so glad you're with us on this -- at 7:00 on this wednesday morning. >> it is wednesday morning. >> after that redskins game on monday night it threw me off. i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. folks may be wondering what time it is because power is out because of last night's storm and that is having an impact on anne arundel middle school because they have no power. >> and storm damage in the district. this is the naval observatory. a big tree came down at mass and edmunds street. and heavy wind damage of the brentwood shopping center. they have a home depot with damage to the outdoor garden section in a storage area. nearby homes had roofs torn off. rhode island between 4th and 12th street is closed because of trees down. and to maryland, where firefighters have established a

command center. they are at the scene at fleetwood avenue, a neighborhood that experienced 80 mile-per-hour winds at 1:00 this morning. the national weather service plans to be out there today to investigate whether a tornado may have touched down. that's in baltimore. >> and i told tucker earlier, i'm a heavy sleeper. around midnight i woke up to the thunderstorm and the winds and everything else. it was really coming down pretty hard. >> not me. >> allison was sleeping in. >> i was knocked out. >> it was raging last night. very impressive line of showers and thunderstorms moving through. but they are north and east of us. but we have to deal with the wind in the wake of the system this afternoon. i'll show you the line of showers and thunderstorms as they roar on through the region. and watch them develop off to the north and east. and got news in the forecast is we should deal with a lot of sunshine. the showers and thunderstorms are out of here but in its wake we'll have some very blustery conditions out there. winds could gust in the order

of 45-50 miles per hour during the course of the afternoon. we have a wind advisory issued by the national weather service. gusts 45-50 miles per hour. here in the district, all of the counties in brown. so most of north central maryland and much of virginia under a wind advisory from 9:00 a.m. this morning until 4:00 this afternoon. and it's all because of this system. the frontal system moved through but the area of low pressure off to the north and west is continuing to deepen and then that's allowing winds to wrap around it. 55 at reagan national. plenty of humidity. look at the humidity -- 83%. winds out of the south and west at 8 miles per hour. the forecast today not half bad. milder temperatures with highs in the low to mid-60s. it will be windy at times out there throughout the afternoon. things will quiet down later today. that's a quick look at the forecast. we'll look at the weekend in a couple of minutes. back to you at the desk. the storms left debris

across roads. >> and left high-standing water so proceed with caution this morning. sarah simmons is live from arlington where there is a tree downright behind you. sarah, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, allison and steve. we're hearing about a lot of trees, maybe limbs down in the area, but this one is pretty startling. this is george mason drive. 15th and 16th street, and between those two it is shut down because of the massive trees and you can see it is still on power lines here. now crews have been out throughout the night after this storm rolled through, just before 1:00 this morning, so they've been working on trying to assess the situation. you can see that it appears that the power lines are still what is holding this tree up barely. so police are trying to direct traffic all morning long. you can see in some areas where the pole has been snapped from the weight of this. they've been out here and it looks like there is a tree crew that has arrive and perhaps their getting close to doing

something with the tree but at this point it is making traffic a mess. people are having to cut through the neighborhood to get around because george mason drive is a busy street during the morning commute. this is the intersection is right next to the virginia hospital center for folks that live in the arlington area that cut through here, you know where we are talking about. and this is an issue for power outages as well. let's look at the latest numbers for power outages. pepco is reporting over 1200 customers without power. bge is reporting over 13,000 customers without power right now. so they are in the process of trying to get the power back on to folks as quickly as they can but even if you don't encounter trees down in the roadways, there is still leaves down in the road -- on the road and the roads are still wet so that's a slick condition on the morning commute. live in arlington, sarah simmons, back to you in the

studio. and let's get the story on the roads from julie wright. >> good morning to you guys. i heard steve mention a portion of rhode island avenue is closed between 4th and 12th streets with a tree down across the highway. some travellic able -- traffic able to get by. montgomery county, north of university boulevard still tied up with a tree down. southbound 270, the wreck after montrose road pulled over to the shoulder so lanes are open. southbound 270 on the brakes passing germantown and through rockville toward the lane divide. lanes are open on the beltway as you travel in each direction of the wilson bridge. inbound on the dulles toll road, the pace improving. the work being done at the overpass is cleared however beulah road is blocked off until further notice. delays on the inner loop at 236. a stalled car reported in the

left lane there. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. to the latest now in the chandra levy murder trial. the fate of the man accused of killing her rests in the hands of a jury. in just a few hours jurors will begin to deliberate to decide if ingmar guandique killed chandra levy nine years ago. the jury must make the decision with little evidence. there is no dna connecting him to the murder or eyewitnesses. however prosecutors say his death fits the pattern of other crimes he committed in 2001. attorneys made their closing arguments yesterday. amanda hanes got upset toward the end. sher voice cracked and said, quote, justice is what needs to happen. chandra has been waiting nine years. new details in the prince george's county corruption scandal that has resulted in the arrest of jack johnson and his wife and nine other people.

a prom innocent business man and his wife were heard committing bribes to public officials and an immigrant smuggling operation. they are charged with witness tampering and destroying evidence by taking payments from investors for federal money from a federal housing program. the makers of the drink four loko say they will no longer put caffeine into the drink. the fda was ready to ban it today. in a statement the company said it's pulling caffeine and two other ingredients from the drink but it does not mention the recent incidents of students hospitalized after drinking four loko. later today on capitol hill both democrats and republicans voting to choose leaders in the house of representatives. heath shuller of north carolina challenging nancy pelosi for leaderment it's likely she will

remain in the top spot despite the election losses this month. the world cannot seem to stop talking about the royal engagement. prince william deciding to marry kate middleton. gurvir joins us with a look at the royal wedding. and now we know more details about the ring. gurvir? >> reporter: the ring. and maybe a little bit more about how he proposed. it's an event that people in england has been waiting for eight years. they will head down the aisle next year. they are talking publicly for the first time since he popped the question. >> reporter: prince william and kate middleton standing hand in hand among blinding flashbulbs. addressing the media for the first time. kate middleton giving limited details on how he proposed during a vacation in africa. >> it was very romantic.

and it was a very special time. >> obviously we have a great fun time together and we have a great humor about things. we commit to each other a lot and she has plenty of habits that make me laugh that i tease her about. >> the couple have dated on and off for eight years. when asked why it took so long to ask, he said he didn't realize it was a race. >> the timing is right. >> reporter: the ring belongs to his late mother, princess diana. >> it is my way to make sure that my mother isn't left out of the day. >> reporter: and prince charles. >> your reaction to the wedding? >> it's very good. long enough. >> reporter: middleton's parents have gotten to know prince william and are extremely fond of him. >> they make a lovely couple, they're great fun to be with and we've had a lot of laughs

together. we wish them every happiness for the future. >> she looks like her mom. the royal wedding is expected to take place in the spring or summer of next year in london. the venue has yet to be announced. and i guess it must have been an emotional moment for him to give his mother's ring to his soon wife to be. >> thank you so much. we'll be watching that all play out. think about prince charles' reaction. i'm thrilled. >> as you can tell. about as thrilled as a redskin fan on a tuesday morning. the birds put up big numbers again the redskins defense that statistically is one of the worst in the league. but do stats really matter? >> yes. >> we'll talk about where the redskins go from here. that was supposed to be no. >> stats get you into the hall of fame. >> we'll talk about the junkies about that. and as we take you to break, a live look outside. it looks better than yesterday

that time when it was raining out there. we'll get the latest weather with tucker and julie has your traffic updates. it's all coming up next at 7:10. ♪

