sirens went off. a boy is missing after his mother was found dead and protesters in new york city will not be evicted at least for the time being. why police decide not to kick them out this morning as planned. fox 5 news at 7:00 starts now. >> hopefully things will start to turn as we predict a pretty good weekend. things have to turn first. good morning, glad that you are here with us. >> good morning now to our friend tony perkins with a look at this friday morning forecast. >> good morning to you, allison, steve, everybody. thanks for joining us. we're going to take a look at what's happening with our weather conditions at this time. i do want to let you know that there is a coastal flood warning for part of the area until noon. that include the district of columbia, southern baltimore

and arundel, fairfax. you can see again primarily out to the west and south, although it's now moving into portions of southern maryland, moving across the chesapeake bay not too long from now, heavy rain around thefredericksburg region. some rain showers coming through. take the umbrella with you this morning. temperatures at the area airport. we are in the sixties right now. 66 degrees at reagan national, 64 at dulles, 66 at bwi marshall. your planner for the day will see plenty of clouds. we will see some sunshine but periods of rain again. showers, not quite as intense as yesterday but we cannot rule out some thunderstorms later in the day. it will also be rather breezy as the day progresses. look for highs in the low 70s. that's a quick look of what's

going on. right now, let's if to julie wright and take a look at traffic. >> it's busy on the road. i was told it was going to be busy. southbound on glebe road, we have some activity here on the ramp. lanes are open as you travel between montrose and the lane divide. expect to be about a 40 minute community. route 1200 over at 95, checking for accident activity here. accident report if you travel along i-97 approaching 301. that's a look at the ontime traffic. big story this morning, a woman driving south on i-95 caught this funnel cloud forming on video near the stafford prince william county

line. the severe storms blue through the region. some cars stopped on the interstate right in the middle of rush hour. people nearby said they heard the high wind come through. >> my wife was yelling for me because she could see all the white, i guess tarps on the underand i had water coming out of my ceiling. once it was all over, i came outside and saw all the damage it did in the neighborhood. the national weather service confirmed from the video that a tornado did hit near quantico. they're going to look at the damage this morning. >> tornado. that is a tornado. look at that. >> there were a couple tornadoes reported in two counties in central virginia. the twister caught a six-mile path of destruction. a dozen homes and a school roof damaged and the funnel cloud touched down in louisa county, the center of the august

earthquake. yesterday's stormy weather for the university of maryland college park on high alert but was it necessary? school officials repeated warnings. the problem was that there was never actually a tornado warning from the national service. unfortunate police say they sent the alert after getting warnings from the accu data service. sirens even went off before and all clear was issued. still developing in montgomery county, where is william mcquain? that's what police want to know. the boy's mother was found dead inside their germantown home. the father is under arrest but the 11-year-old is still missing. sherrie joins us now. >> good morning. allison and steve. the amber alert for william mcquain remains in effect. police are doing everything they can to find that 11-year- old boy and alive.

his mother was found dead inside the bet room of her germantown condo. someone who knew her reported her missing earlier in the day. her son william was not with her. police say that william has not been seen in school in two weeks. police arrested mccain's husband, curtis lopez. the 45-year-old was found in a charlotte, north carolina, motel and charged with murder. thethe honda c rv was in the motel. >> mr. lopez was recently seen in the area of ms. mcquain's evidence and was seen removing property from the residence and loading it into the victim's vehicle. >> i talked to him for about 20 minute, just as cool as a cucumber, like nothing is going on. >> and montgomery schools are not saying what effort are made to locate william sips he has

not been in school at all. it took two weeks to report the mother and son missing. by the time someone did, police say that jane mcquain had been dead for 10 to 12 days. that's the latest here in rockville. back to you. let's tack a look at the morning's other top stories now. metro says it's increasing patrols after a series of armed robberies in the parking garage of the suitland metro station. the transit agency's most recent attempted robbery. the suspect is described as 5'2" in his recally 20s with black dread locks. the leesburg man accused of spying for syria is in court. the judge will decide if

mohammed swaid will remain in prison. he is accused of spying for syria on protests. syria denies this, but britain has warned syria against intimidating pro it isers. annual the showdown between police and protesters -- and the showdown between police and protesters in new york city will not happen. protesters say that the move was a way to just ban their ban for good. they sent out tweets to have supporters join them that, indeed, happened. for now, the clash between the protesters and the police has been avoided. today is the last day for congressional committees to suggest ways to trim the

deficit. the so-called debt super committee has been receiving a flood of vice, the majority run by democrats. the advice was to create jobs, raise revenue and avoid making damaging cuts to programs that they say are key to an economic recovery. president barack obama is headed to michigan today to pitch congress' approval of a major trade approval between the u.s. and south korea. the president of that country will join him. the trip is a chance to draw attention to the auto industry's recovery after an $80 billion general bailout for chrysler and general motors in 2009 less than three months now before the first votes are cast in the gop primary and still a lot of in decisiveness at the polls. at least eight candidates have seen the polls soar. some say that's a reflection on

mitt romney who has not been able to lock up the gop support each though he has virtually been running for president since he lost in 2008. members of a gay military committee will hold a convention in vegas still ahead, we are talk about airline safety. the survey reports on a number of errors made by air traffic controllers. to the gridiron. the redskins getting ready for another big showdown, another nfc east battle. will a week off give the skins the edge over the struggling philadelphia eagles. take you to a break, live

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hundreds gather for a candle light vigil and prayer service last night to honor the memories of eight people gunned down in a shooting rampage at a california hair salon. 41-year-old scott decry is responsible, upset over the custody of his son. before the shooting, scott appeared before a judge asking for more time with his son. the judge denied the request. mistakes in radar facilities more than doubled and runway errors also doubled since 2008. the f.a.a. says that the increases are from better reporting about mistakes.

