haven't got a very very good race car driver now. tragedy at las vegas, indy carlosing one of their drivers, dan wheldon, fellow drivers paid tribute to him as a stunned crowd watched on. there is dispointment in red skins nation after the loss to the eagles yesterday. quarterback west on returns, rex or baeks. who will start next week. >> we are breaking it down. >> inside the home of chris -- oh, there is chris, left hand bandaged up we will check with all of them coming up later this morning at that energy drink, ready to go hopefully helps him heal. i am steve chenevey. >> i am alison seymour welcome

on this monday morning october 17th. all right well, dispointment with the game yesterday but not dispointment with the day yesterday. >> man, the weather was fantastic yesterday, you know i suspect a lot of us after the game had to get outside and walk around and decome press perfect weather for that today we will have a nice day as well. bus stop forecast, partly sunny skies this morning cool temperatures ranging from mid- and upper 50s to low 60s sunrise officially occurs, 18 minutes from now. temperatures across the region, 60s here, 61 degrees washington 60 baltimore, 61 fredericks burg to the west 50, 59 dulles airport, 55 winchester, forecast today, clouds hanging around this morning, give way to mostly sunny skies later, temperatures in the 70s. 70 german town, 74 in fredericks burg, 73 in the nations capitol that is a look at what is happening with the

weather now back to you steve and alison. >> we have a traffic alert before we get to julie wright for drivers in maryland. >> an accident forced closure of lanes alan town road in suit land. stacy good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you i can tell you it is quite a mess they are cleaning up out here, take a look behind me you can see a massive pile of lumber, tractor trailer carrying all that lumber heading northbound branch avenue and jus alan town road and didn't turn right or left kept going straight right into that wall. now amazingly the driver is okay, walked away from the accident but there is quite a mess to clean up at various points. alan town road impacted one lane now, that keeps on getting by. shut down on this side of the road, the highway will be here for quite some time to clean up the mess they also have a gas tank that leaked a bit of fuel

i am told it is not a huge environmental impact they may have a hazmat team come out and look at a holding pond to the side of the road. it will slow you down as you head through this intersection of branch avenue and alan town road for more on what you should do about that, it is julie wright. all right stacy, travelling along alan town road as we can see behind you that is the portion tied up and everybody is forced to make that turn on to northbound branch avenue and continue back up towards the capitol belt way, alan town road northbound on to route 5 that is blocked off at this time, branch avenue remains open each direction all right back inside and update your ride elsewhere travelling in the district, you heard us talking about this, 2 5, south -- 295, south capitol street and the bridge, guys if we can take it back inside, this is where we got to leave

the left lane able to get by northbound 295 all lanes are open here is your deal on 50 westbound 50 ramp to the outer loop accident activity follows police direction delays beginning back at freeway airport. another crash to report this time around the right side to have road is blocked southbound 270 on the brakes, southbound german town toward it is lane divide travelling eastbound, 66, after 234, moved to the shoulder lanes open still slow going as you continue through centerville, fair oaks, 123 and at the belt way. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> all right thanks a big story in the world of sports sports world mourning the death of indianapolis 500 winner, dan wheldon. the 33-year-old was killed in a fiery 15 car pile up in las vegas. sarah. >> reporter: steve and alison many drivers said the crash was the worst they had ever seen. before the race, there had been

concerns about the high speed of the track where they were hitting nearly 225 miles per hour, during practice. drivers were told of wheldon's death in a meeting two hours after the accident. >> indy car is sad to announce dan wheldon has passed away. the race minutes old when wheldon couldn't steer clear of a wreck when two tires touched. that pretty much started everything. >> wheldon a two time indianapolis 500 winner hit a fence going airborne, then 14 other cars crashing sunday, within seconds several cars burst into flames with piles of debris covering the track wheldon was air lifted from the track's university medical center where he was pronounced dead. family and friends some of the many reacting to his death. >> to be here and see it, you know it is definitely raw.

>> very sad you never want to see that happen. >> he wasn't just a great driver but great human being. will power was also hurt in the pile up in honor of wheldon his colleagues driving a five lap tribute as one other driver puts it. >> haven't got a very very -- heaven got a very very good race car driver now. >> he was one of the most well known drivers to die in the u.s. since dale earnhardt. he leaves behind a wife and two young children, two other drivers also involved in the crash are still in the hospital, junior hildebrand and tippen man will power was treated and released. thank you we are following a developing story the search continues for young william mcqueen the 11-year-old german town boy has not been seen in two weeks since his mother was

found dead in their home. her husband was charged with her murder. develop, caused part of this investigation to turn towards a search, we still have the hope that william is alive, and we are running the investigation with that hope. >> the estranged husband, curtis lopez is due in court in north carolina today he will declare whether he wants to waive extradition to maryland. >> ma that sis woman behind bars for a fire that left 23 people homeless, 28-year-old beats is charged with felony -- baits is charged with felony arson. police have not revealed details ability possible motive. our other top stories occupy wall street marking one month since it began protesting corporate greed and access.

they have gone global with a weekend of rally and arrest. so far, $300,000 has been donated to the movement. while protesting with the group october 2011, author, activist, princeton professor cornell west was arrested he will be arraigned in dc superior court. several others were also arrested october 2011 made news earlier this month when its protest shut down the air and space museum in dc ♪ [ music ] ♪ beautiful weather for a very special day. steevie wonder right there, president barack obama headlining the dedication of the martin luther king junior me moral on the -- memorial on the national mall. it was a return trip for many to dc the first dedication postponed because of hurricane irene and have the first black

president dedicate the memorial was not lost on some students. >> it is a life lesson. >> there is no word to describe being here like okay, lincoln memorial, excellent but king memorial, no one thought. really it is a big deal. >> global frame of reference for justice and peace that is a gratifying feeling for me. well, those who stayed around longer got a special treat a few extra songs from steevie wonder and got to see dr. king's historic i got a dream speech in its 17 minutes entirety. repair work at national cathedral picks back up again today the same crew that worked on the washington monument will be back at the cathedral. a $25 million fundraising drive has been started to pay for repairs it is set to reopen

november 12th. maryland general assembly is meeting for a special session today it is to approve a new map for maryland's 8 seats in united states congress they will reconvene later this morning part of a redistricting hearing. the special session is the last meeting of the year for maryland lawmakers. >> time is running out if you want to vote in next month reese general election today -- next month's general election today is the last day registration must be post parked by 5:00 p.m. president hitting the road once again this time kicking off a 3 day bus tour through north carolina and virginia. traditionally republican leading states he won in 2008 this comes after the senate blocked his $477 billion jobs bill and as he presses for votes in congress congressional republicans are pushing their own jobs bill to lower taxes and cut regulations on

business. still ahead red skins come off a buy week to face the eagles, gross man benched, out with injuries, we will get a full recap from the sports junkies coming up. and the sports junkies along with our very own annie yu live at the chris coolly household to talk with the skin's tight end. >> as we head to break, traffic is all right by the pentagon 395, weather forecast, no problems at all should be smooth sailing we will check with the weather guys next 7:11 a.m. ñ