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back now on fox 5 morning news. take a look at that. we weren't the only ones to get hit with the high winds. we call it wicked weather around here. this is video from west trenton, new jersey, where overnight the storms flipped over some small planes. and we're told that the roofs were ripped off buildings at the trent mercer airport. you can really see the power there. >> the planes there and knocking down trees here. >> kind of bad. >> a surprise. we saw the thunderstorm activity developing yesterday but not this intense this time of year. particularly during the nighttime hours. so a lot of energy and the

winds and severe thunderstorms, possible tornado north and east of baltimore, very impressive stuff. around here today, much quieter weather, as far as rainfall is concerned. we'll have a lot of sunshine but still very windy at times. the winds could reach dangerous levels at times during the course of the day today. let's get to the numbers and we'll talk about the wind advisory. and here is the bright spot in the forecast, it's nice and mild out there. feels tropical. a little humidity out there. >> when you say tropical, i think humidity. >> it is. it's humid. 55 at reagan national. dulles and bwi marshall 54. our highs today in the low to mid-60s. that's not bad. and let's get to the winds. these are sustained winds, 10- 15 across the area. 15 in frederick. hagerstown 23. they recently had a gust of 33 miles per hour and it is across this region that we have a wind advisory going into effect this morning at 9:00 a.m.

through 4:00 this afternoon and expectations winds will gust 40- 45 miles per hour later this afternoon here in washington. the reason why, look at your satellite radar. to the east of chicago, an area of low pressure pushing into the great lakes and that's wrapping up and continues to deepen and the winds are wrapping around it and thrown back into the mid-atlantic behind our frontal system which brought us the thunderstorms overnight. so we are windy at times here today, no doubt about it and that's why we have the wind advisory. most of the country fairly quiet and through today we should see a quiet weather pattern emerge into the weekend. right now the weekend looks fantastic. and wind advisory going into effect at 9:00, windy at times but mild with highs in the low to mid-60s. and by friday highs in the low to mid-50s. but with out door plans this weekend, saturday and sunday has sunshine and temperatures in the low 60s. not as warm as last weekend but it should be nice and dry.

>> i like that. that is nice. >> perfect. two weekends in a row. >> mid to late november and the whole thanksgiving thing. thank you, tucker. let's check in with julie wright. we still have some standing water, julie. >> standing water, tree debris, you name it and we got it. it's out there on the roads this morning. and we have a crash. that is southbound along 270, south of montrose in the six lane stretch before the lane divide. off the road to the shoulder. delays beginning in germantown as you leave father hurley. slow on 95, university a tee down. westbound 212 at 95 for the crash. and eastbound 175 at 108 for accident activity. here is a live shot of the beltway at telegraph road. delays on the inner loop and outer loop right now and the lanes on the beltway are open. problem is on telegraph road under the beltway, that's where

we have the activity. 236 incident tieing up two right lanes. massachusetts avenue is reopened and busy cleaning up a tree from that area. george mason drive has a tree down. and calvert drive has construction. you can access rock creek park from calvert this morning. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. still more fallout for the redskins loss to the eagles. the nfl now looking into accusations that leron landy spit at an eagles player. an nfl spokesperson said they will look for video evidence. but it turns out donovan mcnabb's contract not what we thought it was. the $40 million is not the guaranteed part. he will earn $3.75 million this year but the skins have the option of releasing him after the season and paying him no

monther. if they keep him he would get a $10 million bonus. feel free to hide your eyes. here are more of the monday night highlights and that's if you're an eagles fan. and they racked up 600 yards and won by 31 points. this came after the redskins had more than two weeks to prepare for the game. >> you're embarrassed. it's tough to take. especially when you worked so hard to win within the division. you went out there and they come in here and make some big plays right away and all of a sudden they're about 250-300 yards in the first quarter. that doesn't happen very often, especially with our football team. let's talk more about it. the sports junkies from 106.7 fm the fan. here is my question for you, you guys have all played in sports at one point in your life and you've been in the place where you've gotten blown out and sometimes you say i

would rather get blown out than lose at the last minute. but those aren't games in front of the world. how do the redskins respond to this? >> i think i would rather lose a close game then get humiliated on national tv like they did on monday night. >> and you mentioned the fact they lost by so many points. they've allowed 30 points in four games. dead last in terms of yardage in the league. >> but the thing is that it's just one game though. you have to remember that, steve. it's one game and they got their doors blown out but then next week -- you know how this league is. parity is the key and they're libel to come out -- liable to come out and give tennessee a great game. >> and what do you do as coach to right the wrongs this weekend. they beat the eagles before and this is -- obviously michael vick didn't have the game he did on monday night and now you

have tennessee with one of the best running backs in the league and so where do you start? >> you pray, steve. that's what you do, you pray. >> if i were shanahan, the first thing i would have done after monday night is i would have gotten $100 bottle of wine and drink it at home. but after that, you have to compartmentalize the loss and move on and focus on tennessee and have a better effort on sunday against tennessee than on monday night. >> you have to get a pash rush too. orakpo has had a decent year but other than that they haven't gone after a quarterback. >> and i think if you're a coach and you're mike shanahan, it's like me against the world mentality. nobody believes in us, they saw us get embarrassed on monday night and they think tennessee will embarrass us again and you can use that as a motivating tool even at the professional level. i love being an under dog. >> the wine might make you do better but it doesn't do anything for the rest of the team and the play on the field.

but this is a crazy season this year across the nfl when you look at the nfc east and what dallas did to the giants. do the redskins still have a shot at either winning the division or getting a wild card. >> i don't know if they can win the division. they still have -- >> wait, are you serious? do you think they are going to win the division? >> they are the worst team in the league. >> i'm trying to stay positive. i did not say i think they will win the division, but i'm saying do they have that chance? >> no. they're not a good team. they have a chance to win every week because it's the nfl. you see upsets every week. but they're a mediocre team. they're likely to win this week and then lose the next week. you can't predict it. >> and if you look at the nfc south you'll probably have two teams outside of whoever wins that division contending for a wild card spot, meaning the nfc east just getting the division

winner in the playoffs. so i don't think it will happen. >> of this a chance mathmatically. of course they do. >> that's what i'm looking for. all right. it's the sports junkies, thanks, guys we'll see you again tomorrow morning. >> thank you. >> love those guys. they're funny. well it's been three years since prince william county cracked down on illegal immigrants? is it working? results of the study coming up. and it was ground breaking in dallas and so why is dick cheney getting all of the buzz? you can spot him up there. and also holly is checking out a attraction at the gaylord national resort. it's coming up. stay with us. 

stories making headlines. an arizona style immigration right here in prince william

county did reduce the number of immigrants in the county. that's according to a recent study by the university of virginia. in 2009 there were 3,000 to 6,000 viewer ill -- fewer illegal immigrants. but it could not determine if the study had an effect on crime rates. and now we know the story behind the weight loss for cheney. he showed up in dallas with a slimmed-down physique. we'll show him at the podium. a spokes certain said it was the result of a long hospital stay following his heart surgery over the summer. the former vice president wanted to keep the weight off for his health. well across the area we're dealing with last night's wild weather. >> as we head to break, let's take another look outside this morning. we'll get the latest weather and traffic updates next. there is 395 near the pentagon.

