. to read that, everything is in one place at the home page on myfoxdc.com. to the latest in the chandra levy murder trial today. lawyers will present their closing arguments as expected. the defense rested yesterday without calling murder suspect ingmar guandique to testify. the defense did question one of his former cell mates though. that former cell mate told the court that he never heard

guandique admit to killing levy. in the meantime prosecutors dropped two more charges against guandique -- attempted kidnapping and attempted robbery. they dropped two other charges last week. he is still facing two murder charges. many called it a make or break divisional matchup. the eagles and skins in the field. things got heated before it got started. and michael vick would go on to throw for four touchdowns, run for two more touchdowns. that's six touchdowns. afterwards skin quarterback donovan mcnabb couldn't savor his new five-year contract. >> are you relieved to have the contract extension done? >> at this point, no. my folk sus on the game and i guesses that one question i don't have to answer any more.

but yet this game is just -- i'm embarrassed. so we have a game that, again, with everything that was tied into it, the way the thing just went and snowballed in the wrong direction. >> donovan's deal is worth $78 million if he can stand it. and redskin nation buzzing this morning. to share your thought on the burgundy and gold and read through comments, head to our facebook page and follow us on twitter. just search wttg morning news. we'll try to air the redskin comments that we can air, if you know what i mean. >> we have a bleep, don't we? our redskins coverage continues on air and online. click on the sports tab at myfoxdc.com. time now is 8:08. julie had her jersey on, we're all rocking the red because he's one of the greatest hockey players in the world and he's joining us this morning. we'll talk with alex ovechkin

after the break. and as we look outside, we'll get the latest weather and traffic coming up. stay with us. you really do not want to miss ovie in studio next. [ female announcer ] smooth skin? not good enough.

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coming up on 12 minutes past the hour right now. take a look at that. that's what you're seeing outside. that is tower cam. and if you look carefully you can see a car on the road on wisconsin road but it's been that kind of morning between the rain and the fog and everything that is out there. it's slow-going. >> okay, it's going to get better in the next few minutes. >> are you talking about the redskins? >> no, i'm talking about the cute factor of the day and the power behind the caps. and let's start with the cuteness factor. we'll do that first. it is time for the my first 5 photo of the day. let's check her out. this is inspector aia. >> she's an investigator. this is 2 and a half-year-old ava, bundled up for the cold morning weather. really, really cute. >> i think she's just showing off the baby blues. >> she knows she has gorgeous

eyes and she's letting us see them. thank you for sending in the photo. she's adorable. to send us your child's picture, all you have to do is go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings. let's take a look at the weather situation. we'll start with hd radar. rain has over spread the area as expected. and we've got more rain working its way in as we speak. so if you're not getting rain right now, and some of you to the east are not, you'll start getting it in a few moments as most of the area will be covered with rain during the next several minutes. there is an area of heavy rain off to the west near front royal. some heavier rain showers out there. let's go to the graphics. your united states map shows you the entire country and most of the weather is in the east, a lot of clouds and moisture. areas of heavy rain in places like arkansas, tennessee, kentucky, places like that and more rainfall across the south. that will be pushing across the mid-atlantic and northeast during the course of the day today. here is a look at the current

temperatures around the region. 51 degrees in d.c. 50 at dulles airport. baltimore is at 49. fredericksberg is at 52. and in hagerstown, it is 48 degrees at this hour. five-day forecast, high today about 56 degrees. normal high would be 57. periods of rain all day and into the night. can't rule out a thunderstorm or two late afternoon or during the evening hours. tomorrow we'll dry out but breezy, 63. thursday more clouds and we don't expect rain now but more clouds, 57. friday is cool and saturday sunny and 59. now for an update on traffic with julie wright. >> i never thought you would toss it to me. we have to get through this. >> we're going. >> on the roads people have to get through traffic because it's bumper-to-bumper slow. outer loop of the beltway leaving 95 toward georgia and now look at this inner loop. inner loop out of fairfax toward 270, heavy, slow and steady with the lanes open. still busy cleaning up the

