to avoid. that should be good. in the meantime, one thing you need to know is to bundle up because it is cold out there. tucker barnes is down stairs to bring us up to date on the forecast. cold temperatures across the area once again. and the winds picking up out of the north and west so another blustery cold afternoon expected with high temperatures, believe it or not, still not topping out above the freezing mark. let's get a look at the numbers. and they are not pretty this morning. 23 degrees at reagan national. 21 in frederick. look at ocean city, still cold at the ocean, 22 degrees. 16 in fredericksberg. quantico last hour was 14 degrees. so still plenty of cold air out there. mixing in winds out of the forth and west again today. won't be quite as strong as yesterday. our gusts will be only about 25- 30. still our windchill values for the day will be in the single- digits and low teens. so as gurvir mentioned, coat weather is here to stay. there is your satellite radar.

quiet conditions today, more sunshine than yesterday. could be a passing flurry. best chance is the mountains out to the west. we do have snow in the forecast for the day tomorrow and i'll have more details on that coming up in a couple of minutes. but no problems today. sunny and cold, still windy out there at times and 30 degrees is the daytime high and that is well below where we should be this time of year. more details on the forecast in a few minutes. back up stairs to you. our top story this morning, a school board meeting that went terribly wrong. a man walked into a board meeting in florida and started shooting. >> the confrontation caught on camera. but we have a warning for you. this report by fox's ainsley earhart is graphic and some may find the video disturbing. tense moments inside a panama city school board meeting. >> at some point during the meeting he walked up and said he had something to say. >> i saw him come out and spray paint a circle with a line

through it and he said i have a motion for you and pulled out a gun. >> reporter: the gunman identified as 56-year-old clay duke rambled a lot. >> something about firing his wife. >> reporter: a brazen woman brandishing a purse snacks him to diffuse the situation. he becomes even more violent. >> all of you are going down today. >> but why? this isn't worth it? >> reporter: as he points his weapon, a board member tries to reason with him. >> please don't. >> school board members seemed calm and willing to listen to him. >> reporter: firing at close range. >> the gunman misses everyone. the rest of the action is only audio. by the time the s.w.a.t. team enters it's over. board members huddled behind the podium in chairs. the body was taken out on a stretcher. children and parents were inside the meeting but abl leave the room before the confrontation began. duke took his own life and no

one else was injured. in new york, ainsley earhart, fox news. our big story this morn, an alleged threat against metro and one of d.c.'s popular neighborhoods. now a virginia man is behind bars, facing charges. and just this morning the pentagon station was closed because of a suspicious package. stacy cohan is live near the pentagon this morning with more. stacy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we have a lot to talk about for people that ride metro. we are here live at the pentagon station where apparently there was a report of a suspicious package in the 7:00 hour. this morning somebody saw something in a trash can. they shut down the pentagon metro station and used shuttle bus service to get folks around. at the end of the day the pentagon police department was able to determine it was a christmas ornament and everything is returning to normal here at the pentagon. now to the other metro-related story. this one involves a plot or alleged terrorist plot of a

virginia man who was saying he would have a terrorist strike against metro station and georgetown. this is all revealed via facebook. the fbi got a tip from a friend on facebook and he posted that he planned to put a bomb under the sewer system in georgetown or make a pipeline bomb for the metro. police moved into his home on december 5th after a message that threatened the informant who by then realized were talking to authorities. we spoke with a terrorism expert who told us why this threat needed to be taken seriously. >> there guy looked like he was a big talker, boasting that someone he met on -- boasting to someone on facebook about what he was going to do but it's people like that that get the urge to do something like that. and if it wasn't a bomb in the metro, maybe he would buy a gun

and start shooting people. >> reporter: he is charged only with making threats across state lines. no terrorism charges. suspect does have a hearing next week. i'm stacy cohan, back to you. >> and as stacy mentioned, the latest incident posted no real threat but here is why authorities were concerned. on the left, two men charged with trying to blow up building. both of the suspects were dealing with the fbi when they thought they were dealing with other terrorists. we still don't know what started a rowhouse fire in baltimore. but police don't suspect any suspicious activity. a couple, their granddaughter and her three children were all killed in the fire. the strong wind helped spread it to other homes. 30 people were evacuated from