7:30 right now as we continue to move through this wednesday morning. and had some rough stuff coming in last night. it rained most of the day but

most of the heavy stuff happened overnight. >> a frontal system came racing through overnight and that brought the gusty winds and the possible tornado north and east of baltimore. so good news is we got that out of here. but the bad news is we're dealing with a wind event during the day. i know it is bright out there but it is windy. >> how much? >> 45-50 miles per hour winds. >> that's very windy. >> i know. very windy conditions. let's get to it. i'll show you why. i'll show you last night's storminess. i backed the satellite radar up a little bit and you'll see the shower activity, and you'll see it develop and race right through the district and points north and east and now it's north and east of new york city. so the showers and thunderstorms out of here and we're left with sunshine. it doesn't look bad out across the washington area. currently an area of low pressure causing the problem, right here off to the north and west of us, up into the great lakes and you can see it right

there and it's deepening. and that's why we're dealing with windy conditions this afternoon. that's the tough part of the forecast. it should be a mostly sunny day today and warm. our high temperatures later today will be in the low to mid- 60s. so that's not too bad after enduring temperatures in the 50s yesterday. 55 at reagan national. fredericksberg 56 degrees. mounds not bad, hagerstown 51. 52 in martinsberg. the worst of the winds off to the north and west. and hagerstown at last look had a wind gust to 33 miles per hour and we're getting an update of 30 in hagerstown. 20 in frederick. gusts today. and patuxent naval air station now 20 and down in ocean city, 24. so very breezy and blustery out there and because of that we have a wind advisory. this goes into effect at 9:00 this morning through 4:00 this afternoon. i mentioned the winds and showed you why and it's the

counties in brown. so most of north central maryland, northern virginia and then out to west virginia until 4:00 this afternoon. forecast a good one. more sunshine than yesterday and warm. high temperatures 63 degrees. just have to deal with the winds during the course of the afternoon, gusting to about 45 miles per hour. you want a nice five-day forecast? going to be a good looking five- day forecast. clouds tomorrow and if you have weekend plans outdoors, go for it. look at the sunshine saturday and sunday. high temperatures a few degrees above where they should be, about 60 or so both weekend days. so a good looking forecast weekend. and now let's get to some on- time traffic. george mason is blocked off with a tree down. but at massachusetts avenue has been reopened and rhode island reopened between 4th and 12th street northeast and that's where trees were down. and behind me, germantown slow to the lane divide.

earlier crash has cleared. outer loop slowing 95 to georgia and southbound 175 for the wreck and westbound 212 for an accident and eastbound 75 at 108 for the accident. in virginia moving slowly out of manassas, centreville toward 123. more slow traffic from nutley street to the beltway. inner loop an incident tieing up the two right lanes. inbound stretch of the dulles toll road, lanes are open with the beulah overpass out of reston. but beulah is closed off as a result of yesterday's accident. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >> julie, thank you. the house ethics panel has convicted new york congressman charlie rangel with many violations of house rules. not paying taxes on income he made from property in the

dominican republic. the ethics committee will deliberate on punishment for the lawmaker which could range from a sense use to a reprimand. and back this morning, they are joining us peter fenn and jim innocenzi. good to see you. >> good to see you again. and the election is over because we're all back. >> and we're ready to go on vacation now. >> and we can complete sentences now. >> and not drool. >> you have a little bit more rest. but let's start with charlie rangel. so this decision, he walks out of the proceedings because he said he doesn't have counsel there. in the end he was found guilty of these -- violating these ethics in the house there. peter, just let me ask you, what kind of message does this send, what does this mean for the legacy of charlie rangel? >> it's tough. here is someone who has been in congress an awful long time and chairman of the ways and means

committee. and the prosecutor said, look, he wasn't in there to enrich himself and he didn't do anything illegal but tease were clearly serious violations. and my sense of it is that he had to pull back from the theatrics, he had to take his medicine, whether they censure him or whatever they do. he just got re-elected. so i think it's too bad for a bad career and it's sloppy stuff and dumb stuff and the bottom line is he shouldn't have done it. >> jim, now at the full ethics committee, what do you think will happen and what's the perception? >> i think the perception -- that they finally found him guilty is a clear thing. but this guy is 80 years old. he still works under the rules of the house in 1960 or however these guys did it. and they did an awful lot of things that back then weren't considered to be unethical and today they are. and he hasn't changed his m.o.

and so i think that america wants to see this kind of thing. if you're doing something wrong or perceived to be wrong then it needs to be something -- i think it may be more than a slap on the wrist, peter. >> censure is pretty rough stuff. but this process of this new commission, it took forever. and as said said, look this is pretty clear and it's not complicated. you don't have to do a lot of investigating. he didn't file a lot of stuff. so get out and take care of it. and this is the message -- you have to police your own and they should do a better job at it. >> and another issue sort of related. the american people have spoken, they say they don't want any more earmarks, getting rid of this fat and mitch mcconnell coming on board and saying, okay, i'm going to get with my group and try to put an end to this. is this really going to happen? speaking of how we do business since the 60s, will it happen?

>> sure. you better believe it will. mitch mcconnell got this message. and he was in favor of earmarks and now he's flipped. he said maybe it's not a big deal in terms of the bottom line of the budget but it's a big deal to the american voters and so i think it's a start. and i think it's a good start. and if we start with earmarks who know what we can do. and this is easy stuff. this is an easy one. as clair mccaskell from missouri, the democrat has sponsored legislation to eliminate earmarks. mccaskell said this is easy, everybody should be behind this. >> and the interesting thing about this, allison, is that there was a growth in earmarks but still less than one-half of 1% of a federal budget. but traditionally projects around the country would be judged by the executive and they would weigh the benefits

of them and they would recommend them. and then the congress, has decided, boom, we're going to get into this and everybody will have a piece of pie. and what happens is seniority reigns and if you have power, you get power of the purse. i think it's a good thing. and president obama said forget it. but the crazy thing is republicans were nervous because of course not being in charge of the executive, these things are now going to be made by the obama administration. and if the republican wins, then by the republican administration. >> i think it's a good thing. >> i totally agree. i think the notion there should be bridges to nowhere, this is where it came from. folks said, come on, it may not be that huge, but it's indicative of washington. and we don't like it, get rid of it, clean up. again, clean up your own house. >> i think it's a good thing. and actually i think it puts obama against his own party in this case because democrats have -- nancy pelosi is not

screaming we have to do this or get rid of earmarks. >> but it will pass. democrats are voting for it, and it will pass. >> if it doesn't, they're fools. >> you might say that any way. >> there aren't any more fools left. >> after january you, might be right. >> in the last couple of seconds, i want to talk about what is happening in alaska. we might see a decision. a twist on what we've seen in other races. but let's talk about these full body scans at the airport. there is the race there -- i'm sorry, mikulski, we'll see what happens in alaska. but the full body scans. this is a case where the government is trying to keep us all safe but the american people saying enough is enough. we're going to protest, we're not going to fly over the thanksgiving holiday. could this be a grassroots effort that will turn over some legislation from the tsa? what can we see here?