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more than a st.ry of misman -- century of a mismanagement of indian royalties she won $3 million earlier this year. according to the study, shrinking species include corn, strawberries, shrimp, atlantic salmon and polar bears critics argue it is a phenomenon of the natural world. cardinals, national league champions took care of the brewers last name, cards face the rangers starting wednesday in st. louis. not good news if you are a brewers fan but there you go. that is your match up just how it plays out. >> all right. there it is i was waiting for that. >> yes. >> any way. man, can we just talk about the weekend for a second. >> please. >> sunday was a gift it was a gift. >> it really was.

very very not -- wasn't me but it was very very nice temperatures low 70s. lots of sunshine just fantastic today will be another very good day. >> okay. >> we just have to work unfortunately. national temperatures, and here in our region, we have an update, now 60 degrees, 60 degrees a cold front has come through temperatures are dropping off look how cool it is behind that front up to the north and west, rochester 42, detroit, 45, cincinnati, 48 degrees down to our south, oh, let's see 60 atlanta, 60 new orleans we have company there much cooler out to the west here is a look at sentinel satellite radar for the nation in the nations mid-section rain showers across the northern plains back into the mountain states, rain in the east associated with that cool front as it comes through, but the rain showers dissipate before they get here. 5 day forecast, high today, 73

degrees becoming mostly season any by the middle part of this week temperatures drop off wednesday will be a wet day highs only upper 50s to 60 end of the week. >> hump day quite the pivotal day. >> i think it was last week too. let's check with julie. hi. i don't know about you guys but we hit the ground running this morning accident activity we are cleaning off alan town road at branch avenue. luckily there is not a big delay at this time. traffic alan town road forced to go inbound headed out towards the capitol belt way. for you guys travelling westbound 50, headed towards the capitol belt way accident activity on the outer loop stay to the left, delays forming by your freeway airport in that back up, another crash tieing up the right side once you get past this the pace is better

river dale. southbound 270, a slow go down the montrose. pack your patience and out on 66 we had earlier problems with an incident in ma that sis again from manassas to the belt way, we have problems confined to the shoulder but flashing lights is causing that delay traffic flows again as you work your way through centerville eastbound towards the belt way. northbound i-95, virginia, accident activity to get by. no doubt it was a tough loss for the red skins yesterday, quarterback controversy to go with it let's get unique insight let's head out to lees burg and the coolly compound. >> reporter: good morning i am here live in chris coolly's house they are just right behind me that is why i am talking low they are in the

middle of their show last night we lost to the philadelphia eagles, 20-13 was the final score, but if there is good news among fabs, it is that we are -- fans it is that we are 3 and 2, going pretty strong what is not strong is the quarterback situation yesterday as we all know rex gross man had four interceptions and finally coach shanahan put beck in there we have a lot of questions to discuss we also have to talk about chris coolly's finger you might see a cast on there we will get to that after the break this is the junkies from 106.7 fm the fan and we will be talking to them live after the break. back to you. all right thanks looking forward to that hopefully chris is a quick healer. >> cool to be at the house. 7:19 a.m. more from the junkies after the break they will take a break from their show to chat with us. intensifying battle between two smart phone giants why

samsung wants the iphone 4 s banned in certain parts of the world. his works of art have appeared around the dc area, now bk adams is sharing the landscape of his imagination part of a new exhibit at the an cost yeah community museum where we find holly morris we will check with her live later. interesting art work we will find out more about the artist and his mission we will be right back 7:19 a.m. ,

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are you this morning? >> okay i will just hold the mic i am sore this morning i know i didn't play a lot in the game but the one hit i took was pretty serious car collision i had yesterday i am pretty sore my chest hurts pretty bad obviously my finger. >> reporter: everybody wants to know. >> well, it is not good. they are going to put the pins in it for me in a day or two. >> reporter: oh, wow. >> hopefully it doesn't take a long time but it doesn't feel great. >> reporter: mm-hmm. >> but it is something i deal with you deal with injuries. >> reporter: right right and we are here live with the sports june can is from 106.7 the fan good morning. >> hello annie. >> reporter: thank you for having us out here chris why don't we start with you there was a lot of build up with the game the eagles were coming to town with their whole season on the line we knew they were going to put their best effort forward do you think the red skins put their best effort.

>> yes, before that i want to say a huge thank you to all my friends the sports junkies these guys are freaking awesome i can't thank you guys enough for coming to my house and hanging out i feel special that you guys came out i am a huge fan of everyone so thank you. now on a negative note i don't think we played our best football if you ask anyone in our locker room they will say we should have won that game we felt confident about our ability to play and we felt we should have won that game it is a big game for us and it wasn't that we didn't prepare it wasn't that it didn't mean everything to us but i don't think we played good football i think we are not embarrassed by the wade we played but -- by the way we played but that was a game we needed to win if we are a team that wants to get into playoffs or we are a team that wants to be a super bowl team that was a game we wanted to win. >> yeah, well, the good news we are still 3 and 2, and we have

hope,. >> absolutely hope we are not going back and saying our season is over but if you want to talk about a one week stretch, there is nothing to be happy about. >> now guys, let's talk about the game also there is a lot of chatter out there about the quarterback, rex gross man throwing four interceptions, any thoughts on that. >> i have been hard on rex we have all been hard on rex at different times but at some pint you have to make a chain -- at some point you have to make a change they still have their destiny in their hands mike said he put his reputation on the line he knows john baek can do the job. >> rexes performance reminded me of my golf game started first hole bad and kept getting worse and worse. i don't know if he can get out of that hole they will probably move to beck. they lost chris, it will be a