their homes. dozens of tenants if one maryland apartment building were pushed out of their home. the governor's square apartments were flooded and more than 50 people have been displaced. vince gray has been notified and accepted chief dennis rubin's designation effective january 1st. the chief announced he was leaving his position back in october. he was mayor fenty's top choice for the job years ago. turning our attention to the economy n. less than half an hour the president kicks off meetings with top liz lead those use their record profits to hire more people. this is called the white house working session with business. companies will be there. the president is scheduled to make an announcement in about 15 minutes. we'll stream that live on our website, myfoxdc.com.

christmas cheer may be a rare commodity on capitol hill today. congress may have to push through the holidays to finish overdue work and christmas dinner could include a healthyer services pork. >> reporter: as if the congressional list wasn't long enough, now the senate has to consider a bill almost 2,000 pages long to fund the government which runs out of money on saturday. how much money does the federal government need to keep running after saturday? try almost $1.3 trillion that's how much the senate is trying to spend in the next few days and don't let the christmas tree outside of the cap -- capitol fool you. >> there is still congress after christmas. it ends on january 4th. >> don't hit print for the spending bill online unless your prepared for 2,000 pages filled with what is called pork. and they want to vote in the

next few days. >> so at 12:15 today, 12:15, my office received this appropriations bill. >> about a 2,000 page massive spending bill right before christmas is more than my stocking is going to hold. >> reporter: so will anyone actually read the bill. it's a tough question for the white house to answer. >> who is going to read that? >> i um -- i -- i noticed during the health care debate that was a big thing and i assumed many members up on capitol hill might. >> really? no? >> i take them at their word. >> reporter: republicans may insist that the senate clerk read every word of that bill. a process that could take some 40 straight hours. the democrats say that means work will continue through the holidays, if necessary. and brinksmanship with christmas is not an empty threat. last year democrats pushed for votes on health care on

christmas eve. and they need to extend the bush era tax cuts that is set to expire at the end of the month. the senate is expected to vote on that today. doug luzader, fox news. while congress is focused on the house tax cuts, republicans are pushing to get "don't ask, don't tell" repealed. house approved a repeal of the ban as part of the defense authorization bill. the house will take up the issue again, this time a stand- alone bill, not tied to any other legislative items. the washington area tops the nation in wealth and education according to new census data. fairfax and loudoun counties are the only two counties in the are a median household income over $100,000. fairfax, loudoun, montgomery and howard counties and alexandria and falls church are among 17 places in the country where more than half of the residents have at least a bachelor's degrees. falls church tops the area with 7 out of 1-adults with a

bachelor's degree and 39% have advanced degrees. the median income there is $113,000. if you've never experienced a migraine headache they can be debilitating. and the holiday season can be a trigger. and we have a doctor here this morning to talk about how to avoid the triggers. plus breathalyzer tests in the districts dating back years might be bogus. how that might impact thousands of dui cases in the d.c. area. much more ahead. don't go anywhere. 

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welcome back at 9:13. breathalyzer tests dating back years might be bogus. it could impact thousands of dui cases in the district. the man in charge of the breath leader unit at the d.c. police department said the equipment used to check levels of alcohol are not routinely tested for accuracy. and records go back as far as the year 2000.