>> peter and i are volunteering for the patdowns, of the women any way. >> i don't think that's going to happen. >> yeah, i know. i'm married. but the whole thing is i think it's finally america said enough is enough with these folks. there are other technologies, biometric technologies to use. the airline pilots want the biometric technology and so maybe tsa will wake up. because god only knows in washington, having to stand in those lines, if they go to the patdowns, it will be long. >> the delays for dulles, you have to get there an hour and a half ahead of time and folks are saying come on. and folks are going to stand in line and you see anger. >> and ticket sales. we have to end it there. next time we'll start with something like that. we'll be right back after the break. 

a 25-year-old man from iowa becomes the first living service member since the vietnam war to receive the

medal of honor. president obama presented at ward to staff sergeant salvador hunta today at -- at the white house yesterday. he was serving in afghanistan in 2007 when the taliban ambushed him. he took charge in a desperate situation. >> i'm going to go off script here for a second and just say, i really like this guy. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> i think we all just get a sense of people and who we are. and when you meet sal and his family, you are just absolutely convinced that this is what america is all about. >> he received -- rescued a wounded soldier that was captured by the taliban and got

medical help and called in a helicopter. that soldier later died but his actions were nothing short of heroic. >> that's fantastic. thank you so much. and you do pick up a vibe on people. i felt that way when i met both of you guys. >> oh, allison, very nice. >> just good people. >> very nice. i only have a minute. so right down to business. thunderstorms rolled through the area. a lot of very intense weather, showers and thunderstorms moving through. and in its wake we have mild conditions. look at that. 55 in washington. 60 in new york. the cooler air is off to the north and west. cincinnati is only 37 at this hour. and in pittsburgh it's 46. that cooler air will get in here really not until later tonight and tomorrow. so we'll have one-day warmup with temperatures back in the low to mid-60s. here is your forecast surface map for the day. and the cold front that you see on the map, that was responsible for the showers and thunderstorms that rolled through here last night. now we're just dealing with

windy conditions and we have a wind advisory that's been issued for much of the area from 9:00 this morning until 4:00 tomorrow -- excuse me, until 4:00 this afternoon and expecting winds to gust to about 45-50 miles per hour in some instances as the storm continues to wrap up and race off to the north and to the east. our forecast tomorrow, we'll see more clouds and cooler conditions arriving. here is your five-day forecast. a lot of sunshine today, temperatures in the low to mid- 60s. cooler tomorrow with the cold front. and if you have weekend plans, go for it. raking up those leaves, temperatures in the 40s on saturday with sunshine. >> my daughter asked me, mom, is it nighttime, she didn't know why it was dark. >> let's check in with julie wright and check on traffic. it's still busy out there. problems on the road, southbound 270, crash at the

lane divide and behind me is the delay from germantown to the split. outer loop below speed 95 to georgia. westbound 212 at 95 for the wreck. 105 for the accident. eastbound to the 108 still an accident. still cleaning up virginia off of 50th street at goshen road. that is blocked off. george mason between 15th and 16th streets, a tree down. traveling in on 66, not busy at 7100. but delays leaving fair oaks eastbound toward the beltway. the beltway inner loop is slow toward 66. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. the cold hard facts about a holiday tradition with holly. >> she is spending time at the gaylord convention center at the national harbor this morning. beautiful place to spend the morning. good morning, holly. >> reporter: it's a beautiful place but it is chilly this

morning. about 2 million pounds of ice. it's the ice attraction that brought in 200,000 people and this year it has a whole new theme. and it might kaz your heart to grow three sizes. open to the public tomorrow. we are getting a sneak peek today. an inside look ahead of time live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. rule the tweet.

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holly is definitely keeping it cool this morning. >> she is at the gaylord national resort and convention center. they are openle up their ice attraction to the public tomorrow. we have a sneak peek this morning. holly, i went last year and it was phenomenal and i can only expect them to ramp it up more this year. >> reporter: and they have. guess the temperature in here right now, guys? >> 26. >> no. i will say 3 or 4 degrees. >> it's a constant 9 degrees. >> reporter: that's what they keep it at.

but it will warm your heart when you come and see the amazing attraction that they have put together here. amy gurel joins me inside. good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: it's good to see you. and steve said he came out last year and it was amazing last year. but any time you have something you have to raise the bar. >> thank you, we have. who doesn't love the story of the grinch and it's a classic story. >> reporter: and it is the story of the grinch who stole christmas. and let's tell everybody about the logistics of making this whole thing happen? >> we bring in 2 million pounds of ice. we bring it in early october and we bring in 40 ice carvers from china. they are known as the world's best ice carvers and it takes them about 30 days to build and hand carve this entire attraction. >> reporter: so tell everybody what we are coming into now. because these are the scenes of the book brought to live.

>> the room we're in now is called the slide room and this is where the grinch is stealing christmas. so right here we have one of the famous themes from the book where the grinch is in the fireplace and he's stealing one of the stockings. >> reporter: and how did you decide to come up with this theme? >> well we were looking for a story to bring to life, a story that many people will remember from their childhood and the grinch is the story -- how the grinch stole christmas is so famous. and so we have partnered with dr. seuss to bring this story to life. >> reporter: i know a lot of people are looking at this and saying that is not all ice. but it is. and there are three different types. >> it is all ice. as amazing as it is. there is colored ice, it's colored with food coloring. there is is crystal clear ice and then cloudy ice. >> that is very cool. >> reporter: and the ice comes

from a production plant in ohio? >> it is. and it is shipped to us here in 350-pound blocks and then they stack them in various color combinations and go to work chiseling just like an artist would chisel. >> reporter: and something just struck me. and you say they are from china, are they familiar with the grinch who stole christmas story? >> they are not. and they don't know the story. so our team did have to explain to them the story of how the grinch stole christmas. >> reporter: and people might be saying it's loud and they probably hear the big fans blowing. explain that. >> these are the chillers that keep it chilled to 9 degrees and that's to keep the ice frozen. it doesn't take all that much chilling to keep it frozen because the walls of this tent are inches thick. so you're standing inside of a big cooler. >> reporter: so this is our annual tradition, to go down

the slide. and the steps we came up are all ice. >> this is ice that is carpeted over. >> reporter: very cool. and let's go over here. >> the slides are the most popular part of the attraction. >> reporter: i can imagine. which side do you want? i'll say one, two, three and we'll go. okay, here i am. can you see me? and in case -- there you are. in case you don't have a warm jacket, parkas are provided. what's the best way to come out? >> dress warmly, because you want to make sure you can stay inside for as long as possible to enjoy the attraction. >> reporter: myfoxdc.com is our website and we have a link to theirs. to come on out and see ice at the gaylord. coming up in the next hour we'll talk more about how they create this amazing and very cool, in more ways than one,

attraction. >> that's great. and all of the colors, you don't realize they color the ice. so that will be fun to watch. i know you want to take the girls. the second biggest attraction there is the hot chocolate station when you are done. >> after that 9 degrees. 7:56 now. coming up after 8:00, a fox 5 investigation, as we look at one local city official's commute on the taxpayer's dime. and the fate of the man accused of killing chandra levy. we'll update you on that when we return. the saying "easy as pie," i get it now.