tall task although they do play carolina next week which is nice. i am ramping up my upper grabs, gross man t-shirt today. i don't know how many i will sell but i am getting the printing presses ready sorry he's got to go you have to make a change coach cakes toss out john becks next week. all right i guess it is my turn no, i just thought philadelphia was going to come in and really fight i think they were better than the 1 and 4 record i don't know if chris would agree with that i believe this is a talented team probably most talented team position for position in nfc you saw why, i want to credit the skins defense i thought defensively you guys were awesome second half but i feel bad for rex i have been killing him all year but i really felt bad for him that is a huge ego hit he felt like he gave the game away and he was the reason

they lost but you probably have to make the move to john beck. chris any last words before we head back to the studio. >> again, pretty cool to have everyone at my house i am just super let down right now that we couldn't do this after a win i thought it would be so much fun not that i planned it like it was a high school home coming and i knew we were going to get a win but i wanted to have everyone come out and have a win and celebrate and have a good time and i think we are all disappointed, and i think all of our fans are disappointed but it is fun to have everyone and we will talk about everything i don't know i feel luc can i to be a part of this -- lucky to be a part of this. >> reporter: chris coolly is like the coolest guy ever, down to earth warm and fuzzy. maybe we will check in with his pets i see a little golden retriever, right, taylor and

kitty cats running around >> i would not be surprised if you found pets in the household annie, rumour, kevin mccarthy was out there, keeping him up very late last night. >> party at the coolly house. >> i think so. 7:28 a.m., still ahead we will talk politics, president obama embarking on a bus tour through spring states, no coincidence his gps is set south to the carolinas. outside the latest weather and traffic from tony and julie coming up next now 7:29 a.m.  [ female announcer ] can a health insurance company

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well, there is a man in canada who just got home from walking around the world it took him 11 years, he strolled into monothree i can't like yesterday after walking -- montreal yesterday after walking through 64 countries, crossed 6 deserts, past through war zones, ate bugs and snakes to survive met his 5-year-old granddaughter for the first time yesterday. >> do you understand how long 11 years is. >> i don't understand that story why was he eating bugs and stuff was he walking around in a loin cloth? >> i hope not there is nothing about that story i understand

including the fact he told his wife a month beforehand i want to go on a trip. i am going to walk around the world. >> is that her hugging him. >> she is waiting for him when he gets back. didn't know his grand kid. >> may have other kids. >> why was he eating snakes and bugs. >> who knows, interesting man. tony perkens, a not so interesting forecast. >> i am not going on any 11 year walk i can tell you that much here is what is happening with our weather conditions this week starts pleasantly seasonal temperatures, a little bit above normal, showers come in by wednesday that will be a wet day and then cooler the latter part of this week. current temperatures around the region dropped off, 60 degrees in town, cooler air in place out to the north and west, 55 frederick, 55 baltimore, dulles 58, winchester 55 degrees,

temperatures 60s from here to the east here is a look at sentinel satellite radar we have clouds in over us, this morning regan national officially reporting mostly cloudy skies, we will get those to push out as the frontal boundary sinks south ward. no rain for us the rain associated with that front breaking up before it gets here forecast today, becoming mostly sunny mild this afternoon high of 73 degrees, then for tonight we will see more clouds come through, cool temperatures into the mid-50s in town low 50s outside of town very cool, 5 day forecast tomorrow not a bad day we will see some partial sunshine, 74 degrees wednesday there is your wet day and cooler air in place for the latter part of the week mid-60s wednesday only upper 50s to around 60 thursday and friday that is a look at what is happening with weather julie. >> it has been happening all day, out here on the roads, we have more troubles, if you were travelling westbound headed for the capitol belt way accident

activity on the ramp to the outer loop has cleared but in the back up it remains, 704 tied up out of buoy. travelling the outer loop of the belt way leaving 94, college park headed towards connecticut avenue only a 25 minute commute no incidents to report in your way southbound 95 headed from 198 down to the belt way 15 minute drive some congestion on the bw parkway travelling from route 100 and 95, again, about a 25 minute commute, let me take you into virginia travelling along 66 accident activity out of the roadway, as you can see grid lock traffic to accompany your ride eastbound through centerville and heeded in bound towards the -- headed in bound towards the capitol belt way. this is what is keeping you guys on the brakes, out at dale city, belt way travelling

between an non-dale and you will find slow traffic, german town to the lane divide that is a check of your fox 5 >> jason good to see you this morning. >> nice to see you. the president now taking three days to head down to the south, north carolina, areas he won in 2008 traditionally republican areas, the jobs vote defeated in the senate now the house i guess he is trying to

campaign the house to pick this apart a little bit what is the update there. >> well, the white house yesterday came out and said they were going to push one aspect of the jobs bill they think will be popular, to get aid to local and state governments about a $35 billion piece of the jobs bill and expect to hear the president talk a lot about saving jobs for firefighters, police officers, teachers, people who -- voters have an easier time identifying with, that everybody wants to be able to call the fire department everybody wants to call the police officers when they are in trouble their kids go to school every day they thing they have a winner in that and they will push the house to take that up and if they are on recess this week they will push that, take that up. >> can you take a look at the bigger picture what, is the house accomplishing if anything. >> right now, we are about 3 weeks into the fiscal year and operating on this stop gap

legislation they have until november 18th to figure out a way to fund the government for next year. they are still debating about the house and senate, they are still debating how they will package these spending bills. the very basic aspect of government, funding it, is still up for -- up in the air how they will do that. the bigger question of how do you pay for entitlement, programs, as your country ages what are we going to do about military engagements we are in, these sort of things have difficult time getting attention when you just don't have the basic sort of thing, taking care of. the super committee has a november 23rd deadline to forward their recommendations to the two chambers, they got a truckload full of recommendations from all the different committees in congress all the different leadership teams in congress on friday, i sort of pity the staff a little bit for having to go through these reames and

reames of e-mails or whatever forms they took and everybody has an idea what the super committee should do. is there any feeling one way or another as to whether or not the super committee will be able to put some type of proposal together? getting approved is one thing. it is interesting one of the things you will hear a lot of my colleagues, complain we want transparency we want to be able to know what is going on, in these super committee hearings and meetings there have not been that many public hearings they are being very tight lipped, very closed. some people, and i tend to think there is some merit to this think this might be a good sign they are tuning everybody out and trying to focus on the job and burrowing down trying to figure out a way to get some sort of package forwarded the two chairman of the committee, patty murray a democratic

senator from washington, are about as different as you can get in their outlook and so forth about politics but they actually seem to have a genuine relationship they seem very earnest in trying to get something developed and you -- one thing we haven't heard is very much sniping among super committee members, they seem to be a tight knit group. be nice to have a positive especially now leading into an election year. a lot of opinions and thoughts are thrown out there, getting something done is another matter. we will wait and see when they get into session next week. al. 7:40 a.m., coming up next finally relief for a woman stuck in the south pole. two smart phone giants battling it out over sea what is the new iphone has to do with it after the break 