the accusation was made through a memo in a case file of a man convicted of dui. his lawyer has file aid motion for a new trial. >> the ramifications are enormous. it goes back for years. there are plenty of people who served jail time based on what may very well be false or inaccurate tests. >> prosecutors say the accusations are nothing more than conjecture and assumptions. they also show no accuracy tests were pearl formed on the -- were performed on machines as far back as 2006. a presidential panel is tracking the progress of a 40- year-old bill aimed at battling cancer. group met yesterday at national institute of health. the government pushed the battle when president nixon signed the national cancer act. it's estimated that 15 pun people die from cancer every day. overall deaths are down because of improved diagnoses and better temperature but the

rates are likely to tick back up. >> the baby boomer generation is now entering the cancer prone years. the ages of 65-80. and so the frequency of cancer in the population is going to go up. >> prevention is still key here. one-third of all human cancers are caused by tobacco and researchers have found connections between obesity and cancer. if you've never had a migraine headache, be thankful. they are more than just a super sized head ache. they can send you to bed for hours or days. if you look at the calendar, you know this is a major time of stress for people. dr. van sustern talked about that a while ago. and people are trying to meet their holiday obligations. and this is dr. kaplan, an

expert on migraines and how to avoid them. good morning. >> good morning. and the real trick is avoiding migraines. >> before we get to that. we said they are different than your just basic supersized headache. >> right. >> what is the difference between a really bad headache and a migraine, there can be a blurring of the boarders, but migraines are sick headaches. you have nausea associated with it, vomiting and real sensitivity to light and to sound. and they may put you in bed for a couple of day. so migraines can last from four to -- four hours to about 72 hours, three days. there is a throbbing quality to the headache and they come in kind of two broad categories. they come in the classical form which has ore associated with it and you may find your clumsy for 10-15 minutes before the onset of the headache. and the common migraine which doesn't have an ora associated with it, but it's a throbbing,

sickening headache and people want to withdraw and go into a bedroom where it is dark and quiet. sleep can help, but it can incapacitate you for up to several days at a time. >> knock on wood, i'm one of those people that rarely gets a headache. >> bless you. >> are there certain people who are more prone to migraine headaches than others? >> women overall are more prone. about 3 times as many headaches get migraines as men. overall we see about 30 million people in the country suffer from migraines. and of that, about 5-10% of children and adolescents suffer migraines. so it's a condition that effects the young and adults. >> let's talk about what triggers them? >> well there is environmental triggers. stress is a big trigger. and this holiday season, the fact of the matter is we've only got 24 hours in a day. that's it. and so you have to be intelligent about what do you with that 24 hours. prioritize what you are going

to do. it's okay to say no to some things and not attend some events. you need to guard your sleep. sleep is critical. if you start getting too little or even too much sleep, or you start shifting the hours that you sleep, so normally you go to bed and now it's 1:00 because you are wrapping gifts, that can be a trigger for a migraine. so making sure that your sleep remains consistent and getting adequate amount of sleep for yourself, which is typically about 7-8 hours a night. >> somebody might take a pain medicine to either get rid of the headache or whatever, but if you overuse pain medication that can be a trigger. >> pain medication can be a mixed blessing. we're talking advil or tylenol, over-the-counter stuff. if you use those more than three days a week, there is a possibility that those medications will cause the headaches to rebound and you feed to take more medication in order to treat the headache and in worst case scenarios over time you end up with a headache

that occurs virtually every single day. >> that's awful. what about food? >> foods are another serious trigger. alcohol being one of them. red wine in particular. but smoked foods, such as smoked fish can be a trigger. anything that is pickled can be a trigger for it. things sweetened with aspartame, and make sure with your diet that you are eating on a regular basis, low blood sugar can be a trigger. >> so we aref we are cognizant we can make lessen the frequency of the migraine and get rid of them altogether? >> well you probably can't get rid of them altogether, but you can decrease the frequency of them. utilizing as a supplement, magnesium, 300 milligrams a day, may cut down the frequency of the migraines. you can do that from over-the-

counter stuff. also using something like rhino online has been helped to reduce it. and q-10 an over-the-counter supplement, 100 milligrams per day can be helpful in reducing frequency and may eliminate the recurrence. >> dr. kaplan, thank you. we appreciate you coming in. great tips. well time magazine has unveiled its person of the year. it is mark zuckerberg. he is the 26 -- he's so young, 26-year-old founder of facebook. they credit him with connected more than half a billion people and creating a new system of exchanging information and changing how we all live. wiki leaks julian assange won person of the year in the readers' poll. a hearing today to decide if the founder of wiki leaks should be released from jail. we'll tell what you a judge decided and we have more on who is now coming to his defense.