apple cofounder steve wozniacki apparently in a hurry to get the new apple. he cofounded apple with steve jobs, of course, and he still maintains his status as employee. this is a live look at the apple store in pe the at that. >> see the coffee machine there on the left? you know, it's not that cold, but the damp conditions are hard. you stay up all night, lose all sleep, go get your phone and go to sleep all day. >> i bet you they stay up and program the phone. >> that would exhaust me. >> they may have jobs to go to. >> maybe.

they are cheap phones. >> although if you don't feel well, you have a new phone to call in sick. >> i'm calling in sick on my new iphone 4s. >> all right. >> let's take a look at what's going on. we start with hd radar. around the fredericksburg area, that's one area of concern. no indication of any thunderstorm activity. these showers coming through now, manassas, waldorf, you are seeing showers, front royal, lease purring and they will be moving across 270 shortly and through washington, d.c., already in southwest d.c., we have some showers. here is the bus stop forecast. getting the kids ready for school this morning, sunrise officially is in 45 seconds. most of you won't see it because we have mostly cloudy skies. showers and temperatures in the 60s, looking for highs today in the 70s. there is the high. looking for highs of 70 degrees after yesterday's highs of 77. we'll see periods of rain,

maybe thunderstorms later. today, windy, tomorrow, breezy, 70 for the high. tomorrow of you will top out in the 60s. 71 and sunny, good day to play some football. that's the latest on the weather. >> weekend still good, though. >> we like it. >> how is the morning commute? >> busy for a friday. anticipated to be lighter than usual but that's not the case. we are very busy, accidents activity reported. continuing up towards the exit there at route 50, accident activity blocking the left side of the highway. meanwhile, if you are traveling southbound, or i should say west bound on route 100, i-95 authorities are checking for the crash there. meanwhile, southbound 270, lanes are open. earlier incident at shady grove

road. the commute coming southbound, headed towards montrose road, about a 40 minute drive. >> traveling the other side of town, just as busy. 395 coming across the 90 street bridge. out bound across the sousa bridge. that's a check of the ontime traffic. you new york city allison, tony said that sunday would be a great day to go play football. i'm planning to watch football. >> that's a good plan. >> especially if you head to the stadium. >> that's going to be a packed crowd, a rowdy crowd. the rival eagles. >> how about you, allison?

>> i'll be working, actually. >> do you tivo? >> well, do we tivo? >> we put the quarterback underneath the microscope and we're going to do that with sexy rexy. his plays have been up and down. so far this year, his completion percentage is 58%. his career is 52.6. yards, 599 which is pretty good. steve the cynic. >> that's nod a good career completion percentage. >> 46 touchdowns, 45 interceptions for his career. he is close -- >> it's better than the average quarterback he normally is. >> better than the afternoon quarterback. >> i say than he normally is. >> all of these numbers are slightly up, okay. and he, by his own admission still has not played his best football. take a look. >> i know i can play better,

but, at the same time, i've done -- i've played really well against the giants and the cardinals game, you know, i thought i played pretty good, you know and made the plays at the end of the game to win and played pretty well. dallas game, i would have liked to have finished better and st. louis, you know, it was -- it was better on tape than i thought it was going to be. >> quarterbacks have to be tough on themselves. you have to find a way to win. when you find a way to win, it does a lot. not just throwing the football but the way you manage the game, the way you handling yourself and your teammates. it's how you prepare, how you work on game day. a lot of things go into going a quarterback of a football team. >> did i screw up? 50% of my story? >> if i screwed up 50% of my story at my last job -- and i only screwed up 40%. >> he only screwed up 42%.

>> 58%. >> he is better than he has been elsewhere. i understand your point. >> but he is not joe montana. >> he is an above average statistically if we go by the stats. i still think he can play better. he thinks he can play better. i did think he can make big plays this week. i know we have been talking about the running game. i know that rex can make big plays in the passing game. i want to know, allison, did you like the beard? >> no, absolutely not. >> you didn't like the beard? >> absolutely not. >> you don't like the suit last week? >> no. >> and you don't like the beard. >> and i department like the name sexy. >> i think they're going to get a win this week and rex will play well. i hope we have a conversation monday and not say. >> i seriously think that he is playing better and i agree that if the running game continues

to play as we, it's going to help him, absolutely. all right, thanks. >> it is 7:21 right now. more earthquake damage works on the national cathedral. big job yesterday. the earthquake raising new concerns how prepared d.c. is in an emergency. that's been the sucked of an entire city council hearing. and did you know that halloween is a multibillion dollars business? all to dress up just for one day. we are live in silver spring for a little halloween adventures. she will reveal this year's hottest costume. >> i'm going to go with rex gross man. >> i think davis in silver spring right now. i'm a curious seeker.

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weighing two tons were taken down by crane. pieces of structure were damaged in the earthquake back in august. the cathedral is scheduled to reopen on november 12th a house committee has struck down an amendment that would allow visitors from other states to bring concealed weapons. eleanor norton holmes was surprised that the amendment was defeated so soundly. a poorly timed snowstorm, an earthquake. that led to people having a hard time getting out of d.c let's flashback to january. the gridlock that we saw during the rush hour snowstorm. and then cell phone videos taken minutes after the earthquake in august. downtown d.c. streets packed with people.

d.c. council member will phil menderson oversees security. it took the d.c. department 30 minutes. >> i sent you an e-mail within an hour after the earthquake and you got back to me easily a day later. >> d.c. officials say they've already been in contact with the federal government and large employers in the city. it's possible the next tile they may keep employees in place longer to try to reduce the gridlock out on the roads up next, designer names at deep, deep, deep discounts. the annual running of the bride is about to get underway here in d.c. and get ready for attack ads. herman cain turning a lot of heads. and so is his economic pitch,