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the severe storms that may have woken you up overnight with thunder and wind have left behind a bunch of problems too. trees down and building damaged. investigators trying to determine if a tornado may have touched down in the baltimore area. and then a fox 5 investigation. we take a close look at a local city official's commute all on the taxpayer's dime. and the big story across its pond, prince william and his bride to be speaking out for the first time since their engagement. we'll have more on the ring

that may look familiar to royal watchers and we'll take a lock at what we can expect as for their nuptials to happen, when the wedding may be and what we can expect. we'll talk with someone who knows a thing or two about that. good morning. i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. up first, we want to let parents and students know that arundel middle school in anne arundel county, maryland, is closed today because of a power outage. >> and a lot of storms last night and damagas well. tucker, what is going on out there now? right now calm. rock 'n' roll. it's windy. a lot of wind in the forecast. and that was responsible for the severe weather we had last night. >> bat on down the hatches. >> relative calm for the first half of the month. there is the hd radar. you can see the showers and thunderstorms develop. they race through the area and off they go to the north and east. we're losing the last frame there but north and east of new york city and the rain is out

of here. looking out your window, you'll see sunshine and it will be a bright and beautiful day as far as sunshine and warmer temperatures. we'll be enjoying temperatures in the low to mid-60s, although we'll have a lot of wind around here and i'll show you why in a couple of minutes. wind advisory going into effect at 9:00 this morning and we're expecting gusts of 40-45 miles per hour, even here in the city. and off to the west, the ridge tops could see winds gusting to 50 miles per hour. so wind advisory until 4:00 this afternoon. 58 degrees now at reagan national. humidity 60%. winds out of the south and west at 8. i've seen gusts in local communities like hagerstown to about 35 miles per hour. so the winds are picking up. there is your forecast for today. a lot of sunshine and windy this afternoon. highs in the low to mid-60s. more details on that forecast, good looking weekend and i'll show that to you in a minute. up in baltimore firefighters have establish aid mobile command center in the northeast part of the city.

if you're familiar with baltimore thaer on needwood avenue. an area that saw 80 mile-per- hour winds this morning. the national weather service plans to be out there today to determine if it was a tornado that touched down in baltimore overnight. and this is what it looks like in northeast washington this morning. heavy wind damage in the parking lot of a shopping center on brentwood road. that center has an aj wright store and home depot that had damage to the outdoor garden section. and nearby homes had parts of their roofs torn off and some cars in the area had windows blown out. also rhode island avenue between 4th and 12th streets is closed right now because of trees down. that's not the only place down trees are blocking off roads. >> a perfect example is where sarah simmons is. in arlington a tree fell on to a power line. >> reporter: well ever since the storm rolled through early this morning it has certainly been quite a mess out here on the roadways. leaves are down in the roads left on the trees and trees also down on power lines.

for instance, if you look back here, this is 16th street at george mason drive. you can see the massive tree down over the power lines. we have dominion crews and tree crews here on the scene assessing the situation, but this is having an impact on the morning commute as george mason drive is closed between 15th and 16th street and it will be that way throughout the morning. and it's creating havoc of power outages in nearby home. and the virginia hospital which is right here at this intersection, we're hearing reports of power outages in the doctor's offices and they're having to call patients and cancel appointments this morning. so it's a mess for neighbors and businesses in the area. and keep that in mind for your morning commute, there will be leaves on the road and possibly trees and other debris and downed lines on the roadway. so keep that in mind. in arlington, sarah simmons,

fox 5 news. back to you. now to julie wright. >> she's on my mind. >> she should always be on our mind. >> why, are you guys hungry or something? >> no. we just want to see our friend. >> oh, thank you. a lot of folks out there this morning could use a helping hand. because not only are we dealing with trees and limbs down, but if it's trash day in your neighborhood, folks are waking up to see them scattered about the neighborhood. so allow extra time out the front door. and be careful. and 50 at goshen road was blocked off from a tree. a portion of massachusetts avenue was reopened. southbound 270, the interstate open for business. earlier crash at the lane divide gone. we still have delays from germantown headed south. on 66 the base improving out of centreville but slow leaving fair oaks toward the beltway. crash on 236 cleared. route 1 at 175, and eastbound

at 108 for a couple of accidents and the rash westbound at 95 is cleared. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. two more police officers arrested. four suspects appeared before a judge on a hearing. wire taps caught a liquor store owner and his wife describing laundering millions of dollars and bribing officials and even an immigrant problem. >> i think he knows quite a few of the business people. >> well at the heart of this jack johnson scandal is a program called the home fund. johnson is accused of taking money from developers. he and his wife are charged with destroying evidence and if convicted could face up to 20 years in prison.

with the corruption scandal hitting the county hard, all eyes are now on incoming county executive rushern baker. he joined us in studio last night to address this controversy. >> i think the only way i can respond as the incoming county executive is to be focused on the job of what the citizens expect me to do and that is make sure we have quality health care, make sure that our schools are taken care of, make sure that we provide a tax base. in addition to that, they want to make sure this government is going to work on december 6th and that's what i'm going to do. whatever is going to happen to the johnsons are going to happen. the justice system will play out. but people want to know that government is ready to work on december 6th and that's what i want to assure them. >> johnson has less than three weeks left in office. yesterday we talked about suspicious sales of property and now questions about the man

running the day-to-day city administrator. his commute is work is 60 miles round trip and some are upset about footing that bill. maureen umeh has the story. >> reporter: quitting time on a monday and michael downs is on his way home. fox 5 going the speed limit can't keep up with his 2010 chevy impala as it headed up route 50 toward the eastern shore. more than an hour later we find the car parked in his drive way, 80 miles away from where he works as city administrator for new carrollton. >> is this okay? >> absolutely not. >> reporter: this long-term resident questions the 160-mile commute to rock hall. >> why do you care about this? >> because i pay taxes in the city and it matters to me. >> reporter: guidelines provided to fox 5 by downs

himself said any employees with a take-home must live within a 30-mile radius of the city. downs told us in an email, an exception has been made in my case. i reside 36 miles from new carrollton as the crow flies. >> if his car can't drive that distance, it shouldn't be up to us to pay that fee. >> reporter: fox 5 found downs has been stopped three times since last summer in city vehicles for reckless driving, failure to display registration card and going 80 in a 55-zone, all church he pled guilty to. >> i'm uncomfortable with the situation. >> reporter: this is a new carrollton city council member and said council never signed off on any of his take-home cars. it's all been done at the discretion of the mayor. >> it's not illegal to do this, but it just does not seem right. >> reporter: the mayor did not