plus holly has a preview of a stage show you don't want to miss. holly, good morning. >> reporter: you are exactly are live at the duke ellington school of the arts and we are giving you a behind the scenes look of the entire production. right now we're coming down to the pit. they have live music. it is a cast of hundreds and it is definitely a show that will help make your holiday season. we'll have it live for you later in this hour. first here is a look at todays a trivia we have. what actor seen munching on a carrot in a movie inspired cartoonist bob clampit to create bugs bunny? the answer is coming up in a little bit but you can take a guess by heading to our facebook page. that's a good one. fox 5 morning news is back right after the break. 

a judge has sentenced man who killed local producer raymond scotty brown to 40 years in prison. he was shot to death outside of his mitchell home in 2006. he was convicted in october. brown also ordered his brother rashad to kill a witness in the case. rashad goes to trial in march. the accused kidnapper of a virginia girl has waived his extradition. jeffrey scott easily will return to virginia for being arraigned for kidding britney smith. they were arrested on friday outside of a san francisco supermarket. he faced kidnapping and credit card fraud. the founder of wiki leaks will get a bail hearing tomorrow. julian assange will spend another night in prison. a judge ordered him released on $316,000 bond yesterday if he

wears an electronic monitoring. swedish leaders want to ask him about sexual allegations. his lawyer says this is all political. >> it's an unfortunate state -- state of affairs given that we were obviously very relieved and then the swedes take this action. >> he is getting support from film maker michael moore, helping to pay his bill. it is a holiday tradition for one city that catches many by surprise but brings unbelievable joy to all of those involved. we'll tell you about a special secret santa making the rounds. and call it an early christmas gift for a hollywood bad boy with the state of california -- what the state of california is giving actor charlie sheen. we'll check in with tmz's dax holt when we come back.

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kansas city tradition going strong. tuesday secret santa 2 hit the street, handing out several $100 bills. he showed up at thrift stores, food pantries, secret santa 2 took over for the original secret santa, larry stewart who died in 2007. now like stewart the new santa wants to remain anonymous wearing a white beard and red cap. recipients including a police officer with terminal cancer, and a homeless man pushing a scholing cart and a 80-year-old woman who recently told her 27 grandchildren that she can not afford to buy christmas gifts this year. >> see this is what dan does to us. he breaks you down. he handed out a total of $10,000 on tuesday.

on tuesday he plans to hand out $40,000 this month. >> 27 grandchildren? wow. >> she had to tell them. >> that's a lot of grandchildren. even if you had a lot of money. >> but he doesn't miss the point. he is just tucker barnes. >> but that's great. and is that kansas city or missouri? it doesn't matter. >> look here, grinch, what are you bringing us today. >> i'll be your secret santa. >> if you give me $1,000, it won't matter. i'll prevent you are my secret santa. >> looking forward to that. and temperatures here are chilly out there. 25 degrees right now at reagan national. we have plenty of cold air still. but we're starting to get out of the teens. that's good news. the lone teen i see is at quantico. martinsberg 21 and in hagerstown 22. daytime highs upper 20s to about 30. not where we want to be. but at least a little better

than what we had around here yesterday because the winds will be a touch lighter than they were. still not comfortable. 20 is the latest wind gust out of reagan national. 32 now out at dulles. 23 in manassas. winds gust to about 30 later today instead of 40. that's our big improvement in the forecast. more sunshine as well as we won't have as much cloud cover from the north and west as we had around here yesterday. there is your satellite radar. and again, just a few clouds streaming in from the north and west but other than that a quiet one. the next weather maker, see the stream of snow out west of chicago that is the clipper system diving through the mid- atlantic into the daytime tomorrow. it will increase the clouds on thursday and give us a chance for a little afternoon snow during the afternoon tomorrow. here is your future cast and again at noon tomorrow, i don't think it will be here yet, so the morning commute is fine. the morning hour is fine. but into the afternoon you'll see light snow through the washington area. and accumulation shouldn't be significant. we're talking a dusting, maybe