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the ladies. they always come out this time of the year, filing out outside of filene basements. >> for iphones? >> no, actually it's for a different event. >> it's in such high event that filene decided to hold several times a year. they do that because they love their customers. >> right. >> and the money. >> doors open at 8:00 this morning about a half how long from now. the brides to be will rush inside. >> i do love the tents. i love that they brought the tents to stay dry. that's a good concept. >> it's fun. as i was coming in -- i think we all covered this before. as i was coming in, i really wanted to go down there and cover it again this year because it's fun. >> when i came in, maybe because of the weather or iphone, seems to be a shorter line than unusual >> because they are not just doing it once a year now. >> but it was pretty

substantial when i came in later. >> and people were walking in their little outfits. >> it's cool. it's fun. fun to watch. >> let's take a look at what's going on out there we're going to start by going to our graphic and showing you the latest sentinel radar. this is light or moderate rainfall. we have seen heavier rain, for example, not far from hard wood, a little heavy rain moving across the region. let's take a look at the slight radar, and you can see there is more moisture to work with. we'll have more rain showers come through here during the course of the day today. can't rule them out. i would not rule out a thunderstorm or two popping up as well. >> current temperatures around the region, here we go.

66 degrees, have been stuck there for a few hours right now. forecast for today, a mix of clouds and sun, mostly clouds showers are likely. look for highs around 73 degrees. for tonight, we really cool off under clearing skies. our low in town about 51 degrees. that means many of you outside of town will have your lows in the 40s tonight. five-day forecast not a bad day. the thing about tomorrow is that it will be breezy still, 70 for the high. sunday, sunny, nice, 71 degrees. fed ex field, going to be great for the football game. tuesday, late showers work their way in. that's a look at what's happening with the weather. now we go to julie wright for an update on traffic. >> i know you are talking about the football but what about those capitals, baby.

>> yes, indeed. >> well, they play indoors so i don't focus on them as much. >> they are still a winning team. >> oh, they are 3-0, three overtime wins. fantastic. >> look at you. >> i know my stuff. >> yes, i do. >> i'll give you props for that. on the road right now, accident activity now cleared as you make that turn. lanes are open but, again, traffic is still congested coming out bound across minnesota. crash here on the 14th street bridge continues to block that rain. expect delays as you travel another bound from the pentagon across the potomac at this time. meanwhile, on the other side of town, very busy commute. accident reported on i-97. stay on the right in order to get by as you approach 50. west bound route 100 at i-95,

that's where we have the accident activity. southbound 95, from 198 to the beltway, that's about a 90 minute ride. republican president deption candidate herman cain is getting a lot of buzz because of his 999 plan making big headlines. it's actually a 9% flat tax on individuals and businesses. and the national sales tax of 9%, too. sounds like a simple concept, right? but will it work or just a catchy phrase? >> joining us now with his analysis is dr. clifford rossy with the robert h. smith school of business at the university of maryland. what are your thoughts? a little too simple? >> it is creative in its simplicity. it has a little bit of good and a little bit of bad in there. you kind of disect it. the first thing that you realize is that on the personal

income side, the flat tax proposal that he has in there is a little more regressive for low-income. 50% of people in the country don't pay taxes. all of a sudden, they would pay taxes on their income. >> as we look at individual business and the sales tax, let's talk about how it affects business. good thing for business? >> i think that's going in the right direction. what we need to do is wiped down some of the manualal tax -- is wind down some of the marginal tax rates. from that standpoint, it's important. the thing that i say there is that about 2% of businesses, i believe, pay or have incomes over a million dollar and that's going to really hit them more and help them more but i do think that will spur economic investment and capital formation which will help increase jobs. >> a lot of talk about the middle class shrinking, almost becoming a part of the lower classes.

what does this do to that family that's hanging on? >> well, a couple of things and we have not talked about the national sales tax yet. it's the new revenue generator, if you will. and out of that, that will simply increase the cost and price of goods and services for us by 9%. that's going to hit families hard on top of, again, as i said before, the families that are in the lower income stat. that sales taxis a little regressive from that standpoint. >> sales tax for businesses, sounds like a pretty good deal for them. >> yes. a large part of this is to bring stimulus. i do believe he is on track with this and we have to give it its due and take a little bit closer look at it because one of the things that we'll find it that there are some good aspects of it but, at the same time, more needs to be known about this.

>> the irs is so huge and employs so many people. what does this do to people like cpas, people who work with the government with the tax office. what does this do to them and has this been figured in. >> sure. certainly with the simplicity on this, putting it on a postcard and sending it in, cpas and folks closely aligned to the tax system, i'm sure that will have an impact. again, if you look at this in its totality, what you will find is that from the broad economic aspect, it will increase jobs and perhaps some of those positions will open. >> how about this debt? we are talking about the national debt ticker every time we go visit new york city and it's on everybody's mind. how far does this go to decreasing the national debt? >> actually, there are some studies that have studied this.

we are $4.2 billion shy of the money. another says we are right on the mark. i think this is a trial balloon for mr. cain to actually get out there and the stump and be able to position himself to be d from others who have a much more complicated tax system. from that standpoint, we need to step back and disect this thing and look at it a little bit furthermore than he has been able to put up so far. >> you with all of your vast knowledge in economics -- i'm sorry, i'm going to ask you. if you were on herman kaine's team, would you have proposed this? would you have said it is a good thing for america? >> i would have proposed it with a couple of tweaks. i'm concerned about the regressive nature of the income tax as well as the sales tax. i would have proposed something a little bit different that might have reduced the impact on the lower income population a little bit more and i would have probably adjusted the sales tax and maybe nudged up the corporate income tax rate a

little bit to bring more of the fairness and equity back into this system. but at the same time, i think he is on the right track. dr. cliff rossi with the university of maryland. you have a good weekend. >> thank you, you, too. coming up, this friday morning, up next, it is said to be the toughest immigration law in alabama. it is getting a backlash in alabama. how the federal government is getting involved. extra cream, three sugars. iced coffee french vanilla. for me. iced coffee with a turbo shot. i'm drinkin' dunkin'. i'm drinkin' dunkin'. i'm drinkin' dunkin'. drinkin' dunkin'. america runs on dunkin' coffee.