return our calls. >> maureen umeh from fox 5 to see you. >> he was in a meeting with hall. >> is it appropriate for him to have a city-issued car? >> yes, absolute. >> and gas and mileage 80 miles away? >> yes. because that's a personal matter. it's between how the mayor wishes to allocate resources, it's part of his compensation. >> in these tough economic times -- >> reporter: he said expenses for the car are not an issue for city budget. and as for the traffic violations. >> the mayor and mr. downs discussed it and it's put to rest. the council is informed of the issues and that was it. >> reporter: the council member said she did not know about all of the citations until we told her. she said it is that lack of transparency and fiscal responsibility which led her to

recently run for mayor. >> the policy needs to be renewed and redone. >> reporter: she lost but said she will -- continue to fight to make sure citizens in new carrollton aren't being taken for a ride. >> we're told downs did take care of those tickets and only gets gas reimbursement for city related travel. you can watch the first part of our new carrollton investigation and send us any types online. maureen umeh, fox 5 news. 11 minutes past the hour. earmarking the practice on capitol hill. it's long been popular in congress. >> yesterday senators endorsed a moratorium on the system that allows lawmakers to steer money to their pet projects. and then the makers of the drink four loko changing the recipe. find out what they are taking out of this caffinated alcohol drink when we check the stories

making headlines this morning. so stay with us. 

8:14 now. let's take a look at stories making headlines this morning. a multi state prostitution ring busted here in our area. the u.s. attorney's office said five men face charges for running brothels in maryland. men are accused of transporting prostitutes from virginia and d.c. to these locations. prosecutors say all five are illegal aliens. three years after prince william county put it's immigration policy into place, a new university of virginia study shows it's working. in 2009 there were 3,000 to 6,000 fewer illegal immigrants compared to 2006. however the study could not determine if the study had an effect on violent crime rates. the company that makes four loko is pulling it off the market. just as the fda was meeting today to ban it. the makers are removing the caffeine and two other ingredients -- i guess they're

changing up the formula. they're leaving the all hol in. the move comes after several college students were hospitalized after drinking it. it's time to check in with tucker barnes for something for our forecast. >> a nonwindy and nonwicked extra. >> cuteness factor of the day. time for the my first 5 photo of the day. this is, everybody, this is travis. and i like to tell you all about him but -- this is travis. apparently breakfast was taking too long so what would you do? >> i would eat anything i could, that was right there. >> absolutely. your hand and your fist and in this case an envelope. >> he is so cute. look at those cheeks. that's what i would eat up. i like those cheeks. >> very cute. to send us your child's picture go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings. and travis let us know how that

envelope tasted, i might want to try one myself. and let's talk windy weather. 8 mile-per-hour winds at last look at reagan national. these are sustained winds. 18 in frederick, 12 in winchester, 16 in ocean city. we do have a wind advisory going into effect at 9:00 a.m. and in effect until 4:00 this afternoon. i'm looking at gusts now. college park 32 miles per hour. out at dulce gust -- at dulles 22. and showers and thunderstorms racing through the region during the evening hours and overnight last night. now off to the north and east, a lot of sunshine for your wednesday. and some cooler temperatures on the way tomorrow. but today nice and mild and sunny, just very windy with high temperatures back into the 60s. here is your five-day forecast, 63 this afternoon and should be dry but windy. cooling off tonight, 43 the overnight low. and into the weekend, cooler day for friday but saturday and

sunday look fantastic with sunshine and high temperatures in the low 60s. so a nice, quiet weekend in store across the washington area. that's a look at the forecast. i'm going to throw it over to julie. >> i caught it. >> thank you. on the roads this morning, tucker, you'll find lanes are open as you travel between college park and bethesda. still busy cleaning up the crash along eastbound 175 at 108. route 1 southbound at 175, now checking for the crash 270 at 370, and delays in germantown toward the split. eastbound university boulevard at colesville should be cleared. they're back on the scene of rode eye rand between 4th and 12th streets and have the intersection blocked off for more tree removal. and george mason shut between 15th and 16th streets. and slow from fair oaks to the beltway. and 95 slow over the 14th street bridge, along this stretch all lanes are open.

that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. 8:18 now. the 112th congress taking shape. today both parties picked their leaders for next year. and yesterday republicans voted a limit on spending, including a ban on earmarks, allowing lawmakers to steer money to their pet projects. joining us now, susan parichyo and let's talk about this. what does this mean in the process? it is something the old guard did and evolved over the years? to put a moratorium on this, what does that mean for congress? >> that means direct spending r two years in the house and sen at. they've decided the public sees earmarks as pork barrel spending. you might remember the bridge to nowhere in alaska. or money for tattoo removal or

how to reduce the smell on pig farms, things like that. the public has gotten wind of all of this stuff and it's begun to anger people because the deficit and spending is out of control. exit polls in this last election showed this was the number one concern among voters, the deficit of $1.3 trillion, the debt $14 trillion. and so you have congress responding. and republicans say they are taking the lead, not to direct spending to pet projects in their home state. but this only makes up 1% of the entire budget so there is question whether this will do anything to reduce the deficit. >> when we are talking about a budget for a federal government, it is still a significant amount of money. but you're saying it's more of a move by republicans bay saying we're focused on cutting spending at some point in some

way. >> and they're saying we heard the electorate on november 2nd. this ang thaer threw out the -- this anger that threw out the democrats and republicans in the senate and they heard them and are stopping the earmarking process. but it's a moratorium and only two years lock and it's not enforceable. if there are republicans or democrats that want to earmark spending to their home states, they can do it and some probably will. >> harry reid came out and said i kind of understand this but at the same time i'm worried about my people back home. i'm put in office to represent people from inform and i'm make sure they get what they need. so he doesn't seem that they are on board with this plan. what other democrats do you think will come on? >> not many. udell and mccaskell will not

happy with it. but they need to direct spending back to their state. if they leave it up to the executive branch, the states in the middle of the country won't get as much attention asity states on the east and west coast and they feel they protect their turf and get money back for critical road projects or schools and so it's a tricky thing for democrats. >> and this is orientation and we have tea party candidates. and is this where they say let's make our statement now? >> the earmark moratorium is -- because of the tea party movement, because mitch mcconnell the minority leader wasn't on board with all of this until they get elected. they came up to the senate and signed on to the moratorium and that sent a signal to republican leader thy is a they need to get on board to and so

i think the freshman will have an impact on washington this year. >> it's great. thank you. it's 8:22 on a wednesday morning and the holiday season is almost here but you won't hear one of the yearly traditions as frequently as you did in the past. details when we come back. and then the grinch who stole compass is moving into the gaylord national resort and we'll check out this super cool ice exhibit here a little bit later on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. [ man ] are you aware that verizon fios brings fiber optics to your home