a half inch or an inch here in washington and more south and west. but it's been so cold the last several days anything that falls will stick even though it's quickly out of here by thursday evening. and during the day on friday we'll quiet down. but we have to watch tomorrow evening for a little light snow. sunny and cold and windy at times. high temperature 30 degrees with winds out of the north and west at 10-20, gusting to about 30 miles per hour. and here is your five-day forecast. light snow in the forecast tomorrow. friday and saturday, sunshine returns. can you believe it, we'll be near 40 degrees. yes, 40 on friday. time to celebrate. back into the 30s on saturday and sunday. and listen, there could be another coastal system. let me tell but that quickly on sunday. that could be a more significant snow but it might also miss us so we'll watch carefully. >> okay, now it's side's birthday party on sunday. >> so then we'll keep it out to the east. >> thank you.

he has a lot of pull. >> but flooding her birthday could be fun. well top paid tv anchor, i cannot believe that. but that's not the news. but the news isn't good for one hollywood couple. >> we are joined by tmz's dax holt live from l.a. with more on these stories and a brawl at a wedding. >> but let's start with charlie sheen. i'm still stuck on the fact that he's tv's highest paid actor. but that's not the story. >> it's amazing he gets $2 million a week. >> unbelievable. so let's talk about his early christmas gift. >> so basically they will not be prosecuting him for that whole crazy fiasco that happened at the plaza hotel with him running around naked and the porn star in the bathroom. she was really pushing to get him in trouble for all of this whole thing. she went to the authorities and said, look, there was an assault, battery, there was false imprisonment, you need to charge him and the cops said we

don't see evidence of any of that so we will not prosecute him so all charges have been dropped. so that is like the first positive story with charlie sheen in quite sometime. >> sure it was just a misunderstanding. dax, tell us about the sexiest couple, too sexy for each other. >> this one shocked me. but ryan reynolds and scarlet johansson are filing for divorce. they have been separated for quite sometime apparently. and now they will be ending their marriage. this was all confirmed by their reps. but the thing is, they're one of the couples that you never really saw them out ever. they were very private people, they would only go out very once in a while for a little motorcycle ride or something like this. so there was never any signs for anybody to say we don't see them together any more and suddenly, boom, they are done. >> and because he was just putting on a good face, but when ryan reynolds got sexiest man, he said something like, that just means the sexiest man takes out the garbage so i

guess he was still playing along. >> and in the gq interview in september she said she's the best thing that ever happened to me and talked positive. so i would say, if it pops up and they want to ask about your wife, you go, i don't want to talk about my private life. because i think it leaves people thinking that your marriage is doing fine so maybe that's what they wanted people to think. >> that's too bad. >> hulk hogan, brawl at the wedding. >> a wedding and a fight breaks out. >> he got remarried yesterday to jennifer mcdaniels, his 35- year-old fiance. she's the one that looks similar to his ex-wife. and they got married at his estate down in florida. and right when they were about to do vows they spotted.speaking up and so there was a brawl. cops were called. but everything turned out to be just fine. they ended that. there were no charges pressed and they went back and finished

the wedding and everything is all good today. >> wasn't one of your guys, was it dax? >> no, of course not. they're just outside of clubs and restaurants, not clubbing around on the beach. >> dax, have a great day out there. >> thank you. >> you can catch dax and the tmz crew here right after the news edge at 6. >> i'm sad for the johansson- reynolds. it was a surprise. >> they were cute. >> that's how it goes in hollywood. >> can i tell you how much i enjoyed listening to that segment. all right. it sounds like a plot from a movie. millions of dollars of casino chips stolen. and making your vacation easier. what one airline is doing to get you tickets. and what actor seen