crash, northbound 29 at fairland road. southbound 270, no relief in sight toward the lane divide. and a crash out bound 66 at 28 in centreville, eastbound delays from manassas into the beltway and still a slow go across the 14th street bridge. delays beginning at the beltway in both the h.o.v. and the main lines across the potomac. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. now i know, steve, you are getting ready to interviewal etch ovechkin, i was told i could say hi. hi, ovie,. >> hi, julie. >> he said he'll see you tomorrow night at the game, julie. >> okay, great. and alex ovechkin discovered a hockey stick at a moscow toy store and not letting go ever since. and now our fans get to see a new intimate show of his roots back to russia. thanks for being here. alex and i met before, a brief

encounter and i'll take you back and this was last halloween when i thought i would dress up as alex ovechkin and little did i know that he would be there. and i did have a photo with the tooth missing. let's go to the next photo. does that work for you? >> that works for me. >> did i do a good job? >> yeah. >> let me ask you, first of all, because we're showing the tooth, and is that like a badge of honor to not have that. >> no. i don't want to lose my tooth but it's a game and it happens. sometimes last year eric bellang played for us, you never know what will happen so i'm glad -- it's better for me that i lost only one tooth. >> at the end of the season last year when you had the best record in the nhl and then you

lost to montreal in the first round, what was that feeling like and how much did that inspire you to want to come back stronger this year? >> well of course nobody wants to go home and -- on early vacation. but it's a bad experience so we take it and we're looking forward to this year and i think everybody in this town can't wait for the playoffs. >> and when you went home you went back to russia and that's a big part of the dvd. it's excellent. and it shows your personal life. you get to meet your family. you get to get a little glimpse into what life was like for you growing up. what was that like for you growing up in russia? >> it's a great life. i think when you're a little kid, you don't understand it, but when you grow up and you know how good it was. so i would love to come back

over there, but it feels good. and when i watch my video, it's a good memory for me. >> this is you introducing your family. >> my dad. >> when you watch this yourself, it must have been fun putting this project together and then get a chance to watch it. that must bring back your youth as well. >> it's something in your life and especially like when you're growing up and with all of your family and you can see it and know it's nice. >> and for the lady, you do have your shirt off for a considerable amount of time in the video. >> yeah. >> and when you were growing up, and we'll see video of where you did grow up as we see your dogs here, you grew up in a really pretty small area, modest apartment, a small d a way to play hockey and to make it work. at what point did you know that this might be your future, that you might be where you are today? >> my parents gave me

everything they have to give for a child. and my dad supported me all of the time. my dad was a guy who followed me all of the time. so it's kind of what i like to do and some people want to be football players, soccer player, race car driver, but i want to be hockey star and hockey player. >> i know it's not your first home but hopefully washington has become your second home and the people here celebrate you as if you are one of our own. what is it like when you look out and see the number 8 jerseys, not just at the games but all over the city? >> it's nice. and i remember when i just came here, it was a hard time for me and for my family. but the organization and all of the teammates and staff makes me happy. and i feel like at home now. it's my home, you're right.

>> and you're just 25 years old and you've won just about every award and the one thing you don't have is a stad you trade a stanley cup? >> right away. if you said give me all of your awards and you're going to win the stanley cup this year, i would do it right away. >> it's that much, that big of a deal, that's the ultimate goal? >> ultimate goal. >> one of the other things, you have fun on the dvd. we see some behind the scenes from your commercial work and also when you are out in las vegas for the nhl awards you're playing reporter and taking your camera out. >> it is my second job. >> are you going to take my job? >> not yours. >> well i won't take yours, i can guarantee you with that. and one thing that i thought was interesting, you interviewed syndey crosby. and the media tend to pit you and syndey crosby. is it a mutual respect between the two you? how would you judge your