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maryland state police are hoping autopsy results will help put clues together after a disturbing discovery. a state highway maintenance crew found a body inside of a cardboard box along interstate 70 next to mile marker 48 near braddock mountain. no word on whether the victim is a man or woman or cause of death. police are checking other agencies to see if the victim is on any missing person's list. another report on bp and the oil spill. this one from a group of technical experts saying the oil giants missed and ignored warning signs that caused the biggest off shore oil spill in history. the 28 page report said bp did

not correct flaws leading up to the disaster. the report a preliminary one and a full report is due out in june. and a popular charity won't be as visible as in years past. giant food stores told the salvation army it only has two weeks to ring the bell. one in november and one in december. they usually get six weeks. giant said it's trying to regulate the amount of time any charity spends outside of the doors. the salvation army hopes they give extra to make up the loss. former vice president dick cheney showing up at the george w. bush presidential center and what he looks like is making headlines. we'll show what you we're talking about when we come back. and plus today the jury deliberates the fate of the man accused of killing chandra levy. we'll have the story when we come back. stay with us. it is 8:27 now. eef tes ecic

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8:30 right now as we check headlines this morning. charlie rangel will find out tomorrow what his punishment will be for violating house ethics rules. jury of eight house members found him guilty. the punishment could be a slap on the wrist to a fine to denial of privileges. lisa murkowski could declare a victory today. she has over 10,000 votes over miller. miller said if the math does not work in his favor, he will not fight the decision into and look to the left of your screen behind the dick cheney weight loss. he showed up at the ground breaking george w. bush presidential center in dallas with a slimmed-down physique. a spokesman said this was the result of his hospital stay over the summer in the hospital from heart surgery and he decided he just wanted to keep

the weight off for his health. and there is a shot from the podium and he looks good. he looks very trim. here is video that we wanted to show you. this is out of philadelphia. we weren't the only ones in the area to get hit. look at that damage there. you can see the roof torn off of that building there. the crews trying to -- where do you even start with that. it looks look a pile of tooth picks. but that's the storm damage. tucker, you call that a surprise, right? overnight. >> the intensity was a surprise. we watched the line of thunderstorms develop during the morning and track up the eastern sea front. a cold front brought severe weather here to washington and then right up to the eastern seaboard to new jersey and philadelphia and new york in the last couple of hours, baltimore thinking they hit with a tornado. >> the weather service looking at it. >> around here we're done with the severe weather as far as thunderstorm activity. and we have a wind advisory. i'll show that to you in a

second. here is the big picture. we have the line of showers and thunderstorms as it developed late yesterday afternoon. and see it racing through the district and points east across the bay and off to the northeast. we're losing the last frame but the showers and thunderstorms -- that is a cold front and it is now up towards boston. it's out of here. we're now dealing with the area of low pressure. right there, we're going to lose it, but there it is tracking up to the north and east. and that continues to deepen and as it does we'll get wrap- around winds later today. so windy today. blustery conditions. even though warm conditions with highs in the low 60s. when you talk about winds gusting to 45-50 miles per hour at times today, it will be very blustery out there. 26 the last wind gust at patuxent naval air station. 22 at dulles. hagerstown 24. and we've had winds over 30-35 miles per hour this morning in hagerstown so expect a windy afternoon as the winds continue to come in from the west and the northwest. wind advisory in effect from 9:00 until 4:00 this afternoon. i mentioned that we could see gusts up to 50 miles per hour.

best chance for that is in the mountain ranges out to the west. out in washington don't be surprised if we don't see a wind gust to about 40 miles per hour later this afternoon. there is your five-day forecast. clouds move back in later tonight and tomorrow. a cold front will cool us down for the day on friday. we have weekend plans, outdoor plans, go for it. weekend looks great on saturday and sunday with sunshine and temperatures in the low 60s, which is a few degrees above where we should be this time of year. that's a look at the forecast. allison, back to you at the desk. >> tucker, thank you. now to the latest in the chandra levy trial. one hour from now the jury will start deliberating to decide if ingmar guandique murdered the washington intern in rock creek park nine years ago. paul wagner has been following the case and been in the courtroom since the trial started and paul joins us this morning with basically the wrap- up of this trial. the jury now has the case. >> they do have the case, allison. starting at 9:30 this morning

and who knows what will happen. the closing arguments were very interesting yesterday. they started at around 11:30 and it went all day. because the prosecution had first bite of the apple, then the defense took about an hour and a half. and then the prosecution got to do a rebuttal close. so it lasted all afternoon. and the jury didn't get charged, as they call it, by the judge and that is the reading of the instructions until late in the afternoon. so they didn't do deliberating yesterday. they'll do it all today. >> they have a lot to consider when they do go into -- behind closed doors. no dna here, no eyewitnesses here. they went through charges being dropped. where do they begin as far as trying to figure out what to charge ingmar guandique with and now they have an option, if not first-degree murder they have an option for second- degree murder. tell bus that. >> they went from six charges down to two. he's facing first-degree felony murder. that's what the jury is considering. if they do not find him guilty

of first-degree murder, they have the option of finding him guilty of second-degree murder which is called a lesser included. that was one of the surprises in the trial. yesterday the judge said he would allow that. and that is now in for the jury's consideration as well. but those other charges that were dropped, attempted sexual assault, attempted robbery and kidnapping, those are all discharged. >> do you think the defense just had to spoke holes in everything they did. did this play out the way you think prosecutors thought it would? >> it definitely didn't for us, because we saw many, many things as it led up to trial. all of this evidence that the prosecution said they were going to get in or try to get in and there were arguments and motions and hearings for months leading up to the trial and we heard about all of this stuff going to be presented and then

ultimately it wasn't. and so really what it comes down to, allison, is two major pieces of evidence here. they have the circumstantial case that the prosecution said they have against ingmar guandique. they say it's very strong, that he can -- that the attacks that he pled guilty to is similar to the attack on chandra levy. but there is unknown dna found on her tights when tested by a private lab in 2008 and it does not match up with ingmar guandique. and there is no forensic evident that points to guandique and that's what the defense was telling the jury yesterday. there is nothing that can tie him to the crime. it's just this circumstantial evident and then the questionable testimony of roe mando morales who is a gang member and spent 30 years in the life of crime and the defense brought that home time and time again yesterday saying to the jury, this is what you haveith, this is what you have to get by.

and can you get by that? and that's the question here. >> and we know you'll be giving us the answer when it comes down. >> we'll be down there. >> and paul is blogging about this case inside the courtroom and you can follow his updates at myfoxdc.com. just click on the chandra levy tab. paul, thank you. it's 8:37 on this wednesday morning. trader joe's will bring another store to the area. find out if it's in your neighborhood. and we'll share our job of the day. we'll open up the job shop. so stay with us.