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a successful casino heist in las vegas. a masked gunman hit you will the belagio and got away with more than $1 million in poker chips. authorities say he ran in, pulled out a handgun at the craps table and demanded money. the suspect was wearing a motorcycle helmet. he used the motorcycle as his getaway. investigators think he was the same man who hit up another casino early they are month. >> this is believed to be the same suspect that robbed the las vegas sun casino coast poker room on december 9th, 2010 at approximately 12:30

a.m. by similar means. in this event he was also operating on a sport bike motorcycle. >> the man got away with chips ranging from value from $100 to as much as $125,000. now police say they'll be keeping a close eye out for anyone trying to cash in the high-value chips. >> and officials say those chips are unique to their casino and not interchangeable. and i heard somewhere they might have a chip implanted into them. it may feel like you're being helped -- let me try this again. may feel like you're being held up when you buy a plane ticket but one airline is working to change that. continental is offering a new feature hoping attract more passengers. it is a chance to lock in your airfare for up to a week without having to buy the ticket right away. for $5 you can hold your reservation for up to 72 hours. $9 will buy you a week. and getting to the airport might be easier. montgomery county is roll out a

new way to know the road conditions without leaving home. it's launching a website that provides realtime website on what is plowed and covered and you can find that on myfoxdc.com under web links. and a grab bag for thieves. that's up next. >> how could you do that? and holly is hanging out with the local performers of dream girls coming up next. hi there, i'm specialist kelsey mccray from roanoke, virginia. and i want to give a shout out to my parents from alexandria, virginia. i miss you and love you and i'll see you soon.

this is the time -- i'm trying to be too fancy. tis the time for the holiday deliveries but a warning for the gift deliveries. does that rhyme? >> they are easy for criminals. one grinch has taken advantage of the holiday season. wisdom martin talked with a family that became a target. >> the grinch hated christmas. >> reporter: for the castle family it's an annual tradition. grandma comes down to celebrate the holidays. >> she comes down from boston and ships the gifts so she doesn't have to travel with them. >> reporter: monday the boxes were delivered. >> i saw him come to the house and leave the packages and i was in the kitchen preparing dinner so i didn't immediately go down to the front door. >> reporter: but minutes later they were gone. >> i assume the postman had taken them with him or because it was so windy, that they had blown away.

>> reporter: the post man did not take them back and the wind was not the problem. it turns out someone had stolen the children's christmas presents from the front door. >> it was just upsetting that they were taken by people. and her spending that time and money on us and it being a waste now. >> reporter: police from all over the region say this is a common crime around christmas. as gifts are shipped and delivered, the bad guys watch and wait in hopes of stealing christmas. >> the holiday season is upon us and it brings out the best in people and the worst in people. >> and it was just kind of sad that somebody was watching the mailman to see him leave packages and just go ahead and stealing them right behind him. i mean less than 30 minutes, it was pretty brazen for this person to do that. so it's a shame but lesson learned. >> reporter: the family is disappointed but say the bad guys may have stolen grandma's christmas presents but not their holiday cheer. >> maybe christmas he thought,

doesn't come from a store, maybe christmas means a little bit more. >> i feel bad for her but i know we'll have a good christmas. >> wisdom martin reporting. and unfortunately the grandmother in the story did not have an insurance on the christmas packages. forget the grinch. we want to bring you holiday cheer this morning. >> good. [ music ] >> do you hear that? that is "this christmas" sung by don halladay. there was a tie for the very top christmas song. along with this christmas, many of you like silent night sung by the temptations. we have talked about our favorite christmas songs as well this morning. >> tucker, did you give yours? >> this is mine. john denver and the muppets. [ singing ] >> she's so glamorous.