>> can't imagine much worse than being stuck at the south pole there is good news for a new hampshire woman stuck there get to that story in a minute. >> first aboard a use ship fbi investigating the death of a newborn. that discovery was made in the guest cabin of a 20-year-old passenger. she has been detained in st. martin. now for the woman stuck in the south pole good news she is from new hampshire, renee- nicole douceur has arrived in new zealand she had been working at a research station at the south pole for the past year but asked for emergency evacuation after having a stroke in august a storm delay add flight attempt saturday. samsung is asking japanese and australian courts to block sales of apple iphone 4 s in those nations. in the meantime apple is

accusing samsung of copying ipad and iphone and violating its patents, right now there is a temporary ban on galaxy tablet computer in australia. so this woman in antarctica had a stroke in august and is just getting evacuated in october. that is crazy. >> hope she will be okay. >> hope so. well, we are doing okay. beautiful weekend. today will continue the trend, nice, we have a few more clouds around today we had over the course of the weekend we had no clouds yesterday, brilliant out there. let's look at what is going on with current temperatures around the region. cool start to the day, 60 degrees here in the nations capitol, 59 in baltimore, 58 dulles, ocean city at 64 degrees, and in winchester virginia, 55 degrees here is our future cast which has been doing good work lately, shows you cloud cover in over us and shows we get no precipitation

from that frontal boundary coming through, shows showers across delaware, places like that. it comes through we are left with sunny skies mostly sunny day for the afternoon and then this evening, some more clouds push in from the south, so we will have partly cloudy skies for the night time hours, 5 day forecast, high today, 73 degrees tomorrow partly sunny, 74, wednesday rain showers, 65 for your high cooler for the latter part of the week highs only upper 50s to 60 degrees that is a look at the weather more coming up in just a little bit. >> thank you. >> let's check with julie. hey, julie. >> hi you guys good morning once again. still very busy on westbound route 50. we have had two separate accidents the first at the belt way then an accident in the back up as you approach 704 now our latest crash in buoy, westbound 50, that is what is tieing up the left side of the highway, heads up, big delays,

headed to the capitol belt way, pace improves 50, headed into northeast washington. 95 headed towards georgia avenue, 395 delays from the belt way up and across the inbound 14th street bridge. southbound 270 on the brakes looking better in german town, leaving gaithersburg headed out toward the lane divide all your lanes are open. travelling on the other side of town inbound, northbound 95, accident activity cleared, dale city towards the capitol belt way that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. a local artist is challenging you to see the world not as it is but as it may be. >> i think we do that a lot. >> i think that makes us all artists. >> i think so too. holly is live in anacostia checking out bk adams, unique exhibit good morning. >> reporter: you are right it is very unique and vibrant and very inspirational and called

exercise your mind. now many of you might be familiar with bk adams he is popular in the washington area. has quite a following if you are not, you may soon be a fan, we are live at the museum, we will talk with the curator and artist himself and tell you first hand why you need to be a part and envelop yourself in this exhibit. stay with us pgh >> time to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day, maternity leave is over for her she is headed back to work i feel you i understand everything you are going through don't worry that little baby will be right there when you get home. if you want to be tomorrow's fan of day search us on facebook no space between fox and 5 and post a comment under new mama lakeshas. photo. we will be right back i i will awaken you with a son.

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7:51 a.m. holly this morning is exercising her mind. >> she is at the anacostia community museum with a closer look at one of their interesting exhibits good morning. >> good morning to you i always love coming to the smithsonian's anacostia museum this is one of those hidden gems everyone doesn't always take advantage of. if you have never been or it has been awhile now is the time for you to come back this is the first of three back to back exhibits that has to do with community and creativity, poor sha james is the curator -- portia james is the curator. we want to highlight the creative energies and genius we think exists on this side of the riffer and want more people to come by and see the -- river and want more people to come by

and see what we do here. you are having three distinctive exhibits that highlight artists in this area. >> we are featuring every day creativity that you find and east of the river communities. >> creativity we need to have in our lives every day. >> absolutely. to keep on keeping on. when i was reading about this exhibit, one writer said it was good to see art back on the walls here it has been some time. >> a little time but we are so pleased to launch this series with the work of bk adams although his work is really more universal and international in its scope and reach, still, you know, most of what you see today, was created in his old studio, in historic anacostia. which is really cool. it is so bright and vibrant what do you get when you walk through. the themes bk works throughout all his art,

spirituality, love, love of family, that is what hits me most strongly >> you can't help but exercise your mind it wakes up your mind the wonderful thing about us being here early is not only getting our time with the curator but the artist himself, there he is bk adams known as the art man i can't figure out why they call you the art man why is that? >> oh, i am dedicated. >> from head to toe how many sweaters do you have to have the letter b on it. >> just one. >> explain to me this whole i am art. >> i am art. it came i changed my name, when i wanted to be more dedicated to my art and i knew the power in doing so, so i said if i incorporate i am art in my name it will launch me into another level and i can stay in my zone >> yeah, you never get out of it you never stray it is always there because your name is always with you. so you picked this piece in

particular to start with this morning tell us why. well, scott riding was my beginning, my aunt gave me a blue bike all i wanted to do with that blue bike was take it flying which i did i took it all started at the top of the hill, drove it as fast as i could down the hill and all a mountain of gravel. >> did you end up in the emergency room? >> for 10 months. i did at the age of 8 i sure did but i conquered fear you know,. >> wow. >> i didn't have any hesitation you know i sagueed -- segued to doing just what i want to do. >> when you say 100% mind use it is impossible for us to use 100% of our minds because our brains are so amazing what do you mean by that. >> dedication. i was going to get as close to 100% as i can that is my goal

my mission statement so i -- that is what i work to do. >> if you want to see a lot of his work this is where you need to come. bk is not going any where this is the largest collection on his work ever on display some 50 plus pieces are here. myfoxdc.com our website this particular exhibition, runs through november 27th, and don't forget the museum is open daily 10-5. coming up in our next hour we will talk more with bk, we are also going to talk with the director of education here at the museum and he will give us a lesson on how to look at and learn from contemporary art back to you all in studio. i think it is cool the artist is there too holly what an opportunity. >> absolutely then you can receiptly get into his mind and he can better -- really get into his mind and he can better explain the pieces.