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checking headlines this morning. the u.s. military admits to a 67-year-old burial mixup. this week a staff sergeant's family learns that his remains were not in a new york cemetery but it is actually in bosnia. the military confirms that the remains found by yugoslav officials in 1944 and his remains were maintained by locals in bosnia. his remains will be brought back. the top civil rights lawyer

in the federal government is asking immigrants in alabama to report any problems. the obama administration is asking an appeals court to block the state law widely known to be the toughest. the justice department calls it an infrank. on federal law. faking her pregnancy was the high school project that keeps paying off for a high school senior. she faked her baby bump. now, a movie and book are due out next year starring beyonci -- no, just kidding. [ laughter ]. >> oh, very good. >> that's a story we have not touched. >> i don't know, we have not. >> are you scared of it? >> i am not. >> you come up with the right little thing and -- yeah. >> i mean, i applaud her for -- >> a great little experiment.

>> having the where with all. and being able to stick with it. >> and be able to take the jment that comes her way. she deserves all of that. >> don't do it. >> a guy did it. >> but he was really a woman, right? >> he was a woman, now he is -- anyway. what's going on with the weather? don't go down that road. >> me neither, i'm out. take a look at radar. we have some rain showers coming in. yes, indeed, here it is it is already in your house -- well, not in your house, hopefully. fred rake, maryland, you are about to get some, d.c., you may see some in southwest and southeast. northwest and northeast, you will get some in just a few

minutes. down near fredericksburg, we are seeing some heavier rainfall. this does show some refy rain coming down around 10:00. we'll wait to see if some of that occurs. thinks showing us clearing out by 4:00. now, i can say with 100% certainly that that happen, i wish i could say but this particular model shows considerable improvement. we'll know tonight that we'll have improving conditions because skies will be clearing out. 73 for the high today. windy, some thunderstorms could pop up tomorrow, still breezy, 70 for the high. that's a look at the weather, more coming up in just a little bit. >> not bad looking. >> no. >> i like the 70s. good weekend. >> it is a good weekend.

breezy tomorrow, though. >> let's just get that weekend here >> we are struggling with that. we have more problems to discuss with you. if you were traveling along i- 97 here, the accident activity which tied up the left side of the highway, busy. on the other side of town, coming down along route 7 at the intersection of volvin run. problems on 395 here at the 14th street brim. behind me, the accident accident or the cars remain crowding this right lane. it's very slow and now southbound 270, after shady grove road, we have accident activity crowding the left side of the highway. i have two right lanes getting by on the shoulder. that's a check at the fox 5

ontime traffic. we are monitoring metro this weekend. more track work for the weekend. trains will be single tracking on the red, blue, orange and yellow lines. that will add about 20 extra minutes to your time. on sunday, metro rail will open two hours early and suspend all of the track work due to the martin luther king memorial event coverage on sunday morning will be mostly on my 20, also on myfoxdc.com. we're going to broadcast the official ceremony starting at 11:00 a.m. we'll have that for you if you would like to watch that on tv. if you prefer to watch online, we'll stream it onmyfoxdc.com. amtrak provided free transportation for students in

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[ scary music ] scary this time of the year. it's okay. still looking for that perfect costume for halloween? you still dressing up? >> you know it. you know what i'm going to be? >> don't tell me. make it a price. okay. if you are looking. >> i thought you were a clown. >> okay. i thought the clown was fun but that's so predictable. i thought i'm going the cookie monster route. that's cute. that's adorable. >> i think it's really cute. >> i would use this wig. like carol brady at another time, another party if i wanted

to. >> the options are limitless when it comes to halloween. they predict $6.9 billion in consumer dollars will be spent on halloween. people love to dress up, love to have fun. we're going to give you lots of good ideas with the help of jackie and ryan who is with halloween at ventures. thanks for going here with us. >> glad you are here. >> i'm glad that we are here a little more than two weeks out because now is the time to shop. >> early is better. you know, three or four days before halloween, not that much left. >> right now the stories yours. nothing picked over. let's give people an idea of what's big. >> first, couple costume. >> they are big because with halloween being on a monday, i expect there will be lots of weekends before. >> multiple costumes because

you have friday night, saturday night and sunday during the day. >> look at that. i bet she looks good in anything. >> move on, story book characters. what's next? >> could we not find a longer sailor dress? [ laughter ]. >> obviously this is another couples outfit. >> absolutely. in honor of our armed forces. >> people want to be navy seal, military. that's the fun way for people to go. >> absolutely. up next, who do we have? come on around the corner. is this a hot one? >> she makes it hot. super heroes are a big deal. >> absolutely.

comic book characters, very, very, very hot this year. >> next one online. do we have little kids? >> come on, boys. come on over, guys. you look so good. and little boys definitely love to be, right? super hero, super heroes. >> and darth vader, can you do your magic? put your arms out. do it again. come on. look at it. the force is definitely with you. >> all right. who is next? come on down around the line. >> i think we have another one. there are a lot of super heroes. who is this? that is daddy batman. >> the dark knight, right? >> yes. >> not on with movie characters but do people request to be movie actors and actresses?