>> she looks like fay dunn away. and. >> all of my favorite characters and best of all john denver. >> that's special, tuck. i love that. that was a good one. well we hope that family has merry christmas -- all of the families out there. we're working to make sure others do as well. we have added another ornament to the fox 5 christmas tree this morning. now you can see it. isn't that pretty? in person it's even prettier. tv doesn't do it full justice. this is a cup cake ornament sent in to us from marquice. very pretty. he is a student at wheaton high school and wants to wish friends and teachers a happy holiday. >> and parkice said his mom watches the show so we want to say a happy holidays to the entire family. next week we'll donate our tree

to shepherd's cove. a shelter for women and children. spread some cheer to those good people too. and speaking of cheer. >> doing it with song? >> this morning we are. holly morris is getting great entertainment. she's at duke ellington school of the arts where they are performing dream girls tomorrow. and i know it's not duke ellington school of the arts, is it? >> reporter: no. dukeeling school of the arts, not the performing arts. >> good. want to be clear. >> reporter: it's the visual arts and all of that. and allison, you put the idea in my head earlier when you called me a dream girl, girl, i am a dream girl. and you're going to love me. you and you and you, you're going to love me. so i can't sing but i can dress the part. and actually, this is the actual dress that jennifer holiday wore last week when she we are formed with the cast.

she originated the role. she won a tony for her role when she played on dream girls on broadway. and this is nothing short of a professional cast when you come out to duke ellington school of the arts. so without further ado i want to introduce you to rond lee newman and nicole reynolds who are part of the performance. why are you laugh something. >> because we could easily get you on stage. >> reporter: and they would keep my mic down. but we have been talking about the whole school coming together all morning. the technical performance side is as important as the singing performance side and the visual arts so let's talk about your roles. >> well in terms of technical theater and production it's important to train the young students to work back stage and be able to call the show. >> reporter: and we got some pictures of the roles back stage. so tell me about the roles back there. >> this is one of our stage

managers george here. we have our set crew and light crew and the costume crew. and we have people on the fly rail flying things in. >> and the young lady calling the show is a junior here and she's making all of this happen, the lights the slide, the movement of the turn table and everything. >> reporter: it is the essence of team work. in fact someone on the team should be lowering us as we speak. >> yeah. so we can just say brendan lower us down. >> reporter: and as we do that, i want to talk about the fact that not only do you have your performances that you sold tickets for, but you have an audience coming in right now as well. so tell me what is going on? >> so this is our school matinee so we have students coming from across the area, the kennedy center pays for students from the district to come in and see the show. so literally every age from elementary to junior high to high school are here. >> reporter: and it is the students who are the ushers.

that's just another role. >> all of the students have participated and done everything from the beginning to the end. everything. >> reporter: and now you are part of a lot of productions and how does this one rate? >> well i'm not from another school. but this show is great. when i was here we did great shows but i'm proud of the young people. they're doing a fantastic job. and we have alumni coming up on friday the 17th and i told everyone alume, watch out. >> reporter: well i want to make sure the students who are heard and not seen get to be seen. and that is the live -- this is issac daniel, jr., the orchestra director and tell me what it takes for you to pull off your part? >> a lot of rehearsing. we start -- the rhythm section started back in august rehearsing and learning all of the music. and then we picked it up -- the rest of the instruments picked it up around the middle of september. >> reporter: do you find my hair distracting?

>> no ma'am. >> reporter: he said that with a straight face. so without further ado, let me hand it over to the live orchestra this morning. take it away. who needs broadway. come to the duke -- duke ellington school of the artsment and this time they are helping to save the school. we have a link to their website at myfoxdc.com. and let me tell you, dreams are realized when you are talking

about this school. take a look at this. they love it. they love it. back to you guys. >> that's awesome. everybody is involved. thanks, holly. and the answer to today's trivia question is coming up. and first here is a look at wendy williams. >> happy holidays. how you doing? the huffing ton post arriana huffing ton will be here and she was named time magazines most influential people. and she's guest starred on the family guy. i can't wait to talk about that and she's an entertainment anchor and i love her, nancy odell is joining me. she's been here before so this is her second time around with the cast. and we'll have an incredible performance by circumstance day sole a's wind tuck. see you soon. 

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