i love that splatter too and red is so in. >> art you make up your own opinion. coming up next hour hospital food reputation for not being so tasty but is coming health care facilities encouraged to use more locally grown fruits and veggies and stop using prepackaged we will prepare a meal that will be served in hospital rooms across the region. >> tore are nova has been called a hybrid of lost and jurassic park we will talk with one of the stars of the show steven laing. he talks like this. >> good guy. >> also, back out live at the coolly household see one of the cogs roaming through and a -- dogs roaming through and a bunch of the junkies,

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when the crash happened. a major commuter route in dc shut down after a truck carrying wood smashes into a bridge in prince georges county we will help steer you around this mess. also live at the coolly household, there is chris, a little sleepy a little banged up says his chest hurtfinger is broken. we will check with chris and the sports junkies in 8 minutes good morning thanks for being with us i am steve chenevey >> i am alison seymour welcome to monday morning happy you are with us to start off your workweek. tony will tell you what you need to wear and how to set your thermostat. >> well, it is going to change during the course of the week. today will be another nice day a tad warmer than it was yesterday, not a bad one at all plenty of sunshine after morning cloudiness, let's look at satellite radar composite first precipitation, we are presip free there is a frontal boundary moving through we know it is coming through because winds are out of the north we

have clouds they will push those clouds out of here there has been precipitation with this front but as expected it is broken up by the time the front has gotten here there is presip on the northern side, across portions of new england current temperature 60 degrees, regan national, 59 at bwi marshall. forecast today, after morning clouds, plenty of sunshine, mild, high today, oh, about 73 degrees, our average high for the date is 68 degrees. enjoy the day. thank you very much. a traffic alert for drivers in maryland, before we get to julie this morning a truck carrying wood crashed into a bridge in prince georges county, it lost its load and now some lanes of alan town road are shut down. >> fortunately the driver in that accident as bad as it looks was no injured julie wright joins us with on time traffic the situation could be different for those trying to

make the commute through the area julie. >> absolutely you want to say anything fortunate it occurred on alan town and not branch avenue most of our traffic is tied up on route 5 again travelling alan town road, all traffic being diverted over on to the northbound side of 5, inbound lane taking you up toward the belt way northbound 5 remains open that portion of alan town road eastbound you have to make that turn and go inbound or northbound to head back up towards the capitol belt way route 5 not bad route 4 typical delays. meanwhile as you are travelling inside of the belt way along 66 slow traffic here gw parkway out towards fairfax drive and inner loop of the belt way headed out towards route 70, 16 minute drive on the inner loop. northbound i-95, tied up out of dale city earlier incident here now gone. traffic 395, duke to king across the 14th street bridge travelling the outer loop here,

headed out towards telegraph road, dulles toll road delays stacked up. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you terrible scene at las vegas motor speedway. >> one of the most popular indy car drivers died after being caught in the middle of a nasty accident this went down on lap 13, involving 15 cars in all dan wheldon's car went airborne on top of another car and burst into flames he died two hours later the race was cancelled fellow drivers are devastated by the huge loss. lost one of my best friends, one of my greatest teammates and i don't know what to say. i think i am getting old i have been through too many of these already it puts life in perspective for sure. >> wheldon leaves behind a wife and two young children this was

the last race of the season. large pothole to blame for damaging several vehicles on 295, overnight this happened on the bridge over south capitol street parts of 295 and south cap shut down while repars were made. new this morning, violence in the district has investigators working two homicides the latest happened after one this morning 1100 block stevens road southeast. man was shot in the head there, no word on suspects in that case. in northeast dc a man stabbed to death this happened last night in an apartment building 1900 block i street investigators say a female is the suspect although she is not in custody at this time. dr. cornell west the princeton university professor arrested yesterday will be arraigned in dc superior court the author and civil rights activist was taken into custody on the steps of the supreme

court. 18 others also arrested he joined the group called october 2011 protest stop the machine on freedom plaza marking ten years since the start of the afghan war. hundreds of people have been arrested in occupied protests across the country this weekend. 175 cuffed in chicago for refusing to leave a public place when ordered there have not been many reports of people resisting arrest as people demonstrate against corporate greed and influence over the government. there is american solidarity, demonstrating and activating and using our constitutional right. >> politicians are starting to talk about what effect these demonstrations may have, an advisor to the president say they are pushing people to do something eric canter says there is a lot that can be done and house republicans want success for everybody. >> president barack obama embarking on another bus tour through swing states today no

coindense his gps is set south for north carolina. >> while he is pressing for votes in congress he is looking for votes in 2012. president takes off in a custom made black bus he will push elements of his jobs bill in two states that could prove crucial to his re-election campaign. >> campaigning for pieces of his now defunct jobs bill and campaigning for re-election president obama hits the road kicking off a 3 day bus tour through north carolina and virginia, traditionally republic leaning states he won in 2008 it comes less than a week after the senate blocked his jobs bill the top campaign strategist says now the fight enters a new phase. >> we will take it apart and go piece by piece american people support every single plank of that bill. i think so many americans are just sitting there saying to congress do something stop

playing games. >> as the president urges congress to take action congressional republicans are pushing their own jobs bill to lower taxes and cut regulations on businesses. >> we believe in private enterprise, small business our job creators agenda is just that. we want the president to work with us we want him to stop the campaigning, let's go find the things that are in common between this plan and his. despite the president's call for quick action lawmakers may not take up components of his jobs bill until november. nicole collins, fox news. george washington has one, abe lincoln now dr. martin luther king junior has a memorial on the national mall. steevie wonder sang president barack obama spoke to the thousands in attendance and to have the nations first black

president dedicate the first monument on the national mall honouring are black leader, was not lost on students. it is a life lesson. >> not even a word to describe being here like okay, lincoln memorial excellent but dr. king me nori can't like no one ever thought. -- memorial, no one ever thought -- >> that is a gratifying feeling to know he is appreciated in that way. those who stayed around longer got a few extra songs from steevie bonder and got to see dr. king's historic i have a dream speech in its entirety. red skins fell to michael vick and the eagles, 20-13. michael vick threw 237-yards, rex gross man not so successful he was benched after throwing 4