>> absolutely. come on around, we want to make sure that we have everybody there and a beautiful princess. this is the time for you to wear a crown. you look so good. next, i see something green coming around the way. hello, hello. gumby. that is old school. yes. it is a big resurgence. everybody come on out. i would wear that out for margaritas and enchiladas. >> before we go, last but not league, hugy bear? >> hugy bear is here. seems like this kind of motive is big every year. >> it is. it's one of the biggest sellers. put the cane together. i want to see the walk. we have a link to halloween adventures. they have several different locations throughout the area. we happen to be the one at the silver spring in downtown fielder spring. it is super spacious, lots of

options. there we go. we will talk more about what you can pre sent to be this halloween. back to you. he each has the back to you finger for me. >> a couple of weeks to figure out what to do. >> i love it. i think it's great. >> speaking of waiting, the wait is over now as of about 3 minutes and counting. >> long lines outside apple stores nationwide, including the one in bethesda. the store opens up at about 2 for the big arrival. what time is it? >> two minutes. >> we are live at the look at all the bells and whistles and we'll talk to all of those in mind and see if it's worth the wait. >> i suspect they'll say yes. 

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an amber alert is still in effect this morning. 11-year-old boy remains missing two days after his mother was found murdered in her montgomery county condo. an arrest has been made in the case but the search for the young child is still ongoing protesters in new york have

been told to pack up their belongings and move out so it could be power washed today. the protesters say that the cleaning was just a way of evicting them. they are planning on fighting them. despite the cold, a big line at apple store. are they going to open the door -- there it is. look at the hand shake and the happiness. good stuff this morning. the sales are starting. we're going to be live throughout the next few minutes to look at the craziness. >> did you see the one guy just snuck in the other way? >> there is always one. what did tucker say? [ laughter ]. >> well, there you go. >> that's funny. >> that's pretty much it.

>> that's fun. >> you see a lot of them down the street at filene for the running of the brides. >> a lot going on serious news, too tornado. that is a tornado. take a look at that. >> it i is. the same area hit hard by the earthquake in august. some of the worst damage in louisa county happened at this historic plantation home. it lost part of it roots. the house dates back to 1746. >> hate to see that. >> uh-huh. >> wow. >> just hard hit down in louisa county. it officially has not been confirmed that that was a tornado but we see the funnel cloud. you see the damage. i'm sure today the weather service will confirm it with a tornado. tornado activity in new kept county in virginia and in

quantico, confirmed tornado. very dicey. we are not expecting that so much but we are expecting some rain showers and we do see some thunderstorms. take a look at hd radar. rain moving across the washington area. rain showers coming through including some spots that we have seen earlier this morning, heavy rain coming through. you want to be aware of that. i will say. this i don't see any thunderstorm activity right now so that's good. let's take a look at the current tns being reported at very began national. 66 degrees at regan national. relative humidity, 93%. winds out of the south at 7 miles per hour. here is the forecast for the day. we'll see a lot of clouds. there will be some sun. windy today as well. look for your highs from the low to mid-70s right here in

washington. 73 degrees. more weather coming up. >> very busy for a friday morning. usually, the traffic volume is working in our favor but that's not the case today. you're going to find if you travel southbound along 270, the stent activity that we meaninged earlier, throughout 28 and shady grove road, all that activity has cleared. still a tough drive as you travel 370 heading towards the lane divide. delays from the beltway headed up toward king street and as you work your way. mapping out a couple of problem for you, on 210, checking for the stalled car. on the inner loop, crash on central avenue and that's what's tying up the left lane. >> thank you so much, julie an amber alert remains for a missing germantown boy. the mother was found dead inside her home.

the father was arrested in north carolina but the 11-year- old remains missing. fox 5's sherrie lee joins us live with the latest on. this good morning. >> good morning, al some police had hoped to find william with his stepfather when he was arrested in north carolina. but william was not with him. the 11-year-old is now the subject of a massive manhunt. police are hoping to find him and find him alive. his mother, 51-year-old was found dead. police say she had been dead 10 to 12 days. they found her murdered inside her germantown condo. [ audio breaking up ] >> we apologize for that audio. sherrie giving us the latest details. we're going to be covering this story for you all morning.

>> sherrie was telling us that the arrest was the husband, the estranged husband of the woman who was found murdered in her germantown condo. the search for that 121-year- old boy continues this morning. we'll check back in with her a little pit later. and an update on what is happening in new york. officials postponed the cleaning of the occupy wall street encampment in lower manhattan. this is a private park. the plan was to make everybody leave so the park could be cleaned, power washed but protest hes say it was a way to evict them. the protesters tried to clean the park themselves but the owners were worried about sanitation. protesters stormed the park. there as a bit of a strong police showdown. the protesters have been camped out for a month, of course, upset about the finances.

also you have seen at the top of the hour, the highly anticipated iphone 4s is hitting the stores. >> we are live outside the apple store in bethe da. good morning. >> good morning, you guys. happy iphone 4 s day. the line is not as big as we expected. there were 75 people, possibly a little more. folks are excited. we have been talking to a few people. notice here, i have nina, you guys. are you excited about your phone? >> yes, very excited. >> what color are you going to get? >> a white 16. >> 16 gig, all right. >> what are you going to get? >> black 16. >> and are you a long time apple fan? >> i do have a lot of apple products but i would not consider myself a hard core fan. i enjoy the product: why come out here today? just because you really want the phone or sort of like the

experience. >> the experience of meeting people, you know, yeah, it is fun. coming out a couple of hours early is not a big deal. >> good luck to you guys and enjoy your new phone. fur thinking about coming out today or if you have preordered, you want to think about insurance there are several options. you can get them through your carrier or get apple care plus, the new insurance plan from apple for this phone specifically that they have come out with. there are a lot of different options there. it sounds like a much better deal but you don't get all the coverage. so you really want to look into that. you have to sign up for it right when you sign the phone. if you preorder it, you need to get that right away as well. we'll check back in with you guys at 9:00 a.m. and we'll try to talk to one of the first people to purchase their phone and see what it's like. >> real quake, how many people do you estimate were in line when the doors open. >> we counted.