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the top of our home page. it's 8:41 on this wednesday morning. >> and more on the ring that may look familiar to royal watchers and what we can expect at the prince william nuptials. because we won't be there. over to you. >> reporter: listen, if they want an ice sculpture at their wedding i know some good sculptures that i think would do an okay job. and those sculptures that came from china are putting their skills in an attraction we can take advantage of. it is the second annual of ice! at gaylord national. we'll tell you how you can come and be part of it coming up next. 

there is a new ice attraction at the gaylord national resort and it opens to the public tomorrow. >> holly is there though today as she always is, giving everybody the sneak peek on the

interesting ice exhibit today. and you're always doing this, but today it's ice. >> reporter: we're giving you the first look. and right now we're giving you a look through about a foot- thick piece of ice. it is amazing. and look at how clear it is. it's amazing what the sculptors can do and the experience they have created. and you're getting behind the scenes action. rj jones is the show producer and so you're charged with making this happen. >> i'm in charge of working with the artists and having them come over and create this. >> reporter: and i know they worked for three months to carve it out and now there is this maintenance. so tell me what they are doing? >> every morning they go in and spray everything down. and they are spraying it with a clear distilled water so every time they come through it looks

fresh. >> reporter: and i know you're keeping it a constant 9 degrees and if you don't do that, everybody likes to touch it and it would aware over time. >> it does indeed. they come in and add a new sheen to it to make it pop with color. and we have some detail carvers that come in and sharpen all of the edges on everything. >> reporter: so that's a daily thing from now until january 9th when the exhibit is here. >> absolutely. >> reporter: and we touched on this briefly in the last hour, the three different types of ice and how they choose to use which one, depending on what they need? >> well we have colored ice that we use a lot of different ingredients. some of it is just simply food die. and it's shipped here already died in about 320-pound blocks. >> reporter: but the ice, when you are working with it, no matter whether it's the clear or foggy kind or the colored kind, it's all the same when you are working with it as a medium? >> that's not true. what we do is the crystal clear

ice is the longest to make. the 9-degree temperature makes it fall off like crystal when they chisel it off. so when the texture comes together and when they make it and sculpt things, it falls off like crystal and they are able to sharpen things up and that's why it has to stay at a 9 degrees temperature. >> reporter: and there are areas where they fuse ice together. >> they use water as a glue. >> reporter: and let's talk about sculptures in china. >> well in har bin china hosts an international ice festival every year and people from all over the globe come to this ice festival and it's 30 acres of essentially skyscrapers of nothing but ice. and it's just absolutely a -- amazing. and so we bring these artists from harbin to come in and

recreate dr. seuss. >> reporter: and that is no easy task. and let's talk about producing the show from beginning to now. >> well our -- we have individuals that create this and this is how it starts out. and what we have to do is we have to explain to the artists the grinch because they don't understand the culture and they've never seen the grinch. so they interpret it as the green monkey. so we have some challenges in having them cre create the grinch and not having it look like a monkey. >> reporter: and had you to work with the dr. seuss foundation as well. >> we d. and they approved the designs and they come and approve what is created today. >> reporter: and as the show producer i know you had expectations and you probably saw it as it was going along but when you funnelly saw the whole final experience what was your thought? >> this is my second year of doing brink and it takes my

breath away because my childhood memories come to life and it's larger than life and i enjoy it so much. >> reporter: it's like you walk into the story book and like you're in one of the pages. >> you do walk through the story book. and each scene takes from the pages of the story book. >> reporter: and you said this is your second year. so was this show somewhere else and you brought it here? >> i was. at another gaylord property in dallas. >> reporter: and how many themed shows are there? >> four. >> reporter: so we are one of four. so do you know what will come here next year? >> we do not. >> reporter: and even if you did, you're probably not telling me. >> it's yet to be determined. >> reporter: and myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to the gaylords and to ice and the grinch who stole christmas. come on out and see it. they do do group discounts and it runs through january 9th. good work, sir. the green monkey never looked so good. he has no idea what i said.

but i thought the thumbs up would work. back to you guys. >> the thumbs up is international. holly, thank you. amazing what they can do. >> can't wait to go. the world continued to buzz about the royal engagement across the pond. prince william decided to take the next step and marry his long time -- and we do mean long time -- girlfriend kate middleton. >> and we have more on the highly anticipated royal wedding that is to come. >> reporter: prince william, second in line to the british thrown, finally put a ring on it. >> my mother's ebb gagement ring -- engagement ring so it's very special to me. >> reporter: after a lengthy courtship, kate middleton and prince william, both 28 years old, became engaged last month in africa. >> it's very special. >> she's excited and we're looking forward to spending the rest of the time -- the rest of our life together. and we'll see what the future

holds. >> reporter: londoners expect kate to become a not earn princess katherine and learn the royal ropes. >> why not. yes. she's a local girl, yes. >> local for us. she lives quite near us. >> i think it's fantastic. >> why? >> because it will boost the country. it will give the country something to get out of all of this gloom that is going on at the moment. >> reporter: canadians welcome the news and think the prince is taking the family in a new direction. >> i think that it's a accept forward for the next generation, the fact that a royal can marry someone who is not selected for him. >> canadians are excited to see something positive happening in the world. >> reporter: and new yorkers wonder what took so long. >> i said it's about time. he's getting old enough to be engaged. >> reporter: this wedding is seen as a rebirth for england and for the royals. the date is expected to be cemented for 2011 instead of 2012 so it won't interfere with

the london summer olympics hosting duties. ainsley earhart, fox news. >> coming back on this side of the pond. it's not royalty, but it's hollywood. people magazine has named this year's sexiest man alive. and the honor goes to -- >> drum role please. >> actor ryan reynolds. >> really? >> yes. he joins the ranks of former sexiest men alive, such as brad pitt, george clooney and mel gibson. did danceel make the list? and he's married to the beautiful scarlet johansen. and together their quite sunning. >> very much so. and here is the people from picture magazine and they say how is this going to effect things at home. >> and now it's going to be sexiest men alive, take out the garbage. he has the humor as well. so that's in people magazine this week. the new sexiest man alive in

ryan reynolds. today is national unfriend day. jimmy kimmel made the announcement last night on the show. he wants facebook users to, quote, cut out any friend fat. you know who we are talking about if you have 3,000 friends. on his website he said friendship is sacred and facebook cheapens the whole thing. and now we have fans considered our close personal friends and the rest of you we love you. but at this point we have more than 8,000 facebook fans on our page and we are appreciative of all of you. but eric childs, today is your day to shine. you are our fan of the day. and he's from alexandria and he's showing off his redskins love. he said it doesn't matter what happened on monday night he's still a fan and they need love. and to be our fan of the day, find us on facebook under fox5 morning news and post a comment

under eric's photo. it was an unforegettable experience for fans on the east coast. one of the biggest stars showed up at philadelphia's 30th street actrack station to put on a surprise performance. check it out. [ singing ] >> that was keith urban. he put on a free concert. a couple of hundred fans showed up to see him sing. he said the show coincides with the release of his 6th album called get closer. it's part of a series to help his fans get close to him. following the concert 50 keith urban lovers who won a contest got to board a private train to new york with the country superstar. >> that's exciting. >> it really is. >> we'll have one of the top country bands performing for us next hour. we can't wait. and forgiveness can be a tough thing to offer someone but more and more experts say it's a necessary step.

>> yesterday if you were with us, we shared an emotional story about the decision to today we examine the physical and mental healing power of forgiveness and that is coming up. it's 8:55 now.

coming up in the 90 hour of fox 5 morning news. here is a look at what we're working on. we continue our conversation about forgiveness. yesterday we told you the story who forgave acts that we thought unforgivable. and today an expert weighs in on the positive effects that forgiveness can have. and have you ever posted anything on facebook you wished you didn't? >> nope. >> well perhaps it's a faux pa