interceptions red skins in positive territory, 3 and 2 on the season after the loss. chris coolly left the game with a broken finger that will require surgery. >> before that he is hosting the sports junkies and annie yu at his home she joins us live in lees burg. good morning. >> reporter: good morning steve and alison that's right i am here live in chris coolly's kitchen take a look we have the junkies from 106.7 fm the fan they are on the phone with sunny jorgenson in an interview you see a lot of people in this kitchen because everyone got to hang out with the coollies yesterday at the game and spent the night here so check this out, i am having coffee in chris coolly's mug. and their animals are running around i want to introduce you to chris kenard program director at 16.7 right and who

are you. chris of the cno show sunday nights, 11:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. >> what did you guys do last night? >> usually we are on from 11-1 very late sunday night but with this whole package and everything going on we just kept going we went until 2:30 a.m., kept doing the show and it really speaks to what a fun, well natured guy chris coolly is. >> you have lost your voice because you partied hard. >> i mean screaming into the microphone until 3:00 a.m. is not conducive to carrying a voice throughout the day >> right you know this guy, kevin mccarthy our movie reviewer. >> hey, guys i am here, on one hour of sleep. >> no different from your normal life. >> it is not i was up until 3:30 a.m. playing a movie game with chris

coolly and his brother tanner. >> fern is here and so is -- tanner is here and so is his wife they are outside having coffee. we have breakfast here lots of fun. >> do you know how many nerd tears he cried yesterday during the red skins game i know it was there. >> maybe not. we will check back in with the coolly compound later this morning coverage far from over. dave ross will join us, he will play monday morning quarterback. >> hospital food, you know it is notly the best but some local hospitals are working to -- not usually the best but some local hospitals are working to change that coming up in our next hour  [ female announcer ] having grands! biscuits in the morning

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don't really need anything to righten up the day. >> just cute -- brighten up the day. >> just cuteness. >> my prompter is not working

>> i got you. >> they have a foot prompter here now to use. time now -- >> this is a great picture. >> so cute. >> this is alicia how beautiful is she. >> beyond words. >> what a cutie. alicia, she is going to turn 1- year-old next month this is a photo of her on her first ever trip to the pumpkin patch. >> she is about the same size as the pumpkins >> look at the characters in her face. >> she is a knock out. >> i love it. >> stunning child. >> she is adorable. great photo that is -- i would make that into a calendar it is very very nice. >> thank you very much for sending that in. if you want to send us your child's photo go to myfoxdc.com click on mornings. >> current temperatures around the nation, we are at 60 degrees here in washington, but look how cool it is up to the north and west, 47 degrees cincinnati, 45 in detroit, down

to our south atlanta 59 degrees miami, 75 degrees right now, out to the west temperatures 40s and 50s, for the most part. all right a look at sentinel satellite radar gain we give you a national look rain associated with the frontal boundary that has come through here rain showers have broken up rain on the northern end or eastern side of that front but that is mostly along the coast or offshore of new england forecast today, next five days, high today, 73 degrees, gradually skies will become mostly sunny tomorrow partly sunny, 74, wednesday, rain through the day, we think pretty good chance of rain, all during the day, showers, 65 degrees, thursday, and friday, mix of clouds and sun with cool temperatures, only upper 50s to around 60 degrees that is a look at what is happen being weather tucker will be back with more weather -- happening with the weather tucker will be

back with more weather. four out of five days of sunshine can't complain about that. dulles toll road, out toward the belt way only a 10 minute commute, 66 grid locked, fair oaks toward the capitol belt way, 395 over the 14th bridge, all lanes are open no incidents to report. delays southeast coming across the ant cost yeah bridges, that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. match up finally set for this year's world series here on fox. it will be the st. louis cardinals, versus the texas rangers, who a lot of people may not remember were in the world series last year and lost to the giants. this time they will try to beat the cards who captured their 18th pennant last night, 12-6 over the brewers there were about 16 home runs world series

starts wednesday night, here on fox 5. yesterday you saw the red skins fall to the eagles, burgundy and gold, 3 and 2 on the season dave ross joins us to play monday morning quarterback sure we can be with annie at the coolly compound, eating steak in the morning and having a good old time but we chose to be here so we could better break down and analyze what happened. >> nuts and bolts, a couple plays here and there you look at, you look back and say if this had gone this way maybe things would be different there is one key sequence third quarter amazingly with two turn overs for gross man, in the second half they were there defensive held, 20-6, michael vick is going to go out. they said it was dirt in his helmet i don't believe so. >> i think it was a little bell ringing there. >> when that is your reaction that is not dirt in your helmet let's call it what it was. back of the field. >> correct.

>> two plays later he comes, goes terrible. up for grabs, hall comes down with it and look, 7 minutes to go, 20-yard line philadelphia, rex gross man does this and this is the third pick of the day this one, all four of them this one hurt the most they had momentum back at that point. >> that is the one where my finger was on the remote. >> you go oh, boy. >> you are trying to get it to fred davis down there, you can't make that play and that was a very very costly one we are going to take a look at one other play earlier in the game you and i discussed earlier this morning because i am a geek and go back and watch these things. >> and have to prove that you are right. >> if you watch it closely again, when you get it initially looks like helmet to helmet but when you break it down and watch it frame by frame he did not watch he never -- his feet he is clearly straight up and down, and that is why it is a bad call he will hit his shoulder first and then

the helmet. it is -- look. >> i know they are trying to protect the quarterback. >> he can't do it clicker by clicker to see that those are tough calls momentum swings at this point if you get the call to go your way maybe things are different this is now a banged up team they lost chris coolly and corey and christian block offensive line too three guys going to miss significant time now they got to get ready for carolina, go on the road going to have to get people in there. >> some times they see that head snap. >> yeah, it looks -- >> uglier than what it may have been. >> big question we will talk about this next hour who is going to get to start next week as bad as gross man was and abysmal as the game was they were one touchdown from winning. >> alison to you. may i also say that rex's look, i have a definite opinion about it. >> what about the john beck

post game. >> alison we will do it in the 9:00 a.m. >> all right. >> i already gave my opinion. >> oh, steve. 8:21 a.m. on monday morning a big day out at national cathedral more on the repair work taking place today. >> we all know washington is full of wonderful museums if you have never checked out the anacostia community museum you will want to add that one to your list of places to go. check in with holly, live there, with a look at their new exhibit challenges all of us to paint a little bit more stay with us 

crews will be back out at the national cathode are today to fix earthquake -- cathedral are out today to fix earthquake canal imagine. a fundraising drive has been started. >> good news for a sick new hampshire woman stuck in antarctica, renee-nicole douceur arrived in new zealand she asked for an emergency evacuation in august after having what doctors believed

was a stroke. doctors she contacted for a second opinion said it might be a tumour. 8:25 a.m. on this monday morning, hospital food is not generally known to be the best. >> some local hospitals are working to change that we will take a closer look when we come back. >> still ahead back out live to chris coolly's house and have fun with the red skin's tight end and sports junkies, stay with us, fox 5 morning news will be right back. 8:26 a.m. 