there were 76 when we walked up. maybe we were about five minutes before the doors open. so maybe a few extra stag willers striagglers. >> thank you, lauren. take a look at this photo. first in line at the store in los gatos, california, apple founder steve wozniacki. there is. in the white shirt. he is the cofounder of apple. he could have gotten one but he wanted to be in line. >> different carriers now. blackberry back in service. it raised questions for business amists. it interrupted internet services. research in motion, the maker of the blackberry says that the system is now back to normal.

the founder offered this public apology. >> since launching blackberry in 1999, it's been my goal to provide reliable, real time communication around the world. weep did not deliver on that goal this week, not even close. i apologize for the service outages this week. >> research in motion said they have not yesterday mate any plan to compensate customers but they say they will look into it. >> now on this friday morning, this week, a lot of attention has been put on presidential hopeful mitt romney's mormon faith. >> now the church homes that a new campaign ad will disspell some of the mists. and our video of the day proves a one-year-old having no problem working the ipad but can't quite master a magazine. stay with us. >> cute. 

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13 minutes past the hour. police are alerting commuters to be on alert around the suitland metro. a map was arrested earlier this week accused of assaulting two women here at the same station. >> a church in prince george's county are trying to figure out what to do with some document found in its parking lot. boxes have social security numbers, personal information and military records. stone masons climbed to the top the central tower of the national cathedral through the fog and removed pieces of the structure damaged in the earthquake. three pieces weighing two tons were taken down by crane. the cathedral will reopen to the public on

november 12th. tough, painstaking-like work but so important for the future. >> really. it's 8:14 right now. tony perkins joins us with what do we call it today? the cuteness factor. >> let's cue it up. >> we will. >> time for the my 5 photo of the day. my food pedal is not working>> that's a great picture. >> look at they are and the chief. she is with the chief in his first redskins game. that is a towed yo that's going to be in her household for years. >> absolutely. that's a classic. >> how many photos do you think the chief has taken over the years? >> i have one? >> so do i: we hope she is cheering for the redskins this weekend as they host the eagle. thank you for the picture. good to see you. hope you are doing well, pat.

click on mornings. let's start with hd rare as we turn to track the rain showers moving through the region. there you go. there is the latest look at them. it is raining right here in northwest washington right now and across the district, prince george's county seeing some rain, upper marlboro, up towards baltimore, starting to get at least a start. there ace little bit of heavy rain there as well. let's take a look at the temperatures across the realm job. we'll start with the local temps, 62 degrees now. we have been stuck there all morning. 66 in quantico, 626 in baltimore. there is some cool air on the way. we'll pull this out for you. we'll see behind the cold front to the west, check this out. 52 in west virginia, 58 in pittsburgh, 54 in columbus. that's the cool air that's working in here for our weekend. here is the forecast for the next five days. periods of showers, maybe a few

more thunderstorms, breezy, too. highs about 73 degrees. mix of sun and clouds but mostly sunny. all sunshine on sunday, i'll say nearly. 72, mostly sunny. tuesday, we begin to cloud up. showers late in the day let's get another look at traffic from yuley wright. >> hey, julie. >> all right. we'll leave you with some problems, unfortunately. southbound on the inner loop, it's accident on 214 central avenue tying up the left side of the roadway. after that, another incident tying up the left side of the roadway. checking for the stalled car near 410 in riverdale. traffic the outer loop, still slowing. it's a slow go, 395 coming across the 14th street bridge. lanes open once again.

traveling inbound at the intersection of colvin run, accident. stay to the right. rockville, expect delays on 270 at the lane divide the senate voted down president barack obama's job bills this week. democrats are pledging to break apart the bill and bring it to a vote piece by piece. what do republicans think of this? we're going to get some answers on this week's sunday. good morning, chris. you will be talk being this >> i will with congressman eric cantor who is the house republican leader. obviously anything that they want to get through, even the little pieces of obama jobs package is going to have to get through the house as well as the senate. they may go for some parts of it, maybe the extension of payroll tax holiday maybe job training for long term unemployed. i don't think you will see any

support to keep teachers on the payroll or infrastructure spending. republicans view that as stimulus 2 or 33 and they couldn't think that stimulus 1 worked. they want to show that they are not obstructionist, that they're going to pick and choose. i will be like a chinese menu. >> also scary stuff this week as far as the plot to kill the saudi arabiaa ambassador. that plot was exposed, now the focus is on iran. you are talking about this issue as well? >> right, with the senate intelligence chairman, dianne feinstein. she has been briefed on this for about a month before it was made public. we're going to talk to her about how hard is the evidence that iran knew about and was behind this plot? how high up did this go in the government. the important thing is, what do we do about it? well, we said, let's impose

sanctions. we have been imposing sanctions on iran for years and it has not stopped them from being involved in this plot allegedly or developing nuclear power. what i'm waiting for is the power player this week, the man with the keys to all these treasures at the smithsonian. >> amazing. i think he is the 12th or the 13th secretary of the smithsonian. he has been the secretary of the smithsonian which is the name of the guy in charge for the last three years. what a wonderful guy. we sppt time with him at the smithsonian. in his private office -- they have a fabulous collection of 137 million things. he has the leather cap that charles lindbergh wore when he made the trip in 1927. he has aim hamlin con hand

ball. i didn't know he was hand ballplayer but he has that. he also has the watch that neil armstrong wore to the moon. that gives you a accepts of extraordinary treasures that he has and that the museum has. >> just to be in the same room with all of those things. chris, thank you so much. looking forwards to the show. you bet. thanks, allison. >> how could you possibly decide which items you want in your office. religion has been a big topic for the president. mitt romney one of the front runners is mormon. now the church i airing new commercials aimed at changing the way that people look at mormons. i am a devoted husband. i am a father. >> the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints hopes that this new ad campaign helps