relationship with syndey? >> i think we judge each other but when we play against each other, we hate each other. so i think it doesn't matter if you play against crosby or whatever, you just want to win the game and beat them. so in las vegas it was a good time. we were just chilly. why not have some fun. >> but who is the best player in hockey right now? >> right now, i don't know. >> this is where you say alex ovechkin. i know you're humble about it so we'll say it. we are happy that you're here. and one of the things that i think is fun, when you watch you on the ice and i said from the first time i saw you take the puck, it elevates the game to another level. and when you score, you act like a kid again and you still get excited when you are out there scoring, don't you? >> it's nice when you score the goals and win the game. so it's -- its something that i like to do. >> and do you it quite well and often, which is what we all

love as caps fans. alex, thank you for being here. the dvd goes on sale now. this is a is he -- very special thing. he will make an autograph appearance tonight at the best buy in sterling, virginia, from 6:00 until 8:00. it is free and open to the public. the only thing we want to let you know, don't bring your jerseys and hockey sticks. he's just signing copies of the dvd. but if you want to meet him and get an autograph, go to the best buy in sterling, virginia, from 6:00 to 8:00 and he'll be there signing the copies of the dvd. i watch the special features and it's excellent. and including where he broke his nose and scored four goals. is that your best name? >> no. i think the best game was against new york rangers. >> i was there for that one and i have to agree. that was great. well i hope the best game is this year when you guys win the stanley cup and hopefully you do it here on home ice.

thank you very much. best wishes to you. the dvd is called ovechkin, the great eight. >> steve, how is your hand? >> it's sore. but we athletes suck up the pain. >> ovie, thank you for coming in. we're thrilled. it's 54 degrees this morning. the speculation is over. there will be a royal wedding in britain. more on the breaking news announced today. prince william and kate middleton will tie the knot. when we can expect that royal wedding coming up. and later thanksgiving for your pets. holiday is making holiday crafts that aren't just for the kids to enjoy. we'll be right back. it's 8:23 now. ♪

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here is allison's favorite store of the morning. >> i do. >> the royal wedding on the way. prince william and long-time girlfriend kate middleton are engaged. >> and we put the emphasize on long-time. >> and tucker said not that long. >> and the official word came from the office of prince charles. >> and this is why tucker is not married. >> gurvir joins us with more on the upcoming royal nuptials. >> i just love the wedding and royal family. >> i'm the girl that stayed up in the middle of the night to

watch princess diana to get married and this is wonderful. and diana and i could be the same age and he could be my son. and they became engaged last month during a vacation in kenya and a royal statement said he asked kate's father permission to marry her before asking. they are both 28 and met while at students at the university of st. andrews in scotland. they've had an on again-off again relationship. but the royal family is said to approve of her. she's the daughter of self-made millionaires. they specialize in children's parties. kate works for the family business. prince william said he wouldn't marry until he was 28 or at least 30. he turns 28 in june. and she's been nicknamed waity

katie because she was waiting for the proposal. now the wait is over. the wedding will take place in london. no word on what the venue is going to be and the couple plans to live in north wales after they are married so prince william can continue to serve with the royal air force. he is second in line to the british thrown. so all of that is really exciting. >> it is exciting. >> and i think one of the reasons they chose now is why in the world do it now and then get married next year, because the year after that the queen celebrates her diamond anniversary so she will have been queen for 60 years and they didn't want to interfere with that and the olympics are in the next year. >> once they're married the wait won't matter. >> that's not nice. >> and we'll have more from london on the breaking news in the next hour. and we see it every day on the roads. take a look at the driver beside you. are they concentrating on

everything except the traffic around them. >> it happens. >> a new campaign begins today that shows the toll distracting driving can take. ray la hood joins us ahead. and it is still rainy and foggy out there right now. there is the view from tower cam. hard to see what is happening. we'll get the latest from tucker coming up. it's 8:28. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] bursting with mouth-watering real fruit