8:29 a.m., 60 degrees, 51- year-old woman and her boyfriend accused of holding four mentally challenged people hostage in philadelphia, and stealing their social security

checks they were found saturday morning chained in a small sub- basement without food or water. search continues for 11- year-old william mcqueen missing for two weeks his mother was found dead last wednesday her estranged husband is charged with her murder he will be in a north carolina court today. there is a special session of the maryland general assembly this morning, to take a look at redistricts for the state's 8 congressmen, maryland state leaders will discuss a new redistricting map later this morning. tucker barnes with a look at the forecast good morning. >> gorgeous weekend. >> sure was. >> water wise. perfect. >> -- weather wise. >> perfect. >> in complaints, a few clouds moving through a weak cold front behind it more sunshine. another nice one. >> sunshine is good. that is nice. >> gorgeous. >> got to get out and do something. let's get right to the headlines, as we start the

week, a pleasant start, yeah, as we get the clouds out of here sunshine building in throughout the day high temperatures as mentioned back in the 70s. seasonal, a few degrees above normal, high 60s. planning rain, wednesday, a wet one as we have an area of low pressure riding along a frontal system and cooler, coolest air of the season highs, thursday and friday only upper 50s to 60s. get ready for cooler air towards the end of the week. not bad not too cool, pleasant, 60 at regan national, 61 annapolis, 60s northwest, 55 winchester and frederick and 53 hagerstown a breeze during the course of the day out of the north, 10 miles per hour and shifting out of the west, a little later this afternoon. >> here is a look at satellite radar, you can really see the front shower activities falling apart and cloud cover sagging here to the south and east, once this gets south and east we will be in for bright

sunshine much of tomorrow too. tuesday night and wednesday this front will ride back on top of us, a warm front and area of warm pressure that will bring rain around here that is the only weather feature to talk about over the next couple days. your 5 day nice looking afternoon, 73 degrees lots of sunshine, 55 tonight, tomorrow 74, partly sunny, and as we get into tuesday night and wednesday, we have showers back in the forecast, there is your cooler weather for thursday and friday. okay. that is a look at the weather forecast, steve over to you. all right tucker thank you in studio b when we think about fine dining it might not be hospital food comes to mind right away one group of local hospitals is working to turn every caky seen into something special for patients, -- cuisine into something special for patients thanks for being with us. >> nice to be here. >> let's talk about this,

hospital food first of all, obviously there are options there, we are always trying to make things better. >> well, yes, and maryland hospitals for a healthy environment, i thought it was a great idea. when you are in the hospital, what tastes good, is not necessarily what hospitals produce and now they have made a real move to making healthier food they have been putting local produce into the hospitals for over a year now and now moving to put in hoe kal meatchicken p -- local meats and chicken and poultry i wanted to help them. >> not not always the taste but after visiting hospitals recently one thing i noticed right away, people running around with laptops for nutritional requirements for patients it is so different for every person because of their health concerns you can't have a blanket menu. >> well, you can't have a

blanket menu but you can still offer great food support local farmers offering local and sustainable products like acorn squash and the chicken that came north of baltimore and the peppers came from a csa in pennsylvania. so we have -- the chicken is local all the vegetables are local basil came out of my garden. >> that is really local. >> to offer this as hospital food this is nurturing in a way that you know biologically nurturing but also nurturing because it looks beautiful on the plate. >> that can make a big difference. you have everything laid out in front of us what are you preparing and talk about through the process of putting these meals together. well, this easily could be a hospital meal i mean i've got the onions and yellow peppers which are sweet peppers and then this is quinoa it is an ancient grain i have it in some

vegetable stock and the hospitals are trying to make their own stock which is something i teach at the university of maryland eastern shores how to make fresh stock then i have chicken raised in maryland and we just cooked this down a little bit and i've got local cheese and this cheese is from maryland. so it is local sustainable, supporting farmers, good business and great for the hospital patient recovering or there for a long time. >> how do you do research to try to decide what might be the best. like trying to have a bit more variety. >> well, i worked in a hospital a long long time ago i have a little experience there, i think the thing is you want to make the food available for as many people as possible chicken is easy to digest, tasty, most people will eat it someone who doesn't eat beef or pork,

chicken is easy and a dish like this, if you take the cheese out you can reduce the sodium, i mean there is other than that, you've got vegetable stock, quinoa there is something here everybody can tolerate. >> since you worked in the industry a long time ago have you seen the dietary changes over the years when it comes to hospital foods. >> demands of the customer has changed both in restaurants and hotels, demands of the customer has changed they want good service wherever they go. the idea is to give them good food. maryland's hospital for a healthy environment wants to reduce the carbon footprint all that, that is a good idea but the customer when they are in the hospital they want something they can tolerate and don't want their family to bring them food. we wish you the best of luck hopefully more hospitals pick up on this and it continues to grow more and more i will let you finish susan thank you for being here.

alison back over to you. hospital food never looked so good thanks steve. time now 8:36 a.m., 60 degrees on monday morning last week we told you thousands of dc office cleaners could be on strike starting today up next we will let you know where things stand. voting now open for the high school football game of the week here at choices in virginia this week battlefield at broad run, center field, chantilly, hilton atwood bridge, west field at oakton to vote go to myfoxdc.com click on sports or text your school name to 29473 we will be out at the winning match friday night stay with us ,

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job, 12,000 cleaners represented by the washington service contractors association will receive an average yearly pay increase of 4% union members must still ratify the tent at that tiff agreement. -- tentative agreement. one of the stars from terra nova joins us. plus we will check back with holly at the anna cost yeah museum. >> we are here and you know -- anacostia museum. >> we are here and you know we are getting a lesson in art. have you always liked abstract art? we are going to take a lesson from the director of education here there is a wonderful abstract art exhibit on display it is called exercise your mind, done by bk adams we will talk with the artist also about the inspiration on how he comes up with what he does to inspire us all, live next on fox 5