disspell beliefs about mormons. the majority of people in the country know little or nothing about us. and if they do something about us, it's frequently misinformation that they know. >> the campaign includes billboards and tv spots airing in 12 cities around the country. it was launched before southern baptist minister robert jeffers' controversial comments about mormon. >> i said mormon is not historical christianity. it is a theological cult. i stand by those comments. >> the official policy of the mormon church is to refrain from choosing sides on politics or political candidates. jeffers' comments have been denounced by many, including the two gop candidate who are mormon. >> i don't believe that that kind of divisiveness based upon rehim religion. i think it's clear from the polls that there are people who would not vote for a mormon

just like there are some who won't vote for other groups. kirk jowars, director of the hinckley institute for politics and a long-time romney support he is thinks that religion will take a back seat. >> you may have a preference to vote for someone of a particular rehim onbut at the end of the day, you are choosing the president, not the pastor. and the one who can solve the problems who are most pressing to you. >> some in the church say it could be just a matter of time before mormonism is no longer an issue in politics. another famous massachusetts politician battled fears over his religion in 1960 but john f. kennedy was able to overcome those doubts. catholicism is no longer the political lightning rod it once was. 8:23 right now on a friday morning. a scare at the university of maryland after a public safety official sent out an alert over a tornado that never happened

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caught on camera, wild weather in stafford, virginia. a woman driving caught a tornado on camera. there was some damage reported. luckily, no injury reported. alert about a tornado sent to students at the university of maryland. >> the tornado siren even went off but there was no tornado. >> the alert from the university of maryland police came one after the other warning a tornado is forecast to strike the campus within the next ten minutes. seek shelter immediately. fearing the worst, many students and unfortunate staffers did just that, taking no chances, taking offer. >> it was a lot of confusion because there were so many e- mails coming in that had different times. >> tornado was about to hit campus and we have to take

cover. our boss advised us to go downstairs. >> reporter: turns out there was no tornado but unfortunate police say they sent the alert after getting the warning from the accu storm data. >> there was a lookly hood that a tornado would form based on their information. based on that information, i felt it was prudent and necessary to alert the university community. >> sirens repeatedly went off before an all clear was issued. many students think that despite the confusion and alert, they are glad to have the alert. we got our next mess annual and people said, get in the basement. i think they did the right thing. back in 2001, two students on campus were killed on campus. officials say that given the potential for danger, if they had to do it again, they

would issue the warnings all over again. there were tornadoes that hit. apparently we are waiting for confirmation. >> yes. there were. better safe than sorry when it comes to tornadoes i agree. a lot of thunker and lightning. a lot of people were rocking and rolling last night. >> we'll sot some rain showers out there this morning. going to get windy, with some nine. that will set us up for a good looking weekend. facebook fan allison barker wants to know if her daughter can go to the halloween pumpkin patch on monday with her class. monday is going to be beautiful. nice. all service. >> full service. do it all. >> let's get ride to the rarity. rain showers breaking out across the area once again. a little break overnight but here we go. we have a pretty heavy little

hand here. rain showers here more rain back to the south and west. all of this around here. we are not quite there yet. here is the signal shi'ite. you can see satellite. you can see this working through. we should see things quiet down. we finally start to quiet down the atmosphere. there are possibilities of more thunderstorm activity. yes, there ace possibility but the dynamics are not quite as same in the atmosphere as during the day yesterday. i don't think we'll see anything in the way of severe weather although you have to keep an eye on it here for the neck couple of hours. 66 degrees at very began national. we are thinking highs in the low 70s if we get any sunshine

at all. 64 in winchester, 68 in annapolis. here is the five-day forecast and the weekend. hey, it's going to be windy here late this afternoon. cool tonight, overnight lows in the 40s. if you are outside the belt way. saturday sunday looks good. there is the forecast for monday, pumpkin watch. late rain by use it. that's a look at the forecast. back to you at the desk. >> inspiring young minds to dream big and get excited for math and sigh yep is the mission behind the dream former nasa sastre throw naught dr. bernard harris is the driving force behind the program and made it so after traveling to out of space. the first american after to walk in space will be meeting with washington area students as they get a shot at participating in a stimulated shuttle launch. first, he is talking to care ya simmons down at the d.c. armory. >> reporter: good morning to

you both. we are here at the d.c. armory. this is where they brought the dream tour. i'm honored to introduce dr. bernard harris, former nasa astronaut and the brain behind the dream cure. thanks for coming by. give us an idea how this all came about. obviously with your background, it mate it obvious but what is the dream tour about? >> about three half years ago, i got together with exxon mobil to create an interactative show to inform kids on science. we have been around 36 cities so far and, of course, we are here in d.c the show is very exciting. we have kits help us demonstrate what we do in that show. >> can you describe a little bit. we'll show them in a quick minute. but can you describe what the experience is? >> if you look at the banners around me, you see science, technology, engineering and math particulars.

we are in the 212th century where technology drives everything that we do. what we are trying to do is get these kids excited about education so that they'll finish middle school and finish high school and go on to college and go into those fields that are relevant to their future. we have two helps here who will stem straight what it would be like to go into space. i is pretty close to being the real deal? >> actually it is in part. if you notice, they are sitting in shuttle chairs that are actually real shuttle chairs that we now take around across the country. we get in about two or three hours before liftoff just like they did. we sit there and wait for the countdown. >> i believe that we are getting ready for the countdown. and we have our two volunteers in their seats ready to go. let's listen for the count

down. >> 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. liftoff. we have liftoff. you are now controlling. roll maneuver. already 7 miles away from the kennedy space center at an altitude of five miles. very cool, dr. harris. you would experience this in space. you would have smoke in the cabin? >> we would not have smoke in the cabin. that's part of the effect that makes this exciting for the kids. important to bring this around to children all around the country and the world, too, because you just came back from africa? >> we sure did. we spent about two weeks in