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well, tucker, you get to continue with the bad news this morning after the redskins loss. there isn't a lot to get excited about outside. >> rain across the area. we need the rain. but we don't need it for the morning commute and it will probably stick around for the evening commute. so gray and cool out there today but more sunshine tomorrow. so a one-day event. >> and we do need the rain. >> but at least we don't have cool temperatures. because you know what that

would mean? >> slipping and sliding. but look out for the leaves because it is slippery out there. and generally speaking it is west of the city during much of the morning. but you can see across the beltway pushing into prince george's county. we have rain showers down to the south, toward dale city, manassas is getting rain and out toward the west and toward front royal, and westminster more rain. -- winchester and westminster both getting rain showers. and moving through during the course of the day. heavy strain is to the west. and let's open the satellite radar and show you the radar. it will be with us all day long. not going to rain all day but the on again-off-again rain showers will continue as this is stel well off to the north and west. you can see it down into the deep south, into mississippi and alabama and that is pushing up during the appalachians during the course of the day today. and later tonight could see a thunderstorm move through.

as this all presses off to the north and east and improving forecast into the daytime tomorrow. and 52 at reagan national. 52 in annapolis. 50 in baltimore. temperature wise we won't get a lot of improvement. highs today only in the middle 50s. here is your forecast. clouds and rain showers. winds out of the south and east at 5-10. and tomorrow not bad, breezy and 63 for the afternoon high. thursday we get another cold front and that will cool us down and highs on friday and saturday only in the 50s with sunshine. so cooler weather on the way. that's a look at the forecast. allison, back to you at the desk with a special guest. in 2009, last year alone, more than 5,400 people were killed on u.s. roadways and an estimated additional 448,000 injured in car accidents

reported to have involved distracting driving. distracted driving kills and the u.s. department of transportation is doing everything it can to stop it. joining us now secretary ray la hood with the u.s. department of transportation. secretary la hood, thank you for coming in today. by your being here means that you are very serious about this behavior on the roadways. tell us what falls under distracted driving as you see it. >> people using cell phones or texting or receiving a text message. if you are texting while driving, your eyes are off the road for four seconds, your car goes the length of a football field. you don't have your hands on the wheel and eyes on the road. this is an epidemic in america because everybody has a cell phone or a blackberry and everybody thinks they can use them any time, anyplace, anywhere, including in their car, which makes for very dangerous behavior. >> you have said to cut all of

this out because it happened so quickly, all of it technology and now we want to be in touch all of the time. you say make it easy, put it in the glove compartment. >> ten years ago, nobody wanted to buckle up and then we had click it or ticket and now 85% of the people buckle up. my admonition is buckle up and put it in your glove compartment. there is no call or tempt message that can't wait until you get to your destination. >> and what is interesting, when you said that, you are right. now that we know if we are caught without a seat belt, not to mention the human toll it can take, but if you are caught without a seat belt, you will face repercussions. >> a ticket. $75 in some places, $100 in some places. there are good laws. there is a good law on the books here in the d.c. but you drive down the street and everybody is on their cell phone and not paying attention and so we are working with law enforcement to get them to write more tickets to change very dangerous behavior. >> when it affects your pocket

book. and also when it faces your life, and this face of distracted driving is being launched today and it's powerful because now we're talking about real people. tell us about this campaign and what we'll see. we're show something pictures of what you find online. >> we are great at d.o.t. of putting statistics out but until you hear the heartbreaking stories from parents who have lost children, children who have lost parents, they are heartbreaking stories and that kind of heartbreaking story will hopefully begin to persuade people, do not text and drive, do not use your cell phone and drive. because if you put it away, you will save lives and save injuries. these stories are really the faces of very heartbreaking stories. >> secretary, la hood, we just saw a picture and we're showing everything now, so we saw a picture of a truck that had run into the back of a school bus and it ended in the death of a 13-year-old girl. it's devastating. >> it really is. >> the truck driver was on a

cell phone and the damage is -- it's hard to understand how much damage was caused because he made that one decision. >> yeah, and it's a split- second decision. and i guarantee you, whatever he was talking about is not as important as the life of that 13-year-old that was killed in that accident. and there are stories like that all america. 5,500 people died last year as a result of very dangerous distracted driving behavior and half a million people were injured. they can be prevented. >> and what is the text message? >> it's nonsense. >> it's distraction.gov and the first three series made available today. but you're rolling them out as they come along, come into you. and they don't just deal with cars. this is -- this goes across the line here in deferentiallies. >> we know pedestrians are hit in walkways because somebody is not paying attention because they are looking down at their blackberry or on the cell phone. and we know that people are injured in cars because some