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>> joining us now the star of terra nova which airs mondays, tonight, 8:00 p.m., steven laing good morning good to see you. >> good morning alison good to speak with you. >> boy the show is exciting i have read it is called a come bebetween lost and jurassic park that is what it is how is it going for you. >> well we have just wrapped our 13th episode i have just come back from australia where we shoot the show it is great to be home but feel like we are still at the beginning of the journey. >> the concept itself is just so interesting, you are sort of if i can get it right going back to make the future better, and very futuristic but also with the dinosaurs for the viewers who aren't familiar with the show and concept, can you tell us. >> about 150 years from now the earth is in dire shape, over populated, climate gone to the environment, in terrible shape fracture in time appears and

initially we exploit it as i guess an escape hatch from a very bad future but what we end up doing is trying to turn it into a second chance for humanity my characters, commander taylor is the first through this time fracture i found this colony called terra nova where we try to give humanity or those who manage to come through this time crack, a second chance at a better life. as commander, such a strong role, first of all are you enjoying playing commander that than i can't like taylor and also is it just us or does he seem to be a little ambiguous in his true intentions perhaps. >> well, first part i totally enjoy playing taylor he is -- part of the reason i enjoy it so much is the second part, which is to say there is a certain ambiguity to the characters, i would say that his heart is pure, but his methods can be suspect at times

and there are those what he -- his attitude, his philosophy of leadership is kind of my way or the highway. >> right and it is all cloaked in mystery, so we love that sort of effect hence the lost sort of reference i guess we are not really sure what this is all about. nor is taylor to be perfectly honest i think already genders -- agendas going on with resettlement of the earth, 85 million years in the past not entirely above board by some of the people who sent taylor. >> of course we know and love you from the huge hit i can't even put into words how huge avatar is and was you are used to playing opposite nothing often times. >> i am at my best opposite nothing. >> how difficult is that to do you make it look so easy and realistic, such as it is. >> well, it requires you know i

think intense focus, some real concentration and i think a very active and healthy sense of the pretend. >> right. >> and quite specifically you have to be in agreement amongst other actors in the scene as well as with directors, writers and producers as exactly what it is you are looking at what are the dimensions of it, how fast sit moving and how hungry is it. that kind of clues you into how you should respond. >> right in the time we have left can you give us any hint what is we might see as the season unfolds? >> i think that as the season unfolds you will see conditions in terra nova, things get darker for the colonieses as the plot thickens but i think on a weekly basis you get to know the people on a deeper level and i believe come to appreciate them, love them and

identify with them and understand commander taylor in a more intimate way in way you appreciate his concerns as well. it is all about caring for the characterses. >> we appreciate your time good luck with the rest of the season. >> thanks very much. >> nice guy. here with us just a couple months back. >> toys, wood, furniture, items used to make art here in southeast washington holly is there learning more about the exercise your mind exhibition good morning. >> reporter: good morning steven if i had to come up with one word to describe this exhibition i would say energy. because when you come in here and you see these works of art there is just a vibe that is given off and maybe some of that has to do with the type of art that it is, it is abstract art, robert hall is here and he joins me. i am so happy you are here with us robert i think abstract art is one of those things people

like but they are not really always sure what they are looking at and they definitely don't necessarily understand how to interpret it you will give us a lesson. >> well, first of all it is about the story when you look at the work different stories being told there is no right answer no wrong answer to interpreting the story this work is called family reunion as i look at this work i want to know what is in the minds i think of the issue of people coming together and in my mind you have the different chairs represent different people in the family some are up right others on their side one upside down. >> this is a wild time at this family reunion. >> yes, it speaks to a certain amount of discord even though there is disagreement there is a glue that connects them together called family. >> the family is functioning within its dysfunction which all families do. >> you might say that and they are not all the same kinds of

family reunions they might be weddings, funerals but a gathering together of a family group. >> you said these pieces kind of connect and we talked about this story, when you look at it even though it is 100% subjective i guess you start with the tight spotlight go from there and then you -- title and go from there and then you put your own experiences into the art. >> with the family reunion we have the work behind us with a part of the walking exhibit series, we have a tall piece here, family here which represents the woman, the child on her back the child that is about to be born and symbolicically you have the male figure at the top. you have the issues of symbolism that runs throughout the exhibition and figures extend through the section over here and he is very interested in the number 3 because he is the third child you have parts of these

exhibitions auto biographical and they go on. >> i want to make sure we make our way and walk on over, taking a look at the wonderful pieces here and make our way to the artist himself, bk adams is back here with us and bk -- there he is strike a pose. so what does this pose mean? >> this is the artist style, bk i am art adams, that is the artist style i created that would -- steven couple mines the to toll are fehr i collaborate -- i collaborate with a lot. some of your pieces are flat how do you decide what to put in it, what colors to use where to splatter the paint where is the organization in the chaos. >> no organization at all, what i -- one of the things i do is

remove myself and one of the things i love doing is involving a lot of texture. texture brings it to life >> i like art that has texture almost like a piece of art you want to touch it i know we are not supposed to but you want to feel it. it gives it i don't know almost like you could take a bite of it you know what i am saying. >> exactly that is it for me if it compels you to want to do that i am on the right track. >> that's right because his whole mission is to compel people to want to do that or want to do whatever your own art might be right? >> exactly. >> be as creative as you can be it is more fun bk believes to be creative in a group which we will do next hour myfoxdc.com our website we have a link to smithsonian, anacostia museum the exercise your mind bk adams i am art exhibit runs through november 27th coming up next hour we are heading outside bk

assembled a group of brilliant young minds we will see what abstract art we can create back to you in studio. thank you very much living social is launching a new invitation only service aimed at food dis offering deals at experiences in the city these will run less frequently than daily deals and be more expensive ranging from 100 to $200 per person they hope to offer it in 10 other cities by end of the year. we are getting a cool look into the life of a washington red skin what better day than the morning after the game. breakfast with the coollies as in chris coolly the man right there, our annie yu is there and we will check with her in our next hour 8 min

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africa has the highest birthrates. stories we are following for the 9:00 a.m. hour, it was not the result that red skins fans were hoping for, sure, red skins lose to eagles yesterday, dave ross will join us to talk about what went wrong. live at chris coolly's house more from him and sports junkies coming up later. >> plus a big weekend for president clinton he celebrated a birthday and anniversary for his foundation and came with a special performance a look at lady gaga's gift to the president. what happened during ushers song. >> wow. >> yeah. >> she won first place at an amateur night at the famous apollo now she is getting ready to compete again for money but before she does that she joins us live in studio to perform. how great is that. >> love it. >> fantastic. >> we look forward