africa where we went to nigeria and angola, spreading the word for the need >> these kids need to be supported by their school district, their parent and by those policy makers to make sure that they are prepared put our. >> tell me about your background, why this was important. thinks not anything that maybe you had anticipated doing yourself. >> that's right. to become an astronaut, i became a medical doctor and flew on two missions. that was wonderful. that's what i considered to be my extra terrestrial mission. my new mission toys ensure that these kids have an opportunity to do the things that i have done. there in lies the name, the dream tour. we want them to open their mind

to the opportunity. >> that ace long time coming, the auto biography but it is mostly a motivational book for young adults who had a dream and for whatever reason, they put it aside? dr. bernard harris, thanks for talking to us today. the event is at 10:30? >> 10:30. >> are kids allowed to come in or is this pre recommend centered? >> it's' pre registered. >> it will be available to schools all over. >> back to you guys. >> fantastic to get an idea what it's like to be in that shuttle during that launch and it's a great program to help youngsters understand math and sigh yen. >> i hope they appreciate it. >> not a lot of people have gone into space. it is a very select few. weekend work will be slowing down your commute on metro this weekend. also maybe not quite as much as some weekends. >> we have details on that? >> we sure will. >> a reminder if you are looking for work, the job of

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more traffic. trains will be single tacking it. plan to add about an extra 20 minutes to your trip. the delays start at 10 and last through closing at day. to get ready for the new dallas rail lane, metro will work on the new system. treaps will be ated during rush hours on the orange lane to hara bow and the yellow line to greenbelt. >> the benefit of this is that it will pro right more capacity on the orange lane where trains are busier than anywhere else on the system and give us the capacity to operate the orange line as that service comes online. the new extension will be called the silver line. >> the map will include parking

changes like logo for those who may be color blind. metro is looking to add other icons still trying to come one a creative costume for halloween? you are in luck, holly is here to help us out. >> eye don't know if i'm channel diana ross or the basic 70s. dressing up is a perfect idea for halloween. we are live this morning at halloween adventures in silver spring where we have all the best creative ideas. some ideas that you don't want to miss which may make you the toast of the party tricks or treats. 

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it never gets old. >> i turn it up really loudly at the end to scare the girls. >> they heard it already. >> but they are still scared. >> holly joins us from halloween adventure. how quickly holly changes. >> i love that. 70s one. that's cute, too. >> 70s are fun but now i'm

smurfette. i know the movie was big this year but you were just playing the last there from vincent price from thriller. dreing up like michael jackson ace big halloween costume. fur looking for inspiration, just watch the news. they are having a lot of request for how can i be charlie sheen? how can i be amanda knox. you know, people are stealing characters right out of the head line. we are live for halloween adventures in silver spring. jackie enwright is here. how many are there in the area, halloween adventures. >> there eight. >> are they all like this super sized? >> seven out of the eight are. >> that's very big. >> i've been dog halloween for some time. it seems like every year, the stores get bigger which means that people are getting more and more into it.

more adult costumes. the adults are take over. >> what does that say? i don't know. >> what do we have here on the table. >> caldron. tomb stones all over your front yard. >> it's fun because peel used to decorate for theholidays, be it christmas or hanukkah. now people are doing their houses up, huge. >> halloween is a big one, absolutely? mass? >> michael myers every year. people love it. if you want to be simple and buy one thing, the mask is the way to go. >> yes. >> for the women? >> for the women, yes. >> what do we have here? blood. vampires. people want to be vampires that year >> there are things that are traditional. >> girl, get a wig because nothing transforms you like a wig. without further ado, we're going to have yet another fashion show to give you inspiration. where are we starting, jackie. >> goodness. oh, no, here comes the gorilla. oh, no.

>> that's a big banana. the gorilla should be happy when they get that one. >> we have talked about team- up. we have talked about this in terms of couples, but even friends. the next fun idea is that we have three beautiful ladies, all wearing the same dress but you have accessorized them differently? >> yes. >> we have the little kittens over there, basic dress: you don't have to buy a lot to go with that. >> in the middle: a vampires. >> and you could spend a little bit more because that's a little more ornate cape. does not have to be a lot. >> last but not least? our little flapper girl. something is in common except for the dress. all of these girls are drop dead gorgeous no matter how

they accessorize. >> that's true. >> a few more ideas that people are doing right now. >> the count. >> look at that. >> sesame street. you definitely make an entrance when you dress like that. and that's old school. people are going old school. another one that never seems to go away. >> pirates. >> come on, pirate: she is one of the cuter pirates. >> on average, how much do people spend? >> between 30 and $40. >> in terms of high ends? >> up to 1 help, 150. >> some people go all out? >> absolutely. >> now is the perfect time because it's two weeks before halloween. the best advice is to shop now? >> shop now, shop early. >> come on, characters. they have opinion so much fun

here this morning. myfoxdc.com ace you are woobt. come on in, robyn hood. we have a link for halloween add vein towards many the founder of montini long coming up. wor' going to do some do it yourself costumes as well. great costumes this year. >> really do. i like the count. >> i do, too. [ laughing ] >> very effective. i get where you are coming from. >> i know you like the pirate. >> that's right. >> time to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day. today, it is jeremiah burton. jeremiah is from down in hollywood, maryland. judging by his photo, he is not only a fan of fox 5 morning news but a fan of the burgundy and gold, sporting the santana moss jersey. hope that will make your weekend. you start the weekend as the

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welcome back to fox 5 morning news. coming up on the 9:00 hour now, here is a look at some stories we are following this morning. they have been waiting for more than a week, even longer than that. doors are open and customers are getting their brand new iphones as we speak. we'll go live to the bethesda apple store and check in with some customers who get a chance to play with their gadget. and we'll explain more about what's going on here. they call it subway surfing. >> that does not look like a good idea. >> no. also they tease and taunt us with their tasty foods all while looking fan as it tuck. now maxim magazine has ranked the t