driver thinks that that message is so important that they can't wait until they get to their destination. and as you said, a bus driver -- in california 28 people were killed because a train driver was texting while driving a train with a lot of people on it. it's this kind of very dangerous behavior is what we have to stop. >> senseless. >> it really is. >> so it includes cars, planes, trains, commercial vehicles. some of the commercial vehicles, huge lethal weapon. they can't do that. >> when you think of a car of a 4,000-pound or 5,000-pound car under your control and you look at a blackberry and you go in four seconds the length of a football field, there is no good that can come of that. >> and we see the seat belts and the buckle up and do you think your number one priority will be met with we put that phone away. >> we'll save lives and

injuries, there is no question about it. and when people look at distraction.gov and see the heartbreaking stories they put the face on the statistics. >> and it's again distraction.gov. and i'm sure you're urging everyone to look at that. >> secretary ray la hood with the department of transportation. >> thank you. you are great to do this. thank you so much. >> come back any time. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] this is a strawberry pop tart...

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to virginia why governor bob mcdonnell is calling for special elections in january to fill spaces in congress. candidates in the special election will have until noon on november 24th to file. also more fallout from the death of a nun killed by a drunk illegal immigrant back in august. virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli said the department of motor vehicles does not have to accept federal work permits as proof of legal residents. the government ordered the dmv to stop using the documents in november. they can no longer be used to apply for driver's licenses. the archbishop of d.c. is heading to rome today for the ceremony that will elevate him

to a cardinal and taking 400 friends with him. donald wuerl and hisen -- his family leaves today. and then on sunday the world celebrates mass with pope benedict xvi. time for the job of the day. the mayflower renaissance hotel in d.c. is looking for an accountant general. for more on this job and our postings head to the fox 5 job shop under the money tab on myfoxdc.com. 8:44 right now on this tuesday morning as we roll on now. >> recent video showed brought hundreds of thousands to myfoxdc.com. strange blue lights over northern virginia. well now we have solved this mystery. find out what is causing it. it's next. holly? >> reporter: good morning, allison. she created the bow dab raw and this morning she's sharing with us. we're live in fairfax county where sandy sandler has come in from las vegas to give us a few

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so here is the deal, we showed the video of this unidentified flying object in center ville and we got half million web hits. there is the mystery solved. it's a remote control glider. it's not a ufo because it's identified now. it's a glider plane and it flied up to 400 feet. and the guy who flies it, it's a hoppy. he decorated it to make it easier to see at night. but it's the whole spatial thing and you can't see that it is only a couple of feet long. it looks like a big ufo out there. >> that is interesting because in this climate now, it's funny that you can just fly things like that. because it could make people panic. >> now that the cat is out of the bag, tony can't fly his plane any more, but we hope you still can. but if you see the blue light in centreville, that's what it

is. so we put it out there and solved the mystery. >> but continue to look at it on our website. it's 8:48 right now f. you're looking for fun ways to celebrate the holidays without breaking the bank, holly has great ideas. >> she is at a do-it-yourself craft and home decor expert that is a friend of the show to get ideas for fun projects. this woman has changed the face of gift-giving in my opinion and wreaths and everything else. >> absolutely. >> reporter: sandy sandler from las vegas and yes, she is the creator behind the qvc sensation bo dabra. and i'm telling this funny story because my crew, when they saw it, and when a guy sees it, they say look the bo- de-bra. and it's bodabra because it's magical. and you may not limit yourself to bows. and we also want to say you don't have to have the bodabra to do the projects but it makes

it easier. so where do we begin? >> me, i think of my pet. so we're making cute little fleece. all we did is just take your one string, your piece of fleece and lay it there and you can, like you said, you don't have to have the bo dabra. but it's just easier. >> reporter: and you could just cut the strips with a felt and lay them across. >> absolutely. >> reporter: and you were making the point, if you were to buy this dog toy already assembled at a pet store, it would be $6. >> i was blown away at how expensive they are. and i have to make two because i have two. >> it's always about my pet. >> reporter: and this is a fun thanksgiving activity and then throw it around and play with the dog but this is a great christmas gift. >> and for a cat, because we can't forget the cat, this is a

little ping pong ball covered with a boa and then we have the chan ill stems. >> reporter: and now we have an accessory version so let's do the turkey pen. >> so i'm going to grab some and lay that down here. >> and you are just layering. >> and these are my little legs that i'll put in here. >> reporter: and i know you do your crafts for kids. tell me about your nonprofit and why you believe in it. >> because kids don't get arts and crafts in school any more because of budget cuts. and it's so important for kids to learn to be creative. >> reporter: what do kids get out of being creative? >> how do you feel when you make something, it's so awesome. >> reporter: i feel accomplished. >> exactly. and for kids, that is so important. and they don't get that unfortunately in school. so it's really important that parents are able -- it would be

helpful if i had the wire here. it's nice for parents to do arts and crafts. and parents -- or people walk in and they go oh, my god it's so overwhelming and where do i begin and go running out again. >> reporter: absolutely. >> and so what the goal of crafters for kids is to give really cute little ideas, here are the little feet here, to give cute ideas that are simple. and there is no right or wrong way to do anything. however you do it is beautiful. >> reporter: and it's beautiful and uniquely yours. >> and on the website because i don't read instructions -- >> reporter: how do i tie this off? i'm turkey challenged. >> what you did which is really cool, just pull that through. >> reporter: there you go. >> and then bring it around to the back and tie it up. and then bring it around to the back. [ laughter ]

>> reporter: she can't tell me that i'm wrong because she just went on the big speech about how there is no wrong way to do it. >> and that's what is so cool. and then if you like, you can spread it out. >> reporter: maybe i needed to read the instructions with the bodabra. >> no your turkey is great. watch. >> reporter: you wear my turkey and i'll take your turkey. see how she laughs because she doesn't want to do that. myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to sandy sandler so you can find it -- go ahead. >> i said there is step by step picture instructions. >> reporter: you don't have to read. but coming up in the next hour, we're moving on to thanksgiving decor, things you can decorate with and make and find your creativity in as well. >> but i love your turkey.

>> reporter: you have to say that. we're on tv. >> you have a tofu-turkey. have you ever had something bad done to you but haven't for given? >> for giving can be hard. especially when were talking about life changing events. and coming up, the decision to forgive. >> it's now 8:54. stay with us.

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facebook now coming out with a new messaging service. kind of like text messaging but they don't want you to call it e-mail. we get more on how to could be a whole new way to reach out to your friends. >> reporter: facebook is pushing the limits again, this

time with a way to funnel your messaging across multiple platforms and that includes a new feature called mess everyoning -- messaging. >> we spent time building a network. >> reporter: the new e-mail offering will be what mark zuckerberg refers to as seamless messaging, meaning you can communicate through instant message, text or email in realtime. >> whether it works effectively is up in the air. however, facebook did take 15 employees and 15 months to do this. this said it was the largest development platform ever. it is the largest investment. and i think it looks good. >> and it allows you'ders to -- users to follow what they say

to each friend and a social in box for the messages the user wants to see. they say chat-based communications are the next step in the evolution of the industry. >> five years from now you'll have this full rich history of all of the communication that you have with each of your friends and the people around you. >> reporter: and facebook will roll out the new product in the coming months. eventually everyone on facebook will be offered a e-mail address and they also have the option to opt out of it. in new york, the fox business network. that will do it for this hour. let's turn things over to tony and allison until 10:00 this morning. >> steve, thank you very much. here is what we're working on for the 9:00 hour. a developing story out of london. a royal wedding is in the works. prince william proposed to long- time girlfriend kate middleton. we have the live report from london in minutes. and plus it